re: Victory Lap Tonight?

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I was there in 2003 when we gave UNC-Wilmington a victory lap because they eliminated Tulane, which was a super heated rivalry at the time, on Saturday and they pushed us to the limit in extras on Sunday. Almost every LSU fan there that weekend rooted hard for Wilmington to beat Tulane both times they squared off. I was there and participated in the SEA-HAWKS chants that weekend when they played Tulane. Our fanbase got behind them only to spite Tulane. That's how this whole victory lap for the other team started (At least to my memory). They deserved a victory lap first and foremost because we won and because in the process they helped us to do so. It was an awesome weekend of baseball and rooting against a Tulane team that had been a thorn in our side for the previous three years.

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That was an awesome series. I was sitting above the 3rd base dugout and the looks on the faces of the UNC-W players when they came out on the field for their first game against Tulane and the capacity crowd was going nuts cheering for them was priceless. This was of course right after LSU had won the first game of the day.