Livvy Dunne impresses at LSU’s season opener with boyfriend Paul Skenes

A star-studded pair was back in Baton Rouge Friday night, and one half of that pair was on their way to becoming back-to-back national champions.

Livvy Dunne and the reigning national champion LSU gymnastics team opened their season on Friday against Iowa State.

Dunne, eligible to play for the fifth time, helped the second-ranked team in the country to a 197.300-194.100 victory over Iowa State.

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Olivia Dunne of the LSU Tigers before a meeting against the Florida Gators at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on February 23, 2024 in Gainesville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

Dunne placed third on floor and fourth on beam with scores of 9.875 and 9.825, respectively.

Dunne’s friend, LSU graduate and National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes, was also in attendance.

Before becoming the No. 1 pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, Skenes was the ace of an LSU team that won the College World Series. Skenes was called up to the major leagues early in the season, started in the All-Star Game and finished third in NL Cy Young Award voting with a 1.96 ERA and 11.5 K/9.

Paul Skenes and Olivia Dunne on the set of ESPN’s “College GameDay” at the LSU Quad on November 9, 2024 in Baton Rouge. (LSU Athletics/University Images via Getty Images)

LSU’s Aleah Finnegan, an Olympic gymnast from the Philippines, led the all-around with a score of 39.725.

The meeting took place just days after Dunne and Skenes on Bourbon Street, hours before a terrorist attack in the French Quarter killed 14 people.

LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne and her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, celebrated New Year’s in New Orleans. (livvydunne via Instagram)

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Bourbon Street is about an hour and a half from Baton Rogue.

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