In the bottom of the ninth last night, LSU first baseman Greg Deichmann blasted a solo home to tie the game with Tennessee at four and Kramer Robertson drove a line drive down the left field line to push across the winning run as the Bayou Bengals defeated the Volunteers five to four in the SEC Tournament. The fifth seeded Tigers face fourth seeded Florida tonight, after the Tigers took two of three from the Gators this past weekend.

After sweeping Rice last weekend, Louisiana Tech lost to the Owls in the opening game of the Conference USA Tournament. The final score was 13 to 12. Rice scored nine runs in the second inning, but as Tech Head Coach Greg Goff said, Tech ran out of outs to complete the come back. The Bulldogs will look to avoid elimination tomorrow against either Charlotte or Florida Atlantic.

Tulane is in the winner’s bracket of the American Athletic Conference after beating Central Florida four to three. The Green Wave play again tomorrow.

At the Southland Conference today….Southeastern Louisiana scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat UNO five to four. Jameson Fisher drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. Kade Granier earned the victory in relief, his fifth of the season.

So tomorrow in the Southland. it will be Northwestern State and UNO in an elimination game at 9:00 in the morning. The Demons were blanked by McNeese State 3 to 0 today. Cowboys right-hander Kaleb Fontenot threw eight scoreless innings. McNeese will face S-L-U in a winner’s bracket contest at 4 PM.

The Ragin Cajuns play tonight in the Sun Belt Tournament as UL Lafayette faces Arkansas State in San Marcos, Texas. The Cajuns have won six in a row and they are in position to possibly host an NCAA Tournament Regional. First pitch is at 7:30.

LSU’s 2017 football recruiting class continues to grow. Six-foot-five, 315-pound offensive guard Saahdiq Charles has announced he plans to attend LSU. Charles is a New Orleans native, but currently lives near Jackson Mississippi. He’s considered a three-star prospect.