2022 Northwestern State Demons baseball team explained
| Year: | 2022 |
| Team: | Northwestern State Demons |
| Sport: | baseball |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 25–29 |
| Conf Record: | 12–12 |
| Head Coach: | Bobby Barbier |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | Chris Bertrand |
| Asst Coach2: | Spencer Goodwin |
| Stadium: | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field |
The 2022 Northwestern State Demons baseball team represented Northwestern State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Demons played their home games at H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field and were led by sixth–year head coach Bobby Barbier. They were members of the Southland Conference.
Preseason
Southland Conference Coaches Poll
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 11, 2022, and the Demons were picked to finish fifth in the conference with 55 votes and two first place 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 |
| T–7 | Houston Baptist | 24 |
| T–7 | Nicholls | 24 | |
Preseason All-Southland Team
The following players were named to the 2022 Preseason All-Southland Team, voted on by the league's coaches.[2]
1st Team
- Daunte Stuart – Second Baseman
- Cal Carver – Starting Pitcher
2nd Team
- Donovan Ohnoutka – Starting Pitcher
- Drayton Brown – Relief Pitcher
Schedule and results
| Legend |
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| | Northwestern State win |
| | Northwestern State loss |
| | Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions |
| Bold | Northwestern State team member | |
| 2022 Northwestern State Demons baseball game log |
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| Regular season (25–27) |
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| February (3–3) |
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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
3–7 | Richter
(1-0) | Carver
(0-1) | None | | 775 | 0–1 | | | Feb. 19 | Stephen F. Austin | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
6–2 | Harmon
(1-0) | Mangus
(0-1) | None | | 602 | 1–1 | | | Feb. 20 | Stephen F. Austin | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
5–4 | Ohnoutka
(1-0) | Poell
(0-1) | None | | 218 | 2–1 | | | Feb. 25 | | | | W
4–2 | Taylor
(1-0) | Atwood
(1-1) | Caossio
(1) | | | 3–1 | | | Feb. 26 | vs. Oklahoma | | Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX | L
1–2 | Sandlin
(1-1) | Prestwich
(0-1) | Michael
(2) | | 5,974 | 3–2 | | | Feb. 27 | vs. Oklahoma | | Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX | L
1–5 | Martinez
(1-0) | Brown
(0-1) | None | | 4,895 | 3–3 | | |
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| March (9–9) |
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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 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
8–11 | Shifflet
(1-0) | Prestwich
(0-2) | Schultz
(1) | | 580 | 3–4 | | | Mar. 2 | at Louisiana | | | L
3–6 | Havard
(1-1) | Ohnoutka
(1-1) | Schultz
(2) | | 4,072 | 3–5 | | | Mar. 4 | | | Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX | L
0–2 | Frank
(1-0) | Carver
(0-2) | Olson
(1) | | 200 | 3–6 | | | Mar. 5 | vs. Nebraska | | Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX | L
0–6 | Schanaman
(1-2) | Harmon
(1-1) | None | | 311 | 3–7 | | | Mar. 6 | | | Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX | L
0–1 | Bailey
(2-0) | Brown
(0-2) | King
(1) | | 420 | 3–8 | | | Mar. 9 | | | | L
2–6 | Cressend
(1-1) | Ohnoutka
(1-2) | None | | 972 | 3–9 | | | Mar. 12 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
20–37 | Carver
(1-2) | Meadows
(0-3) | None | | | 4–9 | | | Mar. 12 | Alcorn State | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
19–17 | Harmon
(2-1) | Puckett
(0-2) | None | | 510 | 5–9 | | | Mar. 13 | Alcorn State | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
16–17 | Brown
(1-2) | Ford
(0-3) | None | | 457 | 6–9 | | | Mar. 15 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
21–7 | Taylor
(2-0) | Ellis
(0-1) | None | | 487 | 7–9 | | | Mar. 17 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
2–16 | Bishop
(1-2) | Ohnoutka (1-3) | Arbogast (1) | | 382 | 7–10 | | | Mar. 18 | South Dakota State | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
6–2 | Carver
(2-2) | Bourassa
(0-2) | Flowers
(1) | | 502 | 8–10 | | | Mar. 19 | South Dakota State | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
2–47 | Carlson
(3-2) | Harmon
(2-2) | Barnett
(3) | | 498 | 8–11 | | | Mar. 19 | South Dakota State | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
13–97 | Brown
(2-2) | Beazley
(0-2) | Banes
(1) | | 498 | 9–11 | | | Mar. 23 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
6–3 | Cossio
(1-0) | Mims III
(0-1) | Banes
(2) | | 400 | 10–11 | | | Mar. 25 | | | | L
6–7 | Williams
(4-0) | Flowers
(0-1) | None | | 623 | 10–12 | 0–1 | | Mar. 26 | at New Orleans | | Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA | W
2–1 | Harmon
(3-2) | Mitchell
(0-3) | None | ESPN+ | 415 | 11–12 | 1–1 | | Mar. 27 | at New Orleans | | Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA | W
16–10 | Brown
(3-2) | Lamkin
(0-1) | None | | 454 | 12–12 | 2–1 | |
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| April (8–10) |
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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 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
8–2 | Carver
(3-2) | Garcia
(2-2) | None | | 519 | 13–12 | 3–1 | | Apr. 2 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
11–8 | Harmon
(4-2) | Thomas
(4-2) | Flowers
(2) | | 555 | 14–12 | 4–1 | | Apr. 3 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
1–010 | Collins
(1-0) | Perez
(2-3) | None | | 576 | 15–12 | 5–1 | | Apr. 6 | at Lamar | | | L
6–9 | Morse
(2-1) | Francis
(0-1) | None | | 988 | 15–13 | | | Apr. 8 | | | | L
2–8 | Rollins
(2-0) | Carver
(3-3) | None | | 195 | 15–14 | 5–2 | | Apr. 9 | at Incarnate Word | | Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX | L
2–6 | Garza
(3-3) | Harmon
(4-3) | Hayward
(1) | | 190 | 15–15 | 5–3 | | Apr. 10 | at Incarnate Word | | Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX | L
4–11 | David
(2-0) | Brown
(3-3) | None | | 233 | 15–16 | 5–4 | | Apr. 14 | | | | L
2–8 | Desandro
(2-2) | Carver
(3-4) | Gearing
(1) | | 511 | 15–17 | 5–5 | | Apr. 15 | at Nicholls | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | L
0–6 | Theriot
(5-2) | Harmon
(4-4) | None | | 215 | 15–18 | 5–6 | | Apr. 16 | at Nicholls | | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA | W
10–7 | Brown
(4-3) | Heckman
(1-3) | None | | 287 | 16–18 | 6–6 | | Apr. 19 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
11–4 | Collins
(2-0) | Klieb
(0-1) | None | | 385 | 17–18 | | | Apr. 20 | | | | L
4–6 | Whorff
(4-5) | Prestwich
(0-3) | Crigger
(7) | | 2,499 | 17–19 | | | Apr. 22 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
4–3 | Collins
(3-0) | Smitherman
(1-1) | None | | 461 | 18–19 | 7–6 | | Apr. 23 | Houston Baptist | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
4–2 | Harmon
(5-4) | Burch
(1-3) | None | | 475 | 19–19 | 8–6 | | Apr. 24 | Houston Baptist | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
1–10 | Charles
(3-0) | Brown
(4-4) | None | | 502 | 19–20 | 8–7 | | Apr. 26 | at Grambling State | | | W
8–3 | Prestwich
(1-3) | Rudy
(3-6) | None | | 121 | 20–20 | | | Apr. 27 | at LSU–Alexandria | | | Game cancelled | | Apr. 29 | | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
4–6 | Robb
(3-3) | Flowers
(0-2) | Trahan
(6) | | 510 | 20–21 | 8–8 | | Apr. 30 | Southeastern Louisiana | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
2–4 | Guth
(2-1) | Harmon
(5-5) | Trahan
(7) | | 522 | 20–22 | 8–9 | |
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| May (5–5) |
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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 | Southeastern Louisiana | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
5–2 | Brown
(5-4) | Landry
(2-5) | None | | 525 | 21–22 | 9–9 | | May 4 | Louisiana Tech | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
3–4 | Knight
(1-0) | Taylor
(2-1) | Crigger
(10) | | 1,208 | 21–23 | | | May 6 | at McNeese State | | | W
16–12 | Carver
(4-4) | Rogers
(5-4) | None | | 750 | 22–23 | 10–9 | | May 7 | at McNeese State | | Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA | W
5–410 | Cossio
(2-0) | Foster
(3-2) | Ohnoutka
(1) | | 777 | 23–23 | 11–9 | | May 8 | at McNeese State | | Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA | L
4–10 | Zeppuhar
(1-0) | Brown
(5-5) | None | | 763 | 23–24 | 11–10 | | May 10 | Louisiana–Monroe | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
10–5 | Francis
(1-1) | Brady
(0-1) | None | | 414 | 24–24 | | | May 13 | New Orleans | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
4–6 | Williams
(6-1) | Collins
(3-1) | None | | 519 | 24–25 | 11–11 | | May 14 | New Orleans | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | W
14–11 | Taylor
(3-1) | Porter
(1-2) | Francis
(1) | | 530 | 25–25 | 12–11 | | May 15 | New Orleans | | H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA | L
4–11 | Khachadourian
(5-2) | Brown
(5-6) | Seroski
(3) | | 602 | 25–26 | 12–12 | | May 17 | | | | L
7–197 | Gervase
(3-1) | Flowers
(0-3) | None | | 10,423 | 25–27 | | |
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| Post-season (0–2) |
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| (0–2) |
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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. (4) Nicholls | (5) | Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA | L
6–7 | Gearing
(5-3) | Carver
(4-5) | None | ESPN+ | 348 | 25–28 | 0–1 | | May 20 | vs. (8) Incarnate Word | (5) | Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA | L
10–14 | Mikulik
(1-1) | Harmon
(5-6) | None | ESPN+ | 346 | 25–29 | 0–2 | |
Schedule Source:[3] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.|}
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: SOUTHEASTERN TOPS SOUTHLAND BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL . www.southland.org . 2 March 2022 . en.
- Web site: SOUTHLAND ANNOUNCES 2022 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAMS . www.southland.org . 2 March 2022 . en.
- Web site: NSU announces 2022 baseball schedule . Northwestern State University Athletics . 15 April 2022 . en.
