People are still buzzing about the LSU softball team.
LSU junior first baseman Anissa Young won Southeastern Conference Player of the Week and junior right hander Brittany Mack nabbed SEC Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
Both were instrumental in LSU’s sweep of No. 1 Alabama this weekend.
Mack notched two of the three wins this weekend, both complete game efforts, including a herculean 14-inning, 234-pitch gem Friday night. She only allowed a combined one earned run in the two outings.
Young could be classified more as clutch than instrumental. The Fontana, Calif., native drilled consecutive extra-inning walk-off bombs to clinch the Friday and Saturday wins.
Young also eclipsed the 100-hit mark with her weekend effort.
The honor is Mack’s second and Young’s first.
The sweep stretched LSU’s win streak to 10 games, a morale booster after Tigers coach Yvette Girouard’s squad lost six straight games before embarking on the current streak.
LSU will travel to Lake Charles to face McNeese State at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
LOUPE NAMED SEC GOLFER OF THE WEEK
LSU senior golfer Andrew Loupe wasn’t left out of the party.
The SEC tagged Loupe, a Baton Rouge native, as Player of the Week coming off his strong performances in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate and LSU National Invitational, respectively.
The Tigers won both events.
Loupe recorded a 6-under-par 207 to tie for first at Bulls Bay, while finishing fifth at the Invitational with a 2-over 218.
LSU will now head to St. Simons Island, Ga. to play in the SEC Championships starting Friday.
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