Bayou Brew 4/19: Tiger Fight

Today, gymnastics heads to the national championship, diamond sports hit the road, and more!

Good morning! Actually, great morning! The LSU gymnastics team has advanced to the NCAA Final Four!

What else did we pour into today’s Brew?

🤸‍♂️ Geauxing to the Natty
🥎 Softball hits the road for top 10 matchup
🐯 And much, much more!

Uncut. Former LSU Football analyst Jake Olsen is back on staff with the Tigers in an elevated role as Safeties Coach. Olsen brings SEC coaching experience to the practice field and leans on his education background to teach his players in the film room.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Four It All. The LSU Tigers are headed to the NCAA Championship finals for the second-straight year! They finished the NCAA Semifinal I in first-place ahead of Cal, Stanford, and Arkansas. Haleigh Bryant won the all-around title and Aleah Finnegan won floor. They’ll take on Cal, Florida, and Utah for the national championship tomorrow at 3 pm on ABC.

🔼 Last Roadie. The seventh-ranked softball team is on the road for the last three-game road series of the regular season. They’re spending the weekend in Knoxville to take on No. 4 Tennessee. LSU has the No. 3 batting average in the SEC, but the Vols lead the conference with 1.48 ERA. All three games will be televised with tonight’s 5 pm game on SEC Network and Saturday and Sunday’s on ESPN2. The Tigers are 12-4 against top-25 teams this season.

🔼 Tiger Fight. LSU baseball enters the second half of SEC after a difficult first half. They’re on the road at Missouri this weekend looking for some conference wins. The Missouri Tigers are last in the conference in team batting average and they have the second-lowest number of home runs in the league. LSU has an all-time record of 18-3 over the other Tigers. Game one will begin tonight at 7 pm on SEC Network. Saturday and Sunday’s games will air on SEC Network+.

🔼 Upset Season. The men’s tennis team upset No. 14 Texas A&M to advance to the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament! They lost the doubles point, but that didn’t matter. Alessio Vasquez, Rudy Ceccon, Julien Penzlin, Welsh Hotard earned singles wins to get the LSU points. They’ll take on Auburn today at 6 pm at the LSU Tennis Complex.

🤔 TIGER TRIVIA

Today’s trivia question…

How many times has LSU gymnastics been to the NCAA Championship finals?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📆 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday 4/19

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Georgia at SEC Championship @ 2:00pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Auburn at SEC Championship @ 6:00pm | Tickets
🏐 Beach Volleyball vs. Coastal Carolina @ 12:00pm
🏐 Beach Volleyball at South Carolina @ 4:30pm
🥎 Softball at Tennessee @ 5:00pm | Listen | SEC Network
⚾️ Baseball at Missouri @ 7:00pm | Listen | SEC Network

Saturday 4/20

🎾 Women’s Tennis at SEC Championship
🎾 Men’s Tennis at SEC Championship | Tickets
🏐 Beach Volleyball vs. Jacksonville @ 8:00am
🎽 Track & Field hosts LSU Alumni Gold @ 10:00am
🥎 Softball at Tennessee @ 11:00am | Listen | ESPN2
⚽️ Soccer vs. Ole Miss (Exh.) @ 12:00pm
🏐 Beach Volleyball vs. Georgia State @ 12:00pm
⚾️ Baseball at Missouri @ 7:00pm | Listen | SEC Network+

Sunday 4/21

🎾 Women’s Tennis at SEC Championship
🎾 Men’s Tennis at SEC Championship | Tickets
🥎 Softball at Tennessee @ 1:00pm | Listen | ESPN2
⚾️ Baseball at Missouri @ 2:00pm | Listen | SEC Network+

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 10

🐯 Have a great weekend, y'all!