LSU volleyball team’s game against Arkansas to be aired on ESPNU
The LSU volleyball team will play before a national audience October 26 during a game picked up by ESPNU.
The Tigers will battle Arkansas on the road during their third straight season to be featured on ESPNU, their fourth showcased season since 2009.
The team won two of its last three games on the network, including a 3-0 sweep of No. 6 Florida in 2009, before going on to win the South Eastern Conference championship.
2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll list has 26 LSU athletes
Twenty-six LSU student-athletes made the 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll, according to an Athletic Department news release.
The soccer team boasts the most athletes on the list, with six players earning the honor.
The softball team, women’s swimming and diving team and women’s track team each had three players on the honor roll.
Two football players made the list, including sophomore safety Eric Reid.
LSU Track & Field athletes earn medals during weekend competition
LSU Track & Field athletes captured a total of five medals during the weekend competition.
Junior Semoy Hackett earned a gold medal for Trinidad & Tobago in the women’s 4×100-meter relay Saturday. She also won gold in the women’s 100-meter dash Friday.
Junior Riker Hylton led Jamaica to a bronze medal finish in the men’s 4×400-meter relay Sunday at the Central American & Caribbean Championship.
Hylton ran the second leg of Jamaica’s 4×400-meter relay, placing the team third in the meet’s final event. Hylton also finished fourth in the 400-meter final Friday night.
Sophomore Damar Forbes won silver for Jamaica in the men’s long jump.
Meanwhile, LSU alumnus Claston Bernard earned the silver medal for Jamaica in the men’s decathlon.
EA Sports simulates football season, predicts LSU winning BCS title
LSU finished the 2011 EA Sports simulated season with a BCS win in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
EA Sports simulated the entire 2011 season with “NCAA Football