LSU Triangle

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - Angela Bensend belted a career-best 20 kills to go along with a career-high 26 digs as the No. 21 LSU volleyball team grinded out a gritty 3-2 victory [27-25, 25-19, 20-25, 18-25, 15-11] over TCU Friday to conclude day one of the TCU Molten Invitational.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The 23rd-ranked LSU soccer team opened play in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Friday night with its second of four-straight matches against nationally-ranked opponents as it dropped a 3-1 decision to the 16th-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons on the road at Spry Stadium.

BATON ROUGE - Members of the LSU baseball team visited with seven-year-old Michael Smith Thursday at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital.

BATON ROUGE -- The LSU men's and women's swimming and diving programs have released their 2010-11 schedule, co-head coaches Doug Shaffer and David Geyer announced Friday.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - Brittney Johnson dished out 42 assists to trigger the No. 21 LSU volleyball team to a .370 hitting percentage and a 3-0 sweep over Central Arkansas [25-20, 25-20, 25-15] Friday to open the TCU Molten Invitational at the University Recreation Center.

ATLANTA - Billed as the "Daytona 500" of college football, the LSU Tigers hope their motors are revved up and ready to go at full speed as the 16th-ranked (USA Today/Coaches) Tigers take part in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Saturday night at the Georgia Dome against the 18th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - The No. 21 LSU volleyball team continues its Lone Star state swing over the weekend at the TCU Molten Invitational. The defending SEC champions face off against Central Arkansas and TCU on Friday before a Saturday tilt with Alcorn State.

BATON ROUGE - When LSU opens the 2010 football season on Saturday against North Carolina in the Georgia Dome, fans will be able to follow the Tigers through social media like never before.

ATLANTA -- ESPN College GameDay, the network's popular college football kickoff show, will air live from Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park beginning at 8 a.m. CDT Saturday on ESPNU.

BATON ROUGE - The 23rd-ranked LSU soccer team will continue its four-game road swing against nationally-ranked opponents this weekend as it heads to Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., to take on 16th-ranked Wake Forest in Friday's opening match of the ACC/SEC Challenge at 6:30 p.m. CDT.

BATON ROUGE - LSU men's basketball Coach Trent Johnson will represent the Tigers Friday afternoon at the Atlanta Motor Speedway as part of Coca-Cola Racing Family Ride Along Friday.

BATON ROUGE - The LSU soccer team is ranked in at least one major Top 25 national poll for the 11th-straight week dating back to the 2009 season as it is ranked No. 23 in the nation in the latest Soccer Times Top 25 ranking released late Monday evening.

NEW ORLEANS - Tiger Tracks, a new half-hour magazine show that will highlight all facets of LSU Athletics, will begin airing weekly on Cox Sports Television starting Wednesday, Sept. 1, CST and LSU announced today. CST, the regional sports network home of the LSU Tigers, will air the show each Wednesday from September through May.

A new athletic year brings with it renewed optimism for schools all over the country, but at LSU there is a unique level of enthusiasm as the first kickoff draws near.

NEW YORK - Former LSU All-American and Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Defensive First Team for the first time in her career, the league announced on Monday.

The No. 21 LSU volleyball team racked up a 3-0 record and claimed the Texas A&M Invitational crown with wins over Pacific, Siena and host Texas A&M. The defending SEC champions picked up its 11th consecutive winning opening weekend under head coach Fran Flory.

BATON ROUGE -- LSU football head coach Les Miles addressed the media on Monday for his first "Lunch With Les presented by Subway" press conference. Watch the on-demand video for free in the Geaux Zone now.

Game Notes for the 2010 LSU Football team, as well as the weekly opponents' and Southeastern Conference notes, will be published prior to each game.

BATON ROUGE - "Lunch with Les" presented by Subway, LSU's weekly football press luncheon featuring head coach Les Miles, can be heard on the radio each week during football season. The first "Lunch with Les" of the 2010 season starts on Monday at 12:15 p.m.

I'm sure I must be like a lot of people this week watching the stories of Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath five years later. I've watched Brian Williams remember his first five days in New Orleans and Spike Lee's HBO documentary that debuted this week. I keep asking myself 'what have we learned? Could this happen again?'