Ukrainian center Koval exits LSU after Russian player joins roster
Kate Koval, a Ukrainian center, has left LSU's women's basketball program. The departure comes less than two weeks after the Tigers signed a player from Russia. The Associated Press reported the move.
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Koval had been an active member of the Tigers' roster as recently as March, when she appeared in LSU's second-round NCAA Tournament game against Texas Tech at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge. Her exit arrives less than two weeks after the program added a Russian player, a sequence that has drawn attention given the ongoing tensions surrounding Ukrainian and Russian athletes in international competition. LSU has not issued a public statement explaining the circumstances of Koval's departure
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