LAKE CHARLES – McNeese baseball (10-10, 4-5) returns home Friday to take on Southeastern (12-9, 4-2) in a weekend conference series. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.
The Cowboys are coming off a midweek win over Prairie View A&M, earning a 16-1 run-rule victory in seven innings.
DJ Pinkerton and
Isaiah Keller each hit the first home runs of their Division I careers in the win. McNeese recorded two doubles, one triple, and three home runs in the contest.
Southeastern enters the weekend following a top 10 victory over No. 8 Oklahoma on Tuesday night. The Lions' pitching staff combined for a shutout in a 3-0 win, marking the program's first victory over a ranked opponent since the 2024 season.
Series Information: vs Southeastern
- Location: Joe Miller Ballpark | Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Last 5 Meetings: 3-2
- Last Meeting: May 16,2025 | SLU, 7-4 at SLU
Records:
- McNeese (10-10, 4-5)
- Southeastern (12-9, 4-2)
Gameday Notebook:
- Cowboys picked up midweek win against Prairie View A&M
- McNeese scored 16 runs off 8 hits against the Panthers
- Of the 8 hits on the night, the Cowboys hit 2 doubles, 1 triple, and 3 home runs
- Connor Achee picked up his first win on the season to move to 1-2 overall
- Isaiah Keller and DJ Pinkerton hit their first home runs against PVAMU
- Danny Barbero will enter the game with a 6-game hitting streak.
- Matt Stancliff will enter the game with a reached base streak of nine.
- Danny Barbero leads the team in batting average hitting right at .400
- Danny Barbero leads the team in home runs with four.
- Bryce Fontenot, Marcus Heusohn and Danny Barbero lead the team in doubles with five a piece.
- Matt Stancliff leads the team in stolen bases with 13 on the season
- Nachtsheim leads the pitching staff in strikeouts on the season with 45 in his six appearances.
- Cowboy pitching staff has recorded 207 strikeouts in 175 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 homeruns 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.
