LSU University Recreation is busier than ever, with five sports currently undergoing playoffs and four others with their seasons underway.The 4-on-4 flag football playoffs have been delayed because of weather, but are set to restart March 14. The field is down to 24 teams, and the championship game is tentatively set for March 28.The Men’s Soccer All Campus Championship game takes the winners of the Men’s A soccer division and the Men’s Fraternity soccer division and matches them together to crown the soccer champion of LSU UREC. That game took place at the UREC Sport and Adventure Complex last night between Lambda Chi and The MBA Ballers. The MBA Ballers beat Lambda Chi A 3-1.The basketball championship game for all leagues will take place on Tuesday, March 16. All championship games will be played in the PMAC, beginning with the women’s championship game at 7:30 p.m., followed by the co-rec championship game at 8:30 p.m. and the men’s at 9:30 p.m.All basketball championship games are set. The women’s playoffs narrowed the group to The Bullets and The System. The co-rec basketball championship game will pit The System against Dunkin Donuts.The men’s basketball championship game matches the winner of the Fraternity A league and the men’s A league. That game will take place between Sigma Nu A versus The Monstars.Table tennis and racquetball playoffs are also all underway and will continue for the next few weeks according to Matt Boyer, assistant director of leagues and tournaments.LSU UREC also kicked off three leagues this week: softball, indoor volleyball and dodgeball.Intramural softball consists of three divisions, including men’s, women’s and co-rec. Boyer said the numbers for softball were about as expected as 136 teams signed up. The softball league is set to begin this week and will run until late March.The indoor volleyball league also consists of a men’s, women’s and co-rec league. Forty-two teams registered to play, and the first games began last night. The indoor volleyball league will also run until late March.The intramural dodgeball league is the newest addition to the LSU UREC schedule. The league received a large wave of entries on the final day of registration last week, increasing the number of teams to 16. The league is strictly co-rec, and games began Tuesday.
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Playoffs continue for five sports
March 10, 2010