March 21, 2002

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The 24th-ranked South Carolina softball team continues with SEC play this weekend as they travel to Baton Rouge, La. to face the 5th-ranked Louisiana State Tigers, March 23-24. A doubleheader is scheduled for Saturday at 2:00 p.m. (CT) and game three is scheduled for Sunday at 11:00 a.m. (CT).

The match-up between the Tigers and Gamecocks will feature the SEC Player of the Week, USC’s Amber Curtis, and the two-time SEC Pitcher of the Week, LSU’s Britni Sneed. The game also pits last year’s SEC regular season champions from the East and West. LSU leads the series with Carolina 6-8 including a 2-2 record in Baton Rouge. This will be the first meeting between last year’s two division champions since the SEC championship game last year.

Carolina enters the series 21-8 overall and 4-2 in the SEC, while the Tigers are 21-7 overall, 6-2 in the SEC. LSU is coming off a series with Mississippi State in which they went 2-1. USC went 2-1 against MSU in Starkville last weekend.

The Gamecocks are 9-6 in road games for the season. Six of the wins and three if the losses are at neutral sites.

Fans can also follow the USC vs. LSU games on the Internet by logging on to www.lsusports.net/sb/xlive.htm.