The 30-3 LSU Tigers are ranked as high as third in the college baseball polls. The Tigers are riding an eight-game winning streak after sweeping Oklahoma. The final game of the series was played in frigid conditions for baseball, but the Tigers held on for a 3-2 victory. Coach Jay Johnson says he was concerned about his team’s mindset heading into the final game of the series, but he knew right away they were ready to play…
Much better weather conditions for tonight’s game as the LSU Tigers travel down to Thibodaux to face the Nicholls Colonels, who are 12 and 20 and coming off a series loss to Houston Christian.
In other action tonight…ULM is at Northwestern State. The Ragin Cajuns host Texas Rio Grande Valley and Southeastern Louisiana is at Tulane.
The LSU Lady Tigers failed to sign six-foot-five forward Kate Koval when she was coming out of high school, but she’s a Lady Tiger now. Koval played just one season at Notre Dame where she averaged five points and five rebounds a game. The Ukrainian scored in double figures three times in ACC games.
Meanwhile, Center Alyah Del Rosario has entered the transfer portal after spending the last two seasons at LSU. She’s also six-foot-five and was ranked as the seventh best recruit in her signing class, but she didn’t see much playing time this past season.
LSU men’s basketball has named one of its former players as the General Manager of the program. 44-year-old Ronald Dupree played for the Tigers from 1999 to 2003 and an All-SEC selection his junior and senior seasons. He was working in the front of office of the Milwaukee Bucks.