Jacks Salvage Series with 11-8 Comeback Victory over NSU

Sunday, April 26

Natchitoches, LA

1:00 P.M.

Stephen F. Austin

23-22, 12-12

Northwestern State

25-19, 16-11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Stephen F. Austin	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	5	0	11	16	5
Northwestern State	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	8	10	0

Photo by: Elysa Ripley

Jacks Salvage Series with 11-8 Comeback Victory over NSU

4/26/2026 5:21:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

SFA records 16 hits, produces a pair of five-run frames and overcomes five errors to snap five-game losing streak

NATCHITOCHES, La. – Mark Henning delivered a fourth of Stephen F. Austin's 16 hits on Sunday afternoon and the Jacks put together a pair of five-run frames, while overcoming five errors to salvage the Southland Conference series at Northwestern State with an 11-8 victory over the Demons.

The host Demons built a 5-0 lead tagging two runs in the first and single tallies in the second, third and fourth innings. SFA's first big frame came in the fifth as RBI singles by Cermodrick Bland, Julian Swift, Henning, Juan Cantua and Coby DeJesus evened the contest at five with the latter two base knocks coming with two outs.

Northwestern managed to keep tacking on as the Demons retook the lead in the home half with a single run before adding a run in both the sixth and seventh innings to carry an 8-6 lead after seven. The sixth run for the Jacks crossed in the sixth as Henning plated Bland.

The Jacks were just getting started and the top of the eighth proved profitable as a second five-run frame was in order. Creel exited the yard to right field for a two-run blast with one out to tie the contest and Evan Aslaksen followed with a base hit through the left side to score Swift and give the Jacks a 9-8 advantage. Run-scoring singles on the right side of the field by DeJesus and Rodric Black served as insurance, but Reid Bowyer faced just one over the minimum with two strikeouts to shut the door on the Demons.

Dylan Mulcahy worked three innings in a starting role with Charlie Feris and Noah O'Farrell each tossing 1.2 innings of relief. Kadin Munson worked the final two outs of the post-stretch seventh, and became the pitcher of record, before Bowyer pitched the final two frames to lock in the save.

POSTGAME NOTES

The Jacks move to 12-12 in Southland Conference play and are in sixth place, four games back of the league leaders, with six league games remaining
SFA produced a game with 15+ hits for the third time this season and for the second time this series
It is the 20^th game with double-digit hits for the Jacks this spring
Henning moved his reached safely streak to 24 games and increased his hit streak to a team-leading eight games
Henning became the fourth different Jack to record a four-hit game this spring
SFA received multi-RBI games from Creel (7^th), Henning (8^th) and DeJesus (3^rd)
Bland, the SLC leader in stolen bases, swiped four bags on Sunday

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