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Tigers Fall to Florida, Tie Season High

What a meet. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team put up an incredible fight Sunday, but they fell 198.450-198.325. The Tigers tied their season high and showcased why they’re dangerous in a fight with anyone on any floor. Rotation 1: Florida 49.375-LSU 49.375 Florida led off with a solid 49.375 on vault. That […]

about 18 hours ago | 0 reads

Sacramento State Takes Series from LSU

LSU’s final weekend series before SEC play couldn’t have ended on a more sour note as the Tigers (12-5) were listless for the second night in a row, losing the game—and the series—to Sacramento State 6-1. It’s the worst pre-SEC start of the Jay Johnson era and the five losses, all to non-Power 4 teams, […]

about 23 hours ago | 0 reads

LSU Faces Florida in Sunday Showdown

A fierce rivalry gets the TV spot it deserves. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team is back in action for the regular season road finale. The Tigers are coming off a 198.200 to top the fourth annual Purple & Gold Podium Challenge. Now they have to go into one of the hardest venues […]

2 days ago | 1 read

LSU Goes 0-4 Across Major Sports on Saturday

Tonight I’m going to work smarter and not harder and do one sweeping generalization of LSU athletic’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day across multiple sports. Let’s start from the most damning loss to least. Women’s Basketball: South Carolina 83, LSU 77 Stop me when you’ve heard this one before: South Carolina beat LSU […]

2 days ago | 1 read

Gamethread: SEC Tournament Semifinals—#4 LSU vs. #1 South Carolina

Maybe the 19th time will be the charm? Fresh off of demolishing Oklahoma 112-78 in the quarterfinal round of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament, the No. 4 seeded Tigers (27-4) will try, once again, to finally breakthrough against #1 South Carolina (30-2). The Tigers have lost 18 straight against the Gamecocks, with the last win […]

3 days ago | 1 read

LSU Homers Six Times as Tigers Pound Sacramento State 15-4

ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian likes to say you’ll never know what you’ll see at the baseball park, and last night at Alex Box Stadium, LSU fans nearly saw some history on the mound and at the plate. Jake Brown tied the LSU single-game record with three home runs in his first three at bats, while Casan […]

MLB

3 days ago | 4 reads

15 Former Tigers Invited to MLB’s Spring Breakout Showcase

Opening Day for the 2026 Major League Baseball season is about three weeks away (beginning officially with a standalone game between the Yankees and Giants on March 25), and while there are several former Tigers already in the Big Leagues, LSU’s pipeline to The Show is alive and well. On Thursday the MLB announced preliminary […]

5 days ago | 4 reads

MiLaysia Fulwiley Named SEC 6th Woman of the Year

The women’s basketball regular season has come to a close which means two things: 1) March Madness is nigh and 2) postseason accolades are rolling out. In the case of the latter, #6 LSU got plenty of recognition from the league office. Point guard MiLaysia Fulwiley was named the SEC’s Sixth Woman of the Year, […]

7 days ago | 5 reads

Northeastern Embarrasses LSU

Man…whatever. LSU (11-2) dropped the final game of its four-game weekend last night at Alex Box Stadium, battling back but coming up short against Northeastern (3-6) 13-10. Don’t let the final score fool you, this was about as embarrassing as it got for LSU. The Huskies were leading 10-0 after the third inning and was […]

7 days ago | 3 reads

LSU Wins Podium Challenge with 198, Chio Perfect Again

That’s a good way to end a weekend. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team nailed their meet and dominated the fourth annual Purple & Gold Podium Challenge. The Tigers put up a 198.200 to win the meet. #3 Alabama followed with a 197.650, an improvement on Friday night’s meet. #17 UNC put up […]

8 days ago | 3 reads

Tigers Shutout Dartmouth Behind William Schmidt’s Gem

William Schmidt turned down millions of dollars from Major League Baseball heading into the 2024 draft, but if he keeps pitching like he has of late, he’ll almost certainly recoup that money when he does decide to go pro. Thanks to a career-best 7.1 shutout innings, Schmidt pitched LSU (11-1) to a tight 3-0 win […]

9 days ago | 2 reads

LSU Faces Alabama, UNC and Arizona in Podium Challenge

It’s time to take to the podium. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team is back in action today on short rest. The Tigers knocked off #3 Alabama 197.975-197.600 Friday night. Less than 48 hours later, both teams are facing off alongside #17 North Carolina and #27 Arizona in the fourth annual Purple & […]

9 days ago | 3 reads

Cooper Moore Strikes Out 10 as LSU Improves to 10-1

Thanks to 7.2 excellent from junior righty Cooper Moore, LSU (10-1) was able to hold off Northeastern (1-6) 3-1 Saturday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium to take the second game of this four-game stretch. “Cooper is a star,” Jay Johnson said after the game. “There’s always that one guy you bring to your team you […]

10 days ago | 5 reads

Tigers Down Tide in Late Night Tussle

That’s how you finish a 7-0 day in Baton Rouge. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team roared to another win with a 197.975-197.600 win over #3 Alabama. A crowd of 13,292, the eighth-largest crowd in program history, saw a spirited late-night fight between two fantastic teams. This was also alumni night, and there […]

10 days ago | 2 reads

LSU Hosts Alabama in Late Top 3 Showdown

This meet puts the night into Friday Night Heights. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team is back home for the biggest meet of the home slate. The Tigers are coming off a 198.125-197.925 loss at #1 Oklahoma in which they showed tremendous fight. Now, they have to face a surging #3 Alabama team […]

11 days ago | 1 read

McNeese Hands LSU First Loss of 2026

Of all the midweek games that have ever midweek-ed, this was the most midweek-y. The defending national champion Tigers (8-1) have finally tasted their own blood, losing a mistake-ridden game to those scrappy McNeese Cowboys (3-5) 7-6 last night at Alex Box in a game that ended way past my bedtime. It’s the first loss […]

13 days ago | 4 reads

LSU Gym Drops Meet at Oklahoma, Earns Road High

It’s hard to feel bad after that one. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team had a great meet Friday night, but #1 Oklahoma did just enough to win 198.125-197.925. The Tigers were in for a tough challenge anyway, and it got more challenging when Konnor McClain suffered an injury in warm-ups that caused […]

16 days ago | 2 reads

LSU Faces Oklahoma in Top 2 Showdown

This is the big one. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team is back in action for the biggest meet of the 2026 regular season. The Tigers are coming off a massive 198.325-196.825 win over Auburn. Now they have to hit the road to face by far the best team in the land: the […]

18 days ago | 3 reads

Tigers Improve to 5-0 with Run-Rule Win over Nicholls

While most of us were hard at work at our 9-5, the LSU Baseball team improved to 5-0 with a good ole fashion mid-afternoon beating over Nicholls 12-1. Nicholls drew first blood with its lone run in the top half of the first, but LSU answered right back with a five-spot in the home half […]

20 days ago | 3 reads

Tigers Run-Rule Milwaukee to Complete Opening Weekend Sweep

Sunday afternoon at Alex Box ended up being a name your score kind of day for the defending national champions, as the Tigers (3-0) dominated Milwaukee (0-3) 21-7 to complete the series sweep. Despite being run-ruled, Milwaukee was the one to draw first blood as left fielder Dominic Kibler took the first pitch he saw […]

23 days ago | 4 reads

Cooper Moore Dazzles in LSU Debut as Tigers Hold Off Milwaukee 5-3

Cooper Moore wouldn’t have uprooted his life and moved nearly 800 miles away from Lawrence, Kansas to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for any other reason than to pitch at the premier college baseball program. Saturday was Moore’s first real chance to prove why and it was an impressive debut. Behind his 11 strikeouts, a new career-best, […]

24 days ago | 2 reads

LSU Dominates Auburn, Scores Season High

I love it when a plan comes together. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team soared to new heights Friday with a massive 198.325-196.825 win over #17 Auburn. A juiced-up crowd of 11,171 brought a ton of energy to cheer LSU on to the fifth-highest score in program history. Unfortunately, this meet could’ve been […]

24 days ago | 5 reads

UPDATE: Jake Olsen Remaining with LSU

UPDATE: 2/16 Jake Olsen is in fact remaining with LSU. While it was reported that the Washington Commanders were working toward an agreement with Olsen, that deal never came to fruition and Olsen will instead remain with LSU and Blake Baker for 2026. Lane Kiffin’s on-field staff now has an opening. Friday evening multiple outlets […]

24 days ago | 3 reads

Tigers Run Rule Milwaukee to Open 2026 Season

Boy it’s good to be back isn’t it? The defending national champion Tigers kicked off its title defense with an emphatic 15-5 win in eight innings over Milwaukee Friday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium, and LSU has now won 25 straight season openers. As a team LSU collected nine extra base hits—six doubles and homers […]

25 days ago | 3 reads

LSU Gym Hosts Auburn in Midseason Clash

It’s a good Friday to be a Tiger fan. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team is back to facing SEC opponents following a 197.525-196.125 win over Penn State. Tonight, they face #17 Auburn, a team looking to figure themselves out. The meet begins at 8:00 p.m., and doors open at 6:30. The first […]

25 days ago | 5 reads