FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 15-17, 2019 GAME NOTES #SWORDSUP 10-5 1-2 - / - / - / - 8-6 1-2 - / - / - / - OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (D1B / NCBWA / BA / CB) OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (D1B / NCBWA / BA / CB) - at - BLAKE DEAN 100-91-1 BOBBY BARBIER 66-64 HEAD COACH RECORD AT UNO, 4TH SEASON demons HEAD COACH RECORD AT NWST, 3RD SEASON privateers NEW ORLEANS AT HOW TO TUNE IN SERIES AT A GLANCE 2019 SCHEDULE (H: 6-3; A: 4-2; N: 0-0) GAME NORTHWESTERN STATE Video : https://bit.ly/2JaGCAh OVERALL 11-13 (10-5 Overall, 1-2 Southland Conference) #16-18 Natchitoches, La. • Brwon-Stroud Field • Audio: https://bit.ly/2Y6VLWO Streak L2 Mar. 15-17 • 6:30 p.m./2:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. Audio Play by Play: Manny Pepis Last Meeting L, 6-8 (Apr. 25, 2018) Date Opponent Time/Result Stats: https://bit.ly/2TUnPgV FEBRUARY (6-1) 15 Michigan State L, 4-8 FIRST PITCH TALE OF THE TAPE 16 Michigan State W, 4-1 • Salo Iza is tied for third in the Southland in walks 17 Michigan State W, 6-4 drawn. The junior transfer has been issued 15 free 22 Chicago State1 W, 16-8 passes and has a .392 on-base percentage. 1 23 Rutgers W, 7-2 • Head Coach Blake Dean secured his 100th win at 1 24 Butler W, 2-1 New Orleans on Tuesday against the Ragin’ Cajuns. 26 at #23 Southern Miss W, 2-1 Five of those wins have come against nationally MARCH (4-4) .264 BATTING AVG. .251 1 Yale L, 1-4 ranked schools. 2 Yale W, 8-7 (10) • Pearce Howard was named the first Southland Hit- 93 RUNS 92 2 Yale L, 6-8 ter of the Week of the 2019 season on Feb. 19 How- 6 at Jackson State W, 21-2 (7) ard went 6-for-10 with four RBI against Michigan St. 132 HITS 119 8 at Nicholls * W, 3-2 • Gaige Howard drew four walks in the series finale 9 at Nicholls * L, 2-3 vs. Yale. The junior outfielder fell one free pass shy 34 DOUBLES 25 10 at Nicholls * L, 1-9 of tying the single game program record which was 12 at Louisiana W, 10-3 15 at Northwestern State * 6:30 p.m. achieved twice. 7 TRIPLES 5 16 at Northwestern State * 2:00 p.m. • The Privateers have seven triples which is 15th in 17 at Northwestern State * 1:00 p.m. the nation and second in the conference (only trail- 6 HOME RUNS 8 19 South Alabama 6:30 p.m. ing HBU) after Tuesday’s set of games. New Orleans 20 at South Alabama 6:30 p.m. cranked two triples against Louisiana on Tuesday. 82 RBI 87 22 Sam Houston State * 6:30 p.m. • The next two weekend series will be against the de- 23 Sam Houston State * 2:00 p.m. fending Southland tournament champs (Northwest- 24 Sam Houston State * 1:00 p.m. .387 OBP .366 26 Southern 6:30 p.m. ern St.) and regular season champs (Sam Houston 29 at UIW * 6:30 p.m. State). 9 STOLEN BASES 19 30 at UIW * 2:00 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 31 at UIW * 1:00 p.m. 3.55 EARNED RUN AVG. 3.83 APRIL (0-0) NEW ORLEANS OPPONENT 2 2 Tulane 6:30 p.m. LHP-Brandon Mitchell (1-0, 5.91).......................LHP-Ridge Heisler (1-1, 1.75) STRIKEOUTS/ 3 Jackson State 6:30 p.m. RHP-Chris Turpin (2-0, 1.90)..............................RHP-Jerry Maddox (0-0, 7.79) 109 119 5 Southeastern * 6:30 p.m. TBA....................................................................RHP-Nathan Jones (1-1, 1.80) SAVES 6 Southeastern * 2:00 p.m. 5 2 Quick Hits: Mitchell will get his second consecutive Friday start. He limited 7 Southeastern * 1:00 p.m. Nicholls to two runs over 6.0 innings last week...Turpin won his first two 10 at Southern 6:30 p.m. starts of the season and has gone 6.0 frames in three of his four starts. .246 OPPONENT BA .251 12 at McNeese * 6:30 p.m. 13 at McNeese * 3:00 p.m. PROBABLE LINEUP 14 at McNeese * 1:00 p.m. POS. NO. PLAYER B/T AVG. HR RBI NOTES 16 Tulane 2 6:30 p.m. 18 at Missouri State 6:30 p.m. 1B 12 Collin Morrill L/R .345 1 12 Led Privateers in runs scored last year (47) 19 at Missouri State 6:30 p.m. 2B 29 Salo Iza R/R .196 2 8 Hit .302 at Palm Beach State in ‘18 20 at Missouri State 2:00 p.m. RF 35 Pearce Howard L/R .326 1 11 Named to Bragan Award Watch List 24 Southern Miss 6:30 p.m. CF 4 Luther Woullard R/R .273 1 11 .425 BA at Jones County CC last season 26 Lamar * 6:30 p.m. DH 43 Gaige Howard L/R .316 0 6 4 BB in series finale vs. Yale 27 Lamar * 2:00 p.m. LF 16 Tresten Kennard R/R .245 0 4 All-Region & All-Conference at Odessa (‘18) 28 Lamar * 1:00 p.m. C 24 Beau Bratton L/R .191 0 5 Preseason First Team All-Conference 30 at Tulane 2 6:30 p.m. 3B 6 Antonio Gauthier L/R .212 1 7 .398 BA, 10 HR in senior year at Barbe HS MAY (0-0) 3 Abilene Christian * 6:30 p.m. SS 3 Darren Willis R/R .291 0 9 Started all 61 games last year 4 Abilene Christian * 2:00 p.m. 5 Abilene Christian * 1:00 p.m. NEW ORLEANS NORTHWESTERN STATE 7 Southern 6:30 p.m. LEADERS LEADERS 10 HBU * 6:30 p.m. Batting Avg.............C. Morrill...................... .345 Batting Avg.............C. Ricca ........................ .370 11 HBU * 2:00 p.m. Hits ........................C. Morrill...................... 19 Hits ........................C. Ricca ........................ 20 12 HBU * 1:00 p.m. RBI .........................C. Morrill...................... 12 RBI .........................C. Ricca ........................ 14 14 at LSU 6:30 p.m. Home Runs ............S. Iza ............................ 2 Home Runs ............2 Tied ........................... 2 16 at Stephen F. Austin * 6:30 p.m. Doubles .................2 Tied ........................... 5 Doubles .................C. Ricca ........................ 7 17 at Stephen F. Austin * 2:00 p.m. Triples ....................A. Gauthier .................. 2 Triples ....................J. Elkins ........................ 2 18 at Stephen F. Austin * 1:00 p.m. Total Bases .............C. Morrill...................... 29 Total Bases .............C. Ricca ........................ 33 Runs .......................S. Iza ............................ 15 Runs .......................C. Ricca ........................ 13 Stolen Bases ..........S. Iza ............................ 3 Stolen Bases ..........C. Ricca ........................ 7 1 2 Wins.......................3 Tied ........................... 2 Wins.......................2 Tied ........................... 2 * Southland Conference game | Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic | Pelican Cup Appearances ..........3 Tied ........................... 8 Appearances ..........2 Tied ........................... 6 Strikeouts ..............M. Oset ........................ 17 Strikeouts ..............J. Maddox .................... 24 ERA ........................M. Oset ........................ 0.61 ERA ........................C. McDonald ................ 0.87 CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA 2 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 7 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 89 MLB DRAFT PICKS @Privateers_BSB 2019 @Privateers_BSB MORRILL OF THE STORY PRESEASON SOUTHLAND Collin Morrill has been a steady force in the Privateers’ lineup. The senior first base- ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS man is hitting .345 through 15 games and has reached base in all but one contest this year. Morrill has five multi-hit games after his two-hit performance on Tuesday. first team He leads the team in hits and total bases. C Beau Bratton New Orleans Jr. 1B Tyler Smith Central Arkansas Sr. CLOSING TIME 2B Kyle Bergeron UIW Jr. SS Ethan Valdez Nicholls Sr. Reeves Martin has already racked up four saves this season, bringing his career 3B Jake Georgiades Stephen F. Austin Sr. total to 16, second most in program history. He is currently two saves behind Ryan OF Itchy Burts Texas A&M-CC Sr. O’Shea. Last year as a sophomore, Martin recorded nine saves. Martin had 55 OF Eddy Gonzalez UIW Sr. strikeouts in 47.1 innings pitched. OF Hunter Hearn Sam Houston State Sr. DH Dalon Farkas Abilene Christian Sr. EXTRA EXTRA UTIL Cole Coker Lamar Jr. New Orleans enters the weekend with 34 doubles under their belt, third most in P Corey Gaconi Southeastern Sr. P Carlisle Koestler Southeastern Sr. the Southland. The Privateers added four doubles to that total in the Tuesday win P Jerry Maddox Northwestern State Sr. in Lafayette. Only McNeese and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi have more doubles (35 each). second team HOW SWEET IT IS C Drake Osborn Texas A&M-CC Jr. The Privateers went 3-0 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Baseball Classic beating Chicago 1B Ryan Flores UIW So. State, Rutgers, and Butler. In two seasons of hosting the event, the Privateers are 2B Cody Grosse Southeastern Sr. 5-1 with their only loss coming against Iowa last year. SS Manny Vasquez Stephen F. Austin Sr. 3B Enrique Sanchez Texas A&M-CC Sr. O MY OF Clayton Harp Sam Houston State Sr. OF Pearce Howard New Orleans So. Mathew Oset has gotten off to a lightning fast start in his senior year. In 13.2 OF Shane Selman McNeese Sr. innings worked, Oset has 16 strikeouts to just 3 walks and boasts a 0.66 ERA. Op- DH J.P. Lagreco Northwestern State Sr. ponents are hitting just .128 against Oset this year. UTIL Derek Scott Abilene Christian Sr. P Aidan Anderson McNeese Sr. LUCKY SEVEN P Ridge Heisler Northwestern State Sr. P Hayden Wesneski Sam Houston State Sr. Once again, the Privateers were picked seventh in the preseason poll by the South- land Conference. It’s the third consecutive year New Orleans was slotted in the preseason poll seventh spot.