Louisiana Baseball will open its Sun Belt Conference schedule with Coastal Carolina starting on Friday, March 26 and running until Sunday, March 28. The teams will also play a non-conference game on Monday, March 29, to cap off the four-game tilt.

Louisiana is coming off a 2-2 week that included a win over No. 15 TCU last Friday night. Coastal owns the best overall record in the conference at 13-6 and is coming off two wins in a three game against West Virginia.

Who: Coastal Carolina (13-6) at Louisiana (11-10)
Where: M.L. 'Tigue' Moore Field at Russo Park
When: March 26-29
WATCH: ESPN+ *Monday's game will not be televised
Listen: KPEL 96.5 & ESPN1420 (Monday)
On the Call: Jay Walker (play-by-play), Brad Topham (color)
Last Meeting: Louisiana lost, 9-11, (5/5/2019)

Pitching Matchups
Friday: RHP Spencer Arrighetti vs. LHP Reid VanScoter
Saturday: TBA vs. RHP Nick Parker
Sunday: TBA vs. TBA
Monday: TBA vs. TBA

Mid Major Player of the Year Watch List
RHP Spencer Arrighetti and UTL Ben Fitzgerald have been named to the 11Point7 Mid Major Player of the Year Watch List. Fitzgerald and Arrighetti are two of 30 players on this list. Louisiana is the only school with two players on this list.

AP and Spence
Austin Perrin and Spencer Arrighetti are in good company as they are currently the only two pitchers in the Sun Belt Conference who own a sub-2.00 ERA and sub-.175 opponent batting average, minimum of 15.0 inning pitched.

Last time
Louisiana and Coastal Carolina are prepping for a four-game series between the two schools. It is the first time that the teams have met for more than a three-game series and will mark the first time Louisiana will play in a four-game series since they faced Eastern Illinois to open the year in 2014.

Pitching Appearances
Brandon Talley is now tied for the lead in pitching appearances across all of college baseball with 12. Among the seven pitchers who have made 12 appearances, Talley has the third-most innings recorded with 14.0.

Spaghetti
Spencer Arrighetti has been putting the nation on notice with his amazing start to the season. On Friday, Arrighetti was featured on Baseball America as a "Friday Night Ace Watch." Arrighetti currently leads the Sun Belt Conference in ERA (1.01).

Impressive Week
Ben Fitzgerald's bomb against No. 15 TCU helped Louisiana to victory against the Horned Frogs on Friday night. The Mason City, Iowa, native also added two more doubles (8) to his league-leading season output over the week. Fitzgerald also saw his RBI total nearly double, increasing his season total from six to 11. With his great week at the plate, Fitzgerald now ranks in the top 10 in the conference in batting average (.343), on-base percentage (.439) and slugging (.700).