2022 Nicholls Colonels baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Team: | Nicholls Colonels |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 26–25 |
| Conf Record: | 12–12 |
| Head Coach: | Mike Silva |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Ladd Rhodes |
| Asst Coach2: | Cody Livingston |
| Asst Coach3: | Gabe Woods |
| Stadium: | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field |
The 2022 Nicholls Colonels baseball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Colonels played their home games at Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field and were led by first–year head coach Mike Silva. They were members of the Southland Conference.
Preseason
Southland Conference Coaches Poll
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 10, 2022 and the Colonels were picked to finish tied for seventh in the conference with 24 votes.[1]
| Coaches poll |
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 93 (10) |
| 2 | McNeese State | 80 (3) |
| 3 | New Orleans | 73 |
| 4 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 63 (1) |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 55 (2) |
| 6 | Incarnate Word | 36 |
| T7 | Houston Baptist | 24 |
| T7 | Nicholls | 24 |
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Preseason All-Southland Team & Honors
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Second Team
Schedule and results
| Legend |
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| | Nicholls win |
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| | Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions |
| Bold | Nicholls team member | |
| 2022 Nicholls Colonels baseball game log |
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| Regular season (25–23) |
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| February (4–4) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SLC Record |
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| Feb. 18 | | | | L
1–127 | Miles
(1-0) | Saltaformaggio
(0-1) | Potthoff
(1) | | 344 | 0–1 | | | Feb. 19 | Missouri | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
2–147 | Troesser
(1-0) | Theriot
(0-1) | Landry
(1) | | 301 | 0–2 | | | Feb. 20 | Missouri | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
9–8 | Gearing
(1-0) | Neubeck
(0-1) | None | | 401 | 1–2 | | | Feb. 21 | Missouri | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
4–7 | Cheeley
(1-0) | Keith
(0-1) | None | | 278 | 1–3 | | | Feb. 23 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
5–7 | Siegel
(1-0) | Barbier
(0-1) | Devito
(1) | | 543 | 1–4 | | | Feb. 25 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
11–18 | Saltaformaggio
(1-1) | McClendon
(0-1) | None | | 133 | 2–4 | | | Feb. 26 | Mississippi Valley State | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
10–07 | Theriot
(1-1) | Valenzuela
(1-1) | None | | 301 | 3–4 | | | Feb. 27 | Mississippi Valley State | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
16–10 | Desandro
(1-0) | Stallings
(0-1) | None | | 222 | 4–4 | | |
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| March (10–5) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SLC Record |
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| Mar. 1 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
5–4 | Vial Jr.
(1-0) | Gibson
(1-1) | Evans
(1) | | 225 | 5–4 | | | Mar. 2 | at | | | L
3–9 | Huerta
(1-0) | Galy
(0-1) | None | | 75 | 5–5 | | | Mar. 4 | at | | | W
14–8 | Gearing
(2-0) | Gilmore
(0-1) | Evans (2) | | 317 | 6–5 | | | Mar. 5 | at Memphis | | FedExField • Memphis, TN | W
14–9 | Theriot
(2-1) | Fowler
(0-1) | Heckman
(1) | | 338 | 7–5 | | | Mar. 6 | at Memphis | | FedExField • Memphis, TN | L
6–9 | Kendrick
(2-0) | Desandro
(1-1) | None | | 283 | 7–6 | | | Mar. 9 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
10–07 | Mancuso
(1-0) | Odongo
(0-2) | None | | 103 | 8–6 | | | Mar. 11 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
8–10 | Barlow
(1-1) | Gearing
(2-1) | Orton
(1) | | 406 | 8–7 | | | Mar. 12 | Louisiana–Monroe | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
5–2 | Theriot
(3-1) | Goleman
(0-1) | Evans
(3) | | 201 | 9–7 | | | Mar. 13 | Louisiana–Monroe | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
1–2 | Lien
(1-1) | Heckman
(0-1) | Wepf
(1) | | 311 | 9–8 | | | Mar. 16 | at Tulane | | | L
3–5 | Welch
(2-0) | Desandro
(1-2) | Devito
(3) | | 1,510 | 9–9 | | | Mar. 23 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
6–5 | Evans
(1-0) | Schultz
(1-2) | None | | 634 | 10–9 | | | Mar. 25 | | | | W
6–4 | Andrews
(1-0) | Trahan
(1-1) | Evans
(4) | ESPN+ | 1,224 | 11–9 | 1–0 | | Mar. 26 | at Southeastern Louisiana | | Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA | W
11–4 | Gearing
(3-1) | O'Toole
(1-3) | None | ESPN+ | 1,172 | 12–9 | 2–0 | | Mar. 27 | at Southeastern Louisiana | | Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA | W
10–7 | Heckman
(1-1) | Robb
(0-3) | Desandro
(1) | ESPN+ | 1,229 | 13–9 | 3–0 | | Mar. 29 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
5–2 | Mancuso
(2-0) | Odom
(0-3) | Vial Jr.
(1) | | 493 | 14–9 | | |
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| April (10–6) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SLC Record |
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| Apr. 1 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
0–2 | Rogers
(3-2) | Theriot
(3-2) | Foster
(8) | | 601 | 14–10 | 3–1 | | Apr. 2 | McNeese State | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
1–5 | Vega
(2-1) | Gearing
(3-2) | None | | 504 | 14–11 | 3–2 | | Apr. 3 | McNeese State | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
8–710 | Andrews
(2-0) | Foster
(1-1) | None | | 421 | 15–11 | 4–2 | | Apr. 6 | Jackson State | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
9–6 | Gearing
(4-2) | Valdez
(1-2) | None | | 391 | 16–11 | | | Apr. 8 | | | | W
11–17 | Theriot
(4-2) | Ripoll
(1-3) | None | ESPN+ | 201 | 17–11 | 5–2 | | Apr. 9 | at Houston Baptist | | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
5–6 | Reitmeyer
(2-2) | Andrews
(2-1) | None | ESPN+ | 378 | 17–12 | 5–3 | | Apr. 10 | at Houston Baptist | | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
2—9 | Spinney
(2-3) | Heckman
(1-2) | None | ESPN+ | 311 | 17–13 | 5–4 | | Apr. 12 | at | | | Game cancelled due to poor weather conditions | | Apr. 14 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
8–2 | Desandro
(2-2) | Carver
(3-4) | Gearing
(1) | | 511 | 18–13 | 6–4 | | Apr. 15 | Northwestern State | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
6–0 | Theriot
(5-2) | Harmon
(4-4) | None | | 215 | 19–13 | 7–4 | | Apr. 16 | Northwestern State | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
7–10 | Brown
(4-3) | Heckman
(1-3) | None | | 287 | 19–14 | 7–5 | | Apr. 19 | Southern | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
3–0 | Saltaformaggio
(2-1) | Davis
(1-3) | Andrews
(1) | | 287 | 20–14 | | | Apr. 22 | | | | L
4–11 | Garza
(4-3) | Desandro
(2-3) | None | | 227 | 20–15 | 7–6 | | Apr. 23 | at Incarnate Word | | Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX | W
5–3 | Theriot
(6-2) | Cassidy
(0-2) | Gearing
(2) | | 253 | 21–15 | 8–6 | | Apr. 24 | at Incarnate Word | | Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX | W
8–7 | Saltaformaggio
(3-1) | Celestino
(3-3) | Gearing
(3) | | 247 | 22–15 | 9–6 | | Apr. 29 | | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
12–28 | Desandro
(3-3) | LeBlanc
(6-1) | None | | 439 | 23–15 | 10–6 | | Apr. 30 | New Orleans | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
6–4 | Theriot
(7-2) | Mitchell
(1-6) | Gearing
(4) | | 411 | 24–15 | 11–6 | |
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| May (1–8) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SLC Record |
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| May 1 | New Orleans | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
2–6 | Khachadourian
(4-2) | Heckman
(1-4) | Williams
(1) | | 402 | 24–16 | 11–7 | | May 3 | | | Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA | L
6–10 | Hasty
(0-1) | Mancuso
(2-1) | None | | 10,856 | 24–17 | | | May 6 | | | | L
6–7 | Shy
(1-0) | Gearing
(4-3) | None | | 370 | 24–18 | 11–8 | | May 7 | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | | Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX | L
4–5 | Garcia
(5-3) | Theriot
(7-3) | Bird
(2) | | 319 | 24–19 | 11–9 | | May 8 | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | | Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX | L
10–11 | Sieve
(0-1) | Heckman
(1-5) | None | | 301 | 24–20 | 11–10 | | May 12 | Southeastern Louisiana | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
2–3 | Kinzeler
(4-1) | Desandro
(3-4) | None | | 588 | 24–21 | 11–11 | | May 14 | Southeastern Louisiana | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
6–8 | Robb
(4-3) | Theriot
(7-4) | Trahan
(10) | | 337 | 24–22 | 11–12 | | May 14 | Southeastern Louisiana | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
4–311 | Heckman
(2-5) | Dugas
(3-2) | None | | 337 | 25–22 | 12–12 | | May 17 | at Louisiana | | | L
1–6 | Menard
(5-1) | Galy
(0-2) | None | ESPN+ | 4,052 | 25–23 | | |
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| Post-season (1–2) |
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| (1–2) |
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| Date | Opponent | (Seed)/Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
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| May 19 | vs. (5) Northwestern State | (4) | | W
7–6 | Gearing
(5-3) | Carver
(4-5) | None | ESPN+ | 348 | 26–23 | 1–0 | | May 20 | vs. (1) McNeese State | (4) | Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA | L
4–8 | Jones
(4-0) | Theriot
(7-5) | Foster
(12) | ESPN+ | 678 | 26–24 | 1–1 | | May 21 | vs. (8) Incarnate Word | (4) | Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA | L
8–9 | Hayward
(2-7) | Vial Jr.
(1-1) | None | ESPN+ | 336 | 26–25 | 1–2 | |
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Schedule Source:[3] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Notes and References
- Web site: Southeastern Tops Southland Baseball Preseason Poll . www.southland.org . 22 March 2022 . en.
- Web site: Southland Announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference Baseball Teams . www.southland.org . 22 March 2022 . en.
- Web site: Colonel Baseball announces 2022 schedule . Nicholls State University Athletics . 12 April 2022 . en.
