HUSKERS SOFTBALL Regional: A “Quick” SLU Preview After the Lions Flipped the Script

After three innings in the LSU - SLU matchup, the Baton Rouge regional was cruising along according to script. The Nebraska Cornhuskers handled Big East champion Connecticut in run-rule fashion dispatching the Huskies in six innings and relieving Jordy Bahl after three while riding her 2-homer 5-RBI performance to victory.

In the second game, LSU was on point with a 3-0 lead, having run the Lions’ ace, Macie Larue, after 2 1⁄3 innings which had seen her allow 7 hits, 2 walks and 3 runs.

Then it got strange - the Lions, who had only fallen 3-2 to the Tigers in an earlier season match-up, bared their teeth on the Tigers’ home field.

Not oft-used, but highly effective, Lainee Bailey (6-1 in 42…