Hokie ClubBATON ROUGE, La. – No. 17/18 Virginia Tech fell to No. 7/7 LSU, 7-4, on the final day of the Purple & Gold Challenge on Sunday at Tiger Park.
Michelle Chatfield hit her first home run of the season and Jayden Jones hit her first career home run.
How It Happened: LSU 7, Virginia Tech 4
Despite giving up two runs in the bottom of the second, the Hokies responded with one run in the top of the third. With Jayden Jones on second, Zoe Yaeger singled up the middle to bring in the first Hokie run of the game to cut the deficit.
LSU tacked on four more runs in the third to take a 6-1 lead, but the Hokies responded with a solo shot to left field from Michelle Chatfield – her first home run of the season – to cut the Tiger lead to 6-2.
The Tigers added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth to extend their lead, but the Hokies did not go down without a fight. After Annika Rohs delivered a double down the left field line, Jayden Jones blasted her first career home run to center field to make it a 7-4 ballgame, but were unable to bring in any more runs.
Game Notes
• Tech tallied 10 hits against the Tigers
• Michelle Chatfield hit her first home run of the season – a solo shot to left field
• Jayden Jones hit her first career home run with a two-run blast to center field
• Chatfield and Jones became the sixth and seventh Hokies to hit a home run this season
• Jones, Emma Mazzarone and Zoe Yaeger tallied two hits apiece
• Jones led the Hokies with two RBIs
• Emma Lemley struck out seven batters in her fourth appearance on the season. She moves to 3-1
Up Next
No. 17/18 Virginia Tech (8-2) heads to the Easton Bama Bash (Feb. 21-23) with matchups against Alabama, Drake and Southern Utah in Tuscaloosa, Ala.