FRIDAY, 7pm: Brown @ LSU (televised on CST) SATURDAY, 2:00pm: Brown v. Nicholls SATURDAY, 6:30pm: Brown @ LSU SUNDAY, 11:00am: Nicholls v. Brown SUNDAY, 3:00pm: Nicholls @ LSU (televised on CST) comments from Brown coaches: "we will have our hands full...It's a great place to open, we went there three years ago and both the fans and the venue are tremendous. Its one of the best atmospheres in college baseball." "It will be a great experience for many of the players...I tell them to try and get a W. It does not matter who you play. Do the best you can every time you put on a uniform." "The team has gotten a lot stronger (this season). We are really eager for the first game," Franco said, adding that the squad’s conditioning has been much harder than in the past. "Every season our top goal is to win the league...The key difference between this year’s team and last year’s is the talent and depth -- we definitely have players that are capable of attaining All-Ivy honors" coach Mainieri: "We're expecting a real challenge this weekend against Brown...Brown has a veteran club that will compete hard with every pitch." Brown returns all four of their top hitters: .328 in 2012 (45-of-137) -- sophomore infielder Nick Fornaca (#8), who was rated 9 out of 10 as a recruit by Perfect Game (9 grade - Potential top 10 round pick and/or highest level college prospect) .318 in 2012 (41-of-129) -- senior infielder Cody Slaughter (#5), who was rated 8.5 of 10 as a recruit by Perfect Game (8 grade - Potential draft pick and/or excellent college prospect) .315 in 2012 (35-of-111) -- senior OF John Sheridan (#12), who (along with LSU's Raph Rhymes) was just named one of 30 finalists for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award. Sheridan is also Brown's only big base-stealing threat, going 12-of-16 in stolen bases last season .311 in 2012 (52-of-167) -- sophomore OF Will Marcal (#28) Slaughter and Marcal accounted for 10 of Brown's 21 home runs last season with 5 a piece. C Wes Van Boom, #23 (how about that for a name?), also returns for Brown, and he also had 5 home runs for Brown last season. The three accounted for 15 of Brown's 21 home runs last season and were top 3 on the team last year in slugging pct. (.496, .479, .456), with Fornaca and Sheridan finishing #4 and #5 (.438, .432) Brown has had 7 players drafted since 2001 (RHP, C, C, 2B, SS, OF, OF) Brown has two new assistant coaches this year, one to coach their infielders, and one to coach their outfielders. One of them (Grant Achilles) coached seven hitters that got drafted in his last three years at Georgetown and Wake Forest. The other new Brown coach (Mike McCormack) coached four hitters that got drafted in his last four years at St. Mary's College of California. Browns head coach on the two new coaches: "We are extremely fortunate to have Grant...he has a great reputation of working with hitters and infielders...I believe that he is going to do great things here." "(Mike) is going to take the outfielders and help Grant with the hitters, and I think, between the two of them, our position players are in great hands. I'm looking forward to working with both of them."
Brown fight song: Ever True To Brown We are ever true to Brown, For we love our college dear, And wherever we may go, We are ready with a cheer, And the people always say, (what do they say?) That you can't outshine Brown men (and women!) With their Rah! Rah! Rah! And their Ki! Yi! Yi! And their B,R,O,W . . . N and the alternative version which is played by the band as well and is listed on the official university webpage: We are ever true to Brown, For we love our college dear, And wherever we may go (where are we going?) We are ready with a beer. And the people always say (what do they say?) That you can't out drink Brown men (and women!) With a scotch and rye and a whiskey dry, And a B-O-U-R-B-O-N.
coach Mainieri: "Brown is a fantastic institution," said Mainieri. "We traditionally play a school from the Ivy League every year...We really enjoy playing these Ivy League schools" Brown (founded 1764, the United States was founded 1776) --ranked #15 university by USNews --8.9% acceptance rate --83% four-year graduation rate --9:1 student-teacher ratio --$43,758 tuition LSU (founded 1860, moved to current campus in 1926) --ranked #134 university by USNews --79.6% acceptance rate --31% four-year graduation rate --23:1 student-teacher ratio --$19,362 out-of-state tuition ($6,354 in-state) LSU's history against Ivy League schools under Mainieri: 2012 Dartmouth (ranked #10 university by US News) W 8-4 (LSU had 13 hits) W 16-3 (LSU had 15 hits) W 5-4 (LSU had 13 hits) 2011 Princeton (ranked #2 university by US News) W 8-2 (LSU had 9 hits) W 7-2 (LSU had 7 hits) L 7-8 (LSU had 6 hits) 2010 Brown (ranked #15 university by US News) W 13-7 (LSU had 16 hits) W 9-2 (LSU had 13 hits) 2009 Harvard (ranked #1 university by US News) W 4-3 (LSU had 6 hits) W 10-2 (LSU had 13 hits)
after this weekend vs LSU and Nicholls in Baton Rouge, Brown heads to Auburn for a 3-game series (Mar 8-10), and then they go to Pullman, WA for a 3-game series against the Washington State Cougars (Pac 12) next weekend, LSU has a 3-game series vs Washington (Pac 12), and the week after that, SEC play begins with a 3-game series @Miss State
53° RealFeel®: 48° Mostly Clear (25% cloud cover) 34% humidity wind NW at 9MPH And it just going to get colder... 51 ° - 7pm 48 ° - 8pm 45 ° - 9pm 41 ° - 10pm
Top 1, Nola starting K single K Hit by pitch RBI single K 1-0 Brown, 24 pitches by Nola Bot 1 Sciambra ground out Laird singles Bregman singles Rhymes walks BASES LOADED Katz with a 2-RBI DOUBLE!!! 2-1 Tigers Jones fly out to left, Rhymes tags and heads home and is throw out at home Top 2 Brown goes down 1 2 3...
