BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana Tech head south Wednesday for a match-up against No. 6-ranked LSU at 6 p.m. at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge.

The contest can be seen on the SEC Network Plus with Lyn Rollins and Yvette Girard calling the game.

The Lady Techsters (2-6) are coming off a weekend that saw them play three straight one-run games, dropping two of the three. Tech defeated Evansville 4-3 Saturday afternoon in Mobile, Alabama, to end the weekend on a positive note.

LSU (8-1) already has three wins over Top 25 teams, including a pair of victories over No. 14 Oklahoma State and one win over No. 11 UL-Lafayette. The Tigers have outscored their opponents 48-9 on the season and are hitting .292 as a team.

Taylor Pleasants (.522, 2 HR, 7 RBI), Taylor Tidwell (.389, 2 HR, 9 RBI), Ciara Briggs (.368, 5 runs) and Georgia Clark (.353, 2 HR, 5 RBI) lead LSU offensively.

In the circle the Tigers are led by Ali Kilponen (3-0, 0.00 ERA), Shelby Wickersham (2-0, 0.00 ERA), and Shelbi Sunseri (2-0, 0.86 ERA) and Maribeth Gorsuch (1-1, 2.15 ERA).

Tech has gotten off to a slow start offensively this season, batting just .224 as a team. Zoe Hicks (.273, 3 runs), Jordyn Manning (.269, 4 runs), Marilyn Rizzato (.261, 1 HR, 5 RBI) and Lindsay Edwards (.250, 1 HR, 4 RBI) lead the team.

In the circle, Bre Hernandez (2-1, 2.72 ERA), Hannah Koenig (0-1, 3.50 ERA), Audrey Pickett (0-3, 3.96 ERA) and Jenny Chapman (0-0, 1.75 ERA) comprise the staff of arms.