Lumberjacks Split Doubleheader with Cowboys

Saturday, May 3

Lake Charles, LA

1:00 PM

Stephen F. Austin

14-30, 5-20

McNeese State University

30-12, 17-8

Stephen F. Austin

McNeese

Lumberjacks Split Doubleheader with Cowboys

5/3/2025 7:30:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Peter Trainor, Student Assistant for Strategic Communications

LAKE CHARLES, La. - The Stephen F. Austin Baseball Team (14-31, 5-21 SLC) split their Saturday afternoon doubleheader with Southland rival McNeese State University (31-12, 18-8 SLC).

Game 1: SFA 5, McNeese 4

The Lumberjacks and Cowboys exchanged a pair of scoreless innings to begin the opening game of the doubleheader. The Cowboys got on the board first in the home half of the third with a two-run single to go ahead 2-0 after three full innings of play. Both teams pitching remained dominant as neither team was able to scratch across a run in the fourth or fifth innings with the Cowboys still holding a 2-0 lead after five full innings of play.

The Lumberjacks would break through in the top of the sixth as Dalton Mullins, Cermodrick Bland, and Cooper Schneider all singled to load the bases for SFA, and Julian Swift would come through for the Lumberjacks with an RBI single to right to cut the McNeese lead in half at 2-1 after six full innings of play.

SFA kept the offense hot in the top of the seventh as a Mark Henning leadoff single allowed Ethan Adkisson to slice an RBI double into left-center to tie the score at two apiece. SFA would not be done in the seventh as a Dalton Mullins single put runners on the corners, and Dante Turgeon would do all the rest as he blasted a three-run home run to left to launch SFA ahead 5-2. The Cowboys responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to close the gap to 5-4 in favor of SFA after seven full innings of play.

Neither team would score a run over the final two innings, as Reid Boyett stymied the Cowboys bats over the eighth and ninth innings to lock down his second save of the season and secure SFA a 5-4 series opening win.

Top Lumberjacks of the Game:

Dalton Mullins: 2-4, 2 R
Ethan Adkisson: 1-4, R, 2B, RBI
Dante Turgeon: 1-1, R, HR, 3 RBI
Reid Boyett: 2.1 IP, H, K, S (2)

Game 2: McNeese 12, SFA 2

The Lumberjacks wasted no time getting on the board in game two of the doubleheader as Cermodrick Bland led off the game with a single, and showed off his wheels by promptly stealing both second and third base, allowing Julian Swift to send a sacrifice fly into center to score Bland and give SFA the early 1-0 lead. The Cowboys would respond with four runs in the bottom of the first to take a 4-1 lead.

McNeese added on three runs in the second and a run in the third to take an 8-1 lead over SFA after three full innings of play. After a scoreless fourth, the Cowboys added on two more runs in the fifth to extend the lead to 10-1 after five full innings.

SFA would strike back in the top of the eighth as Jackson Benattar would reach on an error, with Julian Swift also reaching on an error to put a pair of runners on for the Lumberjacks. Dalton Mullins would answer the bell with an RBI single to center to score Benattar and cut the McNeese lead to 10-2. The Cowboys scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth to institute the 10-run rule over SFA, with the Cowboys claiming a 12-2 game two win over SFA.

Top Lumberjacks of the Game:

Cermodrick Bland: 1-1, R, 2 SB
Julian Swift: 1-3, RBI
Dalton Mullins: 1-4, RBI

On Deck:

The Lumberjacks go for the series win in the rubber match tomorrow afternoon against the Cowboys, with first pitch for tomorrow's game set for 1:00 p.m. CST.

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