LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri has announced that Zac Person will start on the mound tomorrow night against TCU. The senior left-hander from Eunice will make his second start of the season. He’s 2-0 with a 3.34 ERA. Mainieri also says the Tigers will stay with the gold jerseys and Alex Bregman will remain in the lead-off spot. He had four hits yesterday and he’s confident the Tigers can win three games in three days, starting tomorrow, in order to advance to the championship series…
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LSU will play TCU tomorrow night at 7 PM.

For the second time this week, LSU has received a verbal commitment from a defensive player in Texas. Rahssan Thornton from Killeen, Texas, gave his verbal pledge to the Bayou Bengals. He’s listed as a defensive end-slash-linebacker and picked LSU over Texas, Michigan and Oklahoma. He’s currently listed by 24-7 sports as a three-star prospect. On Sunday, Erick Fowler, a defensive end-slash-linebacker committed to LSU. He’s a four-star prospect from Manor, Texas.

Saints linebacker Junior Galette says he plans to meet with NFL officials in New York later this month about his arrest that resulted in charges of domestic violence. The criminal charges were dropped, but Galette still faces a civil lawsuit. Galette told reporters that he’s optimistic that the NFL will not take any action against him.

Northwestern State’s Cort Brinson has been named the Southland Baseball Student-Athlete of the Year. Brinson hit .350 with nine home runs and 42 RBIs for the Demons this past season and he has a 3.47 GPA, while majoring in biology.