LSU and Notre Dame will play a doubleheader today starting at two PM after their baseball game was rained out last night. John Valek the Third will start on the mound for the Tigers, while Riley Smith will get his first career start in the second game.

McNeese State’s game against Baylor last night was cancelled because of severe weather in Waco. The game will not be made up, but the two teams will play today’s scheduled 4:05 contest. The Cowboys are 23-21 on the season.

Louisiana Tech blanked Northwestern State six to nothing for the Bulldogs fifth straight win. Braden Bristo evened his record at five and five by pitching five shutout innings to get the win. Taylor Love homered and drove in two runs.

Elsewhere…15th ranked Tulane topped UNO five to two as Hunter Hope hit an inside-the-park home run. And Jackson State scored nine runs in the 1st inning on its way to a 21-3 win over Southern.

In college baseball action tonight….outside of the LSU-Notre Dame doubleheader….Tulane hosts Southern, Nicholls State hosts Alcorn State. The Colonels have never lost to Alcorn in 24 previous contests. And the 21st Ragin Cajuns begin a five-game road trip at Houston. UL Lafayette is 6-and-6 in midweek games this year.

The Saints have signed second round pick Vonn Bell, who is a safety out of Ohio State. Bell is expected to receive a signing bonus around one-million dollars and his four-year contract is worth nearly four million dollars. The team’s only draft pick that has yet to sign is defensive tackle David Onyemata, who was selected in the fourth round.

Conference softball tournaments get underway today….LSU has won 12 of its last 13 games as it faces Texas A-and-M at 1:30 in Starkville. Louisiana Tech will play at 5 PM in the Conference USA Tournament. In the Sun Belt, top-seed UL Lafayette has a bye, while ULM battles Georgia Southern this morning.