LSU baseball made history and possibly put itself back in contention to host a regional after sweeping Vanderbilt this weekend. The Tigers outscored the Commodores 42-15 over three games to win three straight at Vandy for the first time in program history. The 42 runs were the most surrendered by the Commodores in any series since 1999. LSU batted a robust .356 for the weekend led by Dylan Crews who went 7-for-14 with four home runs, nine RBI and eight runs scored. LSU climbed all the way up to the fourth seed in the SEC tournament and will face either fifth-seeded Auburn or 12th-seeded Kentucky on Wednesday at 8 pm.
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Southern and Grambling finished with the top two records in the SWAC West as they head to their tournament. Grambling takes on Bethune-Cookman at noon Wednesday with Southern facing Jackson State at 3:00 pm.
The top two seeds in the Southland square off this week to see who will earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Southeastern beat UNO 4-3 on Sunday to advance and now travels to Lake Charles to play McNeese. Game 1 is Thursday night.
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The Ragin Cajuns are also a four-seed in the Sun Belt Tournament. U-L Lafayette will play South Alabama on Wednesday afternoon after taking two of three from Little Rock.
ULM is the tenth seed in the Sun Belt after sweeping Arkansas State. The Warhawks will face seventh-seeded Georgia State in a single-elimination game on Tuesday at 3 PM.
And Louisiana Tech is the two seed in the Conference USA Tournament and will play Charlotte on Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs just two took of three from the 49ers.
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LSU was eliminated from the NCAA softball tournament after losses to San Diego State and Cal St. Fullerton. The U-L Ragin Cajuns put up a fight, climbing out of the loser’s bracket to make it to Sunday at the Clemson Regional, but fell to the Tigers 8-0 in five innings, as they were eliminated as well.
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The LSU women’s golf team has advanced through the first cut at the NCAA championships. The Tigers currently stand tied for seventh going into today’s final round of stroke-play qualifying.
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And the New Orleans Breakers improve to 4-2 in the USFL after beating the Pittsburgh Maulers 26-16.