It’s all about the girls today when the LSU women’s swimming and diving team hosts Tulane in the LSU Natatorium at 3 p.m.The men’s team will take a break from competition this week but not from the pool. Coach Adam Schmitt said the men will practice this afternoon while the women take on the Green Wave.Schmitt said everyone has practiced at the same level this week, regardless of whether they are swimming today. Both the men and women hold normal practices all during the regular season to keep themselves conditioned for the postseason meets.While the LSU women (0-2) are looking for their first win this season, Tulane (0-2) is looking for its first win in four years. The Green Wave swim team is in its first season back since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Tulane brings in a team consisting of one junior, one sophomore and 16 freshmen. Tulane does not have a men’s swim team.”It’s going to be really good to establish that Tulane-LSU rivalry,” Schmitt said. “Since they’ve reinstated their program, it’s really nice to be able to have another team to swim within the state.”Schmitt said the team goal for the weekend is to continue building on progress made early in the season.”Hopefully, the girls can step up and perform where they can be and hopefully get their first win,” Schmitt said.Junior Jane Trepp said this meet is different because it is so much smaller and has only one heat per event, giving swimmers less time to recover between events. She said she prefers meets with both teams but thinks this meet is an opportunity for the girls to swim events they don’t normally swim and see how well they do.Trepp said she is probably going to swim the 50-yard freestyle because she hasn’t swam the event in a meet yet.”I’m sure some girls are going to have some really good times in their off events,” Trepp said.Freshman diver Elle Schmidt said the pressure this week isn’t as high after the team held its own against Auburn. “They’re such a good team,” Schmidt said. “I mean, they were national champions. I think we did really well, especially for our second dual meet.”Schmidt said the team will try to come into the meet more confident than last week. “Last week we did really well as a team, but we overestimated our competition and underestimated ourselves a little bit,” Schmidt said. “This weekend, we’re just going to go in and try to be confident, dive well and do our best.”The LSU men and women will hit the road next week following the Tulane meet. The Tigers and Lady Tigers will go to Alabama on Friday, Nov. 6, and then travel to Florida State on Saturday, Nov. 7.—–Contact Katherine Terrell at [email protected]