MONROE, La. - The ULM baseball team (12-9) enters a midweek contest as it hosts 9-12 New Orleans at The Lou Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. It will be the second matchup of the season between the two teams, with the Warhawks winning the first matchup. ULM is also riding a four-game win streak with a sweep over Texas State last weekend.
 
SERIES HISTORY VS. NEW ORLEANS –
Wednesday's game marks the 65th all-time meeting between the Warhawks and Privateers, with the two teams both possessing 32 wins each. ULM tied the series in the first matchup of the season, a 9-1 victory in New Orleans on Feb. 22. Before then, the Privateers held a three-game winning streak in the series.
 
SCOUTING THE PRIVATEERS –
New Orleans currently holds a 12-9 overall record, which also includes a Southland Conference mark of 3-6 as of Tuesday. The team is fresh off a series loss to Incarnate Word last weekend, dropping the first two games before winning Sunday's matchup to avoid the sweep. Leading the Privateers is Evan Rogers, who is batting .366 on the season and has also stolen six bags. Both Owen Smith and Kruise Newman have produced six home runs on the year as Smith leads the team in RBI with 24. On the mound, Riley Marcotte is the top starter with an ERA of 3.37 over 18.2 innings pitched.
 
LAST TIME OUT –
The Warhawks swept the opening series of Sun Belt Conference play over Texas State last weekend at home. They took the first game 12-6 before winning a tense 8-5 game two and sweeping with a 16-5 run-rule win. ULM used seven runs to lead after the third inning of game one, highlighted by a three-run bomb from Jake Haggard. The Bobcats brought it to within three going into the bottom of the sixth before a four-run response, which included Dayne Wray hitting his sixth homer of the year, put the Warhawks in control for the rest of the contest. Game two saw a 5-4 TXST lead after six innings as Wray homered again for his seventh of the season. ULM put up a four-spot to take the lead and win the series after Saturday. An eight-run bottom of the first inning set the tone on Sunday as the Warhawks cruised to 16 runs, capped off by a Marcus Aranda two-run walk-off homer.
 
HOT STARTS –
The Warhawks host a pair of hitters who have made their mark in the first season at ULM. Davis Mauzy has produced a hit in all 21 games to start the season, having multi-hit games in nine of them. He also recorded his first home run of the season, a three-run blast on Tuesday, Mar. 3 against Southeastern Louisiana. Mauzy is batting .405, has a 1.014 OPS and is the team leader in total hits with 34, ranking him top 40 in the country. Danye Wray has also been a hot bat for ULM in 2026, recording a hit in all but three games. His seven home runs lead the team as he possesses a .757 slugging percentage, which ranks him in the top 50 in the country. Wray is also batting .371 and is second in RBI with 24 on the year.
 
FRESHMEN FOR THE FENCES –
ULM freshmen have been able to record home runs and swing for the fences across the opening 21 games. Freshman Sutton Lewis hit two three-run homers throughout opening weekend against Central Arkansas, becoming the only freshman with multiple home runs in opening weekend in the Sun Belt. Dayne Wray then followed that up with three home runs in the series against Western Illinois, launching one in each of the three games. He also collected two bombs in the Sun Belt opening series vs. Texas State. The freshman from Smithville, Miss. leads the team in homers with seven on the season. Garrett Wiethorn also joined in on the action, collecting two homers in game three against UT Arlington, his first two of the 2026 season.
 
NOT A BAD START –
Last weekend's sweep over Texas State produced some historical marks for the team through the first three games. It's the first sweep over a Sun Belt opponent since the 2024 season and the first sweep over the Bobcats since 2001. The Warhawks have also started 3-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2007 season, where they started 4-0 in Sun Belt play.
 
ON THE MOUND –
JC Dermody has had a strong start to the 2026 season. In his five starts, he holds a record of 4-0 and possesses an ERA of 4.39, most recently pitching all seven innings in the win vs. Texas State. Dermody arrives in Monroe after a season at Wichita State and is tied for first among pitchers in the league with four wins so far this season. Adam Brodnax has also had a good start to 2026, leading the team with a 2.95 ERA across 21.1 innings pitched. The freshman from Deville, La. is also the team leader in strikeouts with 26 on the season.