LAFAYETTE, La. – Jayden Heavener tossed her second career no-hitter, leading No. 22/17 LSU in the five-inning 8-0 thumping against UL Lafayette on Tuesday night at Lamson Park.
The achievement marked the program’s 48th no-hitter and first since Heavener’s perfect game during her collegiate debut versus Charlotte on February 7, 2025.
LSU improved to 29-14, while UL Lafayette fell to 22-22. The Tigers have won five of their last six games against the Ragin’ Cajuns in Lafayette.
Heavener earned her third shutout this season and eighth career shutout. She struck out two batters, walked two, induced seven groundouts, and threw 68 pitches.
Char Lorenz led offensively with a 2-for-2 performance, including her sixth home run, driving in two runs. Jalia Lassiter contributed a two-run homer, her seventh of the season. Destiny Harris collected two RBIs on one hit. LSU recorded six total hits, with Kylee Edwards and Rylie Johnson each contributing base hits.
UL Lafayette’s pitchers issued seven walks with no strikeouts across three pitchers. Starter Julianne Tipton fell to 4-5 after allowing three runs on one hit and three walks in one inning.
Following a scoreless opening inning, LSU scored five runs on two hits in the second, forcing two pitching changes. After loading the bases on walks with no outs, ULL made its first change. Bethaney Noble allowed a single to Harris, plating two runs. Avery Hodge earned an RBI groundout, and Lassiter hit a two-run shot for a 5-0 lead. Sage Hoover entered after LSU drew its fourth walk of the inning.
Heavener worked a 1-2-3 second inning with her first strikeout. LSU loaded the bases again and scored on Sierra Daniel’s RBI hit-by-pitch for a 6-0 lead after three innings.
The Tigers hit their second two-run homer in the fourth with Lorenz’s blast. The defense kept UL Lafayette scoreless with consecutive three-up, three-down innings to secure the 8-0 run-rule victory.
LSU returns for a three-game series against Ole Miss on April 17-19 at Tiger Park.
