Not a good night for the Cajuns last night as Cincinnati clobbered U-L Lafayette 12 to 2 in the opening round of the Starkville Regional. The Cajuns scored an unearned run in the first inning and then it was all Bearkats the rest of the way. Tough outing for Cody Brasch, as he allowed seven earned runs in in four innings.
UL Lafayette will now have to come out of the Starkville Regional. The Cajuns will face Lipscomb at 2 PM today. The Bisons were defeated by Mississippi State ten to one.
It was a crazy day for the first day of the NCAA Tournament. Top seeded UCLA lost to St. Mary’s three to two.
Little Rock who gave LSU everything they wanted last year in the Regionals, defeated 9th seeded Southern Miss seven to four.
Milwaukee, who LSU played in the opening series of the season, upset Auburn 13 to 8.
Tennessee also a loser, losing in 14 innings to Eastern Carolina seven to three.
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Arkansas and Mississippi State were eliminated from the Women’s Collete World Series yesterday. Texas blanked Mississippi State four to nothing, while Arkansas fell to UCLA eleven to nothing In five innings.
Today…Texas Tech takes on Tennessee and Alabama faces Nebraska.
Chalmette High School product Mitchell Robinson plans to return from pinky surgery for Game One of the NBA Finals. The Knicks center underwent successful surgery on his right pinky finger, which he injured off the court during New York’s Eastern Conference Finals Sweep of the Cavaliers. Robinson is a former five-star recruit out of Chalmette High and has spent eight seasons with the Knicks, who are making their first Finals appearance in 27 years.
Tonight it’s Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals as the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder face the San Antonio Spurs at 7 PM.
Final legislative passage has been given to the bill that would keep private the revenue share contracts between universities and athletes. The vote in the House was 92-to-2 on Friday.