Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates

After a wild month off from game play due to freezing weather in North Texas, difficulty in rescheduling delayed games, & rainy weather closing practice fields the LSU Women’s Lacrosse Team is heading to South Central Texas for a “make it or break it” road trip.

After Trinity & St. Edward’s cancelled their seasons early in February along with last month’s UNT game being unable to be rescheduled-the Tigers are playing their final 2 conference division games of 2015.
Saturday at 3pm in College Station LSU will take on #18 TCU in a rescheduled game from last month. TCU will be taking on Division 1 Texas A&M at 1pm in a previously scheduled contest. The LSU vs. TCU game will be a crucial one for the Lady Tigers who are currently 3-0 overall, 1-0 in division play, & ranked #16.

Sunday morning at 11am the Purple & Gold will square off against #25 Texas State, who will be celebrating their Senior Day, in San Marcos. Texas State will come in to the contest with a record of 4-2, 2-2. After Sunday’s game, LSU will have to sit back & watch the final 2 weekends of the TWLL season unfold as they are idle due to Spring Break. Every other team in the conference had their respective Spring Breaks earlier in the month.

2015 brings a new playoff breakdown for the TWLL than in seasons past. This year, there are 2 divisions in the conference for the 1st time & the Top 4 teams from each division will qualify for the TWLL Conference Tournament in Austin, TX at the University of Texas. #1 will face #4 & #2 will challenge #3 in their respective divisions with the winners battling it out for their division’s Conference Championship & the AQ to the WCLA National Championship Tournament in Virginia Beach, VA. The losers from the semifinals will play for 3rd place. There will not be any cross divisional games.

Going into the weekend both LSU & SMU are undefeated in division play at 1-0 & 3-0, respectively. With TCU sitting at 1-1, Texas State at 2-2, North Texas at 1-1, & Texas Tech at 0-1 with SMU, TCU, & UNT left to play. Sam Houston State is 1-3, mathematically eliminated from the postseason.

Should the Lady Tigers emerge 2-0 on the road trip then they are a lock for either a tie for #1 with SMU or default to #2 given the strength of schedule. In the event the Lady Tigers split the weekend, there is a chance for a #3 or #4 seed depending on how the divison season unfolds. If the Tigers drop both contests then they will simply have to wait & see how their division opponents finish up to find out if they are out or in.

Be sure to keep up with all the Lady Tigers Lacrosse action this weekend via their Twitter as they intend to Live Tweet game updates throughout the games. You can follow the team: @LSUWomensLax