GAME 16 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 LSU BASEBALL vs. Tulane March 7, 2006 • 6:30 p.m. (Cox Sports) Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (7,760) 2006 Schedule/Results (13-2, 0-0 SEC) Tigers Face First Ranked Opponent of 2006 Season Date Opponent Time/Result No. 8 LSU (13-2) plays host to No. 12 Tulane at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Alex Box Stadium as the Tigers face their first ranked February (10-1) opponent this season. 10 (Sat.) NORTH FLORIDA W, 11-1 11 (Sat.) NORTH FLORIDA W, 4-0 >Broadcast Info 12 (Sun.) NORTH FLORIDA L, 3-4 (10) Tuesday’s game can be heard statewide on the LSU Sports Network (WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge). Jim Hawthorne and 14 (Tue.) CENTENARY W, 15-3 Charles Hanagriff call the action. The contest will be televised live on Cox Sports (cable ch. 37 in Baton Rouge). Lyn Rollins 17 (Fri.) TENNESSEE TECH W, 9-6 (play-by-play) and Ben McDonald (analyst) call the action. Live stats are available on www.LSUsports.net. Live audio and 18 (Sat.) TENNESSEE TECH W, 7-2 video is also available to members of the Geaux Zone powered by USAgencies on www.LSUsports.net. 19 (Sun.) TENNESSEE TECH W, 8-3 21 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W, 7-3 >Last Time Out 24 (Fri.) TEMPLE W, 4-1 LSU captured its 10th straight series, taking two of three games from Houston this past weekend. After being handcuffed 25 (Sat.) TEMPLE W, 9-0 by Brad Lincoln in a 5-3 loss on Friday night, the Tigers responded with a 7-0 win behind seven scoreless innings from 26 (Sun.) TEMPLE W, 14-4 (8) Derik Olvey on Saturday. On Sunday, LSU scored four runs in the eighth to earn a thrilling 5-3 come-from-behind victory. March (3-1, 0-0 SEC) 1 (Wed.) UL-MONROE (COX) W, 8-5 >Notables 3 (Fri.) HOUSTON L, 3-5 The LSU-Tulane series has been even during Laval’s four season as the coach of the Tigers, with each club winning six of 4 (Sat.) HOUSTON W, 7-0 the 12 meetings since 2002 ... Tulane defeated LSU twice last season (6-2 on March 8 in Baton Rouge; 11-8 on April 19 5 (Sun.) HOUSTON W, 5-3 at Zephyr Field in Metairie) en route to its College World Series berth ... LSU leads the all-time 157-120-3, but the Green 7 (Tue.) TULANE (COX) 6:30 p.m. Wave have won the last two meetings in Alex Box Stadium ... It is the longest running series for both programs ... The 10 (Fri.) STETSON 6:30 p.m. 11 (Sat.) STETSON 2 p.m. Tigers have won 10 straight series, dating back to last season ... LSU is 129-0 when leading after eight innings the past 12 (Sun.) STETSON 1 p.m. four seasons and hasn’t blown a ninth-inning lead since Houston on Feb. 24, 2002 ... Tonight’s game marks the fourth 17 (Fri.) at Kentucky 5:30 p.m. straight Conference USA opponent ... LSU has 10 triples in 15 games after recording 14 triples in 62 games last season 18 (Sat.) at Kentucky (JSN) Noon ... Bruce Sprowl leads the team and the SEC in that category with three ... The Tigers are second in the SEC in sacrifice 19 (Sun.) at Kentucky (JSN) Noon bunts with 14 and only had 22 sacrifices all of last season ... LSU closes a 19-game homestand against Stetson this week- 22 (Wed.) Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. $ end before opening SEC play at Kentucky ... LSU continues to pace the SEC in hitting with a .339 average, and the Tigers 24 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 6:30 p.m. also lead the league in runs (114), triples (10), RBI (101), total bases (250) and fielding percentage (.980) ... Quinn 25 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 p.m. Stewart hit .500 (8-for-16) in LSU’s four games last week with one double, one triple, two homers and seven RBI ... Derik 26 (Sun.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 p.m. Olvey lowered his ERA on the year to a remarkable 0.30 after his outing on Saturday, as he has allowed only one earned 28 (Tue.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. # run in 30.1 innings this season while recording three walks and 20 strikeout ... Olvey is first in the league in ERA and fourth 31 (Fri.) SOUTH CAROLINA 6:30 p.m. in opposing batting average ... LSU pitching has racked up a league-best 133 strikeouts ... The Tigers were 13-11 versus April (0-0, 0-0 SEC) ranked opponents last season and 4-4 against Conference USA teams ... LSU has won six games this season in which 1 (Sat.) SOUTH CAROLINA 4 p.m. they trailed at some point during the contest ... Tulane starter Brandon Gomes defeated LSU last season in Alex Box 2 (Sun.) SOUTH CAROLINA 1 p.m. Stadium, limiting the Tigers to two runs on nine hits in five innings with one walk and three strikeouts. 4 (Tue.) SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. 7 (Fri.) at Tennessee 6 p.m. 8 (Sat.) at Tennessee (FSN) 3 p.m. Pitching Matchup 9 (Sun.) at Tennessee (JSN) 11:30 a.m. LSU – Fr. RHP Louis Coleman (2-0, 4.11 ERA, 15.1 IP, 5 BB, 15 SO) 11 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. 14 (Fri.) ALABAMA 6:30 p.m. • True freshman who is making his fourth start of the season (all mid-week games) 15 (Sat.) ALABAMA 2 p.m. • Last outing: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 SO in a no-decision versus UL-Monroe on March 1 16 (Sun.) ALABAMA 1 p.m. • Has held opponents to a .228 batting average 18 (Tue.) at Tulane 7 p.m. $ 21 (Fri.) at Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. TU – Jr. RHP Brandon Gomes (1-1, 3.44 ERA, 18.1 IP, 2 BB, 14 SO) 22 (Sat.) at Ole Miss (JSN) 4 p.m. 23 (Sun.) at Ole Miss (JSN) 1:30 p.m. LSU Probable Position Starters 26 (Wed.) NEW ORLEANS (COX) 6:30 p.m. 28 (Fri.) ARKANSAS (COX) 6:30 p.m. Pos. Player Cl.-Exp. B/T Avg. HR RBI Notable 29 (Sat.) ARKANSAS 2 p.m. C Matt Liuzza Sr.-3L R/R .364 1 6 Rated No. 31 senior by Baseball America 30 (Sun.) ARKANSAS 1 p.m. 1B Jordan Mayer So-1L R/R .265 1 7 Has played 11 gms since broken thumb on Jan. 20 May (0-0, 0-0 SEC) 2B Jason Ogata Fr.-HS R/R .278 0 6 No. 1 HS prospect in Northwest in 2005 5 (Fri.) at Auburn 7 p.m. 6 (Sat.) at Auburn (JSN) 7 p.m. SS Michael Hollander Fr.-HS R/R .333 1 16 1 error last 33 games, 4th in SEC in runs (15) 7 (Sun.) at Auburn (JSN) 1 p.m. 3B Will Harris Sr.-3L R/R .296 2 9 Team-high 3 sac bunts, .294 (5-for-17) last 5 games 12 (Fri.) VANDERBILT (COX) 6:30 p.m. LF Steven Waguespack Jr.-TR L/L .388 1 7 Leads team in avg., OB%; 9th in SEC in batting avg. 13 (Sat.) VANDERBILT 2 p.m. CF Bruce Sprowl Sr.-2L L/R .362 0 9 3 triples this season leads team and SEC 14 (Sun.) VANDERBILT 1 p.m. RF Quinn Stewart Jr.-1L R/R .364 3 17 .529 (9-for-17), 2 HR, 9 RBI last 5 gms; GW hit Sun 16 (Tue.) Rice 7 p.m. $ DH J.T. Wise Fr.-HS R/R .321 0 12 .333 (6-for-18), 5 RBI last 5 games 18 (Thu.) at Florida 5:30 p.m. 19 (Fri.) at Florida 5:30 p.m. 20 (Sat.) at Florida (FSN) Noon LSU Tulane 24-28 SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) Record 13-2 (0-0 SEC) Record 10-4 (0-0 C-USA) June (0-0, 0-0 SEC) Ranking No. 13 Baseball America Ranking No. 12 Baseball America 2-5 NCAA Regional (sites TBA) No. 8 Collegiate Baseball No. 22 Collegiate Baseball 9-11/10-12 NCAA Super Regional (sites TBA) No. 10 ESPN/Sports Weekly No. 15 ESPN/Sports Weekly 16-26/27 NCAA College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Coach Smoke Laval Coach Rick Jones Career Record 429-246-1 (.636/12th year) Career Record 809-334-2 (.709/20th year) # - Maestri Field $ - Zephyr Field LSU Record 188-87-1 (.684/fifth year) TU Record 534-241-1 (.687/20th year) all times are Central and subject to change Laval vs. TU 7-8 Jones vs. LSU 15-16 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 Smoke Laval Enrollment: . .31,234 Coach Laval is available for phone interviews on weekday mornings (9 a.m. -Noon) during the season. Nickname: . .Fighting Tigers Please coordinate all requests for personal interviews with Coach Laval through his office. Colors: . .Purple and Gold Appointments and interviews may be arranged through Virginia Robertson at (225) 578-4148. Coach Conference: . .Southeastern (Western Laval will talk to reporters approximately 10 minutes after the end of a game in the LSU dugout. .Division) President: . .Dr. William L. Jenkins Chancellor: . .Sean O'Keefe Player Interviews Faculty Representative: . .Kenneth E.