BATON ROUGE, La. -- A two-run eighth-inning homer by senior leftfielder Raph Rhymes lifted No. 2 LSU (48-7, 23-6 SEC) to a thrilling 5-4 victory over No. 14 Ole Miss (35-20, 14-15 SEC) Friday night at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

BATON ROUGE – Ashley Czechner racked up a career-best 15 strikeouts to spark the No. 9 national seed LSU softball team to a 3-2 triumph over Central Connecticut State to open the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Friday as 1,432 fans gathered at Tiger Park.

BATON ROUGE – Led by a team-low 1-under par 71 by sophomore Curtis Thompson in Friday's second round at the University Club, the 17th-ranked and No. 3-seeded LSU men's golf team finds itself on the cusp of NCAA Championships qualification after wrapping up the day in a tie for fifth place overall at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.

BATON ROUGE – LSU issued 64 diplomas to its student-athletes on Friday as the school held its annual Spring Commencement.

BATON ROUGE – LSU women's basketball seniors Adrienne Webb and Bianca Lutley put the finishing touches on a season of excellence just months after playing a pivotal part of a Lady Tiger team that reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time since 2008.