Movement compared to before the weekend:

1) Lamar - 98📈77 (+21)
2) McNeese - 146📈135 (+11)
3) Corpus Christi - 150📉157 (-7)
4) UTRGV - 98📉176 (-78)
5) Northwestern State - 148📉178 (-30)
6) Nicholls - 168📉182 (-14)
7) SFA - 197📈184 (+13)
8) SLU - 225📈186 (+39)
9) HCU -…

— SLC Sports Report (@ReportSLC) March 2, 2026

Former SFA pitcher Blane Zeplin has really resurrected his college career transferring to A&M Victoria in the Red River Conference.

W-L: 4-1 ERA 2.79; WHIP 1.52; IP 29; K:34

SFA (9-4; 2-1) vs. Abilene Christian (6-6; 0-0)

WHEN: Wed, Mar. 4; 6:00 PM
WHERE: Abilene, Texas (Crutcher Scott Field at Bullock Brothers Ballpark)
TV: ESPN+

ACU is currently on a 2-game skid, recently losing to Texas State 0-3 and #17 TCU in Fort Worth, where the Horn Frogs walked it off in the bottom of the 9th 7-6.

The Wildcats are 5-2 at home, and last season defeated SFA 11-2 in Nacogdoches.

ACU is batting .253 with an OPS of .865, 83 runs, 98 hits, 75 RBI's, and 22 HR's!
Pitching 1.62 ERA, 106 K's, 59 Walks

SFA starting lineup is batting .320; OPS: 0.902; R:89; H:115; 2B:25; 3B:4; HR:7; RBI:84; BB:70; SB:31

Axe'Em

𝑨𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 🪓

Congrats to senior shortstop Rodric Black on being named to the 2026 @BWAward Watch List! #AxeEm x #LogByLog x @collegediamonds pic.twitter.com/94JkCdq1To

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 4, 2026

The pitching, not quite there yet.

BigJack85 said:

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The pitching, not quite there yet.

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Ya think??? Went from ahead 10-1 to behind 16-10 in just a couple of innings. And it ain't over yet. Geezzz Louise... Are we pitching our water boys tonight???

ACU was shell shocked after being down 10-1, the pre-season favorite to win the WAC, and man did they ever recover big, wheels are completely off for SFA.

Solid start by Farney going 4 innings, only 2 hits, 1 run, 3 K's and 1 walk.

Bullpen got rocked after that!

Don't think I have ever seen a game like this before, where a team was in complete control for 5 innings going up 10-1 only to loose on a run rule 20-10 defeat in 8 innings.

Man that has got to be a sucker punch to the gut feel right now for the team.

And it doesn't get any easier

Coming up
Lamar 3 game series
@#20 Texas A&M
@Southeastern Louisiana 3 game series

Nicholls with the upset

ANOTHER TOP 10 WIN FOR THE SOUTHLAND https://t.co/Vv4ElUBVoE

— SLC Sports Report (@ReportSLC) March 5, 2026

Feels good to be HOME‼️

🆚: Lamar
⏰: 2 PM & 5 PM
🏟️: Pilgrim's Park
📺: https://t.co/xcZiE0S3ni
⚾: https://t.co/oEqekWcwKX
📰: https://t.co/erQ37elyC3
🎟️: https://t.co/JQi3nRVOZA#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/idblwxXq6F

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 6, 2026

SFA (9-5; 2-1) vs. Lamar (8-5; 3-0)

WHEN: Mar. 6; 2:00 & 5:00 P.M.; Mar. 7; 1:00 P.M.
WHERE: Pilgrim's Park
TV: ESPN+

Lamar leads the all-time series 41-23, last time these two teams met Lamar won 2 games to 1 in a hard fought series in Beaumont. 2-0; 3-9; 2-3.

SFA used to dominate the series from 2018-2020 winning 8 of 9 and 7 straight, in that time span. Lamar has since established their baseball program into one of the best in the conference having won 7 straight of their own and 14 of the last 17 meetings.

The Cardinals are coming off a 1-4 loss in Beaumont to Rice University.

• Top Hitters for Lamar
  Beau Durbin .389 and A.J. Taylor .356 both maintaining an OPS near or above 1.000.
• Starting lineup batting .266

LU Ace Chris Olivier 2-0 record, 0.00 ERA over 18.2 IP; leads the Southland Conference in WHIP (.59) and hits allowed per nine innings (2.89).

Lumberjack RHP #29 Gabe LeBlanc (Sr.) on the mound, 0.00 ERA, WHIP 0.85, 13 IP, 10 K's, BAA .208

SFA looks to rebound from a devastating trip to Abilene, and get this season back on track.

Axe'Em

And like last season SFA takes game 1 against Lamar winning 6-4, a great rebound win after the loss at ACU.

Quality pitching

#29 Gabe LeBlanc (Sr.) gets the win going 6 innings giving up 3 hits, 4 runs, and 1 walk.
#35 Jack James (Sr.) went the last 3, no runs on 2 hits, 2 K's and no walks

FOOT. ON. THE. GAS. ⛽

📺: ESPN+
🔗: https://t.co/eyQxhCBenR#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/ZABYN9Lyz7

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 6, 2026

#4 Jhett Creel (Jr.) gets 2 runs on 3 hits
#17 Mark Henning (Sr.) also with 2 runs on 2 hits
#13 Ethan Pena (Jr.) with 2 RBI's on 2 hits

10 hits total for the Jacks as they improve to 10-5; 3-1

The last time SFA made it to 10 wins this early in the season was the 2011 season, when they went 37-23; 20-13 finished 2nd in the conference standings and runner-up in the SLC Conference Championship Game. The best season in SFA Baseball history.

Game two coming up.

Lamar takes game 2, 11-4.

Another one of those late game melt downs, as SFA was leading 1-0 going into the 7th inning behind strong pitching from Cody Templeton with 7K's.

But LU erupted for 4 runs in the top of the 7th, and 7 in the top of the 8th.

Cooper Schneider with 3 hits and a RBI

Rubber match tomorrow.

Game 3 being moved to Sunday, due to weather.

Sunday fun day at Pilgrim's Park‼️

🆚: Lamar
⏰: 1 PM
🏟️: Pilgrim's Park
📺: https://t.co/xcZiE0S3ni
⚾: https://t.co/oEqekWcwKX
📰: https://t.co/erQ37elyC3
🎟️: https://t.co/JQi3nRVOZA#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/nyyUJiG6m7

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 8, 2026

Huge series win early in conference!

Nice to see SFA on the other end of a huge comeback as the Lumberjacks take the series over Lamar, to stay on top of the SLC standings at 4-2 (11-6 overall) in a 4-way tie, and going 7-1 at home.

Mark Henning 2 hits, 3 runs (HR), 3 RBI's

Julian Swift 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBI's

Ethan Pena 3 hits, 2 runs

Kadin Munson with the win going 3.2 innings, 1 run, 3 hits, 1 K, and no walks

SFA has not had a series win over Lamar since 2020

Stephen F. Austin has not started a season with back-to-back conference series wins in at least 15 years, with the last occurrence dating back to the 2011 season.

BIG DUBS 💪#AxeEm x #LogByLog pic.twitter.com/sCLLJuFqat

— Lumberjack Baseball (@SFA_Baseball) March 8, 2026

Jacks back in action Tues. night in College Station against #20 Texas A&M

I'll be at the Aggie SFA with my dad! Hoping for somehow an upset. Just will need good strong pitching.

Hoping the weather stays at bay.

Well SFA is doing things in 2026 like the program did back in the 2010 and 2011 seasons, and the Jacks did beat Texas A&M 7-6 in 2010, and almost again in 2011 leading 5-4 in the 8th before losing 5-7.

SFA gave Baylor all they could handle this season.

But yes pitching will always be the key, as the Lumberjacks have the bats to get it done.

#15 in the nation in OPS (.950+)
#15 in the nation in Hits (135)
#28 in the nation in BA (.315)
#35 in the nation in Runs (106) Program record in the first 10 games
#39 in RBI's (96)

SFAXE93 said:

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Nice to see SFA on the other end of a huge comeback as the Lumberjacks take the series over Lamar, to stay on top of the SLC standings at 4-2 in a 4-way tie, and going 7-1 at home.

Mark Henning 2 hits, 3 runs (HR), 3 RBI's

Julian Swift 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBI's

Ethan Pena 3 hits, 2 runs

Kadin Munson with the win going 3.2 innings, 1 run, 3 hits, 1 K, and no walks

SFA has not had a series win over Lamar since 2020

Stephen F. Austin has not started a season with back-to-back conference series wins in at least 15 years, with the last occurrence dating back to the 2011 season.

Jacks back in action Tues. night in College Station against #20 Texas A&M

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Didn't see this series coming our way. Wow.

Nice one.

I know it's way too early to celebrate, but seeing how SFA was picked dead last in the 2026 SLC preseason poll, it would be one of the greatest turn arounds in division I baseball history if the Jacks can maintain this level.

They already got past one of the big hurdles in Lamar, and the second one is coming right up in SLU.

LU's Chris Oliver went 6 innings gave up 3 runs on 7 hits, walking 2 while striking out 4.

He is considered the best pitcher in the SLC this season, in his other 3 starts

Senior (2026): Named Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week twice (Feb. 16 and March 2) ... Named to Baseball America's Week 1 College Team of the Week ... Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week (Feb. 17) ... 64 Analytics D1 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 9-15) ... Named to D1Baseball.com's Weekend 1 Top Performers: Top 100 Pitchers list.

Oakland 6.2 innings, 1 Hit, no runs, 14 K's, no walks
UTA 5.0 innings, 5 hits, no runs, 3 K's, 3 walks
UTRGV 7 innings, 0 hits, no runs, 11 K's, 2 walks

Just for fun, I looked at the Lamar Baseball page on X. During the game there were eight posts as Lamar was smashing the ball around and running up the score. Once the score was 9-1 there mysteriously were no more posts other than the final score of 14-11. I couldn't help but laugh.