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Tigers struggle with lack of experience

By Rob Landry
Sports Contributor
May 7, 2011

Before the season began, the LSU gymnastics team was already facing an uphill battle. The Tigers were faced with the task of attempting to replace four seniors from the 2010 squad — including three...

Women’s tennis, football represent academic highs, lows

Tony Minnis has made a living of getting the most from his players. Not only has the LSU women's tennis coach been a mainstay on the court at the University since 1992, but he has groomed one of the school's...

Men’s team to play in postseason

There was no question the LSU tennis teams struggled this semester. The Lady Tigers ended a transition season with an 11-13 record and a loss to Kentucky on April 21 in the Southeastern Conference Championship...

LSU gears up for finals, championship meets

By Luke Johnson
Sports Contributor
May 7, 2011

For most students, the arrival of finals week signals the end of the school year and the beginning of a lazy summer break — but not for the LSU track and field teams. It's championship time, and...

First and Ginn: Alleva’s performance does not merit 3-year contract extension

By Ryan Ginn
Sports Blogger
May 7, 2011

If there's one thing I've learned in four years of journalism classes, it's to question and evaluate every quote, action or explanation. With that in mind, I'd like to examine the latest show of support...

Football: Changes to staff, roster highlight LSU spring practice

By Rachel Whittaker
Sports Writer
May 7, 2011

An 11-2 finish and victory in the Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M last season were long-forgotten events when the LSU football team began spring practice March 11. The Tigers have a different look on...

Baseball: Tigers travel to a storm-struck Tuscaloosa to face Alabama

By Rowan Kavner
Sports Writer
May 5, 2011

Devastation. Annihilation. Baseball. Those three words never rang so clear to the LSU baseball team as they will this weekend while traveling to Tuscaloosa, Ala., just a week after a tornado ravaged the...

Baseball: LSU uses small ball to its advantage

By Luke Johnson
Sports Contributor
May 5, 2011

In case baseball fans have made it through nearly 50 games this season without noticing it, the "gorilla ball" era of college baseball is dead. But here's something they may not have noticed — the...

Women’s Golf: Lady Tigers in second at Regionals

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May 5, 2011

Golf tournaments can't be won on the first day, but they can be lost. The No. 8 LSU women's golf team avoided that fate, finishing round one Thursday of the NCAA Central Region in second place with a 7-over-par...

LSU sopomore pitcher Rachele Fico winds up April 27 in the Tigers' 2-0 win against Southern Mississippi. The Tigers are dealing with finals and still playing.

Athletes feel stress of exams during end of season games

By David Helman
Sports Contributor
May 5, 2011

Austin Nola has two finals to deal with this Monday. That's a fate shared by plenty of University students entering the last weekend before finals. But while many will dive into textbooks and library cubicles...

Girouard to coach final game at LSU

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. No. 21 LSU (35-15, 16-9) will bid adieu to the regular season this weekend when it hosts South Carolina (25-27, 6-19) for the final series of the year. The...

A look back at four hectic years at The Daily Reveille

By Andy Schwehm
Schwehmming No More
May 4, 2011

It's been quite a four years, hasn't it? A football national championship, a new athletic director, a highly touted quarterback's controversial departure, a new Mike the Tiger and a new basketball coach. And...