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GAMES 1-3 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 LSU BASEBALL vs. Saint Mary’s (Calif.) Feb. 9-11, 2007 • 7 p.m., Noon, Noon Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (7,760) Schedule/Results (0-0, 0-0 SEC) The Paul Mainieri Era Begins Against St. Mary’s College Date Opponent Time/Result LSU opens the Paul Mainieri era with a three-game series against Saint Mary’s (Calif.) this weekend at Alex Box Stadium. February (0-0) The series begins at 7 p.m. Friday and continues Saturday at noon and Sunday at noon. Mainieri, who becomes the 25th 9 (Fri.) ST. MARY’S (CALIF.) 7 p.m. head baseball coach at LSU, comes to the school after directing Notre Dame to 533 wins and nine NCAA Tournament 10 (Sat.) ST. MARY’S (CALIF.) Noon appearances in 12 seasons. 11 (Sun.) ST. MARY’S (CALIF.) Noon 16 (Fri.) at Stetson 6 p.m. >Broadcast Info 17 (Sat.) at Stetson (JSN) 1 p.m. Friday’s contest will be broadcast statewide on the LSU Sports Radio Network (WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge). 18 (Sun.) at Stetson (JSN) Noon Saturday’s game will be available in Baton Rouge only (WTGE 107.3 FM) due to the LSU men’s basketball game against 21 (Wed.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. Arkansas at 2 p.m. Sunday’s contest will also be Baton Rouge only due to the LSU women’s basketball team’s game 23 (Fri.) CENTRAL FLORIDA 7 p.m. against Connecticut at 2 p.m. Jim Hawthorne (play-by-play) and Charles Hanagriff (analyst) call the action all weekend. 24 (Sat.) CENTRAL FLORIDA Noon Live statistics and streaming video is available to members of the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net. 25 (Sun.) CENTRAL FLORIDA Noon 27 (Tue.) TULANE (CST tape delayed) 6:30 p.m. >Last Time Out March (0-0, 0-0 SEC) LSU (35-24) ended its season with an 8-3 loss to top-seeded Alabama at the SEC Tournament. The Tigers, who defeated 2 (Fri.) LIPSCOMB 7 p.m. the Crimson Tide in their opening game, were eliminated from the tournament after consecutive losses to Ole Miss and 3 (Sat.) LIPSCOMB 2 p.m. Alabama. LSU failed to earn a berth in an NCAA Regional for the first time since 1988, and the Tigers did not host a region- 4 (Sun.) LIPSCOMB 1 p.m. al tournament at Alex Box Stadium for the first time since 1989. 6 (Tue.) at Centenary % 7 p.m. 9 (Fri.) SOUTHERN MISS 7 p.m. >Notables 10 (Sat.) SOUTHERN MISS 2 p.m. LSU has won its last five season openers and has not lost a season opener since 2001 (9-8 vs. Kansas State) ... The 11 (Sun.) SOUTHERN MISS 1 p.m. 13 (Tue.) McNEESE STATE 6:30 p.m. Tigers have captured their last seven season-opening series dating back to 2000 ... LSU last lost a season-opening series 16 (Fri.) at South Carolina 6 p.m. in 1999 when Texas took two of three games from the Tigers in Baton Rouge ... Head coach Paul Mainieri has won his last 17 (Sat.) at South Carolina (JSN) 3 p.m. five season openers dating back to a 7-6 victory over Missouri in 2002 ... The Tigers are expected to have three to four 18 (Sun.) at South Carolina (JSN) 11 a.m. true freshmen starters in the lineup, which is the most in school history ... LSU still holds the highest winning percentage 21 (Wed.) SOUTHEASTERN LA. (CST) 6:30 p.m. in SEC regular season games since 2002 ... LSU and Saint Mary’s are meeting for the first time ... The Tigers are 0-1 all- 23 (Fri.) KENTUCKY 7 p.m. time against West Coast Conference teams with their only meeting coming against Loyola-Marymount at the 1986 CWS. 24 (Sat.) KENTUCKY 3 p.m. 25 (Sun.) KENTUCKY 11:45 a.m. 27 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. Pitching Matchups 30 (Fri.) at Alabama (JSN) 6:30 p.m. 31 (Sat.) at Alabama (JSN) 6 p.m. Game 1 April (0-0, 0-0 SEC) LSU -- Jr. LH Charlie Furbush (10-1, 2.89 ERA, 74.2 IP, 22 BB, 115 SO in 2006 at St. Joseph’s College in Maine) 1 (Sun.) at Alabama (JSN) 2 p.m. SMC -- Jr. RH Sean Gleason (0-0, 6.75 ERA, 9.1 IP, 5 BB, 6 SO) 3 (Tue.) at Tulane $ 7 p.m. 6 (Fri.) AUBURN 7 p.m. Game 2 7 (Sat.) AUBURN 3 p.m. LSU -- So. RH Louis Coleman (5-6, 6.14 ERA, 80.2 IP, 33 BB, 50 SO in 2006) 8 (Sun.) AUBURN (CST) 1 p.m. 11 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 6:30 p.m. SMC -- Fr. RH Brandon Berl (0-1, 6.94 ERA, 11.2 IP, 1 BB, 10 SO) 13 (Fri.) OLE MISS 7 p.m. 14 (Sat.) OLE MISS 3 p.m. Game 3 15 (Sun.) OLE MISS 1 p.m. LSU -- TBA 18 (Wed.) at New Orleans $ 7 p.m. SMC -- Fr. LH Anthony Aliotti (1-0, 1.17 ERA, 7.2 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO) 20 (Sat.) at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. 21 (Sat.) at Mississippi State 2 p.m. LSU Probable Position Starters (2006 stats) 22 (Sun.) at Mississippi State (JSN) 1:30 p.m. 25 (Wed.) SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. Pos. Player Cl.-Exp. B/T Avg. HR RBI Notable 27 (Fri.) TENNESSEE 7 p.m. C Robert Lara So.-1L R/R .273 0 8 11 starts; first time LSU has a new catcher since ‘03 28 (Sat.) TENNESSEE 3 p.m. 1B Sean Ochinko Fr.-HS R/R -- -- -- on Baseball America’s Top 300 HS Players list 29 (Sun.) TENNESSEE (CST) 1 p.m. May (0-0, 0-0 SEC) 2B Chris Jackson Jr.-1L R/R .305 1 17 based on ‘05 stats; return from Tommy John surgery 1 (Tue.) NICHOLLS STATE (CST) 6:30 p.m. SS Michael Hollander Jr.-2L R/R .280 5 33 2006 Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches) 4 (Fri.) at Arkansas 7:05 p.m. 3B J.T. Wise So.-1L R/R .299 11 40 2007 Brooks Wallace Award Watch List 5 (Sat.) at Arkansas (FSN) 3 p.m. LF Blake Dean Fr.-HS L/L -- -- -- 2006 Louisville Slugger All-American 6 (Sun.) at Arkansas (JSN) 1:05 p.m. CF Jared Mitchell Fr.-HS L/L -- -- -- 10th-round pick of Minnesota; WR on fball team 11 (Fri.) FLORIDA (CST) 7 p.m. RF Steven Waguespack Sr.-1L L/L .321 3 20 Team-high BA; batted .424 last 10 games of ‘06 12 (Sat.) FLORIDA (FSN) 3 p.m. DH Jason Lewis Jr.-JC R/R .355 5 57 as a sophomore at Chipola Junior College 13 (Sun.) FLORIDA (CST) 1 p.m. 17 (Thu.) at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. -or- Ryan Schimpf Fr.-HS L/R -- -- -- 5A all-state at St. Paul’s HS; .412, 12 HR, 37 RBI 18 (Fri.) at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. 19 (Sat.) at Vanderbilt (JSN) 1 p.m. LSU St. Mary’s 23-27 SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) Record 0-0 (0-0 SEC) Record 3-4 (0-0 WCC) 1-4 NCAA Regional (sites TBA) Ranking RV Baseball America Ranking NR Baseball America 8-10/9-11 NCAA Super Regional (sites TBA) No. 31 Collegiate Baseball NR Collegiate Baseball 15-26 NCAA College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) RV ESPN/Sports Weekly NR ESPN/Sports Weekly % - Fair Grounds Field (Shreveport, La.) Coach Paul Mainieri Coach Jedd Soto $ - Zephyr Field (Metairie, La.) Career Record 864-492-4 (.637/25th year) Career Record 63-100 (.387/fourth year) LSU Record 0-0 (.000/first year) SMC Record 63-100 (.387/fourth year) all times are Central and subject to change Mainieri vs. SMC 0-0 Soto vs. LSU 0-0 LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 Quick Facts Media Services Location: . .Baton Rouge, La. Founded: . .1860; campus moved to . .present site in 1926 Interviews with Head Coach Paul Mainieri Enrollment: . .31,582 Coach Mainieri is available for phone interviews on weekday mornings (9 a.m. -Noon) during the sea- Nickname: . .Fighting Tigers son. Please coordinate all requests for personal interviews with Coach Mainieri through his office. Colors: . .Purple and Gold Appointments and interviews may be arranged through Virginia Robertson at (225) 578-4148. Coach Conference: . .Southeastern (Western Mainieri will talk to reporters approximately 10 minutes after the end of a game in the LSU . .Division) dugout. President: . .Dr. William L. Jenkins Chancellor: . .Sean O'Keefe Faculty Representative: . .Kenneth E. Carpenter Player Interviews Athletics Director: . .J. Stanley "Skip" Bertman Media members are invited to attend LSU baseball practice sessions. Players are available for inter- Home Stadium: . .Alex Box Stadium views before each practice at approximately 1 p.m. in Alex Box Stadium. Requests for live player inter- Capacity: . .7,760 views on the field prior to a game should be made through Bill Franques in the Sports Information Opened: . .1938 Office. Post-game player interviews are conducted in front of the LSU dugout at the conclusion of Dimensions: . .LF-330; LC-365; CF-405; . .RC-365; RF-330 a brief team meeting on the field. Post-game player requests will be collected by Bill Martin in the Press Box Phone: . .(225) 578-4149 eighth inning. Head Coach: . .Paul Mainieri Record at LSU: . .0-0 (.000, first year) Mailing Address Overall Record: .