LAFAYETTE, La. -- The first home run of Jennie Reeves' career gave LSU a 1-0 win over Massachusetts in the Tigers' third game on Saturday to advance to championship Sunday of NCAA Region 3 and a chance at a berth in the Women's College World Series.

Due to rain on Friday, it forced the Tigers into a situation where they played three consecutive games on Saturday. Beginning play at 2:15 p.m., LSU (56-10) defeated Louisiana-Lafayette, 5-2, in the first game, fell to Arizona State, 3-2, in game two, before closing out the night with a win over UMass 1-0.

"It is an understatement to say that we are tired right now," said LSU head coach Yvette Girouard. "In all my years as a coach, I have never had to play three games in one day in an NCAA Regional."

The Tigers eliminated both Louisiana-Lafayette and Massachusetts from the tournament. LSU will play Arizona State at 1 p.m. and must defeat the Sun Devils twice in order to advance to the WCWS in Oklahoma City, Okla., next week.

"I am proud of my team for coming back from the emotional loss to Arizona State, after letting the game just slip away from us," said Girouard. "They came right back to defeat Massachusetts, knowing they had to win that game and two on Sunday.

"I am going to go home tonight and look back and how many times I had to win just one game on Sunday to go to the WCWS and didn't do it. I know that it can be done and we are confident that we can get it done tomorrow."

Britni Sneed earned both wins for LSU on Saturday, running her record to 34-6 on the year. Against UMass, she did not allow a run, giving her 23 shutouts on the year. She gave up just two hits and struck out 11 batters.

Against Louisiana-Lafayette, she allowed two unearned runs on five hits while striking out 12 batters. For her career, she improved to 1,365 strikeouts, moving her into fourth place on the NCAA all-time strikeout list. She will need 11 strikeouts on Sunday to move into third place.

In the final game, both of the Minutewomen hits came in the top of the third inning. The perfect game was broken up with one out when Aisha Franke reached on an infield single. Ashley Bakken then doubled down the left field line, but Franke was held up at third base and did not score as the Tigers got a pair of outs to end the inning.

In the bottom of the third, Reeves broke up the perfect game by UMass pitcher Kaila Holtz with her leadoff home run over the left field fence. The homer was the first for Reeves in her three seasons at LSU.

"When I hit it I ran to first as hard as I could because my balls never leave the park," said Reeves. "I figured the ball would just hit the fence.

Coach DeFeo told me to go to second and when I rounded first the umpire signaled home run and I almost passed out.

"I have never hit a home run, ever. I haven't hit one while I have been at LSU and I didn't hit one in high school. I haven't even hit a home run in batting practice."

The only other blemish for Sneed in the game was a leadoff walk to Bakken in the top of the sixth inning, but Reeves threw her out trying to steal second.

In the second game, the Tigers lost a 2-1 lead in the seventh before falling, 3-2, in the bottom of the eighth to Arizona State in the winner's bracket game.

Kristin Schmidt took the complete-game loss for LSU, falling to 17-4 on the season. She allowed three earned runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts. She did not issue a walk in 7 2/3 innings pitched.

Arizona State broke through with the first run of the game in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs, Kristin Farber singled to right field and then stole second. She scored on a double by Adriana Garcia.

LSU used three Sun Devil errors to take the lead in the top of the third.

Reeves drew a lead off walk before Blair Smith reached on an error by the first baseman on a sacrifice bunt put runners on first and second.

After an infield single by Aleshia Perry loaded the bases before an error by the second baseman allowed Reeves to score from third. An error by the pitcher scored another run, but the Tigers could get no more.

Arizona State threatened in the bottom of the fourth. An error by Julie Wiese at third base, a passed ball and a single put a runner on third, but Schmidt got Garcia to foul out to Wiese at third to end the inning.

LSU had a chance to add to the lead in the top of the seventh. With one out, pinch hitter Sara Fitzgerald hit an infield single. A single by Aleshia Perry down the left field line moved Fitzgerald to second before a fielder's choice by Trena Peel pushed Fitzgerald to third.

With two outs, Peel stole second to put a pair of runners in scoring position, but April Janzen flew out to right field to end the inning.

The Sun Devils rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh with two outs. Jennifer Forner singled and then advanced to second on a pop out in foul territory down the right field line.

Nichole Thompson then drove a double into the right centerfield gap to score Forner and send the game into extra innings. Thompson was nailed at third trying to extend the double into a triple.

LSU got a two-out hit by Megann Steege in the top of the eighth, but she was caught stealing to end the inning.

Kara Brun led off the bottom of the eighth with a single for Arizona State.

With one out, Erica Beach singled to right centerfield and Brun advanced to third.

She scored on a sacrifice fly to left field by Erin Wardein to end the game.

In the first game, LSU eliminated Louisiana-Lafayette from NCAA Regional play for the second straight year. The Tigers used a four-run fifth inning to defeat the Lady Cajuns, 5-2.

ULL struck first with a pair of runs in the first inning. A single, a hit batsman and a catcher's interference call loaded the bases.

Missy Martin then hit a sacrifice fly to deep right centerfield that the first run. With two outs, a delayed double steal scored Becky McMurtry from.

Sneed struck out Summar Lapeyrouse to end the inning with the Lady Cajuns leading 2-0.

LSU cut the lead in half in the top of the second. Tessa Lynam reached after she was hit by ULL pitcher Brooke Mitchell.

With one out, Julie Wiese singled to left field and Lynam advanced to second. After Mitchell walked Reeves to load the bases, she hit Blair Smith to send the first Tiger run across the plate.

LSU exploded for four runs in the top of the fifth. With one out, Aleshia Perry hit an infield single to get it started. After stealing second, Trena Peel knocked a double to left centerfield that scored Perry.

After a Christy Connor RBI single, Lynam nailed her second home run of the regional to left centerfield to give LSU the 5-2 lead. Erin Johnson doubled down the left field line, but was stranded at second when Wiese struck out swinging to end the inning.

The Lady Cajuns threatened in the bottom of the fifth. Crystal George led off with a single to left field. She advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and move to third on a wild pitch. Sneed got McMurtry to strike out swinging and Addison to ground out to the circle to get out of the inning.

ULL threatened again in the sixth. A leadoff single by Missy Martin and a single by Lapeyrouse put runners on first and second. A deep foul out to left field put both runners in scoring position, but Sneed struck out Tiffany Grayson to end the inning.

With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, McMurtry doubled to right centerfield, but Alana Addison hit a flyball out to shallow right field to end the game.