CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – McNeese baseball (20-17, 9-9) travels to Corpus Christi for a three-game series against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (16-20, 5-12) beginning Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.
The Cowboys are coming off a midweek win over Grambling, marking their second victory over the Tigers in a seven-day span.
Connor Walker hit his fourth home run of the season to give McNeese the lead, followed by two bases-clearing doubles to secure the 7-3 win.
The Islanders enter the weekend following a 14-7 midweek loss at No. 4 Texas on Tuesday. Jarrett Flaggert went 4-for-5 against the Longhorns, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi also dropped its weekend series against Southeastern, losing two of three games.
Series Information: at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
- Location: Corpus Christi, TX
- Last 5 Meetings: 4-1
- Last Meeting: April 19, 2025, | McN, 3-1 at home
Records:
- McNeese (20-17, 9-9)
- TAMU-CC (16-20, 5-12)
Gameday Notebook:
- Cowboys coming off an 7-3 victory over Grambling
- The win over Grambling marked the second victory over them in 7 days
- Jake Blackwell picked up his fifth win of the season moving to 5-0
- Connor Walker hit his fourth home run against Grambling 4/14
- Cowboys won the series at home against UIW winning two games out of the three
- Kaden Schuck went 4-4 at the plate in game 2 vs UIW
- Jaden Bahl picked up his first Division I win over UIW in game 2
- Matt Stancliff hit his fourth home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW
- Hayden Stringfellow hit his fourth home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW
- Isaiah Keller hit his second home run on the season to walk it off in game three against UIW
- Schuck, Dowell, and Stringfellow all enter Friday's game on a 5-game hitting steak
- Danny Barbero leads the team with 12 multi-hit games this season
- Matt Stancliff will enter the game with a reached base streak and reached safely streak of 26.
- Danny Barbero leads the team in home runs with five.
- Marcus Heusohn leads the team in doubles with 11.
- Matt Stancliff leads the team in stolen bases with 18 on the season
- Nachtsheim leads the pitching staff in strikeouts on the season with 76 in his 11 appearances.
- Cowboy pitching staff has recorded 372 strikeouts in 332.2 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.
