LSU University Recreation is finally beginning to wind down as the midpoint of the spring semester approaches.Intramural soccer leagues have crowned their champion in men’s, women’s and co-rec divisions. The MBA Ballers defeated Lambda Chi, 3-1, in the Men’s All Campus championship game, which pits the winners of the Men’s A soccer division and the Men’s Fraternity soccer division. Delta Gamma beat Phi Mu, 3-2, in the women’s championship game, and Fist Pump outscored The Wolfpack, 7-6, to win the co-rec championship.Intramural basketball leagues also ended last week. The men’s championship game matched up the winners of the Fraternity A league and the Men’s A league. The Monstars defeated Sigma Nu A, 47-38, in that game. The Bullets nudged out The System, 35-32, in the women’s championship game. Dunkin’ Donuts held off The System, 47-46, in a co-rec championship game thriller.All basketball championship games were played in the PMAC. Matt Boyer, assistant director of leagues and tournaments, said everything ran successfully.”They had a good atmosphere to play basketball,” Boyer said. “A lot of teams had family members there, and fraternity brothers came along to watch, too.”Todd Smith, graduate assistant of leagues and tournaments, said about 150 spectators watched the championship games, including several members of the LSU women’s basketball team.”They were there cheering and getting into the games … It was really neat to see,” Smith said. “I was really impressed with their overall character of the game.”The Monstars, winners of the men’s basketball championship, will travel to Starkville, Miss., this weekend to play in the American Collegiate Intramural Sports Regional Basketball Championships. “Magnolia Madness” will be played at the Joe Frank Sanderson Center on the campus of Mississippi State University. The champion of both the men’s and women’s tournaments will receive free entry into the ACIS National Basketball Championships, which are held in Raleigh, N.C., at North Carolina State University. “We’re really excited to be represented there,” Boyer said. Racquetball, table tennis and 4-on-4 flag football are all currently undergoing playoffs. The flag football league is down to the final four with the next round of games being held Sunday and the championship game immediately following. Racquetball and table tennis playoffs should finish in mid-April, Boyer said. Softball, indoor volleyball and dodgeball seasons are underway. Officials are still working out bugs to get the dodgeball league to run smoothly, Boyer said. “Some people are complaining,” Boyer said. “They expect [the officials] to see everything. With six balls flying around the officials can’t see it all. Some teams get upset and end up arguing. There have been a few minor incidents, but for the most part it’s running pretty well.”LSU UREC will also host the Rugby Western Union Collegiate Championships this weekend at the LSU UREC Sport & Adventure Complex. LSU will play host to 12 other schools throughout two divisions of men’s and women’s pools.LSU is the No. 3 seed in Division-I Men’s pool along with No. 1 seed Texas A&M, No. 2 seed Colorado and the No. 4 seed Colorado State.Entry is free for students from participating schools. Non-students must pay either $10 for a one-day pass or $15 for a two-day pass.The tournament kicks off Saturday morning.—–Contact Mark Clements at [email protected]