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Dylan Crews on Ring Me celebration: I had to do it

On3 imageby:Sam Gillenwater06/27/23

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LSU OF Dylan Crews
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Baton Rouge it, yet again, a city of champions. LSU won another national title last night as their baseball team bounced back against Florida to claim the program’s first trophy since 2009 and seventh overall.

During the 18-4 victory, though, Golden Spike OF Dylan Crews put himself in another elite group of Tiger athletes. At one point during the blowout, he looked over to the dugout and did the ‘Ring Me’ celebration that has become recognizable in Louisiana thanks to QB Joe Burrow as well as Angel Reese from this year’s national title winning women’s basketball team.

In the end, Crews just said, in a clip via Cody Worsham, that he couldn’t help himself from doing it.

“Yeah, I got caught up in the moment a little bit. But I saw Joe Burrow do it and (Angel) Reese do it from women’s basketball,” Crews said. “I just had to do it to get the crowd going, to get the team going. It was a good feeling.”

Crews finished the outing by tying at the top with two other Tigers with four hits. He also finished with a team-high .426 batting average on the night in six at bats. He was everywhere for the LSU on Charles Schwab Field last night as he spearheaded the offensive outburst while also making a couple of big defensive plays in the outfield.

However, as iconic as his night and season were, his use of the ring celebration likely put him on a whole new level. Now, he will join Burrow and Reese as Tigers that performed the celebration that has become synonymous with champions down in Death Valley.

LSU baseball, women’s basketball combine to make history with national championship wins

It’s been a good year to be an LSU fan, as both the baseball and women’s basketball teams claimed national championship victories. The Tigers baseball squad became the latest to do so Monday with a dominant 18-4 win against Florida in Game 3 of the College World Series Finals.

According to the SEC Network, that makes LSU the first school to win a national championship in both baseball and basketball during the same season.

The Tigers’ CWS title win, which is their seventh in school history, followed a 102-85 win from the women’s basketball team against Iowa back in April. That win was already historic on its own as it marked LSU’s first championship in women’s basketball, and now it’s even sweeter.

Tigers outfielder Dylan Crews even took a page from women’s hoops star Angel Reese‘s book in the waning moments of Monday’s victory. After hitting a triple with his team up big in the eighth inning, Crews pointed to his ring finger as he reached third base. That is the same gesture that Reese made following her national championship win a couple of months ago.

The LSU baseball team began the season at No. 1 and lived up to those expectations with the College World Series win. The Tigers responded with a record-setting performance of their own in Monday’s victory. They jumped out to a 10-2 lead by the second inning and ended the game with a CWS-best 24 hits, one more than Florida had Sunday.

Now, LSU baseball will return to Baton Rouge for more celebrating where they’ll join the women’s basketball team as 2023 national champions.