LSU to host Omaha, ULL, Prairie View in NCAA softball regionals

The LSU softball team will make its 24th NCAA Tournament appearance and host the Baton Rouge Regional May 19-21 as the No. 10 overall seed.

The 2023 Baton Rouge Regional will feature Sun Belt Conference Champions, UL-Lafayette, Omaha – the Summit League Champions and the SWAC Champions in Prairie View A&M. The Tigers will take on Prairie View A&M in game two of the Baton Rouge Regional on Friday, May 19 at 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network.

Dating back to the 2015 season, LSU will host an NCAA Tournament Regional for the seventh time over the last eight years, excluding 2020, which had no tournament due to Covid-19. It will be the 12th time LSU has hosted a regional.

The Tigers receive a berth to the NCAA Tournament for the 17th consecutive season and have a record of 81-54 in the Big Dance with six NCAA Women’s College World Series appearances (2001, 2004, 2012, 2015-2017). Head Coach Beth Torina has led LSU to the Women’s College World Series four times, including three consecutive seasons, 2015-2017 – one of two programs in the nation to accomplish that feat in that period (UCLA).

LSU enters the 2023 NCAA Tournament with a 40-15 overall record and has reached 40 or more wins in a single season eight times under Coach Torina. The Tigers have the highest RPI ranking in the SEC at No. 8 and have the nation’s fourth toughest strength of schedule this season.

Norman Regional

1. Oklahoma (1)
2. Missouri
3. California
4. Hofstra 

Los Angeles Regional

1. UCLA (2)
2. San Diego State
3. Liberty
4. Grand Canyon

Tallahassee Regional

1. Florida State (3)
2. UCF
3. South Carolina
4. Marist

Knoxville Regional

1. Tennessee (4)
2. Louisville
3. Indiana
4. Northern Kentucky

Tuscaloosa Regional

1. Alabama (5)
2. Middle Tennessee
3. Central Arkansas
4. LIU

Stillwater Regional

1. Oklahoma State (6)
2. Nebraska
3. Wichita State
4. UMBC

Seattle Regional

1. Washington (7)
2. McNeese
3. Minnesota
4. Northern Colorado

Durham Regional

1. Duke (8)
2. Campbell
3. Charlotte
4. George Mason

Stanford Regional 

1. Stanford (9)
2. Loyola Marymount
3. Florida
4. Long Beach State

Baton Rouge Regional

1. LSU (10)
2. Omaha
3. Louisiana 
4. Prairie View

Fayetteville Regional

1. Arkansas (11)
2. Notre Dame
3. Oregon
4. Harvard

Evanston Regional

1. Northwestern (12)
2. Miami (OH)
3. Kentucky 
4. Eastern Illinois

Austin Regional

1. Texas (13)
2. Texas St.
3. Texas A&M
4. Seton Hall

Athens Regional

1. Georgia (14)
2. Boston University
3. Virginia Tech
4. NC Central

Salt Lake City Regional

1. Utah (15)
2. Ole Miss
3. Baylor
4. Southern Illinois

Clemson Regional

1. Clemson (16)
2. Cal St Fullerton
3. Auburn
4. UNC Greensboro