LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Baseball team earned its third consecutive berth to the NCAA Baseball Regionals and second at-large in as many years when it was selected to play in the NCAA College Station Regional beginning on Friday at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
No. 21-ranked Louisiana (40-18), the Sun Belt Conference regular-season champion, will face No. 24 Texas (35-22) in the nightcap on Friday at 5 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU with fans able to listen to the game in the Lafayette area on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network app.
The opening game of the Bryan-College Station Regional will feature No. 3 national seed Texas A&M facing Grambling on Friday at noon. The winner of the Bryan-College Station Regional will face the winner of the UC Santa Barbara Regional for a trip to the 2024 College World Series.
The postseason berth is Louisiana’s 19th in school history and second trip to College Station in the past three years. Louisiana went 1-2 in the 2022 NCAA College Station Regional, earning a win over TCU before falling to Texas A&M and TCU.
The meeting against Texas marks the second consecutive season the teams will face off in the opening round of the NCAA Regionals. The Longhorns earned a 4-2 win over the Ragin’ Cajuns in the opening game of the 2023 NCAA Coral Gables Regional.
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NCAA BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL SCHEDULE (all times Central)
Friday, May 31
12:00 PM - G1: Texas A&M vs Grambling (ESPN+)
5:00 PM - G2: Louisiana vs Texas (ESPNU)
Saturday, June 1
2:00 PM - G3: Game 1 Loser vs Game 2 Loser
8:00 PM - G4: Game 1 Winner vs Game 2 Winner
Sunday, June 2
2:00 PM - G5: Game 3 Winner vs Game 4 Loser
7:00 PM - G6: Game 4 Winner vs Game 5 Winner
Monday, June 3
TBA - G7: Game 4 Winner vs Game 5 Winner (if necessary)
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