Lions Voted Preseason Favorite by Southland Peers

HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team is favored to claim the Southland Conference regular-season championship in a vote of the league’s head coaches and sports information directors, the conference office announced Thursday.

Led by a Southland-best eight Preseason All-Conference selections, SLU received 10 of the 16 possible first-place votes in the Southland’s preseason poll. McNeese (3), Northwestern State (2) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1) received the remaining first-place votes.

The Lions accumulated 93 total votes, placing them ahead of defending Southland Tournament champion McNeese (80), New Orleans (73), A&M-Corpus Christi (63), Northwestern State (55), UIW (36), HBU (24) and Nicholls (24).

The 2022 baseball preseason poll was voted upon by head coaches and sports information directors from around the conference. Voting for one’s own school was not permitted.

Southeastern opens the regular season at home with a three-game series against SIU Edwardsville, Feb. 18-20, at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.

A rugged non-conference schedule awaits SLU in 2022, with nearly one-third of the overall competition and more than half of its road slate against teams that advanced to the NCAA postseason this past year. The Lions will face three opponents ranked in the preseason Top 5, No. 2-ranked Arkansas, No. 4-ranked LSU and No. 5-ranked Ole Miss.

SLU will host 28 home games, comprising more than half of its regular-season schedule. The Southland Conference’s annual attendance leader welcomes postseason participants Louisiana Tech (March 2), Ole Miss (March 15), South Alabama (Apr. 19) and Southern Miss (Apr. 26) to Hammond.

TICKET & PARKING INFORMATION
Baseball season tickets and parking passes are currently on sale and may be purchased by contacting the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Fridays.

Season ticket prices are $130 for general admission and $175 for reserved grandstand seating. A $250 family pass grants a family of four (two adults and two youth) general admission seating for every regular-season game. Parking passes cost $125 for general parking or $185 for a reserved spot.

CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics enforces a clear bag policy for all ticketed events. The policy mirrors safety precautions required for entrance to professional and collegiate sporting venues throughout the country. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit www.LionSports.net/Clear.

DIAMOND CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the baseball program are encouraged to join the Diamond Club. Lion baseball alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
 
All membership fees and donations to both the Diamond Club and S Club (baseball) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern baseball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.
  
SOCIAL MEDIA
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2022 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL

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