PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University baseball program pitched their second straight shutout, the first time without allowing a run in back-to-back games since doing so in three straight from March 4-5, 2022, shutting the #10 Houston-Victoria Jaguars down and out to win the series, 3-0.
 
The Orange and Blue are now winners of ten consecutive ballgames, its longest such streak since peeling off 15-in-a-row in the midst of the 2019 regular season.
 
It was the third goose egg on the opposite scoreboard this year and have held the visitors to a mere seven hits over 16 frames so far after they averaged nearly nine runs a night prior to the weekend.
 
It was LCU's fifth triumph over a NAIA Top 25 adversary in 11 such tilts, making the Jags the first team to show up multiple times on the list that includes #13 MACU, #12 Kansas Wesleyan and #22 Tabor.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score
  • Louisiana Christian – 3
  • #10 Houston-Victoria – 0

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (18-14, 8-6 Red River)
  • #10 Houston-Victoria (25-6, 14-3 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Pineville, Louisiana – Billy Allgood Field

 

• Series History
  • Wildcats Lead 9-5 (64.3%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Wildcats (W2) | Jaguars' Last Win: April 20, 2024 (7-2)

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• After the starter Jacob Bareswill was relieved after three outs, Coleman Haltom and Kade Linn took over from there as Haltom improved to 2-0 in his long relief role that saw him tie his career-high of five innings while averaging a strikeout per frame while Linn collected his first career save, the rare three-inning variety, by holding UHV hitless with only a single walk given up in addition to five more Ks.

 

• Harrison Waxley got the party started in the first, lifting a sacrifice fly to deep left-center to score Braxton Cooksey, who reached painfully on a bean ball.

 

• Brady Huffman and Braden McLin had the team's two extra-base hits within a span of three batters, both clubbing doubles as McLin replaced Huffman on second base for the second score of the nightcap.

 

• Tyler McKenna and Adrian Aguilar got on-base twice apiece with the former singling, walking, and touching home as the latter notched a knock on top of a HBP.

 
Next:
  

• Taking the series was a massive boost to its NAIA Tournament at-large hopes, but a sweep on Saturday at noon could cement the Wildcats back onto the national radar as we hit the two-thirds mark of 2025.

 

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