Softball Splits with Campbell, LSU on Saturday

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Illinois State softball team opened day two of the LSU Round Robin with a 5-1 win over Campbell, before nationally-ranked LSU defeated the Redbirds, 5-1, in the night cap.

BIRD BITS – GAME 1 VS. CAMPBELL – W, 5-1

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BY THE NUMBERS / KEY INNINGS – GAME 1 VS. CAMPBELL – W, 5-1

Illinois State broke scoring open in the third inning, as Kadi Borries and Mack Leonard each drew a walk to put two on-base for the Redbirds.

Emme Olson notched a two-out RBI double down the right field line to help the Redbirds jump on the board first. In the next at-bat, Brittni LaFountaine singled to bring two more across home plate, before a single by Andrea…