LSU has won nine Western Division titles, five regular season SEC championships and five SEC tournament championships. LSU has also appeared in six Women's College World Series and nineteen NCAA tournaments. The team has finished third at the Women's College World series four times (2001, 2004, 2015, 2016) and fifth two times (2012, 2017).
Carol Smith era (1979-1981)edit
LSU softball had its beginnings in 1979 with a team coached by Carol Smith. However, after only three seasons, LSU decided to disband its softball program. During Smith's tenure, she coached the team to an overall record of 45–28 (.616).
Cathy Compton era (1997-1998)edit
In 1997 the Southeastern Conference decided to begin sponsoring softball, partly to help member institutions to comply with Title IX. LSU softball was reborn with the hiring of Cathy Compton from Nicholls State University. Compton was head coach from 1997 through the 1998 regular season and finished with an overall record of 100–26 (.797) and 41–12 (.774) in the SEC.
Glenn Moore era (1999-2000)edit
Glenn Moore became head coach at LSU starting with the 1998 NCAA Tournament. He was head coach at LSU through the 2000 season and compiled a 117–25 (.824) overall record and 53–7 (.883) SEC record.
Yvette Girouard era (2001-2011)edit
In 2001, LSU hired NFCA Hall of Fame head coach Yvette Girouard from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. During her 11 years as head coach, Girouard had an overall record of 526–171–1 (.754) and SEC record of 220–93–1 (.702). She led the Tigers to two College Women's World Series appearances and made the NCAA Tournament in ten of her eleven years as head coach. She coached LSU to three SEC championships (2001, 2002, 2004) and four SEC tournament championships (2001, 2002, 2004, 2007). She retired following the 2011 season.
During Girouard's tenure as head coach, LSU moved into the new Tiger Park during the spring of 2009 after previously playing at the Original Tiger Park that opened in 1997.
Beth Torina era (2012-present)edit
On June 9, 2011, LSU announced long-time Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy was hired to replace Yvette Girouard. However, three days later, Murphy announced that he had changed his mind and would remain at Alabama. LSU then hired Beth Torina, head coach at Florida International University (FIU) on June 20, 2011. Torina led the Tigers to the Women's College World Series in her first season as head coach in 2012 and also has led the Tigers to the World Series in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
With Torina as head coach, the program earned its 1,000th victory on May 1, 2016 after defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks 9-1 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[3]
Tiger Park opened in 2009 and serves as the home field of the LSU Tigers softball team. The official capacity of the stadium is 1,289 people. The stadium also features an outfield berm, renamed the Tiger Park Terrace in 2016, that can accommodate an additional 1,200 fans.[1]
The original Tiger Park was a softball stadium located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1] It served as the home field of the LSU Tigers softball team from 1997-2008. The official capacity of the stadium was 1,000 people. The stadium was opened prior to the 1997 college softball season and played host to four NCAA Regionals in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2006 and hosted the 2008 SEC softball tournament. The 2008 season was the twelfth and final season in the original Tiger Park. LSU closed out the original Tiger Park with a home record of 331-51, including 140-34 in the SEC and 1-1 in the SEC Tournament.
The LSU North Stadium Weight Room strength training and conditioning facility is located in the LSU Strength and Conditioning facility. Built in 1997, it is located adjacent to Tiger Stadium.[6] Measuring 10,000-square feet with a flat surface, it has 28 multi-purpose power stations, 36 assorted selectorized machines and 10 dumbbell stations along with a plyometric specific area, medicine balls, hurdles, plyometric boxes and assorted speed and agility equipment.[7] It also features 4 treadmills, 6 stationary bikes, 4 elliptical cross trainers, 2 stair stepper and stepmill.[8]
^LSU uses the nickname of "Lady Tigers" only in sports that have both men's and women's teams. Since LSU only sponsors gymnastics, soccer, softball, and volleyball for women, those teams use "Tigers" instead.[2]
Referencesedit
^"Brand Guidelines: Colors". LSUAthletics.LingoApp.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
^Megargee, Steve (June 26, 2015). "Tennessee set to make move to a lone 'Lady Vols' team". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved June 26, 2015. An Associated Press survey of all 65 schools from the five major conferences found that at least 28 had separate nicknames for men's and women's teams at some point in their histories. Only seven continue that practice, and in most cases they only have separate nicknames for certain women's teams. Texas Tech uses the Lady Raiders for women's teams in sports that also have men's teams: basketball, tennis, golf, track and cross country. LSU uses a similar strategy.
^"Softball Sweeps Arkansas With 9-1 Win". lsusports.net. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
^"Schmidt Named WCWS MVP, Harris to All-Tournament Team". lsusports.net. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
^"Diamomnd catchers of the year Division I". nfca.org. Retrieved June 15, 2008.
^"LSU Strength and Conditioning". lsusports.net. September 29, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
^"A Strength Training Legacy" (PDF). biggerfasterstronger.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^. ESPN The Magazine. November 14, 2012. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
External linksedit
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The LSU Tigers n 1 softball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I college softball The team participates in the Southeastern Conference SEC and plays home games in Tiger Park The team is currently coached by Beth Torina LSU Tigers Softball2024 LSU Tigers softball teamFounded1979 44 years ago UniversityLouisiana State UniversityAthletic directorScott WoodwardHead coachBeth Torina 12th season ConferenceSEC Western DivisionLocationBaton Rouge LAHome stadiumTiger Park Capacity 1 289 1 200 additional seats on the Tiger Park Terrace NicknameTigersColorsPurple and gold 1 NCAA WCWS appearances2001 2004 2012 2015 2016 2017NCAA Super Regional appearances2006 2007 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021NCAA Tournament appearances1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023Conference Tournament championships1999 2001 2002 2004 2007Regular Season Conference championships1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 Contents 1 History 1 1 Carol Smith era 1979 1981 1 2 Cathy Compton era 1997 1998 1 3 Glenn Moore era 1999 2000 1 4 Yvette Girouard era 2001 2011 1 5 Beth Torina era 2012 present 2 Year by Year Records 3 Awards and honors 3 1 National awards 3 2 Conference awards 3 3 All Americans 4 Stadiums 4 1 Tiger Park 4 2 Tiger Park 1997 5 Practice and Training facilities 5 1 LSU Strength and Conditioning facility 6 Head coaches 7 See also 8 Footnotes 9 References 10 External linksHistory editLSU has won nine Western Division titles five regular season SEC championships and five SEC tournament championships LSU has also appeared in six Women s College World Series and nineteen NCAA tournaments The team has finished third at the Women s College World series four times 2001 2004 2015 2016 and fifth two times 2012 2017 Carol Smith era 1979 1981 edit LSU softball had its beginnings in 1979 with a team coached by Carol Smith However after only three seasons LSU decided to disband its softball program During Smith s tenure she coached the team to an overall record of 45 28 616 Cathy Compton era 1997 1998 edit In 1997 the Southeastern Conference decided to begin sponsoring softball partly to help member institutions to comply with Title IX LSU softball was reborn with the hiring of Cathy Compton from Nicholls State University Compton was head coach from 1997 through the 1998 regular season and finished with an overall record of 100 26 797 and 41 12 774 in the SEC Glenn Moore era 1999 2000 edit Glenn Moore became head coach at LSU starting with the 1998 NCAA Tournament He was head coach at LSU through the 2000 season and compiled a 117 25 824 overall record and 53 7 883 SEC record Yvette Girouard era 2001 2011 edit In 2001 LSU hired NFCA Hall of Fame head coach Yvette Girouard from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette During her 11 years as head coach Girouard had an overall record of 526 171 1 754 and SEC record of 220 93 1 702 She led the Tigers to two College Women s World Series appearances and made the NCAA Tournament in ten of her eleven years as head coach She coached LSU to three SEC championships 2001 2002 2004 and four SEC tournament championships 2001 2002 2004 2007 She retired following the 2011 season During Girouard s tenure as head coach LSU moved into the new Tiger Park during the spring of 2009 after previously playing at the Original Tiger Park that opened in 1997 Beth Torina era 2012 present edit On June 9 2011 LSU announced long time Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy was hired to replace Yvette Girouard However three days later Murphy announced that he had changed his mind and would remain at Alabama LSU then hired Beth Torina head coach at Florida International University FIU on June 20 2011 Torina led the Tigers to the Women s College World Series in her first season as head coach in 2012 and also has led the Tigers to the World Series in 2015 2016 and 2017 With Torina as head coach the program earned its 1 000th victory on May 1 2016 after defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks 9 1 in Fayetteville Arkansas 3 Year by Year Records editYear Coach Overall Conference Standing NotesIndependent 1979 1981 1979 Carol Smith 16 71980 Carol Smith 15 91981 Carol Smith 14 12No team fielded from 1982 1996Southeastern Conference 1997 present 1997 Cathy Compton 44 14 18 6 SEC Western Division Champions1998 Cathy Compton first 68 games Glenn Moore last 4 games 58 14 23 6 SEC Western Division Champions NCAA Regionals1999 Glenn Moore 56 10 27 3 SEC Champions SEC Tournament Champions NCAA Regionals2000 Glenn Moore 59 13 26 4 SEC Champions SEC Tournament Runners Up NCAA Regionals2001 Yvette Girouard 59 11 26 4 SEC Champions SEC Tournament Champions Women s College World Series2002 Yvette Girouard 56 11 25 4 SEC Champions SEC Tournament Champions NCAA Regionals2003 Yvette Girouard 50 18 20 9 SEC Tournament Runners Up NCAA Regionals2004 Yvette Girouard 57 12 22 6 SEC Champions SEC Tournament Champions Women s College World Series2005 Yvette Girouard 31 23 12 182006 Yvette Girouard 55 14 22 8 NCAA Super Regionals2007 Yvette Girouard 55 12 22 6 SEC Western Division Champions SEC Tournament Champions NCAA Super Regionals2008 Yvette Girouard 44 18 17 11 NCAA Regionals2009 Yvette Girouard 34 18 1 15 10 1 NCAA Regionals2010 Yvette Girouard 45 16 20 8 NCAA Regionals2011 Yvette Girouard 40 18 19 9 NCAA Regionals2012 Beth Torina 40 25 15 13 Women s College World Series2013 Beth Torina 42 16 15 8 SEC Western Division Champions NCAA Regionals2014 Beth Torina 38 24 13 11 NCAA Regionals2015 Beth Torina 52 14 15 9 Women s College World Series2016 Beth Torina 50 16 13 11 Women s College World Series2017 Beth Torina 48 22 12 12 Women s College World Series2018 Beth Torina 45 17 13 11 NCAA Super Regionals2019 Beth Torina 43 19 14 10 NCAA Super Regionals2020 Beth Torina 21 3 0 0 Tournament cancelled due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 Beth Torina 35 22 13 11 NCAA Super Regionals2022 Beth Torina 34 23 13 11 NCAA RegionalsTotal 1 236 451 1 733 450 219 1 672 Awards and honors editNational awards edit Women s College World Series MVP 4 Kristin Schmidt 2004 NFCA Catcher of the Year 5 Killian Roessner 2007 Conference awards edit SEC Player of the YearAshlee Ducote 2000 Britni Sneed 2001 Trena Peel 2002 SEC Pitcher of the YearBritni Sneed 2002 SEC Freshman of the YearRachele Fico 2010 Bianka Bell 2013 SEC Tournament MVPAshley Lewis 1999 Britni Sneed 2001 2002 Kristin Schmidt 2003 2004 Dani Hofer 2007 All Americans edit Player Position Year s TeamJodi Otten 2B 1998 3rd TeamAshlee Ducote 3B 1999 2000 1st Team 1st TeamStephanie Hastings 2B 2000 1st TeamTara Asbill SS 2000 3rd TeamBritni Sneed P 2000 2001 2002 2nd Team 1st Team 1st TeamTrena Peel OF 2002 2nd TeamKristin Schmidt P 2003 2004 3rd Team 2nd TeamLaDonia Hughes OF 2004 2nd TeamLeslie Klein OF 2004 2006 2007 3rd Team 3rd Team 3rd TeamEmily Turner P 2006 3rd TeamKillian Roessner C 2007 1st TeamKirsten Shortridge OF 2009 2010 3rd Team 1st TeamBrittany Mack P 2011 3rd TeamRachele Fico P 2012 2013 1st Team 1st TeamAJ Andrews OF 2013 3rd TeamSahvanna Jaquish DP or UT 2014 2015 2016 2017 2nd Team 2nd Team 3rd Team 1st TeamBianka Bell SS 3B 2015 2016 1st Team 3rd TeamAllie Walljasper P 2015 2017 3rd Team 3rd TeamCarley Hoover P 2015 3rd TeamBailey Landry OF 2015 2017 2nd Team 1st TeamAmanda Sanchez 3B 2019 2nd TeamShelbi Sunsieri UT P 2019 2nd TeamStadiums editTiger Park edit nbsp Tiger ParkMain article Tiger Park Tiger Park opened in 2009 and serves as the home field of the LSU Tigers softball team The official capacity of the stadium is 1 289 people The stadium also features an outfield berm renamed the Tiger Park Terrace in 2016 that can accommodate an additional 1 200 fans 1 Tiger Park 1997 edit Main article Tiger Park 1997 The original Tiger Park was a softball stadium located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge Louisiana 1 It served as the home field of the LSU Tigers softball team from 1997 2008 The official capacity of the stadium was 1 000 people The stadium was opened prior to the 1997 college softball season and played host to four NCAA Regionals in 1999 2000 2001 and 2006 and hosted the 2008 SEC softball tournament The 2008 season was the twelfth and final season in the original Tiger Park LSU closed out the original Tiger Park with a home record of 331 51 including 140 34 in the SEC and 1 1 in the SEC Tournament Practice and Training facilities editLSU Strength and Conditioning facility edit Main article LSU Strength and Conditioning facility The LSU North Stadium Weight Room strength training and conditioning facility is located in the LSU Strength and Conditioning facility Built in 1997 it is located adjacent to Tiger Stadium 6 Measuring 10 000 square feet with a flat surface it has 28 multi purpose power stations 36 assorted selectorized machines and 10 dumbbell stations along with a plyometric specific area medicine balls hurdles plyometric boxes and assorted speed and agility equipment 7 It also features 4 treadmills 6 stationary bikes 4 elliptical cross trainers 2 stair stepper and stepmill 8 Head coaches editName Years Record at LSUCarol Smith 1979 1981 45 28 OverallCathy Compton 1997 1998 100 26 Overall 41 12 SECGlenn Moore 1998 2000 117 25 Overall 53 7 SECYvette Girouard 2001 2011 526 171 1 Overall 220 93 1 SECBeth Torina 2012 present 358 153 Overall 110 85 SECSee also editLSU Tigers and Lady Tigers List of NCAA Division I softball programsFootnotes edit LSU uses the nickname of Lady Tigers only in sports that have both men s and women s teams Since LSU only sponsors gymnastics soccer softball and volleyball for women those teams use Tigers instead 2 References edit Brand Guidelines Colors LSUAthletics LingoApp com Retrieved March 14 2022 Megargee Steve June 26 2015 Tennessee set to make move to a lone Lady Vols team Yahoo Sports Associated Press Retrieved June 26 2015 An Associated Press survey of all 65 schools from the five major conferences found that at least 28 had separate nicknames for men s and women s teams at some point in their histories Only seven continue that practice and in most cases they only have separate nicknames for certain women s teams Texas Tech uses the Lady Raiders for women s teams in sports that also have men s teams basketball tennis golf track and cross country LSU uses a similar strategy Softball Sweeps Arkansas With 9 1 Win lsusports net Retrieved March 1 2016 Schmidt Named WCWS MVP Harris to All Tournament Team lsusports net Retrieved July 1 2008 Diamomnd catchers of the year Division I nfca org Retrieved June 15 2008 LSU Strength and Conditioning lsusports net September 29 2009 Retrieved August 28 2013 A Strength Training Legacy PDF biggerfasterstronger com Retrieved January 26 2016 LSU Tigers Weight Room ESPN The Magazine November 14 2012 Archived from the original on October 23 2013 Retrieved February 11 2014 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title LSU Tigers softball amp 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