BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU received a bid on Monday to the NCAA Baseball Tournament, and the Tigers will travel to the Hattiesburg Regional hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi. LSU (38-20) is the No. 2 seed in the regional, and the Tigers will play third-seeded Kennesaw State (35-26) on Friday in a first-round matchup at 6 p.m. CT. Top-seeded Southern Miss (43-16) will face No. 4 seed Army (31-23) at 1 p.m. CT on Friday. Friday’s games will be streamed live on ESPN+, and they will be broadcast on affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network. The full schedule for the Hattiesburg Regional is below; game times and the TV/Online schedule for Saturday, Sunday and Monday are TBA: Friday, June 3 Game 1 – (1) Southern Miss vs. (4) Army – 1 p.m. CT (ESPN+) Game 2 – (2) LSU vs. (3) Kennesaw State – 6 p.m. CT (ESPN+) Saturday, June 4 Game 3 – Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser – TBA Game 4 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner – TBA Sunday, June 5 Game 5 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser – TBA Game 6 – Game 5 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner – TBA Monday, June 6 Ticket Info from Southern Miss Ticket prices include $115 for All-Session Chairback seats, while All-Session General Admission passes and Wheelchair seating will be $90. All-Session General Admission tickets for students for all four competing institutions will be $45. All sessions regional tickets are available to request online only for Southern Miss season ticket holders and current 2022 Eagle Club members at this time using their online account through SouthernMiss.com. Fans can purchase tickets by calling 1-800-844-TICK, visiting SouthernMissTickets.com, or in person at the Pat Ferlise Center on campus from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. QUOTES FROM LSU COACH JAY JOHNSON – May 29, 2022 On how the SEC Tournament prepares LSU for the NCAA Tournament … On the effect of Jacob Berry and Cade Doughty returning to the lineup … On four teams from the state of Louisiana receiving bids to the NCAA Tournament … On playing an NCAA Regional on the road (LSU has never advanced to the CWS by winning a regional and super regional on the road) … On the team’s outlook for the Hattiesburg Regional … On the characteristics of the LSU team …
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