BEAUMONT, Texas — Lamar University travels to Louisiana Tech on Tuesday for a midweek matchup before returning home to host McNeese in a three‑game Southland Conference series this weekend.
CARDINALS AT A GLANCE
OFFENSIVE LEADER: Beau Durbin leads the Cardinals with 23 hits, 15 runs scored, five doubles, two triples, 17 RBIs and a .522 slugging percentage … Durbin ranks eighth in the conference in hits, is tied for second in triples and sits seventh in at‑bats (67) … He also became just the fifth Cardinal since 2010 to record a 15‑game hitting streak in a single season.
OFFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: A.J. Taylor leads the Cardinals with a .345 batting average and a .424 on‑base percentage …
Tab Tracy enters the week on a seven‑game hitting streak, a stretch that included the team's first four‑hit performance of the season in Game 2 against Stephen F. Austin … Tracy is 7 for 15 (.467) over his last three games with a double and four RBIs …
Braden Benton ranks sixth in the conference with 13 walks and has driven in five runs across his last three contests.
SOLID PITCHING: Chris Olivier has allowed just three runs across his first four starts … He leads the Southland Conference in opposing batting average (.151) while ranking third in ERA (1.09), third in innings pitched (24.2) and second in strikeouts (32).
PITCHING HIGHLIGHTS: A.J. Kostic is tied for second in the conference with three wins while
Nathan Darden leads the conference in saves with three.
MIDWEEK SUCCESS: The Cardinals have gone 89-75 in midweek games since 2010 … Last season LU finished 13-3 (8-0 at home and 5-3 on the road).
LU VS. THE TOP 25: The Cardinals will face two more top 25 programs this season — No. 17 TCU and No. 18 Oregon State … LU takes on four top 25 programs this spring which is the most since 2016.
FOLLOWING IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS: Jarret Williams hasn't allowed an earned run in 12.2 innings pitched, holding a 0.00 ERA in four appearances and three starts … Jarret is the son of Randy Williams, who played at LU from 1995-97 before enjoying five seasons in the majors with five different teams.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
LU VS. LOUISIANA TECH: The Bulldogs are 61-51 all-time vs. LU since 1968 … LU won 6-5 in 2025 to snap a four-game losing streak to the Bulldogs … It marked LU's first win in the series since 2006.
BULLDOGS AT A GLANCE
CATCHING UP: Louisiana Tech is 5-1 against Southland Conference opponents this season, with its only loss coming to McNeese on Feb. 18 … The Bulldogs snapped a six‑game losing streak by taking the final two games of their three‑game series against South Alabama … Louisiana Tech was picked to finish second in Conference USA, and graduate pitcher Blake Hooks earned a spot on the league's preseason all‑conference team … The Bulldogs went 32-25 overall last spring, including a 14-12 mark in Conference USA play.
WHO TO WATCH: Graduate infielder Colby Lunsford leads the Bulldogs with a team‑best .333 batting average … Redshirt sophomore outfielder Cade Patterson paces the offense with 21 RBIs … Sophomore infielder Trey Hawsey, senior outfielder Sebastian Mexico and Lunsford share the team lead with 20 hits each … Hawsey has also belted five home runs, contributing to the team's 24 total long balls this season … The pitching staff owns a 4.94 ERA with 152 strikeouts … Junior Declan Dahl leads the staff with 23 strikeouts while sophomore Brooks Roberson holds a team‑best 2.21 ERA across 20.1 innings.
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