Baseball Heads to Louisiana to Face Northwestern State
2/19/2015 1:04:00 PM | Baseball
OMAHA, Neb. - Looking to remain undefeated, the Creighton Baseball team heads to Natchitoches, Louisiana to face Northwestern State in a three-game series this weekend.
Creighton at Northwestern State
Feb. 20 (DH) @ 2:00 p.m.
Feb. 22 @ 12:00 p.m.
Video: http://www.nsudemons.com/watch/?Live=749
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/nsula/baseball/
Bluejays vs. Northwestern State Series
Creighton and Northwestern State have met once previously, an 8-7 win for the Demons on Feb. 27, 2010.
About Northwestern State
- Located in Natchitoches, La.
- Northwestern State has an enrollment of 9,002.
- Known as the Demons.
- Northwestern State finished 2014 with a
- 33-26 record and an 19-11 mark in the Southland Conference.
- Northwestern State returns seven position starters from its 2014 season.
- The Demons were picked to finish fourth in the Southland's preseason coaches poll.
Northwestern State Head Coach: Lane Burroughs
- Lane has an overall record of 50-70 in three seasons as a head coach at Northwestern State.
- The Demons are Burroughs first head coaching role.
- Before taking over at Northwestern State, Burrough was an assistant at Mississippi State (2009-2012), Kansas State (2008) and at Southern Mississippi (1999-2007).
Scouting the Demons: (2015: 1-5)
Coming off an significant improvement from 2013 (16 wins) to 2014 (33 wins), the Demons have stumbled out of the game, dropping three of four to Troy in the season opening series. Northwestern State also fell in a midweek game on Wednesday at Lousiana Lafeyette, 7-3.
Wednesday night's contest with the Rajin' Cajuns was Northwestern State's home opener. Through five games the Demons have a 6.12 ERA and are hitting .199 as a team. Despite the low numbers, the Demons have shown suprising speed with five stolen bases in six attempts.
Let's Play Two!
The Bluejays thrived in double dips last season, posting a perfect 8-0 record when playing two on the same day in 2014. Creighton took two from North Dakota (April 5), Georgetown (April 12), Butler (April 26) and St. John's (May 11).
Opening with Clean Sweep
Creighton's sweep of CSU Bakersfield to open the 2015 season makred the third time in the past four seasons that the Bluejays opened the year 3-0. Creighton took three at Central Arkansas in 2012 and three at Dallas Baptist in 2013.
In both of those seasons the Bluejays dropped their fourth game of the season. The last time Creighton opened a year 4-0 was in 1999, prior to that the Bluejays went 6-0 in 1991 and 15-0 in 1990.
Fowler is Particularly Dangerous with the Bases Loaded
The reigning BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year started 2015 just as he ended last season, hot. Fowler, however, is particularly dangerous with the bases loaded.
In his lone at-bat with the bags juiced this season, Fowler blasted a three-run double. In 2014 he was 4-for-4 with a walk and nine RBI.
