Lafayette Regional

First things first...When do they play? The Cajuns play Princeton at 7 p.m. Friday If the Cajuns win they'll play the winner of Sam Houston State vs. Arizona at 7 p.m. Saturday. .
Game on TV? No TV. All games available on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN app.
How's the weather look? Soggy. There's a 70 percent chance of rain Friday followed by a 50-50 shot of rain Saturday and Sunday, according to the NWS

Need-to-know info..

No.1 seed Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Hailing from: Lafayette
Coach: Tony Robichaux (22nd year)
Conference: Sun Belt
Record: 41-19
How they got here: Sun Belt Tournament champion
2015 NCAA tournament: Won Houston Regional in three straight games to advance to Baton Rouge Super Regional, where they lost to LSU in two games.
The big arm: LHP Gunner Leger (6-3, 2.08, allowed one ER and struck out 28 in last four starts)
The power bat: CF Kyle Clement (.355, .503 slugging, led Cajuns in hitting two straight seasons)
The season so far: The Cajuns were 12-9 in late March but won every weekend series from then on including eight straight Sun Belt series to catch season-long front-runner South Alabama and share the regular season title. UL swept four games to win the Sun Belt Tournament and enters the NCAA tied with Coastal Carolina for the nation’s longest winning streak (10 games).

No. 2 seed Arizona Wildcats
Hailing from: Tucson,
Ariz.Coach: Jay Johnson (1st year)
Conference: Pac-12
Record: 38-20
How they got here: At-large selection
2015 NCAA tournament: Did not play, first NCAA appearance since winning 2012 national championship
The big arm: RHP Nathan Bannister (9-2, 2.72, won six of last eight starts)
The power bat: RF Zach Gibbons (.385 for second in Pac-12, 39 RBI, went 10-15 in season final series at Hawaii)
The season so far: The Wildcats tied for third in the Pac-12 at 16-14 and had the most regular-season wins of any league team (38). Arizona won its last six games including a season-ending sweep at Hawaii, but lost three of its last four conference series to finish three games behind Utah, which won the Pac-12 (19-11) despite a 25-27 overall record.

No. 3 seed Sam Houston State Bearkats
Hailing from: Huntsville, Texas
Coach: Matt Deggs (2nd season)
Conference: Southland
Record: 41-20
How they got here: Southland Conference Tournament champion
2015 NCAA tournament: Did not play after making tournament field three times from 2012-14
The big arm: RHP Heath Donica (10-3, 3.23, 4 complete games, won two games in Southland tournament)
The power bat: CF Bryce Johnson (.347, 86 hits and 20 steals)
The season so far: The Bearkats swept the Southland regular season and tournament titles for the first time. SHSU was swept by the Cajuns in Lafayette to open the season but has won 10 of its last 11 games. Second-year coach Matt Deggs returns after coaching UL hitters in 2013-14.

No. 4 seed Princeton Tigers
Hailing from: Princeton, N.J.
Coach: Scott Bradley (19th year)
Conference: Ivy League
Record: 24-19
How they got here: Won Ivy League Gehrig Division, defeated Yale in best-of-three Ivy League Championship Series
2015 NCAA tournament: Did not play, first appearance since 2011
The big arm: RHP Chad Powers (6-3, 2.07, Ivy League Pitcher of Year, opponents hitting only .207 against him)
The power bat: 2B Danny Hoy (.317, 5 HR, .476 slugging, hit .403 in Ivy League play)
The season so far: The Tigers, coming off a 7-32 2015 in which only two Division I teams nationally won less games, went 13-7 in the Ivy League and won the final two games of the League Championship Series over rival Yale. Princeton, which played only 12 home games all season, started 2-7 but won 13 of its last 19.

Didn't the Cajuns lose to Jackson State or someone similar the last time they hosted?

(06-01-2016 12:27 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Didn't the Cajuns lose to Jackson State or someone similar the last time they hosted?

http://ragincajuns.com/sports/2014/5/26/...spx?id=651

Yes, in 2014 as the No.6 national seed and ranked the unanimous No.1 team, the Cajuns lost their first game to Jackson St.1-0, and survived the losers bracket and beat Mississippi St twice to win the regional and host Ole Miss in the Super Regionals where the Cajuns came up a win short of the CWS.

I think Ole Miss should've been a national seed that year. I remember the press saying that the Cajuns were the best team to not win a national championship that year.

The Cajuns lost most of that team to the draft, so it was amazing last year after losing so many good players that we made it back to the super regionals and we have a good chance of making it back to the supers this year. with a better pitching staff than the 2014 team.