THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University baseball team will hit the road to take on No.11 Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS on Tuesday, May 5. Action from Dudy Noble Field will begin 6 p.m. and the game will be streamed via SECN+.
Nicholls (25-22) enters the final week of the regular season in fifth place in the Southland Conference Standings. Last week the Colonels were busy as they swept a double header against Southeastern Baptist before losing a midweek game at Louisiana and ending the week by losing a three game home series against New Orleans.
The Colonels balanced offense features three players batting over .300 and four who have at least 50 hits. The unit is led by
Nico Rijo-Berger who hits .340 with 51 hits and 27 RBI.
Greyson Shafer (.307) and
Caston Thompson (.304) have 50 and 52 hits respectively and are the second pair of Colonel teammates to have double figure home runs in the same season.
Keegan Giger leads the team in hits with 56 and has 39 RBI.
Mississippi State (36-12) enters the matchup after going 2-2 last week. The Bulldogs began the week with a 7-3 victory over No. 17 Ole Miss to secure the Governor's Cup before they dropped a weekend series at No.4 Texas.
The Bulldogs have five players holding a batting average above .300. Chance Bryce leads the way at .363 followed by Jacob Parker (.330), Noah Sullivan (.323), Gehrig Frei (.314), and Ace Reese (.304).
The Colonels and Bulldogs have met eight times since 2009 with the Red & Gray's lone victory coming in 2018. This will be the first meeting between the teams in Starkville since 2016 as three of the last four have been neutral site contests.
