The LSU rugby club didn’t let a weather cancellation stop it from shutting out Mississippi State on Saturday in Baton Rouge.
The Tigers (4-0) defeated the Bulldogs (0-4), 85-0, in a rout that marked the second-straight shutout for the LSU squad.
The match was originally scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. Saturday, but the UREC’s cancellation forced a relocation to Highland Road Park and pushed the start time to 2 p.m.
Four players notched hat tricks, which accounted for 60 of LSU’s 85 points.
Among the four were grad student Jase Pickup and sophomores Morgan Mills, Will Middleton and Daniel Dowd.
Senior outside center Jeff Levasseur said the offensive effort was something the team has prided itself on this spring, and they continued to build on their reputation in Saturday’s match.
“I don’t want to say we necessarily were scoring at will, but we definitely took advantage of every opportunity [Mississippi State] gave us,” Levasseur said.
With their offensive game established early in the season, Levasseur said the Tigers wanted Saturday’s game to be a testament to their defensive ability.
But the biggest factor in the win came down to depth, Levasseur said.
Mississippi State traveled to Baton Rouge with only 15 players — the minimum required to play — so every player had to play the whole game. Fatigue wasn’t an issue for the Tigers, who used all of the subs allotted to them during the match.
But the Bulldogs weren’t without some advantages LSU junior fly-half Allen Alongi said.
“They were way bigger than us in the forwards and backs, but size isn’t everything,” Alongi said.
 
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