COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 19 Mizzou Softball (28-7, 6-3 SEC) will take on the No. 17/15 LSU Tigers (22-12, 6-6 SEC) in a three-game series in Columbia. The set will open on Friday at 6:30 ET on SECN+. Mizzou currently sits in fourth in SEC play with a 6-3 record after sweeping South Carolina last weekend.
The Mizzou Tigers are opening their longest homestand of the season, playing the next eight games in Mizzou Softball Stadium.
LSU leads the all-time series 14-8. The last time the two programs saw each other was 2018. LSU took the first two games of the series in a Friday doubleheader, before Mizzou was able to capture the final game of the series (3/30-31/18).
Mizzou has three different active players who currently are on the Tiger’s all-time home run list. Kimberly Wert, Hatti Moore and Cayla Kessinger each joined the list this season and stand at 33, 31, and 29 home runs respectively.
Brooke Wilmes is racing up the Mizzou doubles list with 47. She currently stands in sixth, trailing Nicole Hudson by one double for fifth place. Micaela Minner is Mizzou’s all-time doubles leader with 56.
Freshman shortstop Jenna Laird was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for her performance against Saint Louis and South Carolina. Laird batted .667 on the week with three doubles, four RBIs, seven runs, and three stolen bases. She leads all SEC freshmen with a .439 batting average, including a .471 average in SEC play.
Kendyll Bailey has been on a tear as of late for the Tigers. She is 13-for-24 (.542) over her last 11 games with three doubles, two home runs, five RBIs, and a .657 on-base percentage. She has two three-hit games over that span, the first of her career. Bailey has set or tied her career-high in every offensive category, apart from stolen bases.
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