BATON ROUGE — The No. 20 LSU softball team will square off against Cal State Fullerton Friday as part of the NCAA Tempe Regional, joining host and No. 10 national seed Arizona State along with San Diego State. First pitch is slated for 4:30 p.m. CT and will be televised on ESPNU.
The Tigers (32-16-1, 15-10-1 SEC) received an at-large bid and were one of nine SEC teams selected to the field. The nine teams placed by the SEC set a NCAA Tournament field record.
“We’re always excited about making the postseason,” head coach Yvette Girouard said. “It’s something that you don’t take for granted. The drama was building because we were selected to one of the last sites to be announced. We’re a young team that has three California kids so they’ll be some Tiger fans in the crowd.”
All of LSU’s games from the NCAA Tempe Regional will be televised by the ESPN Family of Networks in addition to being broadcasted live on The X 104.5/104.9 in the Baton Rouge area.
If the Tigers were to win their regional, they are paired against the winner of NCAA Tempe Regional and would likely travel to face seventh-seeded Oklahoma if the Sooners advance out of their regional. The winner of that Super Regional would advance to the Women’s College World Series.
2009 NCAA Division I Softball Championship
Regionals: Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium
Entire Regional to be Broadcast Live on ESPNU
* Schedule and times subject to change due to television
Friday, May 15, 2009
Game 1: 4:30 p.m. CT – LSU (32-16-1) vs. Cal State Fullerton (29-19)
Game 2: 7 p.m. CT – San Diego State (33-18) vs. No. 10 seed Arizona State (40-16)
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Game 3: 5 p.m. CT – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner
Game 4: 7:30 p.m. CT – Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
Game 5: 10 p.m. CT – Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Winner
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Game 6: 4:30 p.m. CT – Game 3 Winner vs. and Game 5 Winner
Game 7: 7 p.m. CT – Rematch if necessary
2009 NCAA Softball Championship Pairings
Regional Round — May 14-17 (double-elimination)
GAINESVILLE REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Gainesville, Fla.
*No. 1 Florida (53-3) vs. Florida A&M (30-30)
Lehigh (36-16-1) vs. Texas A&M (31-20)
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Tallahassee, Fla.
California (35-18) vs. Mississippi State (28-26)
Oklahoma State (34-30) vs. *No. 16. Florida State (41-14)
LOUISVILLE REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Louisville, Ky.
No. 9 Arizona (41-14) vs. Tenn.-Martin (38-22)
Purdue (29-18) vs. *Louisville (47-9)
PALO ALTO REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Palo Alto, Calif.
Cal Poly (39-10) vs. Nevada (39-17)
Portland State (29-24) vs. *No. 8 Stanford (44-9)
ANN ARBOR REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Ann Arbor, Mich.
*No. 5 Michigan (41-10) vs. Miami University (32-22)
Cleveland State (35-16) vs. Notre Dame (41-15)
WACO REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Waco, Texas
Lousiana-Lafayette (43-11) vs. *Baylor (37-20)
Texas State (39-16) vs. No. 12 Northwestern (31-13)
KNOXVILLE REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Knoxville, Tenn.
*No. 13 Tennessee (38-16-1) vs. James Madison (35-14)
Nebraska (34-17) vs. Jacksonville State (38-12)
TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Texas (38-18) vs. Chattanooga (30-22)
Mississippi Valley (37-14) vs. *No. 4 Alabama (47-9)
AMHERST REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Amherst, Mass.
No. 3 Washington (41-10) vs. Sacred Heart (25-26)
Cornell (42-11) vs. *UMass (38-8)
ATLANTA REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Atlanta
Iowa (42-12) vs. Auburn (29-27)
Boston University (41-16) vs. *No. 14 Georgia Tech (41-13)
COLUMBUS REGIONAL
May 14-16 | Columbus, Ohio
*Ohio State (44-9) vs. Canisius (27-22)
BYU (39-16) vs. Kentucky (32-21)
CHAPEL HILL REGIONAL
May 14-16 | Chapel Hill, N.C.
*North Carolina (41-11) vs. Campbell (38-14)
Radford (40-13) vs. No. 6 Georgia (39-10)
NORMAN REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Norman, Okla.
*No. 7 Oklahoma (40-14) vs. North Dakota State (35-18)
Tulsa (38-15) vs. Arkansas (27-27)
TEMPE REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Tempe, Ariz.
LSU (32-16-1) vs. Cal State Fullerton (29-19)
San Diego State (33-18) vs. *No. 10 Arizona State (40-16)
COLUMBIA REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Columbia, Mo.
No. 15 DePaul (37-12) vs. Bradley (25-26)
Illinois (29-15) vs. *Missouri (45-9)
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL
May 15-17 | Los Angeles
Fresno State (36-18) vs. UNLV (31-19)
Long Beach State (34-19) vs. *No. 2 UCLA (41-9)
*Host institution
Super Regional Round
May 21-24
Women’s College World Series
Begins May 28