The Tigers begin the season with consecutive road meets - at Oregon State on Jan. 7 and then at Auburn on Jan. 14. LSU travels to Dallas, Texas to take on 3 NCAA Championship qualifiers from this past season in the annual Metroplex Challenge Meet on Jan. 29. LSU will take on powerhouses Alabama, Missouri, and Nebraska inside the Dallas Convention Center on a Saturday night in front of thousands of age group gymnasts and their parents. The Metroplex meet is one of the largest age group meets in the nation annually.
LSU's road schedule includes stops in Lexington to take on ever-improving Kentucky on Feb. 25 and then at Alabama to take on the Tide on March 11. LSU is traveling to Alabama because the Tide did not want to count the Metroplex meet as an SEC meet.
Because the Tigers picked up the Metroplex meet in Dallas and allowed Iowa out of its commitment to travel to Baton Rouge next season, LSU will have only 5 home meets in 2011. However, each of the meets should be outstanding.
The first home meet of the 2011 season will be on Jan. 21 when the Florida Gators come to the PMAC. LSU will host three meets in a row on Feb. 4, 11, and 18 against BYU, Arkansas, and Georgia, respectively. The Georgia meet will serve as the annual Etta James Memorial "Breast Cancer Awareness" Meet. The meet against Arkansas should be a doozy. The Hogs and Tigers tied this season in Fayetteville and have quite a budding rivalry underway.
The final home meet of the 2011 season will be on Mar. 4 when LSU hosts New Hampshire. New Hampshire was paired with LSU in the 2010 Penn State Regional.
The SEC Championships will be held on March 19 and NCAA Regionals on April 2. Cleveland, Ohio's Wolstein Center will be the site of the 2011 National Championships April 14-16.
