Louisiana releases its 2008 schedule

LAFAYETTE - Twenty-four home games, in addition to seven contests televised locally on KLAF-TV Channel 17, highlight Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns baseball's 56-game schedule which was announced Oct. 18 by head coach Tony Robichaux.

Louisiana's schedule features six teams that participated in the NCAA Regionals a year ago, including NCAA College World Series participant Rice. Last season, the Cajuns, which won the 2007 Sun Belt Conference regular season title, finished with a 45-17 overall record after falling in the NCAA College Station Regional championship game.

The Cajuns open the 2008 season Feb. 22-24 at the Texas-San Antonio Tournament in San Antonio, Texas, against Army, Oral Roberts and Texas-San Antonio. UL then faces the Tulane Green Wave in New Orleans on Feb. 27. UL will open the home portion of its 2008 season with a home tournament, featuring Southern Miss, Miami (Ohio) and New Orleans. The Cajuns will face the Miami Redhawks once and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles twice during the weekend.

After a non-conference tilt on the road with the Houston Cougars on March 4, Louisiana returns home for a four-game homestand featuring a Wednesday contest Southeastern Louisiana (March 5) and a three-game conference series against Arkansas State (March 7-9).

Louisiana's solid non-conference schedule concludes with Louisiana State (April 29) and a three-game series at NCAA Regional participant Nebraska (May 2-4). The Cajuns' trip to Baton Rouge marks the first meeting in the series since the 2002 NCAA Regional at Alex Box Stadium.

For the fourth time, Louisiana's M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field will host the Sun Belt Conference Championship May 21-24. Since joining the Sun Belt, the Cajuns have also hosted the conference tournament in 1997, 2001 and 2003.

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns will hold their annual Red-White Fall World Series at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field beginning with game one on Thursday, Nov. 1.

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