 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 9/10/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Robert Quiroga Lafayette, La. – The No. 7 LSU Soccer Team (7-0-0) made program history on Thursday night as they defeated the UL-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns (2-5-0) on Thursday night at the Ragin’ Cajuns Soccer Facility. The Tigers set the program record for most consecutive wins as they won their tenth straight match Thursday night; the streak dates back to the 2021 spring season. The previous school record for most wins in a row, nine, came in 2002. Forward Molly Thompson led the night as she recorded a hat trick with goals in the 16th, 21st, and 51st minutes. Forward Tinaya Alexander and midfielder Meghan Johnson each scored a goal in the 41st and 81st minute respectively.Box Score (PDF) “Huge amounts of momentum for our program right now as we’ve started the season off with seven wins in a row,” head coach Sian Hudson said after the match. “Really proud of everything we have accomplished since we set foot on campus. The sheer amount of effort our girls are putting in and the way they play for each other is just a credit to them.” The Tigers opened the scoring on the night in the 16th minute as midfielder Rammie Noel sent a cross into the box from the left flank that saw Thompson leap and head the ball into the back of the net from eight yards out. The goal was the second of the season for Thompson, and Noel’s team-high third assist of the year. Thompson doubled her goal tally only five minutes later as she latched on the end of a long ball and drove into the edge of the box, where she cut inside on her right foot and ripped a shot into the right corner from 17 yards out to give LSU a 2-0 lead in the match and give Thompson her third goal of the season. LSU grabbed the third goal of the match in the 41st minute after Alexander carried the ball from midfield, dashed by a defender, and burst into the box and placed her finish into the top left corner. The goal takes Alexander’s goal tally to six on the season, a team-high on a team that’s flourishing with goals. Goalkeeper Mollee Swift commanded the box and kept the ball out of her goal in 45 minutes of action, registering three saves in the 7th, 19th, and 44th minutes. Goalkeeper Jade Odom made her LSU debut in the second half, taking the spot between the posts for the final 45 minutes of the match. In the 51st minute, Alexander played a through ball into the box to Thompson, who shot it first time and slotted it past the Ragin’ Cajun goalkeeper into the bottom left corner to extend LSU’s lead to 4-0 and secure Thompson’s hat trick. The hat trick is the first in Thompson’s career, and the 20th hat trick in school history. With the assist, Alexander’s career tally moves to 19 and is tied for fifth on the all-time assist list for LSU. LSU capped off the night with one final goal in the 81st minute. Defender Grace Haggerty swung in a corner that found midfielder Tiana Caffey, who headed it down and found Johnson. Johnson lifted the ball into the top right corner to secure her first goal of the season and fourth of her collegiate career. Caffey’s assist was the first of the year and fourth of her career while Haggerty claimed the first assist of her career on the play. Odom marked her first appearance in Purple & Gold by keeping a clean sheet in the second half, registering two saves in the 60th and 64th minutes. The clean sheet means that the Tigers have now kept a clean sheet in four out of seven games to start the season. LSU outshot UL-Lafeyette by a margin of 20-10, with the Tigers registering 12 shots on target compared to the Ragin Cajuns’ five. Up Next LSU will open SEC play at home as they take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs at 7 p.m. CT on Friday, September 17th.
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 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 9/8/2021 LSU Sports Information By: William Franques LSU TIGER TRACKS THIS WEEK ON CST BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU Tiger Tracks, a program highlighting various aspects of the university and its athletics department, can be seen at 10:30 p.m. CT Wednesday on Cox Sports Television. The show, hosted by Jordy Hultberg and Bill Franques, is a weekly 30-minute production featuring interviews with LSU administrators, coaches and student-athletes, along with a look at some of the events and scholarly activity on campus. Tiger Tracks begins with a preview by correspondent Paul Boron of the LSU-McNeese football game that kicks off at 7 p.m. CT Saturday in Tiger Stadium. Boron later provides a profile of quarterback Max Johnson, who has nine touchdown passes in his three career starts for the Tigers. Tiger Tracks continues with an interview conducted by Jacob Hester with offensive lineman Austin Deculus, who has a chance to become the first player in LSU football history to appear in 60 games. The show concludes with a story about LSU President William Tate and his recent visit to the Student Union on campus, where he engaged in a friendly game of golf.  Photo By: LSU Da Boot Sports! 7/20/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Michael Bonnette BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Cox Academic Center for Student-Athletes has been named recipient of the 2021 NCLCA Outstanding Learning Center Award for Special Populations, the National College Learning Center Association announced. The purpose of the NCLCA President’s Outstanding Learning Center Award for Specialized Populations is to give national recognition to the work done by learning centers that provide learning services to a limited specialized population and to foster their future growth and development. The award considers those centers that focus on groups such as student-athletes, veterans, and TRiO (students from disadvantaged backgrounds). “The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes continues to be a national leader in supporting students to achieve excellence in the academic sphere and beyond,” LSU Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Matt Lee said. “The innovative programming driven by first rate and extraordinarily capable staff and leadership has engendered an environment where excellence permeates everything they do. This most recent national recognition affirms their ongoing commitment to ensure our students compete at the highest levels in all realms.” With the motto, “Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve”, LSU’s Cox Academic Center for Student-Athletes provides academic support and services for nearly 500 student-athletes. Under the direction of Walt Holliday, LSU has maintained an 88 percent graduate success rate for its student-athletes for the past four years. LSU’s most recent graduation success rate of 89 percent is up 20 points from 2008. "It is an honor to receive this prestigious award as it is our vision at the center to be the premiere resource for student-athletes,” Holliday, Executive Director of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, said. “Our holistic approach to student-athlete development helps our student-athletes find balance between their academic and personal development. We recognize the importance of developing them academically, cognitively, personally and professionally. Our continued success at the Cox Center is based on the collective efforts of many”. Equipped with such features as a 1,000-seat internet accessible auditorium, a tutorial center, a computer lab, a career center and a 2,800-square foot library, the Cox Academic Center for Student-Athlete is among the best of its kind on a college campus. Another unique feature of the Cox Academic Center is Project Graduation, a program dedicated to helping those student-athletes that leave school early, for whatever the reason, return to LSU to finish their degree. Since 2010, 87 former LSU student-athletes have returned to LSU and earned their college diploma. The Cox Academic Center for Student-Athletes isn’t focused solely on graduation, but also about developing student-athletes for a successful life after athletics. The goals of the center include:
“I am immensely proud this achievement,” Dorothy Kemp, director of educational support services, said. “As the criteria for this award evaluated all components of CCACSA programs, ultimately, this honor is a reflection of the hard work and dedication to excellence of the entire team. Brad Jones, the manager of student support Services/math specialist, worked very hard to ensure that our application captured the great work that we do every day for our student-athletes.”  Photo By: LSUsports.net 6/19/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Aaron Hyder Baton Rouge, La. – LSU track and field sprinter Terrance Laird announced he was turning pro on Friday afternoon. The world class sprinter has signed a contract with Adidas. Laird, who arrived at LSU in January of 2020, has done it all for LSU. He led the LSU men's team to a national title a week ago by scoring a team and meet high 20.5 points at the NCAA Championships after winning titles in the 100 meters (10.05 seconds) and 4x100 meter relay (38.48), while also placing second in the 200 meters with a time of 19.94. Laird was just named the 2021 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year earlier this week after his scintillating performances during the outdoor season; he's also one of 10 semifinalists for The Bowerman. You name, and he's pretty much accomplished it on the collegiate level. He completed the sprint triple at the SEC meet after winning the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4x100 meter relay. A lightning bolt out the blocks, Laird has put the world on notice with his performances this year in the 200 meters. He's run the two fastest wind legal times of the year in the 200 meters, a 19.81 at the Texas Relays in late March and a 19.82 at the SEC Championships in mid-May. The 19.82 at SECs broke Justin Gatlin's meet record. He also owns a wind-aided time of 19.82 seconds (+2.4 meters per second) that he clocked at the LSU Alumni Gold meet in late April. He's set to compete for his spot on the U.S. Olympic team June 25-27 at the Olympic Trials. He'll run the first round of the 200 meters on Friday at 4:04 p.m. CT. The semifinals will be at 9:33 p.m. CT Saturday night, and then the finals are scheduled for 7:22 p.m. CT on Sunday (June 27). He will also be a candidate for the USA's 4x100 meter relay team. A native of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Laird has been an absolute pleasure to have on the LSU track and field team. He arrived in January of 2020 and left his mark on the program. He's made those around him better, he's pushed the limits, he's shown that hard work pays off, and he's a true student of the game. We look forward to him representing LSU on the world stage for years to come.  6/16/2021 DA BOOT SPORTS! 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LSU won five individual event titles and the 4x100 meter relay at the meet as the Tigers showed their brute dominance over the rest of the field. Results "It means a lot because there have been so many times we've been second at this meet," Shaver said after the victory. "To be able to win it is pretty exciting. We came out here and dominated the meet in a lot of ways and that made it special for us." LSU's six event titles at the NCAA outdoor meet are the second most ever in meet history. Ohio State captured seven in 1936. LSU won event titles in the javelin (Tzuriel Pedigo), 100 meters (Terrance Laird), high jump (JuVaughn Harrison), long jump (JuVaughn Harrison), 400 meter hurdles (Sean 'Squirrel' Burrell), and the 4x100 meter relay. LSU led the event wire to wire. After scoring 24 points on the opening day of the meet, the Tigers added 60 more to their final tally on Friday that saw the Purple & Gold bring home three more individual national titles and the 4x100m relay as well. JuVaughn Harrison (high jump), Sean 'Squirrel' Burrell (400m hurdles), Terrance Laird (100 meters) captured national titles on Friday in their respective events. Dylan Peebles, Noah Williams, Akanni Hislop, and Terrance Laird brought home the win in the 4x100 meter relay. We'll start with the best to ever do it in the long jump/high jump combo in world history, JuVaughn Harrison. Harrison wowed the crowd and won his sixth straight NCAA title with a clearance of 7' 7.75" (2.33 meters). It wasn't a perfect day, but he got the job done and secured his 20th point of the meet for the Tigers. Going back to NCAA comps since the 2019 outdoor meet, he's 6-0 between the long jump and high jump. In 2019, he became the first man in NCAA outdoor meet history to sweep the long jump and high jump national titles. He's now done that at three straight meets – 2019 NCAA outdoor, 2021 NCAA indoor, 2021 NCAA outdoor – to stake claim as one of the best jumpers in NCAA history. The six NCAA titles rank Harrison No. 3 on the all-time LSU list for national titles won behind Xavier Carter (7) and Kelly Willie (7); it also ties him with Walter Davis. "I'm very proud of my team and what we came out here and did," Harrison mentioned. "We've got a lot of dudes on this team that excel in their events. So to see us score the points we did and win in the fashion we did, it's something we'll never forget." Sean 'Squirrel' Burrell won his first career national title on Friday with a world U20 record time of 47.85. So let us point out that this has been an event contested since 1900 and no U20 athlete in world history has ever run faster. In fact, Burrell became the first U20 athlete to crack 48 seconds in the event as the previous U20 world record was 48.02 by Danny Harris June of 1984 . The time of 47.85 moved Burrell up to No. 4 on the all-time collegiate list and it ranks as the second fastest time in LSU history behind his coach, Bennie Brazell (47.67). He's the third LSU 400 meter hurdler to win an NCAA title in the event. "It's an honor to just win my event title," Burrell said. "I run for my city, Baton Rouge is where I grew up. So to become a national champion at this school means the most to me. I kept preaching to myself that I was gonna go sub 48, and I got out today. I knew I could finish strong and when that time popped up I was like 'oh yeah." We're five paragraphs in and we haven't even mentioned the High Point Scorer of the Meet. That would go to Terrance Laird as he dropped 20.5 half points thanks to his national titles in the 4x100 meter relay and 100 meters; he also took second in the 200 meters. Laird was worked to the max on Friday as he ran in three races. He started his day off by chasing down Georgia's Matt Boling for the win; the LSU relay clocked a time of 38.48 in the event. Laird returned to the track 50 minutes later and stunned the crowd with his late race speed to win the 100 meter national time with a clocking of 10.05 seconds. Laird would go for the sprint triple 45 minutes later in the 200 meters and was narrowly beat out for the top spot as he ran a 19.94 to Joseph Fanbulleh's (Florida) 19.91. "We had a razor sharp focus coming into this meet," Laird said of his team's performance this week. "We got the ball rolling today with the 4x100 meter relay. The whole day was the LSU show. We talked about doing this and we did. Proud of this group." The men's 4x100 meter relay kicked things off with a dub in the sprint relay. The lineup went Dylan Peebles, Noah Williams, Akanni Hislop, and Terrance Laird as the unit clocked a 38.48 to run away with the event. It's LSU's 10th national title in the event and first since 2016. Noah Williams turned in a time of 44.93 in the 400 meters to take third and add six points to the LSU point total. Freshman Sean Dixon-Bodie went out and PR'd at his first NCAA outdoor meet with a leap of 54' 6" (16.61 meters) to take fourth place in the triple jump; the mark is the fifth best in LSU history. The final point scorer of the day for LSU was Damion Thomas in the 110 meter hurdles; he placed eighth with a time of 13.76 for a point. This team was loaded with potential and they made the most of it to bring home LSU's first men's outdoor national title since 2002; they were ranked No. 1 in 9 of 10 ratings polls released throughout the season and will end up as the top team in the land for the 2021 outdoor season. LSU's other four outdoor men's national titles came in 1933, 1989, 1990, and 2002. LSU's 31 point margin of victory is the largest gap since Arkansas won by 38 points in 1994. LSU's track and field program as a whole – women & men combined – has now won 32 team national titles. LSU's 84 team points are the third most in the modern era of track and field at the men's NCAA outdoor meet. LSU's Point Total – 84 Terrance Laird – 20.5 JuVaughn Harrison – 20 Tzuriel Pedigo – 10 Sean Burrell – 10 Noah Williams – 8.5 Sean Dixon-Bodie – 5 Dylan Peebles – 2.5 Akanni Hislop – 2.5 Jon Nerdal – 2 Rayvon Grey - 2 Damion Thomas - 1  Photo By: LSUsports.net 5/12/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Judy Willson BATON ROUGE --- The LSU women’s golf team will advance to the NCAA Championships in Scottsdale, Arizona following today’s cancellation of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional. The Tigers were the No. 1 seed in the regional field. It will be the 14th time in program history that LSU has advanced to the national championship field. The No. 4-ranked Tigers will compete for a national title for the first time since 2015 when they take the Grayhawk Golf Club course, May 21-26. It will be the first time that the team has advanced in head coach Garrett Runion’s three-year tenure. Statement from the NCAA: NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee Statement – Baton Rouge Regional The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee regrets that the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships regional in Baton Rouge could not be conducted as scheduled this week. The University Club has taken on over 7 inches of rain in the past several days. The Division I Women’s Golf Committee, NCAA staff and the Games Committee in Baton Rouge have been in constant communication throughout the past several days about the course conditions that have led to this unprecedented and most difficult decision. Committee policy states that since play could not take place Wednesday, advancement will be determined by the original seeding of teams used for selection to the 2021 championship, with the top six teams and top three individuals, not on an advancing team, going to the national championships. Those teams and individuals are as follows:
 Photo By: LSUsports.net 5/8/2021 LSU Sports Information GULF SHORES, Ala.- The Tigers' beach season came to an end Sunday evening in Gulf Shores when they fell to UCLA, 3-2. The match came down to the third set on Court 5 where LSU fell by the closest of margins, 15-13. "I could not be more proud of this team," said senior-leader Kristen Nuss, the winningest player in college beach volleyball history. "The way we fought until the very end is something that I will remember forever. "We'll forever be a team no matter the wins and losses." This marks the end of the road for the LSU Beach team that clawed its way back to being one of the final four teams standing after dropping its opening round match to Loyola Marymount. LSU finishes the season with a 27-9 record. After finishing the 2020 season as the No. 1 team in the country when it was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All six seniors from last year's team returned to fight for a national championship one more time. The Tigers entered this season ranked in the same spot. LSU remained inside the top-four for the entire season. "They risked this feeling to do it again," said head coach Russell Brock. "That says a ton about their character and not just their ability." For Claire Coppola, Taryn Kloth, Jess Lansman, Toni Rodriguez, and Kristen Nuss, Olivia Ordonez and Kahlee York this is the end of the road for their careers at LSU. It is a group that has led LSU to become one of the nation's top programs. Before they arrived in Baton Rouge, LSU had never made it to the NCAA Championship. Since they joined the program, LSU has not missed out on being one of the final eight teams invited to Gulf Shores. "Anybody that has seen our team play the past five years has seen the body of work," said Brock. "All the stats are almost incalculable. Even as we stand in the circle, it's daunting to think about how we will replace them. It's not just their skill. It's their accountability level, the way that they commit to the program, their understanding of what it means to be who we are. "Where we came from and where we are as a program, they are that. Without them it will be tough, but they will always be remembered fondly and as the greatest group that as ever put on the purple and gold." The match in the sand against the Bruins was intense and it came down to the bitter end. Jess Lansman and Sydney Moore got the Tigers started with a strong performance on Court 4, 21-15 and 21-17. Claire Coppola, who has 121 wins in her career (fourth most in college beach history), and Kelli Greene-Agnew fell on Court 2 as UCLA tied the overall dual, 21-19 and 21-13. Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss capped off a perfect season on Court 1 as they won both sets by a score of 23-21. Nuss finished her LSU career with 139 victories, the winningest player in the history of college beach volleyball. As a pair, Kloth and Nuss finished the season 36-0 which ties the best record by an undefeated pair on Court 1 ever. Kelly Claes and Sarah Hughes from USC had the same undefeated record in 2016. On Court 3, Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope and Toni Rodrgiuez fell, 23-21 and 21-18, as UCLA evened the match once again. Rodriguez finishes her seven-year LSU career after competing for both the indoor and beach programs. The attention shifted to Court 5 where Olivia Ordonez and Kahlee York won the first set, 21-15, and dropped the second set, 21-19. The LSU duo battled back after trailing by three, 8-5. They were able to get the score within one but were unable to ever tie it up and UCLA took the third set, 15-13, claiming the match.  Photo By: LSUsports.net 5/8/2021 LSU Sports Information GULF SHORES, Ala. - No. 4 LSU took down No. 8 TCU, 3-1, in an elimination match at the NCAA Championship to keep its season alive. "Everytime we step in the sand now we know it's going to be win or go home," said head coach Russell Brock. "If it's pretty, if it's ugly or if it's somewhere in between. We've got to find a way to get it done. We got it done in good fashion." The Tigers will face Florida State at 1 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2. The Tigers are 0-4 against the Seminoles this season, but each match has been razor thin. In the CCSA Championship match, LSU fell, 3-2, and the deciding court (Court 4) was decided by just two points in the third set. "We know both of those teams really well and we'll have film," said Brock. "We'll have a good idea of what it's going to take. We owe them both a lot and I'm sure they figure they owe us as well. No matter what, it will be an elimination match against two of the top four teams in the country. There's a lot riding on that." LSU fell to No. 5 Loyola Marymount this morning, 3-2, making to road to a championship more difficult. The Tigers will need to rattle off for more wins, moving through the elimination bracket, in order to claim its first national championship. After the loss in the morning, LSU came out locked in with its back against the wall. Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss handled Court 1 in straight-sets, 21-17 and 21-19, advancing to 34-0 on the season and earning their 31st straight-set win. TCU evened the match when Claire Coppola and Kelli Greene-Agnew dropped Court 2, 21-18 and 21-14. Jess Lansman and Sydney Moore moved the Tigers closer to advancing when they won on Court 4, 21-14 and 21-16. Moments later, Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope and Toni Rodriguez clinched the match for LSU with a win on Court 3, 21-12 and 21-17. "We had to regroup after this morning after we didn't get the win, but we came back after that game and regrouped," Rodriguez said. "We went in with an attack mindset and just went after them." Olivia Ordonez and Kahlee York were in a position to win on Court 5. They won the first set, 21-9, but LSU clinched the match before they were able to finish. They were leading 19-11 in the second set when the horn blew to signify the Tigers had won.  Photo By: LSUsports.net 4/29/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Chris Blair Voice of the Tigers Chris Blair sits down with LSU Athletics Director Scott Woodward to discuss major announcements this week from the Athletics department. The two discuss the homecoming of new women's basketball head coach Kim Mulkey, outdoor athletics events moving to 100 percent capacity, this week's NFL Draft and more. Interview is Below... Enjoy... GEAUX TIGERS!!!  Photo By: LSU 4/28/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Michael Bonnette BATON ROUGE – LSU Athletics, following the lead of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edward’s proclamation on Tuesday allowing for 100 percent capacity at outdoor sporting events, will move to full capacity at all outdoor sporting events effective immediately, LSU Director of Athletics Scott Woodward announced on Wednesday. Masks will no longer be required at LSU sporting events held outdoors. The move to full capacity at LSU outdoor athletic events starts on Friday night at Alex Box Stadium when the Tigers host top-ranked Arkansas. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. followed by a 6:30 p.m. start on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Other events on the LSU campus this weekend include softball hosting Arkansas for a three-game series beginning on Saturday as well as the nation’s top-ranked track and field program hosting the LSU Invitational on Saturday at Bernie Moore Track Stadium. Fans will also be allowed to resume normal tailgating activities on campus with no COVID-related restrictions. “We are excited about the opportunity to welcome our fans back in full force this weekend,” Woodward said. “This move is another positive step for us as a campus and community. I want to thank our fans that have patiently waited and abided by the protocols we had in place since our return to competition in the fall. It’s going to be a great sight to see our fans pack Alex Box Stadium, Tiger Park and Bernie Moore this weekend.” Fans wishing to purchase tickets for upcoming LSU baseball and softball games can do so by visiting www.LSUtix.net. Update for LSU Outdoor Sporting Events
 Photo By: LSUsports.net 4/24/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Grant Kauvar HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The LSU Beach Volleyball team fell to Florida State, 4-1, in the CCSA Semifinals, but the Tigers will still have an opportunity to play in to the CCSA Championship match. LSU will face TCU Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and a win for the Tigers would put them in the championship against FSU which would take place at 1:30 p.m. The Tigers and Horned Frogs faced each other last night and LSU won the match, 3-2, with a dramatic third-set victory on Court 5 by Olivia Ordonez and Kahlee York. "We have two opportunities tomorrow to clean up our side of things," said head coach Russell Brock. "I'm liking the fact that as we played that match (vs. FSU), we know that there is at most a couple of points in three of those courts and that's a 4-1 win for us. It's our job between now and tomorrow to clean that up. "First, we've got to clean up the match we played against TCU. It's a great opportunity for us to show that we can play how we did against Florida State and then even a little bit better against someone that's not Florida State. That's an opportunity we have to take advantage of." Despite a forecast for bad weather on Saturday, the sun was shining as the Tigers faced the Seminoles. Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss advanced to 30-0 on Court 1 for the season. Court 2, 3 and 5 went to three sets, but the Tigers were unable any of them. LSU's Jess Lansman and Sydney Moore fell on Court 4 in two sets, 21-17 and 21-15. Kloth and Nuss won in straight sets on Court 1 though to even the match, 21-19 and 21-19. Dating back to last season when they played with different partners, Kloth has won 44 matches in a row and Nuss has won 42 straight. They are the nation's only undefeated pair on Court 1. Ordonez and York fell in a tightly contested first set on Court 5 that was back and forth from start to finish, 22-20. The second set was just as close, but LSU's fives pair secured it, 21-18, to force a third where they ultimately fell, 15-10. Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope and Grace Seits won the first set on Court 3, 21-18. They fell in a close second set though, 22-20. In the deciding set, Rasnick-Pope and Seits fell, 15-12, as FSU clinched its spot in the CCSA Championship. On Court 2, Claire Coppola and Kelli Greene-Agnew fell in set one, 21-13, but came back and got a big second set win, 21-19. In third though, they could not complete the comeback as FSU won, 15-9. FSU 4, LSU 1 Court 1: Kloth/Nuss (LSU) def. Van Winden/Rutz (FSU): 21-19, 21-19 Court 2: Chacon/Anderson (FSU) def. Coppola/Greene-Agnew (LSU): 21-13, 19-21, 15-9 Court 3: Caffrey/McBain (FSU) def. Rasnick-Pope/Seits (LSU): 18-21, 22-20, 15-12 Court 4: Putt/White (FSU) def. Lansman/Moore (LSU): 21-17, 21-15 Court 5: Privett/Johnson (FSU) def. Ordonez/York (LSU): 22-20, 18-21, 15-10 4/13/2021 LSU Sports Information By: William Franques BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU Tiger Tracks, a program highlighting various aspects of the university and its athletics department, can be seen at 7 p.m. CT Wednesday on Cox Sports Television. A replay of the show will air at 1:30 p.m. CT Friday. The show, hosted by Jordy Hultberg and Bill Franques, is a weekly 30-minute production featuring interviews with LSU administrators, coaches and student-athletes, along with a look at some of the events and scholarly activity on campus. Tiger Tracks begins with profile by correspondent Paul Boron of LSU quarterback Myles Brennan, who is working his way back into top physical condition after suffering a season-ending injury last fall. Boron later provides a report on the NCAA Gymnastics Championships this week in Fort Worth, Texas, as the Tigers seek their first national title. The show also features a conversation with football general manager Austin Thomas, who discusses LSU’s recent Pro Day held at the indoor practice facility.  Photo By: LSUsports.net 4/12/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Aaron Hyder Baton Rouge, La. – The LSU women's and men's track and field teams are both ranked No. 1 in the nation in the third edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ratings index released on Monday morning. This marks the third consecutive week that the women are ranked No. 1 nationally. For the men, its their second time in three weeks to be ranked No. 1. The Tigers added or improved five marks on the NCAA top 10 list including Tonea Marshall's new NCAA lead of 12.70 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles. Marshall, who already owned the NCAA lead with a 12.75 from the Texas Relays, clocked her fastest time of the season with a time of 12.70, albeit it was wind aided, but allowable for NCAA qualifying marks. Jumpers JuVaughn Harrison and Rayvon Grey registered quality marks in their respective events. Grey's best mark of the week in the long jump was a wind-aided 26' 7.75" (8.12 meters). He also added a wind legal personal best of 26' 7" (8.10 meters) on the attempt prior. Grey's jump ranks No. 2 in the NCAA and moves him up to No. 6 in the LSU record books. Harrison cleared 7' 3.75" (2.23 meters) in the high jump to rank fourth in the NCAA. The other marks added to the top 10 were by Symone Mason and Eric Edwards Jr. Mason ran a personal best of 11.21 in the 100 meters to rank sixth nationally, and Edwards Jr. ran wind-aided time of 13.52 in the 110 meter hurdles to move up to No. 5 in the NCAA. All other marks that are ranked in the top 10 can be viewed below: LSU Nationally Ranked Athletes Women's 4x100m Relay – No. 1 – 42.87 Terrance Laird – No. 1 – 200 Meters (19.81) Damion Thomas – No. 1 – 110m Hurdles (13.22) Alia Armstrong – No. 2 – 100m Hurdles (12.85) Lisa Gunnarsson – No. 2 – Pole Vault (14' 9"/4.50m) Abigail O'Donoghue – No. 2 – High Jump (6' 2"/1.88m) Men's 4x100m Relay – No. 2 – 38.70 Men's 4x400m Relay – No. 2 – 3:01.00 Favour Ofili – No. 3 – 200 Meters (22.69) Noah Williams – No. 4 – 200 Meters (20.28w) Jurnee Woodward – No. 4 – 400m Hurdles (56.64) Jake Norris – No. 4 – Hammer Throw (237' 3"/72.31m) Jon Nerdal – No. 5 – Hammer Throw (232' 8"/70.92m) Milan Young – No. 5 – 400m Hurdles (56.94) Thelma Davies – No. 6 – 200 Meters (22.89) Thelma Davies – No. 6 – 100 Meters (11.21) Brittley Humphrey – No. 7 – 400m Hurdles (57.54) Sean 'Squirrel' Burrell – No. 8 – 400 Meters (45.42) Milan Young – No. 8 – 100m Hurdles (13.06) Women's 4x400m Relay – No. 9 – 3:32.28 Outdoor Season Rankings March 29 – Women (#1), Men (#1) April 5 – Women (#1), Men (#2) April 12 – Women (#1), Men (#1)  Photo By: LSUsports.net 4/10/2021
LSU Sports Information By: Aaron Hyder Tuscaloosa, Ala. – The LSU track and field team collected 12 wins on the final day of the Crimson Tide Invitational at the Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium on Saturday. Final Results Rayvon Grey had the performance of the day for the Tigers with the second best mark in the long jump in the nation. On his fourth attempt of the day, the senior from New York leaped out to a wind-aided winning mark of 26' 7.75" (8.12 meters). One attempt prior and he collected a wind legal personal best of 26' 7" (8.10 meters) to move into the No. 6 spot on the all-time LSU list. His series was ever so consistent with all three of his jumps that he didn't foul on over 26 feet. Grey wasn't the only jumper to put in work on Saturday as JuVaughn Harrison (high jump), Abigail O'Donoghue (high jump) and Mercy Abire Matanmi (long jump) captured event titles as well. Harrison opened his outdoor campaign with a clearance of 7' 3.75" (2.23 meters) to move up to a No. 4 ranking in the NCAA. Matanmi PR'd in the long jump with a leap of 21' 0.75" (6.42 meters) to win her event, and O'Donoghue won her second straight high jump event title with a clearance of 6' 0.50" (1.84 meters) on Saturday. Kyndal McKnight and Sean Dixon-Bodie collected second-place showings in the women's and men's triple jumps. McKnight took silver with a mark of 42' 2.75" (12.87 meters) and Serena Bolden took bronze with a leap of 42' (12.80 meters). Dixon-Bodie collected an outdoor PR of 52' 8" (16.05 meters) to garner his silver medal in the triple jump. Dixon-Bodie finished second overall but was the top collegiate finisher in the event behind a professional. The sprinters and hurdlers piled up five wins on the day in individual events. Tonea Marshall (12.70w) and Milan Young (13.18w) finished first and third in the 100 meter hurdles, and the freshman duo of Leah Phillips (59.39) and Sean 'Squirrel' Burrell (50.64) swept titles in the 400 meter hurdles; the time of 50.64 made Burrell the 10th fastest hurdler over the distance of 400 meters in LSU history. In the 200 meters, Amber Anning won with a windy readout of 23.23 and senior Tyler Terry collected a 200 meter title on men's side with a windy time of 20.69. The men's javelin crew took three of the top four spots in their event with Tzuriel Pedigo leading the way. Pedigo registered a season best of 235' 1" (71.67 meters) to win his second event title of the season and the mark of 235' 1" moved him up to No. 4 on the all-time LSU list. Eli Gaughan launched a career best of 223' 10" (68.23 meters) to take silver and Andre Girouard placed fourth with a throw of 210' 1" (64.05 meters). The women's and men's 4x100 meter relays also won titles to start the day on the track. The women's crew of Tonea Marshall, Favour Ofili, Symone Mason, and Thelma Davies went 43.07 to win their race, and the men's side of Dylan Peebles, Dorian Camel, Noah Williams, and Terrance Laird ran a 39.13 to win. Shelby Spoor worked her way into the LSU record book for the second straight week, this time in the 5,000 meters. The freshman ran a time of 17:19.99 to place second in the event and move up to ninth all-time in LSU history. She's also in the top 10 in the 3,000 meters. Fellow distance runner Sara Funderburk PR'd in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 10:40.79 to move into the No. 2 slot in LSU history in the event; her time of 10:40.79 earned her bronze. Additional Podium Finishes Ashley LaJocies – 3rd Place – 5,000 Meters - 17:28.75 Eric Edwards – 2nd Place – 110m Hurdles - 13.52w Symone Mason – 2nd Place – 100 Meters - 11.21 – NCAA No. 6 Thelma Davies – 3rd Place – 100 Meters – 11.40 |
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