11:40 LRN Sportscast

U-L Lafayette’s Kyle DeBarge was named Sun Belt player of the year. L-P Langevin as pitcher of the year, left-handed pitcher Chase Morgan as freshman of the year and Matt Deggs as Coach of the Year. The Cajuns will begin play in the Sun Belt Tournament tomorrow.

The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament will get underway tomorrow on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana. Lamar is the top seed. Nicholls is a two seed and will play Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi at 3 PM. Southeastern Louisiana will host UNO and the first game of the day is Northwestern State at McNeese.

LSU Eunice is headed back to Junior college Division Two Baseball World Series. The Bengals have won eleven Regional championships over the last 20 years and this is the 16th time they’ve reached the finals. L-S-U E is 52-and-7 on the year and they are the top overall seed. They get a first round bye and the World Series begins Saturday.

The LSU softball team will head out west to play Stanford in a Super Regional Series. Tigers Coach Beth Torina believes her team deserved a Top eight national seed with an RPI of four, the highest in the Southeastern Conference. Torina says it’s disappointing but they accept the challenge of playing Stanford on the road…
cut 15 (12) “…next weekend”
The Super Regional Series begins Friday night.

The Ragin Cajuns softball season ended on Sunday with a four to three loss to the Baylor Bears. A disappointing end for a team that won 45 games this season. Brooke Ellestad couldn’t hold back the tears in the postgame press conference
Cut 12 (10) “…all year.”