LSU baseball opened the SEC Tournament yesterday morning with an impressive nine-to-one win over Georgia. The Tigers began the tournament on the bubble for receiving an NCAA Tournament bid, but Coach Jay Johnson says he knew a win over Georgia would solidify their chances of making a Regional
Cut 20 (13) “….else does that.”
The Tigers will play Kentucky this morning at 9:30. The Wildcats finished tied with Tennessee with best conference record and they’ve stolen over 100 bases on the season.

The Pelicans Herb Jones has been named to the NBA’s All-Defense first team. He’s only the four player in franchise history to accomplish that feat.
Saints Coach Dennis Allen says there are no plans to move Marshon Lattimore despite rumors the veteran cornerback is on the trading block.

The Ragin Cajuns begin play in the Sun Belt Tournament this afternoon at four PM in Montgomery, Alabama. U-L Lafayette will face Old Dominion. D-1 Baseball’s Kendall Rogers says the Cajuns have been strong on the mound all year, now their bats are cooking…
cut 19 (20) “…as well”

In Ruston, the Conference USA tournament gets underway today.Louisiana Tech is scheduled to play Middle Tennessee in the third game of the day. Bulldogs two-way star Ethan Bates was named Conference USA Player of the year.

The Southland Tournament gets underway this morning in Hammond as Northwestern State faces McNeese. The Demons eliminated the Cowboys in last year’s tournament.

LSU baseball opened the SEC Tournament this morning with an impressive nine to one win over Georgia. The Tigers began today on the bubble for receiving an NCAA Tournament bid, but Coach Jay Johnson says he knew a win over Georgia would solidify their chances of making a Regional…
cut 16 (14) “…nobody else does that’
And there are not many pitchers pitching as well as Gage Jump. The left-hander allowed just one run in seven innings and struck out seven. Michael Braswell and Tommy White each had three hits and Josh Pearson drove in three runs. Johnson on Pearson…
cut 30 (07) “…this guy”
LSU will face Kentucky Wednesday as they move into the double elimination portion of the SEC Tournament.

Louisiana Tech’s Ethan Bates was named Conference USA Player of the Year today. Bates leads the nation in saves with 15 and at the plate he’s hitting 3-28 with 15 home runs, 69 RBIs and has a league-high 20 doubles.

Coach Lane Burroughs shares co-coach of the year honors with Dallas Baptist’s Dan Heefner.

Louisiana Tech begins postseason play tomorrow as the top seed in the Conference USA Tournament. The Bulldogs will face Middle Tennessee. Kendall Rogers with D-1 baseball says Tech is a dangerous team in the postseason, because of their experienced hitters…
cut 18 (12) “…La Tech”

The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament will get underway tomorrow. Southeastern Louisiana is the host school and will host UNO in the final game of the day. The tournament gets underway at nine A-M as Northwestern State faces McNeese. The Demons beat the Cowboys in a series in late March.

U-L Lafayette’s Kyle DeBarge was named Sun Belt player of the year. L-P Langevin as pitcher of the year, left-handed pitcher Chase Morgan as freshman of the year and Matt Deggs as Coach of the Year. The Cajuns will begin play in the Sun Belt Tournament tomorrow.

The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament will get underway tomorrow on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana. Lamar is the top seed. Nicholls is a two seed and will play Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi at 3 PM. Southeastern Louisiana will host UNO and the first game of the day is Northwestern State at McNeese.

LSU Eunice is headed back to Junior college Division Two Baseball World Series. The Bengals have won eleven Regional championships over the last 20 years and this is the 16th time they’ve reached the finals. L-S-U E is 52-and-7 on the year and they are the top overall seed. They get a first round bye and the World Series begins Saturday.

The LSU softball team will head out west to play Stanford in a Super Regional Series. Tigers Coach Beth Torina believes her team deserved a Top eight national seed with an RPI of four, the highest in the Southeastern Conference. Torina says it’s disappointing but they accept the challenge of playing Stanford on the road…
cut 15 (12) “…next weekend”
The Super Regional Series begins Friday night.

The Ragin Cajuns softball season ended on Sunday with a four to three loss to the Baylor Bears. A disappointing end for a team that won 45 games this season. Brooke Ellestad couldn’t hold back the tears in the postgame press conference
Cut 12 (10) “…all year.”

The SEC Tournament gets underway today in Hoover, Alabama and the first game of the day is LSU versus Georgia. The Tigers are on the bubble to make the NCAA Tournament and there are several other teams in the SEC who are also on the bubble, like Alabama, Florida and Vanderbilt. Florida-Vanderbilt play each other at 4:30 PM. D-1 Baseball’s Kendall Rogers has LSU in the NCAA Tournament as it stands now and he says Vanderbilt is on more of shaky ground…
cut 29 (17) “against Florida”

The Ragin Cajuns are ranked 21st in the latest D-1 baseball poll. Kyle DeBarge has been named the Sun Belt Player of the year, L-P Langevin as pitcher of the year, and Matt Deggs as coach of the year.

Hall of Famer Seimone Augustus is returning to her alma mater and will serve as an assistant coach for the LSU women’s basketball team. Augustus coached for one season as an assistant for the Los Angeles Sparks. The voice of the Lady Tigers, Patrick Wright, says after a stellar playing career Augustus believes she has more to give as a coach…
cut 23 (22) “…out back”
Mulkey replaces Johnny Derrick, who has been a long time assistant coach Kim Mulkey.

The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament will get underway tomorrow on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana. Lamar is the top seed. Nicholls is a two seed and will lay Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi at 3 PM. Southeastern Louisiana will host UNO and the first game of the day is Northwestern at McNeese.

The LSU baseball team ended the regular season by sweeping Ole Miss to finish the season 13-and-17 in the SEC. Many believe the Tigers needed 13 wins in league play to have a chance at making the NCAA Tournament. Coach Jay Johnson says there’s no doubt in his mind that LSU should play in a regional…
Cut 16 (12) “….no brainer.”
D-1 Baseball released its Regional projections and they have the Tigers as a three-seed in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

D-1 baseball has both Louisiana Tech and U-L Lafayette as two seeds. The Bulldogs are in College Station, Texas, while the Cajuns are at Clemson.

U-L Lafayette’s Kyle DeBarge was named Sun Belt player of the year today, L-P Langevin as pitcher of the year, left-handed pitcher Chase Morgan as freshman of the year and Matt Deggs as Coach of the Year.

Hall of Famer Seimone Augustus is back at LSU as she’s joining Kim Mulkey’s staff as an assistant coach. Augustus led the Lady Tigers to three straight final four appearances and then went on to win four W-N-B-A championships. Patrick Wright, voice of the Lady Tigers, says, Augustus should be a great addition…
Cut 4 (10) “…great player.”
Augustus was the first women’s basketball player to have her jersey retired.

The Ragin Cajuns softball season ended on Sunday with a four to three loss to the Baylor Bears. A disappointing end for a team that won 45 games this season. Brooke Ellestad couldn’t hold back the tears in the postgame press conference
Cut 12 (10) “…all year.”
LSU is moving on to the Super Regionals after blanking Southern Illinois nine to nothing in five innings. The Tigers are at Stanford this weekend.

Fresh off a sweep of Ole Miss, the LSU baseball team is now getting ready for the SEC Tournament. The Tigers will play Georgia tomorrow morning in the opening game of the SEC Tourney. Coach Jay Johnson’s team finished the season by winning four of its last five series, which he says is a great accomplishment…
cut 17 (17) “…probably do that
Tommy White enters the SEC Tournament, red hot at the plate. White was 8 for -13 with three home runs, seven RBIs and six extra base hits against Ole Miss.

Louisiana Tech and the Ragin Cajuns are number one seeds in their respective conference tournaments. The Bulldogs will face Middle Tennessee in Ruston on Wednesday afternoon. U-L Lafayette will play Wednesday afternoon in Montgomery, Alabama.

The Saints Hall of Fame golf tournament is today and Coach Dennis Allen expects good attendance at O-T-As which starts tomorrow. It remains to be seen if veteran cornerback Marshon Lattimore will show up. Allen says he recently spoke with Lattimore…
cut 28 (09) “…moving forward”
Allen also told reporters don’t expect to see Chase Young on the practice field anytime soon. Young is rehabbing after undergoing neck surgery.

Legendary basketball player Seimone Augustus is returning to LSU as she will serve as an assistant coach for Lady Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey. Augustus led LSU to three straight Final Four appearances and then went on to win four WNBA championships as a player.

LSU softball is moving on to the Super Regionals after beating Southern Illinois in the Baton Rouge Regionals. U-L Lafayette and Southeastern Louisiana saw their seasons end yesterday.

By sweeping Ole Miss, the LSU baseball team finished with a 13-and-17 SEC record and will look ot add to its NCAA Tournament resume by advancing in the SEC Tournament. The Tigers will play Georgia tomorrow morning in the opening game of the SEC Tourney. Coach Jay Johnson’s team finished the SEC by winning four of its last five series, which he say is a great accomplishment…
cut 17 (17) “…probably do that”

Louisiana Tech finished strong to win its first regular season conference title since 1992 as the Bulldogs swept Liberty in Virginia to secure the number one seed in the Conference USA Tournament, which will be held in Ruston. Tech will face Middle Tennessee on Wednesday afternoon.

The LSU softball team is headed to the Super Regionals after blanking Southern Illinois nine to nothing in five innings to win the Baton Rouge Regional. The Tigers tied a season high with three home runs and put the game out of a reach with a five run second inning. Coach Beth Tornia…
cut 18 (22) “…into this weekend”
LSU will now head out west to battle Stanford in a super regional series that will begin Friday night.

U-L Lafayette’s softball season is over as they lost to Baylor in the championship game of the Lafayette Regional as the Bears beat the Cajuns four to three. The Cajuns finish the season with a 45-19 record.

The LSU baseball team went into the final series of the regular season needing a sweep and they are one win away from accomplishing that goal after beating Ole Miss four to two. Starting pitcher Luke Holman was outstanding as he struck out nine and left-hander Griffin Herring picked up the save for the second consecutive game as he pitched two scoreless innings. Herring says he was prepared to pitch again after getting the final outs on Thursday…
cut 19 (12) “>…compete”
LSU will try for the sweep this afternoon. Game three is at one pm.

Louisiana Tech clinched the number one seed in next week’s Conference USA Tournament in Ruston by sweeping a doubleheader from Liberty. The Bulldogs defeated the Flames 12 to 8 in game one, ten to one in game two and they are 41-15 on the season.
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The Ragin Cajuns wrap up the regular season today at two pm against South Alabama after splitting a double header with the Jaguars, winning the first six to five, but losing the second game ten to nothing. U-L Lafayette will be looking for its 40th win of the year today.

Nicholls can clinch a share of the Southland Conference regular season title today if they can complete a sweep of McNeese today. The Colonels clobbered the Cowboys ten to three yesterday.

In the NCAA Softball Tournament…Southeastern Louisiana upset Clemson in the Tuscloosa Regional six to two. It was the Lions first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. S-L-U will play Alabama at 10:30 today.

LSU and U-L Lafayette also advanced to the winner bracket. The Tigers will play Southern Illinois at noon today, while the Cajuns will battle Baylor at 2 PM.

Former LSU pitcher Paul Skenes threw six hitless innings and had eleven strikeouts in his first Major League win, a Pittsburgh nine to three victory over the Cubs.

The LSU baseball team got another great pitching performance today and will go for the sweep tomorrow against Ole Miss Rebels. Luke Holman struck out out nine in 6.2 innings as the Tigers doubled up Ole Miss four to two. Griffin Herring got out of a one out, two runners on jam in the eighth inning and earned his sixth save. Tommy White homered. Alex Milazzo and Josh Pearson had RBI singles. The final game of the series and the regular season is tomorrow at 1 PM. A win gives LSU 13 SEC wins.

Former LSU pitcher Paul Skenes struck out 11 in six hitless innings as the Pirates blew out the Cubs today today.

Louisiana Tech blew a six run lead but beat Liberty 12 to 8 in eleven innings. Jorge Corona homered twice.

ULM won game one its best of three series with Arkansas State today, 12 to 4 was the final score.

U-L Lafayette softball blanked Princeton eight to nothing in five innings to advance to the winner’s bracket. The Cajuns will play the winner of today’s game between Baylor and Ole Miss tomorrow.

Southeastern Louisiana pulled off the upset in the Tuscaloosa Regional beating Clemson six to two. It’s the Lions first ever NCAA Tournament win. They will likely play Alabama tomorrow.

The nation’s number one prospect at wide receiver for the Class of 2025 has de-committed from LSU. Dakorian Moore from Duncanville, Texas committed to the Tigers last August, but he announced yesterday he’s re-opening his commitment. Texas, Oregon and Ohio State are other schools interested in Moore.

Saints fans have dissected the 2024 regular season schedule which came out this week. Luke Johnson covers the Saints for nola-dot-com and says based on 2023 win-loss records, the 2024 schedule is not difficult….
cut 17 (18) “….it doesn’t feel that way”

And congratulations to Angel Reese. She graduated from LSU today with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. Reese and the Chicago Sky play tomorrow night in Dallas.

One win down, two more victories to go for the LSU Tigers. Needing a sweep for a chance at the NCAA Tournament, LSU took game one of its three-game set with Ole Miss beating the Rebels five to one last night. Gage Jump allowed one run in six innings and Coach Jay Johnson got great work from his bullpen…
cut 22 (12) “…with power”
Last night’s game was delayed by more than 90 minutes because of a thunderstorm. In an effort to avoid any delays today, Today’s game will start noon.

The 21st ranked Ragin Cajuns could not finish its game with South Alabama last night. U-L Lafayette leads the Jaguars six to four in the sixth inning and the game will resume at 3 PM.

Adarius Myers RBI single in the ninth inning gave Louisiana Tech a four to three victory over Liberty. The Bulldogs are a half a game back of Dallas Baptist for first place after the Patriots swept Middle Tennessee.

ULM’s baseball game was suspended in the bottom of the eighth last night with the Warhawks leading Arkansas State eight to four at Lou St. Amant Field. The game will resume at 1 PM today.

Nicholls edged McNeese four to three, Southeastern Louisiana swept a double header from Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi, while Lamar swept a doubleheader from UNO. Northwestern State’s game against Stephen F Austin was canceled.

The wake of the release of the Saints 2024 regular season schedule sees many fans questioning if the Saints can reach the postseason for the first time since 2020. NOLA.com’s Luke Johnson covers the Saints and says early season games against the Cowboys, Eagles, Falcons and Super Bowl champion Chiefs will test the Black and Gold…
Cut 16 (17) “….three or four games of the season.”