Final Stats THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University baseball team fell 20-4 to No. 16 Southern Miss in its final game of the Cox Diamond Invitational Sunday at the Blue Wahoos Stadium.

The Golden Eagles (8-3) put up eight runs in the second inning and led 15-0 after six. Catcher Bryant Bowen and infielder Casey Maack fronted the Golden Eagles with three hits apiece.
 
The Colonels (1-10) scored three in the seventh inning. After junior infielder Ethan Valdez roped a one-out double to left field, freshman Xane Washington followed with a triple to the left-center field gap. Senior infielder Kyle Knauth then plated Washington on a single up the middle, and senior outfielder Chet Niehaus brought home Knauth on a two-out infield single.
 
Washington earned his second RBI in the eighth, scoring redshirt junior Brady Bell on a sacrifice fly to left field.
 
Sophomore lefty Bryan Taylor (0-3) was tagged for six runs (two earned) on four hits, two walks and two strikeouts in 1.1 innings. Southern Miss reliever Sean Tweedy (1-0) picked up the win as he closed out the fifth inning.
 
Nicholls returns to action in a two-game series against Sacred Heart commencing Tuesday. First pitch from Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
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