Monday, 09/28/2009

BATON ROUGE --See the latest news and updates on the LSU tennis programs by following the LSU men’s and women’s tennis teams on Twitter.

 

The Twitter site can be accessed at www. Twitter.com/LSUTennis, which gives fans the opportunity to sign up to receive text-message length updates on their cell phone or through the Internet.

 

Updates on the program for men’s tennis will be made by head coach Jeff Brown, assistant coach Danny Bryan and sports information director Elizabeth Stuart. The women’s program will be updated by head coach Tony Minnis, assistant coach Lisa Jackson and sports information director Molly Clark.

 

In order to become a follower of LSUTennis, fans must first create their own Twitter account, which is free at www.twitter.com. Twitter is a fee service that lets users keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

Setting up text updates through Twitter is easy using the following steps:
1. Under “Settings,” click on the tab for “Devices.”
2. Enter your cell number using a “+” before the country code, which is the number 1 for the United States. The cell number entered should be in the format +15552223333.
3. Check the box that says, “It’s okay for Twitter to send txt messages to my phone,” before clicking the “Save” button.
4. Return to your homepage and access the list of Twitter users you are following.
5. Under LSUTennis, set Device Updates to “On.”

The accounts accessed from www.LSUsports.net/twitter are the only Twitter entities that are officially sanctioned by the LSU Athletics Department.