Because of rain, LSU’s scheduled game tonight in the SEC Baseball Tournament has been pushed back until tomorrow morning. So Tigers Coach Jay Johnson will have to wait one more day before he makes his debut in a tournament he calls one of college baseball’s great showcases…
cut 20 (17) “….outside of Omaha”
The plan was to play four single-elimination games yesterday, but only three were played because of the weather. 11th seeded Alabama upset sixth-seeded Georgia five to three, seventh-seeded Florida edged South Carolina two to one in ten innings and 8th seeded Vanderbilt defeated 9th seeded Ole Miss 3-1. LSU will play the winner of this morning’s game between Auburn and Kentucky tomorrow morning at 9:30.

Louisiana Tech opens play in the Conference USA baseball tournament this afternoon against Charlotte. The Bulldogs are seeking their second consecutive NCAA tournament bid. Coach Lane Burroughs believes Tech has done all it can to earn a spot in the field, but winning a few more games can’t hurt.
Cut 16 (17) “…leave no doubt.”
The Bulldogs and the 49ers will get underway at 12:30 in Hattiesburg.

10th seeded ULM rallied from a three-run deficit to beat seventh-seeded Georgia State eight to five yesterday in a single-elimination game. Chase DeJean drove in three runs, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a squeeze bunt. The Warhawks will face top-seeded Texas State tonight.

At 4 Pm today, The Ragin Cajuns will battle South Alabama. U-L Lafayette will send southpaw Brandon Talley to the mound.

Rainy weather has pushed back some start times at the SEC baseball tournament in Hoover, Alabama. So far just one game has been completed, with Alabama topping Georgia 5-3 this morning. LSU was slated to play the winner of tonight’s game between Kentucky and Auburn, but that has been postponed until noon tomorrow, leaving the Tigers in limbo for the time being. However, delays don’t change the Tigers’ goals and outfielder Dylan Crews says they’ve come to Hoover on a mission.

Cut 18 (20) “…ready for it.”

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ULM lives to fight another day after coming from two runs down to stun Georgia State, 8-5 in the Sun Belt tournament. The WarHawks will face top-seeded Texas State tomorrow night.

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In other college baseball action, fifth-seeded Tulane lost to Cincinnati 8-1 in their American Conference tournament opener. The Wave will take on either South Florida or East Carolina tomorrow afternoon in an elimination game. Tulane has lost six of its last seven games.

The SWAC tourney opens tomorrow with Southern and Grambling holding the top two seeds in the West. The Tigers will take on Bethune-Cookman while the Jags square off with Jackson State.

Louisiana Tech takes on Charlotte in the first round of the Conference USA tournament tomorrow as well. First pitch is scheduled for 12:30.

The best-of-three Southland tournament championship series starts on Thursday between second-seeded Southeastern and top-seed McNeese in Lake Charles.

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Zachary High School quarterback Eli Holstein announced his verbal commitment to play for Alabama as a member of the Class of 2023. Holstein was originally committed to Texas A&M and is rated as a four-star prospect and threw for 32-hundred yards with 30 touchdowns last season.

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Back in the RPI Top 25, the LSU Tigers are on a mission at the SEC tournament in Hoover. A strong showing could put them in position to host an NCAA regional. The driving force for the Tigers all season has been Dylan Crews, the newly crowned SEC Co-Player of the Year. Crews, who leads the SEC in home runs, runs scored, and ranks in the top four in nearly every major offensive category, is the first Tiger to be named Player of the Year since Raph Rhymes in 2012. To put a little icing on that cake, Crews was also named to the SEC’s All-Defense team.

Cut 17 (13) “…very blessed.”

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ULM faces Georgia State in the Sun Belt Tournament at noon today in Montgomery, Alabama. It’s a single-elimination game with the winner advancing to the double-elimination bracket. The Warhawks took two of three from the Panthers this season and have won 10 of the last 13 meetings.

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In other college baseball action, fifth-seeded Tulane lost to Cincinnati 8-1 in their American Conference tournament opener. The Wave will take on either South Florida or East Carolina tomorrow afternoon in an elimination game. Tulane has lost six of its last seven games.

The SWAC tourney opens tomorrow with Southern and Grambling holding the top two seeds in the West. The Tigers will take on Bethune-Cookman while the Jags square off with Jackson State.

Louisiana Tech takes on Charlotte in the first round of the Conference USA tournament tomorrow as well. First pitch is scheduled for 12:30.

The best-of-three Southland tournament championship series starts on Thursday between second-seeded Southeastern and top-seed McNeese in Lake Charles.

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For the second consecutive year, the LSU women’s golf team just misses the cut to advance to match play at the NCAA championships. The Tigers finished 11th in stroke play, five strokes out. Junior All-American Ingrid Lindblad, the reigning SEC champion shot a 70 in her final round to finish third overall.

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After a dominant weekend sweep of Vanderbilt, a number of LSU players could have earned award recognition but it was sophomore Brayden Jobert who took home the hardware after being named SEC Player of the Week. Jobert went 8-for-16 last week over four games with seven of those hits going for extra bases, including five home runs. In Sunday’s win over the Commodores, he tied the LSU single-game record with nine RBI and ranks second on the Tigers in both homers and runs batted in.

Not to be outdone, Dylan Crews was named SEC Co-Player of the Year, sharing the honor with Auburn’s Sonny DiChiara. Crews is batting .345 with 21 homers, 67 RBI, and 63 runs scored this season, and becomes the first LSU player to earn the honor since Raph Rhymes a decade ago.

It’s no surprise that Crews was also named to the All-SEC First Team, with Jacob Berry earning a second-team nod, and first baseman Tre Morgan was selected to the All-Defense team.

LSU opens play in the SEC tournament on Wednesday night against either Auburn or Kentucky.

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Southern and Grambling finished with the top two records in the SWAC West as they head to their conference tournament. Grambling takes on Bethune-Cookman at noon Wednesday with Southern facing Jackson State at 3:00 pm.

Second-seeded Southeastern travels to Lake Charles for a best-of-three series to decide the Southland conference championship. Game 1 is Thursday night.

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The Ragin Cajuns are the four-seed in the Sun Belt Tournament. U-L Lafayette will play South Alabama on Wednesday afternoon after taking two of three from Little Rock this weekend.

ULM is the tenth seed in the Sun Belt after sweeping Arkansas State. The Warhawks will face seventh-seeded Georgia State in a single-elimination game on Tuesday at 3 PM.

And Louisiana Tech is the two seed in the Conference USA Tournament and will play Charlotte on Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs just two took of three from the 49ers.

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LSU was eliminated from the NCAA softball tournament after losses to San Diego State and Cal St. Fullerton; the earliest exit for the Tigers since 2014. The U-L Ragin Cajuns fought their way out of the loser’s bracket to make it to Sunday at the Clemson Regional but fell to the Tigers 8-0 in five innings, as they were eliminated as well.

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LSU baseball made history and possibly put itself back in contention to host a regional after sweeping Vanderbilt this weekend. The Tigers outscored the Commodores 42-15 over three games to win three straight at Vandy for the first time in program history. The 42 runs were the most surrendered by the Commodores in any series since 1999. LSU batted a robust .356 for the weekend led by Dylan Crews who went 7-for-14 with four home runs, nine RBI and eight runs scored. LSU climbed all the way up to the fourth seed in the SEC tournament and will face either fifth-seeded Auburn or 12^th-seeded Kentucky on Wednesday at 8 pm.

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Southern and Grambling finished with the top two records in the SWAC West as they head to their tournament. Grambling takes on Bethune-Cookman at noon Wednesday with Southern facing Jackson State at 3:00 pm.

The top two seeds in the Southland square off this week to see who will earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Southeastern beat UNO 4-3 on Sunday to advance and now travels to Lake Charles to play McNeese. Game 1 is Thursday night.

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The Ragin Cajuns are also a four-seed in the Sun Belt Tournament. U-L Lafayette will play South Alabama on Wednesday afternoon after taking two of three from Little Rock.

ULM is the tenth seed in the Sun Belt after sweeping Arkansas State. The Warhawks will face seventh-seeded Georgia State in a single-elimination game on Tuesday at 3 PM.

And Louisiana Tech is the two seed in the Conference USA Tournament and will play Charlotte on Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs just two took of three from the 49ers.

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LSU was eliminated from the NCAA softball tournament after losses to San Diego State and Cal St. Fullerton. The U-L Ragin Cajuns put up a fight, climbing out of the loser’s bracket to make it to Sunday at the Clemson Regional, but fell to the Tigers 8-0 in five innings, as they were eliminated as well.

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The LSU women’s golf team has advanced through the first cut at the NCAA championships. The Tigers currently stand tied for seventh going into today’s final round of stroke-play qualifying.

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And the New Orleans Breakers improve to 4-2 in the USFL after beating the Pittsburgh Maulers 26-16.

The LSU Tigers are the four seed in this week’s SEC Baseball Tournament after three blowout victories over 21st ranked Vanderbilt. The Tigers completed the regular season on Saturday with a 21-10 win over the Commodores. Rightfielder Brayden Jobert hit two home runs and collected a school-record nine RBIs as LSU completed the regular season with a 37-18 record, 17-13 in the SEC.

The Ragin Cajuns are also a four-seed in the Sun Belt Tournament. U-L Lafayette will play South Alabama on Wednesday afternoon after the Ragin Cajuns took two of three from Little Rock.

ULM is the tenth seed in the Sun Belt Tournament after sweeping Arkansas State. The Warhawks will face seventh-seeded Georgia State in a single-elimination game on Tuesday at 3 PM.

Louisiana Tech is the two seed in the Conference USA Tournament and will play Charlotte on Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs just two took of three from the 49ers.

The Southland will have a best of three championship series to determine its conference tournament winner. McNeese will host Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday. S-L-U defeated U-N-O four to three in ten innings to advance to the championship series. Shea Thomas had the walk-off hit, while the Cowboys beat U-I-W eight to two on Saturday.

The McNeese softball team’s season ended yesterday with a 10-2 loss to Northwestern. The Cowgirls beat Notre Dame twice to reach the regional championship round for the first time in program history. The Cajuns were blanked by Auburn eight to nothing to end their season with a 47-13 record. LSU failed to win a game at the Tempe Regional.

The nation’s top high school quarterback recruit, Arch Manning, has scheduled three official visits in June. The 18-year-old Newman Greenie will visit Georgia, Alabama and Texas.

The LSU baseball team picked up its 16th win in SEC play last night with an eight to three victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores. Dylan Crews hit two more home runs to push his total for the season to 20. For the series, he’s 6 for 8 at the plate with three homers and seven RBIs. The Tigers will go for the series sweep this afternoon at 1 PM. This is LSU’s first series victory in Nashville since 2005.

Louisiana Tech also had an eight to three victory as the Bulldogs won in Charlotte. That’s Tech’s 19th Conference USA win. The rubber game of the series is at 10 AM.

ULM gave up five runs in the first inning, but came back to Arkansas State 13 to seven. The win secured a spot for the Warhawks in next week’s Sun Belt Tournament Conference Championship in Montgomery, Alabama. The Ragin Cajuns will be the four seed in that tournament after beating Little Rock 10 to 4. Carson Roccaforte went four for four and drove in his Sun Belt leading 64th run.

In the Southland Baseball Tournament, McNeese advanced to the championship round of the McNeese bracket after doubling up Nicholls eight to four. Cameron Foster struck out a career-high ten hitters in five innings of relief. The Colonels will play in an elimination game today at 1 PM in Lake Charles against U-I-W, who eliminated Northwestern State yesterday.

UNO is in the championship round in the games being played in Hammond. The Privateers held on for a 10-9 win over Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi. The Islanders will face Southeastern Louisiana in an elimination game today at 1 PM.

Southern stayed on top of the West Division in the SWAC with a 12-2 win over Alcorn, Grambling remains a game back of the Jags after outslugging Arkansas-Pine Bluff 18-13.

How about the McNeese softball team, they defeated Notre Dame 11 to 1 in a run rule win in the Evanston Regional. Kaylee Lopez drove in three rusn. The Cowgirls will face host school Northwestern at noon today.

Auburn edged the Lady Cajuns five to four in the Clemson Regional and LSU lost to San Diego State 10 to five in the Tempe Regional.

After a 13-2 win in their series opener, LSU takes on Vanderbilt in game two of their season-ending SEC series tonight at 6 pm. The Tigers have lost eight of their past nine regular-season series with the Commodores, including four straight at Vandy. That streak could come to an end tonight. The last time LSU won a series in Nashville was 2005. The Tigers are fighting for seeding in next week’s SEC tournament, where they could place anywhere from fifth to seventh.

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Southern has game two of its series versus Alcorn State. The U-L Ragin Cajuns try to even things with Little Rock as Louisiana Tech tries to do the same against UNC-Charlotte. UL-Monroe goes for consecutive wins for the first time since April 24-26 as they take on Arkansas State. And Tulane tries to rebound against Memphis.

On day two of the Southland Conference baseball tournament, Northwestern State was eliminated by eighth-seeded Incarnate Word and Southeastern beat Houston Baptist. Tonight, Nicholls faces McNeese and UNO takes on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

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In the opening round of the NCAA Softball tournament, UL came up just short against Auburn, losing 4-3.  The game was tied at 3 until the bottom of the sixth when Tigers first baseman Bri Ellis sent a solo shot over the center-field wall. The Cajuns will face UNC-Wilmington in an elimination game Saturday at 3:30 pm. LSU opens regional play tonight on the road for the first time since 2014. The Tigers will take on San Diego State at 7 pm in the Tempe Regional.

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The LSU women’s golf team is trying to make up for last year’s disappointment when they missed out on match play at the NCAA championships by a single stroke. This year the Tigers return as SEC champions and still have Ingrid Lindbland, the SEC individual champion and the world’s number two ranked women’s amateur player, one of three players on the team ranked in the top 100.

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The Boston Celtics evened up the Eastern Conference Finals at one game each after beating Miami 127-102 last night in their best-of-seven series. Tonight, Dallas will try to earn a split on the road at Golden State in game two of the Western Conference Finals.

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LSU opened its series with Vanderbilt by sinking the Commodores, 13-2 on Thursday night. The Tigers jumped out front with a six-run second inning. Jordan Thompson opened the frame with a solo home run followed by a three-run blast by Dylan Crews. Cade Doughty went yard twice and Brayden Jobert smacked his 15^th homer of the season as well, as the Tigers pounded out 16 hits against Vandy pitchers. Ma’Khail Hilliard gave another strong start, going five and a third innings and allowing just one run while improving to 6-1 on the season. The win guarantees LSU at least a .500 finish in the SEC. Game two starts tonight at 6 pm.

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Southern took over first place in the SWAC West with a 21-2 destruction of Alcorn State. Jovante Dorris hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run first inning for the Jags. The Ragin Cajuns lost to Little Rock 2-0, UL-Monroe ended a three-game skid with a 16-9 win over Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech lost to Charlotte 11-3 and Tulane fell to Memphis by the same score.

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More college baseball as the Southland Tournament began yesterday in Lake Charles and Hammond. In the McNeese Bracket, fourth-seeded Nicholls topped Northwestern State 7-5 and the top-seeded Cowboys doubled up Incarnate Word 12-6. NSU and UIW play an elimination game at 1 pm with Nicholls and McNeese starting at 6 tonight.

In the Southeastern Bracket, three-seed UNO beat Houston Baptist 10-3, and Southeastern was upset by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6-5. The Lions try to stay alive against HBU this afternoon while the Privateers take on the Islanders this evening.

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The NCAA softball tournament begins today. UL-Lafayette makes its 23^rd consecutive appearance in the tournament and faces Auburn at 1:30 this afternoon in the Clemson Regional. LSU opens regional play on the road for the first time since 2014. The Tigers will take on San Diego State tonight at 7 pm in the Tempe Regional.

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Despite the Vandy whistler’s disruption of the radio broadcast, the fighting Tigers of LSU answered with a crushing 13-2 victory over the Commodores in Nashville last night. Centerfielder Dylan Crews drove in four runs and second baseman Cade Doughty blasted two homers. LSU, which hit five home runs overall to increase its season total to 100, improved to 15-13 in the SEC. Vanderbilt dropped to 14-14 in conference play. Game 2 will be at 6pm this evening.

The SEC has issued a statement publicly reprimanding Alabama Coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M Coach Jimbo Fisher over the fighting words the two have exchanged this week regarding recruiting. Saban implicated Fisher and A&M “bought” every player on their team using name image and likeness. Fisher angrily responded saying they didn’t buy anybody and it’s despicable that Saban is a narcissist who is angry he didn’t get his way. In a statement the SEC reprimanded both coaches for violating conference rules of ethical conduct and public criticism of another member school.

More baseball scores around the state:

In Sun Belt Conference action, UL-Lafayette falls to Little Rock 2-0 Thursday at ML Tigue Moore Field. Game 2 is 6pm.

ULM pounded 5 home runs in the opening game of the Arkansas State Series which saw the Warhawks get a 16-9 win. Game 2 is 6pm.

Southern University slammed Alcorn State 21-2 in a game shortened to seven innings by the mercy rule. The Jags are now in 1st place in the SWAC with 2 games to play.

Tulane fell to Memphis last night 11-3.

The LSU softball team begins tournament action today against San Diego State at 7pm in the NCAA Tempe Regional. The Tigers receive a berth to the NCAA Tournament for the 17th consecutive season and have a record of 81-52 in the Big Dance with six NCAA Women’s College World Series appearances.