It may have been the LSU softball team’s season opening game, but the Tigers’ bats seemed to be in mid-season form, as LSU rolled to an 8-0 victory against No. 22 North Carolina.
LSU started early, posting five runs in the first inning. Two runs in the first came from junior third baseman Tammy Wray’s towering home run to left-center field.
Wray, who totaled nine RBI’s through the entire 2012 season, finished the game with three RBI’s.
Senior 2012 All-American Rachele Fico pitched a scoreless five innings for the Tigers from the pitching circle, but the performance didn’t come easy.
Fico struggled to control her pitches early in her first appearance in 2013, but she seemed to settle into a groove as the game progressed, striking out two consecutive batters to close the game out in the fifth inning.
Fico ended with five strikeouts and three walks while stranding eight North Carolina runners.
LSU will begin the second game of a double header against Purdue at 7 p.m. Friday’s double header is the first of five games the Tigers are hosting this weekend during the Tiger Classic.
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LSU freshman Bianka Bell (left) high fives teammate Alex Boulet (right) on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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LSU sophomore outfielder A.J. Andrews throws a ball Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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LSU sophomore Dylan Supak leads a cheer with her teammates on Friday, Feb. 8 during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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LSU freshman Bianka Bell hits the ball on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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LSU sophomore A.J. Andrews runs to home plate on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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The LSU softball team celebrates on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 as junior Tammy Wray runs into home plate during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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LSU senior Katie Guillory runs to first base Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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LSU freshman Sandra Simmons throws the ball to home plate on Friday, Feb. 8 2013 during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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Senior LSU pitcher Rachele Fico is handed a ball on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 at the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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LSU sophomore A.J. Andrews swings at a pitch on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 during the tiger’s first game of the season against North Carolina at Tiger Park.
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