The LSU Tigers begin their final regular season series tonight against number one ranked Florida. Alex Lange will pitch tonight, but game two’s starter is Riley Smith. The junior right-hander from Texas has pitched well lately and Coach Paul Mainieri wanted to give him a shot against the Gators…:
Cut 17 (15) “we recruited”
First pitch tonight is at 6:30.

Southern University allowed 14 unanswered runs on 10 hits as top-seeded Alabama State cruised to a 27-9 win in the SWAC Tournament. The Jags will face Grambling today in an elimination round. Alcorn State took down Grambling 8-7 on the tournament’s first day.

No. 19 UL-Lafayette is set to close out the regular season as they host ULM in a three game series beginning today. The Ragin Cajuns are two games back of South Alabama for first place in the Sunbelt. The Warhawks have won three of their last five.

Southeastern Louisiana, who are among the best in the nation at putting runners on base and tied for fewest strikeouts in the Southland Conference, travels to face Central Arkansas.

In their final series before the Conference USA Championship, Louisiana Tech will host one of the league’s top teams on the diamond as 16th ranked Rice comes to Ruston.

Nicholls State and regional rival New Orleans will face off today in an away/home/away series with a Southland Conferece Tournament appearance on the line.

Tulane is at Houston, Northwestern State hosts Abilene Christian and McNeese State is at Washington State.

The Saints have signed defensive lineman David Onyemata (oin-yee-mah-tah) to a four year contract. New Orleans selected Onyemata in the fourth round of this year’s NFL Draft.

Former LSU star and three-time Super Bowl champion Kevin Faulk has been elected to the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. The Lafayette native is a member of the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and he was voted by fans to become the 25th entrant into the Patriots Hall of Fame.