FIRST PITCH• The ULM baseball team returns to Lou St. Amant Field for a weekend series with UT Arlington from Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9. Game times are 6 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. for Sunday.The Warhawks are losers of four straight including two losses to No. 3 Arkansas in a two-game midweek sweep. Both game were decided in the seventh innning in run rule results.The Mavericks have lost three straight contests which includes two losses to Houston ...
FIRST PITCH
• The ULM baseball team returns to Lou St. Amant Field for a weekend series with UT Arlington from Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9. Game times are 6 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. for Sunday.
The Warhawks are losers of four straight including two losses to No. 3 Arkansas in a two-game midweek sweep. Both game were decided in the seventh innning in run rule results.
The Mavericks have lost three straight contests which includes two losses to Houston and a midweek loss to Sam Houston. Head coach Mike Trapasso has a 3-6 start in his first year with UTA.
UT Arlington leads in the all-time series with a 54-38 record. The two teams last played in 2022, when the Mavericks were a member of the Sun Belt. The Warhawks lost two of three matchups.
• Live streaming for all three games will be available on ESPN+. The series will air on KMLB 105.7 and the TuneIn app with the voice of the Warhawks, Mike Hammett, on the call.
• Senior outfielder Bryce Blaser leads the team with a .366 batting average. He is 15-41 with one home run, five doubles and six RBI. Jake Haggard leads with 13 RBI and two triples on the year. Colby Lunsford has scored 14 runs through 12 games.
• Redshirt senior power hitting first baseman Michelle Artzberger is back as the top returner in runs scored (43), home runs (8) and RBIs (43). Artzberger was named to the 2022 SBC Championship All-Tournament Team and posted his highest single season average in 2024. He has belted 43 extra base hits in his ULM career and a career-long 55 game on base streak.
GRIGG SET FOR FIRST FRIDAY START
Junior pitcher Landon Grigg is predicted to make his first Friday start versus UTA. Grigg has made three starts this season and has struck out a team-high 18 batters in 13.2 innings pitched. Grigg was voted First Team NJCAA All-Academic Team in 2023. In his seven starts his final season, Grigg was 7-0 and struck out 48 batters in 51.2 innings pitched, including a 10 strikeout game versus Metropolitan Community College. He started in three games as a freshman and finished 4-0 with a 5.05 ERA and 37 strikeouts. A standout pitcher at Bentonville West High School in Arkansas, Grigg was a 2021 Arkansas All-State Pitcher and named first team all-conference his senior season in 2022.
BASSETT MAKING AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT
True freshman and Magnolia, Texas native Ashton Bassett made his first career start last week at Missouri State, allowing just two earned runs in four innings pitched. Bassett is slated to start Saturday's game and has struck out five batters and tossed 6.2 innings.
GO WITH GONZALEZ
Sophomore Daniel Gonzalez is the projected starter for Sunday afternoon's game. Gonzalez pitched a career-high six innings and struck out seven hitters in ULM's win over Houston Christian on Feb. 21 at The Lou. He has tallied a 5.40 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP in three appearances this season.
UP NEXT ULM welcomes Alcorn State for a midweek game on Tuesday (March 11) at 6 p.m.