MONROE, La. - The ULM baseball team (25-24, 10-14 Sun Belt) hits the road to Huntington, W. Va. to take on a three-game series vs. Marshall from May 8 through May 10.
 
SERIES HISTORY VS. MARSHALL–
The Warhawks and Thundering Herd face off for just the fourth time in series history, with the latter having the 2-1 series advantage. The two teams played a three-game series at Monroe in 2023, where Marshall took games one and three with scores of 13-6 and 4-3. ULM salvaged the series with a 4-3, extra inning thriller in game two.
 
SCOUTING THE THUNDERING HERD –
Marshall enters with an overall record of 21-27 with a 11-13 mark in Sun Belt play. It currently stands at ninth place in the conference and is tied with two other teams for seventh place. The Herd have lost three of their past four games, which includes a series loss to James Madison. Marshall is led in hitting by Evan Bottone, who possesses a .380 batting average and has stolen nine bags on the season. Jackson Halter leads the team in RBI with 44 and home runs with seven.
 
LAST TIME OUT –
The Warhawks captured a midweek win over Mississippi Valley State with a 10-5 comeback victory. Trailing 4-2 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, ULM used a Marcus Aranda two-RBI single to take the lead. With a tie game in the bottom of the eighth, ULM drove in five runs with a sacrifice fly and two-RBI hits from Zach White and Jake Haggard. White and Haggard also collected three-hit games in the win.
 
HOT BATS –
The Warhawks host a group of hitters who have made their mark in their first season at ULM. Davis Mauzy has recorded a hit in 40 of 49 games in the season, having multi-hit games in 17 of them. He also recorded a home run in Lafayette, a three-run go-ahead blast in game one against the Ragin' Cajuns. Mauzy is batting a team leading .343 average and has 58 total hits. Kade Dupont has also produced for the Warhawks in 2026. The senior leads the team in batting average with a .366 mark and has gotten a multi-hit game in six of the past eight performances.
 
ARANDA ASSAULT -
Marcus Aranda has emerged as the top home run threat on the team and one of the top power hitters in the conference. He homered in six of eight games from Mar. 31 through Apr. 11 and has a team-leading 12 on the year. He is the second Warhawk since 2022 to record double-digit home runs in a season with three Sun Belt series left to play. He is also second on the team in RBI with 46 total.
 
FRESHMEN FOR THE FENCES –
ULM freshmen have been able to record home runs and swing for the fences across the opening 33 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. is second on the team in homers with eight 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 –
The team'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. The team is currently tied for second in the conference standing with a 7-5 conference record.
 
EXTRA INNING WARFARE -
ULM and Georgia State started the series last weekend with two extra inning thrillers. The Panthers won game one at the top of the 13th, as a single and a double plated three runs, giving them the 10-7 win. The Warhawks returned the favor in game two, ending a 9-9 deadlock with a Wiethorn double into right field which scored Jackson Landry. Both games marked the first pair of extra-inning games played for ULM in 2026.