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(Courtesy of LSU Media Relations)

BATON ROUGE — LSU starter Louis Coleman allowed only three runs in eight innings, and the top-ranked Tigers completed a two-game sweep of No. 6 Rice with a 5-3 victory Saturday afternoon in Alex Box Stadium to advance to the College World Series for the 15th time in school history. Read the rest of this entry »

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Courtesy of LSUSports.net

BATON ROUGE — A six-run fifth inning highlighted by Ryan Schimpf’s three-run homer propelled top-ranked LSU to a 12-9 victory over No. 6 Rice in Game 1 of the NCAA Super Regional Friday night in front of a record crowd of 9,375 at Alex Box Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

The College Baseball Blog writers have all put together their predictions for the 2009 Super Regionals.  You can also particpate by putting your predictions for this round of action in the comment section below and we might be able to secure a few prizes for the top predictions so please leave your email address.  Read the rest of this entry »

Anthony Ranaudo will start game one for LSU against Rice on Friday. (TigerRag Photo)

In what looks to be one of the more entertaining Super Regional matchups, the Rice Owls make the drive down I-10 to Baton Rouge to take on the LSU Tigers at the new Alex Box Stadium with a trip to the 2009 College World Series on the line.  The opening game of the series will be Friday night at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN, followed by game two on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT on ESPN and game three, if necessary, on Sunday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2.

Rice is making its sixth straight appearance in the Super Regionals and is looking for its fourth straight trip to the College World Series.  Read the rest of this entry »