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Tigers charge back after slow start to finish second in Super Six
‘Fashion show’ propels Tigers to best finish in program history
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The LSU gymnastics team has nothing to hang its head about, LSU associate coach Jay Clark told his team at the conclusion of the Super Six on Saturday night. Finding themselves in fifth place at the midway point, the Tigers clawed back for a chance at their first national championship in program history. Although LSU came up just short, finishing No. 2 in the nation — its best finish in school history — with a 197.4500 team score, junior all-arounder Ashleigh Gnat
said the ranking felt as good as gold. Oklahoma bested the Tigers with a 197.6750 team score for its second national championship in three years. Alabama (197.4375) earned a bronzemedal finish, while Florida (197.3500), UCLA (196.8250) and Georgia (196.8125) finished fourth through sixth. Sitting out the first rotation on bye while the competing teams’
see SUPER SIX, page 7
As the LSU gymnastics team braced for its final two events in the NCAA Championship on Saturday, freshman all-arounder McKenna Kelley reached for her make-shift microphone to emcee a final-hour fashion show, meant to rally the Tigers to Super Six stardom. Behind the curtains of the Fort Worth Convention Center, junior all-arounder Ashleigh Gnat and others rolled out the mock runway in the fourth rotation. “Sometimes, a couple of us do this
thing where when the floor music is playing, we act like we’re modeling,” said sophomore all-arounder Myia Hambrick. “It gets our mind off the competition. “This time, everyone did it.” As the Tigers recently finished drawing a contending 49.3375 team score on the balance beam, they knew they were still in the mix to compete for a national championship.
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ENVIRONMENT
Grad student develops gulf literacy resource for K-12 students BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano Geography and anthropology graduate student Lauren Hull is working to promote gulf literacy among the next generation of Louisiana residents. Hull, the education graduate assistant for the Louisiana Sea Grant program, is curating a gulf literacy resource for teachers across the state to incorporate into their classroom curricula. The resource will serve as a one-stop-shop for information on the gulf, its ecosystems and its effect on the state, Hull said. Development of the resource
began with the 1994 dissertation of then-University PhD student John Trowbridge, who created the original material in response to a push for scientific literacy in schools. Scientific literacy encourages the understanding of basic scientific concepts and principles to promote informed decision-making, Hull said. Gulf literacy, a form of scientific literacy, is especially important because of Louisiana’s strong ties to the Gulf of Mexico, she said. “Being aware of the Gulf of Mexico and its resources is very important to our economy and
our culture and of course to the environment as well,” Hull said. Hull said her passion for environmental education is driven by a desire to affect significant change among populations. Through her studies in ecology and biology, Hull said she discovered education is the key to change. Louisiana has a low mobility rate among its residents, with most remaining in the state or returning to live in the state as adults, she said. Having an informed citizenry is crucial to future policy decisions.
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Geography and anthropology graduate student Lauren Hull is expanding literature about the Gulf of Mexico and its ecosystems to be used in schools across the state.
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Alumni donate plants to public schools BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221
Central Florida elementary schoolers pose for a picture while forming two touching peace signs with their fingers, representing the efforts of brothers Garrett and Russell Collins, University alumni and business partners, to greenify local schools “peace by peace.” Garrett and Russell founded Peace by Peace, a plant nursery and non-profit, three years ago. Now, with the help of a fellow University alumnus, the Collins brothers are working with University Terrace Elementary School and Kids Hope of University United Methodist Church on the University Terrace garden. The project fulfills the brothers’ Green Classroom Initiative, an aspect of Peace by Peace in which plants are given to local schools to improve the learning environment, student performance and nutritional value that plants provide to indoor areas. The initiative serves to reconnect youth with nature, “green up” classrooms, decrease toxins in the air and increase the amount of oxygen. “It allows people to
connect with nature,” Russell said. “From this, they develop greater respect for one another as well as the Earth.” The University graduates planted their entrepreneurial roots in 2011 when they launched Genesis Nonprofit, a program that added gardens to Bernard Terrace Elementary School and the Little Rising Sun Baptist Church in Mid City Baton Rouge. Since graduating and moving to central Florida, they continue building local community and school gardens through Peace by Peace, founded in 2013. Garrett and Russell’s Green Classroom Initiative has led them to donate hundreds of air-purifying plants to nine central Florida schools, Garrett said. He and Russell reach out to schools, asking if they would be interested in plant donations. Through a process called phytoremediation, Garrett said the donated plants remove toxins from the air and accumulate them into the plants’ tissues. Russell said many studies extol the benefits of phytoremediation, including firsthand accounts of teachers who have noticed improvement in student performance since the addition
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As part of the Green Initiative for their non-profit Peace by Peace, University alumni and brothers Garrett and Russell Collins donated plants to a Discovery Elementary School class in Deltona, Florida. of the plants. “All rooms should contain harmonizing plants. The more present in each room, the greater the advantage derived,” Russell said. Garrett said Peace by Peace also builds permaculture gardens to increase biodiversity, pollination and local food production. To maintain balance in the ecosystem, he said pollinators are essential. One of their goals is to expand the Green Classroom initiative throughout Florida and across the country. A
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their classrooms. Additionally, the resource’s interesting topics should excite children’s curiosity and encourage deeper learning, she said. Lindstedt said Sea Grant staff have been developing the resource for years, but there hasn’t been a dedicated staff member working on the project until Hull’s arrival. Since she began work on the project four months ago, Hull said plans for the resource have expanded from Trowbridge’s 19 original topics to 45, providing an extensive base of information for teachers to draw from. Hull said she has reached out to graduate students to develop the necessary content, offering graduate students in the College of the Coast and Environment and the geography and anthropology department contributing authorship in exchange for writing content for the resource. The relationship is mutually beneficial, providing Hull with a variety of perspectives for the material and giving graduate students the opportunity to practice communicating their work to the general public. Eight graduate students are working on the project, Hull said. Hull said her goal is to complete the project in December and begin presenting the resource at teacher workshops beginning in spring 2017. If grant funds can be acquired, Hullsaid she hopes to expand the resource to other gulf states.
Educating residents, beginning with children, can often spur greater change over time than simply contacting legislators or lobbying for change, she said. “I decided that starting young and doing K-12 education is the key to changing the way we see the environment, the way we take care of it and the way we be good stewards,” Hull said. “I think it creates a systemic shift in our stewardship practices.” Hull said she plans for the literacy resource to be available through a comprehensive website where educators can search terms and subject matter to tailor the material for their lesson plans. The material is geared toward third through twelfth grade students, but the lesson plans can be adapted for younger students, she said. The resource will include a number of topics and categories, including physical features, physical and chemical processes, human communities and environmental issues that impact the Gulf of Mexico, among others. Each topic includes key facts, lesson plans and diagrams that are easily accessible to teachers and students, she said. Dianne Lindstedt, the education coordinator for Louisiana Sea Grant and Hull’s supervisor, said the resource’s succinct, people-friendly writing style will make it easy for teachers to introduce the material into
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SPRING FORWARD
LEONARD FOURNETTE Junior running back
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Blend of experience and youth has Tigers excited about championship prospects in 2016
the offseason. With the veteran leadership that Miles possesses, it should be easier for his team to take on that challenge. For the first time in a long time, Miles and his team have consistency among 18 of 22 returning starters, including a veteran signal caller. For the second straight spring, LSU will have the same starter under center in junior quarterback Brandon Harris. The 6-foot-3, 206-pound gunslinger is unquestionably one of the leaders of the LSU team, something else that’s different for the Tigers, junior wide receiver
The No. 11 LSU softball team’s bats finally came alive and defeated Mississippi State on the road, 12-1, in five innings Sunday in Starkville’s Nusz Park. Coming off a ten-game stretch where the Tigers were 2-8 versus Southeastern Conference opponents, LSU coach Beth Torina hopes this series will positively propel the Tigers going forward. “I think this was a big series for us to move this team forward and continue to build our confidence,” Torina said. “I think we’ve been trying to get better all season long, and I like how we improved this weekend.” The victory was the third SEC series win for the Tigers this season, as they won the last two games after dropping the series opener on Friday. Mississippi State (23-20, 3-12 SEC) propped an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but it was its only lead on the day. After grabbing 4-1 lead after four, the Tiger offense erupted for eight runs top of the fifth, due to a grand slam from senior third baseman Bianka Bell. Bell’s slam boosted the Tigers’ lead to 11 runs, 12-1, which was a mercy-rule victory. The Tampa, Florida, native finished the weekend series 6-for-10 from the plate, blasted two homers and drove in five RBIs in three games. Freshman hurler Sydney Smith started on the mound for LSU, and struck out three Bulldogs and allowed only two hits on 68 pitches in a complete-game effort.
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“We’re looking forward to the offseason. We already know the goal, and that’s a championship.” TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE Senior cornerback
STORY JOSHUA THORNTON @JoshT_TDR “Do the Heisman pose,” a young fan said to his friend, who was donning a No. 7 LSU jersey while waiting to talk to junior running back Leonard Fournette after Saturday’s spring game. The Heisman Trophy might be the least of Fournette’s worries, though, as the acclaimed running back said he barely keeps up with any of his rushing records. His team is now focused on making its way to Tampa, the site of next season’s College Football Playoff National Championship. The expectations will again be high, as they always are for any
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LSU football team, but Fournette knows his team is capable of making noise this upcoming season. “We have the talent,” Fournette said. “We’ll have to see. The main goal for me is don’t forget our ‘why’ — why you started playing football. Why this? Why that?” The end of spring marks a time for reflection, for what the Tigers will look to fine-tune before they enter summer workouts. LSU coach Les Miles said his team has the “foundation” to be a great team, but it’s on them to put in the work during
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LSU earns first SEC sweep on the road versus Missouri, 15-2
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No. 9 LSU baseball team scored five runs in a titanic first inning en route to a 15-2 victory against Missouri on Sunday, clinching LSU’s first Southeastern Conference series sweep of the season. “I’m extremely proud of the way our guys competed all weekend,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri in a news release. “We beat two of the best pitchers in our league in the first two games, and today we took a
very aggressive approach and got the early lead. Our dugout was full of energy throughout the weekend, and it translated onto the field.” LSU’s (25-11,11-4 SEC) explosive start was led by freshman right fielder Antoine Duplantis, who set the tone of the first frame with a leadoff single. Center fielder Jake Fraley and junior catcher Jordan Romero furthered LSU’s strong start with singles of their own to bring home Duplantis. In the cleanup spot, junior
first baseman Greg Deichmann reached first base on a fielding error, which scored Fraley. Junior shortstop Kramer Robertson followed with an RBI double, and one at-bat later, sophomore designated hitter Bryce Jordan grounded out to drive in another run. Freshman third baseman Chris Reid rounded out the frame with an RBI single, putting LSU ahead, 5-0. “[Freshman pitcher Michael Plassmayer] did a great job just hanging in there,”
Missouri coach Tim Jamieson said during an in-game interview with ESPNU. Missouri (20-18, 4-11 SEC) pushed a run across in the bottom of the second, cutting the deficit to 5-1, but LSU senior pitcher John Valek III kept the opposition mostly quiet during his six-inning start. LSU was able to extend its lead to six in the top of fifth, when Bryce Jordan earned his second, and third, RBI of the day on a single, giving LSU a
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LSU junior catcher Jordan Romero (28) runs to first base during LSU’s 14-11 victory on April 13 at Alex Box Stadium.
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Aranda’s defense in early stages, but Tigers plan to ‘nail it down’ BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR Deception is the name of LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda’s game, even if Saturday’s spring game showed his implementation is still in its early stages. With only 15 spring practice sessions to work with veteran defenders and mid-year enrollees, Aranda and LSU coach Les Miles’ goal was to install Aranda’s version of the 3-4 base defense. After Saturday’s glorified scrimmage, Miles said that aspect has been accomplished, but “probably 40 percent” is left to be done. Still, what’s left to be taught isn’t necessarily a chunk of brand new material, he said. “It’s not 40 percent, and everybody has got to learn 40 percent,” Miles said. “It’s just an adjustment to the alignment that they’re already playing.”
SPRING, from page 3 Malachi Dupre said. “He’s a lot more comfortable,” Dupre said. “I think that’s just showing how confident he is as a starter with a year under his belt. That’ll keep progressing.” Both quarterbacks showed poise, as Harris was able to run the no huddle offense multiple times, lining up players where they needed be. Transfer junior quarterback Danny Etling threw a pick on his first drive, but responded on the next, launching a 70-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Dee Anderson. To fans in Tiger Stadium on Saturday, the National L Club Spring Game wasn’t the offensive explosion everyone may have been looking for, but it was a step in the right direction. Apart from two or three incomplete passes, Harris was in
Aranda echoed Miles’ sentiment, specifically in reference to disguising defensive looks. “There’s a fair amount that needs to be put in,” Aranda said. “But they’re all kind of sisters and cousins of what we got in, so it’s not going to be a great, big departure. But that part is the exciting part because we’re not creating new things.” As Aranda explained, LSU will often use some of the core concepts of the base defense, using Cover 3 or another coverage, to execute a myriad of blitzes. It may look like some other coverage, but the only thing that will change will be two defenders’ assignments. Essentially, one defender takes the coverage responsibility of another when the second defender is called to blitz. “Instead of the outside backer rushing, it’s the corner rushing,” Aranda said. “Instead
of the outside backer rushing, it’s the inside backer rushing. But it’s still Cover 3. For everybody else, we’re just trading jobs with two guys. That piece is coming up with all the
sync with most of his wideouts, a skill that comes with being the incumbent starter. “We didn’t have a lot of peaks and valleys. We were actually pretty consistent,” said LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron on what he learned from spring practices. “Our scrimmages were solid, especially our first unit.” While there remain a few “bells and whistles” yet to be added, the defense has the potential to be fierce, Miles said. Aranda and his staff will have a blend of youth and experience on the defensive end, which is something that has Miles excited. “Our defensive front is going to be salty,” Miles said. “When we get the secondary back healthy and some guys that are coming in, it should be a lot of fun.” Freshman cornerback Saivion Smith will be called upon
this season to make an impact on defense. The lanky, 6-foot3, 191-pound defensive back drew praise from coaches on his play in the spring game Saturday. Miles doesn’t have a problem playing younger players, especially in the rugged SEC. “Saivion Smith came in so ready to play in our conference at a high level, to be with us this spring,” Miles said. “If we can get a couple guys like that to go with this experienced team, I think we’ll be where we want to be.” In all, there were several takeaways for the LSU team, said senior cornerback Tre’Davious White. “We got a lot accomplished this spring,” he said. “We’re looking forward to the offseason. We already know the goal. That’s a championship.”
“...when we start going the length of the field – we can really nail it down.” CHRISTIAN LACOUTURE Senior Defensive Lineman coverages – [Cover] 2, Quarters, Man and [Cover] 3. So, that’s exciting to get to.” With those blitzes, including defensive backs off the edge, Aranda said it slows down the offense’s tempo and disrupts consistent flow. “That forces the offense to have help and play lateral, as
opposed to firing out and playing fast and aggressive,” Aranda said. “There was some of that [which was] real basic today. We like to be able to build more on to it, and that’s our plan.” Aranda, the former Wisconsin defensive coordinator, will face his old team when LSU opens up the 2016 season against the Badgers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He said he already likes what the current Tiger personnel is capable of achieving, especially in the secondary and defensive line. But Aranda still wants to establish a scheme capable of flexibility, which requires time, senior defensive lineman Christian LaCouture said. “For us, we have to master one day at a time,” he said. “We have a break now with summer conditioning. I feel like if we go out and master what Coach Aranda is installing for us – when we start going the length of the field – we can really nail
it down.” That mastering involved learning terminology first, which is the most difficult part, senior linebacker Kendell Beckwith said. Other players, like junior Davon Godchaux, are moving to a position they have never played. Godchaux, who has been working at nose tackle, said he’s embracing the move, realizing his athleticism and speed will be advantageous in that spot. “You can get a good getoff against much slower guys at the center position,” Godchaux said. “I get to use my quickness a lot and get off the ball.” Overall, though, Miles believes Aranda’s defense is in the right state to continue to progress. “I think our defense knows kind of what to expect out of the calls,” Miles said. “We’re now in a position where we add some bells and whistles to the defense.”
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on the basepath in the matchup against the Bulldogs. Even though it was able to scratch across 30 hits in the series, the Tigers were held in a scoreless offensive drought in 12 of the 19 innings this weekend. Defensive miscues were another problem for the Tigers, which committed five errors in the series. The Tigers will be back in Tiger Park on Wednesday at 6 p.m. against the Northwestern State Lady Demons.
“It was a big day for her, getting her first SEC win and she pitched great,” Torina said. “We saw her have a lot of success Friday night and we knew this day was coming for her.” Offensively, the Tigers still struggled with the Bulldogs, who came in ranking near the bottom in nearly every SEC batting category. In total, LSU left 26 runners
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Junior quarterback Danny Etling (16) gets ready to pass the ball during the Purple Team’s 17-7 victory against the Gold Team at the LSU spring game on April 16 in Tiger Stadium.
[Top] Senior infielder Bianka Bell (27) bats during LSU’s 0-2 defeat against Kentucky on April 11 at Tiger Park. [Bottom-left] LSU freshman pitcher Sydney Smith (12) pitches during game 1 of the Tigers’ 4-0 victory against Longwood on March 1 in Tiger Park. [Bottom-right] LSU head coach Beth Torina talks to freshman pitcher Sydney Smith (12) during game 1 against Longwood.
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Federal government should privatize ineffective U.S. Postal System LOGIC DICTATES, CAPTAIN GARRETT MARCEL Columnist The federal government wasted more than $50 billion on the United States Postal Service since 2007 according to TaxFoundation.org. In return, the American taxpayers receive poor quality service. The USPS needs to be privatized or reformed, both for quality and fiscal reasons. An example of the poor quality the Postal Service provides is how bad the reviews of local post offices are rated on the Internet. It is impossible to find one with more than 2.3 stars out of five. Everyone has had their runins with the Postal Service, but the common complaints from people I know are lost packages, lost mail and a lack of customer service. From personal experience, I had important mail lost on a weekly basis and packages delayed simply because the employees did not feel like delivering that day. If the USPS was a private sector company it would surely fail, because no one wants to use an inefficient, offbrand company for package delivery.
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A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier gathers mail to load into his truck before making his delivery run on Feb. 7, 2013. The efficiency problems and employee apathy probably stem from the self-entitlement of their unionized employees. USPS employees have higher compensation on average than the private sector and collective bargaining has prevented cost-saving changes such as part time work, retiree health care reform and automated postal functions.
There is no good reason why the Postal Service is around, except that the government loves its monopolies. Federal income taxes are circulated back into the Postal Service and it borrows billions from the government. Yet, the USPS loses billions of dollars each year. The power Congress grants
prevents change in the Postal Service and allows the company to impede competition. An example of an impediment to competition — USPS subsidizes express mail and package delivery by raising prices on monopoly products. The irony is, that even with all the support the Postal Service receives, it still cannot
compete successfully with UPS and FedEx. Concerns over privatization are union ploys to keep their fat pockets lined and the truth hidden. European privatization of state-run mail services had successful transitions. The Netherlands privatized its postal service in 1994, and, today, it’s part of a global delivery company, TNT Express. The use of modern technology reduced the need for mail, so delivery only needs to be a few days a week. Commerce solution company Pitney Bowes suggests about 60 percent of household mail volume received is advertisements. Seeing advertisements six days a week can easily be accomplished by hopping on the Internet. The federal government spending billions of dollars and recipients having to check their mailboxes every day is a waste of everyone’s time and money. The USPS is a prime example of everything wrong with government. Anything the public sector can do, the private sector can do better. Garrett Marcel is a 22-year-old petroleum engineering senior from Houma, Louisiana.
Prisoners work in slavery-like conditions, should be paid more SMASH THE HATE JACK RICHARDS Columnist Thousands upon thousands of American workers receive a starvation wage every year. In Louisiana, that number is even higher since we have the largest prison population in the world per capita. Oh, did you think I was talking about raising the state or federal minimum wage for regular people? Well, if you thought McDonald’s workers had it bad, you’ll rip your hair out after hearing about the compensation prisoners get. Texas inmates recently went on a labor strike, protesting what they say are unfair working conditions. In Texas and other Southern states, many prisoners are paid nothing for
the work they do. If they are paid, it is a miniscule amount. Documents from the Mississippi correctional system in 2001 said prisoners were paid as little as 16 cents a day. When the rest of Louisiana gets at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, or the tipped minimum wage of $2.13, inmates may get literal pennies. Add in the fact that some of the work prisoners do is farm labor like picking cotton, and it’s hard not to look at this situation as modern day slavery. Currently, the Louisiana Constitution bans slavery and indentured servitude. Indentured servitude was popular in the early days of America, when people sold a few years of their freedom in exchange for room, board and transportation to the New World. Essentially, you could sell yourself into slavery.
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There is, however, one exception to the state’s current ban on indentured servitude. The state can compel a person into indentured servitude “as punishment for crime.” This is news to anybody who thought the U.S. got rid of such barbaric practices after the North won the Civil War. However, the 13th amendment also spells out this exception in clear language. The common justification is that prisoners did this to themselves when they chose to break the law. If somebody does the crime, they should do the time, right? This is a naïve view for a number of reasons. To start, many people are forced into a life of crime because they have no other economic opportunities. There’s a reason the vast majority of
those in prison are poor people. If you’ve ever heard the phrase “stripping to pay tuition,” then you understand why somebody would sell drugs to feed his family or move out of the projects. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. As I explained in my last column on the plight of public legal defense in the state, the criminal justice system only survives on the backs of those who do not have the resources to pay for private lawyers. As a result, a person charged with drug possession may have to take a plea deal because his court-appointed attorney doesn’t have enough time to provide a quality defense. This leads to a massive number of wrongful convictions, which prisoner-advocates claim Louisiana leads the country in. To add more fuel to the fire, Louisiana judges are notorious for
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denying appeals from those in prison, even when the evidence suggests they should be let free. This issue hits me personally. My cousins, who were like uncles to me, have a brother who’s been incarcerated for decades. He was tried as an adult when he was a teenager. By the correctional system’s own standards, he is no threat to society. Yet there is little hope he will be released, even with the continued work of his family. I can’t imagine the sense of hopelessness somebody without family support feels when they try to prove their innocence. For all of these reasons and more, we need to end modern day slavery. Support prison reform. Jack Richards is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans.
Quote of the Day “I’m stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin’ on.”
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focus on [scores]. It was just a matter of if we go out there and do our best ... Regardless of anything, we’re going to know that we laid it all out there, we did our best and whatever happens, happens.” Cannamela followed her career-high beam performance with a 9.90 on vault, setting the pace for the remaining five vaulters. Junior all-arounder Sydney Ewing and Finnegan came next, scoring LSU’s second and thirdconsecutive 9.9 scores. Hambrick added a 9.875, and again, it was Gnat in the anchor spot. The nation’s top regularseason vaulter stuck her double yurchenko for a 9.950 and the vault title. “My girls are awesome,” Gnat said. “It was amazing to be a part of the vault lineup that we had tonight.” The Tigers scored a meet-high 49.5250 on vault, but it wasn’t enough to secure the precious first-place hardware, as Oklahoma achieved a 49.575 on floor to clinch the victory. Although the national championship trophy isn’t following the Tigers back to Baton Rouge, Breaux said the lesson her team learned from its resiliency spells success for the future. “You have to learn how to compete to win,” Breaux said.
leash the beast, and they did.” To their own surprise, The Tiger models mustered a 49.4625 on floor, followed by a 49.5250 on vault — a program-high in the Super Six. But to them, their “fun” turned
their dreams into a second-place reality. “It was a great memory kind of moment,” Hambrick said. “It was just fun. We were all back there, just hanging out.”
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“We weren’t sitting back there twiddling our thumbs,” Gnat said. “After beam, we knew we could still win. We knew we just had to have fun. That’s exactly what we did.” Before they strutted down the fashion show’s catwalk, coach D-D Breaux and her gymnasts knew the Tigers trailed nearly all of the Super Six field, but a comeback was doable, if improbable. LSU needed program-high, record-shattering scores — higher than 49.4000 — on both floor and vault to have a chance at claiming reign of the collegiate gymnastics world. Thanks to the “models,” the Tigers did just that. “The whole point is to let loose and have fun,” Gnat said. “Be ourselves. This was all a part of that. We’re going to go back there, let loose, have fun, then bring that energy to floor.” To gather the needed but seemingly impractical event scores, Breaux rallied the Tigers’ “beastmode” to make one final 2016 season appearance. “It was kind of like, ‘OK guys, get this out of your head,’” Breaux said. “‘I would’ve been remiss as a coach if I didn’t come back here and tell you that you could win this thing.’ I said, ‘You’ve got to give us your best gymnastics. You’ve got to go out there and give us your best two events.’ I told them to un-
49.3375 team score. LSU sat in fifth place heading into its second bye, with each team tallying two event scores. With its two highest-scoring events ahead, LSU began to ascend the scoreboard on floor. “After beam, we knew that we could still win,” Gnat said. “It was never like, ‘Oh my gosh, we have to do so good to win.’ We had to be ourselves, and we had to have fun. That’s exactly what we did.” Hambrick got the lineup on track in the second spot, scoring a 9.925. Kelley and senior all-arounder Randii Wyrick also rose to the occasion for the Tigers, posting a 9.90 and 9.8875, respectively. Gnat, the No. 1 regular season floor specialist in the nation, was up next. She executed all three tumbling passes to near perfection, earning an emphatic “L-S-U” chant and a 9.925. Trailing Oklahoma by .175 and Alabama by .0625 with only vault remaining, the Tigers had a chance. With the national championship trophy in sight, they had some fun. “I said, ‘Hey guys, when we’re loose and we’re having fun, that’s when we do our best work,’” Wyrick said she told her teammates. “We didn’t even really
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LSU gymnastics team celebrates after the Tigers scored 197.4500 to earn second place in the National Championships on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.
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respective fan bases roared to life, the Tigers stayed in their “Purple Zone,” which entailed singing along and choreograhping their own dance moves to the tunes flowing through the loudspeakers. “Shut up and dance with me!” freshman all-arounder McKenna Kelley sang to senior all-arounder Jessica Savona. Starting the night with a 49.1250 on bars, the Tigers were in a hole as they rotated to beam, but it didn’t seem to affect them as they put down the shovel and posted the best beam total at the NCAA Championships in program history. Leading off the lineup, sophomore all-arounder Erin Macadaeg tallied a 9.8875, and sophomore all-arounder Myia Hambrick followed Macadaeg’s example with a 9.8875 of her own. Freshman Julianna Cannamela secured the lineup’s third spot after an intense competition in the weeks leading up to the NCAA Championships, said LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux. Even after a fall in Friday’s semifinals, Breaux left Cannamela in the lineup, and she rewarded Breaux’s trust in her with a career-high 9.85. “Julianna came up so big for us as a freshman on beam after not doing so well last night,” Breaux said. “She came back today and had a couple judges give her 9.9s. It was a fabulous effort from a freshman that’s going to give us a lot of good gymnastics.” Freshman all-arounder Sarah Finnegan’s 9.875 made up for her fall on bars, and Gnat anchored the lineup with a 9.8375 for a
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page 8 SWEEP, from page 3 7-1 lead. Missouri sophomore Brett Bond countered with a lead off home run to cut the lead back to five, but Valek limited Missouri to just one run in the frame. “He pitches like he does,” Mainieri said. “He pitched to contact and we made the plays. We had a little luck that they hit it right at people. He was very important to us.” Romero, Deichmann and Bryce Jordan started the top of the seventh with three solo home runs for LSU, but that
wasn’t all for the inning. Duplantis plated a run on an RBI single, followed by Fraley’s RBI double. LSU’s second fiverun inning pushed the gap to 10 runs. LSU provided the final blow in the top of the ninth, when Romero brought in two runs on a single and designated hitter Trent Forshag drove in an RBI with a sacrifice fly. LSU set a season high with 20 hits, as all nine LSU starters tallied a hit. “We had a good approach at the plate all weekend,” Mainieri said. “We swung the bat well.”
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