SOUTHLAND BASEBALL Weekly Release May 9-15, 2016

Southland.org | Facebook.com/SouthlandConference | @SouthlandSports | Instagram.com/SouthlandConference | #SLCBaseball 2016 Southland Conference Standings Conference Overall School W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Away Neut. Streak Southeastern Louisiana 21 3 .875 35 13 .729 20-6 14-6 1-1 W7 Sam Houston State 19 5 .792 31 18 .633 19-7 12-11 0-0 W1 Lamar 16 8 .667 31 15 .674 18-10 13-5 0-0 L5 Northwestern State 14 10 .583 27 19 .587 15-6 10-13 2-0 L1 Stephen F. Austin 14 13 .529 26 22 .542 14-6 11-15 1-1 W3 New Orleans 12 12 .500 28 18 .609 18-7 10-11 0-0 W2 Central Arkansas 12 12 .500 21 23 .477 17-6 4-17 0-0 W3 McNeese State 13 14 .481 23 21 .523 14-9 9-12 0-0 L7 Houston Baptist 11 13 .458 22 23 .489 14-7 7-14 1-1 W1 Nicholls 11 13 .458 21 27 .438 14-11 6-14 1-2 L2 Abilene Christian* 6 18 .250 14 30 .318 12-16 2-13 0-1 L2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5 19 .208 16 21 .340 9-11 7-17 0-3 L1 UIW* 5 19 .208 12 35 .255 8-11 3-22 1-2 L3 *inelegible for postseason play Upcoming Schedule Sunday, May 15 Leading Lions Sam Houston State at Lamar* ...... 1 p.m. Central Arkansas at McNeese State* ...... 1 p.m. (Through 5/8/16) Tuesday, May 10 New Orleans at Southeastern La...... 1 p.m. Houston Baptist at Texas Southern ...... 3 p.m. Abilene Christian at UIW* ...... 1 p.m. Central Arkansas at Arkansas-Pine Bluff ...... 3 p.m. • Southeastern Louisiana is No. 2 in the nation in Northwestern State at Nicholls* ...... 1 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Northwestern State ...... 6 p.m. earned run average, holding opponents to 2.45 Stephen F. Austin at Southeast Missouri ...... 1 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at TCU ...... 6:30 p.m. earned runs per game. A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston Baptist* ...... 2 p.m. Texas Tech at Abilene Christian ...... 6:30 p.m. • The Lions are 6th in the country with 8 shutouts New Orleans at Tulane ...... 6:30 p.m. McNeese State at Baylor ...... 6:30 p.m. thorughout the season. Last Week’s Results Friday, May 6 • Southeastern La. junior fi rst baseman Jameson Wednesday, May 11 Central Arkansas 9, UIW 0 Fisher holds the No. 5 offense amoung all DI competi- McNeese State at Baylor ...... 4 p.m. Sam Houston State 6, A&M-Corpus Christi 1 tors with a .446 batting average. UIW at UTSA ...... 6 p.m. Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech ...... 6 p.m. Houston Bpatist 8, Nicholls 3 Southeastern La. 14, Lamar 6 • The Lions’ Jacob Seward is 2nd toughest in the Abilene Christian 6, New Orleans 1 NCAA to strike out with six strikeouts in 183 at bats. Friday, May 13 A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston Baptist* ...... 2 p.m. Stephen F. Austin 8, McNeese State 2 Central Arkansas at McNeese State* ...... 6 p.m. Northwestern State 8, Arkansas State 3 Quick Hits Sam Houston State at Lamar* ...... 6 p.m. Saturday, May 7 (Through 5/8/16) Northwestern State at Nicholls* ...... 6 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Southeast Missouri ...... 6 p.m. Nicholls 5, Houston Baptist 3 New Orleans at Southeastern La.* ...... 6 p.m. Central Arkansas 21, UIW 10 • Northwestern State is No. 2 in doubles plays per Abilene Christian at UIW* ...... 6:30 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi 2, Sam Houston State 1 game in the nation with 1.28. New Orelans 1, Abilene Christian 0 Saturday, May 14 Southeastern La. 5, Lamar 2 • The Deomon’s Nick Heath ranks 5th in the NCAA A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston Baptist* ...... 1 p.m. Stephen F. Austin 11, McNeese State 2 with 34 stolen bases. Sam Houston State at Lamar* ...... 2 p.m. Northwestern State 6, Arkansas State 3 Southeastern La. at New Orleans* ...... 2 p.m. • New Orleans’ Daniel Martinez is No. 7 in the NCAA Stephen F. Austin at Southeast Missouri ...... 2 p.m. Sunday, May 8 with 11 saves. Abilene Christian at UIW* ...... 2 p.m. Sam Houston State 5, A&M-Corpus Christi 3 Central Arkansas at McNeese State* ...... 3 p.m. Central Arkansas 20, UIW 4 • Lamar’s Will Hibbs and Southeastern’s Mac Sceroler Northwestern State at Nicholls* ...... 6 p.m. New Orleans 6, Abilene Christian 4 are tied at No. 4 in vicroties with 9. Stephen F. Austin 12, McNeese State 6 Southeastern La. 2, Lamar 1 Houston Baptist 7, Nicholls 3 Arkansas State 4, Northwestern State 1

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vs. Non-Conference Baseball Players of the Week Opponents America East ...... 3-3 Riley Gossett, Sam Houston State American Athletic ...... 4-5 Pitcher of the Week Atlantic 10 ...... 0-0 Atlantic Coast ...... 3-1 Gossett picked up a pair of wins on the week, allowing just one earned run in 12 1-3 innings while Atlantic Sun ...... 0-0 defeating Houston and A&M-Corpus Christi. The right-hander moved to 6-0 on the season while Big 12 ...... 8-16 permitting just two walks. The starter did not allow a Houston run as the Bearkats downed the Big East ...... 0-0 Cougars 4-0 on Tuesday. Sunday, Gossett led the Bearkats to their 18th Southland Conference Big Sky ...... 0-1 win in the last 20 games. Big South ...... 0-0 Big Ten ...... 1-4 Big West ...... 0-0 Honorable mention for pitcher of the week goes to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi junior right-hander Colonial Athletic Association ...... 2-1 Devin Skapura, Central Arkansas freshman right-hander Cody Davenport and Houston Baptist Conference USA ...... 8-13 senior right-hander Dylan Zarosky. Horizon League ...... 3-0 Ivy League ...... 0-0 Metro Atlantic ...... 0-0 Mid-American ...... 0-0 Logan Preston, Central Arkansas Mid-Eastern Athletic ...... 0-0 Hitter of the Week Missouri Valley ...... 8-11 Mountain West ...... 0-0 UCA’s third baseman, Preston, did it all for the Bears in their high-scoring sweep of UIW, hitting Northeast ...... 5-2 Ohio Valley ...... 8-3 .700, slugging 1.300, with 10 runs scored and 10 RBI. The senior had three doubles, one home run Pacifi c-12 ...... 3-5 and four walks with just one strikeout. He had career-high six RBIs in Saturday’s win, going 4-for-5 Patriot League ...... 0-0 with four runs scored. His 10 runs were a fi fth of the Bears’ total runs as the team combined for Southeastern ...... 3-12 50 runs against the Cardinals. Southern ...... 0-0 Southwestern Athletic ...... 31-2 Honorable mention for hitter of the week goes to Stephen F. Austin junior outfi elder Zac Michener, Summit League ...... 0-0 Southeastern Louisiana junior third baseman Derrick Mount and Houston Baptist junior center Sun Belt ...... 19-28 fi elder Zane Otten. West Coast ...... 2-2 Western Athletic ...... 17-4 Non-Division I...... 2-1 Voters: UCA, HBU, LU, MCN, UNO, NICH, NWST, SHSU, SLU, SFA, AMCC Home ...... 93-38 Away ...... 90-22 Neutral ...... 4-5

vs. Top 25 Teams ...... 5-27 vs. All Non-Conference Opponents ...... 128-112 2016 Southland Conference Baseball Players of the Week Feb. 23 March 28 May 2 Hitter:...... Jacoby Middleton, LU Hitter:...... Jameson Fisher, SLU Hitter:...... Kyle Thornell, SFA Pitcher: ...... Kyle Cedotal, SLU Pitcher: ...... Kaleb Fontenot, MCN Pitcher: ...... Justin Sinibaldi, NICH

March 1 April 4 May 9 Hitter:...... Matt Broadbent, SHSU Hitter:...... Jameson Fisher, SLU Hitter:...... Logan Preston, UCA Pitcher: ...... Sam Odom, SHSU Pitcher: ...... Sam Odom, SHSU Pitcher: ...... Riley Gossett, SHSU

March 8 April 11 May 16 Hitter:...... Daniel Garner, NWST Hitter:...... Kyle Knauth, NICH Hitter:...... Pitcher: ...... Matthew McCollough, HBU Pitcher: ...... Will Hbbs, LU Pitcher: ......

March 14 April 18 Hitter:...... Louis Payetta, HBU Hitter:...... Harp, SHSU Pitcher: ...... Cedotal, SLU Pitcher: ...... Kober, MCN

March 21 April 25 Hitter:...... Reid Russell, LU Hitter:...... Kyle Thornelll, SFA Pitcher: ...... Kaleb Fontenot, MCN Pitcher: ...... Greg Belton, SHSU

www.Southland.org | Facebook.com/SouthlandConference | Twitter.com/SouthlandSports | Twitter Hashtag: #SLCBaseball Southland Conference Baseball Week 13 Baseball America D1Baseball USA Today Baseball News (May 9) (May 9) (April 25) (May 9) Rk Team Rk Team Rk Team Rk Team 1. Florida 1. Florida 1. Florida 1. Florida 2. Texas A&M 2. Texas A&M 2. Texas A&M 2. Miami 3. Mississippi State 3. Miami 3. Miami 3. South Carolina 4. Miami 4. Mississippi State 4. Mississippi State 4. Florida State 5. Texas Tech 5. Florida State 5. South Carolina 5. Texas A&M 6. Ole Miss 6. Louisville 6. Florida State 6. Louisville 7. Florida State 7. Texas Tech 7. Vanderbilt 7. Mississippi State 8. South Carolina 8. Ole Miss 8. Louisville 8. Vanderbilt 9. Louisville 9. South Carolina 9. NC State 9. Texas Tech 10. TCU 10. NC State 10. TCU 10. NC State 11. LSU 11. Vanderbilt 11. Oregon State 11. Virginia 12. Vanderbilt 12. Virginia 12. Ole Miss 12. Oklahoma State 13. NC State 13. Rice 13. LSU 13. TCU 14. Rice 14. TCU 14. Texas Tech 14. Washington 15. Virginia 15. Tulane 15. Coastal Carolina 15. Cal State Fullerton 16. Oklahoma State 16. LSU 16. Louisiana-Lafayette 16. Southern Miss 17. Florida Atlantic 17. Washington 17. Florida Atlantic 17. Arizona 18. Tulane 18. Oklahoma State 18. Virginia 18. Rice 19. Southern Miss 19. Georgia Tech 19. UC Santa Barbara 19. Tulane 20. Washington 20. Coastal Carolina 20. North Carolina 20. Ole Miss 21. Arizona 21. East Carolina 21. Michigan 21. LSU 22. Cal State Fullerton 22. Arizona 22. Oklahoma State 22. Georgia Tech 23. Clemson 23. Florida Atlantic 23. Missouri State 23. South Alabama 24. UC Santa Barbara 24. Oregon State 24. East Carolina 24. Coastal Carolina 25. Creighton 25. Minnesota 25. Georgia Tech 25. Indiana Receiving Votes: Arizona 67; California 26. UC Santa Barbara Others Receiving Votes: None Others Considered: Bryant, Cal State 62; Clemson 60; Minnesota 58; Rice 52; 27. Minnesota Fullerton, Clemson, Creighton, Kent State, Southern Mississippi 50; Brigham Young Michigan State, UNC Wilmington, Southern 47; South Alabama 37; Creighton 27; Cal 28. Arizona State Miss Poly 21; Michigan State 21; Tulane 19; 29. Michigan North Carolina-Wilmington 18; Bryant 18; Kentucky 13; New Mexico 11; Arizona 30. Vreighton State 9; Cal State Fullerton 9; Dallas Baptist 9; Kent State 1; North Carolina- Greensboro 1; Lamar 1.

Head-to-Head Regular-Season Schedule TEAM vs. ACU vs. UCA vs. HBU vs. UIW vs. LU vs. MCN vs. UNO vs. NICH vs. NSU vs. SHSU vs. SLU vs. SFA vs. AMCC Abilene Christian — — L/W/L -/-/- L/L/L L/L/L L/W/L W/L/W — L/L/L L/L/L L/L/L L/W/W Central Arkansas — — W/W/L W/W/W L/L/L -/-/- W/W/L L/L/W L/W/L L/L/L -/-/- W/W/W — Houston Baptist W/L/W L/L/W — W/L/W L/L/L W/L/W — W/L/W — -/-/- L/L/L W/W/L -/-/- UIW -/-/- L/L/L L/W/L — L/L/W L/L/W — L/W/L — L/L/L L/L/L L/L/W -/-/- Lamar W/W/W W/W/W W/W/W W/W/L — L/W/L W/W/W — L/W/L -/-/- L/L/L -/-/- W/W/W McNeese State W/W/W -/-/- L/W/L W/W/L W/L/W — W/W/W L/L/L W/L/L — L/W/L L/L/L — New Orleans W/L/W L/L/W — — L/L/L L/L/L — -/-/- L/W/W W/W/L -/-/- W/W/L W/W/W Nicholls L/W/L W/W/L L/W/L W/L/W — W/W/W -/-/- — -/-/- L/L/L W/L/L — L/W/L Northwestern State -/-/- W/L/W — — W/L/W L/W/W W/L/L -/-/- — W/L/L L/L/W W/L/W W/W/W Sam Houston State W/W/W W/W/W -/-/- W/W/W -/-/- — L/L/W W/W/W L/W/W — — W/W/L W/L/W Southeastern La. W/W/W -/-/- W/W/W W/W/W W/W/W W/L/W -/-/- L/W/W W/W/L — — — W/W/W Stephen F. Austin W/W/W L/L/L L/L/W W/W/L -/-/- W/W/W L/L/W — L/W/L L/L/W — — W/L/L A&M-Corpus Christi W/L/L — -/-/- -/-/- L/L/L L/L/L — W/L/W L/L/L L/W/L L/L/L L/W/L —

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Abilene Christian ...... Britt Bonneau McNeese State ...... Sam Houston State ...... School Record, Season: ...... 689-360-1/19th School Record, Season: ...... 62-53, Third School Record, Season: ...... 31-28, Second Career Record, Season: ...... 689-360-1/19th Career Record, Season: ...... 62-53, Third Career Record, Season: ...... 31-28, Second Southland Record, Season: ...... 18-36, Second Southland Record, Season: ...... 35-25, Third Southland Record, Season: ...... 17-12, Second

Central Arkansas ...... Allen Gum New Orleans ...... Southeastern Louisiana ...... School Record, Season: ...... 152-127 , Sixth School Record, Season: ...... 0-0, First School Record, Season: ...... 80-42, Third Career Record, Season: ...... 378-195 , 11th Career Record, Season: ...... 0-0, First Career Record, Season: ...... 80-42, Third Southland Record, Season: ...... 74-79, Sixth Southland Record, Season: ...... 0-0, First Southland Record, Season: ...... 43-17, Third

Houston Baptist ...... Jared Moon Nicholls ...... Seth Thibodaux Stephen F. Austin ...... School Record, Season: ...... 281-283-2, 11th School Record, Season: ...... 146-131-1, Sixth School Record, Season: ...... 168-172-1, Eighth Career Record, Season: ...... 281-283-2, 11th Career Record, Season: ...... 146-131-1, Sixth Career Record, Season: ...... 168-172-1, Eighth Southland Record, Season: ...... 12-18, Third Southland Record, Season: ...... 76-76, Sixth Southland Record, Season: ...... 96-81, Eighth

UIW ...... Danny Heep Northwestern State...... Lane Burroughs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ...... Scott Malone School Record, Season: ...... 569-401, 19th School Record, Season: ...... 80-89, Fourth School Record, Season: ...... 213-239-2, Ninth Career Record, Season: ...... 569-401, 19th Career Record, Season: ...... 80-89, Fourth Career Record, Season: ...... 213-239-2, Ninth Southland Record, Season: ...... 25-47, Third Southland Record, Season: ...... 44-41, Fourth Southland Record, Season: ...... 115-130, Ninth

Lamar ...... School Record, Season: ...... 1,310-865-5, 39th Career Record, Season: ...... 1,320-875-5, 40th Southland Record, Season: ...... 501-351, 38th Records entering 2016 season Southland SID Contacts

Abilene Christian ...... Lance Fleming Nicholls ...... Zachary Carlton Offi ce: ...... (325) 674-2693 Offi ce: ...... (985) 448-4282 Cell: ...... (325) 655-3543 Cell: ...... (210) 896-8694 E-mail: ...... fl [email protected] E-mail: ...... [email protected]

Central Arkansas ...... Steve East Northwestern State...... Jason Pugh Offi ce: ...... (501) 450-5743 Offi ce: ...... (318) 357-6467 Cell: ...... (501) 339-8215 Cell: ...... (318) 663-5701 E-mail: ...... [email protected] E-mail: ...... [email protected]

Houston Baptist ...... Russ Reneau Sam Houston State ...... Andrew Pate 2016 Offi ce: ...... (281) 649-3088 Offi ce: ...... (936) 293-1764 Cell: ...... (281) 923-0813 Cell: ...... (713) 387 9119 Southland Conference E-mail: ...... [email protected] E-mail: ...... [email protected] Baseball Tournament UIW ...... Shane Meling Southeastern Louisiana ...... Damon Sunde Offi ce: ...... (210) 805-3071 Offi ce: ...... (985) 549-3774 Wednesday-Saturday, May 25-28, 2016 Cell: ...... (903) 399-0455 Cell: ...... (985) 507-9891 Constellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas E-mail: ...... [email protected] E-mail: ...... [email protected] Hosted by the Southland Conference Lamar ...... Matt Fowler Stephen F. Austin ...... Charlie Hurley Offi ce: ...... (409) 880-7845 Offi ce: ...... (936) 468-5800 Cell: ...... (409) 937-2060 Cell: ...... (218) 341 5113 E-mail: ...... [email protected] E-mail: ...... [email protected]

McNeese State ...... Hunter Bower Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ...... Jacob Bell Offi ce: ...... (337) 475-5207 Offi ce: ...... (361) 825-2831 Cell: ...... (318) 455-3200 Cell: ...... (316) 549 3900 E-mail: ...... [email protected] E-mail: ...... [email protected]

New Orleans ...... Emmanuel Peps Southland Conference ...... Melissa Cebold Offi ce: ...... (504) 280-7039 Offi ce: ...... (972) 422-9500, ext. 107 Cell: ...... (504) 813-1827 Fax: ...... (972) 422-9225 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Cell: ...... (214) 240-8350 E-mail: ...... [email protected]

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