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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS\u00a0\u2013 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+.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys are coming off a midweek win over Grambling, marking their second victory over the Tigers in a seven-day span. Connor Walker<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Series Information: at Texas A&M \u2013 Corpus Christi
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\n\tLocation: Corpus Christi, TX\u00a0
\n\tLast 5 Meetings: 4-1
\n\tLast Meeting: April 19, 2025, | McN, 3-1 at home
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\n\tMcNeese (20-17, 9-9)
\n\tTAMU-CC (16-20, 5-12)
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\n\tCowboys coming off an 7-3 victory over Grambling\u00a0
\n\tThe win over Grambling marked the second victory over them in 7 days
\n\tJake Blackwell<\/a> picked up his fifth win of the season moving to 5-0
\n\tConnor Walker<\/a> hit his fourth home run against Grambling 4\/14
\n\tCowboys won the series at home against UIW winning two games out of the three
\n\tKaden Schuck<\/a> went 4-4 at the plate in game 2 vs UIW
\n\tJaden Bahl<\/a> picked up his first Division I win over UIW in game 2
\n\tMatt Stancliff<\/a> hit his fourth home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW
\n\tHayden Stringfellow<\/a> hit his fourth home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW
\n\tIsaiah Keller<\/a> hit his second home run on the season to walk it off in game three against UIW
\n\tSchuck, Dowell, and Stringfellow all enter Friday’s game on a 5-game hitting steak
\n\tDanny Barbero<\/a> leads the team with 12 multi-hit games this season
\n\tMatt Stancliff<\/a> will enter the game with a reached base streak and reached safely streak of 26.
\n\tDanny Barbero<\/a> leads the team in home runs with five.
\n\tMarcus Heusohn<\/a> leads the team in doubles with 11.
\n\tMatt Stancliff<\/a> leads the team in stolen bases with 18 on the season
\n\tNachtsheim leads the pitching staff in strikeouts on the season with 76 in his 11 appearances.
\n\tCowboy pitching staff has recorded 372 strikeouts in 332.2 innings pitched this season.
\n\tThe Cowboys return three of their top four hitters from the 2025 campaign, highlighted by Easton Dowell<\/a>, who led the team with a .369 batting average. Marcus Heusohn<\/a> also returns after posting a .327 average and 15 doubles, the third-most on the team, while Larry Edwards Jr.<\/a> hit .316 and drove in a team-high 47 runs.
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\n\tSimon Larranaga<\/a> returns to the Cowboys after leading them last season in home runs with 12 on the year.
\n\tCooper Golden<\/a> 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.\u00a0
\n\tCowboys will play 32 home games this season.
\n\tHead Coach, Justin Hill<\/a> is entering his 13th\u00a0season 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.
\n\tCowboys return 20 players from last year’s team, as well as welcome 21 newcomers to the roster.
\n\tThe 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).
\n\tThree of the Cowboys’ opponents this season advanced to the NCAA Regionals last year \u2013 Kansas, Houston Christian, and LSU, who won the College World Series against Coastal Carolina.
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