The 2025 McNeese Cowboys baseball team represents McNeese State University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys play their home games at Joe Miller Ballpark and are led by twelfth–year head coach Justin Hill. They are members of the Southland Conference.

Preseason Southland Conference Coaches Poll The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 6, 2025. McNeese was picked to finish third in the Southland Conference with 145 overall votes.

Coaches poll 1 Lamar 197 (18) 2 Southeastern Louisiana 146 (4) 3 McNeese 145 4 UT Rio Grande Valley 144 5 Nicholls 129 6 New Orleans 128 7 Incarnate Word 95 8 Northwestern State 89 9 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 73 10 Houston Christian 37 11 Stephen F. Austin 27

Preseason All-Southland team Conner Westenburg was named to the conference preseason first team. Simon Larranaga was named to the conference preseason second team.

First Team Zak Skinner* (LU, JR, Catcher) Brayden Evans* (LU, JR, 1st Base) Isaac Webb* (TAMU, SR, 2nd Base) TJ Salvaggio (SELU, SR, Shortstop) Rocco Gump (NWST, SR, 3rd Base) Reese Lipoma* (NWST, RSR, Outfielder) Connor Westenburg (MCN, SR, Outfielder) Cole Stromboe+ (SELU, RSR, Outfielder) Tristian Moore+ (UNO, RSR, Outfielder) Bryce Calloway* (UNO, SR, Utility) Rey Mendoza (UIW, GR, Designated Hitter) Brennan Stuprich* (SELU, RSR, Starting Pitcher) Josh Salinas (UIW, GR, Starting Pitcher) Zach Garcia (TAMU, SR, Starting Pitcher) Kyle Moseley (LU, SR, Relief Pitcher)

*-2024 Southland All-Conference Selection +-Tie for final spot

Second Team Steven Lancia (UTRGV, SR, Catcher) Martin Vazquez (UTRGV, SR, 1st Base) Diego Villsecas* (UNO, SR, 2nd Base) Isaac Lopez (UTRGV, GR, Shortstop) Easton Moomau+ (UTRGV, SO, 3rd Base) Matt Ryan+ (LU, SR, 3rd Base) Balin Valentine (NWST, SR, Outfielder) Parker Coley (SELU, SR, Outfielder) Jude Hall (SELU, SR, Outfielder) Simon Larranaga (MCN, SR, Utility) Armani Raygoza (UTRGV, RSO, Designated Hitter) Parker Edwards (HCU, SR, Starting Pitcher) Angelo Cabral (UTRGV, GR, Starting Pitcher) Tyler Bryan (NWST, JR, Starting Pitcher) Larson Fabre (SELU, JR, Relief Pitcher)

*-2024 Southland All-Conference Selection +-Tie for final spot

Schedule and results Legend McNeese State win McNeese State loss Postponement/Cancelation/SuspensionsBoldMcNeese State team member * Non-Conference game † Make-Up Game

2025 McNeese Cowboys baseball game log (31–15) Regular season (31–15) February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordFeb. 14 * Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 7–1 Lopez, Sergio (1-0) Hamilton, Brady (0-1) None ESPN+ 1,010 1–0 Feb. 15 Wichita State* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 11–6 Strmiska, Caleb (1-0) Anderson, Caleb (0-1) None ESPN+ 999 2–0 Feb. 16 Wichita State* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 2–6 Miner, Jace (1-0) Blackwell, Jake (0-1) Potter, Nick (1) ESPN+ 1.011 2–1 Feb. 18 at Texas A&M* Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX Cancelled TAMU Sports Network Feb. 21 * Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 1–0 Gravel, Alexis (1-0) Hunter Pidek (0-2) Lopez, Sergio (1) ESPN+ 867 3–1 Feb. 22 Oakland* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 5–4 Lopez, Sergio (2-0) Gage Smith (0-1) None ESPN+ 901 4–1 Feb. 23 Oakland* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 4–3 Cunningham, Braedyn (1-0) Ryan Uhlenhake (0-1) None ESPN+ 878 5–1 Feb. 25 Louisiana* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 3–0 Mott, Marcus (1-0) JR Tollett (1-1) Lopez, Sergio (1) ESPN+ 1,383 6–1 Feb. 28 Nicholls Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 5–1 Gravel, Alexis (2-0) Lindsey, Michael (0-1) Blackwell, Jake (1) ESPN+ 937 7–1 1–0 March (11–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordMar 1 Nicholls Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 2–1 Fritcher, Blayne (1-0) Sparks, Alec (2-1) Lopez, Sergio (1) ESPN+ 1,014 8–1 2–0Mar 2 Nicholls Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 14–37 Strmiska, Caleb (2-0) Hill, Dalton (1-2) None ESPN+ 988 9–1 3–0Mar 4 Dillard* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 19–67 Nachtsheim, Eric (1-0) Burnett, Kejuan (0-1) None ESPN+ 856 10–1 Mar 7 Houston Christian Husky Field • Houston, TX 2–6 Castano, Louis (2-0) Gravel, Alexis (2-1) None ESPN+ 317 10–2 3–1Mar 8 at Houston Christian Husky Field • Houston, TX 8–15 Caravalho, Joshua (4-0) Cooper Golden (0-1) Norton, Ben (2) 297 10–3 3–2Mar 9 at Houston Christian Husky Field • Houston, TX 6–4 Lopez, Sergio (3-0) Smith, Ben (1-1) None ESPN+ 212 11–3 4–2Mar 12 at Louisiana* M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA 4–2 Golden, Cooper (1-1) Blake McGehee (1-3) Corcoran, Brady (1) ESPN+ 3,011 12–3 Mar 14 Lamar Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 7–810 Neal, Austin (1-0) Sergio Lopez (3-1) None ESPN+ 727 12–4 4–3Mar 15 Lamar Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 9–810 Brady Corcoran(1-0) Moseley, Kyle(0-3) None ESPN+ 1,111 13–4 5–3Mar 16 Lamar Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 9–4 Paul Coppinger (1-0) Olivier, Chris (2-1) None ESPN+ 1,032 14–4 6–3Mar 18 Mississippi Valley State* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA Cancelled Mar 19 Mississippi Valley State* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA Cancelled Mar 19 John Melvin University* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 10–1 Strmiska, Caleb (3-0) Gavin LeBlanc (4-2) None 917 Mar 21 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA 0–6 Stuprich, Brennan (6-0) Cooper Golden (1-2) St. Pierre, Brady (4) ESPN+ 1,181 14–5 6–3Mar 22 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA 10–9 Sergio Lopez (4-1) Vosburg, Aiden (1-1) Paul Coppinger (1) ESPN+ 2,117 15–5 7–4Mar 23 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA 7–1 Parker Morgan (1-0) Lobell, Blake (2-1) Diego Corrales (1) ESPN+ 1,036 16–5 8–4Mar 25 * Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 15–57 Fritcher, Blayne (2-0)) Stephen Tolbert (0-1) None ESPN+ 925 17–5 Mar 26 Dillard* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 14–07 Gravel, Alexis (3-1) Reed, Danik (1-1)) None ESPN+ 894 18–5 April (11–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordApr 1 * Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 21–37 Primeaux, Parker (1-0) Dews,Myles (1-3) None ESPN+ 857 19–5 Apr 4 New Orleans Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 8–5 Blackwell, Jake (1-1) Austin, Ira (1-1) Corcoran, Brady (2) ESPN+ 990 20–5 9–4Apr 5 New Orleans Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 10–8 Primeaux, Parker (2-0) Kimball, Carson (1-1) Blackwell, Jake (2) ESPN+ 990 21–5 10–4Apr 6 New Orleans Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 3–2 Blackwell, Jake (2-1) Calloway, Bryce (0-1) None ESPN+ 954 22–5 11–4Apr 9 * Schroeder Park • Houston, TX 4–310 Blackwell, Jake (3-1) Jean, Antoine (3-1) Nachtsheim, Eric (1) ESPN+ 807 23–5 Apr 11 at Incarnate Word Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX 11–6 Golden, Cooper (2-2) McKay, Gus (2-4) None ESPN+ 144 24–5 12–4Apr 12 at Incarnate Word Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX 8–1 Gravel, Alexis (4-1) Salinas, Josh (2-5) None ESPN+ 263 25–5 13–4Apr 13 at Incarnate Word Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX 14–7 Coppinger, Paul (2-0) Posey, Jonah (1-1) None ESPN+ 188 26–5 14–4Apr 15 at No. 9 LSU* Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA 3–10 Schmidt, William (6-0) Morgan, Parker (1-1) None SECN+ 10,756 26–6 Apr 17 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 8–5 Golden, Cooper (3-2) Burdick, Gage (2-3) None ESPN+ 1,075 27–6 15–4Apr 18 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 5–13 Garcia, Zach (4-4) Gravel, Alexis (4-2) None ESPN+ 999 27–7 15–5Apr 19 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 3–1 Lopez, Sergio (5-1) Dean, David (1-4) Blackwell, Jake (3) ESPN+ 1,233 28–7 16–5Apr 22 Louisiana Christian* Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 3–4 Flotte, Trip (2-3) Corrales, Diego (0-1) Alfonso, Cowan (6) ESPN+ 1,102 28–8 Apr 25 at UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, TX 9–6 Lopez, Sergio (6-1) Tejada, Anthony (2-1) None ESPN+ 4,025 29–8 17–5Apr 26 at UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, TX 5–9 Nolan, Nick (1-1) Primeaux, Parker (2-1) None ESPN+ 4,589 29–9 17–6Apr 27 at UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, TX 3–5 Thayer, Harrison (3-2) Blackwell, Jake (3-2) None ESPN+ 1,134 29–10 17–7Apr 29 * Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 3–4 Luzardo, Diego (2-1) Corrales, Diego (0-2) Roman, Richie (7) ESPN+ 947 29–11 May (2–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordMay 3 Stephen F. Austin Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 4–5 Templeton, Cody (5-4) Corcoran, Brady (1-1) Boyett, Reid (2) ESPN+ 887 29–12 17–8May 3 Stephen F. Austin Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 12–28 Lopez, Sergio (7-1) Mulcahy, Dylan (1-4) None ESPN+ 984 30–12 18–8May 4 Stephen F. Austin Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 3–10 Balmaceda, Elian (1-5) Morgan, Parker (1-2) James, Jack (1) ESPN+ 1,037 30–13 18–9May 6 at Southern* Lee–Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA Game canceledMay 8 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA 2–5 White, Carter (4-1) Golden, Cooper (3-3) Marionneaux, Dylan (1) ESPN+ 751 30–14 18–10May 9 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA 7–6 Nachtsheim, Eric (2-0) Fiveash, Caden (1-1) None ESPN+ 864 31–14 19–10May 10 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA 6–7 Corrales, Diego (0-3) Anderson, Austin (2) ESPN+ 987 31–15 19–11 Postseason (0–0) (0–0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament recordMay 15 vs. (4) Northwestern State (5) Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA – (-) (-) ESPN+ – – Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = CanceledBold = McNeese team memberRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

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