BATON ROUGE — No. 2 LSU jumped to a 6-0 lead after two innings and Sydney Berzon retired the final 10 batters she faced Tuesday as the Tigers' softball team remained undefeated with a 7-4 victory over Texas at Tiger Park.

LSU moved to 23-0 on the season while Texas fell to 21-3.

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Berzon allowed nine hits across the seven-inning contest. At the plate, Ciara Briggs went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI. Kelley Lynch has a bases-clearing double in the first inning.

LSU opens its home Southeastern Conference season this weekend against Ole Miss.

Briggs scored in the first inning on Raeleen Gutierrez' double, and Taylor Pleasants scored when Karli Petty was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Lynch then doubled to left center, clearing the bases and giving the Tigers a 5-0 lead after one inning.

Briggs scored again in the second, reaching on a lead-off bunt and advancing to second on a wild pitch. Ali Newland singled down the right field line for the RBI and the Tigers led 6-0 after two.

Texas clawed back three runs in the third and another in the top of the fourth before LSU tallied its final run. 

In the bottom of the fourth, Sierra Daniel tripled to right center and scored on Briggs' sacrifice fly to left field.

Berzon (9-0) struck out three of the final 10 batters she faced. Starter Teagan Kavan lasted two-thirds of an inning for Texas and was responsible for each of the Tigers' first five runs. It was her first loss of the season after 10 victories.

LSU's coaching staff came up with a specific plan to face Texas' defense, and the Tigers executed.

"Yea, Howard, Bryce, Sandra had a really good plan. They worked really hard on it, and our team has done such a really good job of, we call it staying on script. Buying into what they're asking them to do. Staying on script. Attacking the pitches they're supposed to attack. They've been so bought in so that's really fun to see and they executed the plan perfectly," Head Coach Beth Torina said.

LSU is now the only undefeated team in the country. They host Ole Miss for their SEC home opener beginning Saturday at 6 p.m.