Arkansas and LSU ready to open College World Series action
Arkansas and LSU will both play their opening games of the College World Series (CWS) on Saturday, June 13.
Arkansas takes the field first, facing Cal State Fullerton in a 1 pm matchup. LSU will see action later that night, facing Virginia at 6 pm. (All times are CDT).
Both games will be televised by ESPN.
The Razorbacks and Tigers will both see action again on Monday, June 15, either through the winner’s or loser’s bracket bracket in the double-elimination tournament format.
IN OTHER NEWS:
Junior Mike Minor, LHP out of Vanderbilt, was taken 7th overall in the first round of the MLB draft, by the Atlanta Braves. The SEC’s only other first round pick was Junior Jared Mitchell, OF, out of LSU, who was taken 23rd overall by the Chicago White Sox. Mitchell is a two sport star for the Tigers, also playing wide receiver on the LSU football team.
Through 27 rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft, 55 SEC players had been drafted. Florida leads with nine draftees, followed by Georgia and Mississippi (7 each), LSU (6), Vanderbilt (5), Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee (4 each), Auburn and Kentucky (3 each), South Carolina (2) and Mississippi State (1)
LSU’s Tasmin Mitchell has withdrawn his name from the NBA draft. Mitchell, who averaged 16.3 ppg and 7.2 rpg last season, will be a 5th-year senior in 2009-2010. He shot 52.2% from the field last year.
The NCAA Track and Field Championships began Wednesday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The site was hit with some foul weather, causing delays in competition on Day 1 of the four day competition.
Most SEC schools are advertising single game tickets now available for purchase. Kind of surprising, since so many of these schools never had to advertise in the past, but it looks like the economy is catching up with athletic departments, too
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