2019 McNeese State Cowboys baseball team

The 2019 McNeese State Cowboys baseball team represented McNeese State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys played their home games at Joe Miller Ballpark. They, along with the LSU Tigers baseball team, and the Southern University baseball team, were the only three teams in the state to make it to the NCAA Tournament. They were also the lone member from the Southland Conference.

2019 McNeese State Cowboys baseball
Southland Conference Tournament Champions Nashville Regionals Appearance
Conference	Southland Conference
2019 record	35-27 (16-14 SLC)
Head coach	Justin Hill (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Nick Zaleski Jim Ricklefsen Will Fox
Home stadium	Joe Miller Ballpark

2019 Southland Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Sam Houston State  ‍†‍‍	20	–	10		.667			31	–	25		.554
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			33	–	27		.550
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			32	–	27		.542
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			37	–	22		.627
McNeese State  ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	14		.533			35	–	26		.574
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			25	–	33		.431
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	25		.545
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	26		.544
New Orleans  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			29	–	27		.518
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			26	–	26		.500
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			27	–	28		.491
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			18	–	35		.340
Lamar  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			18	–	36		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 5, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Roster

2019 McNeese State Cowboys roster
	Pitchers 3 Zach Rider - Senior 9 Bryan King - Senior 14 Brett Payne Freshman 20 Daniel Hecker - Junior 22 Andrew Wood - Junior 25 Adam Goree - Sophomore 26 Aidan Anderson - Senior 28 Brad Kincaid - Junior 30 Peyton McLemore - Senior 31 Jonathan Ellison - Junior 32 Hunter Reeves - Junior 33 John Boushelle - Junior 35 Cayne Ueckert - Senior 36 Avery Fliger - Senior 40 Brody Strahan - Sophomore 44 Rhett Deaton - Junior 47 Will Dion - Freshman		Catchers 12 Schuyler Thibodeaux - Freshman 13 Brett Whelton - Junior 15 Dustin Duhon - Senior 45 Jack Gates - Freshman Infielders 1 Reid Bourque - Sophomore 2 Welles Cooley - Junior 11 Carson Maxwell - Senior 38 Mark Johnston - Redshirt Freshman		Outfielders 4 Shane Selman - Senior 16 Jake Dickerson - Junior 18 Payton Harden - Freshman 27 Julian Gonzales - Sophomore 34 Clayton Rasbeary - Junior Utility Players 8 Jake Cochran - Senior 10 Nate Fisbeck - Junior 17 Jacob Stracner - Senior 24 Peyton Johnson - Sophomore 41 Zach May - Junior 43 Austin Nelson - Junior

Coaching staff

2019 McNeese State Cowboys coaching staff
Justin Hill – Head Coach – 6th year Nick Zaleski – Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator – 2nd year Jim Ricklefsen – Assistant Coach – 15th year Will Fox – Assistant Coach Kate Pinkerton – Graduate Assistant Ryan Landry – Assistant Sports Information Director

Schedule

2019 McNeese State Cowboys Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SLC Record 1 February 15 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX W 16–5 1–0 2 February 16 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX W 12–3 2–0 3 February 17 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX L 2-5 2–1 4 February 20 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 13–5 (14 inn) 3–1 5 February 22 vs. Texas State (Lake Area Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 10–18 3–2 6 February 23 vs. Creighton (Lake Area Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 7–11 3–3 7 February 24 vs. Creighton (Lake Area Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA Game canceled 8 February 24 vs. Texas State (Lake Area Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 3–5 (11 inn) 3–4 9 February 26 Alcorn State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 8–1 4–4
March # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SLC Record 10 March 1 vs. Nicholls (Mardi Gras Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 7–6 5–4 11 March 2 vs. Holy Cross (Mardi Gras Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 13–0 6–4 12 March 3 vs. Nicholls (Mardi Gras Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 5–4 (10 inn) 7–4 13 March 4 vs. Holy Cross (Mardi Gras Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 4–1 8–4 14 March 6 Louisiana Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 10–17 8–5 15 March 8 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 13–12 9–5 16 March 9 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 5–10 9–6 17 March 10 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 10-2 10–6 18 March 12 at Tulane Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 3–9 10–7 19 March 15 Lamar Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 6–1 11–7 1–0 20 March 16 Lamar Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 1–2 (11 inn) 11–8 1–1 21 March 17 Lamar Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 6-4 12–8 2-1 22 March 19 Houston Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 1-0 13–8 23 March 22 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 1-4 13–9 2-2 24 March 23 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 5-6 (10 inn) 13–10 2-3 25 March 24 Incarnate Word Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 6-8 13–11 2-4 26 March 26 at #12 LSU Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA W 2–0 14–11 27 March 29 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 4–3 15–11 3–4
April # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SLC Record 28 April 3 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA L 4-10 15–12 29 April 5 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR L 2–4 15–13 3–5 30 April 5 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR W 2–1 16–13 4–5 31 April 6 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR L 1–5 16–14 4–6 32 April 10 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 6–3 17–14 33 April 12 New Orleans Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 2–1 18–14 5–6 34 April 12 New Orleans Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 0–2 18–15 5–7 35 April 13 New Orleans Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 16–4 (7 inn) 19–15 6–7 36 April 16 Southeastern Louisiana Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 3–12 19–16 37 April 19 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 7-4 20–16 7–7 38 April 20 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 0–6 20–17 7–8 39 April 20 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 5–6 20–18 7-9 40 April 24 Louisiana Tech Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 5–3 21–18 41 April 26 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX L 5–9 21–19 7-10 42 April 27 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX W 10–4 22–19 8–10 43 April 28 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX W 7–6 (10 inn) 23–19 9–10
May # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SLC Record 44 May 1 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA L 3–4 23–20 45 May 3 Stephen F. Austin Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 2-0 24–20 10–10 46 May 4 Stephen F. Austin Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 6–1 25–20 11–10 47 May 5 Stephen F. Austin Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 5–1 26–20 12–10 48 May 8 Prairie View A&M Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 4–1 27–20 49 May 10 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 5–2 28–20 13–10 50 May 12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 0-2 28-21 13-11 51 May 12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 8–4 29–21 14–11 52 May 16 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX L 2–6 29–22 14–12 53 May 17 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX W 16–6 30–22 15–12 53 May 18 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX W 5–1 31–22 16–12
Post-Season
Southland Tournament # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SLC Record 54 May 22 vs. Incarnate Word Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX W 2–1 32–22 55 May 23 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX W 7-2 33-22 56 May 24 vs. Incarnate Word Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX W 5-3 34-22 57 May 24 vs. Central Arkansas Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX W 4-2 35-22
NCAA Tournament - Nashville Regional # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SLC Record 58 May 31 vs. Indiana State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 5-6 35-23 59 June 1 vs. Ohio State Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 8-9 (13 inn) 35-24 [2]

Nashville Regional

Nashville Regional Teams
(1) Vanderbilt Commodores	(2) Indiana State Sycamores	(3) McNeese State Cowboys	(4) Ohio State Buckeyes

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Vanderbilt	8
	4	Ohio State	2
						1	Vanderbilt	8
						2	Indiana State	5
	3	McNeese State	5
	2	Indiana State	6
											1	Vanderbilt	12
										2	Indiana State	1
	4	Ohio State	9
	3	McNeese State	8
						2	Indiana State	10
						4	Ohio State	5

References

1. "Southland Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
2. "2019 Baseball Schedule". Retrieved May 30, 2019.