THIBODAUX, La. – Splitting their series with UTSA over the weekend, the Colonels baseball team heads to Jackson, Miss., to face the Jackson State Tigers Wednesday night in the finale of their in-season series with the SWAC leaders. This will be the second-to-last non-conference game of the year for Nicholls, as the Colonels are 13-7 in non-con matchups this year and 10-1 in midweek games.
 
The Opening Pitch
The Colonels are coming off of a split with the UTSA Roadrunners after the series finale was cancelled due to field conditions... The Colonels are now a game-and-a-half back out of the eighth spot with just six Southland games left in the season... Jeremy Hill is on an eight-game hitting streak, followed by Matt Richard who has a six-game one with three other Colonels on five-game streaks... Hill has also reached base safely in 21 straight games, upping his batting average to .376 which is third in the conference, followed by Philip Lyons who is fifth with a .354 average... Nicholls had its ninth double-digit scoring game of the season against the Roadrunners on Saturday, undefeated when scoring ten or more runs... Michael LeGrange hit his second home run of the year on Saturday, and the Colonels are 7-3 when hitting a home run in a game.
 
Following the action
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Nicholls/Jackson State Series Notes
The Colonels hold a 28-13-1 advantage in all-time meetings with the Tigers... This is only the second meeting between the two schools since 1995... The Colonels defeated the Tigers 6-0 earlier in the season at home, outscoring Jackson State 31-12 in their last three meetings.
 
More on the Tigers
The Tigers are 31-14 overall and 21-3 in the SWAC, locking up the East's No. 1 seed in the SWAC Tournament next week after being picked second at the beginning of the season... Jackson State is 17-1 at home... Jackson State boasts five preseason all-SWAC players in pitcher Quintavious Drains (first team), second baseman Stephen Curtis (second team), third baseman Frank Solis (first team) and outfielders Kendall Logan (first team) and Charles Epperson (second team)... Desmond Russell leads the Tigers in ERA with a 2.58 average, while Drains leads the team in wins with ten... The Tigers had a ten-game winning streak from March 4-17, and is 12-5 against common opponents with Nicholls, including sweeps over Alabama State twice and Alcorn State, with the Tigers being 10-11 in non-conference games.
 
Up Next
The Colonels close the home portion of the schedule this weekend, hosting the Northwestern State Demons in a three-game series.