LAKE CHARLES – McNeese baseball (21-19, 10-11) opens a four-game home stand Tuesday as it hosts Louisiana Tech (24-17, 11-7) in a midweek match up. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The Cowboys are coming off a conference series loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, dropping two of three games and snapping a four-game win streak. McNeese outhit TAMU-CC 28-26 over the weekend, recording six doubles, one triple, and seven home runs in the series.

Louisiana Tech enters the match up following a Conference USA series win over Kennesaw State, taking two of three games. Colby Lunsford, Matt Houston, and Trey Hawsey each hit home runs over the weekend, while the Bulldogs outhit Kennesaw State 32-20 in the series.

This will be the second meeting between the two teams this season, with McNeese earning an 8-3 win in Ruston on February 18. Jake Blackwell picked up his first win of the year in that game, while Eric Nachtsheim recorded his first save. The Cowboys outhit the Bulldogs 14-7, highlighted by five doubles and one home run.

Series Information: vs Louisiana Tech

• Location: Lake Charles, LA 
• Last 5 Meetings: 2-3
• Last Meeting: February 18, 2026, | McN, 8-3 at LA Tech

Records:

• McNeese (21-19, 10-11)
• LA Tech (24-17, 11-7)

Gameday Notebook:

• Cowboys coming off series loss at TAMU-CC snapping a four-game winning streak 
• Eric Nachtsheim picked up his fifth win on the season Friday at TAMUCC pitching in relief to move to 5-1 on the year.
• Danny Barbero hit home run #6 and #7 and double #10 and #11 in Corpus over the weekend
• Matt Stancliff hit home run #5 and #6 in Corpus over the weekend
• Connor Walker hit home run #5 in Corpus over the weekend
• Easton Dowell hit his seventh double on the season over the weekend in Corpus
• Isaiah Keller hits home run #3 and double #3 in Corpus over the weekend
• DJ Pinkerton hit home run #2 and his first triple in Corpus over the weekend 
• Hayden Stringfellow hit double #8 and #9 in Corpus over the weekend
• Schuck, Dowell, and Stringfellow all enter Friday's game on a 5-game hitting steak
• Danny Barbero leads the team with 13 multi-hit games this season
• Danny Barbero leads the team in home runs with seven.
• Marcus Heusohn and Danny Barebo lead 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 85 in his 12 appearances.
• Cowboy pitching staff has recorded 398 strikeouts in 357.2 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 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 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.