Ole Miss turned three balls hit in the infield to begin the eighth inning into three runs to beat the LSU Tigers six to three last night. An error by freshman second baseman Ethan Clauss was the big play. Clauss failed to step on second base for a force out as the Tigers were trying to turn a double play. That mistake allowed West Monroe’s Hayden Federico to drive in the go-ahead run. At the plate, LSU was two-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Elsewhere… 10th-ranked Southern Miss defeated the Ragin Cajuns eight to one. Appalachian State beat ULM 13-5.

La Tech trounced Middle Tennessee eight to one. Colby Lunsford drove in three runs, and Declan Dahl allowed one unearned run over seven innings and struck out eight for his fifth win.

Southern held on to beat Grambling seven to five. Game two is at 3 PM today.

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It was a tough night for most of the Louisiana schools in the Southland, other than Nicholls. The Colonels blanked Lamar three to nothing. Dawson Richard threw six shutout innings for the win. Peyton Lacy earned the save.

It was Corpus Christi over Southeastern Louisiana seven to five, Houston Christian defeated Northwestern State five to two, UIW over McNeese six to two.

McNeese has named Bridget Martin as its new athletics director. Martin has worked at the Lake Charles school since 1990, and she’s been an administrator at McNeese since 2001.

Johnny Jones is officially back at LSU. The DeRidder native will be an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team for a second time. He’s also been a head coach for the Tigers. As a player, he helped LSU reach the Final Four in 1981.

Shreveport golfer Sam Burns is tied for second at six-under par at the Masters, but he’s six shots back of the leader Rory McIlroy.