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WEEKEND RELEASE NO. 10 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 Schedule/Results (24-11, 5-7 SEC) Date Opponent Time/Result LSU BASEBALL February Weekend Release No. 10 • vs. Ole Miss 11 (Fri.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 12-1 April 15, 16 and 17, 2005 • 6:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 1 p.m. 12 (Sat.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 19-2 Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (7,760) 13 (Sun.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 6-3 15 (Tue.) UL-MONROE (COX) W, 9-6 Tigers Look To End SEC Woes Against No. 20 Ole Miss 18 (Fri.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 4-2 19 (Sat.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 11-8 No. 12 LSU (24-11, 5-7 SEC) plays host to No. 20 Ole Miss (23-10, 6-6) this weekend in a three-game Southeastern 20 (Sun.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 15-9 Conference series at Alex Box Stadium. Game 1 of the series is set for 6:30 p.m. CDT Friday, Game 2 begins at 2 p.m. 25 (Fri.) at Houston L, 1-2 CDT Saturday and Game 3 starts at 1 p.m. CDT Sunday. 27 (Sun.) at Houston (JSN) W, 11-5 27 (Sun.) at Houston (JSN) W, 8-1 >Broadcast Info March The games can be heard statewide on the LSU Sports Network (WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge). Jim Hawthorne and 2 (Wed.) at Centenary L, 1-6 % Charles Hanagriff will call the action. The radio broadcast and live stats are also available on the LSU Athletics web 4 (Fri.) UAB W, 12-6 site, www.LSUsports.net. Sunday’s game will be televised statewide by Cox Sports Television (Cable Ch. 37 in Baton 5 (Sat.) UAB W, 7-3 Rouge). Lyn Rollins (play-by-play) and Ben McDonald (analyst) will call the action. 6 (Sun.) UAB L, 3-4 8 (Tue.) #1 TULANE (COX) L, 2-6 >In the Standings 11 (Fri.) ARIZONA STATE W, 6-5 Ole Miss is tied with Auburn for fourth place in the SEC West, trailing division leader Alabama (8-4) by two games. 12 (Sat.) WESTERN ILLINOIS W, 10-8 LSU is sixth in the West, three games behind the Crimson Tide. LSU has lost four straight conference games, includ- 13 (Sun.) ARIZONA STATE W, 20-3 ing a three-game sweep at the hands of South Carolina last weekend in Baton Rouge. Ole Miss dropped two of three 18 (Fri.) at #17 Georgia W, 8-2 games last weekend to Alabama in Oxford. 19 (Sat.) at #17 Georgia W, 5-3 20 (Sun.) at #17 Georgia (JSN) W, 6-4 >Last Time Out 23 (Wed.) Southeastern La. W, 4-2 $ Each team earned a non-conference victory this week – LSU defeated Northwestern State, 19-2, on Tuesday, and Ole 25 (Fri.) AUBURN L, 4-6 Miss edged Southeastern Louisiana, 10-8, on Wednesday. The Tigers pounded out 19 hits -- its second largest out- 26 (Sat.) AUBURN W, 6-3 put of the season -- on a night when Smoke Laval earned his 400th career victory. 27 (Sun.) AUBURN L, 5-7 29 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS (COX) W, 18-10 Pitching Matchups April Game 1 1 (Fri.) at Alabama L, 0-4 LSU -- Sr. LHP Lane Mestepey (5-4, 2.80 ERA, 64.1 IP, 12 BB, 36 SO) 2 (Sat.) at Alabama (JSN) W, 11-2 UM -- Jr. RHP Mark Holliman (4-1, 4.25 ERA, 53.0 IP, 19 BB, 57 SO) 3 (Sun.) at Alabama (JSN) L, 4-5 (13) 5 (Tue.) at Nicholls State W, 3-2 Game 2 6 (Wed.) #11 Rice (JSN) W, 8-2 LSU -- So. LHP Clay Dirks (7-1, 3.16 ERA, 51.1 IP, 17 BB, 35 SO) 8 (Fri.) #4 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 1-3 UM -- Jr. LHP Matt Maloney (4-1, 0.99 ERA, 45.1 IP, 10 BB, 59 SO) 9 (Sat.) #4 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 1-5 10 (Sun.) #4 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 5-7 Game 3 12 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 19-2 LSU -- Jr. LHP Greg Smith (4-2, 3.29 ERA, 52.0 IP, 17 BB, 48 SO) 15 (Fri.) #20 OLE MISS 6:30 p.m. UM -- Jr. LHP Eric Fowler (2-1, 3.76 ERA, 26.1 IP, 5 BB, 32 SO) 16 (Sat.) #20 OLE MISS 2 p.m. 17 (Sun.) #20 OLE MISS (COX) 1 p.m. LSU Probable Position Starters 19 (Tue.) at Tulane (ESPN 2) 6 p.m. $ 22 (Fri.) at Arkansas 7:05 p.m. Pos. Player Cl.-Exp. B/T Avg. HR RBI Notable 23 (Sat.) at Arkansas 3:05 p.m. C Matt Liuzza Jr.-2L R/R .250 2 16 .357 (5-for-14), 1 2B, 3 RBI last 5 games 24 (Sun.) at Arkansas (JSN) 1:05 p.m. 1B Blake Gill Sr.-3L L/R .331 5 33 .385 (15-for-39), 3 HR, 7 RBI last 10 games 29 (Fri.) at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. -or- Will Harris Jr.-2L R/R .222 3 14 .300 (6-for-20) vs. left-handed pitchers 30 (Sat.) at Vanderbilt 2 p.m. 2B Clay Harris Sr.-3L R/R .368 5 31 .625 (20-for-32) vs. left-handed pitchers May SS Michael Hollander Fr.-HS R/R .271 1 12 .269 (7-for-26) vs. left-handed pitchers 1 (Sun.) at Vanderbilt (JSN) 1 p.m. 3B Derek Hebert Sr.-1L L/R .230 1 6 .286 (4-for-14), 0 HR, 2 RBI last 5 games 3 (Tue.) SOUTHERN (COX) 6:30 p.m. -or- Chris Jackson Fr.-RS R/R .450 1 8 .500 (6-for-12), 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI last 3 games 6 (Fri.) KENTUCKY (COX) 6:30 p.m. LF Ryan Patterson Sr.-2L R/R .410 13 35 Baseball America Midseason All-American 7 (Sat.) KENTUCKY 2 p.m. -or- Quinn Stewart Jr.-1L R/R .257 1 10 LSU’s leading hitter in last 5 games, .417 BA 8 (Sun.) KENTUCKY Noon CF Bruce Sprowl Jr.-1L L/R .241 1 7 .250 (2-for-8) vs. South Carolina last weekend 13 (Fri.) TENNESSEE (COX) 6:30 p.m. -or- Ryan Patterson Sr.-2L R/R .410 13 35 Leads SEC in five offensive categories 14 (Sat.) TENNESSEE (SEC-TV) 3 p.m. RF Nick Stavinoha Sr.-1L R/R .345 8 31 .462 (18-for-39) with runners in score position 15 (Sun.) TENNESSEE Noon DH Jordan Mayer Fr.-RS R/R .280 1 12 .471 (8-for-17) vs. left-handed pitchers 18 (Wed.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. # -or- Dustin Weaver Sr.-2L R/R .217 4 15 .250 (1-for-4), 1 HR, 1 RBI vs. South Carolina 20 (Fri.) at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. 21 (Sat.) at Mississippi State 2 p.m. LSU Ole Miss 22 (Sun.) at Mississippi State (JSN) 1:30 p.m. Record 24-11 (5-7 SEC) Record 23-10 (6-6 SEC) 25-29 SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) Ranking No. 22 Baseball America Ranking No. 21 Baseball America June No. 19 Collegiate Baseball NR Collegiate Baseball 3-5 NCAA Regional (sites TBA) No. 12 ESPN/Sports Weekly No. 20 ESPN/Sports Weekly 10-12/11-13 NCAA Super Regional (sites TBA) Coach Smoke Laval Coach Mike Bianco 17-26/27 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Career Record 400-233-1 (.632/11th year) Career Record 273-171-1 (.615/eighth year) % - Fair Grounds Field # - Maestri Field LSU Record 159-74-1 (.682/fourth year) UM Record 173-100-1 (.634/fifth year) $ - Zephyr Field Laval vs. UM 5-6 Bianco vs. LSU 7-12 LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 Tracking the Tigers Statistical Comparison LSU Ole Miss Week BA CB ESPN/SW .296 Batting Average .323 Preseason 2 5 4 3.34 Earned Run Average 3.93 Feb. 7 2 5 3 76 Doubles 75 Feb. 14 2 5 3 12 Triples 6 Feb. 21 2 3 2 47 Homers 42 Feb. 28 3 3 2 .488 Slugging Percentage .509 March 7 5 6 5 .379 On-Base Percentage .404 March 14 5 5 6 18/25 Stolen Bases/Attempts 24/32 March 21 3 3 3 .241 Opponents Batting Average .267 March 28 5 4 5 249 Strikeouts 272 April 4 8 9 6 10 Saves 9 April 11 22 19 12 .966 Fielding Percentage .972 In The Polls LSU dropped 14 spots to No. 22 in Baseball America this week after going 1-3 last week. The Tigers are ranked 19th in Collegiate Baseball and 12th in ESPN/Sports Weekly. Four out of LSU's last five games have been against ranked opponents. Beginning this weekend, the Tigers' next 10 games are against teams ranked in the top 25. The LSU-Ole Miss Series Baseball America (April 11) LSU leads the overall series with Ole Miss, 152-128, and the Tigers have won 11 of the 17 meetings between the clubs this decade. LSU has also won five of its last six regular-season series with Ole Miss, including a 2-1 series vic- 1. Texas (29-6) tory last season in Oxford. Ole Miss has not won a series at Alex Box Stadium since 1982 when the Rebels took two 2. Cal State Fullerton (23-8) of three games to end the regular season. 3. Tulane (29-5) 4. Georgia Tech (26-7) 5. Florida (25-8) On Deck 6. Arizona (24-10) A tough road stretch awaits the Tigers, beginning with Tuesday night's showdown against No.