2003 LSU Tigers baseball team

2003 LSU Tigers baseball
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional champions NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional champions SEC Tournament champions SEC champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	45–22–1 (20–9–1 SEC)
Head coach	Smoke Laval (2nd year)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004  →

2003 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 6 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			42	–	20	–	0		.677
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			27	–	28	–	0		.491
Florida  ‍‍‍y	13	–	16	–	1		.450			37	–	21	–	1		.636
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			31	–	24	–	0		.564
Georgia  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			29	–	26	–	0		.527
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	9	–	20	–	0		.310			24	–	32	–	0		.429
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍†‍‍y	20	–	9	–	1		.683			45	–	22	–	1		.669
No. 20 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			42	–	21	–	0		.667
No. 24 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	12	–	0		.586			42	–	20	–	0		.677
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			35	–	27	–	0		.565
Alabama  ‍‍‡‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			38	–	24	–	0		.613
Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			35	–	22	–	0		.614
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2003 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2003 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium, and played as part of the Southeastern Conference. The team was coached by Smoke Laval in his second season as head coach at LSU.

The Tigers won the SEC, claimed the championship in the SEC Tournament, then won the Baton Rouge Regional and Super Regional to reach the College World Series, their twelfth appearance in Omaha, where were eliminated after a pair of losses to Cal State Fullerton and South Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2003 LSU Tigers roster [2]
	Pitchers 4 - Billy Sadler - Junior 6 - Collin Smith - Junior 8 - Brandon Nall - Junior 12 - Jake Tompkins - Senior 13 - Clay Dirks - Freshman 23 - Chad Vaught - Senior 25 - Will Harris - Freshman 27 - Greg Smith - Freshman 29 - Jordan Faircloth - Sophomore 33 - Jason Determann - Freshman 34 - Bo Pettit - Senior 35 - Justin Meier - Freshman 36 - Justin Gee - Freshman 38 - Brian Wilson - Junior 41 - Nate Bumstead - Junior 46 - Lane Mestepey - Junior 48 - Clint Bamert - Freshman 60 - Chris McDougall - Freshman		Catchers 9 - Dustin Weaver - Sophomore 10 - Ty Jensen - Junior 14 - Matt Liuzza - Freshman 16 - Jon Zeringue - Sophomore 50 - Shawn French - Senior Outfielders 1 - J.C. Holt - Sophomore 24 - Bruce Sprowl - Sophomore 28 - Ryan Patterson - Sophomore 32 - Rhett Buteau - Sophomore 40 - Quinn Stewart - Sophomore		Infielders 2 - Matt Horwath - Freshman 3 - Blake Gill - Sophomore 5 - Aaron Hill - Junior 7 - Ivan Naccarata - Junior 11 - Michael Murray - Freshman 21 - Clay Harris - Sophomore 30 - Bobby DiLiberto - Junior 47 - Eric Wiethorn - Senior

Coaches

2003 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff [2]
Smoke Laval - Head coach - 2nd Season Jody Autery - Assistant coach Turtle Thomas - Assistant coach Brady Wiederhold - Assistant coach

Schedule and results

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss

2003 LSU Tigers baseball game log [3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Feb 7 Northwestern State* No. 6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 2–1 1–0 Feb 8 Northwestern State* No. 6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–5 2–0 Feb 9 Northwestern State* No. 6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–3 3–0 Feb 11 at Centenary* No. 6 Shehee Stadium • Shreveport, LA W 15–0 4–0 Feb 14 Kansas* No. 6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 6–9 4–1 Feb 16 Kansas* No. 6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–6 4–2 Feb 16 Kansas* No. 6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 6–97 4–3 Feb 18 Louisiana–Monroe* No. 12 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–4 5–3 Feb 22 No. 20 Houston* No. 12 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–7 5–4 Feb 23 No. 20 Houston* No. 12 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–2 6–4 Feb 28 at No. 9 Long Beach State* No. 14 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 1–12 6–5
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Mar 1 at No. 9 Long Beach State* No. 14 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 1–5 6–6 Mar 2 at No. 9 Long Beach State* No. 14 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 7–2 7–6 Mar 5 Southeastern Louisiana* No. 18 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–2 8–6 Mar 7 Winthrop* No. 18 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–2 9–6 Mar 8 Winthrop* No. 18 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–1 10–6 Mar 9 Winthrop* No. 18 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 3–2 11–6 Mar 11 vs No. 28 Tulane* No. 18 Zephyr Field • Metairie, LA L 4–511 11–7 Mar 14 No. 16 Florida No. 18 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–0 12–7 1–0 Mar 15 No. 16 Florida No. 18 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 3–2 13–7 2–0 Mar 16 No. 16 Florida No. 18 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA T 8–8 13–7–1 2–0–1 Mar 21 at Georgia No. 15 Foley Field • Athens, GA W 12–5 14–7–1 3–0–1 Mar 22 at Georgia No. 15 Foley Field • Athens, GA W 13–6 15–7–1 4–0–1 Mar 23 at Georgia No. 15 Foley Field • Athens, GA W 3–2 16–7–1 5–0–1 Mar 25 vs New Orleans* No. 12 Zephyr Field • Metairie, LA L 4–5 16–8–1 Mar 28 at No. 20 Alabama No. 12 Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 2–4 16–9–1 5–1–1 Mar 29 at No. 20 Alabama No. 12 Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 10–6 17–9–1 6–1–1 Mar 30 at No. 20 Alabama No. 12 Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11–10 18–9–1 7–1–1
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Apr 2 Nicholls State* No. 10 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–2 19–9–1 Apr 4 No. 22 South Carolina No. 10 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–1 20–9–1 8–1–1 Apr 5 No. 22 South Carolina No. 10 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 5–8 20–10–1 8–2–1 Apr 6 No. 22 South Carolina No. 10 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–4 21–10–1 9–2–1 Apr 9 at Northwestern State* No. 8 H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 6–4 22–10–1 Apr 11 Ole Miss No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–7 22–11–1 9–3–1 Apr 12 Ole Miss No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–6 23–11–1 10–3–1 Apr 13 Ole Miss No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–5 24–11–1 11–3–1 Apr 15 Tulane* No. 7 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–0 25–11–1 Apr 18 at Vanderbilt No. 7 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 2–4 25–12–1 11–4–1 Apr 19 at Vanderbilt No. 7 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 4–510 25–13–1 11–5–1 Apr 20 at Vanderbilt No. 7 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–2 26–13–1 12–5–1 Apr 23 Southeastern Louisiana* No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–8 27–13–1 Apr 25 Tennessee No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–4 28–13–1 13–5–1 Apr 26 Tennessee No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–6 29–13–1 14–5–1 Apr 27 Tennessee No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–4 30–13–1 15–5–1 Apr 29 vs Tulane* No. 6 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA L 5–9 30–14–1 Apr 30 New Orleans* No. 6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–2 31–14–1
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 2 at No. 19 Mississippi State No. 6 Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium • Starkville, MS L 2–4 31–15–1 15–6–1 May 3 at No. 19 Mississippi State No. 6 Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium • Starkville, MS L 0–5 31–16–1 15–7–1 May 4 at No. 19 Mississippi State No. 6 Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium • Starkville, MS W 6–1 32–16–1 16–7–1 May 6 Loyola New Orleans* No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 21–68 33–16–1 May 9 No. 17 Auburn No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–5 34–16–1 17–7–1 May 10 No. 17 Auburn No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 20–3 35–16–1 18–7–1 May 11 No. 17 Auburn No. 8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 8–14 35–17–1 18–8–1 May 16 at Arkansas No. 8 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR W 11–3 36–17–1 19–8–1 May 17 at Arkansas No. 8 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 5–210 36–18–1 19–9–1 May 18 at Arkansas No. 8 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR W 6–2 37–18–1 20–9–1
Postseason
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Rank (Seed) Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SECT Record May 22 (8) Arkansas No. 8 (1) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 5–4 38–18–1 1–0 May 23 No. 19 (4) Mississippi State No. 8 (1) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 7–2 39–18–1 2–0 May 24 No. 19 (4) Mississippi State No. 8 (1) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 17–57 40–18–1 3–0 May 25 (7) Alabama No. 8 (1) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 3–10 40–19–1 3–1
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Date Opponent Rank (Seed) Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 30 (4) Northeastern No. 7 (1) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–8 41–19–1 1–0 May 31 No. 23 (2) Tulane No. 7 (1) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–5 42–19–1 2–0 June 1 (3) UNC Wilmington No. 7 (1) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–811 43–19–1 3–0
NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional Date Opponent Rank (Seed) Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SReg Record June 6 No. 12 Baylor No. 7 (2) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 1–4 43–20–1 0–1 June 7 No. 12 Baylor No. 7 (2) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–5 44–20–1 1–1 June 8 No. 12 Baylor No. 7 (2) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 20–5 45–20–1 2–1
College World Series Date Opponent Rank (Seed) Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 13 No. 2 (7) Cal State Fullerton No. 4 (2) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–8 45–21–1 0–1 June 15 No. 7 South Carolina No. 4 (2) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 10–11 45–22–1 0–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2003". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
2. "Baseball Roster 2003". LSU Tigers. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
3. "Baseball Schedule 2003". LSU Tigers. Retrieved February 16, 2026.