University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Claims SBC Series Opener Over ULM, 9-3
4/11/2025 10:51:00 PM | Baseball
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Freshman Griffin Hebert added a pair of hits for Louisiana (17-20, 8-5 SBC), which snapped a four-game losing streak overall while claiming its eighth straight win over ULM (16-19, 3-10 SBC).
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The three-game series between the in-state opponents resumes on Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with fans able to listen to the game in the Lafayette area on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network app.
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Louisiana will send left-hander Andrew Herrmann (2-3, 4.65 ERA) to the mound with ULM countering with right-hander Daniel Gonzalez (3-1, 5.25 ERA).
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Higgs went 2-for-3 at the plate, including his SBC co-leading 12th home run of the season in the third inning off ULM starter Joey Cirelli (1-7). The senior added a key run in the fifth when after a review of a potential inning-ending double play, slid under the tag of ULM catcher Tony Lindwedel and crediting Caleb Stelly with a sacrifice fly.
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Amedee, who finished 3-for-5 at the plate, then followed with an RBI single to drive in Hebert and give Louisiana a 6-1 lead. Amedee opened the scoring for Louisiana in the second with a game-tying RBI single up the middle before adding a two-out double to left in the seventh to drive in Stelly.
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Morgan (3-1) scattered six hits and struck out five batters in 5.0 innings of work to claim his first win since March 21 at South Alabama.
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The southpaw worked out of an early jam in the first after allowing a double and bunt single, before getting a double play and limiting the Warhawks to a run. Morgan retired the side in the second inning and kept ULM off the board until Bryce Blaser's two-run single in the fifth.
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Holzhammer held ULM to a pair of hits and no runs over the final 4.0 innings to earn his second save of the year for the Ragin' Cajuns.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Morgan, Chase (3-1)
L: Cirelli, Joey (1-7)
S: Holzhammer, Matthew (2)

Batting:
2B: Stelly, Caleb 1 ; Amedee, Lee 1
HR: Higgs, Conor 1
RBI: Higgs, Conor 3 ; Stelly, Caleb 1 ; Amedee, Lee 3 ; Torres, Jose 1
SH: Bellard, Kasen 1 ; Galt, Owen 1
SF: Stelly, Caleb 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bellard, Kasen 1 ; Mandino, Maddox 1 ; Hepworth, Carson 1 ; Higgs, Conor 2 ; Hebert, Griffin 2 ; Stelly, Caleb 1 ; Amedee, Lee 1
SB: Bellard, Kasen 1 ; Galt, Owen 1 ; Hebert, Griffin 1 ; Stelly, Caleb 1 ; Amedee, Lee 1
HBP: Bellard, Kasen 1
PO: Hebert, Griffin 1

Batting:
2B: Walker, Isaiah 1
RBI: Blaser, Bryce 2 ; Garcia, Jr, Henry 1
SH: Dupont, Kade 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walker, Isaiah 2 ; Lindwedel, Tony 1
SB: Blaser, Bryce 1
HBP: Walker, Isaiah 1 ; Dupont, Kade 1











