Bethune-Cookman baseball upsets No. 24 LSU for 1st ranked win since 2017
Bethune-Cookman upset No. 24 LSU in Baton Rouge for its first ranked win since 2017. Here's how the Wildcats did it.
Bethune-Cookman scored five runs in the top of the seventh, and Wildcats’ reliever Jean Carlos Zambrano struck out three with the bases loaded in the bottom of the same inning to lead the Wildcats to an upset victory over No. 24 LSU in Baton Rouge on April 7. The victory marked Bethune-Cookman’s first win over a ranked team since beating eventual-national champion Florida 6-2 on June 4, 2017, in an NCAA Regional, which also served as the program’s last triumph over an SEC opponent.
It was the first ranked regular-season victory for the Wildcats (23-10) since 2014. The Wildcats and Tigers flip-flopped multiple times over the course of the game. LSU (22-12), who peaked at No.
2 nationally for the first month of the season, scored two in the bottom of the first to take an initial lead, but B-CU answered with three runs in the top of the second to lead 3-2. UPSET ALERT 🚨 @bcudiamondcats take care of business on the road to get defeat No. 24 LSU 10-7 after a 5 run 7th inning!
#SWACBSB | #BuildingChampionsForLife pic. twitter. com/JYszfvlc5f — Southwestern Athletic Conference (@theswac) April 8, 2026 The trend continued for the next several innings with three ties and three lead changes until the decisive seventh inning.