BATON ROUGE, La. - In its fifth consecutive game on the road, McNeese Baseball (8-8) looks to claim another road victory against Southern (4-9) Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at Lee Hines Stadium.

The Cowboys are coming off a weekend series against second-ranked Arkansas and are shown to have the second-toughest schedule thus far in the season. The team earned its first road victory of the season last Wednesday against Louisiana Christian who owns a 16-6 record.

Senior Braden Duhon aims to extend the team's longest hitting streak of the season, earning a hit in seven consecutive games back to the Prairie View series.

Junior Conner Westenburg remains nationally ranked in doubles on the season with eight and is 48th in the nation with 48 total bases thus far. Westenburg had the team's longest hitting streak of the season until Sunday's game against Arkansas and is the lone Cowboy to have reached double-digits in the stat.

On the mound, senior Kainin Morrow has made nine appearances for over half of the games played this season, sitting tied for sixth in the nation.

After the midweek duel, the Cowboys will take a weekend of rest before traveling a week later against UL-Lafayette.

Series Preview
• Dating back to 1971, McNeese holds an all-time series advantage over Southern 24-15-1, winning the last five meetings.
• When playing Southern on the road, NcNeese is 6-4 in Baton Rouge.
• Poke Nation has plated 251 runs in the series, averaging 6.28 runs a game.
• When the teams met in March 2023, the Cowboys took a 12-5 victory.
• Of the last five games, three have been in Baton Rouge.

McNeese Notes
• The Cowboys had a stretch of winning eight of nine matchups, starting against New Mexico State through LCU before facing #2 Arkansas.
• Westenburg is second amongst the Southland in doubles and sits 16th in the nation with eight on the season.
• Braden Duhon owns the team's longest hitting streak at seven games.
• The blue and gold sit 38th in the nation with five triples, eight behind conference foe and national leader UIW at 13.
• The team's 32 doubles put them 69th at the highest level of collegiate baseball.
• Cooper Hext has reached base in 11 consecutive games this season.
• The Cowboys have earned at least six hits in 15 of 16 games this season.
• The Cowboys have 23 returners on the squad with 17 newcomers for the season.
• McNeese has made 11 straight appearances in the SLC Tournament, qualifying each year under the tutelage of Coach Hill.
• With nine appearances under his belt, Kainin Morrow sits tied for sixth in the nation for most pitching appearances.
• Morrow is further 13th in the nation and atop the conference in victories, collecting three on the mound.
• JT Moeller holds the 22nd best strikeout-to-walk ration in the nation at 10.00.
• Cameron LeJeune owns the 15th most saves in D1 baseball at three on the season.
• The NCAA ranks McNeese as having the second-hardest strength of schedule in the nation.

Scouting the Opponent
• Southern is coming off a series loss to Alabama State 2-1.
• Southern has defeated Alcorn (1), Alabama State (2), and Dillard University (1) thus far this season.
• Nicholls outscored the Jaguars 31-5 through a three-game series to kick off March.
• Khyle Radcliffe leads the team with a .364 average, playing all 13 games on the season and starting 12.
• KJ White is behind him, batting .360 on the season through eight starts and 10 appearances.

Last Five
3/28/2023    McNeese 12, Southern 5
3/1/2023      McNeese 10, Southern 3
3/30/2022    McNeese 9, Southern 7
3/1/2022      McNeese 7, Southern 3
4/29/2015    McNeese 13, Southern 5