The Tigers will open the year against Milwaukee for a three game series at Alex Box Stadium before traveling to Florida to face Notre Dame, Indiana and Central Florida in Week 2. 

LSU returns home for the third weekend of the season to host Grambling, Dartmoth and Northeastern. The Tigers will not play against Grambling and will instead face Dartmouth and Northeastern twice over a four-game weekend slate.

In the week prior to the beginning of Southeastern Conference play, LSU will face Sacramento State for a three game series at Alex Box Stadium.

“We like the Peak Events deal,” Johnson said, referring to the management company that organizes the Jax College Classic and Frisco College Baseball Classic, among other tournaments. “I mean, you’re usually playing two regional teams. Two or three regional teams in that.

“Northeastern has been a power for a long time, as good of a team as you could play. (Sacramento) State is a premier winner on the west.”

The remaining games on LSU’s schedule will officially be announced in September, Johnson said.

“(They’re) all good challenges for our team,” Johnson said, “all good RPI opportunities.”