It was not easy, to say the least, but the Water Hose Boys have found themselves in the Sun Belt tournament championship game. It took them six games in five days, but they got it done. They now look to play either Southern Miss or Troy in the conference championship finale, which is currently scheduled for 1pm on Sunday in Montgomery, Alabama. UL came into the 10-team Sun Belt tournament as the 7-seed, needing to win a single-elimination play-in game against a tricky Marshall team on Tuesday. That game did not seem so tricky for the Cajuns as they defeated the Thundering Herd 11-1 in 7 innings. They then played against 24th nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina on Wednesday in a high-scoring game, narrowly beating the Chanticleers 12-11 to set up a matchup with Texas State the next day. Louisiana got swept in their series against Texas State earlier this season, so they needed to figure out a way to scoop out a win against the Bobcats. Unfortunately, the Cajuns fell short 4-3 on Thursday against Texas State, bringing their record against the Bobcats to 0-4 on the year, and sending them to the loser's bracket. Funny enough, UL found themselves matched up on Friday against Coastal Carolina yet again after the Chanticleers defeated App State 8-2 in the first round of the loser's bracket. Unbothered by the familiar foe, UL was able to squeak out a victory 5-4 against the Chanticleers. Keep in mind, UL played a series against this same Coastal Carolina team last weekend, which meant this was their fifth game against the Chanticleers in nine days. That win meant another date with Texas State in a revenge game on Saturday morning to force a rubber match. It also meant UL defeated #24 Coastal Carolina in four of their five meetings this season. 0-4 against Texas State this season, the Cajuns were in desperate mode. But, with the help of Donovan LaSalle's two home runs and four runs drove in, UL finally bested Texas State 12-6 following a monster 8th inning. This helped force the Cajuns to a second game against Texas State later on Saturday to ultimately determine who makes the conference championship game. With the help of big runs by Lee Amedee and Mark Collins, UL defeated Texas State for the second time on Saturday 7-4 to bid farewell to the Pac-12-bound team and advance to the championship finale.  Louisiana will now face the winner of 8th nationally-ranked Southern Miss versus Troy, who will pitch off at 9am on Sunday. The championship finale is set for 1pm later that day. Regardless if they win or lose this championship game, the Cajuns have basically cemented an at-large bid in the NCAA baseball tournament thanks to their 5-1 run so far in the Sun Belt tournament. Coming into this tournament, UL needed to win against Marshall and then against Coastal Carolina (the first time) to really give themselves a good feeling at making the NCAA tournament. But, although they lost to Texas State the next day, they got their revenge by running through the loser's bracket, which concluded in them defeating Texas State twice in the same day, ultimately securing (unofficially) their at-large bid. Unless the committee somehow shocks the world by leaving the Cajuns out (should they lose the championship finale), we will find out on Monday which regional the Cajuns will be heading to as they inch closer on their journey to Omaha.