Tulane senior Jake Willsey has played well enough against LSU for him to earn a nickname.
"He looooves playing against LSU," Lex Kaplan said about his fourth-year teammate. "I call him the Tiger Slayer."
The name stuck Tuesday night.
Willsey homered twice to help the Green Wave to a 7-6 victory at Alex Box Stadium. The win was the third in a row for Tulane against the Tigers, dating back to a two-game season sweep last season.
Willsey homered once in each of those two games last season, and his two home runs Tuesday raised his career total against LSU to four.