Despite winning 18 SEC games this season, the LSU Tigers will not host an NCAA Baseball Regional. The 16 regional sites were announced last night and the Tigers are not in that number. LSU has an RPI of 25 after going one and two in the SEC Tournament, which is why they’ll be on the road for the regionals.
But LSU will not have to travel far to play in a Regional. The Tigers will be in the Hattiesburg Regional and will face Kennesaw State on Friday. Army is the other team in the Hattiesburg Regional.
The Ragin Cajuns are in the NCAA Baseball Tournament for the first time since 2016 after rallying from a five-run deficit beat 25th ranked Georgia Southern seven to six in the Sun Belt Conference Championship game. Will Veillon drove in the winning run with a one-out RBI double in the ninth and Brandon Talley earned the save. U-L Lafayette will head west to College State Regional where they’ll face TCU on Friday. Texas A&M is a 5th national seed and they’ll face Oral Roberts.
Louisiana Tech won its first postseason conference title since 1987 when it defeated UTSA nine to eight to win the Conference USA Baseball Championship. Right fielder Steele Netterville’s walk-off single puts the Bulldogs in the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season. The Bulldogs will play Dallas Baptist in the Austin Regional. Texas will face Air Force.
Southeastern Louisiana will join LSU, Louisiana Tech, and U-L Lafayette in the NCAA Baseball Tournament after the Lions defeated McNeese 11 to seven on Saturday night in Lake Charles. It’s the Lions’ first Southland tournament title since 2014 and will send S-L-U back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017. SLU, who owns victories this season over Arkansas and Ole Miss, will be at the Auburn Regional. UCLA and Florida State are the other two teams in the Auburn Regional.
Southern nearly got into the NCAA Tournament as well, but the Jaguars lost to Alabama State six to five in 14 innings in the SWAC Tournament Championship game.
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