TIGER SOFTBALL Softball Contact: Melissa Foley • [email protected] • (225) 578-1869 • (225) 578-1861 - Fax • P.O. Box 25095 • Baton Rouge, LA 70894 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS FEBRUARY ##77 TigersTigers 15 (1) St. John’s 3:30 p.m. LSULSU 15 (1) Ball State 5:45 p.m. (0-0, 0-0 SEC) 16 (1) Nicholls State 1:30 p.m. 16 (1) Chattanooga 3:45 p.m. 17 (1) Championship Play TBA IN THE 19 Southeastern Louisiana 6 p.m. 22 (2) vs. Florida Atlantic 5 p.m. 22 (2) vs. Pacific 10 p.m. 23 (2) vs. Cal State Fullerton 2:30 p.m. EASTON TIGER CLASSIC 23 (2) vs. Northwestern 8 p.m. 24 (2) vs. Arizona 11 a.m. 27 Louisiana-Monroe 6 p.m. FRIDAY, FEB. 15 - SUNDAY, FEB. 17 29 (3) Southern Miss 3:45 p.m. TIGER PARK (BATON ROUGE, LA.) 29 (3) South Alabama 6 p.m. MARCH LIVE STATS: LSUSPORTS.NET 1 (3) Penn State 1:30 p.m. 1 (3) Tulsa 3:45 p.m. 2 (3) Championship Play TBA 5 at Nicholls State 6 p.m. POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP 8 * Georgia (DH) (CST) 1 p.m./ 3 p.m. POS NAME HT CL AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-A 9 * Georgia 1 p.m. C Killian Roessner 5-7 Sr. .354 175 23 62 15 0 6 36 2-2 11 Troy (CST) 6 p.m. 1B Erika Sluss 5-3 Sr. .232 56 16 13 2 0 3 14 3-3 14 (4) vs. Fordham 10 a.m. 2B Shannon Stein 5-5 Sr. .294 126 22 37 7 1 1 14 4-6 14 (4) vs. Oklahoma State Noon 3B Jessica Mouse 5-7 Fr. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 (4) vs. Purdue Noon 15 (4) at South Florida 3 p.m. SS Tayl’r Hollis 5-5 Sr. .271 144 22 39 8 1 5 24 5-8 16 (4) Championship Play TBA LF Ashley Applegate 5-5 Fr. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21 * Auburn (DH) 5 p.m./ 7 p.m. CF Jazz Jackson 5-4 So. .377 204 39 77 2 1 0 15 15-18 22 * Auburn (CST) 1 p.m. RF Rachel Mitchell 5-3 So. .320 169 55 54 12 1 12 40 6-7 26 * Mississippi State (DH) 4 p.m./ 6 p.m. DP Dee Dee Henderson 5-4 Sr. .342 111 38 38 1 0 0 4 29-31 29 * at Florida (DH) Noon/ 2 p.m. 30 * at Florida Noon IN THE CIRCLE APRIL POS NAME HT CL W-L ERA SHO IP R ER BB SO 2 McNeese State 6 p.m. 5 * at Alabama (DH) 1 p.m./ 3 p.m. P Dani Hofer 5-11 Jr. 24-3 1.36 10/3 180.2 44 35 45 244 6 * at Alabama 1:30 p.m. P Cody Trahan 6-0 So. 4-1 0.54 3/1 38.2 8 3 13 60 9 *at Kentucky (DH) 3 p.m./5 p.m. 12 * Ole Miss (DH) 1 p.m./ 3 p.m. 13 * Ole Miss (CST) 1 p.m. BALL STATE CARDINALS CHATTANOOGA LADY MOCS 16 Nicholls State 6 p.m. (0-0, 0-0 MAC) (2-2, 0-0 Southern) 19 * at Tennessee (DH) Noon/ 2 p.m. RANKING: Not Ranked RANKING: Not Ranked 20 * at Tennessee (SEC RSN) Noon LOCATION: Muncie, Ind. LOCATION: Chattanooga, Tenn. 23 at Louisiana-Monroe 6 p.m. COLORS: Cardinal & White COLORS: Navy, Old Gold & Silver 26 * Arkansas (DH) 1 p.m./ 3 p.m. CONFERENCE: Mid-America CONFERENCE: Southern 27 * Arkansas (CST) 1 p.m. HEAD COACH: Craig Nicholson HEAD COACH: Frank Reed 30 at Southeastern Louisiana 6 p.m. SID: Kit Stetzel SID: Joshua Darling MAY 3 * at South Carolina (DH) Noon 4 * at South Carolina Noon NICHOLLS STATE LADY COLONELS ST. JOHN’S RED STORM 8-10 SEC Tournament TBA (0-3, 0-0 SLC) (0-0, 0-0 Big East) 15-18 NCAA Regionals TBA RANKING: Not Ranked RANKING: Not Ranked 24-25 NCAA Super Regionals TBA LOCATION: Thibodaux, La. LOCATION: Queens, N.Y. 28-2 Women’s College World Series COLORS: Red & Grey COLORS: Red & White CONFERENCE: CONFERENCE: * – SEC games Southland Big East 1 - Easton Tiger Classic; Baton Rouge, La. HEAD COACH: Jenny Parsons HEAD COACH: Amy Kvilhaug 2 - Palm Springs Classic; Palm Springs, Calif. 3 - Easton Purple & Gold Challenge; Baton Rouge, La. SID: Brandon Rizzuto SID: Mike Gambardella 4 - USF Under Armour Classic; Tampa, Fla. All times are Central and subject to change 2001 • WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES • 2004 2007 QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION Location: Baton Rouge, La. LSU Associate Sports Information Director Melissa Foley handles the sports information duties for the Tiger Founded: 1860 softball team. She can be reached in her office at (225) 578-1869, via e-mail at [email protected], at home at Enrollment: 31,234 (225) 344-2072 or by cell phone at (225) 241-4365.The Tiger Park press box phone number is (225) 578- Nickname: Tigers or Fighting Tigers 0155. Mascot: Mike V (live Bengal tiger) Colors: Purple & Gold Facility: Tiger Park PRACTICE TIMES Capacity: 1,000 The Tigers practice each day at 3 p.m. at Tiger Park. The practices are open to the public and last approxi- Conference: Southeastern mately two hours. Members of the media who wish to speak to players before or after practice should con- President: Dr. William L. Jenkins tact Melissa Foley in the Sports Information Office to coordinate times and interviews. Chancellor: Sean O’Keefe INTERVIEWS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Head coach Yvette Girouard is available for interviews weekday mornings. Her office is located on the fourth Athletics Director: Skip Bertman floor of the Athletic Administration Building. Interviews with coaches and/or players are held before and Associate AD/SWA: Judy Southard after practice and phone interviews may be arranged. Requests should be made at least 24 hours in Associate AD/Operations: Verge Ausberry advance. Please arrange all interviews through Melissa Foley. Associate AD/Internal Relations: Bo Bahnsen Associate AD/Business: Mark Ewing WWW.LSUSPORTS.NET Associate AD/External Affairs: Herb Vincent Information about the Tiger softball team is available on www.LSUSports.net, the Official Website of LSU Associate AD/Compliance: Chris Howard Athletics. Information about the Southeastern Conference is available at www.sec.org. Assistant AD/Operations: Eddie Nunez Assistant AD/Student Services: Miriam Segar MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET SOFTBALL STAFF Media can now access images for all LSU athletics teams, including action shots, head shots, logos, etc. To Head Coach: Yvette Girouard gain access to the high-resolution pictures, e-mail Melissa Foley. You will be assigned a user name and a Alma Mater: Southwestern La., 1976 password. This service is for media use only. Resale of these images is strictly prohibited. Record at LSU: 363-99/Seventh year Overall Record: 1,122-349/27th year TIGERS ON THE TUBE Associate Head Coach: James DeFeo (Rutgers, The Tigers will appear on television six and possibly seven times in 2008. LSU will first appear on Cox Sports 1996) Television (cable channel 37) against Georgia on March 8. The Tigers will be on Cox Sports four more times Assistant Coach: Megan Smith (North Carolina, this season. LSU will also face Tennessee on FoxSports (cable channel 38) as part of the SEC-TV package. The 1999) Tigers will also have the opportunity to make a second appearance on Fox Sports as the championship game of the SEC Tournament at Tiger Park will be televised. LSU has appeared in seven of the last eight seasons. SPORTS INFORMATION Assistant AD/SID: Michael Bonnette DATE TEAM GAME TIME NETWORK RESULT Sr. Associate SID: Kent Lowe March 8 Georgia (1) 1 p.m. Associate SID: Laurie Cannon Associate SID: Bill Franques March 11 Troy 6 p.m. Associate SID: Brian Miller March 22 Auburn 1 p.m. Associate SID/SB Contact: Melissa Foley April 13 Ole Miss 1 p.m. Publications Coordinator: Jason Feirman April 20 Tennessee Noon Graphic Design Coordinator: Peter Hoang April 27 Arkansas 1 p.m. Graphic Design Coordinator: Krystal Bennett May 10 SEC Tournament TBA Photographer: Steve Franz TIGERS ON THE RADIO PHONE DIRECTORY LSU softball is in its 10th season of radio coverage, as the LSU Sports Network will broad- Athletic Department: (225) 578-8001 cast 28 regular-season games and all postseason games. The games will be broadcast in Softball Office: (225) 578-3947 the Baton Rouge area on WNXX - The X 104.5/104.9 FM. In addition, the games can be Sports Information: (225) 578-8226 heard live on the internet in the Geaux Zone at LSUsports.net. Sports Information Fax: (225) 578-1861 Tiger Park Press Box: (225) 578-0155 TIGERS ON THE WEB Foley Office: (225) 578-1869 LSU softball games that are broadcast on the radio can be heard in the Geaux Zone on Foley Home: (225) 344-2072 LSUsports.net. Live streaming video will also be available for all home games broadcast on the radio that are not being televised. Live statistics for all games will also be carried Follow LSU Softball on: on LSUsports.net. 1999 • 2000 • 2004 SEC CHAMPIONS • 2001 • 2002 YVETTE GIROUARD HEAD COACH EIGHTH YEAR AT LSU • 28TH YEAR OVERALL 1,122-351 (.762) OVERALL • 363-101 (.782) AT LSU HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS GIROUARD YEAR-BY-YEAR NATIONAL HONORS YEAR SCHOOL RECORD PCT. 2005 NFCA Hall of Fame Inductee 1981 Southwestern La. 7-15 .318 2001 NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year 1982 Southwestern La. 15-13 .536 1990, 1993 NFCA National Coach of the Year 1983 Southwestern La.