• The ULM baseball team continues its season-opening homestand with the second weekend series of the 2025 season against Houston Christian from Friday, Feb. 21 through Sunday, Feb. 23. The two teams last matched up in the 2009 season, where the Warhawks took both games against then Houston Baptist. ULM starts 3-1 after a series win vs. Eastern Illinois last weekend and a 17-2 run-rule win over Grambling State Tuesday afternoon. HCU also posts a 3-1 start after winning the opening four-game series against Central Michigan.

• The series will air on KMLB.com and the TuneIn app. The Voice of the Warhawks, Mike Hammett, will have the call for Sunday's game three while Cory Crowe will have the call for Friday and Saturday.
 

• ULM head coach Michael Federico begins his eighth season with the Warhawks on Friday. He has led the Warhawks to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in three of the last six seasons that the championship was contested. He was hired as head coach at ULM prior to the 2018 season and served as the club's pitching coach from 2018-22. During the 2024 season, Federico led the Warhawks to wins over NCAA regional finalists Coastal Carolina and Southern Miss as part of their 25 win season, which was the most since 2021. Two ULM pitchers that Federico coached signed free agent contracts with Major League Baseball organizations including Parker Seay (New York Yankees) and Chipper Menard (Baltimore Orioles).

• The Warhawks return 10 position players that saw time in 2024. Junior outfielder Bryce Blaser is the top returning hitter by average after hitting .326 last season with 59 hits, 13 doubles, one triple two home runs, 23 RBIs, 27 runs scored and 14 walks. The North Carolina transfer started in 48 games and 14 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games in his first season on the bayou.


• Newcomers Tony Lindwedel and Isaiah Walker lead the Warhawks with five runs scored apiece. Lindwedel, a transfer catcher from Notre Dame, also leads ULM in batting average hitting at a .636 clip in his first three games with ULM. Walker, a UTSA transfer, also leads ULM with three stolen bases. Jake Haggard has drove in 10 runners at the plate and has also crushed a home run for ULM, both of which are team highs.

• Redshirt senior power hitting first baseman Michelle Artzberger is back as the top returner in runs scored (43), home runs (8) and RBIs (43). Artzberger was named to the 2022 SBC Championship All-Tournament Team and posted his highest single season average in 2024. He has belted 43 extra base hits in his ULM career and a career-long 55 game on base streak.

• On the mound, ULM returns 10 players who saw time in 2024. Sophomore Daniel Gonzalez is expected to start game one for ULM while Crowder College transfer Landon Grigg is game two's probable starter. Joey Cirelli is scheduled to start Sunday's game three in his second season with ULM. Notable relievers returning for the Warhawks include Brandon Brewer and Zach Shaw alongside Adam Tubbs returning after redshirting in 2024.