2019 Nicholls Colonels baseball team

The 2019 Nicholls Colonels baseball team represented Nicholls State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Colonels played their home games at Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field.

2019 Nicholls Colonels baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	27-28 (13-17 SLC)
Head coach	Seth Thibodeaux (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Walt Jones Zach Butler Ford Pemberton
Home stadium	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Southland Conference baseball standings

v t e	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 Nicholls Colonels roster
	Pitchers 15 Bryan Taylor - Junior 16 Zach Autin - Junior 19 Tyler Theriot - Freshman 20 Nick Heckman - Freshman 21 Trever Kilcrease - Junior 24 Nick Hill - Freshman 26 Adam Tarver - Redshirt Junior 30 Cyle Clayton - Redshirt Freshman 32 Colin Kramer - Junior 34 Jacob Bedevian - Senior 35 Shane Mejia Jr. - Freshman 37 Austin Bollinger - Redshirt Junior 38 Parker White - Senior 39 Brandon Andrews - Sophomore 40 Matthew Harrison - Junior 41 Brandon Babin - Freshman 44 Peter Holland - Junior 47 Beau Balado - Junior		Catchers 14 Dillon Belle - Junior 25 Kade Sonnier - Sophomore 36 Christopher Sandberg - Junior 43 Hayden Charlet - Freshman Infielders 1 Will Ethridge - Sophomore 6 Waylon LeBlanc - Sophomore 7 Nathan Tribble - Sophomore 10 CJ Hughes - Junior 11 Ethan Valdez - Senior 12 Brady Bell - Redshirt Senior 13 Ivan Prejean - Sophomore 29 Mason Barker - Freshman		Outfielders 2 Champ Davidson - Senior 4 Mason Turner - Freshman 5 Austin France - Redshirt Sophomore 8 Xane Washington - Sophomore 18 Tre Turner - Sophomore 22 Alec Paz - Junior 23 Lloyd Nash - Freshman 27 Dane Simon - Sophomore

Coaching staff

2019 Nicholls Colonels coaching staff
Seth Thibodeaux – Head Coach – 9th year Walt Jones – Associate Coach & Recruiting Coordinator/Hitting Coordinator/Outfielders Coach – 4th year Zach Butler – Assistant Head Coach & Pitching Coach/Academic Liaison – 6th year Ford Pemberton – Assistant Head Coach & Director of Camps – 3rd year Lee Clark – Student Assistant Coach

Schedule

2019 Nicholls Colonels baseball game log
Regular season
February # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 1 February 15 Southern Illinois Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 5–6 0–1 2 February 16 Southern Illinois Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 3–2 1–1 3 February 17 Southern Illinois Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 7-3 2–1 4 February 19 Alcorn State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 25–5 3–1 5 February 22 Grambling State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 6–1 4–1 6 February 24 Grambling State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 16–5 5–1 7 February 24 Grambling State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 7-2 6-1 8 February 26 Tulane Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 4–7 6–2
March # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 9 March 1 vs. McNeese State (Mardi Gras Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 6–7 6–3 10 March 2 vs. Holy Cross (Mardi Gras Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 11–2 7–3 11 March 3 vs. Holy Cross (Mardi Gras Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 6–8 7–4 12 March 3 vs. McNeese State (Mardi Gras Classic) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 4–5 (10 inn) 7–5 13 March 5 Louisiana Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 1–3 7–6 14 March 6 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 3–6 7–7 15 March 8 New Orleans Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 2–3 7–8 0-1 16 March 9 New Orleans Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 3-2 8–8 1-1 17 March 10 New Orleans Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 9–1 9–8 2-1 18 March 12 Alcorn State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 10–1 10–8 19 March 13 at Alcorn State Foster Baseball Field at McGowan Stadium • Lorman, MS Game postponed 20 March 15 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR L 3-4 10–9 2-2 21 March 16 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR L 0-5 10–10 2-3 22 March 17 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR W 2-1 11–10 3-3 23 March 20 at LSU Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 4-5 (10 inn) 11–11 24 March 22 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 5-3 12–11 4-3 25 March 23 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 3–4 (10 inn) 12–12 4-4 26 March 24 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 6–3 13–12 5–4 26 March 26 vs. Southern Miss Shrine on Airline • Metairie, LA L 0–5 13–13 26 March 29 at Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX W 4–2 14–13 6-4 26 March 30 at Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX W 5–4 (13 inn) 15–13 7-4 26 March 31 at Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX W 6–5 16–13 8-4
April # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 27 April 2 Southern Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 4-2 17–13 28 April 5 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 1–7 17–14 8–5 29 April 5 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 7–9 17–15 8–6 30 April 7 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 2–3 (7 inn) 17–16 8–7 31 April 10 at Alcorn State Foster Baseball Field at McGowan Stadium • Lorman, MS Game canceled 32 April 12 Incarnate Word Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 4–6 17–17 8–8 33 April 13 Incarnate Word Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 7–3 18–17 9–8 34 April 14 Incarnate Word Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 4–7 18–18 9–9 35 April 19 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA L 1–3 18–19 9-10 36 April 19 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA W 4-1 19–19 10–10 37 April 20 Southeastern Louisiana Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 1–11 19–20 10–11 38 April 23 at Jackson State Braddy Field • Jackson, MS L 0–6 19–21 39 April 24 LSU-Alexandria Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 3–0 20–21 40 April 26 San Jose State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 3–2 21–21 41 April 27 San Jose State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 6–5 (16 inn) 22–21 42 April 28 San Jose State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 10–7 23–21
May # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 43 May 1 at Southern Lee-Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 5–6 23–22 44 May 3 Houston Baptist Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 7-11 (12 inn) 23–23 10–12 45 May 4 Houston Baptist Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 4–3 (15 inn) 24–23 11–12 46 May 5 Houston Baptist Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 3–6 24–24 11–13 47 May 7 at Tulane Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 5–3 25–24 48 May 10 Stephen F. Austin Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 1–5 25–25 11–14 49 May 11 Stephen F. Austin Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 6-3 26-25 12-14 50 May 12 Stephen F. Austin Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 13–7 27–25 13–14 51 May 16 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX L 8–10 27–26 13–15 52 May 17 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX L 4–5 (13 inn) 27–27 13–16 53 May 17 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX L 2–6 27–28 13–17
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