16:45 LRN Sportscast

The LSU Baseball Tigers have earned a national seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Tigers are an eighth seed and will have an opportunity to host a super regional series if they win this weekend’s regional. Coach Paul Mainieri is happy his 42-win team received the proper recognition…
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LSU begins Regional play on Friday at 2 PM against Utah Valley, which won the Western Atheltic Conference Tournament title. Rice and Southeastern Louisiana are the other two teams in the Baton Rouge Regional. The Owls and Lions will play each other Friday night at 7 PM.

LSU’s regional is matched up with the North Carolina State regional. Coastal Carolina, St. Mary’s and Navy are the other teams in the Raleigh Regional.

UL Lafayette is hosting a regional at Tigue Moore Field. It’s third time the Cajuns have done so under head coach Tony Robichaux…
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The Cajuns will face Princeton in the regional opener on Friday night. The other regional match-up will have Sam Houston State taking on Arizona at One PM. The winner of this regional will face the winner of the Starkville regional.

Louisiana Tech is in the NCAA Baseball Tournament for the first time since 1987. The Bulldogs will compete in the Starkville Regional, which will be hosted by sixth-seeded Mississippi State. Tech will face Cal State Fullerton on Friday afternoon in a two versus three seed match-up.

And Tulane is the fifth school from Louisiana in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Green Wave is the two seed in the Oxford Regional.