Tigers No. 7 in 2021 Collegiate Baseball Poll

BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU is ranked No. 7 in the 2021 Collegiate Baseball newspaper preseason poll released Monday, marking the 10th straight season the Tigers will begin the year among the Top 15 teams in the nation.

Despite some obstacles created by COVID-19, LSU completed its fall practice session in November, and the team will begin preseason workouts on Friday, January 29. The Tigers' 2021 schedule of games may be finalized in the coming weeks.

"I'm just so thrilled that we were able to have a fall practice," said coach Paul Mainieri, who will enter the 2021 season ranked No. 1 on the active NCAA Division I coaches wins list with 1,467 career victories in 38 seasons at St. Thomas, Air…