Privateers Finish Early Season Home Stretch Against Alabama A&M

GAME NOTES

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers conclude their early season home stretch this weekend when they take on the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in a three-game series at Maestri Field. The series starts on Friday with a scheduled first pitch of 6:30 p.m. All three games will be carried on ESPN Plus.
 
STARTERS
FRIDAY: UNO-LHP Colton Mercer vs. AAMU-RHP Nick Anaya
SATURDAY: UNO-RHP Grant Edwards vs. AAMU-RHP Anthony Mateo
SUNDAY: UNO-RHP Caleb Seroski vs. AAMU-RHP Jackson Hall
 
This weekend concludes a stretch to open the season where the Privateers (4-4) played 10 of their first 11 games at home. New Orleans is 4-3 in their first seven home contests including series wins against Georgia State and Evansville.
 
Heading into the weekend, the Privateer pitching staff has the third best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the Southland. As a staff between Cortez Dennis, Chris Olivier and Nathan Blasick the Privateers had eight strikeouts to two walks.
 
Issac Williams hit his 20th home run of his career against Tulane. Williams is seven homers away from entering the top 10 in program history in career home runs. It was also his second career homer at Tulane.
 
Collin Loupe has picked up his first two collegiate starts over the last two games. The third year redshirt sophomore had his second multi-hit game in a Privateer uniform when he went 2-for-4 against Tulane on Tuesday night. For his career, Loupe has eight hits in 19 at-bats.
 
These will be the first meetings between the two sides on the diamond in program history. Last season, the Privateers had an 8-1 record against the SWAC that included wins over Alabama State, Southern, Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
Alabama A&M (2-6) won their regular season opener when they beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Bulldogs also have a win over Stillman. Tristan Curless is on a stretch of four straight games with two or more hits. He leads the offense in hits, RBI and total bases.
 
Elliott Jones is in his fourth season as head coach of Alabama A&M. Jones played at Southern and was an assistant coach at Southern and Grambling prior to coming to AAMU.
 
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For 54 seasons, Privateer student-athletes have had the unique experience of wearing New Orleans across their chests.  Like the city itself, our sports teams have been fueled by resiliency, grit, and the unquenchable desire to win.  Our city also houses the nation's biggest celebration each year. And much like a Mardi Gras parade krewe, we are tethered to our community through pride, tradition, a culture of acceptance, and finally our commitment to show that New Orleans is a world-class city to live, learn, play and work. We invite you to become more involved with the only University that truly represents New Orleans all day, every day.  Join #NOLAsTeam, We Are Your Krewe! 
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