The most effective faculty sports activities crew in Baton Rouge on Monday night time was Southern Jaguars baseball.
Southern went down the highway to Alex Field Stadium and knocked off the Tigers 12-7 in a non-conference matchup on an evening when the LSU nationwide championship girls’s basketball crew went right down to Iowa within the NCAA Match.
Tyler Hawkins led the way in which for the Jaguars, going 3 for six, together with a 3-run dwelling run that gave Southern a 3-0 lead within the second inning. Ryan Ollison drove in three runs on a bases-clearing double within the fifth inning that prolonged the benefit to 6-2.
Regardless of an LSU scoring surge within the center innings, Southern broke the sport open with three runs within the ninth inning to go forward by 5 runs.
The ultimate out!!!
Southern – 1️⃣2️⃣LSU – 7️⃣
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The win marked the primary time Southern beat the Tigers, the defending nationwide champions who have been ranked No. 18 in the latest NCAA Division I baseball ballot, for the primary time since 2019.
