SFA can't get the sweep, but still got the series.

Jacks were up 2-0 going into the bottom of the 4th before the Islanders poured it on with 7 unanswered runs through three innings.

Dylan Mulcahy goes 5 innings giving up 4 runs on 4 hits 4 K's with 3 walks. (so close to calling the 4's)

Julian Swift goes 2-5 with a RBI, Cermodrick Bland 2-3 (1 triple), and Jhett Creel 1-5 with a RBI.

Back in action on Wed. in San Marcos for a non-conference games against the Bobcats of Texas State before a big 3-game series against UTRGV in the Nac.

He's Back!

🫡 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐛𝐞

5️⃣ XBH, 9️⃣ RBI, 1️⃣6️⃣ TB ⬇️

Josh is the 𝑺𝑳𝑪 𝑯𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌! 🪓#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/8hleXP00Ox

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 6, 2026

New city, same mission 🙂‍↕️

🆚: Texas State
⏰: 6 PM
🏟️: Bobcat Ballpark
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⚾: https://t.co/oEqekWcwKX
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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 8, 2026

SFA (18-15) vs. Texas State (22-10)

WHERE: San Marcos, Texas (Irvine-Rasmussen Park)
WHEN: April 8; 6:00 P.M.
TV: ESPN+

The Bobcats are 16-4 at home this season and have wins over Gonzaga, UTSA, Abilene Christian, Tarleton State, Washington State, #25 Louisiana, UTRGV, and are just coming off a victory over #18 Texas A&M.

Texas State leads the all time series 46-21 having won the last 3 meetings and 7 of the last 10.

TSU's starting lineup is batting almost .300 highlighted by soon to be Bobcat legend Chase Mora who became the all-time leader in HR's at Texas State with 37. As a whole the line up has a total of 57 home runs on the season (65 on the entire team). Easy to say this is a slugger lineup (.588).

The team has also recorded 61 doubles and 12 triples with a team OPS of .951

Look for pitch by committee in tonights game as each bullpen should get a good workout in this one.

Axe'Em

SFA goes down 10-0

The Bobcats hold SFA to 1 hit, (Julian Swift) as Texas State's pitching was almost perfect with 12 K's.

Back to SLC action in the Nac against UTRGV starts Friday

Join us this weekend at Pilgrim's Park for First Responders' Weekend ⚾

First Responders get FREE admission all weekend long 🔥#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/xdO8UgOxOv

— SFA Athletics (@SFA_Athletics) April 9, 2026

Huge series ahead for the Jacks 🔥

Seinfeld Stickers, First Responder Weekend, Foul Ball Friday, and an Autograph Session with your favorite Jacks ⚾

Serenity Now at Pilgrim's Park!

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— SFA Athletics (@SFA_Athletics) April 10, 2026

Your Friday night plans start at Pilgrim's Park ⚾

🆚: UTRGV
⏰: 6 PM
🏟️: Pilgrim's Park
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⚾: https://t.co/oEqekWcwKX
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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 10, 2026

SFA 18-16; 9-6 vs. UTRGV 14-18; 9-9

WHERE: Nacogdoches, Texas (Pilgrim's Park)
WHEN: Apr. 10; 6:00 PM/Apr. 11; 6:00 PM /Apr. 12; 1:00 PM
TV: ESPN+

SFA leads the all-time series 21-19, but UTRGV has dominated since 2022, having won the last 5 meetings and 9 of the last 10 many in shorten games with the Vaqueros averaging over 11 runs a game to SFA's 3 in that span.

This will be a battle between 4th SFA and 5th place UTRGV.

UTRGV started the 2026 campaign with impressive wins over BIG XII schools Kansas, and a series win over Houston, but have cooled off here in the middle of the season, currently on a 5-game skid and have lost 7 of their last 8 including a 3-game sweep by Northwestern State and a series loss to A&M CC.

Leading Hitters: Thomas Williams leads the starters with a .331 BA, followed closely by Julius Ramirez at .315 and Armani Raygoza at .305.

Power Threats: Armani Raygoza (10 HR) and Julius Ramirez (8 HR) provide the primary power in the middle of the order.

Pitching Rotation: The weekend rotation is typically led by Sergio Lopez (RHP), Victor Loa (LHP), and Robert Bonilla (RHP). Steven Oliva serves as the primary closer and was named to the NCBWA Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List.

Recent Status: Head coach Derek Matlock noted in early April that injuries have led to some inconsistency in the starting rotation and lineup, particularly affecting players like Carlos Vallejo.

The starting line-up is highlighted by Armani Raygoza batting .305 with 31 runs, 36 hits, 8 doubles, 29 RBI's, 31 walks (2nd in the conference), and 10 home runs (2nd in the conference) (33 HR's in career) with a SLG% of .627 (2nd in the conference) leading the conference in OPS at 1.081

Lumberjack Julian Swift leads the conference in hits (49) RBI's (40) Doubles (10), and triples (4), also 3rd in BA (.355)

Look for Templeton, LeBlanc, and Mulcahy in the starting rotation for the Jacks. Templeton is 5th in the conference in ERA (4.20) 7th in innings pitched (40.2) and 9th in K's (42)

SFA keeping themselves in the SLC Tournament hunt with 15 conference games remaining.

Axe'Em

🚨GAME UPDATE🚨

The start of today's game has been delayed due to lightning. We will continue to monitor and update‼️#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/B52iETDkIN

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 10, 2026

Cody Templeton returns to form in his best outing of the season getting the 7-2 win (4th) over the Vaqueros, the Lumberjacks move to 10-6 in conference play, moving into a three-way tie for 2nd in the standings, and 19-16 overall surpassing their win total from last year.

After a rough 2-0 start in the top of the 2nd giving up 2 runs on 2 hits, Templeton locked in going 5 shutout innings with one hit the rest of the way in a dominating performance striking out 9 in the process.

Jack James closed it in the final 2 innings going 2 innings, with no runs, 2 hits, no walks, and a K.

Juan Cantua with the multi-hit game with 2, including sending the Jacks ahead 3-2 with a single in the 5th to score Mark Henning.

SFA never looked back just methodical single hitting all night scoring runs around the bases. Josh Ibe with the only XHB at bat, a double in the 7th scoring Cantua.

Cantua would reach base on every at bat in the game with 2 hits and 2 walks.

UTRGV pitching had 13 K's but SFA made the hits when it mattered with 6 RBI's.

Jacks go for another series win today at 6:00.

STANDINGS

Northwestern State 13-7
Southeastern 10-6
SFA 10-6
Lamar 10-6
Nicholls 9-6
UTRGV 9-10
HCU 8-9
McNeese 7-9
UIW 8-11
New Orleans 6-12
A&M CC 5-10

A&M-Texarkana beat #4 LSUS at Pilot Field 8-5 last night for the first time since 2017.

It's been an up and down season for the Eagles with their very strong offense #2 offense in the Red River Conference behind LSUS (in 43 games 414 runs, BA .321, SLG% .491, 38 HR's, but the pitching has been the liability (overall ERA 7.17) but currently UTAMT has gone 10-1 in their last 11 after losing 8 straight. The pitching as of late has improved with Colton Sims, Remi Rountree, and Matthew Hart forming a nice little rotation.

But it has been that kind of season.

The Eagles 22-21; 11-11 are the projected #6 seed in the Red River Conference Tournament and are really battle tested having played 1/3 of the current NAIA Top 25 in 2026, going 4-12 in those games.

Ranked Teams Played

#4 LSU Shreveport W 8-5
#4 Hope International W 26-16
#12 Missouri Baptist L 5-10
#15 Louisiana Christian L 5-9; L 11-15; W 7-6
#20 LSU Alexandria L 5-6; L 3-4; L 10-13
#20 Texas A&M - Victoria L 5-11; L 4-9; L 6-16
#21 Lewis & Clark State L 0-11; L 2-8; L 0-12
#25 Central Methodist W 10-3

Winning and losing streaks this season

Lost 10 straight in the month of February, then won 7 straight going into March.
Lost 8 straight in March, then won 9 straight and 10 of the last 11 now in April.

Look for the Eagles to play spoiler in the RRC tournament

Another series taken by the Jacks as they defeat UTRGV 5-3 in game two. That makes 7 of 8 conference series wins for SFA improving to 20-16; 11-6.

Gabriel LeBlanc took the mound going 5.1 innings giving up 3 runs on 7 hits, striking out 3 while giving up no freebies.

The Vaqueros like in game one struck first jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st when UTRGV doubled to shallow right field, followed by a single and a ground ball.

Jhett Creel with 3 hits, including a double, scoring 2 RBI's, while Josh Ibe gets two hits of his own including a double scoring a RBI.

Real Deal Creel.

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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 12, 2026

ON THE BOARD🎯

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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 12, 2026

Lumberjacks go for the series sweep tomorrow at 1:00

STANDINGS

Northwestern State 14-6
Southeastern 11-6
SFA 11-6
Lamar 10-7
Nicholls 10-9
McNeese 8-9
UTRGV 9-11
HCU 7-10
UIW 8-12
New Orleans 6-12
A&M CC 5-11

Are we getting better?

2026:20-16; 11-6
2025:18-31; 9-21
2024:10-44; 5-22

Sunday funday 🪓

🆚: UTRGV
⏰: 12 PM
🏟️: Pilgrim's Park
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⚾: https://t.co/oEqekWcwKX
📰: https://t.co/erQ37elyC3
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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 12, 2026

Welcome to Sunday at Pilgrim's Park.

Kid's Run the Bases after today's game, and First Responders get in FREE!

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— SFA Athletics (@SFA_Athletics) April 12, 2026

SFA collecting series wins, but can't quite get those sweeps,

UTRGV salvage game three 9-3.

Hits were about even, but the Vaqueros made them count.

Henning, Ibe, Cantua, and red hot Jhett Creel with multi-hit days,

Dylan Mulcahy only goes 2.2 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 4 hits 5 K's and 4 walks.Pitch by committee the rest of the way with 5 pitchers 10 total K's but 7 walks.

Jacks head out the flatlands of west Houston for a non-conference game against Prairie View A&M on Tuesday and then back home for another one with Alcorn State before resuming conference play against Nicholls starting Friday.

SFAXE93 said:

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Another series taken by the Jacks as they defeat UTRGV 5-3 in game two. That makes 7 of 8 conference series wins for SFA improving to 20-16; 11-6.

Gabriel LeBlanc took the mound going 5.1 innings giving up 3 runs on 7 hits, striking out 3 while giving up no freebies.

The Vaqueros like in game one struck first jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st when UTRGV doubled to shallow right field, followed by a single and a ground ball.

Jhett Creel with 3 hits, including a double, scoring 2 RBI's, while Josh Ibe gets two hits of his own including a double scoring a RBI.

Real Deal Creel.

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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 12, 2026

ON THE BOARD🎯

📺: ESPN+#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/J6McpUodFa

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 12, 2026

Lumberjacks go for the series sweep tomorrow at 1:00

STANDINGS

Northwestern State 14-6
Southeastern 11-6
SFA 11-6
Lamar 10-7
Nicholls 10-9
McNeese 8-9
UTRGV 9-11
HCU 7-10
UIW 8-12
New Orleans 6-12
A&M CC 5-11

Are we getting better?

2026:20-16; 11-6
2025:18-31; 9-21
2024:10-44; 5-22

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Was about to say we beat our record last year and can only go up!

Right back to it 🪓

🆚: PVAMU
⏰: 3 PM
🏟️: Tankersley Field
⚾: https://t.co/oEqekWcwKX
📰: https://t.co/erQ37elyC3#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/vpr9B3idVv

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 14, 2026

SFA (20-17) vs. Prairie View A&M (7-27)

WHEN: Tues. April 14; 3:00 P.M.
WHERE: Prairie View, Texas (Tankersley Park)
TV: None

This will be the second meeting this season between the two schools, SFA won 15-3 at Pilgrim's Park in late March.

Axe'Em

SFA improves to 21-17 on the season in a much closer game down the stretch.

The Jacks were all over the Panthers with a 5 run top of the 1st highlighted by a Evan Aslaksen 2 run homer followed by another 5 run top of the 2nd inning.

SFA would go up 12-0 going into the bottom of the 6th, when Prairie View A&M came storming back with 7 runs spread out over the 6th through the 9th innings, with a 2 run homer of their own.

PA&M actually out hit the Jacks 13-11.

Noah O'Farrell got the win for SFA going 4 innings giving up no runs on 3 hits, 3K's and 1 walk.

Seven pitchers in all saw action racking up 9 K's, but also 5 walks.

Staying in the SWAC, SFA heads back home to start a 5 game home stand beginning with Alcorn State tomorrow at 3:00 P.M.

A&M Texarkana beat Arkansas Baptist 45-0 in their game yesterday, it actually tied a NAIA record for most runs scored in a game.

Arkansas Baptist forfeited game two.

I didn't think that would be possible to score that many runs in a game, but then I checked, and Arkansas Baptist just started their NAIA program last season.

Time to go to work 🪓

🆚: Alcorn State
⏰: 3 PM
🏟️: Pilgrim's Park
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📰: https://t.co/erQ37elyC3
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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 15, 2026

SFA (21-17) vs. Alcorn State (8-28)

WHEN: Wed. April 15; 3:00 P.M.
WHERE: Nacogdoches, Texas (Pilgrim's Park)
TV: None

This is the first meeting between the two schools in baseball, and the Braves come in with a 4-18 road record, coming off a 2-1 series loss to Texas Southern in Houston.

ASU starting lineup has an average BA of .266, highlighted by Jaylyn Bennett who leads the team with a BA of .350 with 16 RBI's and 1 HR. Cooper Harris leads the team in RBI's with 24 and 2 HR's.

Pitch by committee day for both schools with Alcorn State struggling with a rotation ERA of 13.00.

Axe'Em

The Jacks would dominated the SWAC.

W Miss Valley State 17-2
W Miss Valley State 15-3
W Miss Valley State 14-5
W Miss Valley State 10-0
L Arkansas PB 3-6
L Arkansas PB 3-4
W Arkansas PB 2-1
W Arkansas PB 11-5
W Prairie View A&M 15-3
W Prairie View A&M 13-7
W Alcorn State 16-8

SFA moves to 22-17 on the season and 13-7 at home, doubling up on the Braves 16-8.

22 wins matches the 2023 season.

Again like last game the Lumberjacks jumped out of the gates with a 5-run inning in the 1st, with back to back homers, another one from Evan Aslaksen, a 3-run blast to deep left field (2nd) and Julian Swift with one in the 2nd (5th)

It would be 7-0 Lumberjacks going into the 4th before Alcorn State would respond with 8 runs (3 in the 4th and 5 in the 6th)

Neither team could score for the last 3 innings, SFA finished with 14 hits to ASU's 8.

Cermodrick Bland, Julian Swift, Evan Aslaksen, all with multi-hit games at two, but your player of the game with 4 hits, 2 runs and a RBI was catcher Ethan Adkisson.

Lumberjacks send 5 pitchers to the mound with Hayden Tronson getting the start going 4 innings giving up 3 runs on 3 hits, striking out 4 and walking 2. As a staff SFA registered 12 K's with 6 walks.

Friday, SFA returns to SLC action currently tied in 3rd place with Lamar, to take on the Colonels of Nicholls at Pilgrim's Park.

Bring your crew (and your dogs) ‼️

🆚: Nicholls
⏰: 6 PM
🏟️: Pilgrim's Park
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⚾: https://t.co/oEqekWcwKX
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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 17, 2026

#3 SFA (22-17; 11-7) vs. #5 Nicholls (18-19; 10-10)

WHEN: April 17; 6:00 P.M./ April 18; 6:00 P.M./ April 19; 1:00 P.M.
WHERE: Nacogdoches, Texas (Pilgrim's Park)
TV: ESPN+

It's #3 against #5 in this 3-game SLC series against the Colonels of Nicholls, as we head down the 2nd half stretch of the 2026 season in a highly competitive SLC baseball race.

Nicholls is coming off a series win over #3 Lamar (tied with SFA) in Thibodaux. Nicholls has played a very tough schedule...

#15 Tennessee (3 game series)
#2 LSU
#10 Southern Mississippi (2X) (Won one)

NICH leads the overall series 19-18 since 2008 and 8-2 in the last 10, all in Thibodaux and have not played in Nacogdoches since 2018.

The lineup is highlighted by Caston Thompson who is second on the team with a BA of .333, first on the team in OPS 1.072 hits 45, runs 27, HR 11 (1st in the SLC), and RBI's 31.

Look for pitching ace Haden Luke to take the mound for the Colonels ERA of 5.79, WHIP 1.58, 5 wins, 1 loss, 37.1 innings pitched 51 K's, 21 walks, Dawson Richard ERA of 2.91, WHIP 1.29, 3 wins, 1 loss, 34 innings pitched, 36 K's, 17 walk, and finally Nuno Parache ERA of 4.97, WHIP 1.39, 0-5 in win/loss, 41.2 innings pitched, 35 K's and 14 walks.

Nicholls as a team currently has the worse BA in the SLC at .259, last in OB% at 0.345, and 3rd in SO.

Both SFA and Nicholls are tied for worse in fielding% (.966)

With just 12 conference games to go, SFA is feeling that conference tournament bid getting close.

Axe'Em

Game 1 against Nicholls tonight at Pilgrim's Park 🔥

🐶 Bark in the Park with FREE Pup Cups while supplies last
⚾ Foul Ball Friday
🖊️ Post-game Autograph Session

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— SFA Athletics (@SFA_Athletics) April 17, 2026

Nicholls takes game one 9-4 off of 15 hits, Jacks took an early lead 2-0 in the 1st Inning, with Cody Templeton going 5 scoreless innings before the wheels came off as the Colonels get a 4 run top of the 6th to take a 4-2 lead, SFA would answer in the bottom half of the inning with 2 more runs to tie it up at 4 going to the top of the 7th where NICH would counter with 2 more runs to take a 6-4 lead, only to add 3 more in the top of the 9th.

It was another late game collapse.

Templeton gives up 6 runs on 9 hits in 6.1 innings pitched, 4 k's and 1 walk, 5 total pitchers see action combining for 8 K's and 1 walk.

Jhett Creel and Julian Swift stay hot with 2 hits a piece.

SFA looks ot even the series tomorrow at 6:00 P.M.

Mama said there'll be days like this...

Sundays at the Park 🪓

🆚: Nicholls
⏰: 1 PM
🏟️: Pilgrim's Park
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⚾: https://t.co/oEqekWcwKX
📰: https://t.co/erQ37elyC3
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— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) April 19, 2026

Nicholls completes the sweep with a 5-0 shutout.

What started out as a pitchers duel Dylan Mulcahy goes almost 5 scoreless innings before the Colonels scored on a two run homer. Mulcahy finished with 5.2 innings pitched giving up 4 runs on 5 hits, with 9 K's and 3 walks.

Elian Balmaceda came in relief striking out 5 himself, giving up one more run in the 6th, in all the SFA pitching was solid with 15 K's but unfortunately no run support.

Credit to the Nicholls pitching staff with 11 K's and giving up only 3 hits on the day holding SFA to their season low in hits, and handing the Jacks their first conference sweep since the middle of the 2025 season.

This feels like a major set back to the season, a season that was showing such promise, but this was complete domination by Nicholls outscores SFA 38-7 in the series.

It was good though to see the pitching staff get back to performing at the level that they can, the lineup just couldn't generate any runs.

SFA still has first place Northwestern State on the road, McNeese State at home, and UIW in San Antonio.

Back to the WAC as SFA welcomes UTA to Pilgrim's Park on Tues. at 6:00 P.M

That hurt.