For a fourth straight season, LSU is a national seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament, which will get underway when the Tigers host Lehigh University on Friday afternoon. The Tigers received the number two national seed, despite being ranked number one by most of the polls for the entire season. Coach Paul Maineri admits some disappointment in not getting the number one overall seed…
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The other two teams in the Baton Rouge regional are UNC-Wilmington and Tulane. If the Green Wave and LSU win on Friday, they’ll face each other on Saturday night.

The LSU softball team left for Oklahoma City today where they’ll play Auburn on Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the Women’s College World Series.

The UL Lafayette baseball team is in the NCAA Tournament for a third consecutive season, The Cajuns will face Rice on Friday afternoon. Houston and Southland Tournament champion Houston Baptist are the other two teams in the regional. Cajuns Coach Tony Robichaux says his team will compete in another tough regional…
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UL Lafayette and Rice will meet for the 24th time on Friday. The Owls lead the overall series 17-to-6.

There are 59 former LHSAA players that are in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. Seven from Barbe High School in Lake Charles. Kennon Fontentot, Gunner Leger and Nick Zaunbrecher play for the Cajuns, Jared Foster, Beau and Bryce Jordan are on LSU’s roster and Sam Smith is a pitcher for Ole Miss.