Back in the RPI Top 25, the LSU Tigers are on a mission at the SEC tournament in Hoover. A strong showing could put them in position to host an NCAA regional. The driving force for the Tigers all season has been Dylan Crews, the newly crowned SEC Co-Player of the Year. Crews, who leads the SEC in home runs, runs scored, and ranks in the top four in nearly every major offensive category, is the first Tiger to be named Player of the Year since Raph Rhymes in 2012. To put a little icing on that cake, Crews was also named to the SEC’s All-Defense team.

Cut 17 (13) “…very blessed.”

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ULM faces Georgia State in the Sun Belt Tournament at noon today in Montgomery, Alabama. It’s a single-elimination game with the winner advancing to the double-elimination bracket. The Warhawks took two of three from the Panthers this season and have won 10 of the last 13 meetings.

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In other college baseball action, fifth-seeded Tulane lost to Cincinnati 8-1 in their American Conference tournament opener. The Wave will take on either South Florida or East Carolina tomorrow afternoon in an elimination game. Tulane has lost six of its last seven games.

The SWAC tourney opens tomorrow with Southern and Grambling holding the top two seeds in the West. The Tigers will take on Bethune-Cookman while the Jags square off with Jackson State.

Louisiana Tech takes on Charlotte in the first round of the Conference USA tournament tomorrow as well. First pitch is scheduled for 12:30.

The best-of-three Southland tournament championship series starts on Thursday between second-seeded Southeastern and top-seed McNeese in Lake Charles.

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For the second consecutive year, the LSU women’s golf team just misses the cut to advance to match play at the NCAA championships. The Tigers finished 11th in stroke play, five strokes out. Junior All-American Ingrid Lindblad, the reigning SEC champion shot a 70 in her final round to finish third overall.

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