The LSU baseball team brings a five game winning streak into its SEC showdown series with Mississippi State, which begins tonight at 7 PM at Alex Box Stadium. The Bulldogs will start Dakota Hudson on the mound in game one. He could be a top ten pick in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft. Coach Paul Mainieri says his team won’t be intimidated…:
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LSU enters the series ranked fifth in the country by Baseball America, while Mississippi State is seventh.

The 20th ranked Ragin Cajuns will host Texas State for three games at the Tigue. UL Lafayette has won 13 of its last 16 and they are in second place in the Sun Belt.

ULM returns to Sun Belt play today as they begin a three-game series in Jonesboro against Arkansas State. The Warhawks are six and nine in league play, while A-S-U is 5-and-13.

Tulane will face Central Florida this weekend in AAC action.

Louisiana Tech faces a tough test in league play this weekend when Old Dominion comes to Ruston for a three game Conference USA series.

Two of the top teams in the Southland square off this weekend as McNeese State hosts Southeastern for a three game series in Lake Charles.

Northwestern State makes their first regular-season trip to Central Arkansas since 2012.

As an Orleans Parish grand jury considers the evidence to charge Cardell Hayes in the fatal shooting of former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith, Hayes’ lawyer wants his client to appear before the panel to answer their questions.

Saints guard Tim Lelito has announced on Instagram that he’s signed his restricted free agent tender, which keeps him in Black and Gold for another season.