LAKE CHARLES – McNeese baseball (14-14, 6-6) concludes its 10-game home stand Tuesday as it takes on UL Lafayette (18-10, 3-6) in a midweek match up. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.
The Cowboys are coming off a weekend series loss to Abilene Christian, dropping the first two games before bouncing back to win the finale. McNeese recorded eight doubles and three home runs over the weekend.
UL Lafayette enters the match up after dropping two of three games against UL Monroe in a Sun Belt Conference series. The Ragin' Cajuns salvaged the finale with a 4-0 shutout victory behind the pitching efforts of Ty Roman and Cody Brasch.
Series Information: vs UL-Lafayette
- Location: Joe Miller Ballpark | Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Last 5 Meetings: 2-5
- Last Meeting: March 12,2025 | McN, 4-2 at ULL
Records:
- McNeese (14-14, 6-6)
- UL-Lafayette (18-10, 3-6)
Gameday Notebook:
- First scheduled match up between the two this season was postponed back on March 11 due to weather in the area.
- Cowboys coming off an 11-10 walk off win against Abilene Christian
- McNeese dropped the series versus ACU 2-1
- Elliott Burrows picked up his first loss on the season Saturday against the Wildcats
- Jake Blackwell picked up the win Sunday against ACU to remain undefeated on the season at 3-0
- Connor Walker recorded his second and third collegiate home run Friday against Abilene
- Connor Schneider hit his first career home run on Friday against Abilene
- Connor Schneider will enter the game on a five-game hitting streak
- Matt Stancliff will enter the game with a reached base streak and reached safely streak of 17.
- Danny Barbero leads the team in home runs with five.
- Marcus Heusohn leads the team in doubles with eight.
- Matt Stancliff leads the team in stolen bases with 17 on the season
- Nachtsheim leads the pitching staff in strikeouts on the season with 59 in his eight appearances.
- Cowboy pitching staff has recorded 291 strikeouts in 247 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 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.
