On Friday night, a star couple returned to Baton Rouge, where one half of the couple began their quest to become back-to-back national champions.
Libby Dunn and the defending national champion LSU gymnastics team opened their season Friday against Iowa State University.
Dunn returned for his fifth year of eligibility and helped the nation's No. 2 team defeat Iowa State, 197.300 to 194.100.
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Olivia Dunn of the LSU Tigers before a game against the Florida Gators at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on February 23, 2024 in Gainesville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
Dunn placed third on floor and fourth on beam, earning scores of 9.875 and 9.825, respectively.
Dan's boyfriend, LSU graduate and National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skeens, was also in attendance.
Before becoming the No. 1 pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, Skens was the ace of an LSU team that won the College World Series. Skeens was called up to the big leagues early in the season, started in the All-Star Game, and finished third in National League Cy Young Award voting with a 1.96 ERA and 11.5 K/9.
Paul Skeens and Olivia Dunn on the set of ESPN's “College Game Day” at the LSU Quad in Baton Rouge on Nov. 9, 2024. (LSU Athletics/University Images via Getty Images)
LSU's Aleah Finnegan, an Olympic gymnast from the Philippines, took first place overall with a score of 39.725.
The meeting took place just days after Dunn and Skeens went out on Bourbon Street and hours before a terrorist attack in the French Quarter killed 14 people.
LSU gymnast Libby Dunn and her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skeens, celebrated the New Year in New Orleans. (via Rivividan, Instagram)
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Bourbon Street is about an hour and a half from Baton Rogue.
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