LAKE CHARLES – McNeese baseball (9-10, 4-5) returns home Wednesday to take on Prairie View A&M (4-14, 0-3) in a midweek match up that begins a 10-game home stand for the Cowboys. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The Cowboys are coming off a weekend series loss in conference play to Lamar, dropping games two and three. McNeese scored 13 runs on 18 hits across the weekend, including three doubles and one triple. Jake Blackwell picked up his second win of the season in Friday's opener, while Brady Corcoran recorded his second save.

Prairie View A&M enters the match up on a seven-game losing streak dating back to March 6 against Sam Houston. The Panthers were swept in their SWAC opening weekend at Bethune-Cookman, falling to 0-3 in conference play. PVAMU has allowed 71 runs over its last seven games while scoring 20.

Series Information: vs Prairie View A&M

• Location: Joe Miller Ballpark | Lake Charles, Louisiana 
• Last 5 Meetings: 5-0
• Last Meeting: March 3,2024 | McNeese, 5-4 at home

Records:

• McNeese (9-10, 4-5)
• Prairie View A&M (4-14, 0-3)

Gameday Notebook:

• Cowboys dropped two out of three games over the weekend to Lamar
• McNeese scored 13 runs off 18 hits on the weekend against Lamar
• Of the 13 hits on the weekend, the Cowboys hit 3 doubles and 1 triple
• Eric Nachtsheim picked up his first loss on the season to move to 3-1 overall
• Danny Barbero will enter the game with a 5-game hitting streak.
• Matt Stancliff will enter the game with a reached base streak of eight.
• Danny Barbero leads the team in batting average hitting just under .400
• Matt Stancliff and Danny Barbero lead the team in home runs with three each.
• Marcus Heusohn and Danny Barbero lead the team in doubles with five a piece.
• Matt Stancliff leads the team in stolen bases with 12 on the season
• Nachtsheim leads the pitching staff in strikeouts on the season with 45 in his six appearances.
• Cowboy pitching staff has recorded 199 strikeouts in 168 innings pitched 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 13^th 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.