McNeese defensive end Isaiah Chambers has been named one of 18 finalists for the Stats Perform FCS Buck Buchanan Award, which is presented to the national defensive player of the year in college football’s Division I subdivision.
Solid pitching, defense, and one big inning was all McNeese softball needed to pick up a 7-0 shutout win in the opening game of its Southland Conference series over Abilene Christian here Friday.
Moss brings a long 6-foot-4 frame to the guard position which fits the theme of Aiken’s initial recruiting class. Moss, a redshirt sophomore, played in 55 games for the Gamecocks as he averaged 3.3 points per game in 15.1 minutes. He started South Carolina’s final five games this past season at poin
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to change the long-standing rule that has often deterred players in high-profile sports from switching schools, sources said.
Aiken and his staff signed four players on National Signing Day, including 7-foot-1 junior center Brendan Medley-Bacon, a transfer from Virginia Commonwealth. Medley-Bacon is just the second 7-footer in Cowboy basketball history, joining the great Edmund Lawrence.
The Cowgirls entered the weekend off back-to-back sweeps in conference play, but following a series loss to Southeastern and McNeese is back to searching for that winning consistency.
Due to expected inclement weather in the Lake Charles area, McNeese’s Tuesday night softball game against No. 15 LSU has been postponed. The game is expected to be rescheduled at a later date.
While the FCS spring football season is set to wrap with a 16-team tournament which will be revealed next Sunday, it’s over for McNeese. The Cowboys closed out their spring slate over the weekend with a 27-13 loss to Sam Houston.
The McNeese basketball team needed size after the loss of forwards Carlos Rosario and Jeremy Harrell to the transfer portal. Head coach John Aiken more than filled that need with the addition of VCU transfer Brendan Medley-Bacon on Monday. Medley-Bacon announced his decision to transfer to McNeese o
Robert MacIntyre made the most of his Masters debut, as the Scotsman finished 12th overall in the field with a 2-under par four-round score. The 24-year-old is believed to have posted the best finish by a Southland Conference alum in Masters history. He’s also the first McNeese golfer to ever play i
McNeese baseball got another impressive starting performance on the mound against Incarnate Word, this time with Christian Vega throwing six innings of one-run, two-hit ball while the bat power continued its dominance on the weekend as the Cowboys beat the Cardinals 10-4 to complete a four-game Sout
The Cowboys missed a field goal, had to settle for two field goals instead of touchdowns after driving inside the Sam Houston 10, dropped a touchdown pass, and fumbled the ball at the 1 leaving a potential 25 points off the board.
Former McNeese golfer Robert MacIntyre closed out day two’s back nine strong at the Masters to punch his ticket to the weekend. The Scot would birdie three consecutive holes from the 12th to finish two-under on the day, making the halfway cut in his Masters debut.
McNeese softball got offensive production throughout its lineup here Wednesday night and used a four-run fourth inning on its way to a 7-1 win over Louisiana Tech.
Southeastern Louisiana scored 11 runs in the middle three innings then held off a late McNeese rally on its way to a 13-9 Southland Conference win on Saturday, evening the series 2-2.
McNeese softball completed its Southland Conference series sweep here Saturday with a 9-0 series finale win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (14-14, 5-4 SLC).
McNeese Cowgirl senior multi-event athlete Grace McKenzie continues to solidify her position as one of the greatest in Cowgirl track and field history when on Friday, McNeese broke her own school record in the heptathlon by scoring 5,734 points, blistering her old record by 115 points (5,619) in her
Stephen F. Austin hit three home runs, the third coming in the top of the 10th to break a 5-5 tie, to guide it to an 8-5 extra-inning win over McNeese in Southland Conference baseball action on Friday in the first game of a four-game series.
McNeese softball coach James Landreneau was critical of his team after last weekend’s sweep at the hands of Sam Houston. Since that five-game losing streak, which includes losses to Texas and Texas A&M, the Cowgirls are 3-0 thanks to a doubleheader sweep of A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday.
Haylee Brinlee had a career night at the plate with two homeruns, a double, and six RBI to lead McNeese softball to a 9-3 win over Houston Wednesday night.
The McNeese Cowboys have lost plenty of talent from last year’s team with the latest coming from senior forward Carlos Rosario. He becomes the fifth Cowboy senior to publicly announce his intent to transfer.
McNeese added the first player of the John Aiken era Tuesday in VMI senior guard Myles Lewis. Lewis announced his commitment to the Cowboys via his Twitter.
The win was important for the confidence of starting quarterback Cody Orgeron. Earlier in the week, McNeese coach Frank Wilson hinted that a change at quarterback could be imminent. Orgeron responded on the field with one of the best games of his career throwing for over 300 yards and two touch
McNeese picked up their first Southland Conference victory of the spring season against Northwestern State and while the offense played well, it was the stout defense that propelled the Cowboys to victory.
McNeese built a 7-0 lead through the first three innings, scored five more runs in the late innings, and got a great performance out of the bullpen as the Cowboys beat HBU 12-6 in the first game of a Southland Conference four-game series here Friday.
On Wednesday, senior point guard AJ Lawson became the fourth Cowboy to announce his intent to transfer out of the program in the last three days. Lawson joins guards Dru Kuxhausen and Ra’Shawn Langston, along with forward Jeremy Harrell, who each announced their plans on Monday.
A five-run fourth inning that saw McNeese get five consecutive extra-base hits and was a single shy of hitting for the cycle in the frame helped lead the Cowboys to a 16-6, 10-run rule win over LSU-Alexandria Tuesday night in college baseball action.
On the same day McNeese basketball introduced John Aiken as its next head men’s basketball coach, the Cowboy program lost three seniors including the nation’s best three-point shooter in Dru Kuxhausen.
It is three years to the day since McNeese announced now Athletics Director Heath Schroyer as their head basketball coach. Today, the Cowboys announced Schroyer’s protege, John Aiken, will take over the reins of the program.
Clayton Rasbeary blasted a one-out, bottom of the ninth solo home run to walk-off a McNeese Cowboys 9-8 win on Saturday against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, capping a remarkable comeback victory for the Cowboys who remain perfect at home on the season.
McNeese softball took advantage of an error and got a clutch two-out single from Chloe Gomez in the sixth inning to begin Southland Conference play with a 1-0 win over Central Arkansas (12-9, 0-1 SLC) here Friday night.
Three McNeese pitchers combined to allow two runs on seven hits while striking out 13 as the Cowboys opened up Southland Conference baseball action with a 4-2 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday night.
McNeese Cowboys basketball head coach and athletics director Heath Schroyer will step away from his head coaching duties to focus solely on the job of director of McNeese’s 16 athletics programs.
McNeese softball held off a late Houston rally here Wednesday night to pick up a 4-3 win to improve to 8-12 on the year and extended its winning streak to five games.
Machala Linzy scored 14 points including four three-pointers and Claralee Richard added 10 points, but it was the hot shooting of the HBU Huskies from behind the arc that helped left them to a 74-60 win over the Cowgirls in the first round of the Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament at
For a moment, Southeastern Louisiana looked like a team ready to give away its season yet found the mettle to keep them at Merrell Center for at least another evening.
McNeese athletic events will be able to increase its capacity limits from 25 percent to 50 percent after Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards’ latest announcement to move the state into Phase 3 guidelines as COVID-19 cases continue to fall.
Following McNeese’s five point loss to Southeastern on Saturday, Cowboys coach Frank Wilson says his main goal this season is to develop younger and inexperienced players.
McNeese volleyball evened its Southland Conference record at 4-4 after Saturday’s 3-0 sweep over Northwestern State, winning by scores of 25-20, 25-17, 25-22.
