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LSU Earns #2 Seed for NCAA Tournament

For the fifth consecutive year, March Madness will be held inside the PMAC. Kim Mulkey’s Tigers earned a #2 seed for the NCAA Tournament, meaning they will be a hosting site for first and second round games. It’s the first time the Tigers have been a 2-seed since 2008; the past four seasons they’ve been […]

about 21 hours ago | 0 reads

Tigers Avoid Sweep in Nashville

It wasn’t the prettiest outing, but LSU (14-7, 1-2) got its first win of SEC play with a 16-9 win over Vanderbilt to take game three and, more importantly, avoid the sweep. “Our guys take a lot of pride in this,” Jay Johnson said, “and they haven’t played as well as they want to, and […]

about 21 hours ago | 0 reads

Tigers Beat Hogs with 198, Kailin Chio Gets Perfect 30

Senior night can be crazy. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team finished the 2026 regular season with a bang. The Tigers defeated the #7 Razorbacks 198.075-197.100 and completed a third consecutive perfect home slate. LSU is now 11-3-1 and finishes SEC play 5-3. Rotation 1: LSU 49.525-Arkansas 48.800 Arkansas had a solid rotation […]

2 days ago | 0 reads

LSU Closes Friday Night Heights Against Arkansas

I am not emotionally ready. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team closes out the regular season tonight. The Tigers are coming off their highest true road score in program history in a 198.450-198.325 loss at Florida. Now they come home for the last time in the regular season to host #7 Arkansas. The […]

3 days ago | 0 reads

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 […]

7 days 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, […]

7 days 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 […]

8 days ago | 2 reads

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 […]

9 days ago | 5 reads

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 […]

9 days ago | 2 reads

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 […]

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9 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 […]

11 days ago | 5 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, […]

13 days ago | 7 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 […]

13 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 […]

14 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 […]

15 days ago | 3 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 & […]

15 days ago | 4 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 […]

16 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 […]

16 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 […]

17 days ago | 2 reads

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 […]

19 days ago | 5 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 […]

22 days ago | 4 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 […]

24 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 […]

26 days ago | 4 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 […]

29 days ago | 4 reads