THIBODAUX, La. – Easton Dowell's perfect day at the plate helped propel McNeese Baseball over Nicholls 10-6 Saturday afternoon at Ben Meyer Diamond in the regular season finale. The Cowboys sit at 29-25, 11-13 in Southland Conference play while Nicholls is 34-20, 16-8 in the SLC ahead of the SLC Championship Tournament.
 
Dowell, a redshirt freshman, finished 3-for-3 at the plate with one walk, scoring three runs in the victory. He drove in a fifth of the Pokes' runs with two on the day. Dowell stole a team-high three bases during his time as a base runner.
 
Senior Peyton LeJeune earned the lone home run for the Pokes in the ninth inning to make it a 10-3 game at the time. Nicholls' late three-run comeback wasn't enough to surpass the Cowboys.
 
After taking a 3-0 lead in the second inning, the Cowboys held the lead the entire way, scoring in each of the third, fourth, fifth, and ninth innings after. McNeese outhit the Colonels 15-8, the 45^th game of the season the Pokes have earned six or more hits.
 
Redshirt junior Cameron LeJeune threw five innings without permitting an earned run charged to him, striking out six batters, just two shy of his season high. LeJeune exited the game in the ninth while tallying his seventh victory of the season. Senior JT Moeller closed out the game for his second save of the season.
 
The Cowboys await the conclusion of all Southland Conference games to determine where they will be seeded for the SLC Baseball Championship Tournament but currently sit as the fifth seed.
 
Pitching Appearances
Caleb Strmiska: 3.0 IP, 0 K, 1 H, 2 BB, 2 ER
Cameron LeJeune: 5.0 IP, 6 K's, 5 H, 1 BB, 0 ER, Win
Brock Barthelemy: 0.0 IP, 0 K, 2 H, 1 BB, 2 ER
Max Swenson: 0.0 IP, 0 K, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 ER
JT Moeller: 1.0 IP, 0 K, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 ER, Save 
 
McNeese Notes
• Elliot Hebert extended his team-leading hitting streak to six games.
• 45^th game with 6+ hits on the diamond.
• 23^rd consecutive game plating a run.
• Caleb Strmiska made his 10^th start of the 2024 campaign. 
• Braden Duhon started all 54 regular season games in right field for the Pokes.
• Multi-Hit Games: Conner Westenburg (19^th), Braden Duhon (18^th), Grant Mangrum (12^th), Simon Larranaga (12^th), Elliot Hebert (11^th), Easton Dowell (9^th)