While Monday marked the official start of the school year at LSU, today marks the start of the on-campus sports year.
The LSU volleyball team will be the first University squad competing in a regular season on campus this semester as the Tigers open up their season against Alcorn State at noon.
The game is part of the Tiger Classic, a two-day tournament lasting through Saturday night in which LSU will play four games.
The Tigers have won 11 straight opening weekends since 2000, but senior middle blocker Michele Williams said the team is focusing on playing their style rather than getting wins.
“We don’t always have to be at our best at the very beginning,” she said. “We want to win, but right now we’re focusing on how to get a flow, how to go fast and how to work with coming.”
Flory said she wasn’t going to shy away from rotating multiple players into the lineup this weekend.
“We’re going to start a different lineup in both matches tomorrow,” she said. “We’ll make determinations on what happens Saturday based on who plays well