2019 Northwestern State Demons baseball team

The 2019 Northwestern State Demons baseball team represented Northwestern State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Demons played their home games at H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field.

2019 Northwestern State Demons baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	30-25 (15-15 SLC)
Head coach	Bobby Barbier (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Bertrand Taylor Dugas
Home stadium	H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud 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 Northwestern State Demons roster
	Pitchers 6 Reed Michel - Senior 7 Ridge Heisler - Senior 8 Nathan Jones - Senior 12 Austin Reich - Senior 18 Jerry Maddox - Senior 20 Jose Vasquez - Senior 26 Donovan Ohnoutka - Sophomore 27 Peyton Graham - Junior 32 Kyle Swanson - Junior 36 David Hodo - Junior 37 Nik Millsap - Freshman 38 Evan Daigle - Sophomore 39 Cameron Taylor - Sophomore 40 Cullen McDonald - Senior 41 Sam Wallace - Senior 46 Tyler Gatewood - Redshirt Freshman 55 Tyler Pigott - Senior		Catchers 13 Marshall Skinner - Junior 25 Tyler Thibodeaux - Redshirt Freshman 34 Jakob Nunez - Senior Infielders 2 Caleb Ricca - Junior 5 Sam Taylor - Senior 14 Austin Stegall - Senior 15 Payne Rodgers - Freshman 16 Chaney Dodge - Sophomore 19 Austin Townsend - Junior 22 Hilton Brown - Freshman 31 Landon LeBlanc - Freshman 33 Peyton Davis - Sophomore		Outfielders 1 Larson Fontenot - Sophomore 3 Lenni Kunert - Junior 11 J.P. Lagreco - Senior 23 Tyler Smith - Junior 42 Adam Moncure - Freshman 45 Jeffrey Elkins - Freshman 47 Jacob Farrell - Freshman

Coaching staff

2019 Northwestern State Demons coaching staff

Bobby Barbier – Head Coach – 3rd year Chris Bertrand – Associate Coach & Recruiting Coordinator– 2nd year Taylor Dugas – Assistant Head Coach & Hitting Coach – 1st year Charley Waldrep – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 2nd year Matt Alford – Graduate Manager – 2nd year Spencer Goodwin – Graduate Manager – 2nd year Brittany Goldberg – Assistant Director Athletic Trainer Jason Pugh – Assistant Sports Information Elizabeth Holloway – Administrative Assistant

Schedule

2019 Northwestern State Demons baseball game log
Regular season
February # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 1 February 15 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX L 3–5 0–1 2 February 16 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX L 4–5 0–2 3 February 17 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 2-1 1–2 4 February 24 Southern H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 13–6 2–2 5 February 24 Southern H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 5–7 2–3 6 February 26 Louisiana-Monroe H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 15–0 3–3
March # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 7 March 1 Little Rock H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 1–0 4–3 8 March 2 Little Rock H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 5–7 4–4 9 March 2 Little Rock H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 7–5 5–4 10 March 5 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA W 8–4 6–4 11 March 8 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX L 0–4 6–5 0–1 12 March 9 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX W 24–11 7–5 1–1 13 March 10 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX L 2–6 7–6 1–2 14 March 12 #11 LSU H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 3-1 8–6 15 March 15 New Orleans H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 4-3 9–6 2–2 16 March 16 New Orleans H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 2-5 9–7 2–3 17 March 17 New Orleans H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 8-1 10–7 3-3 18 March 19 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 3-8 10–8 19 March 22 Lamar Cardinals H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 3–4 10–9 3–4 20 March 23 Lamar H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 5–2 11–9 4–4 21 March 24 Lamar H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 10–6 12–9 5–4 22 March 27 at Southern Lee–Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–3 13–9 23 March 29 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX L 2–10 13–10 5–5 24 March 30 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX L 2–12 13–11 5–6 25 March 31 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX W 7–5 14–11 6–6
April # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 28 April 2 Mississippi Valley State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 11–0 15–11 29 April 3 Mississippi Valley State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 9-0 16–11 30 April 5 Nicholls H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 7–1 17–11 7–6 31 April 6 Nicholls H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 9–7 18–11 8–6 32 April 7 Nicholls H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 3–2 19–11 9–6 33 April 10 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 4–8 19–12 34 April 12 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA L 3–5 19–13 9–7 35 April 13 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA L 1–8 19–14 9–8 36 April 14 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA W 3–1 20–14 10–8 37 April 17 LSU-Shreveport H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 6–3 21–14 38 April 19 McNeese State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 4-7 21–15 10–9 39 April 20 McNeese State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 6–0 22–15 11–9 40 April 20 McNeese State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 6–5 23–15 12-9 41 April 23 at #6 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 2–19 23–16 42 April 24 at #6 Arkansas Baum-Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR W 10–7 24–16 43 April 26 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 2–4 24–17 12–10 44 April 27 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 7–0 25–17 13–10 44 April 28 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 3–5 25–18 13–11 44 April 30 Louisiana Tech H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 3–1 26–18
May # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 45 May 3 Grambling State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 6–7 26–19 13–12 46 May 5 Grambling State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 11-2 27–19 14–12 47 May 5 Grambling State H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 5–4 28–19 15–12 48 May 10 Incarnate Word H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 7–6 29–19 16–12 49 May 12 Incarnate Word H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 5–6 29–20 16–13 50 May 12 Incarnate Word H. Alvin Brown-C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 9–12 29–21 16–14 51 May 14 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA Game cancelled due to heavy rains in Monroe. 52 May 16 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 5–11 29–22 16–15 53 May 17 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 9–4 30–22 17–15 54 May 17 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 4–5 30–23 17–16
Post-season
Southland Tournament # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall record SLC record 55 May 22 vs. (2) Central Arkansas Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX L 0–2 30–24 56 May 23 vs. (3) Southeastern Louisiana Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX L 4-6 30-25
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