The LSU softball team fell to the National Pro Fastpitch All-Stars 7-2 on Friday night in a game that featured former LSU All-American pitcher Brittany Mack and current LSU senior pitcher Rachele Fico.

Mack bested the Tigers’ pitcher, giving up only two runs on five hits while striking out seven through more than six innings of play.

“I knew I had to step my game up because [LSU] has been hitting well,” Mack said in a news release. “At the same time, I was thinking playing here again would be a little sad. I was thinking at one point I was probably going to cry.”

Despite the emotion, Mack and her teammates jumped out to an early 4-0 lead on a grand slam from first baseman GiOnna DiSalvatore. The Tigers were never able to recover as the NPF All-Stars tacked on one more run in the first inning, another in the second inning and then notched their final run in the seventh to put the Tigers away for good.

Fico, who was also a 2012 All-American, surrendered six runs through six innings.

LSU’s biggest moment of the night came on a solo home run off the bat of sophomore utility player Kailey McCasland in the fourth inning, which marks the eighth home run for the Tigers through eight games this fall.

“I think we are swinging with a lot more confidence,” LSU coach Beth Torina said in a news release. “… These kids that have been swinging with us for a year finally understand the system.”

The only other run for the Tigers came on an RBI single from freshman infielder Bianka Bell in the first inning.

Friday night’s loss leaves the Tigers with a 7-1 record in fall play, and Mack said she expects to see her former team back in the College World Series.

“I told them they are going to be in serious trouble by me if they do not make it back to the World Series,” Mack said. “They have the material. … They have a good chance this year.”