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LSU senior utility player Tiffany Shaw bunts Wednesday during the TIgers’ 8-0 win against Nicholls State. The Tigers have outscored the Colonels, 27-2, this season.

Softball: Tigers blank Nicholls, 8-0, for seventh-straight win

By David Helman
Sports Contributor
April 6, 2011

Nicholls State went down swinging. That was the case Wednesday night, as Nicholls State batters recorded just four hits and whiffed six times against LSU pitchers in an 8-0 whitewash for the Tigers (22-12). It...

Tigers take win streak against No. 1 Bama

By David Helman
Sports Contributor
April 6, 2011

The LSU softball team is hoping the third time will be the charm. In only their fifth Southeastern Conference series of the season, the Tigers (22-12, 8-8) are facing top five competition tonight for the...

Tennis: Tigers, Lady Tigers to face SEC foes Vanderbilt, Kentucky

By Hunt Palmer
Sports Contributor
April 6, 2011

A pair of teams fresh off 7-0 defeats look to steady the proverbial ship this afternoon at W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium. The LSU women's tennis team (10-10, 4-4) welcomes No. 21 Vanderbilt to Baton Rouge...

Track and Field: Walter Henning’s 18-meet winning streak is over

By Luke Johnson
Sports Contributor
April 6, 2011

In what figured to be a relatively quiet day for the LSU track and field teams, one shocking development emerged at the end of the second day of the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas. Senior All-American Walter...

Hard to find silver lining with men’s basketball team

By Michael Lambert
Sports Writer
April 6, 2011

Part of the job requirement to be a college coach is the ability to hype up your team. LSU men's basketball coach Trent Johnson did his job extremely well Wednesday. Among all the negativity following...

Worthy Opponents

By Rowan Kavner
Sports Writer
April 6, 2011

The No. 17 LSU baseball team may be playing a mirror image of itself when it travels to Arkansas this weekend. The similarities between the Tigers (21-8, 3-6 SEC) and Razorbacks (20-8, 3-6) go further...

Peterson, Joseph lead tight end corps for 2011 season

By Rachel Whittaker
Sports Writer
April 5, 2011

The injury bug bit senior tight ends Deangelo Peterson and Mitch Joseph last season. Peterson and Joseph missed three games each last season with ankle and knee injuries, respectively. But now that they...

Allegations: Players say LSU runs clean program

There's a problem in college football, and it's not going away anytime soon. The 2010 football season and this spring have seen a constant barrage of stories about ineligibility, problems with agents and...

LSU’s Alex Edward dives into third base Tuesday for a one-run triple during the Tigers’ 7-5 win at Turchin Stadium against the Tulane Green Wave.

Baseball: No. 17 LSU tops Tulane, 7-5

By Rowan Kavner
Sports Writer
April 5, 2011

The No. 17 LSU baseball team knew Tulane wouldn't back down at home after beating the Tigers, 9-1, at Turchin Stadium last season. The Green Wave (18-11) took a one-run lead in the fifth inning Tuesday...

Golf: Tigers named Team of the Week

By Staff Reports
April 5, 2011

The LSU men's golf team, fresh off its team title at the LSU Invitational, was named Golfweek National Team of the Week on Tuesday. The Tigers compiled a two-day score of 22-over-par to win the tournament...

Men’s basketball: Dotson, Populist leave team

By Michael Lambert
Sports Writer
April 5, 2011

The LSU men's basketball team will be without two players from this past season when it takes the court next year. Guards sophomore Aaron Dotson and walk-on Daron Populist have left the team. Dotson, who...

LSU construction management student Tommy Pittari squats during the Powerlifting Collegiate National Championships, which were held April 1-3 in Scranton, Pa.

Club Sports: Powerlifting wins national honors

By Albert Burford
Sports Contributor
April 5, 2011

The '90s LSU baseball teams. The 1997 to 1999 Yankees. The 1999 to 2002 Lakers. Each one of these teams has been called a dynasty. After last weekend's Powerlifting Collegiate Championships, the LSU powerlifting...