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LSU hires husband-wife team as gymnastics assistant coaches LSU hires husband-wife team as gymnastics assistant coaches LSU gymnastics coach Jay Clark announced the hiring of husband-wife assistant coaching duo Garrett Griffeth and 2004 Olympian Courtney McCool Griffeth. The Griffeths come to LSU after serving as assistants for two seasons at the University of Utah. In that time, the Utes went 21-1 during the regular season, won the 2021 Pac-12 championship and finished third nationally after advancing to the NCAA championship final. Both earned bachelor and master’s degrees from Georgia, where Griffeth served on Clark’s staff as a graduate assistant coach in 2011 and an administrative associate in 2012. McCool competed at Georgia from 2007-10, helping the GymDogs to three consecutive NCAA titles from 2007-09. She was the 2008 NCAA floor champion.
LSU softball's young core group has head coach Beth Torina optimistic about the future tigerrag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tigerrag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The butterfly effect: How a 19th century royal wedding led to a record-breaking hit In DG #38 we looked at how a 19th-century royal wedding ban led to a record-breaking crossover hit. This infographic was published in DG #38. Pick up a copy in our online shop or take out an annual subscription using the promotion code ‘SLOWNEWSDAY’ for 10 percent off. 20th July 1886 Sybil Frances Grey weds William Eden Bart at St Paul’s Cathedral. […]
LSU and Florida State meet in softball with World Series spot on the line Share Updated: 4:55 PM CDT May 26, 2021 WDSU Digital Team GET LOCAL BREAKING NEWS ALERTS The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:55 PM CDT May 26, 2021 WDSU Digital Team No. 7 LSU (35-20) will face Florida State (42-10) with a spot in the Women’s College World Series on the line beginning at 6 p.m. CT Thursday at Tiger Park. Game one between the Tigers and Seminoles will be televised on ESPN. ESPN2 will carry game two on Friday and the if necessary game on Saturday. Kevin Brown, Amanda Scarborough and Jalyn Johnson will have the call live from Baton Rouge. All games of the Baton Rouge Super Regional will start at 6 p.m. Patrick Wright will also have the call on the LSU Sports Radio Network. “What an honor to be one of the last 16 teams playing for a spot in Oklahoma City and the Women’s College World Series,” head coach Beth Torina said. “To be able to play in Tiger Park is a really big deal for our team because the majority have never experienced this before. It is going to be a battle this weekend, and we can’t wait to have the home field advantage with Tiger Park at 100 percent capacity. ”Two wins over FSU would advance the Tigers to the seventh WCWS in school history and the fifth under Torina. In 10 seasons as the head coach of the Fighting Tigers, Torina has more than 400 wins and seven NCAA Regional Championships. This weekend will mark the third time in four years these teams will meet with a spot in the WCWS at stake. LSU took the first series in 2017 and FSU punched its ticket to OKC in 2018. Both super regionals were hosted by FSU in Tallahassee. “There is obviously a lot of history between these two teams over the years,” Torina added. “We have a lot of respect for Florida State and Lonnie (Alameda). They have had great success and we know the type of team they are. The old super regionals won’t matter once we take the field on Thursday night.”The 2021 season marks just the second time LSU will host a Super Regional at Tiger Park. As the seven seed, the second-highest seed in school history, LSU earned homefield advantage throughout the first two rounds. In the five times the Tigers have punched their ticket to OKC under Torina, four have come on the road. In 2015, No 5 LSU swept Arizona in two games to make it to OKC, which started a stretch of three-straight trips to the WCWS. LSU made it to this weekend after going 3-1 last weekend in the Baton Rouge Regional against McNeese State and UL-Lafayette. LSU run ruled the Cowgirls in the opening game, 10-2 and proceeded to win the pivotal game three,10-3. On Championship Sunday, LSU fell in the opening game to ULL but took the winner-take-allgame seven, 8-5.Ali Kilponen and Shelbi Sunseri led the LSU pitching staff with 15 and 11 wins respectively on the year. Kilponen owns a 1.92 ERA and Sunseri’s ERA sits at 2.11. They have combined to strike out 200 batters in 2201.Aliyah Andrews currently leads the team in batting average at .370. She has a team best 68 hits and 46 runs scored. Andrews’ 286 career hits are fourth in school history. Bailey Landry set the record with 293 from 2014-17. Her 199 runs scored are third with Bianka Bell’s 215 the record from 2013-16.
In DG #38 we looked at how the wedding of Sybil Frances Grey to William Eden Bart in 1886 led to Billie Eilish winning a Grammy in 2020 This infographic was published in DG#38. Pick up a copy in our online shop or take out an annual subscription using the promotion code ‘SLOWNEWSDAY’ for 10 percent off. . 20th July 1886 Sybil Frances Grey weds William Eden Bart at St Paul’s Cathedral. She had previously been set to marry Francis Knollys, private secretary of the Prince of Wales, but the future King Edward VII forbade the match. Grey and Bart take the name Eden and go on to have five children.
Pleasants' grand slam lifts LSU softball over Auburn for 1,200th program win 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago Sunday, May 09 2021 May 9, 2021 May 09, 2021 3:54 PM May 09, 2021 in Sports Source: LSU Athletics BATON ROUGE - Down by one in the sixth inning, freshman Taylor Pleasants hit a grand slam to deep center field to give LSU the series win over Auburn and the 1,200th victory in program history Sunday at Tiger Park. Thirteenth-ranked LSU finished the regular season 31-18 overall and 13-11 in the Southeastern Conference. Auburn wrapped up the year with a record of 27-21 overall and 7-17 in the SEC. Ali Kilponen (14-6) earned the win for LSU. She allowed just one run on four hits in seven innings.
Pleasants grand slam lifts No. 13 LSU past Auburn 4-1 LSU Softball Taylor Pleasants (17) grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted LSU past Auburn. (Source: LSU Softball) By Spencer Chrisman | May 9, 2021 at 3:14 PM CDT - Updated May 9 at 3:14 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - No. 13 LSU closed out the regular season with a series win over Auburn with a 4-1 victory. The win marked the 1,200th in program history for LSU. VICTORY FOR LSU!!! The Fighting Tigers defeat Auburn, 4-1, for the 1,200th win in program history. pic.twitter.com/qHwhz4qPLD— LSU Softball (@LSUsoftball) May 9, 2021 Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the sixth inning with the Tigers being held to only one hit. LSU needed to get things going against Auburn starting pitcher Shelby Lowe (13-8) who they were facing for the third straight game.
'Fighting Tigers' return to NAS Jacksonville after 6-month deployment During their 2020-2021 deployment, the Navy says the squadron's 12 combat aircrews flew over 3,400 operational hours. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 8:52 AM EDT May 6, 2021 Updated: 11:06 AM EDT May 6, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The "Fighting Tigers" of Patrol Squadron VP 8 are expected to return to Naval Air Station Jacksonville on Thursday after what the Navy calls a highly successful six-month deployment. Watch the return here live at 10 a.m. They were deployed between the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. During their 2020-2021 deployment, the Navy says the squadron's 12 combat aircrews flew over 3,400 operational hours and conducted numerous Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft missions.
Longball propels LSU softball to doubleheader sweep, series win against Missouri wbrz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbrz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kilponen dominates in Tigers series win against No. 19 Missouri LSU Softball LSU pitcher Ali Kilponen (2) No. 19 Mizzou Tigers vs. No. 15 LSU Tigers at Mizzou Softball Stadium in Columbia, Mo. on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Zach Bland/Mizzou Athletics (Source: Zach Bland) By Spencer Chrisman | April 11, 2021 at 4:38 PM CDT - Updated April 11 at 5:41 PM COLUMBIA, Mo. (WAFB) - LSU pitcher Ali Kilponen had an impressive day in the circle for No. 15 LSU as she earned both wins for the Tigers against No. 19 Missouri. In the two games for LSU (23-13, 8-7 SEC), Kilponen threw a combined 233 pitches over 13.2 innings, allowing seven total hits, two earned runs and struck out 15 batters.