LSU Lady Tigers Softball Team Adds Five Television Games

The No. 25 LSU softball team learned Thursday that five additional games have been picked up for television during the 2012 season. In total, the Tigers will have 11 regular season contests on TV.

Cox Sports Television will carry five games in conjunction with LSU Sports Properties. Games on CST include South Alabama (Feb. 25), Ole Miss (April 20 & 21) and Georgia (April 28 & 29). The quintet of games will all keep their original start times. CST is cable channel 37 and available in HD on channel 737 in the Baton Rouge market.

LSU will turn its attention to the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. over the weekend. There, the Tigers will meet DePaul [Saturday - 11 a.m. CT] and Cal State Northridge [Saturday - 1:15 p.m. CT] followed by No. 3 California [Sunday - 1:15 p.m. CT] and Utah State [Sunday - 3:30 p.m. CT].

Live stats for every LSU softball game this season will be available on www.LSUsports.net/livestats.

Fans also can receive live in-game updates by following LSU softball on its social media outlets at www.Facebook.com/lsusoftball and @lsu_softball on Twitter.

About Cox Sports Television

The New Orleans-based sports network launched on October 28, 2002 in front of 450,000 Louisiana viewers. CST has grown over 400% to nearly 2 million in the nine years since the launch, making it one of the fastest growing regional sports networks in the south.

CST is currently carried on cable systems in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Virginia and is available to Dish Network subscribers (Channel 421) in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans markets. CST is owned and operated by Cox Communications Louisiana, LLC.

Initially targeted to be a Louisiana sports network, CST has secured collegiate, professional and high school events that have expanded the networks reach throughout the south. For more information about CST, please visit our website at www.coxsportstv.com.

2012 LSU Softball Television Schedule

Date, Opponent, Network, Time [All times are Central]

February 25, South Alabama, CST, 12:30 p.m.

April 6, Alabama, ESPNU, 7 p.m.

April 8, Alabama, FSN/Sportsouth, 1 p.m.

April 14, Tennessee, ESPN, 11 a.m.

April 15, Tennessee, ESPN, 3 p.m.

April 21, Ole Miss, CST, 6 p.m.

April 22, Ole Miss, CST, 6 p.m.

April 24, Florida, CSS, 4 p.m.

April 24, Florida, CSS, 6:30 p.m.

April 29, Georgia, CST, 4 p.m.

April 30, Georgia, CST, 1 p.m.