GAME 23 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 LSU BASEBALL vs. New Orleans March 26 6:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. Alex Box Stadium (7,760) Schedule/Results (15-7, 2-4 SEC) New Orleans Privateers (13-8) at LSU Fighting Tigers (15-7) Date Opponent T ime/Result SERIES INFORMATION February LSU leads the overall series with UNO, 48-31, as the squads first met in 1976. The Tigers have won 18 22 (Fri.) INDIANA W , 7-1 23 (Sat.) INDIANA W , 5-4 of the last 20 meetings with the Privateers. UNO’s only wins in that sp an were a 5-4 victory at Zephyr Field 24 (Sun.) INDIANA L, 6-7 in 2003 and a 5-4 win at Zephyr Field last season. 26 (T ue.) SOUTHERN (Cox Sport s) W , 6-1 2 7 ( W ed.) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W , 9-1 PITCHING MATCHUP 29 (Fri.) DUQUESNE W , 10-1 March LSU - Jr. LHP Ryan Byrd (1-1, 7.97 ERA, 20.1 IP, 7 BB 12 SO) 1 (Sat.) DUQUESNE W , 22-1 1 UNO - Fr. RHP Tyler Sanders (0-2, 11.32 ERA, 10.1 IP, 4 BB, 13 SO) 2 (Sun.) DUQUESNE W , 12-2 4 (T ue.) MICHIGAN STATE W , 5-3 RADIO 5 (W ed.) MICHIGAN STATE W , 12-1 8 (Sat.) STETSON (Game 1) W , 9-3 LSU Sport s Radio Network affiliates -- WDGL 98.1 FM is the Baton Rouge affiliate 8 (Sat.) STETSON (Game 2) W , 6-5 9 (Sun.) STETSON L, 2-7 TV 11 (T ue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA L, 3-6 None 14 (Fri.) at Tennessee L, 5-6 16 (Sun.) at Tennessee (Game 1) L, 3-7 16 (Sun.) at Tennessee (Game 2) L, 3-7 INTERNET 1 9 ( W ed.) TULANE W , 7-5 w w w.LSUsports.net live video, audio and st ats 21 (Fri.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sport s) W , 8-7 22 (Sat.) ARKANSAS L, 13-14 23 (Sun.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sport s) W , 4-2 NOTES 25 (T ue.) N O R THWESTERN STATE W , 10-3 • LSU defeated Northwestern State, 10-3, Tuesday night in Alex Box Stadium. Junior right-hander Louis 2 6 ( W ed.) NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. Coleman earned the win, limiting the Demons to one unearned run on four hits in six innings with no walks 28 (Fri.) at Florida 5:30 p.m. 29 (Sat.) at Florida 3 p.m. and seven strikeouts. Rightfielder Derek Helenihi, catcher Sean Ochinko and shortstop DJ LeMahieu each 30 (Sun.) at Florida (FSN Florida) Noon drove in two runs to pace the Tigers’ 14-hit attack. April 1 (T ue.) at Southern (Pelican Sport s) 6 p.m. LSU won has won four of its last five games, including a 2-1 SEC series victory over Arkansas . LSU 2 (W ed.) CENTENARY 6:30 p.m. 4 (Fri.) ALABAMA 6 p.m. has won four straight series against the Razorbacks, beginning with a sweep in Fayetteville in 2005 . 5 (Sat.) ALABAMA Noon LSU came from behind in all three of its victories last week - the Tigers erased a 5-2 sixth-inning deficit 6 (Sun.) ALABAMA (Cox Sport s) 1 p.m. against Tulane, a 7-6 seventh-inning deficit in Game 1 against Arkansas and a 1-0 second-inning deficit in 9 (W ed.) at Southern Mississippi 6:30 pm. Game 3 versus Arkansas 11 (Fri.) at Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. 12 (Sat.) at Ole Miss 4 p.m. 13 (Sun.) at Ole Miss (JSN) 1:30 p.m. • Junior first baseman Matt Clark hit .500 (6-for-12) in the Arkansas series with one double, two homers, 15 (T ue.) NICHOLLS STATE 6:30 p.m. two RBI and five runs scored . junior third baseman Michael Hollander hit .400 (6-for-15) against the 1 6 ( W ed.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. Razorbacks with two doubles and two RBI . sophomore left fielder Blake Dean unloaded two homers 18 (Fri.) GEORGIA 7 p.m. 19 (Sat.) GEORGIA 3 p.m. and drove in four runs over the weekend. 20 (Sun.) GEORGIA (JSN) Noon 22 (T ue.) at Tulane (Cox Sport s) 6 p.m. • LSU hit seven homers in the Arkansas series, including a walk-off solo shot by designated hitter Matt 2 3 ( W ed.) McNEESE ST. (Cox Sport s) 6:30 p.m. Gaudet in the 11th inning of Game 1 to give the Tigers an 8-7 win . LSU now has 30 homers in 21 games 25 (Fri.) SOUTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. 26 (Sat.) SOUTH CAROLINA 3 p.m. this season - the Tigers had only 40 homers in 56 games last season. 27 (Sun.) SOUTH CAROLINA (JSN) 1 p.m. 29 (T ue.) UL-LAFAYETTE (Cox Sport s) 6:30 p.m. • Junior left-hander Ryan Verdugo pitched brilliantly in Sunday's 4-2 win over Arkansas, limiting the May Razorbacks to one run on three hits in seven innings with four walks and five strikeouts . Verdugo, who 2 (Fri.) at Kentucky (JSN) 5:30 p.m. improved to 4-1 on the year, turned in the longest outing by an LSU pitcher this season . Verdugo low- 3 (Sat.) at Kentucky (JSN) Noon 4 (Sun.) at Kentucky (Cox Sport s) Noon ered his ERA to a team-best 2.52. 9 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI ST, (Cox Sport s) 7 p.m. 10 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (FSN) 3 p.m. • Senior right-hander Jared Bradford recorded a win and a save last week - he earned a save in 11 (Sun.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (Cox Sport s) 1 p.m. Wednesday's victory over Tulane and posted a relief win on Friday versus Arkansas . Bradford worked 13 (T ue.) New Orleans * (Metairie, La.) 6:30 p.m. 15 (Thu.) at Auburn (Cox Sport s) 6 p.m. a scoreless ninth inning versus Tulane, allowing one hit with one strikeout; he pitched three shutout innings 16 (Fri.) at Auburn (Cox Sport s) 6 p.m. against Arkansas, allowing three hits with no walks and two Ks. 17 (Sat.) at Auburn 2 p.m. 21-25 SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. • LSU's March 2 win over Duquesne marked the 900th career coaching victory for Tigers coach Paul 30-June 1/2 NCAARegional Tournament Site T B A June Mainieri, now in his 26th season of collegiate coaching . he recorded 179 wins in six seasons at St. 6-8/7-9 NCAASuper Regional Series Site T B A Thomas University, 152 wins in six seasons at Air Force, 533 wins in 12 seasons at Notre Dame, and he 14-24/25 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) has 44 wins in two seasons at LSU . 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