The LSU baseball team begins a must-win three-game series against South Carolina tonight. Both the Tigers and Gamecocks are fighting to keep their postseason hopes alive, and coach Jay Johnson believes South Carolina will give his team its best shot.
` Cut 17 (18) “…be highly competitive.”
LSU is 6-15 in SEC play, the Gamecocks are 7-14 in the SEC and they won two of their last three SEC series. First pitch is at 6:30 weather permitting.
LSU softball blanked Auburn three to nothing to open their final SEC series of the season. Paytn Monticelli threw seven shutout innings and struck out nine for her eighth win of the year.
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Louisiana Tech is in Texas to take on Dallas Baptist in a pivotal three-game series. The Patriots rank first in Conference USA and fifth nationally in home runs with 91. Coach Lane Burroughs says DBU can play small ball too…
Cut 19 (14) “…an offensive standpoint.”
Tech and D-B-U are in a three-way tie for third place in Conference USA.
ULM is at 12th ranked Southern Miss. That series will begin Saturday as the two teams will play a doubleheader. The Ragin Cajuns host Georgia State. They hope to play tonight at 6 PM in Lafayette.
Southeastern Louisiana is at Lamar in a battle for first place in the Southland. That’s another series that will start Saturday with a doubleheader.
Grambling wraps up its home schedule by hosting Florida A-and-M.