SIUE Cougars (24-21, 12-6 OVC) vs.
Lindenwood Lions (25-19, 10-8 OVC)
May 1-3
Roy E. Lee Field / Simmons Baseball Complex
Edwardsville, Illinois

PROBABLE STARTERS:
SIUE RHP Tim Teixeira vs. LIN RHP Josh Newell
SIUE RHP Spencer Stearns vs. LIN Seth Benes
SIUE RHP Jase Phillips vs. LIN LHP Lucas Niemeyer

MIDWEEK: SIUE won a 6-4 decision Tuesday at Evansville. UE had a 3-1 lead after three innings. SIUE took a 4-3 lead in the fifth and never trailed again.

SERIES STUFF: SIUE leads the all-time series 12-7. The series dates to 1981, but the teams didn't play for 21 years between 2001-2023 when Lindenwood joined the OVC. SIUE leads the series 5-4 since.

START ME UP: The Cougars started 8-0 in OVC play, marking the program's best start to a conference season. The previous best was a 6-0 start in 2015.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Terrick Thompson-Allen became the third SIUE player to garner OVC Player of the Week honors March 23. He was then tabbed as the National Co-Hitter of the Week by the NCBWA Marcg 24. Josh Heyder won his first career OVC Player of the Week award March 16. Ryan Niedzwiedz earned the award March 2. He also was named to Baseball America's Team of the Week March 3.

HOMER HAPPY: SIUE homered eight more times last week and continue to lead the OVC and rank 18th in the NCAA with 76 home runs so far this season. The Cougars rank 18th in the country at 1.69 home runs per game. Niedzwiedz leads the league and ranks seventh nationally with 20 home runs. Mack Mitchell ranks fourth in the league with 12 home runs. In 2025, SIUE led the league with 77 home runs which was second most in the program's Division I history. The school record is 99 home runs in 2022.

HOMER RECORDS: Niedzwiedz homered Tuesday at Evansville and has 39 for his career, which is the career record at SIUE. Mitchell has hit 34 in his career, to rank fourth. Niedzwiedz is three homers away from tying SIUE's single-season record of 23.
HIT KING: Chase Bloomer has 222 career hits and is tied for fourth on SIUE's Divsion I career list. The record is 231 hits by Keaton Wright (2014-17).