THIBODAUX, La.?Kyle
Suire struck again going 5-for-6, with six RBIs and his second home run of the
weekend leading ULM to a 16-7 victory and
three-game sweep of Nicholls
State.
Suire finished the opening weekend of the season 10-for-16
(.625) with seven RBIs and six runs scored. The
senior second baseman also extended his hit streak to a career-high nine games
dating back to last season.
Senior Josh Lett (1-0) kept the Warhawks in the game early
and stayed consistent throughout allowing just one unearned run on six hits
through five innings.
ULM (3-0) has now won seven straight
over the Colonels (0-3).
In a park that yielded just five home runs all of last
season, the Warhawks belted out five on the weekend ? four on Sunday ?
including back-to-back-to-back blasts from Suire, Dexter Fontenot and A.J.
Siggers in the fourth inning. Shortstop
Ben Soignier got in the mix with his first homer of the season, a two-run blast,
in the top of the fifth.
Fontenot finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs while Siggers went
2-for-4 with a pair of runs driven in.
Matt Collins singled in all three of his at-bats and Soignier scored
four times after a 2-for-3 day at the plate with a pair of walks.
The Warhawks sent 27 batters to the plate in the third, fourth
and fifth innings scoring five runs in the first two and four in the latter.
ULM belted out 20 hits after putting 14
on the board yesterday. After winning
1-0 in Friday's season opener, the Warhawks put up a combined 27 runs in the
final two games of the series.
Suire, Fontenot and Siggers also went back-to-back-to-back in the
third inning with a single, double and a triple all of which produced
runs.
Following Soignier's home run in the fifth, Ryan McMillan
scorched a double down the third base line scoring a pair; the junior catcher finished the game with three RBIs.
The Warhawk batters were not intimidated by the numerous
scouts in attendance to watch Nicholls' starter Ryan Harding (0-1) tagging him
for five runs on seven hits in just 2 2/3 innings.
The Warhawks travel to Hattiesburg,
Miss., Tuesday night for a single
game against No. 33 Southern Mississippi with first pitch scheduled for 6:30
p.m. The game can be heard live on The
Peach 99.3 FM and on ULMAthletics.com.
Live stats for the game will also be available on ULMAthletics.com.
ULM 16, Nicholls State 7 (Feb 24, 2008 at Thibodaux, La.)
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ULM................. 005 542 000 - 16 20 2 (3-0)
Nicholls State...... 001 000 204 - 7 16 3 (0-3)
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Pitchers: ULM - Lett, Josh; Pourciau, Devin(6); Stephen, Scott(8); McHenry, Danial(9).
Nicholls State - Ryan Harding; John Beauchamp(3); Drew Erwin(4); Joe Hagerty(5);
Patrick Juban(7); Bryan Myers(8).
Win-Lett, Josh(1-0) Loss-Ryan Harding(0-1) T-2:46 A-637
HR ULM - Soignier, Ben (1); Suire, Kyle (2); Fontenot, Dexter (1); Siggers, A.J. (1).
