UL baseball to host Lafayette Regional

LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns will play host to the NCAA Lafayette Regional at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field Friday when the Cajuns meet Jackson State at 6 p.m. in the nightcap of the first day. San Diego State will face Mississippi State at 1 p.m. Friday in the opening game of the four-team regional.
The regional continues Saturday and Sunday and, if necessary, will finish on Monday. The winner of the Lafayette Regional will face the winner of the Oxford Regional in an NCAA Super Regional next weekend.
Louisiana has earned a national seed for the first time in program history with a No. 6 seed.
The Ragin' Cajuns are playing host to a regional for the second time in school history, with the first ever regional host coming in 2000. All games of the regional may be viewed on ESPN3.com.
Tickets for the regional are available now to Louisiana baseball season ticket holders.
Regional tickets invoices for season ticket holders are offered until noon on Tuesday. Regional ticket booklets, good for all seven games, are $70 (grandstand seats), $60 (patio box seats) and $50 (bleachers).
Season ticket holders who have already submitted their requests in advance will have their credit card automatically charged for their tickets. Following season ticket holders will be 2014 RCAF annual fund donors. Donors are encouraged to place their order for additional sessions or regional booklets by the deadline of Wednesday at 5 p.m. Ticket orders can be made on RaginCajuns.com or by calling (337) 265-2170. Click here for the regional ticket order form.
Regional tickets not purchased by season ticket holders or RCAF donors by 5 p.m. Wednesday will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday. There will be a limit of four tickets per account.
Individual-session tickets, if available, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
Due to the large number of season ticket holders this year, fans are encouraged to get their ticket orders in early. The Cajundome Ticket Office is open this week from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information, visit www.RaginCajuns.com or call (337) 265-2170.

Cajuns’ baseball back at No. 1

Coming off of a Sun Belt Tournament Championship, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team found itself back on top of the national rankings this week earning the top spot in the Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and USA Today Coaches polls.
The top ranking is the first ever in program history for the Cajuns (53-7) in the Baseball America and USA Today polls. Louisiana has been ranked No. 1 for three weeks already this season in the Collegiate Baseball rankings.
The Ragin’ Cajuns hold the nation’s best record and longest win streak headed into the NCAA Tournament at 10 games. Louisiana moved up one spot in each of the three polls and collected 19 first place votes in the coaches poll.
Both the NCBWA and Perfect Game have yet to release updated polls this week. The No. 1 ranking comes on the heels of the Ragin’ Cajuns first ever national seed taking the sixth spot out of eight national seeds in the NCAA Tournament.
Sophomore Blake Trahan played a large part in the Cajuns success lately as he was named one of six Louisville Slugger National Players of the Week after being named the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Trahan’s homer in the seventh inning lifted the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 6-5 win over UT Arlington in the championship game of the Sun Belt tournament. In four games during the tournament, he was 7-for-11 with 1 home run, 1 double, 2 triples and 5 RBI.
Louisiana returns to action this weekend with a 6 p.m. contest against fourth-seeded Jackson State in the first round of the Lafayette Regional at M.L. “Tigue” Field Friday. Mississippi State and San Diego State are the other two teams competing in the Lafayette Regional.

Courtesy of UL