JOURNAL STAFF

LSUS is the host team for the opening round of the NAIA National Baseball Tournament. The Sports Commission of the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau and LSUS worked together to get the tournament located in Shreveport for the third time.

LSUS is the No. 1 team in the local opening round of games and has a 47-5 record. The rest of the teams in the tournament with their tournament (opening round) ranking and record are: No. 2 University of Science and Arts (Oklahoma), 35-13, No. 3 Lyon College (Arkansas) 36-20, No. 4 Loyola of New Orleans 33-22 and No. 5 Fisher (Massachusetts) 29-28.

Here is the schedule of games to be played at Pilot Field:

MONDAY

Gm. 1 – No. 4 Loyola (La.) vs. No. 5 Fisher (Mass.), 11 a.m.
Gm. 2 – No. 2 USAO (Okla.) vs. No.3 Lyon (Ark.), 2:30 p.m.
Gm. 3 – No. 1 LSUS vs. Gm. 1 winner, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY

Gm. 4 – Gm. 1 loser vs. Gm. 2 loser, 11 a.m.
Gm. 5 – Gm. 3 winner vs. Gm. 2 winner, 2:30 p.m.
Gm. 6 – Gm. 3 loser vs. Gm. 4 winner, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Gm. 7 – Gm. loser 5 vs. Gm. 6 winner, 11 a.m.
Gm. 8 – Gm. 5 winner vs. Gm. 7 winner, 2:30 p.m.

THURSDAY

Gm. 9 – If necessary, 11 a.m.

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