There are seven baseball teams within one game of first place for the overall lead in the Southeastern Conference. LSU is one of those teams, with a 13-7 league mark. Coach Paul Mainieri believes his squad is heading in the right direction…:
Cut 18 (10) “against Alabama”
The Tigers are coming off a sweep of Alabama and they begin an eight-game homestand tonight against South Carolina, who is 10-11 in league play.
UL-Lafayette will look to bounce back from its first series loss in over a year as the Cajuns open an eight-game homestand with a three-game series against conference foe Georgia Southern. Junior Gunner Leger will return to the Friday night starter slot after being pushed back a couple days last weekend at UTA.
McNeese returns to Lake Charles against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi this weekend for its first home Southland Conference series since the middle of April. The Cowboys hold a one-game lead over Sam Houston State in the loss column for first place in the standings.
Southeastern hosts Sam Houston this weekend in a Southland Conference series with postseason implications. The Lions are 1.5 games back of the Bearkats in the conference standings entering the series.
Louisiana Tech takes a trip down to South Beach for a three-game set with FIU which kicks off this afternoon.
ULM baseball team is set for a three-game weekend series at home as Sun Belt Conference newcomer Coastal Carolina to town.
The commercial fishery for large coastal sharks in Louisiana waters is now closed. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the timing is concurrent with the National Marine Fisheries Service’s closure in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Louisiana’s spring inshore shrimp season will open Monday, May 8 for waters spanning the state’s central coast. Other areas, waters from the Louisiana-Mississippi state line west to South Pass, and from Freshwater Bayou west to the Louisiana-Texas state line, will open at 6 a.m. May 15.
Saints and LSU superfan Jarrius Robetson’s health continues to improve after receiving a liver transplant on Sunday morning. The 15-year-old no longer has breathing tubes and is anxious to get out of bed.