The defending national champion LSU Tigers begin play tomorrow in the Chapel Hill Regional as they will play the Wofford Terriers, champions of the Southern Conference Tournament. Left-hander Gage Jump is a potential game-one starter as he’s allowed just nine earned runs in his last six starts. LSU pitching coach Nate Yeskie says Jump is more confident after getting hit around during the first half of SEC play…
Cut 16 (16) “…do this.”
Wofford’s top pitcher is sophomore right-hander Zac Cowan, who is 9-2 with 3.55 ERA. But he pitched twice in last week’s SoCon Conference Tournament and Coach J-J Edwards says Cowan might not be ready to pitch tomorrow.

Nicholls has arrived in Oregon where they’ll play U-C Irvine tomorrow afternoon in the Corvallis Regional. Senior right-hander Nico Saltaformaggio is one of the Colonels top pitchers. He’s 7-and-4 with a 3.88 ERA as he’s made 27 appearances out of the bullpen. Coach Mike Silva says they don’t get this far without Nico…
Cut 19 (17) “…for us.”

Stephen F Austin is returning to the Southland Conference. The Lumberjacks were in the Southland for 34 years, but in 2021 they joined the Western Athletic Conference, but found out the travel in the WAC is brutal. They will compete in football in the Southland this year so new schedules will likely come out this week.

Four-star Calvary Baptist running back James Simon has committed to Texas.