State college baseball report
Schedule
Tuesday’s game
UL-Lafayette at Tulane, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s game
Louisiana Tech at Northwestern St., 6:30 p.m.
Thursday’s game
LSU-Eunice at Southern, 6 p.m.
Tournament
NAIA
Opening round
Paducah (Ky.) bracket
Thursday
Game 1 — No. 4 Peru State vs. No. 5 Grand View, 10 a.m.
Game 2 — No. 2 Lindsey Wilson vs. No. 3 Bellevue, 2 p.m.
Game 3 — No. 1 LSU-Shreveport vs. Peru State-Grand View winner, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Game 4 — Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 1, 10 a.m.
Game 5 — Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 2, 2 p.m.
Game 6 — Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7 — Loser Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 1 p.m.
Game 8 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 5 p.m.
Sunday
Game 9 — Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9, TBD, if necessary
Region 23
At Meridian Community College
Friday
No. 3 Delgado vs. No. 1 Meridian, 12:30 p.m.
No. 2 BRCC vs. Delgado, 4 p.m.
BRCC vs. Meridian, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Game 4, 1 p.m.
Sunday
Game 5, 1 p.m., if necessary
Honors
LSWA Offensive Player/Week
SEC Player of the Week
Jacoby Jones, 2B, LSU, So.
Jones hit .500 (7-for-14) with one double, one homer, seven RBIs, three runs and one stolen base. In an SEC series victory at Ole Miss, he hit .417 (5-for-12) in three games with one double, one homer, seven RBIs, two runs and one stolen base.
LSWA Offensive Player/Week
C-USA HITTer of the Week
Brandon Boudreaux, OF, Tulane, Jr.
Boudreaux hit .529 (9-for-17), drove in six runs and scored four times. He had his first career five-hit game, including two home runs, Friday in a win over Southern Miss. He is the first Tulane player to earn the award three times in a season.
LSWA Pitcher of the Week
SLC pitcher of the week
Stefan Lopez, RH, SLU, Jr.
Lopez went 1-0 with two saves in three appearances, with four strikeouts and one run in 3.1 innings. With his save Friday, Lopez set the SLC record with 28 career saves and tied the league record for saves in a season (18).
Polls
Baseball America
DURHAM, N.C. — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through May 6 and previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America:
Record Pvs
1. Florida State 39-7 1
2. Baylor 38-8 2
3. LSU 38-11 4
4. South Carolina 36-12 5
5. Rice 33-13 6
6. Florida 35-13 7
7. Kentucky 37-11 3
8. Cal State Fullerton 30-14 8
9. Oregon 34-14 10
10. Texas A&M 34-14 9
11. UCLA 31-13 14
12. North Carolina 34-13 16
13. North Carolina State 33-12 17
14. Arizona 30-15 11
15. Purdue 35-9 13
16. Central Florida 37-11 15
17. Stanford 29-14 12
18. San Diego 36-11 19
19. Arizona State 29-17 20
20. Arkansas 34-15 18
21. Virginia 31-14 23
22. Louisville 33-15 22
23. Oregon State 30-15 —
24. Texas Christian 29-16 —
25. Mississippi State 29-18 —
Collegiate Baseball
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through May 6, points and previous rank. Voting is done by coaches, sportswriters and sports information directors:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Florida State 39-7 500 2
2. Baylor 38-8 499 1
3. South Carolina 36-12 497 4
4. LSU 38-11 496 5
5. Florida 35-13 493 8
6. Oregon 34-14 490 7
7. Kentucky 37-11 488 3
8. Rice 33-13 485 9
9. Cal St. Fullerton 30-14 482 14
10. Arizona 30-15 479 6
11. UCLA 31-13 476 11
12. Texas A&M 34-14 474 12
13. Arkansas 34-15 470 13
14. North Carolina 34-13 467 16
15. N.C. State 33-12 466 17
16. Stanford 29-14 463 10
17. Central Florida 37-11 460 15
18. San Diego 36-11 456 19
19. Arizona State 29-17 453 28
20. St. John’s 31-17 449 30
21. Purdue 35-9 448 18
22. Oregon State 30-15 446 —
23. Virginia 31-14-1 442 23
24. Texas 27-18 440 20
25. Oklahoma State 28-18 439 25
26. Louisville 33-15 437 22
27. Utah Valley 35-11 434 —
28. Texas Christian 29-16 433 27
29. Coastal Carolina 32-14 432 24
30. Mississippi State 29-18 431 29
STANDINGS
SWAC
East Division
Conference All games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Jackson St. 22 3 .880 32 14 .696
Alabama St. 15 9 .625 21 31 .404
Alcorn St. 13 12 .520 16 33 .327
Miss. Valley 10 14 .417 14 35 .286
Alabama A&M 1 24 .040 8 43 .157
West Division
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Southern 17 7 .708 31 14 .689
Prairie View 15 8 .652 24 22 .522
Grambling 13 11 .542 21 23 .477
Texas Southern 8 15 .348 23 24 .589
Ark.-Pine Bluff 6 18 .250 8 37 .185
Note: UAPB’s overall mark includes a tie.
Southland Conference
Conference All games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Sam Houston St. 20 7 .741 32 15 .681
Southeastern 17 10 .630 33 16 .673
UT-Arlington 16 11 .593 29 20 .592
Texas State 15 12 .556 27 18 .600
Central Ark. 14 13 .519 20 23 .465
McNeese State 13 14 .481 19 26 .422
TAMU-CC 12 15 .444 21 27 .438
S.F. Austin 12 15 .444 19 28 .404
Northwestrn St. 12 15 .444 17 28 .378
Lamar 11 16 .407 19 26 .422
Nicholls State 10 16 .385 23 23 .500
UTSA 9 17 .346 20 27 .426