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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – McNeese baseball (20-17, 9-9) travels to Corpus Christi for a three-game series against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (16-20, 5-12) beginning Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.
The Cowboys are coming off a midweek win over Grambling, marking their second victory over the Tigers in a seven-day span. Connor Walker hit his fourth home run of the season to give McNeese the lead, followed by two bases-clearing doubles to secure the 7-3 win.
The Islanders enter the weekend following a 14-7 midweek loss at No. 4 Texas on Tuesday. Jarrett Flaggert went 4-for-5 against the Longhorns, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi also dropped its weekend series against Southeastern, losing two of three games.
Series Information: at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Last 5 Meetings: 4-1
Last Meeting: April 19, 2025, | McN, 3-1 at home
Records:
McNeese (20-17, 9-9)
TAMU-CC (16-20, 5-12)
Gameday Notebook:
Cowboys coming off an 7-3 victory over Grambling
The win over Grambling marked the second victory over them in 7 days
Jake Blackwell picked up his fifth win of the season moving to 5-0
Connor Walker hit his fourth home run against Grambling 4/14
Cowboys won the series at home against UIW winning two games out of the three
Kaden Schuck went 4-4 at the plate in game 2 vs UIW
Jaden Bahl picked up his first Division I win over UIW in game 2
Matt Stancliff hit his fourth home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW
Hayden Stringfellow hit his fourth home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW
Isaiah Keller hit his second home run on the season to walk it off in game three against UIW
Schuck, Dowell, and Stringfellow all enter Friday’s game on a 5-game hitting steak
Danny Barbero leads the team with 12 multi-hit games this season
Matt Stancliff will enter the game with a reached base streak and reached safely streak of 26.
Danny Barbero leads the team in home runs with five.
Marcus Heusohn leads 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 76 in his 11 appearances.
Cowboy pitching staff has recorded 372 strikeouts in 332.2 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 home runs 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 13th 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.