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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020 GAME NOTES #NOLASTEAM 4-4 0-0 - / - / - / - 6-1 0-0 - / - / - / 29 OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (D1B / NCBWA / BA / CB) OVERALL AAC RANKING (D1B / NCBWA / BA / CB) - at - BLAKE DEAN 123-117-1 TRAVIS JEWETT 90-91 HEAD COACH RECORD AT UNO, 5TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT TLN, 4TH SEASON PRIVATEERS GREEN WAVE AT TULANE HOW TO TUNE IN SERIES AT A GLANCE 2020 SCHEDULE (H: 1-2; A: 3-2; N: 0-0) GAME (4-4 Overall, 0-0 Southland Conference) Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, La. Video : https://bit.ly/2T3nIhL OVERALL 66-82 #9 Feb. 26 • 6:30 pm Audio: NASH Icon 106.1 FM Streak W3 Audio Play by Play: Manny Pepis Last Meeting W, 14-9 (4/30/19) Date Opponent Time/Result Stats: https://bit.ly/38ZSyNz FEBRUARY (4-4) 14 Southern1 L, 3-9 FIRST PITCH TALE OF THE TAPE 15 Grambling1 ! L, 1-5 • Gaige Howard was named an All-Southland selec- 16 Prairie View A&M1 W, 10-2 tion in the preseason by Perfect Game. Gaige returns 18 at Southern Miss L, 5-6 after earning Third Team All-Southland honors in 21 at Arkansas State W, 5-4 2019. 22 at Arkansas State W, 11-0 23 at Arkansas State W, 2-1 • The road series sweep in Jonesboro was the first for 25 at South Alabama L, 0-5 the Privateers since March 2018 (Texas A&M-CC). .209 BATTING AVG. .268 26 at Tulane2 6:30 PM • The Privateers were second in the conference in 3 28 UConn 6:30 PM double plays turned (50) trailing only HBU who had 37 RUNS 39 29 UConn3 2:00 PM 53 twin killings in 2019. MARCH (0-0) • Pearce Howard had three sac flies in the weekend 55 HITS 64 1 UConn3 12:00 PM set against Arkansas State. His nine RBI entered the 3 Alcorn State 6:30 PM week tied for sixth in the Southland. 6 Nicholls * 6:30 PM 9 DOUBLES 15 • Last season’s three meetings featured 63 combined 7 Nicholls * 2:00 PM 8 Nicholls * 1:00 PM runs between the Privateers and Green Wave. Nei- 1 TRIPLES 4 10 Southern 6:30 PM ther side scored fewer than 7 runs in those contests. 13 Northwestern State * 6:30 PM • Luther Woullard collected his second four-hit game 3 HOME RUNS 5 14 Northwestern State * 2:00 PM as a Privateer against Prairie View. The first was on 15 Northwestern State * 1:00 PM Feb. 22, 2019 against Chicago State. 33 RBI 38 17 South Alabama 6:30 PM • Chris Turpin led the Privateers and was 12th in the 20 at Sam Houston State * 6:30 PM 21 at Sam Houston State * 3:00 PM Southland in innings pitched with 85.1 last season. .319 OBP .361 22 at Sam Houston State * 1:00 PM Turpin won Southland Pitcher of the Week honors on 25 Jackson State 6:30 PM Apr. 15, 2019. 8 STOLEN BASES 5 27 UIW * 6:30 PM 28 UIW * 2:00 PM PROBABLE STARTERS 3.12 ERA 2.22 29 UIW * 1:00 PM NEW ORLEANS OPPONENT APRIL (0-0) LHP-Brandon Mitchell (1-0, 1.50).....................LHP Chris Holcomb (0-0, 9.00) STRIKEOUTS 1 Alcorn State 6:30 PM 68 66 3 at Southeastern4 * 6:00 PM 4 at Southeastern4 * 6:00 PM Quick Hits: Mitchell has been used in three different roles...His first ap- 1 SAVES 3 4 pearance was a weekend start against Prairie View...His second time on the 5 at Southeastern * 1:00 PM mound was a relief appearance at Arkansas State...He was second on the 7 at Jackson State 6:00 PM team in innings pitched as a freshman in 2019. .213 OPPONENT BA .187 9 McNeese * 6:30 PM 10 McNeese * 6:30 PM Probable Lineup 11 McNeese * 2:00 PM 14 at Southern 6:00 PM POS. NO. PLAYER B/T AVG. HR RBI NOTES 15 Tulane2 6:30 PM RF 27 Gaige Howard L/R .233 0 2 Perfect Game Preseason All-Southland 17 VCU 6:30 PM CF 26 Jamarian Crain R/R .143 0 1 Stole 40 bases at Coastal Alabama in 2019 18 VCU 2:00 PM DH 35 Pearce Howard L/R .241 2 9 14 career home runs 19 VCU 1:00 PM LF 4 Luther Woullard L/L .353 0 5 Team-leading 36 RBI in ‘19 2 21 at Tulane 6:30 PM 1B 11 Hudson LaBorde R/R .130 1 2 10 HR, 41 RBI at Bossier Parish CC 24 at Lamar * 6:00 PM C 42 Jackson Murphy R/R .250 0 1 Hit .284 at Coastal Alabama 25 at Lamar * 2:00 PM 26 at Lamar * 1:00 PM 3B 18 Kasten Furr R/R .222 0 1 2-Time All-State at Ruston HS 28 Southern Miss 7:00 PM 2B 29 Salo Iza R/R .214 0 3 Gold Glove winner in 2019 MAY (0-0) SS 3 Darren Willis R/R .185 0 4 Started every game in 2018 and ‘19 1 at HBU * 2:00 PM 2 at HBU * 1:00 PM NEW ORLEANS TULANE 3 at HBU * 2:00 PM 8 Stephen F. Austin * 6:30 PM LEADERS LEADERS 9 Stephen F. Austin * 2:00 PM Batting Avg.............Woullard ...................... .353 Batting Avg.............Mathews ...................... .407 Hits ........................Woullard ...................... 12 Hits ........................Mathews ...................... 11 10 Stephen F. Austin * 1:00 PM RBI .........................P. Howard .................... 9 RBI .........................Mathews ...................... 8 12 at LSU 6:30 PM Home Runs ............P. Howard .................... 2 Home Runs ............5 Tied ........................... 1 14 at Abilene Christian * 6:00 PM Doubles .................Woullard ...................... 3 Doubles .................Artigues ....................... 3 15 at Abilene Christian * 3:00 PM Triples ....................Bratton ......................... 1 Triples ....................Johnson ....................... 2 16 at Abilene Christian * 1:00 PM Total Bases .............Woullard ...................... 15 Total Bases .............Mathews ...................... 16 Runs .......................2 Tied ........................... 6 Runs .......................2 Tied ........................... 6 20-23 Southland Tournament5 TBA Stolen Bases ..........Iza ................................ 3 Stolen Bases ..........Johnson ....................... 3 Wins.......................4 Tied ........................... 1 Wins.......................2 Tied ........................... 2 * Southland Conference game | 1 Andre Dawson Classic | 2 Pelican Cup | 3 Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic | 4 Pontchartrain Bowl | 5 Whataburger Field-Corpus Christi, Texas Appearances ..........4 Tied ........................... 4 Appearances ..........Gillies ........................... 4 ! Wesley Barrow Stadium Strikeouts ..............Holstein ....................... 12 Strikeouts ..............Olthoff ......................... 26 ERA ........................2 Tied ........................... 0.00 ERA ........................2 Tied ........................... 0.00 CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA 2 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 7 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 90 MLB DRAFT PICKS @Privateers_BSB 2020 @Privateers_BSB A BEVY OF RETURNERS PRESEASON SOUTHLAND Six Privateers who were regulars in the starting lineup return from 2019. Also, ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS Gaige Howard who was the Privateers’ designated hitter for most of the season comes back. The only position slated to feature a newcomer on Opening Day is first FIRST TEAM base. C Gavin Johnson Sam Houston State R-Sr. 1B Ryan Flores UIW Jr. GLOVE OF GOLD 2B Nate Fisbeck McNeese Sr. Salo Iza returns for his senior season after winning the Gold Glove at second base SS JC Correa Lamar Sr. 3B Beau Orlando Central Arkansas Sr. last year. Iza was in on 39 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .985 while OF Colton Cowser Sam Houston State So. starting every game for the Privateers in 2019. OF Sean Arnold UIW Sr. OF Brandon Bena HBU Sr. ALL EVERYTHING DH Clayton Rasbeary McNeese Sr. Reeves Martin became the 90th Privateer drafted over the summer when he was UTIL Itchy Burts Texas A&M-CC Sr. taken by Seattle in the 21st round. Martin was an All-American, First Team All- SP Noah Cameron Central Arkansas So. SP Will Dion McNeese So. Southland, and Southland Reliever of the Year. Martin smashed the career saves SP Kyle Gruller HBU Sr. record and owns the single season record as well with 26 and 14 respectively. RP Conner Williams Central Arkansas Sr. SELECTED NINTH The Privateers were picked to finish ninth in the Southland Conference preseason SECOND TEAM poll after finishing in ninth place in 2019. Sam Houston State is the preseason C Chris Sandberg Nicholls Sr. favorite with 17 first place votes while Central Arkansas finished second with five 1B Preston Faulkner Southeastern Jr. first place votes. 2B Logan Berlof Lamar Sr. SS Reid Bourque McNeese Jr. 3B Anthony Quirion Lamar Sr. VALUABLE EXPERIENCE OF Jack Rogers Sam Houston State Jr. Brandon Mitchell was utilized in multiple roles during his freshman season on the OF Tyler Smith Northwestern State Sr. Lakefront. The now sophomore southpaw threw 61.0 innings, second most on the OF Josh Ragan Central Arkansas Sr. team in 2019. He went at least six innings in five appearances and also won South- DH Lee Thomas UIW Sr. land Pitcher of the Week honors with his performance against Abilene Christian last UTIL Jake Dickerson McNeese Sr. SP John Gaddis Texas A&M-CC Jr. May (8.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 10 K). SP Gavin Stone Central Arkansas Jr. SP Luke Taggart UIW Sr. MIGHTY TOUGH SCHEDULE THERE RP Jeremy Rodriguez Stephen F. Austin Sr. The Privateers’ 2020 schedule offers plenty of challenges including games against five 2019 NCAA Tournament teams (LSU, Southern Miss, UConn, McNeese, South- PRESEASON POLL ern). 1. Sam Houston State (17) 276 2. Central Arkansas (5) 247 ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END 3. McNeese (1) 244 4. Southeastern Louisiana (3) 243 It had been 133 games since the Privateers were last shut out (May 13, 2017 5. Northwestern State 193 against Nicholls) until their 5-0 loss at South Alabama. That was the third longest 6. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 146 streak without getting shut out in program history.