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Kylee Edwards Makes LSU Softball History as Tigers Crush Missouri

LSU beat Missouri 16-4.
Maren Angus-Coombs|
LSU infielder Kylee Edwards became the first Tiger to hit for the cycle in program history.
LSU infielder Kylee Edwards became the first Tiger to hit for the cycle in program history. | LSU Athletics

Kylee Edwards accomplished a feat so rare that no other LSU Tiger has done it before.

On Friday afternoon, the junior infielder recorded the first cycle in program history and helped the Tigers to a dominant 16-4 win over Missouri. It was also her first-career four-hit game.

The LSU softball program is 46 years old.

Edwards hit a two-run home run in the second inning, a single in the third inning, a double in the sixth, and a triple in the seventh. She finished the contest 4-for-6 with four runs batted in.

"I hit the gap with that outside pitch and I took off around first base, and I was like, 'Oh shoot, this might be it,'" Edwards said after the game. "I took off as fast as I could. When I was up to bat, I didn't realize that I was a triple away from a cycle.

"I slid in (to third) and looked over at the dugout and saw my teammates and the coaches and it was so surreal."

Edwards is on an unreal tear. She has homered in each of her last six games. The streak started against Louisiana Tech on March 24 and has continued since. She hit three home runs in three games against Oklahoma, and homered again against Mizzou on Thursday.

LSU improved to 25-12 overall and 6-8 in SEC play, while Missouri fell to 20-20 overall and 4-7 in conference play.

Junior Sierra Daniel also recorded a four-hit game for LSU with a double, three runs scored, and three RBIs. Senior Jalia Lassiter and redshirt sophomore Tori Edwards scored three times each, and Cece Cellura earned her fifth win of the season.

The junior pitcher pitched a complete game, holding Mizzou to four earned runs on five hits, two walks, and a strikeout.

After a scoreless top of the first, Missouri put three runs on the board in the bottom of the opening frame on an RBI single from Abby Hay and a two-run home run by Abby Carr.

It was all LSU from there.

LSU scored one in the second, three in the third, two in the fourth, one in the fifth, four in the sixth, and five in the seventh. The Bayou Bengals outhit Mizzou 15-5.

Senior Maci Bergeron was the only other LSU player with a multi-hit game, while six drove in at least two runs.

The two teams meet one last time during the regular season on Sunday, April 4, at 2:30 p.m. CT.

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Maren Angus-Coombs
MAREN ANGUS-COOMBS

Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. She has been covering college softball since 2016 for various outlets including Softball America, ESPNW and Hurrdat Sports. She is currently the managing editor of Softball On SI and also serves as an analyst for Nebraska softball games on Nebraska Public Media and B1G+.

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