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 south of Skip Bertman Drive across from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. The official capacity of the stadium is 2,671 people. Tiger Park's record attendance of 3,242 came on March 25, 2016, in a game versus the University of Florida. The stadium also features an outfield berm, renamed the Tiger Park Terrace in 2016, that can accommodate in excess of 1,200 fans. The stadium opened prior to the 2009 college softball season.
In 2010, Tiger Park was rated the fifth-best architecture building on LSU's campus by the LSU Faculty Senate Monthly Newsletter. According to the newsletter, it is described as "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. Tiger Park hosted the 2015 SEC softball tournament and 2015 NCAA Division I Regional.
In terms of official capacity, Tiger Park is the fourth largest softball stadium in the Southeastern Conference.
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 2017 31-6 .839 Hosted NCAA Regional 2018 35-4 .897 Hosted NCAA Regional 2019 29-9 .763 Hosted NCAA Regional 2020 18-0 1.000 Season cut short by Covid Pandemic 2021 22-12 .647 Stadium operated at reduced capacity due to continued Covid PandemicHosted NCAA Regional, NCAA Super Regional 2022 23-9 .719 2023 27-9 .750 Hosted NCAA Regional 2024 31-7 .816 Hosted NCAA Regional 2025 42-16 .724 Hosted NCAA Regional 2026 37-17 .685Hosted NCAA Regional 2027 Scheduled to host SEC Tournament Total 394-106-1 .787 9 NCAA Regionals, 2 NCAA Super Regional, 1 SEC Tournament Total Record PCT Notes 27 seasons 732-156-1 .824 14 NCAA Regionals, 2 NCAA Super Regionals, 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 57,090 35 1,631 Beth Torina 2016 75,094 40 1,877 Beth Torina 2017 49,817 28 1,779 Beth Torina 2018 53,310 36 1,481 Beth Torina 2019 56,839 36 1,578 Beth Torina 2020 25,793 17 1,517 Beth Torina 2021 32,601 32 1,018 Beth Torina 2022 64,741 32 2,023 Beth Torina 2023 - - - Beth Torina 2024 - - - - Total 638,331 432 1,478 -
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See also Tiger Park (1997) LSU Tigers softball LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers
References
External links Tiger Park at LSUSports.net