BATON ROUGE – McNeese baseball hits the road for only the second time this year for a midweek match up against the reigning College World Series Champions, the LSU Tigers. First pitch on Tuesday is slated for 6:30 inside of Skip Bertman Field at Alex Box Stadium. The game will broadcast live on the SECN+.
LSU, ranked No. 1 or 2 in all major college baseball polls, is the first ranked opponent for the Cowboys this season.
The Cowboys (2-5) are coming off a three-game series loss to the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12 conference where their offense accounted for 17 hits, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 4 RBI's. Senior, RHP
Paul Coppinger made his first appearance on the mound this season for the Cowboys after his last appearance dating back to April 17, 2025.
LSU (8-0) is coming off the weekend 3-0 after playing at the Jax College Baseball Classic in Jacksonville, Fla. over the weekend where they saw wins over Indiana, Notre Dame, and a mercy rule win over Central Florida in seven innings. Last season LSU beat Coastal Carolina in the CWS Championship Series, 2-0, to claim the National Champion crown in baseball.
Series Information: vs LSU
- Location: Skip Bertman Field at Alex Box Stadium | Baton Rouge, LA
- Last 5 Meetings: 0-5
- Last Meeting: April 15,2025 | LSU, 10-3 in Baton Rouge
- Last McNeese Win: March 26, 2019, 2-0 victory
Records:
- McNeese (2-5,0-0)
- LSU (8-0,0-0)
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Gameday Notebook:
- This will only be the second road game of the season for the Cowboys after playing six of their first seven at home.
- Cowboys have lost the last five games against the Tigers.
- Last time the Cowboys beat the Tigers was back on March26, 2019, 2-0
- As a team, the Cowboys, are batting .261 (65-for-249) through the first seven games with 15 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, and 29 runs.
- Bryce Fontenot leads the team in batting average through the first seven games with .444 with 4 hits in 9 at bats. He's credited with two doubles and one home run on the season with four RBI's.
- Hayden Stringfellow is second on the team in batting average batting .429 with 12 hits in 28 at bats
- Eric Nachtsheim struck out a career high 7 batters against Kansas (2/22)
- Connor Achee struck out a career high 5 batters against Kansas (2/20)
- Hayden Stringfellow, Matt Stancliff, and Kaden Schuck will enter the game on a two-game hitting streak
- RHP Paul Coppinger made his season debut against Kansas (2/21) throwing two innings. His last appearance on the diamond dates to April 17,2025
- Marcus Heusohn has a reached base streak of five and a reached safely streak of five.
- Matt Stancliff leads the Cowboys with four stolen bases.
- The Cowboys offense accounted for 17 hits, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 4 RBI's against in the series against Kansas.
- Cowboys hit the road this weekend to begin Southland Conference play with a three-game series at Nicholls beginning on Friday, February 27
- 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).
