GAME 68 5 NCAA TITLES, 15 CWS APPEARANCES, 14 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 LSU BASEBALL vs. Virginia (College World Series) June 13 • 6 p.m. (ESPN) Omaha, Neb. • Rosenblatt Stadium Schedule/Results (51-16, 20-10 SEC) Date Opponent Time/Result # 5 Virginia Cavaliers (48-13-1) vs. # 1 LSU Tigers (51-16) February 20 (Fri.) VILLANOVA (CST) W, 12-3 RANKINGS 21 (Sat.) VILLANOVA W, 11-1 • LSU - No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball; No. 1 by Baseball America; No. 1 by NCBWA 23 (Sun.) VILLANOVA W, 6-3 • UVA - No. 5 by Baseball America; No. 6 by NCBWA; No. 6 by Collegiate Baseball 25 (Wed.) SOUTHERN W, 11-5 27 (Fri.) CENTRAL FLORIDA W, 13-4 28 (Sat.) CENTRAL FLORIDA W, 11-2 RADIO/INTERNET/TV March • LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates -- the Baton Rouge affiliate is WDGL 98.1 FM 1 (Sun.) CENTRAL FLORIDA W, 16-0 • www.LSUsports.net - live audio and stats 3 (Tue.) at New Orleans W, 19-3 4 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 10-4 • Saturday’s game will be televised by ESPN 6 (Fri.) ILLINOIS L, 1-3 7 (Sat.) ILLINOIS W, 22-10 LSU STARTING PITCHER 8 (Sun.) ILLINOIS L, 2-6 So. RHP Anthony Ranaudo (10-3, 2.95 ERA, 109.2 IP, 41 BB, 147 SO) or 10 (Tue.) at Southeastern Louisiana W, 16-5 11 (Wed.) LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE L, 9-10 Sr. RHP Louis Coleman (13-2, 2.76 ERA, 114.0 IP, 19 BB, 124 SO) 13 (Fri.) KENTUCKY W, 5-3 15 (Sun.) KENTUCKY (Game 1) L, 2-5 SERIES HISTORY 15 (Sun.) KENTUCKY (Game 2) W, 3-1 • LSU leads the all-time series with Virignia, 3-0, as the the teams’ only previous meeting came in the 17 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 2-1 18 (Wed.) McNEESE STATE W, 6-3 opening series of the 2000 season in the original Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers, who went on to win the 20 (Fri.) at South Carolina L, 3-7 2000 national championship, swept the three-game series from the Cavaliers by scores of 8-0, 13-2 and 21 (Sat.) at South Carolina W, 10-3 13-4. 22 (Sun.) at South Carolina (SportSouth) W, 11-3 24 (Tue.) HARVARD (CST) W, 4-3 25 (Wed.) HARVARD W, 10-2 LSU IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT 27 (Fri.) OLE MISS L, 4-7 • LSU has a 117-44 (.727) all-time record in the NCAA Tournament and owns the highest winning per- 28 (Sat.) OLE MISS (Fox Sports South) W, 6-5 centage in tournament history. The Tigers are 76-17 (.817) in NCAA Regional games and have captured 29 (Sun.) OLE MISS W, 2-1 18 regional titles. LSU is 11-8 (.579) in NCAA Super Regional games with five super regional titles. April 1 (Wed.) at Tulane L, 7-8 3 (Fri.) at Georgia W, 8-4 • LSU is making its 15th College World Series appearance -- the Tigers have advanced to Omaha in 1986, 4 (Sat.) at Georgia (CSS) L, 8-10 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2009. The Tigers are 5 (Sun.) at Georgia W, 7-5 30-19 (.612) at the CWS with five national titles (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000). 8 (Wed.) GRAMBLING W, 8-4 10 (Fri.) at Alabama W, 8-5 11 (Sat.) at Alabama (CST) L, 5-13 NOTES ON THE 2009 TIGERS 12 (Sun.) at Alabama (CST) W, 12-7 • LSU enters the College World Series riding a 10-game win streak, its longest of the season. After a 4-1 14 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS (CST) W, 8-6 loss to Vanderbilt in the opening game of the SEC Tournament (May 20), the Tigers have won 10 con- 15 (Wed.) NICHOLLS STATE L, 1-3 17 (Fri.) TENNESSEE W, 18-3 secutive games, including two wins over Rice (12-9 and 5-3) in the NCAA Super Regional in Alex Box 18 (Sat.) TENNESSEE L, 5-7 Stadium. 19 (Sun.) TENNESSEE L, 4-9 • Since April 22, 2008, LSU’s record is a remarkable 77-19 (.802). The Tigers won 26 of their final 29 21 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (CST) W, 6-5 games last season (including a 23-game win streak) and have posted a 51-16 mark in 2009. 22 (Wed.) Louisiana-Lafayette * (CST) W, 10-6 24 (Fri.) AUBURN (CSS) W, 7-3 • LSU claimed 2009 SEC regular-season title, the 14th in school history. LSU moved into a tie with 25 (Sat.) AUBURN W, 7-6 Alabama for the most championships in league annals. The Tigers have won eight SEC titles since 1990 26 (Sun.) AUBURN (CSS) W, 7-6 -- the schools with the second-highest number of league titles in that span are Georgia and Florida with 28 (Tue.) TULANE (CST) W, 13-2 three apiece. May 2 (Sat.) at Arkansas (Game 1) L, 4-11 • LSU three weeks ago claimed its second straight SEC Tournament title, becoming the first school to win 2 (Sat.) at Arkansas (Game 2) W, 5-0 back-to-back tournament crowns since Alabama in 2002 and 2003. After an opening loss to Vanderbilt, 3 (Sun.) at Arkansas (CST) W, 4-3 LSU won five straight games, including a 6-2 win over the Commodores in the championship contest. 8 (Fri.) FLORIDA (CST) W, 10-1 • The Tigers won nine of their 10 SEC series this season, and they have captured 13 league series wins 9 (Sat.) FLORIDA (FSF) W, 4-0 10 (Sun.) FLORIDA (CST) L, 3-9 in the last 14 weekends, dating back to last season. LSU has also won seven straight SEC road series, 12 (Tue.) CENTENARY W, 12-4 beginning in May 2008. 14 (Thu.) at Mississippi State (CST) W, 5-4 • The Tigers' final regular-season record of 41-15 is the best for an LSU club since the 2004 team also 15 (Fri.) at Mississippi State (JSN) L, 7-8 completed the regular season with a 41-15 mark. 16 (Sat.) at Mississippi State W, 15-4 20 (Wed.) Vanderbilt # (CSS) L, 1-4 • LSU has reached the 50-win mark for the first time since 2000, when the Tigers finished 52-15 and 21 (Thu.) Alabama # (CSS) W, 9-6 claimed their fifth national title. LSU has 10 seasons of 50 wins or more in its annals. 22 (Fri.) South Carolina # (FSN) W, 4-1 • LSU coach Paul Mainieri has directed a team to the College World Series for the third time in his career. 23 (Sat.) Georgia # (FSN) W, 16-0 He led Notre Dame to the 2002 CWS, and he guided LSU to Omaha last season. Mainieri and Virginia 23 (Sat.) Georgia # W, 3-2 24 (Sun.) Vanderbilt # (FSN - tape delay) W, 6-2 head coach Brian O’Connor worked together for nine seasons (1995-2003) at Notre Dame, where 29 (Fri.) Southern @ (CST) W, 10-2 O’Connor served as Mainieri’s pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. 30 (Sat.) Baylor @ (CST) W, 3-2 (10) 31 (Sun.) Minnesota @ (CST) W, 10-3 June LSU Virginia 5 (Fri.) Rice $ (ESPN) W, 12-9 6 (Sat.) Rice $ (ESPN) W, 5-3 Record 51-16, 20-10 SEC Record 48-13-1 Highest Ranking No. 1 (CB, BA, NCBWA) Highest Ranking No. 5 (BA) * - at Zephyr Field (Metairie, La.) Coach Brian O’Connor # - SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. Coach Paul Mainieri Career Record 264-102-1(sixth year) @ - NCAA Regional Tournament Baton Rouge, La. Career Record 993-553-6 (27th year) UVA Record same $ - NCAA Super Regional Baton Rouge, La. LSU Record 129-61-2 (third year) O’Connor vs. LSU 0-0 Mainieri vs. UVA 1-1 LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 LSU By The Numbers in 2009 TOP PERFORMANCES IN 2009 Overall 51-16 • LSU right-handers Anthony Ranaudo and Louis Coleman are the first pair of Tigers pitchers to SEC 20-10 record over 100 strikeouts in the same season since 2000, when Brian Tallet (134 Ks) and Hunter Home 33-9 Gomez (113 Ks) each exceeded the century mark. Ranaudo enters the CWS with an SEC-leading Away 12-6 147 strikeouts and Coleman is No. 2 in the league with 124 Ks. Ranaudo is in line to become the first Neutral Sites 6-1 LSU pitcher to lead the SEC in strikeouts since 1999, when Kurt Ainsworth recorded 157 Ks. Day 22-6 Night 29-10 • Senior right-hander Louis Coleman recorded 17.1 consecutive scoreless innings from May 2-15. Vs. Left-Handed Starter 17-13 He fired a two-hit shutout at Arkansas on May 2, and enjoyed a brilliant outing in a win over Florida Vs. Right-Handed Starter 34-3 on May 9. Coleman fired eight shutout innings against the Gators, allowing just four hits with one walk TV Games 24-5 and seven strikeouts ... Coleman’s scoreless innings streak ended at 17.1 on May 15 at Mississipi On ESPN 2-0 State. On Jumbo Sports 3-2 On Cox Sports 13-1 • Louis Coleman was named Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week on March 16 by the On SportSouth 1-0 league office. Coleman, a senior from Schlater, Miss., was brilliant on the mound in posting two vic- tories over Kentucky to lead LSU to an SEC series victory. In two appearances vs. UK (one start), On FSN Florida 1-0 Coleman was 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in 9.2 innings, allowing just one run on five hits with no walks and On FSN South 1-0 11 strikeouts.