2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, Results
The following tables show the results of the parliamentary and presidential votes by party and by presidential candidate. Seats in yellow indicate reserved minority seats.


2009 Kurdistan Region presidential election
The Kurdistan Region presidential elections of 2009 took place on 25 July 2009, coinciding with the 2009 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election. A total of 2.5 million citizens of Kurdistan Region were eligible to vote in the parliamentary and presidential elections. It is the first time that the President of Kurdistan Region was chosen directly through popular votes. People currently living outside Kurdistan Region were not allowed to vote.


2009 Kurdistan Region presidential election
Like the parliamentary elections, campaigning for the elections officially started on 22 June 2009 and was to be stopped 48 hours before voting starts. The elections were held with 84 registration centers and 5,403 polling stations and 5 polling stations in Baghdad. Below are the candidates listed with their lot number.


2009 Kurdistan Region presidential election
Halow Ibrahim Ahmed was seen as the leading challenger to the incumbent.


2009 Kurdistan Region presidential election, Results
A total of 1,819,652 people, approximately 80% of the registered voters, participated in the election


2009 Kutonen
League tables for teams participating in Kutonen, the seventh tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 2009.


2009 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
The Kuwaiti Crown Prince Cup is an end of season cup competition involving teams from the Kuwaiti Premier League and the Kuwaiti Division One league.


2009 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
In previous editions, the competition has been played over two legs but was altered to one leg for this year.


2009 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
Al Kuwait Kaifan, the current holders of the cup and last years finalists Al Qadsia receive a bye to the Second Round.


2009 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, First round
12 teams played a knockout tie. 6 clubs advanced to the next round. The games were played between 30 April and 2 May.


2009 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, Quarter-Finals
8 teams play a knockout tie. 4 clubs advance to the next round. Games played between 10 & 11 May.


2009 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, Semi-Finals
4 teams play a knockout tie. 2 clubs advance to the final. Games played on 14 May.


2009 Kuwait Emir Cup
The Kuwaiti Emir Cup is an end of season cup competition involving teams from the Kuwaiti Premier League and the Kuwaiti Division One league.


2009 Kuwait Emir Cup
Al Arabi Kuwait is the current holders of the cup.


2009 Kuwait Emir Cup, First round
12 teams play a knockout tie. 6 clubs advance to the next round. Games played between 18 May and 21 May.


2009 Kuwait Emir Cup, Final
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2009 Kuwait wedding fire
The 2009 Kuwait wedding fire was an arson attack that occurred during a wedding ceremony in Oyoun, Jahra Governorate, Kuwait on August 15, 2009. At least 57 people were killed and about 90 others wounded when the groom's 23-year-old first wife, Nasra Yussef Mohammad al-Enezi, to take revenge for her husband taking a second wife, poured petrol on a tent where women and children were celebrating and set it on fire. Within three minutes the whole tent, which had only one exit and did not meet fire safety regulations, was engulfed in flames, trapping many inside. It was the deadliest civilian disaster in Kuwait in the last 40 years.


2009 Kuwait wedding fire
There was only one exit. It had been claimed that the temperature inside the tent was above 500 degrees Celsius (930 °F). Although al-Enezi recanted a confession she had given to police after her arrest, stating in court she had only sprayed the tent with cursed water, but did not set it on fire, she was found guilty of premeditated murder and starting a fire with the intent to kill and sentenced to death on March 30, 2010. She was hanged by the Kuwaiti Central Prison authorities on January 25, 2017.


2009 Kuwaiti general election
Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 16 May 2009, the country's third in a three-year period. Kuwait had voted on six occasions between 1991 and 2009. The turnout rate was 50%. The election was notable in that four women were elected for the first time since Kuwait gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1961.


2009 Kuwaiti general election, Background
The Constitutional Court dissolved the National Assembly of Kuwait on 18 March 2009 over accusations of supposed abuse of democracy and threats to political stability. The government had resigned just two days before to evade questioning in parliament. Suggested solutions to this recurring problem (government resignation) include the formation of a government without any members of the royal family (a so-called "popular government"), thus making the possibility of parliamentary questioning a reality, or appointing the crown prince as PM, which would make parliamentary questioning sufficiently unlikely so that it would not be a problem any more.


2009 Kuwaiti general election, Candidates
210 candidates attempted to win 50 seats. 16 were female.


2009 Kuwaiti general election, Results
The results were announced on 17 May 2009. Liberals won at least 8 seats while Independent candidates won 20 seats. Four elected female MPs won. Four women were elected in the parliament. Aseel al-Awadhi and Rola Dashti were victors in the third district. Also winning were Massouma al-Mubarak and Salwa al-Jassar. When voting was first introduced in Kuwait in 1985, Kuwaiti women had the right to vote. This right was later removed. Women in Kuwait were later re-granted the right to vote and stand in parliamentary and local elections in May 2005.


2009 Kuwaiti general election, Results
Sunni Islamists lost more than 10 seats less than the 2008 elections.


2009 Kvalserien
The 2009 Kvalserien was the 35th Kvalserien qualification for Elitserien, played between 13 March and 9 April 2009.


2009 Kvalserien
The 2009 Kvalserien included six teams. In this year's Kvalserien, Södertälje and Rögle, who both came from Elitserien, qualified for the 2009–10 Elitserien season. It was the first time since 2003 that both teams from Elitserien managed to stay in Elitserien via Kvalserien. AIK made their first Kvalserien qualification for Elitserien since 2004. Växjö Lakers made their first Kvalserien qualification for Elitserien in the club's history. Södertälje won the 2009 Kvalserien, ending at 22 points, followed by Rögle who got 19 points. AIK finished at third place and thus missed promotion to Elitserien, ending at 16 points, 3 points behind Rögle. Leksand missed Elitserien for the fourth consecutive year, ending at 14 points. Växjö Lakers ended at fifth place with 10 points, and Västerås finished last with 9 points.


2009 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round
The 2009 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2009 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 15–17, 2009 at Kyalami, South Africa.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 23 July 2009. The date was set after the constitutional court ruled that the extension of the presidential term from four to five years did not apply until the next presidential election, calling for elections by 25 October 2009; in response, a parliament committee proposed the July election date, which was then passed by the incumbent president Kurmanbek Bakiyev's Ak Jol-dominated parliament. Bakiyev had previously announced his intention to run for reelection. Bakiyev was re-nominated on 1 May 2009.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election
On election day the main opposition candidate, Almazbek Atambayev, withdrew from the contest, citing his belief that fraud was employed extensively and thus considers the election illegitimate. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) also claimed that Bakiyev had unfair advantages in terms of superior media coverage of his campaign, and vote rigging. Eventually, Bakiyev was declared the winner of the election with 76% of the vote. An opposition rally on election day was broken up by Kyrgyz police.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election, Candidates
On 20 April 2009, the United Opposition announced its candidate – Almazbek Atambayev, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan, the only opposition party represented in parliament. Another opposition politician, former defence minister Ismail Isakov, announced on 19 May 2009 that he would withdraw from the race to improve Atambayev's chances, reducing the field from 18 to 17 potential candidates.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election, Candidates
Apart from Bakiyev and Atambayev, three more candidacies were approved: Those of Toktayym Ümötalieva (chairwoman of the Association of Nongovernmental and Nonprofit Organizations), physician Jengishbek Nazaraliev and Temir Sariyev.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election, Candidates
Bakiyev's advertising campaign consisted primarily of television ads, billboards, and paper fliers in windows of stores, companies, and kiosks. Nazaraliev's advertising campaign consisted mainly of propaganda fliers and journals passed out to residences in Kyrgyzstan, as well as small paper advertisements stuck to walls and posts throughout Bishkek. Atambaev held rallies and also had paper advertisements posted. Motuev had at least one billboard, near ZUM.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election, Election day
On polling day Atambayev withdrew his candidacy claiming widespread fraud; he stated: "Due to massive, unprecedented violations, we consider these elections illegitimate and a new election should be held." Independent candidate Jenishbek Nazaraliev also withdrew on election day. The OSCE stated that Bakiyev gained an "unfair advantage" and that the media bias "did not allow voters to make an informed choice." Additionally, they found that the election was "marred by many problems and irregularities", citing ballot stuffing and problems with the vote counting.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election, Election day
An opposition rally of 1,000 people in Balykchy during election day was broken up by riot police.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election, Results
As of 22:00 local time in Kyrgyzstan on 26 July 2009 (with 2,282 of 2,330 polling districts reporting), Bakiev was reported had won the election with 77.81% of the vote. Earlier in the day (00:40 local time), the results showed the same number of districts reporting, but the numbers were significantly different, showing that Bakiyev had won with 82.62% of the vote.


2009 Kyrgyz presidential election, Results
The day after the election the opposition said it planned to hold more protests.


2009 Kyrgyzstan League
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2009 Kyrgyzstan League
The 2009 Kyrgyzstan League (Kyrgyz: Vysshaja Liga) was the 18th season of the top-level football league of Kyrgyzstan. It began in May 2009 with the first match of the regular season and finished in November 2009 with a championship decision match between Abdish-Ata Kant and Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn.


2009 Kyrgyzstan League, Regular season
Each team played against every other team once at home and once away for a total of sixteen matches. The best four teams advanced to the Championship Pool.


2009 Kyrgyzstan League, Championship Pool, Decision match
Since Abdish-Ata and Dordoi-Dynamo finished the Championship Pool with an equal number of points, a decision match will determine the 2009 league champions.


2009 Købstædernes ATP Challenger
The 2009 Købstædernes ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kolding, Denmark between 12 and 18 October 2009.


2009 Købstædernes ATP Challenger, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Købstædernes ATP Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Martin Fischer /  Philipp Oswald def. Jonathan Marray /  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 7–5, 6–3


2009 Købstædernes ATP Challenger – Doubles
Brendan Evans and Chris Haggard were the defending champions, but they chose to not defend their title. Austrian pair Martin Fischer and Philipp Oswald won in the final 7–5, 6–3, against Jonathan Marray and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.


2009 Købstædernes ATP Challenger – Singles
Roko Karanušić chose not to defend his 2009 title. Alex Bogdanovic won this tournament, after Ivan Dodig disqualification in the final (when the result was 3–6, 7–6(7)).


2009 L&H 500
The 2009 L&H 500 was the Race 17 of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 11 to 13 September at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. This was the ninth running of the Phillip Island 500 and the second time that Phillip Island had served as the venue for the annual 500 kilometre two-driver V8 Supercar endurance race. Unique to this event, two preliminary 14 lap Qualifying Races were held on Saturday with the two drivers of each car starting one race each.


2009 L&H 500
A single pitstop by each car in either race was mandated with the combined results of the two races determining the grid for the main 500 kilometre race. The three races all carried championship points and together constituted "Race 17" of the championship. However the finishing positions at the end of the 500 km race were deemed to be the finishing positions of the "2009 L&H 500" regardless of the total points scored by drivers over the three individual races.


2009 L&H 500
For the first time since 2004, teams from outside of the V8 Supercar Championship Series were invited to compete in a championship race. Consequently, three single-car teams from the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series contested the L&H500, bringing the total entry up to 32 cars.


2009 L&H 500, Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday 12 September 2009. Driver A Qualifying was interrupted by a red flag after Greg Ritter spun his Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore in a sensitive position at turn 3 in the middle of the session which upset session plans for many teams. Paul Dumbrell set a time early in the session before the red which ended up standing for the session, taking pole position in his first drive for the Holden Racing Team. Todd Kelly worked down to his time, just one hundredth of a second behind Dumbrell.


2009 L&H 500, Qualifying
Will Davison and Steven Johnson also set their best laps early in the session to fill the second row of the grid. Warren Luff ably backed up teammate Johnson to be the fastest of the non-full-time V8 Supercar drivers in fifth position alongside the Ford of Steven Richards. David Reynolds was seventh fastest, a career best, ahead of Craig Lowndes with Dean Canto and Cameron McConville completing the tenth fastest drivers. Of the remaining positions the full-time drivers were generally faster. The best of the three wild card entries was Brad Lowe in 27th while at the tail Andrew Fisher was eighth tenths slower than Leanne Tander. Dean Fiore was excluded from qualifying and started the Driver A race from pit lane.


2009 L&H 500, Qualifying
Mark Winterbottom recorded the fastest lap of either session to take Driver B pole position ahead of Fabian Coulthard and Rick Kelly, both of whom were faster than Dumbrell's Driver A pole position. James Courtney, Jason Richards, Jason Bright, Jamie Whincup, Garth Tander, Alex Davison and Jonathon Webb completed the top ten. Webb, matching his co-driver Luff to be the fastest part-time V8 racer. Andrew Thompson was impressive in eleventh. Damian Assaillit was the fastest wildcard driver in 25th, just behind triple touring car world champion Andy Priaulx. The other triple world champ, Superbike's Troy Bayliss was last, the slowest driver of the day and a full second slower than Tony Ricciardello who was 31st in the Driver B session.


2009 L&H 500, Driver A Race
Poor start by both Dick Johnson Racing Falcons, but particularly Steven Johnson made a mess of the start. Todd Kelly took the early lead from Paul Dumbrell and Will Davison. Craig Lowndes forced past Steven Richards into fourth position with David Reynolds and Dean Canto in close company. Dumbrell lost two spots in the next few laps as Lowndes charged through the field.


2009 L&H 500, Driver A Race
Karl Reindler was spun by Paul Morris on the opening lap while Brad Lowe pitted with a steering problem. Jason Richards, Steven Johnson and Michael Patrizi pitted early in the race getting the compulsory stop for either race out of the way. For Johnson after dropping 20 positions at the start, he had nothing to lose by pitting.


2009 L&H 500, Driver A Race
Kelly and Lowndes raced clear of the field to take the top two positions. Davison was third ahead of Shane van Gisbergen who climbed through the field from outside the top ten to finish fourth. Russell Ingall climbed into fifth while Dumbrell faded to sixth. Reynolds was seventh ahead of Canto, Steve Owen and Dane Allan Simonsen.


2009 L&H 500, Driver A Race
Steven Richards and Cameron McConville were the best finishing drivers who made pitstops, finishing 15th and 16th. Johnson recovered to 19th. Lowe finished four laps down, but did finish with all cars making the finish. Morris was subsequently disqualified for his contact with Reindler.


2009 L&H 500, Driver B Race
The first race was held on Saturday 12 September 2009. Jason Richards stalled on the grid, but got going again, Warren Luff was also slow away. Mark Winterbottom led Fabian Coulthard, Rick Kelly, Garth Tander, James Courtney, Jason Bright and Jamie Whincup.


2009 L&H 500, Driver B Race
Tony Ricciardello speared off and beached his Commodore at the final turn of the opening lap and Nathan Pretty pitted with damage and retired without completing a lap. A safety car was called to retrieve Ricciardello. Greg Murphy spun at the restart at Siberia after contact with Jason Bargwanna. Tander and Alex Davison were the first to stop. The Stone Brothers Racing team serviced their car faster, but not by enough, and the pair made contact in pitlane.


2009 L&H 500, Driver B Race
A broken ballast bracket on Rick Kelly's car broke loose, dragging underneath the car. A black flag was prepared for Kelly and he pitted immediately for repairs.


2009 L&H 500, Driver B Race
Winterbottom dominated the race, and combined with Steven Richards result from the Driver A race secured pole position for the 500 kilometre race on Sunday. Fabian Coulthard's second position was a career best with Jason Bright finishing third. James Courtney was fourth ahead of David Besnard (best part-time racer), Jason Bargwanna, Andrew Thompson, John McIntyre, Jonathon Webb with Jason Richards completing the top ten race positions. Jamie Whincup was the best of the pitstop drivers in 19th position, a result good enough the secure the other front row starting position.


2009 L&H 500, 500km Race
The 500 km race was held on Sunday 13 September 2009. Dean Fiore broke an alternator, depriving Troy Bayliss of his first V8 Supercar race start. Whincup won the start with Will Davison forcing past Steven Richards into second position. Alex Davison and Coulthard followed. Youlden was slowing early with bodywork rubbing a tyre after contact in the left rear corner. Coulthard had a mechanical failure in the engine bay causing a fire under the bonnet. Several cars following slid off track from spilt oil. Lap 11 contact between Karl Reindler and Dale Wood made contact and spin off track at turn 1.


2009 L&H 500, 500km Race
Steven Richards started losing race positions dropping back to fifth as David Besnard charged through the field in the Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore, climb to fourth behind the Davison brothers. Greg Murphy pitted early, putting Mark Skaife back into racing in second last position. Alex Davison had a wheel failure due to a loose nut on the front right wheel which has cut the wheel in half causing him to spear off at Lukey Heights whilst defending third from Besnard.


2009 L&H 500, 500km Race
Coming down the front straight Steve Owen and Cameron McConville made contact, breaking the steering on McConville's car who then speared straight off the track at turn 1 at high speed and eventually crossed the track again between turns two and three, almost hitting Besnard. Immediately afterwards on camera McConville blamed Owen for blocking several times on the straight.


2009 L&H 500, 500km Race
Under the ensuing safety car approximately 20 cars pitted. After the restart Lowndes and Tander having taken over their cars charged into the race lead, quickly cutting through the slower cars that had worked through to the front of the safety car queue. Further back as the field sorted itself out Lee Holdsworth left the track at turn two after contact with Allan Simonsen. Simonsen received a drive-through penalty.


2009 L&H 500, 500km Race
On lap 32 Holdsworth with damaged to the front left corner speared off at turn one after contact on the front straight with Brad Jones. Holdsworth pulled the car up short of crossing the track again and the car limped back to the pits. Jones suffered a puncture in the right rear.


2009 L&H 500, 500km Race
Whincup now led from Will Davison, Johnson and Rick Kelly. Lap 48 saw a power steering failure in Jason Bargwanna's Commodore. Lap 52 saw Johnson pit from third and change to Courtney. A lap later Whincup and Will Davison pitted from first and second with Lowndes rejoining ahead of Tander. Tander immediately closed the gap. Bright became the third car to have a big lose at turn one, this one from brake failure. The front right tyre then punctured.


2009 L&H 500, 500km Race
On lap 66 Todd Kelly slowed dramatically. Brad Jones finally retired. As the race approached lap 80 Lowndes had built a small gap over Tander with Winterbottom climbing into the podium positions as Courtney lost ground. Tander pitted on lap 82. Lowndes on lap 83, rejoining still ahead of Tander. Winterbottom pitted on lap 84 from the inherited lead. Courtney pitted on lap 85 again from the lead, handing the lead to Todd Kelly. Lap 88 saw Craig Lowndes leave the circuit at turn 2, causing him to lose the lead to Tander. Ten laps later Lowndes took the lead back on the run towards turn three after the pair had a small moment at turn two.


2009 L&H 500, 500km Race
Lowndes found front right tyre was delaminating with three laps to go. Gradually the car slowed but Tander was able to pounce halfway around the final lap to take the win. Lowndes hung on for second position ahead of Mark Winterbottom and James Courtney. The Kelly brothers finished in fifth position ahead of the best of the part-time combinations, Warren Luff and Jonathon Webb. Russell Ingall and Tim Slade, Craig Baird and Paul Dumbrell, Dean Canto and Luke Youlden and Alex Davison and Shane van Gisbergen completed the top ten race finishers.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake
The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in central Italy. The main shock occurred at 03:32 CEST (01:32 UTC) on 6 April 2009, and was rated 5.8 or 5.9 on the Richter magnitude scale and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale; its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered the most damage. There have been several thousand foreshocks and aftershocks since December 2008, more than thirty of which had a Richter magnitude greater than 3.5.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake
The earthquake was felt throughout central Italy; 308 people are known to have died, making this the deadliest earthquake to hit Italy since the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. In a subsequent inquiry of the handling of the disaster, seven members of the Italian National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks were accused of giving "inexact, incomplete and contradictory" information about the danger of the tremors prior to the main quake.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake
On 22 October 2012, six scientists and one ex-government official were convicted of multiple manslaughter for downplaying the likelihood of a major earthquake six days before it took place. They were each sentenced to six years' imprisonment, but the verdict was overturned on 10 November 2014. Criticism was also applied to poor building standards that led to the failure of many modern buildings in a known earthquake zone: an official at Italy's Civil Protection Agency, Franco Barberi, said that "in California, an earthquake like this one would not have killed a single person".


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Cause
This earthquake was caused by movement on a NW-SE trending normal fault according to moment tensor solutions. Although Italy lies in a tectonically complex region, the central part of the Apennines has been characterised by extensional tectonics since the Pliocene epoch (i.e. about the last 5 million years), with most of the active faults being normal in type and NW-SE trending. The extension is due to the back-arc basin in the Tyrrhenian Sea opening faster than the African Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Cause
The earthquake occurred at 03:32 CEST (01:32 UTC) at the relatively shallow depth of 9.46 kilometres (5.88 mi) and with an epicentre at 42.3476° N, 13.3800 °E, approximately 90 kilometres (60 mi) north-east of Rome, near the city of L'Aquila. The earthquake was reported to measure 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Historical context
Earthquakes mark the history of L'Aquila, a city built on the bed of an ancient lake, providing a soil structure that amplifies seismic waves. The city was struck by earthquakes in 1315, 1349, 1452, 1501, 1646, 1703, 1706 and 1958. The earthquake of February 1703, which caused devastation across much of central Italy, largely destroyed the city and killed around 5,000 people. In addition, a 1915 earthquake that killed more than 30,000 people and obliterated almost every building in Avezzano and several villages around it happened within 35 kilometres (22 mi) from L'Aquila.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects
The earthquake caused damage to between 3,000 and 11,000 buildings in the medieval city of L'Aquila. Several buildings also collapsed. A total of 308 people died in the earthquake, including five Macedonians, five Romanians, two Ukrainians, two Czechs, a Greek, a Moldovan, a Peruvian, an Argentinian, a French, and an Israeli, and approximately 1,500 people were injured. Twenty of the victims were children. Around 65,000 people were rendered homeless.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects
The main earthquake was preceded by two smaller earthquakes the previous day. The earthquake was felt as far away as Rome (92 kilometres (57 mi) away), in other parts of Lazio, as well as Marche, Molise, Umbria and Campania. Schools remained closed in the Abruzzo region. Most of the inhabitants of L'Aquila abandoned their homes and the city itself; in the city centre of L'Aquila, and the nearby village of Paganica which was also badly damaged, many streets were impassable due to fallen masonry. The hospital at L'Aquila, where many of the victims were brought, suffered damage in the 4.8 aftershock which followed the main earthquake an hour later. Powerful aftershocks, some only slightly weaker than the main shock, were felt throughout the following 2 days.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects
Villages in the valley along Strada Statale 17 just outside l'Aquila suffered the greatest damage while medieval mountain hill towns lying high above the valley suffered little damage. Onna was reported to be mostly leveled with 38 deaths among the 350 residents. The villages of Villa Sant'Angelo and San Pio delle Camere were badly damaged. Fatalities were reported in Poggio Picenze, Tornimparte, Fossa, Totani, San Gregorio and San Pio delle Camere.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects
Many of L'Aquila's medieval buildings were damaged. The apse of the Basilica of Saint Bernardino of Siena, L'Aquila's largest Renaissance church, was seriously damaged, and its campanile collapsed. Almost the whole dome of the 18th-century church of Anime Sante in Piazza Duomo fell down. The 13th-century Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio collapsed from the transept to the back of the church, and Porta Napoli, the oldest gate to the city, was destroyed.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects
The third floor of Forte Spagnolo, the 16th-century castle housing the National Museum of Abruzzo, collapsed, as did the cupola of the 18th-century Baroque church of St Augustine, damaging L'Aquila's state archives. This church had been rebuilt after it was destroyed in the 1703 earthquake. The Cathedral of L'Aquila has lost part of its transept and maybe more with the effects of the aftershocks. Slight damage was also reported to the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, but other Roman monuments such as the Colosseum and Roman Forum were unharmed.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects
While most of l'Aquila's medieval structures suffered damage, many of its modern buildings suffered the greatest damage, for instance, a dormitory at the university of l'Aquila collapsed. Even some buildings that were believed to be "earthquake-proof" were damaged. L'Aquila Hospital's new wing, which opened in 2000 and was thought capable of resisting almost any earthquake, suffered extensive damage and had to be closed.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects, Homeless camps
Around 40,000 people who were made homeless by the earthquake found accommodation in tented camps and a further 10,000 were housed in hotels on the coast. Others sought shelter with friends and relatives throughout Italy. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi caused a controversy when he said, in an interview to the German station n-tv, that the homeless victims should consider themselves to be on a "camping weekend" – "They have everything they need, they have medical care, hot food... Of course, their current lodgings are a bit temporary. But they should see it like a weekend of camping." To clarify his thought, he also told the people in a homeless camp: "Head to the beach. It's Easter. Take a break. We're paying for it, you'll be well looked after." The billionaire prime minister claimed he will offer his own house to some of the survivors.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects, Building standards
Poor building standards or construction materials seem to have further contributed to the large number of victims. According to firefighters and other rescuers, some concrete elements of the fallen buildings "seemed to have been made poorly, possibly with sand". An official at Italy's Civil Protection Agency, Franco Barberi, said that "in California, an earthquake like this one would not have killed a single person". According to Italian media, L'Aquila's chief prosecutor has opened a probe into possible criminal blame for the collapses.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects, Luminous phenomena
Many people reported seeing peculiar sightings of light glows, flashes, lightning, flames and fireballs, all of which were considered candidates for earthquake light. 241 luminous phenomena were collected including photos and videos. At least 99 of such phenomena occurred before the main shock and other strong events of the seismic sequence, whereas globular lights, luminous clouds and diffused light were more frequent before the quakes. Flashes were mostly observed during the main shock. Electrical discharges and flames were observed principally after the main shock.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Effects, Luminous phenomena
Many luminous events were observed before and after the main shock without the ground shaking and were very similar to those reported about two centuries ago. An earthquake alarm system has been proposed, based on a video sensing network to capture earthquake light and provide a warning if observations match threshold characteristics preceding a main shock.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Aftershocks
The epicentral region saw dozens of significant aftershocks following the main earthquake. The strongest, which hit at 19:47 CEST on 7 April, measured magnitude 5.3 ML  and caused further damage. According to the Italian National Geophysics Institute director Boschi, the aftershock epicentres migrated south-east, thus lessening the risk of further major shocks near populated areas.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Aftershocks
Aftershocks caused safety problems for rescue crews searching for injured victims trapped in precarious structures in the historic center of L'Aquila, a medieval city. Using cranes and backhoes to remove loose bricks and broken timbers, the crews were aware that even a small aftershock could have triggered the collapse of seriously damaged walls or parapets.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Aftershocks
The aftershocks also caused sustained psychological trauma to small children and elderly who had already been traumatized by the main earthquake of 6 April 2009. Aware of this, the Italian government temporarily relocated thousands of citizens away from the epicentral area.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Aftershocks
As a result of aftershocks, the dome of the Anime Sante Basilica in L'Aquila, already heavily damaged by the main shock, almost entirely collapsed. Further buildings collapsed in L'Aquila and in neighbouring municipalities. The largest aftershock was strong enough to be felt in Rome, where it caused an elderly man to die of cardiac arrest.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Aftershocks, List of foreshocks and aftershocks
Only shocks with local magnitude 4.0 or higher are listed. There have been dozens of small magnitude aftershocks, ML  1–3, but these generally do not cause further structural damage. Shocks with local magnitude 5.0 or higher are highlighted in blue, and the main shock is highlighted in darker blue.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Emergency and reconstruction aid, National aid
Many Italian companies have offered some sort of help. All Italian mobile companies (Telecom Italia Mobile, Vodafone Italy,Wind, H3G), and some Mobile virtual network operators, sent free minutes and credit to all their pre-paid customers in Abruzzo, suspended billing to all post-paid customers and extended their coverage with additional mobile base stations to cover homeless camps. In addition, some companies sent free mobile phones, SIM Cards and chargers for those who lost their mobiles, and set up a national unique number to send donations to, by placing a call or sending an SMS.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Emergency and reconstruction aid, National aid
Poste Italiane sent to homeless camps some mobile units acting as Postal Office, to allow people to withdraw money from their accounts as well as their retirement. Many companies, such as pay-tv SKY Italia, suspended billing to all customers in Abruzzo, and offered some decoders to homeless camps to allow them to follow the funerals and the news. Ferrovie dello Stato offered railway sleeping carriages to host some homeless people, and offered free tickets to all people and students living in Abruzzo. AISCAT (Associazione Italiana Società Concessionarie Autostrade e Trafori) declared that all toll-roads in Abruzzo would be free of charge. All tax billing for all Abruzzo residents has been suspended by the government, as well as mortgage payments.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Emergency and reconstruction aid, International aid
Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi refused foreign aid for the emergency, saying that Italians were "proud people" and had sufficient resources to deal with the crisis. However he singled out the United States, announcing that he would accept aid for reconstruction: "If the United States wants to give a tangible sign of its solidarity with Italy, it could take on the responsibility of rebuilding heritage sites and churches. We would be very happy to have this support." and suggested the USA help rebuild "a small district of a town or a suburb".


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Emergency and reconstruction aid, International aid
Aid was offered by Austria, Brazil, Croatia, the European Union, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Slovakia, Israel, Portugal, Iran, North Macedonia, Mexico,Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia, the Turkish Red Crescent, Ukraine, and the United States. Aid was also offered by various organisations, companies, sport clubs and celebrities including ACF Fiorentina, Carla Bruni, Madonna, S.S.C. Napoli, Zastava and Fiat.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Emergency and reconstruction aid, International aid
On 20 November 2009 in Brussels, Pawel Samecki and Guido Bertolaso who, at that time, were European Commissioner for Regional Policy and commander in chief of the Italian Civil Protection department respectively, signed an agreement to provide 493.7 million euros from EU solidarity fund to help reconstruction in Abruzzo.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prior warning
Italian laboratory technician Giampaolo Giuliani claimed to have predicted a major earthquake on Italian television a month before, after measuring increased levels of radon emitted from the ground. He was accused of being alarmist by the Director of the Civil Defence, Guido Bertolaso, and forced to remove his findings from the Internet (old data and descriptions are still online).


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prior warning
He was also reported to police a week before the main quake for "causing fear" among the local population when the mayor of Sulmona claimed that Giuliani predicted an imminent earthquake in his town, about 50 km (31 mi) from L'Aquila, on 30 March, after a 4° quake happened (Sulmona later only suffered minor damages from 6 April earthquake). Enzo Boschi, the head of the Italian National Geophysics Institute declared:


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prior warning
Every time there is an earthquake there are people who claim to have predicted it. As far as I know nobody predicted this earthquake with precision. It is not possible to predict earthquakes.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prior warning
Predicting earthquakes based on radon emissions has been studied by scientists since the 1970s, but enthusiasm for it had faded due to inconsistent results.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
In the days following the tragedy, journalists reported that the reconstruction works may have been infiltrated by criminal organizations, the Mafia and Camorra trying to infiltrate the contract procedures.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
On 7 April, a few hours after the main earthquake, journalist Luca Spinelli stated:


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
The transfers of money necessitated by such a big tragedy are huge: much the same as the cost of running a war. [ ...] Any company would be interested in a turnover and a potential income like this. Surely the "main Italian company" will be: a company with a ninety billion annual income, making up to 7% of Italian GDP (Gross Domestic Product): the Mafia. [ ...] Abruzzo and Marsica are known territories of the mafia.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
A region which "attracted the attention of some Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita associates too", according to Franco Forgione, President of the Parliamentary Antimafia Commission in 2007. A region which, according to the Antimafia District Public Prosecutor's Office of L'Aquila, hosts part of the hidden treasure of mafia boss Vito Ciancimino, reckoned to be around 600 million euros, a region which has seen many recent arrests for mafia infiltration; infiltration in contracts, building permits, the health system, the very things that will be needed for the reconstruction.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
The week following the earthquake, on 14 April, journalist and writer Roberto Saviano, author of the bestseller Gomorrah, wrote:


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
Data demonstrates that the Camorra invasion (in Abruzzo) during these years was enormous. In 2006 it emerged that the ambush against mafia boss Vitale was decided and settled in detail at Villa Rosa in Martinsicuro. On 10 September, Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez, the drug dealer deemed among the ten most wanted by the FBI, had one of his bases in Abruzzo.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
Nicola di Villano, cashier in a criminal-entrepreneurial organisation led by the Zagaria family of Casapesenna, repeatedly managed to escape capture and it was discovered that his shelter was located in the Abruzzo National Park, where he had the ability to move freely. Abruzzo has become a junction point for waste traffic. [ ...] Behind it all, obviously, the Camorra clans.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
In the following weeks, even major Italian institutions talked about the danger of criminal infiltration, noting that these risks would have been avoided with adequate supervision and inspections. On 15 April, President of the Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini confirmed the need to "watch out for mafia infiltrations".


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Controversy on reconstruction and criminality
On 17 April, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, stated: "Exploitation will be impossible, we will reconstruct within 6 months keeping out exploitation and the mafia."


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, State funeral
On the morning of 10 April 2009, which was also Good Friday, a state funeral was held for 205 of the 291 victims of the earthquake. It was attended by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, and many other politicians and church dignitaries. The funeral Mass was led by the Vatican's second highest official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. The Vatican had earlier granted a special dispensation to hold a Mass on Good Friday, the only day on the Roman Catholic calendar on which Mass is not normally held. Near the end, an Islamic rite was held for the Muslim victims. In addition Friday was declared a national day of mourning, with flags flying at half staff, shops lowering their shutters and flights stopping at the airport for one minute of silence.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, State funeral
Pope Benedict XVI later visited the areas affected by the L'Aquila earthquake on 28 April 2009.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, G8 summit
The 35th G8 summit took place in the city of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, on 8–10 July 2009. It was moved from the Sardinian seaside city of La Maddalena as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the earthquake.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
A trial, which lasted from September 2011 until October 2012, found six scientists and a former government official guilty of involuntary manslaughter. According to the prosecution, they had spread "inaccurate, incomplete and contradictory" statements after preliminary tremors could be felt on the days before 6 April 2009. While scientists were found guilty for failing to give adequate warning, the full text of the decision said that "science [was] not being tried for failing to predict the April 6, 2009 earthquake" ("Non è sottoposta a giudizio la scienza per non-essere riuscita a prevedere il terremoto del 6 aprile 2009").


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
The seven members of the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks who were convicted were: Franco Barberi, head of Serious Risks Commission; Enzo Boschi, former president of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology; Giulio Lorenzo Selvaggi, director of National Earthquake Centre; Gian Michele Calvi, director of European Centre for Earthquake Engineering; Claudio Eva, physicist; Mauro Dolce, director of the Civil Protection Agency's earthquake risk office; Bernardo De Bernardinis, former vice-president of Civil Protection Agency's technical department.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
Boschi had called a major earthquake "unlikely", while not entirely excluding the possibility. De Bernardinis had informed the public that there was "no danger". The prosecutors cited a scientific opinion that the low-level tremors ahead of 6 April quake were typical of the seismic activity preceding major convulsions, but the defendants had classified them as a "normal geological phenomenon". They were criticised in court for being "falsely reassuring" and Judge Marco Billi gave them a six-year jail sentence on 22 October 2012, reasoning that they had provided "an assessment of the risks that was incomplete, inept, unsuitable, and criminally mistaken". They were also banned from ever holding public office again and had to pay court costs and damages.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
Enzo Boschi, one of the convicted, said, "I thought I would have been acquitted. I still don't understand what I was convicted of." His co-defendant Claudio Eva said that "it was a very Italian and medieval decision." Their lawyers announced they would appeal the verdict, and it will not be finally decided until it is heard by the appellate court.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
The verdicts were strongly criticised by the British media and public. The journal Nature ran an editorial stating that the "verdict is perverse and the sentence ludicrous." Malcolm Sperrin, a British scientist, said:


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
If the scientific community is to be penalised for making predictions that turn out to be incorrect, or for not accurately predicting an event that subsequently occurs, then scientific endeavour will be restricted to certainties only, and the benefits that are associated with findings, from medicine to physics, will be stalled.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
This position was countered by other views. David Ropeik, writing for Scientific American, contested the "trial against science" thesis, describing it as "a judgment not against science, but against a failure of science communication".


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
During the trial, other scientists attacked the scientific conduct of the commission. Professor Francesco Giovanni Maria Stoppa, a member of the commission until 2003, said: "They should have given information proportional to our knowledge, which in 2009 spotlighted a criticality in L'Aquila. Under those conditions, there were 5–6 days before the quake to give information, and this doesn't mean forecasting earthquakes."


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
In protest over the prison sentences handed to his seven colleagues, Luciano Maiani, the head of Italy's disaster body, resigned.


2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Prosecutions
In November 2014, the scientists' convictions were quashed by an appeals court, except for Bernardo De Bernardinis, whose sentence was reduced. The result of this appeal was definitively confirmed by the Italian Supreme Court, Corte di Cassazione, on 20 November 2015.


2009 LA Tennis Open
The 2009 LA Tennis Open (also known as the LA Tennis Open presented by Farmers Insurance Group for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 83rd edition of the event known that year as the LA Tennis Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 27 through August 2, 2009. The LA Tennis Open was the second ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series.


2009 LA Tennis Open
In addition to the singles and doubles events, a Legends Invitational Singles competition was held, featuring Michael Chang, Stefan Edberg and Jim Courier, winner of the competition at the 2008 Countrywide Classic.


2009 LA Tennis Open
The LA Tennis Open kicked off with the "Millennium Challenge" featuring Pete Sampras returning to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to play Marat Safin in a rematch of their 2000 US Open final, won by the Russian 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Sampras, who held the World No. 1 ranking for a record 286 weeks, was recognized as the 2009 LA Tennis Open Tournament Honoree.


2009 LA Tennis Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2009 LA Tennis Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received special exemptions into the singles main draw


2009 LA Tennis Open, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Benjamin Becker /  Frank Moser, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)


2009 LA Tennis Open – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Eric Butorac were the defending champions, but Bopanna did not participate that year. Butorac partnered with Scott Lipsky, but lost in the first round to Denis Istomin and Leonardo Mayer. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6–4, 7–6(7–2) against Benjamin Becker and Frank Moser.


2009 LA Tennis Open – Singles
Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.


2009 LA Tennis Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships
The 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships (also known as the 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, near Los Angeles, California, United States, from August 3 through August 9, 2009. It was the second women's event on the 2009 US Open Series. Tenth-seeded Flavia Pennetta won the singles title.


2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Chuang Chia-jung /  Yan Zi defeated  Maria Kirilenko /  Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]


2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships, Entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Doubles
Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung were the defending champions, but Chan chose not to compete that year. Chuang partnered with Yan Zi, and they won in the final, 6–0, 4–6, 10–7, against Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska.


2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Singles
World No. 1 Dinara Safina was the defending champion, but she lost in the third round against Zheng Jie.


2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Singles
Flavia Pennetta won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Samantha Stosur.


2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2009 LATAM Challenge Series
2009 LATAM Challenge Series season was the third season of LATAM Challenge Series.


2009 LG Hockey Games
The 2009 LG Hockey Games was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 5 to 8 February 2009. The games were hosted in Globen, except one which was played in Prague, Czech Republic. The tournament was a part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2008–09. Sweden won the tournament before Finland and Russia.


2009 LKL All-Star Game
The 2009 LKL All-Star Game was played on February 21, 2009, at Šiaulių arena, in Šiauliai, home of BC Šiauliai. The game was the 15th annual LKL All-Star Game. It was the second time that Šiauliai had hosted the basketball showcase, after previously hosting it in 2008.


2009 LKL All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Coaches
The coach for the Vilkai was Lietuvos Rytas head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis. The coach for the Ereliai was Žalgiris head coach Gintaras Krapikas.


2009 LKL Finals
The 2009 LKL Finals was the championship series of the Lithuanian Basketball League's 2008–09 LKL season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. Lietuvos Rytas won the series against Žalgiris, 4–1.


2009 LPGA Championship
The 2009 LPGA Championship was the 55th LPGA Championship, played June 11–14 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2009.


2009 LPGA Championship
Tour rookie Anna Nordqvist, age 22, won her only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lindsey Wright. It was Nordqvist's first career win on the LPGA Tour.


2009 LPGA Championship
Beginning in 2005, this championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, ending with this edition.


2009 LPGA Tour
The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).


2009 LPGA Tour
2009 saw a reduction in both the number of tournaments and the total prize money on the Tour. Official prize money was $47.6 million, the lowest total in since 2005. There were 28 official tournaments, the lowest number since at least 2004.


2009 LPGA Tour
Rookie Jiyai Shin topped the money list, earning $1,807,334. In addition Shin took Rookie of the Year honors. Shin and Lorena Ochoa each won three tournaments during the season. Ochoa also won the Player of the Year trophy for the fourth consecutive year and the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average, also for the fourth consecutive year.


2009 LPGA Tour
Anna Nordqvist was runner-up in the Rookie of the Year race, topping off a season that began with her having only conditional status on the LPGA Tour. She won the fifth tournament in which she played in 2009, the McDonald's LPGA Championship, a major, and also won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship, ending the season 15th on the official money list.


2009 LPGA Tour
The four major championships were won by: Brittany Lincicome (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Anna Nordqvist (LPGA Championship), Eun-Hee Ji (U.S. Women's Open), and Catriona Matthew (Women's British Open). All major winners were first-time major winners. Matthew won her the British Open 10 weeks after giving birth to her second child.


2009 LPGA Tour
The LPGA experienced a turn-over in leadership in 2009, when commissioner Carolyn Bivens resigned under pressure from players in July. At the time of Bivens' resignation, the tour had only 14 events committed for the 2010 schedule, having failed to sign key long-term tournaments, notably the LPGA Corning Classic. On October 28, the LPGA board of directors announced that marketing executive Michael Whan had been hired as the permanent replacement for Bivens and would assume his duties in January 2010.


2009 LPGA Tour, Tournament schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event.


2009 LPGA Tour, Tournament schedule and results
An asterisk next to a tournament name means that the event is unofficial. Tournaments in bold are majors.


2009 LPGA Tour, Award winners
The three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are:


2009 LPGA of Japan Tour
The 2009 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 42nd season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It consisted of 35 golf tournaments, all played in Japan. Shinobu Moromizato and Sakura Yokomine each won six events and Yokomine won the Order of Merit title.


2009 LPGA of Korea Tour
Hana Bank-KOLON Championship is co-sanctioned with LPGA. Daishin Securities-Tomato Tour Korean Ladies Masters is co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team
The 2009 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2009. This was the first year for the team in the new Alex Box Stadium.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team
The 2009 team was coached by Paul Mainieri who was in his third season at LSU. During his first year at LSU, Mainieri's team posted a 29–26–1 record, but failed to make the SEC Tournament or the NCAA Tournament. The team improved during his second year posting a 49–19–1 record, while claiming the SEC Western Division Title, SEC Tournament Championship, and earned the No. 7 National Seed for the 2008 NCAA Tournament. They advanced to the 2008 College World Series.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
Paul Mainieri completed his second season as head coach at LSU in 2008. The Tigers won the SEC West division title which earned them the No. 2 seed in the 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament. The Tigers would go on to the win the tournament and secure a spot in the NCAA post-season.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
After winning the SEC Tournament, it was announced that LSU was selected as a host site for the 2008 NCAA Tournament for the 18th time in the history of the program and for the first time since the 2005 season. When the full NCAA Tournament bracket was released, LSU was awarded the No. 7 national seed in the tournament, guaranteeing them home field advantage throughout the Super Regionals as long as they won the Regional round. LSU was able to sweep the Baton Rouge regional to secure a spot in the Super Regional round.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
UC -Irvine won the Lincoln, NE regional and moved on to the Super Regional to face LSU. After losing the first game, LSU's hopes of a national title were slim going into the 9th inning of game 2. However the Tigers fought back and won the game in comeback fashion by a score of 9–7. LSU wasted no time in game 3 cruising to a 6–0 lead in the 1st inning and eventually winning the game 21–7. The Tigers celebrated the school's 14th trip to the College World Series in what was the last game in the 70-year history of Alex Box Stadium.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
LSU faced North Carolina in the first game of the 2008 College World Series. The Tar Heels defeated the Tigers by a score of 8–4, giving LSU its 5th consecutive CWS loss and sending them to the losers bracket. The Tigers faced the Rice Owls next and looked to be headed home with an 0–2 CWS record again after trailing by a score of 5–0, however, in typical Tiger fashion, LSU rallied in the bottom of the 9th inning and won the game on a 3-run double by All-American Blake Dean.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
The Tigers then had to face North Carolina again, who had lost to Fresno State. The game started on June 19, 2008 but was delayed by weather and completed on June 20, 2008. The game went into the top of the 9th inning tied 3–3 but a grand slam home run, the first in the College World Series since 2001, gave North Carolina a 7–3 lead. LSU was unable to rally in the bottom of the 9th, and their season was ended.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
The 2008 squad compiled and overall record of 49–19–1, which included a 23-game win streak.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season, Coaching changes
On June 12, 2008 Terry Rooney was named Head Baseball Coach at the University of Central Florida.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season, Coaching changes
On June 23, 2008 it was announced that Cliff Godwin would join Rooney at Central Florida as an assistant coach.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season, Coaching changes
On June 26, 2008 Paul Mainieri announced the hiring of David Grewe as associate head coach. Grewe previously coached under Mainieri at Notre Dame before leaving in 2005 to become the Head Coach at Michigan State.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season, Coaching changes
It was also announced that Javi Sanchez and Will Davis were promoted. Sanchez was promoted from volunteer assistant to a full-time assistant. He replaced Godwin as the Tigers hitting coach and supervisor of base running. Davis was promoted from Director of Baseball Operations to volunteer assistant.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season, Coaching changes
The final change to Mainieri's staff that was announced on June 26 was the appointment of Kyle Beerbohm. Beerbohm was appointed as an undergraduate student assistant coach, and is a former Tiger pitcher.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season, Coaching changes
On August 20, 2008 it was announced that Ross Brezovsky was hired as the Coordinator of Baseball Operation.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season, Ranked #1
On December 22, 2008, the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper released their NCAA Div. 1 Pre-Season Poll with LSU ranked #1. LSU reached a No. 2 ranking in 2008, but had not been ranked No. 1 in quite some time.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Pre-Season, Ranked #1
On January 22, 2009, LSU was also ranked No. 1 in the USA Today/ESPN baseball pre-season poll. They narrowly beat out North Carolina for the top spot.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Schedule
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, February
LSU began the season with a three-game home series against Villanova. The start of baseball season, also marked the opening of a brand new stadium for LSU. The new Alex Box Stadium was completed after the 2008 season, and the Tigers moved into the stadium shortly before the 2009 season kicked off. LSU opened the season on February 20 with a 12–3 victory behind the right arm of Louis Coleman. LSU won game 2 11–1 and completed the sweep winning Sunday's contest 6–3.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, February
There was little time to rest after the weekend sweep, as the Southern Jaguars made their first trip to the new "box" on Wednesday February 25. Freshman Chris Matulis got the start for the Tigers. He pitched five strong innings before turning the ball over to the bullpen with a 4–1 lead. LSU was able to hold on to the lead to claim the victory 11–5 to improve to 4–0 on the young season.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, February
Two former Tiger assistants returned to the "box" for the weekend series against Central Florida, but this time they were in the opposite dugout. Terry Rooney left LSU after the 2008 season to become head coach at UCF and brought former Tiger assistant Cliff Godwin with him. Both coaches were an integral part in LSU's magical run to Omaha during the 2008 season, but UCF had a large hill to climb. The Knights were no match for LSU as the Tigers outscored them 13–4, 11–2, and 16–0 to claim another series sweep.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
LSU entered the last month of the regular season with an overall record of 34–11. They were in first place in the SEC Western Division and were tied with Georgia for the overall SEC lead with a record of 14–7.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
With Arkansas only a half game back of LSU for the SEC West lead, the weekend series was pivotal for both teams. Unfortunately, both teams had to wait until Saturday to play the first game due to inclement weather. In game 1 of the Saturday double header, Arkansas fell behind early, but was able to overcome the deficit thanks to a dominating pitching effort by Dallas Keuchel that helped Arkansas take game 1, 11–4. Keuchel pitched 8.1 innings and improved to 7–1 overall on the season.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
Going into game 2 of the doubleheader, LSU now trailed Arkansas by a half game for the SEC West lead. Much like game 1, the second game was also dominated by pitching, but this time it was LSU pitching that dominated. Senior RHP Louis Coleman was about nab a complete game, 2-hit shutout as LSU won the game 5–0. This placed LSU back at the top of the SEC West standings with a 15–8 record in conference play and 35–13 overall.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
The rubber game of the series stayed true to form. LSU was again able to jump out to an early lead, going up 4–0 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning. That would be the last runs LSU plated in the game. Arkansas fought back to bring the score to 4–3 after the 5th, but LSU starter Austin Ross was able to keep the score there through the 6th. Coach Mainieri went to the bullpen after Ross gave up a leadoff single to begin the 7th. Sophomore Chad Jones came in and shut down the Razorbacks. Coach Mainieri went to the bullpen once again at the beginning of the 8th inning, bringing in freshman closer Matty Ott. Ott struck out the side in the 8th and closed out the game with a 1–2–3 9th to preserve the victory and give LSU the series 2–1.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
Florida traveled to Baton Rouge for another pivotal SEC series. Going into the weekend, both teams were sitting atop their respective divisions and tied for the overall SEC lead with a record of 16–8. In game 1, LSU used a strong outing from Anthony Ranaudo, as well as productive nights at the plate from D.J. LeMahieu and Blake Dean to take game 1 10–1. LSU grabbed the lead in the bottom of the third by scoring two runs and added 4 more in the bottom of the fourth to give Ranaudo a 6–0 lead. Florida scored their lone run in the top of the fifth. The win pushed LSU's mark to 17–8 and gave the Tigers the outright lead in the SEC.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
In game 2, LSU received another great pitching performance from senior leader Louis Coleman. Coleman was able to give the Tigers 8 strong innings, allowing only 4 hits, 1 walk, and most importantly 0 runs. LSU plated two runs in the bottom of the first inning to give Coleman the early lead and they never looked back. LSU would score a third run in the bottom of the fourth, and their final run in the bottom of the eighth to win the game 4–0 and clinch another SEC series victory. LSU improved to 18–8 in the SEC, while Florida fell to 16–10.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
The final game of the series was much different from the first two. Florida was able to secure its first lead in the series when they scored 3 runs in the top of the third. LSU was able to cut the deficit to 2 runs twice by scoring a run in the bottom of the fourth and fifth, but Florida was able to add more runs scoring 1 in the top of the fifth, 3 in the top of the seventh, and 2 in the top of the eighth. Florida took game 3 by a score of 9–3. The weekend left LSU with an overall record of 38–14 and 18–9 in the SEC. Even with the game 3 loss, LSU was able to remain atop the SEC standings with a half game lead over Alabama entering the last weekend of both SEC and regular season play.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
LSU hosted Centenary in the final home game of the regular season, which also marked the completion of their first regular season in the new Alex Box Stadium. The Gents entered the game 28–14 on the season, while LSU entered the game 38–14 overall. LSU got up early scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning, and extended their lead to 5–0 after a 3-run home run by freshman CF Mikie Mahtook.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
Centenary cut the lead to 5–3 in the top of the 5th and made it 5–4 in the top of the 8th, but LSU roared back in the bottom of the 8th to score 7 runs. LSU won the game 12–4 improving to 39–14 on the season. LSU finished the regular season with a 28–9 home record.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
LSU traveled to Starkville, MS for the final weekend of the regular season. The games for the series followed SEC procedures, and were played Thursday through Saturday, instead of the typical Friday – Sunday weekend series. The SEC established this procedure to give teams more rest between the end of the regular season and the start of the SEC Tournament.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
In game 1, LSU jumped out to a quick lead behind a first inning Mikie Mahtook solo home run, but LSU would not hold the lead for long. Mississippi St. tied the game in the bottom of the second inning at 1, before taking the lead 4–1, in the bottom of the third inning. The Bulldogs would hold on to that lead entering the seventh inning, but the LSU offense erupted for 3 runs to tie the game at 4.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
In the top of the eighth inning, LSU used a wild pitch to score what would be the winning the run. LSU received a gutsy performance by starting pitcher Anthony Ranaudo who pitched 7.1 innings before turning the ball over to freshman closer Matty Ott. Ott finished the game to secure his twelfth save of the season as the Tigers improved to 40–15 overall and 19–8 in SEC play.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
A win in game 2 would ensure that LSU would at worst share the SEC regular season title. Much like game 1 though, LSU played catch-up most of the game. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 3–0 lead after the first inning. They added a single run in the fourth inning and 3 in the sixth inning to take a 7–3 lead into the top of the ninth inning. LSU cut the lead to 7–5, but was down to their final out with pre-season All-America selection Blake Dean at the plate.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
Dean delivered a two-run home run to tie the game at 7. However, in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Bulldogs were able to take advantage of an error to load the bases before Cody Freeman delivered a game-winning single. The Bulldogs evened the series at 1, with a dramatic 8–7 victory.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, Regular season, May
In game 3, LSU seemed more determined than ever to secure the SEC title. The Tigers jumped out to a 6–1 lead after two innings and never looked back. The Tigers endured nearly a two-hour rain delay to win the game by the final score of 15–4. The Tigers were led by sophomore outfielder Leon Landry who blasted three home runs in the contest, finishing a 5 for 6 day at the plate with 7 RBIs. With the win, LSU finished the regular season 41–15 overall, posting a 20–10 mark in conference play. The Ole Miss Rebels also posted a 20–10 mark in conference play, but a series victory over the Rebels earlier in the year gave LSU the No. 1 seed in the 2009 SEC baseball tournament.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament
The 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament will be held at Regions Park in Hoover, AL from May 20 through May 24. The winner of the 2009 tournament will earn the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament
After tying Ole Miss as co-champions for the 2009 SEC regular season title, LSU earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament. LSU earned the No. 1 seed over Ole Miss as a result of head-to-head play during the season.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, Vanderbilt
LSU opened SEC Tournament play against Vanderbilt. After 3 scoreless innings for both teams, Vanderbilt catcher Andrew Giobbi hit a solo home run in the top of the 4th to give the Commodores the lead. Vanderbilt would score another run in the top of the 5th, and add two more in the 7th to extend their lead to 4–0. LSU would score their lone run in the bottom of the 7th, but the 4–1 deficit would prove to be too much for the top seeded Tigers. Vanderbilt starter Mike Minor threw a complete game to help the Commordores advance in the winner's bracket. LSU fell into the loser's bracket and would face Alabama in an elimination game the next day.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, #18 Alabama
After completing their first game around 2:00 am CST and losing in extra innings, Alabama had a quick turn around to face LSU in their second game in the tournament with the loser being eliminated. LSU jumped out to 1–0 lead after two innings, but in the top of the 3rd Alabama would score 2 runs to take a 2–1 lead. LSU would fight right back in the bottom half with 4 runs to retake the lead 5–2 and extending it in the 4th by another run.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, #18 Alabama
In the seventh inning, up 6–3, LSU would receive a pinch hit 3-run home run from Senior Derek Helenihi which would ultimately prove to be the winning hit. LSU starter Anthony Ranaudo went 7+ innings allowing only 4 runs, before turning the ball over to the bullpen. Freshman closer Matty Ott entered the game in the 8th inning with the bases loaded and two outs. He got Tyler Odle to ground out to end the inning, and would close the game out in the 9th. The Tigers won 9–6 and moved on to face South Carolina in another elimination game. Alabama finished the tournament 0–2.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, #25 South Carolina
After beating Alabama in their first game of the tournament, South Carolina lost by a run after Vanderbilt scored in the top of the 9th inning. Much like their first game against Alabama, their second game also went into the early hours of the next day. The game was very much a pitching duel, with senior ace Louis Coleman on the mound for the Tigers and freshman star Nolan Belcher on the mound for the Gamecocks.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, #25 South Carolina
Neither team could scratch a run through the first 5 innings, but LSU was able to take advantage of 3 hits in the top of the 6th to take a 2–0 lead. LSU extended the lead in the 8th, scoring 2 more runs, which would complete the scoring for the Tigers. Coleman was able to pitch 8 strong innings allowing a single run in the 8th and earning his 11th win on the season. Freshman Matt Ott once again pitched the 9th to secure the victory for the Tigers, 4–1. As a result of the flipped bracket format, LSU would face Georgia next. LSU would have to beat the Dawgs twice in order to continue playing.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, Championship: Vanderbilt
After defeating Georgia twice on Saturday, LSU earned a spot in the SEC Tournament championship game. LSU would face the team it lost to on day 1 of the tournament, Vanderbilt. The Commodores breezed through the tournament, despite being the No. 8 seed, having won their first three games, 4–1, 9–5, and 11–1. Though Vanderbilt had not lost yet in the tournament, the championship game is a winner-take-all format. LSU sent senior LHP Ryan Byrd to the mound, while Vanderbilt countered with Nick Christiani.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, Championship: Vanderbilt
LSU wasted no time taking an early lead. Leon Landry opened the game with a lead-off double, and scored 2 batters later. Byrd was able to hold the Commodores offense in check through the first 3 innings, allowing 2 hits, while Christiani settled in as well after Landry's double. In the fourth inning though LSU extended its lead. Another lead-off double by Micah Gibbs, followed by a Mikie Mahtook single, pushed the score to 2–0. Mahtook scored as well after a stolen base, infield single, and sac fly to give the Tigers a 3–0 lead after 3.5 innings. The fourth inning was also the last inning for Christiani.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, Championship: Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt was able to cut the lead to 3–1 in the bottom half of the fourth off a Steven Liddle solo home run, but the Tigers wasted no time getting the run back. In the 5th, LSU was able to score 2 more runs off a walk, another double by Landry, and sac fly by Blake Dean. LSU now held a 5–1 lead and was in complete control of the game. Each team would go on to score another run in the 7th to make the score 6–2 which would prove to be the final score.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, Championship: Vanderbilt
Byrd pitched one of the best games of his career. He went 7 innings, allowing 5 hits, 2 earned runs, with 3 strikeouts and 1 walk. If was the first game Byrd has pitched in this year where he factored into the decision. It was the second consecutive SEC Tournament championship for LSU and their record 8th overall.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, SEC Tournament, Championship: Vanderbilt
After the tournament, freshman Mikie Mahtook was named the tournament MVP. In the tournament, Mahtook was 10–22 (.454) with 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored, and 17 put outs. Fellow teammates Blake Dean, Austin Nola, and Daniel Bradshaw were also named to the all-tournament team.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Regionals
The regional round of the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament will be played at various hosts sites from May 29 through June 1. The NCAA announced on May 24, 2009 that LSU was selected as the host site for the Baton Rouge regional. There are 16 total sites with 4 teams playing at each site.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Regionals
On Monday May 25, 2009 the NCAA released the post-season bracket for the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. LSU was announced as the No. 3 overall seed in the tournament.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Regionals, Southern
LSU began NCAA tournament play on Friday May 29 against the Southern Jaguars. It didn't take long for Southern to establish a lead. Southern led the game off with a single, followed by a home run to take an early 2–0 lead. Southern held onto the 2–0 lead until LSU was able to plate a single run in the bottom of the 6th. The 2–1 lead would hold only for an inning, as LSU plated 7 runs in the bottom of the seventh to take control of the game. Southern received an excellent outing from starting pitcher Chase Richard who went 6.2 innings giving up 7 hits and allowing 3 runs, 2 earned. LSU would add 2 more runs in the 8th and close out Game 1 of the regional with a 10–2 win.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals
The super regional round of the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played from June 5 through June 8 at 8 different sites. The host sites were Austin, Baton Rouge, Chapel Hill, Fullerton, Gainesville, Oxford, Tallahassee, and Tempe.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals
As a result of earning the No. 3 overall seed and winning the Baton Rouge Regional, LSU hosted the Rice Owls who advanced out of the Houston Regional. Game 1 was played on Friday June 5, while Game 2 was played the following day on Saturday June 6.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals, #6 Rice (Game 1)
Game 1 of the Baton Rouge super regional featured two dominant right-handed pitchers. LSU handed the ball to sophomore Anthony Ranaudo, while Rice sent junior Mike Ojala to the mound. Rice was able to take the lead early off multiple LSU errors. Rice scored 2 unearned runs in the 2nd and another unearned run in the 4th. LSU would finally get on the board in bottom of the 4th, scoring a single run, but Rice got the run back in the 5th on a solo home run by Steven Sultzbaugh.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals, #6 Rice (Game 1)
With half the game complete, Rice held onto a 4–1 lead, but the bottom of the 5th proved to be the turning point. Rice pulled Ojala in favor of Taylor Wall with runners on second and third, no outs and a run already across the plate. Wall was brought in to face lefty Ryan Schimpf, but the move proved to be a costly one. Schimpf sent a ball over the right-center fence to give LSU a 5–4 lead.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals, #6 Rice (Game 1)
LSU would tack on 2 additional runs to give the Tigers a 7–4 lead after 5 innings, a lead the Tigers would not give up. Rice would score 2 runs in the 8th and 3 in the 9th for a total of 9 on the night, but LSU pushed 2 more runs across in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to win the game 12–9. LSU would need only one more win to advance to Omaha.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals, #6 Rice (Game 2)
LSU would be the visiting team for the second game of the Baton Rouge super regional. Each team sent their ace to the mound for game 2. LSU was hoping senior RHP Louis Coleman could clinch the super regional for the Tigers while Rice was hoping junior sensation Ryan Berry would extend their season.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals, #6 Rice (Game 2)
LSU would jump out to an early 1–0 lead in the 1st inning capitalizing on a double and two walks. Rice would tie the game in the 3rd on a solo home run by Brock Holt, who also homered the night before. LSU took the lead back in the 4th inning, but Rice again tied the game at 2 in the bottom half of the inning. The 5th inning would once again prove to be the decisive one in the game.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals, #6 Rice (Game 2)
LSU would score 2 runs in the top half of the inning to take the lead, a lead they would hold onto the rest of the game. Each team would score a run in the 6th inning, bringing the score to 5–3. That would be it for scoring in this game. Coleman went 8 strong innings, while Berry only made it through the 5th. LSU freshman closer Matty Ott came in to pitch the 9th, and secure the victory. With the win, LSU advances to the 2009 College World Series. It will be LSU’s 15th appearance at the CWS.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals, #6 Rice (Game 2)
After setting an Alex Box record the night before for actual attendance with 9,375, LSU fans once again poured into the stadium to see their Tigers. Game 2 would break the record set the night before as 9,651 witnessed the final game in the new Alex Box Stadium’s inaugural season.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series
The 2009 College World Series was held at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 13 through June 24.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series
LSU was in Bracket 1 along with Arkansas, Cal St. Fullerton, and Virginia. Bracket 1 began play Saturday June 13. Fullerton squared off with Arkansas in Game 1, with LSU against Virginia in Game 2.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series
Bracket 2 began play on Sunday June 14 and included Texas, Southern Miss, North Carolina, and Arizona St..


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, #5 Virginia
LSU opened up College World Series play in game 2 on Day 1. LSU squared off against the Virginia Cavaliers. A game that matched LSU head coach Paul Mainieri against one of his former assistants Brian O'Connor. Virginia earned a birth in the 2009 College World Series by winning the Fullerton Regional and defeating Ole Miss in the Oxford Super Regional.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, #5 Virginia
Sophomore RHP Anthony Ranaudo opened the game with a 1–2–3 first inning. In the bottom of the first, after getting the first two batters out, Virginia's Danny Hutzen gave up a double to Blake Dean. Micah Gibbs followed Dean's double with an RBI single to give LSU an early 1–0 lead. After both teams failed to score in the second, the Cavaliers were able to take advantage of a couple sacrifices to tie the game at 1. LSU quickly answered in the bottom half of the third scoring 2 runs off 4 hits to regain the lead 3–1.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, #5 Virginia
Virginia added a single run in the 4th to close the gap to a run, and took their first ever lead in the CWS in the top of the fifth scoring 2 runs on 4 hits to lead 4–3. Once again though, LSU answered the call. Junior first baseman Sean Ochinko hit a 3-run home run over the left field wall to give LSU a 6–4 lead, a lead they would not give up.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, #5 Virginia
The Cavaliers would cut the lead to 6–5 in the 7th inning, but LSU scored 3 more runs in the 8th to extend the lead to 9–6 which would prove to be the final score. The two teams combined for 28 hits. The win moved LSU into the winner's bracket, where they would square off against SEC rival Arkansas in the second round. The Cavaliers next faced Cal. St. Fullerton in an elimination game.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 1)
LSU and Texas met for only the third time ever in the College World Series with Texas winning the first meeting back in 1987 and LSU winning the second meeting in 2000. The two teams combined for 11 national championships. The 2009 finals marked LSU's first appearance since 2000 in the College World Series finals and the first time they have made the championship series since it became best 2 out of 3. Texas was returning to the finals for the first time since winning it all back in 2005. It was determined that LSU would be the home team for games 1 and 3 via coin flip. LSU was sending senior RHP Louis Coleman to the mound, while Texas countered with sophomore RHP Chance Ruffin.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 1)
LSU would jump out to an early 1–0 lead in the top of the 1st inning, as Ryan Schimpf crushed a home run over the left-center field fence. After managing only 1 hit in the first 3 innings off Coleman, Texas would get on the board in the bottom of the 4th with 3 solo home runs to take the lead 3–1.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 1)
Texas would hold on to that lead for only 1 inning, as Jared Mitchell came through for the Tigers with a 2 RBI triple in the 6th to tie the game at 3. Texas would fight right back in the bottom half of the inning with another solo home run and a wild pitch to retake the lead 5–3. Each team would add a run in the 7th, Texas' another solo home run, to give Texas a 6–4 lead. A lead they would hold on to until the top of the 9th.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 1)
Down to the last 3 outs, LSU needed to push 2 runs across to tie the game. Jared Mitchell was first up to bat and quickly grounded out to the shortstop. Junior first baseman Sean Ochinko singled through the left side to bring the tying run to the plate. After the single, Texas would make a pitching change to bring in freshman Taylor Jungmann to face senior third baseman Derek Helenihi. Helenihi who was in a 1–15 slump in the CWS was able to draw a four pitch walk.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 1)
Freshman Tyler Hanover was brought in to pinch hit, but after getting up 2–0 in the count, Auggie Garrido once again made a pitching change. Brandon Workman was brought in, and would battle to eventually get Hanover to strike out. Down to their last out in game 1 of the finals, LSU's lead off hitter D.J. LeMahieu stepped to the plate with runners on first and second. LeMahieu wasted no time, crushing the first pitch into the left field corner for a 2 RBI double that tied the game.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 1)
After Ryan Schimpf was intentionally walked, Workman was able to get Blake Dean to fly out to end the top half of the inning. LSU brought in freshman closer Matty Ott to pitch the 9th. After hitting the first batter, Ott was able to record 3 straight outs to send the game into extra innings.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 1)
In the top of the 10th, LSU loaded the bases with only 1 out, but was unable to push a run across. Ott pitched the bottom half of the 10th, and once again was able to keep the Texas offense in check. D.J. LeMahieu was up first in the 11th, and drew a lead off walk. After getting Schimpf and Dean to fly out, it appeared Workman was going to get out of the inning. With Gibbs up to bat, LeMahieu took off and stole second. A throwing error by the catcher, Cameron Rupp, allowed LeMahieu to advance to third.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 1)
Workman would intentionally walk Gibbs to set up the force play. Freshman Mikie Mahtook came to the plate having struck out 3 times earlier in the game, but delivered the game-winning hit. Mahtook single back up the middle scoring LeMahieu to put the Tigers up 7–6. LSU would leave Ott in to pitch his 3rd inning of relief work. Ott struck out the first 2 batters he faced, then got Connor Rowe to ground out to second base to secure the victory for the Tigers.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 2)
With LSU looking to claim their 6th national title and Texas facing elimination, the Longhorns sent freshman Taylor Jungmann to the mound. LSU countered with sophomore Austin Ross who hadn't started a game since game 1 of the Baton Rouge regional. Texas was the visiting team for game 2 and wasted no time taking the lead. The Longhorns pieced together a couple hits to go with a throwing error to take a 1–0 lead after the top of the first inning. They added another run in the second off a solo home run by Preston Clark.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 2)
The 2–0 lead would be all the Jungmann would need. LSU would push their lone run across in the bottom of the second. After singles by Jared Mitchell and Leon Landry, Derek Helenihi hit a ball up the middle that was misplayed by shortstop Brandon Loy. Mitchell would score an unearned run on the play to cut Texas' lead in half.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 2)
Ross was lifted after only pitching 2 innings, but it made no difference. Texas added 3 more runs in the top of third, one coming off a solo home run by Russell Moldenhauer, to extend their lead to 5–1. Those runs ended up being the final scoring for the night for both teams. Texas would finish the game with 12 hits in all, while committing 3 errors. LSU would only manage 5 hits on the evening, and never could take advantage of any opportunities. Longhorn starter, Jungmann, would go on to throw a complete game, striking out 9 and only walking 2. The win forced a rubber match the next for, with the winner of the pivotal game 3 being crowned 2009 NCAA Baseball National Champions.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 3)
After a complete game effort by Jungmann the night before, Texas was hoping sophomore starter Cole Green would be able to put forth a similar effort. LSU countered with sophomore ace Anthony Ranaudo who was making his third start in the College World Series. LSU was once again the home team, and wasted no time taking the early lead. After recording two quick outs, Green hit Blake Dean with a pitch to keep the inning alive. Junior Sean Ochinko was up next and singled through the left side. First-round draft pick Jared Mitchell stepped to the plate.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 3)
With one swing of the bat he gave the Tigers the early lead sending a 3-run home run over the right field fence. In the bottom half of the inning, Ranaudo pitched around 2 singles and a walk to get out of a bases loaded jam with no damage done. In the second inning LSU extended their lead to 4–0 after piecing together 3 hits in the inning, but the lead did not last long.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 3)
Texas took advantage of a couple walks and 2 big hits to cut LSU's lead in half, but Texas once again left the bases loaded. After neither team scored in the 4th inning, it was once again Texas' turn to bat in the 5th still down 4–2. A lead-off single by Cameron Rupp brought the tying run to the plate. Kevin Keyes delivered by sending a 2-run home run over the left field bleachers tying the game at 4 runs apiece.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 3)
The top of the 6th inning proved to be the turning point in the game. LSU took advantage of 2 walks, 2 hit batters, an error, and 2 hits to score a total of 5 runs. LSU now held a 9–4 lead, a lead they would not let go of. LSU starter Anthony Ranaudo pitched 5.1 innings, giving up 8 hits, 4 runs, and 5 walks, but still got the win to improve his record to 12–3 on the season. Sophomore Chad Jones pitched 1.2 hitless innings while striking out 2 batters.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 3)
LSU would extend their lead to 10–4 after a double, single, and sac fly in the inning. Coach Mainieri brought in senior Louis Coleman to pitch the 8th inning. Coleman was able to work around a 1-out double to get out of the inning without giving up a run. LSU added another run in the 9th off a solo home run by Ochinko to extend the lead to 11–4. Coleman was brought back out to finish the game off. After a lead-off walk, Coleman struck out the side to secure the victory.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, Game Summaries/Recaps, NCAA Tournament: College World Series, Finals: No. 4 Texas (Game 3)
The victory marked the 6th national championship for LSU baseball, the first since 2000. It was also the first championship for head coach Paul Mainieri. LSU finished the season 56–17.


2009 LSU Tigers baseball team, LSU Tigers in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft
The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2009 MLB Draft.


2009 LSU Tigers football team
The 2009 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Les Miles who served his fifth year at the helm of LSU football. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in SEC play, including a loss in the Capital One Bowl, 19–17, against Penn State.


2009 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season
In his fourth season as head coach, Les Miles led LSU to a regular season record of 7–5, finishing 3–5 in the SEC. The Tigers were awarded a berth in the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl where they faced Georgia Tech. The Tigers easily defeated the Yellow Jackets by a score of 38–3. Miles improved to 4–0 in bowl games as head coach of LSU. LSU completed the 2008 college football season with an 8–5 overall record. The bowl victory also marked the 700th win in LSU Tiger football history. The Tigers look to improve on their 8–5 season in 2009.


2009 LSU Tigers football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
Following the 2008 season, co-defensive coordinators, Doug Mallory & Bradley Dale Peveto both left LSU. Mallory moved on to New Mexico to become defensive coordinator of the Lobos' football program, while Peveto took over as the head coach of the Northwestern State Demons. The Tigers replaced Mallory and Peveto with new defensive coordinator John Chavis, who left the University of Tennessee after the departure of head coach Phillip Fulmer. Chavis was a Tennessee alum and held the position of defensive coordinator there since 1995. Chavis will also coach linebackers at LSU.


2009 LSU Tigers football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
Ron Cooper was hired as the new defensive backs coach. Previously, Mallory had coached the defensive backs since 2005.   Cooper came to LSU from the University of South Carolina where he spent the past five years coaching on the defensive side of the football.


2009 LSU Tigers football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
Earl Lane also left LSU following the 2008. Lane spent 3 seasons as defensive line coach at LSU, but decided it was time to move on. Lane was replaced by Brick Haley. Haley was brought aboard as a veteran defensive line coach who has spent time in both the NFL and the Southeastern Conference.


2009 LSU Tigers football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
Finally, Josh Henson, who left to become co-offensive line coach for Missouri, was replaced by Don Yanowsky. Henson came to LSU with Miles in 2005 and served as the Tight Ends coach and recruiting coordinator for the Tigers. Henson has a reputation as of being one of the best recruiters in the nation. Yanowsky will also serve as the Tight Ends coach and Recruiting coordinator, and comes to LSU from Boston College.


2009 LSU Tigers football team, Before the season, Spring game
The Tigers held their annual spring game on Saturday April 18, 2009. LSU White defeated LSU Purple 27–0.


2009 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2009 La Flèche Wallonne cycling race  took place on 22 April 2009. It was the 73rd running of the La Flèche Wallonne between Charleroi and Huy in Belgium.


2009 La Flèche Wallonne
Christophe Moreau and Fumiyuki Beppu took a very early lead, but Moreau eventually dropped Beppu on the second climb up the Mur de Huy and went off by himself. At one point, Moreau had his lead over the peloton up to 15 minutes. He was caught at 24 km to go.


2009 La Flèche Wallonne
Many riders tried to open a gap before the final climb of the Mur de Huy, but none were successful. On the Mur, David Le Lay jumped away from the pack, which was led by Cadel Evans. Only a few hundred meters before the finish did the Australian overtake the Frenchman. Andy Schleck and Davide Rebellin followed Evans for some time, before accelerating out of his wheel. Rebellin proved to accelerate quicker than Schleck, so there was no real fight for the victory.


2009 La Flèche Wallonne
Rebellin's win is in doubt after his re-tested A sample in 2008 Summer Olympics was positive.