16:45 LRN Sportscast June 1st

LSU Head Coach Paul Mainieri has named Jared Poche his starting pitcher for tomorrow afternoon’s Baton Rouge Regional opener against Texas Southern. Poche says he’s happy to take the ball…
cut 25 (08) “…come Saturday”
Alex Lange will start Saturday and Eric Walker will be the starter on Sunday. Coach Paul Mainieri says it’s not his intention to burn Poche out on Friday….
cut 26 (18) “…several factors” f
Last year Poche started the regional opener against Utah Valley and came back to pitch against Rice in the regional championship game on Tuesday.

Southeastern Louisiana is the second seed in the Baton Rouge Regional. It’s the highest seed the Lions have ever had in program history. Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran says S-L-U will not be an easy out in the regional….
cut 20 (18) “….as LSU”
Southeastern’s top hitter is Taylor Schwaner, the Southland Conference player of the year.

LSU softball advanced to the winner’s bracket of the Women’s Colege World Series with a 2-1 victory over UCLA. The Tigers will face Florida tomorrow night at 6 PM.

At the LHSAA summer meetings, Eddie Bonine remains the executive director, while the girls basketball championships are moving to Alexandria and Lafayette will get to host the soccer championships.