The number one ranked LSU baseball team begins play tonight in the SEC Tournament as the Tigers will face 13th seeded Texas A&M. Right fielder Jake Brown says they’ve been waiting all year for this event…
The Ragin Cajuns and Louisiana Tech are still alive in their respective conference tournaments. The Bulldogs defeated Liberty five to two. Luke Cooley was excellent in relief and won his seventh game. Blake Hooks earned his ninth save. Tech takes on Jacksonville State tonight.
The Cajuns rallied from a two-run deficit to beat Georgia Southern five to four. Lee Amdee’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning snapped a four-four tie. The Cajuns face Marshall tonight.
Tulane advanced to the semifinal round of the AAC Championship as the Green Wave defeated top seeded UTSA ten to six. UNO lost game one of the Southland Tournament championship series to Houston Christian eight to three.
The NAIA World Series starts today in Lewiston, Idaho. The big story has been LSU Shreveport – 54 games, 54 wins. That’s the longest winning streak in all levels of college baseball among four-year schools. The Pilots take on Grand View, out of Iowa, at 1:30 this afternoon. Head Coach Brad Neffendorf says the way to beat them is not to worry about their opponent’s game, but rather to play their own game.
Loyola New Orleans, meanwhile, is in the NAIA World Series for the first time in program history and is the eighth seed. They face Tennessee Wesleyan at five this afternoon central time.