17th-ranked LSU hosts Southeastern Louisiana tonight at The Box as the Tigers try to work their way closer to hosting an NCAA Regional. Sitting at 32-15 overall, LSU has won eight of its last 11 and has the reigning Co-SEC Player of the Week in Dylan Crews. Southeastern enters the games 22-25, but is tied with McNeese for first place in the Southland Conference standings at 12-9. The Lions also have wins over Louisiana Tech, Arkansas, and Ole Miss this season. First pitch is set for 6:30.
In other midweek action, Southern is on the road at Lamar, Tulane welcomes South Alabama, and U-L travels to Houston to face Rice.
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Former LSU baseball star and son of current Tigers women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey, Kramer Robertson is headed to “The Show.” Robertson was called up from Triple-A Memphis to the St. Louis Cardinals earlier today. Robertson will get an opportunity as backup shortstop for the Cards. He hit .225 with three home runs for Memphis this season.
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The Southland Conference Softball Tournament is underway in Hammond. Fourth-seeded Northwestern State led 4-0 over Incarnate Word after five innings, but gave up three runs in the sixth and had to hold on for the narrow 4-3 victory. Kat Marshall went 2-for-3, including a three-run home run, for the Demons, who will take on top-seeded McNeese Wednesday at 11 am.
Number 2 Southeastern and seventh-seeded Nicholls close day one’s action.
In Conference-USA, Louisiana Tech’s Josh Taylor was named Coach of the Year and Sierra Sacco earned Freshman of the Year for the Bulldogs, who will start play in the conference tournament Thursday as the league’s top seed.
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After leading Loyola to its first national championship in any sport in over 75 years, men’s basketball coach Stacy Hollowell is stepping down. The Loyola athletic department announced on Tuesday that Hollowell has accepted a position as assistant athletic director for men’s basketball at the University of Mississippi. In eight seasons he led the Wolfpack to a 166-78 record, including 37-1 this past season as they claimed the NAIA title and leaves the program second in all-time victories.