With two outs in the fourth inning, Bulldogs second baseman Gatlin Sanders hit a chopper up the middle that deflected off the heel of Shores' glove and into the left eye of the LSU starters. Shores went down on one knee after getting hit but stayed in the game, forcing a fielder's choice to end the inning.

immediately after the sequence before being helped to the LSU bench and ultimately not returning to the game. "I think her elbow just hit me in my eye, and I couldn't really focus my eyes ...

After sitting out for the final few minutes of LSU’s Sweet 16 win over North Carolina State, there were questions surrounding the health of Flau’Jae Johnson. The Tigers star was poked in the eye and was experiencing double vision which left her status questionable for the Elite 8 matchup.