WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019 GAME NOTES #SWORDSUP 7-3 0-0 - / - / - / - 5-8 0-0 - / - / - / - OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (D1B / NCBWA / BA / CB) OVERALL SWAC RANKING (D1B / NCBWA / BA / CB) - at - OMAR JOHNSON 412-267-1 BLAKE DEAN 97-89-1 tigers HEAD COACH RECORD AT UNO, 4TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT JSU, 13TH SEASON privateers NEW ORLEANS AT HOW TO TUNE IN SERIES AT A GLANCE 2019 SCHEDULE (H: 6-3; A: 1-0; N: 0-0) GAME JACKSON STATE Video : https://bit.ly/2EfrHyQ OVERALL 65-13-1 (7-3 Overall, 0-0 Southland Conference) #11 Jackson, Miss. • Braddy Field • Audio: https://bit.ly/2TodUzH Streak L2 Mar. 6 • 6:00 p.m. Audio Play by Play: Manny Pepis Last Meeting L, 4-7 (Apr. 17, 2018) Date Opponent Time/Result Stats: https://bit.ly/2X3Rlzb FEBRUARY (6-1) 15 Michigan State L, 4-8 FIRST PITCH TALE OF THE TAPE 16 Michigan State W, 4-1 • Pearce Howard was named the first Southland Hit- 17 Michigan State W, 6-4 ter of the Week of the 2019 season on Feb. 19 How- 22 Chicago State1 W, 16-8 ard went 6-for-10 with four RBI against Michigan St. 1 23 Rutgers W, 7-2 • Salo Iza homered twice in the three-game series 1 24 Butler W, 2-1 against Michigan State. Iza had three homers all of 26 at #23 Southern Miss W, 2-1 2018 at Palm Beach State. MARCH (1-2) .270 BATTING AVG. .279 1 Yale L, 1-4 • Gaige Howard drew four walks in the series finale. 2 Yale W, 8-7 (10) The junior outfielder fell one free pass shy of tying 56 RUNS 66 2 Yale L, 6-8 the single game program record which was achieved 6 at Jackson State 6:00 p.m. twice. 90 HITS 114 8 at Nicholls * 6:00 p.m. • New Orleans will be on the road for the next two 9 at Nicholls * 6:00 p.m. weeks. The Privateers start an eight-game road trip 25 DOUBLES 14 10 at Nicholls * 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. 12 at Louisiana 6:30 p.m. 15 at Northwestern State * 6:30 p.m. • The Privateer pitching staff collectively smashed 3 TRIPLES 2 16 at Northwestern State * 2:00 p.m. the program single season record for strikeouts. UNO 17 at Northwestern State * 1:00 p.m. pitchers recorded 580 Ks. The previous record was 6 HOME RUNS 3 19 South Alabama 6:30 p.m. 511. 20 at South Alabama 6:30 p.m. • New Orleans hitters drew nine walks in the season 49 RBI 59 22 Sam Houston State * 6:30 p.m. opener vs. Michigan State. It was the most walks 23 Sam Houston State * 2:00 p.m. drawn in a game since 2/18/18 (10 vs. Southern). 24 Sam Houston State * 1:00 p.m. .394 OBP .369 26 Southern 6:30 p.m. • Luther Woullard is on a nine-game hitting streak. He 29 at UIW * 6:30 p.m. also leads the team in RBI (9). 6 STOLEN BASES 21 30 at UIW * 2:00 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 31 at UIW * 1:00 p.m. 3.56 EARNED RUN AVG. 4.73 APRIL (0-0) NEW ORLEANS OPPONENT 2 2 Tulane 6:30 p.m. RHP-Bailey Holstein (0-0, 6.75)..................................................................TBA STRIKEOUTS/ 3 Jackson State 6:30 p.m. 76 104 5 Southeastern * 6:30 p.m. Quick Hits: Holstein will get his first start for the Privateers...The redshirt 4 SAVES 1 6 Southeastern * 2:00 p.m. junior threw four shutout innings last Friday, 3/1 against Yale...Holstein is 7 Southeastern * 1:00 p.m. in his first season with New Orleans after having to redshirt last year due 10 at Southern 6:30 p.m. to injury. .248 OPPONENT BA .248 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. 2B 29 Salo Iza R/R .211 2 5 Hit .302 at Palm Beach State in ‘18 19 at Missouri State 6:30 p.m. RF 35 Pearce Howard L/R .357 1 7 Named to Bragan Award Watch List 20 at Missouri State 2:00 p.m. C 24 Beau Bratton L/R .235 0 4 Preseason First Team All-Conference 24 Southern Miss 6:30 p.m. CF 4 Luther Woullard R/R .359 1 9 .425 BA at Jones County CC last season 26 Lamar * 6:30 p.m. 1B 12 Collin Morrill L/R .351 1 8 Led Privateers in runs scored last year (47) 27 Lamar * 2:00 p.m. LF 16 Tresten Kennard R/R .179 0 0 All-Region & All-Conference at Odessa (‘18) 28 Lamar * 1:00 p.m. DH 43 Gaige Howard L/R .353 0 0 4 BB in last 2 games of Sugar Bowl Classic 30 at Tulane 2 6:30 p.m. 3B 6 Antonio Gauthier L/R .158 1 3 .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 .270 0 6 Started all 61 games last year 4 Abilene Christian * 2:00 p.m. 5 Abilene Christian * 1:00 p.m. NEW ORLEANS JACKSON STATE 7 Southern 6:30 p.m. LEADERS LEADERS 10 HBU * 6:30 p.m. Batting Avg.............L. Woullard .................. .359 Batting Avg.............E. Smith ....................... .375 11 HBU * 2:00 p.m. Hits ........................L. Woullard .................. 14 Hits ........................2 Tied ........................... 18 12 HBU * 1:00 p.m. RBI .........................L. Woullard .................. 9 RBI .........................R. Hernandez ............... 15 14 at LSU 6:30 p.m. Home Runs ............S. Iza ............................ 2 Home Runs ............J. Williams .................... 2 16 at Stephen F. Austin * 6:30 p.m. Total Bases .............C. Morrill...................... 22 Total Bases .............R. Hernandez ............... 22 17 at Stephen F. Austin * 2:00 p.m. Runs .......................S. Iza ............................ 10 Runs .......................E. Smith ....................... 12 18 at Stephen F. Austin * 1:00 p.m. Stolen Bases ..........G. Howard.................... 2 Stolen Bases ..........E. Smith ....................... 8 Wins.......................2 Tied ........................... 2 Wins.......................2 Tied ........................... 2 Strikeouts ..............M. Oset ........................ 15 Strikeouts ..............K. Perez ........................ 26 ERA ........................M. Oset ........................ 0.77 ERA ........................G. Cahill ....................... 1.23 * Southland Conference game | 1 Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic | 2 Pelican Cup CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA 2 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 7 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 89 MLB DRAFT PICKS @Privateers_BSB 2019 @Privateers_BSB IT TAKES TWO PRESEASON SOUTHLAND Heading into the week, New Orleans co-leads the Southland (along with Abilene ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS Christian) in doubles with 25. Luther Woullard and Collin Morrill each have four doubles. first team C Beau Bratton New Orleans Jr. CLOSING TIME 1B Tyler Smith Central Arkansas Sr. Reeves Martin has already racked up three saves this season, bringing his career 2B Kyle Bergeron UIW Jr. SS Ethan Valdez Nicholls Sr. total to 15, second most in program history. Martin was lights out in the pen. Last 3B Jake Georgiades Stephen F. Austin Sr. year as a sophomore, Martin recorded nine saves. Martin had 55 strikeouts in 47.1 OF Itchy Burts Texas A&M-CC Sr. innings pitched. OF Eddy Gonzalez UIW Sr. OF Hunter Hearn Sam Houston State Sr. KNOCKED FROM THE RANKS DH Dalon Farkas Abilene Christian Sr. The win against Southern Miss was the fifth versus a ranked school in the Blake UTIL Cole Coker Lamar Jr. Dean era. Coach Dean has guided the Privateers to wins over the following schools P Corey Gaconi Southeastern Sr. P Carlisle Koestler Southeastern Sr. when ranked: Southern Miss (twice), LSU (twice), and Texas. P Jerry Maddox Northwestern State Sr. HOW SWEET IT IS The Privateers went 3-0 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Baseball Classic this past week- second team end. In two seasons of hosting the event, the Privateers are 5-1 with their only loss C Drake Osborn Texas A&M-CC Jr. coming against Iowa last year. 1B Ryan Flores UIW So. 2B Cody Grosse Southeastern Sr. O MY SS Manny Vasquez Stephen F. Austin Sr. 3B Enrique Sanchez Texas A&M-CC Sr. Mathew Oset has gotten off to a lightning fast start in his senior year. In 11.2 in- OF Clayton Harp Sam Houston State Sr. nings worked, Oset has 15 strikeouts to just 3 walks and boasts a 0.77 ERA. His .128 OF Pearce Howard New Orleans So. opponent batting average ranks fourth among all Southland pitchers. OF Shane Selman McNeese Sr. DH J.P. Lagreco Northwestern State Sr. LUCKY SEVEN UTIL Derek Scott Abilene Christian Sr. Once again, the Privateers were picked seventh in the preseason poll by the South- P Aidan Anderson McNeese Sr. land Conference. It’s the third consecutive year New Orleans was slotted in the P Ridge Heisler Northwestern State Sr. P Hayden Wesneski Sam Houston State Sr. seventh spot. presesaon poll ROLL CALL 1. Sam Houston State (22) 284 The Privateers’ 2019 roster has 23 newcomers. The two positions that saw the most 2. Southeastern (3) 258 turnover are the outfield (one returner) and the rotation. New Orleans also has 3. Northwestern State (1) 250 more freshmen (11) than seniors (8) on their roster. 4. Central Arkansas 200 5. McNeese 187 privateers IN THE PROS 6. Houston Baptist 169 7. New Orleans 130 Bryan Warzek and Kyle Arjona became the latest former Privateers to play profes- 8.