Tiger Park

Tiger Park
Location Skip Bertman Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
 United States
Owner Louisiana State University
Operator LSU Athletics Department
Capacity 1,289 (2,489 including 1,200 Tiger Park Terrace Seats)
Field size L - 200, C - 220, R - 200
Surface Natural Grass
Construction
Broke ground 2007
Opened 2009
Tenants
LSU Lady Tigers softball (NCAA)

Tiger Park is a softball stadium located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It serves as the home field of the LSU Lady Tigers softball team and is located on Skip Bertman Drive across from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. 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. The stadium opened prior to the 2009 college softball season.[1]

In 2010, Tiger Park was rated the fifth-best architecture building by the LSU Faculty Senate Monthly Newsletter.[2]

"Best seen at night, when its gables and overhang seem to brighten into a shimmering white sails winging through cool ebony skies, the softball stadium shows that LSU can come up with a building that plays to something other than the local taste for plantation imagery and Greco-Roman bric-a-brac. Welling out of a hillock in a way that suggests strong shoulders on the brink of swinging a home run, the softball stadium evidences a modest freshness that brings a smile and popcorn and hot dogs."

In 2013, Tiger Park was honored with the prestigious Field of the Year award by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) for the college and university softball division.[3] Tiger Park hosted the 2015 SEC Softball Tournament and 2015 NCAA Division I Regional.

Program Records at Tiger Park

Old Tiger Park (1992-2008), New Tiger Park (2009-Present)

Year Overall PCT Notes
1997 27-4 .871
1998 28-2 .871
1999 30-3 .909 Hosted NCAA Regional
2000 31-4 .886 Hosted NCAA Regional
2001 29-1 .967 Hosted NCAA Regional
2002 28-3 .903
2003 29-6 .829
2004 21-7 .750
2005 21-8 .724
2006 34-3 .919 Hosted NCAA Regional
2007 30-4 .882
2008 30-6 .833 Hosted NCAA Regional, SEC Tournament
Total 338-51 .869 5 NCAA Regionals, 1 SEC Tournament
Year Overall PCT Notes
2009 19-8-1 .696
2010 31-5 .861 Hosted NCAA Regional
2011 21-6 .777
2012 24-7 .774
2013 26-6 .813 Hosted NCAA Regional
2014 19-11 .679
2015 38-5 .884 Hosted NCAA Regional, NCAA Super Regional, SEC Tournament
2016 31-9 .775 Hosted NCAA Regional
Total 209-57-1 .779 3 NCAA Regionals, 1 NCAA Super Regional, 1 SEC Tournament
Total Record PCT Notes
20 seasons 555-108-1 .836 8 NCAA Regionals, 1 NCAA Super Regional, 2 SEC Tournaments

Year-by-Year Attendance in the New Tiger Park

Year Total Dates Average Head Coach
2009 33,133 28 1,183 Yvette Girouard
2010 42,686 36 1,185 Yvette Girouard
2011 33,694 27 1,247 Yvette Girouard
2012 38,145 31 1,230 Beth Torina
2013 46,354 32 1,448 Beth Torina
2014 42,979 30 1,432 Beth Torina
2015 69,907 43 1,625 Beth Torina
2016 75,094 40 1,877 Beth Torina
Total 381,992 267 1,430 -

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=177202
  2. ↑ http://www.lsu.edu/senate/newsletter%20october%202010.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.wbrz.com/news/tiger-park-wins-stma-field-of-the-year-award/

Coordinates: 30°25′1″N 91°11′4″W / 30.41694°N 91.18444°W / 30.41694; -91.18444

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