Mid-September could be a little awkward for Heidi Pizer.Pizer, a rising sophomore softball player, has transferred from Louisiana-Lafayette to LSU to play for the Tigers. But her boyfriend, Brad McGuire, is a quarterback for the Ragin’ Cajun football team, which travels to Baton Rouge on Sept. 19 to play LSU in Tiger Stadium.Pizer said she’s had several friends ask her about the eventual matchup — as well as who she’ll be rooting for.”They’re like, ‘So what’s going to happens when they’re going to play?'” Pizer said. “‘Are you going to wear red or purple?'”Pizer said she’ll be rooting for her new team.”It’s my new home,” she said. “I’m going to get shot if I sit in the student section wearing red.”Pizer decided to transfer to LSU one year after playing in eight games her freshman season in Lafayette with two hits and an RBI.She said Louisiana-Lafayette just wasn’t “the right fit” for her.”I love the people, and I love the coaches,” Pizer said. “I just felt like I could grow somewhere else at a higher speed.”LSU coach Yvette Girouard said Pizer will most likely play shortstop if she earns a starting spot. She said Pizer provides needed depth for a middle infield that has some players with back problems.”She’s a very good-looking, naturally athletic shortstop with a very good arm,” Girouard said. “Offensively she’s a little out of whack … I think her biggest asset for us will be defense.”Pizer said she can provide stability on defense in the middle infield, but she said she still has some things to learn offensively.”Offensively … I don’t expect to come out of the chute super strong, but I’m still learning,” Pizer said.Pizer could move last season’s starting shortstop, rising sophomore Juliana Santos, to second base.”[Santos] did a marvelous job for us at shortstop, but she doesn’t really have a big arm that a shortstop needs,” Girouard said. “In no way did she hurt us, but I think that’s a natural position for her at second.”Girouard said she has already talked to Santos about the possible move to second base, and she has already practiced at the position.”At this level, the mindset needs to be like our baseball team. You want to do anything to help your team to win,” Girouard said. “Wherever you can play to get on the field should be OK with you. I believe that will be Juliana’s mindset.”LSU knew about Pizer when she was still at Tigard High School in Tigard, Ore., but Girouard couldn’t take any more commitments at the time.A roster spot opened for Pizer freshman infielder Katie Hamilton transferred. Hamilton transferred to Kennesaw State in her home state of Georgia to be closer to her mother, who is dealing with medical issues.”We got so many early commitments that within a matter of two weeks we had everyone committed,” Girouard said.Once Girouard heard Pizer wanted to transfer, she asked for permission from Louisiana-Lafayette to speak to her. Pizer came on two visits to LSU, one unofficial and one official.Both Girouard and Pizer said schools like Fresno State, Minnesota and BYU were also recruiting Pizer.”There were a lot of people after her,” she said. “She had a bunch of offers when she became available.”But Pizer decided to stay in Louisiana because she still enjoys living in the state.”I still love Louisiana and the people I have met,” Pizer said. “It’s just so much different from Oregon, and I just learned to love it.”—-Contact Robert Stewart at [email protected]