THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University baseball team will host New Orleans for its Southland Conference opening series, starting Friday night (March 8) at 6 p.m.
All three games will take place on Ben Meyer Diamond at Didier Field. Saturday's game is scheduled for 6 p.m. and Sunday's finale will start at 2 p.m. Tickets for the game can be purchased at NichollsTickets.com.
Nicholls (7-7) will look to snap a four-game skid which dropped the Colonels to .500 after a fast start. The Colonels have squared off against four Louisiana schools, posting a 3-4 record in the seven games. All three wins came against Grambling in a series sweep, with the losses occurring versus Tulane, McNeese, and Louisiana-Lafayette. New Orleans (8-3) will be the fifth of nine Louisiana opponents for the Colonels this season.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
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Brady Bell has a team-high 20 hits for a .357 batting average
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Austin France is hitting .352 with three doubles, a triple, two homers and a team-high 14 RBIs. He also leads the Colonels with eighth multi-hit games
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Alec Paz has reached base in all 14 games this season
PITCHING NOTES
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Jacob Bedevian is coming off a 2-hit outing in his win over Holy Cross. He leads the Colonels with a .175 opponent batting average
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Parker White leads the staff with 21 strikeouts. He had six of the Colonels' 13 Tuesday against ULL, which was the staff's fourth game with double figure strikeouts.
SCOUTING THE PRIVATEERS
• Luther Woullard is on a ten-game hitting streak. He also leads the team in RBI (10).
• Heading into the week, New Orleans co-leads the Southland in doubles with 25. Woullard and Collin Morrill each have four doubles.
• The win against Southern Miss was the fifth versus a ranked school in the Blake Dean era. Coach Dean has guided the Privateers to wins over the following schools when ranked: Southern Miss (twice), LSU (twice), and Texas.
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
March 8 - RHP
Trever Kilcrease, 1-1, 6.43 ERA vs. LHP Brandon Mitchell, 1-0, 9.64 ERA
March 9 - RHP
Jacob Bedevian, 2-0, 2.95 ERA vs. RHP 2-0, 1.53 ERA
March 10 - LHP Shane Mejia, 2-0, 4.05 ERA vs. TBA
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