NEW ORLEANS – McNeese baseball (15-14, 6-6) hits the road to take on New Orleans (12-19, 4-11) in a three-game series ahead of Easter weekend. First pitch for Thursday's opener is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.
The Cowboys are coming off a midweek win over UL Lafayette, earning a 10-7 victory behind an offensive surge from
Hayden Stringfellow, who hit the first two home runs of his Division I career. McNeese recorded one double, three home runs, and two stolen bases in the win.
New Orleans enters the series following a 2-1 midweek victory at South Alabama. The Jaguars scored in the second inning, while the Privateers responded with two runs in the fourth. Rex Henderson earned the win to move to 2-0 on the season, while Lane Alack picked up his third save.
Series Information: at New Orleans
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Last 5 Meetings: 4-1
- Last Meeting: April 6,2025 | McN, 3-2 at McN
Records:
- McNeese (15-14, 6-6)
- New Orleans (12-19, 4-11)
Gameday Notebook:
- McNeese has won four of the last five matchups against New Orleans
- Cowboys coming off an 10-7 victory over UL-Lafayette
- Hayden Stringfellow hit his first and second homer of the season against the Ragin Cajuns
- Garett Blanchard picked up the win to move to 2-2 on the season
- Parker Morgan picked up his first division 1 save against ULL
- Bryce Fontenot homered for the third time this season against ULL
- Connor Schneider will enter the game on a six-game hitting streak
- Matt Stancliff will enter the game with a reached base streak and reached safely streak of 18.
- 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 300 strikeouts in 256 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.
