MONROE, La. – The ULM baseball team trailed by as many as five runs and erased Northwestern State's lead and tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, but the Demons plated the eventual game-winning run in the ninth inning to defeat the Warhawks, 9-8, on Tuesday (April 29) night at Lou St. Amant Field in Monroe, La.

The Warhawks (21-24) surrendered 18 hits to the Demons (28-18) in Tuesday night's game. The Demons committed three errors in the field that led to three unearned runs for the Warhawks.

With the win, the Demons salvaged a victory versus the Warhawks in the 2025 season series after ULM won the first two matchups versus NSU in early April. The all-time series record between the two programs is now tied, 117-117.

Four Warhawks finished with multiple hits, led by Isaiah Walker's three base hits. Michelle Artzberger, Barham White and Zach White all registered a pair of hits. Jake Haggard had one hit and scored one run. Artzberger drove in three RBIs while Barham White had two and Kade Dupont and Henry Garcia Jr. both recorded one. 
 
The first two Demons singled in the top of the first, and after a sacrifice fly batted by Braden Benton took an early 1-0 lead. After Walker reached on a throwing error and Dupont was hit by a pitch, Bryce Blaser advanced both runners into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt. With two outs, Artzberger drove an outside pitch down the left-field line that plated both runners and gave ULM the lead. NSU second baseman Hudson Brignac hustled out a grounder to short for an RBI infield single that scored Balin Valentine to even the score 2-2 midway through the second inning. Haggard singled on the first pitch he saw to start the second inning. Following a sacrifice bunt by Major Brignon and a ground out, Walker delivered the second two-out RBI base hit for the Warhawks as ULM regained the lead. Walker stole his 21^st base of the year by swiping second before NSU ended the inning. Holden Hess struck out two batters in a scoreless third and completed his third inning of work with his team ahead, 3-2.
 
Following a 1-2-3 bottom of the third offensively for the Warhawks, NSU leadoff hitter Reese Lipoma tied the game with an RBI base hit in the top of the fourth. Zach White and Walker recorded infield hits in the bottom of the fourth, but the Demons kept the game tied at 3-3. The first four NSU hitters singled in the top of the fifth inning, and the Demons captured the lead after plating four runs to go ahead 7-3. The Demons added another run in the top of the sixth after a Brooks Leonard RBI single. Barham White doubled down the line to start the ULM sixth inning but was unable to cross home plate.
 
Austin Ackel pitched a scoreless seventh inning to keep NSU's lead at five. ULM cut into the Demons' lead in the seventh inning, which started with Walker's third hit of the night. After Walker stole his second bag of the night, Dupont and Blaser walked to load the bases. A catcher's interference that resulted in an RBI for Garcia Jr. halved the NSU lead to 8-4. Artzberger picked up his third RBI after he singled home Dupont, but the Demons cut down Blaser attempting to score for the first out of the inning. Barham White smashed his second double of the night that cleared the bases, scoring Garcia Jr. and Artzberger to close the deficit to one run.
 
In the top of the eighth inning, Hollis Huff entered the game and tossed a 1-2-3 inning that included a pair of strikeouts. On an 0-2 pitch, Zach White pulled a pitch down the left field line and stood at second base with no outs. With one out, a wild pitch advanced White to third and Dupont lifted a sacrifice fly to tie the game, 8-8. Bryce Johnson pinch hit for the Demons in the ninth inning and ledoff with a double to left center. After a sacrifice bunt, Lipoma drove in Johnson on a sacrifice fly to put NSU back in front, 9-8. NSU's Jacob LeBlanc pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the ninth and preserved the save for the Demons.

The ULM baseball team begins a three-game Sun Belt Conference road series at Texas State starting on Friday (May 2) night in San Marcos, Texas with first pitch set for 6 p.m.