LSU and Rice are underway at Alex Box Stadium. The winner will advance to the Super Regionals and play Coastal Carolina, who defeated North Carolina State in the Raleigh Regional Championshp game. Coastal Carolina scored four runs in the ninth inning to win. The game was halted last night because of rain, with the bases loaded and one out and Coastal Carolina down by two in the ninth.

The super regional series between Coastal Carolina and the winner of the LSU-Rice contest will begin Saturday night at 8 PM. Game Two will be Sunday at 8 PM. A game three if necessary will take place Monday at either 1, 4 or 7 PM.

Safety Roman Harper is back with the Saints. The 33-year-old has spent the last two years with the Carolina Panthers and had four interceptions in 2014, but didn’t pick off a pass last year. Before his time in Carolina, Harper spent eight years with the Saints and was a Pro Bowl Player the year the Saints won their Super Bowl.

Tough finish for what was a good season by the UL Lafayette baseball team. The Cajuns were defeated twice by Arizona to win the Lafayette Regional and advance to play Mississippi State in the Super Regionals. Cajuns Coach Tony Robichaux says Arizona’s pitchers threw the ball well and his team had trouble putting runs on the board…
cut 20 (16) “….deficit down”
The Cajuns finish with a record of 43-21.

LSU’s first two home football games will be played at night. ESPN-U will televise the September 10th contest against Jacksonville State and the September 17th game in Tiger Stadium versus Mississippi State will kick off at 6 PM and it will be shown on ESPN and ESPN Two.

Louisiana Tech’s season opener at Arkansas will kick-off at 3 PM.