BATON ROUGE — Tennis’ James Cluskey and softball’s Leslie Klein were named the LSU Male and Female Athletes of the Week on Wednesday following a vote by a local media panel.
Cluskey, a sophomore from Dublin, Ireland, celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by clinching the Tigers’ road win over Texas A&M, 4-3, on Saturday. Cluskey’s win was his fourth straight and moved him to 13-6 on the season. In addition, Cluskey and partner Ken Skupski are 15-6 on the year, a record that includes wins over three ranked opponents.
Klein led the Lady Tiger softball team to four wins, including a series sweep over conference foe Florida, last week. The senior from Sunrise, Fla., led the team in batting average (.545), slugging percentage (1.091) and RBI (4) as she broke LSU’s career doubles record and moved into seventh on the SEC’s career doubles list, with 55.
Klein also hit what proved to be the game-winning homerun that broke up a no-hitter in the Lady Tigers’ series finale against the Gators. The round tripper moved her into a tie for second on LSU’s career home runs list with 27.