LSU opens NCAA Regional play tonight at 6 pm against Kennesaw State in Hattiesburg. The Owls are led by first-year coach Ryan Coe who gives all the credit to the players…

Cut 19 (19) “…we’re on here”

Kennesaw State bats .301 as a team and their top pitcher is senior left-hander John Bezdicek, who is 5-and-1 with a 3.75 ERA.

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Three other Louisiana teams get underway tonight as well. Louisiana Tech is the two seed in the Austin Regional and they face Dallas Baptist at 6:30 pm. Southeastern Louisiana will face top-seeded Auburn at Plainsman Park at 6 pm. And the Ragin’ Cajuns close the night in College Station against second-seeded TCU at 7 pm.

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LSU sophomore centerfielder Dylan Crews and sophomore third baseman Jacob Berry both earned All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball. Crews, the 2022 SEC Co-Player of the Year was named to the First-Team, while Berry received Second-Team recognition.

LSU’s 2022 baseball recruiting class, already ranked first by Perfect Game, had five of its 17 high-school signees honored with Gatorade Player of the Year awards in their home states. The Tigers have the players of the year from Louisiana, Texas, New York, Nevada, and Pennsylvania all coming to Baton Rouge this fall.

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The Saints have wrapped up week two of OTAs and Coach Dennis Allen is happy with what he’s seen so far. The offense has plenty of new personnel, so does that mean we’ll see a more aggressive Saints attack in 2022? Allen says you’ll have to wait and see.

Cut 16 (20) “…do really well.”

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