RUSTON – McNeese baseball (1-2) hits the road for the first time this season on Wednesday as it travels north to Ruston to take on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (4-0) in a midweek matchup. First pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. The game will broadcast on ESPN+.
The Cowboys are coming off an opening weekend series loss where they saw nine players make their debuts at the plate, and 11 pitchers make their debuts on the mound. The Cowboy offense accounted for 34 hits, eight doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 15 RBI's during opening weekend.
Louisiana Tech is coming off a four-game opening weekend sweep over conference foe the Houston Christian Huskies where three of the four games ended in the 7th inning by the 10-run rule.
Series Information: vs Louisiana Tech
- Location: JC Love Field at Pat Patterson Park | Ruston, LA
- Last 5 Meetings: 1-4 with the one win coming at home in 2022
- Last Meeting: February 28,2024 | LA Tech, 13-4 in Lake Charles
Records:
- McNeese (1-2,0-0)
- Louisiana Tech (4-0,0-0)
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Gameday Notebook:
- First matchup against Louisiana Tech since the 2024 season.
- Hayden Stringfellow leads the team in batting average through one weekend of play batting .500 with 6 hits in 12 at bats. He also hit a walk off single in the first game of the season which was his Cowboy debut.
- Three Cowboys hit home runs over the weekend with Korey Cooper and Danny Barbero hitting their first in a Cowboy uniform and Bryce Fontenot hitting his first of his career.
- Nine players saw their first at bats of the season this past weekend as a Cowboy
- 17 different arms threw for the Cowboys during opening weekend.
- Of the 17 arms, 11 made their Cowboy debut this past weekend on the mound
- Hayden Stringfellow has had at lead one hit in the first three games of the season.
- Bryce Fontenot, Danny Barbero, and Hayden Stringfellow have reached base at least once in the first three games of the season.
- Matt Stancliff leads the Cowboys after opening weekend in stolen bases with three.
- The Cowboys offense accounted for 34 hits, 8 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, and 15 RBI's during opening weekend.
- Cowboy offense has recorded double digit hits in two of the three games this season.
- The Cowboys return three of their top four hitters from the 2025 campaign, highlighted by Easton Dowell, who led the team with a .369 batting average. Marcus Heusohn also returns after posting a .327 average and 15 doubles, the third-most on the team, while Larry Edwards Jr. hit .316 and drove in a team-high 47 runs.
- Simon Larranaga returns to the Cowboys after leading them last season in home runs with 12 on the year.
- Cooper Golden returns as the lone weekend starter from last season after compiling a 3-3 record and 4.71 ERA in 14 starts and 15 appearances.
- Cowboys will play 32 home games this season.
- Head Coach, Justin Hill is entering his 13th season at the helm of the program and is the school's all-time winningest coach with a 365-284 overall record and 180-143 conference record.
- Cowboys return 20 players from last year's team, as well as welcome 21 newcomers to the roster.
- The 21 newcomers for the Cowboys hail from Bossier Parish CC (5), Navarro College (3), Rose State College, LSU-E, National Park College, Hill College, Butler, UNLV, Tyler Juco (2), Delgado CC, Central Missouri, Mississippi College, UT Tyler, and High School (2).
- Three of the Cowboys' opponents this season advanced to the NCAA Regionals last year – Kansas, Houston Christian, and LSU, who won the College World Series against Coastal Carolina.
