2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball team

The 2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball team represents the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Warhawks play their home games at Warhawk Field. They are under the direction of first year head coach Michael Federico.

2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
	West Division
2018 record	23–31 (10–20 SBC)
Head coach	Michael Federico (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Collins Grayson Crawford Brandon Belanger
Home stadium	Warhawk Field

2018 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East Division
No. 21 Coastal Carolina ^x‍‍‡‍^y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			38	–	17	–	0		.691
Troy ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			38	–	18	–	0		.679
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0		.345			26	–	28	–	0		.481
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			18	–	36	–	0		.333
West Division
Louisiana ^x‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Texas State  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			28	–	26	–	1		.518
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	15	–	14	–	0		.517			28	–	25	–	0		.528
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			20	–	30	–	0		.400
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			21	–	33	–	0		.389
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			23	–	31	–	0		.426
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 20, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Schedule and results

Louisiana–Monroe announced its 2018 baseball schedule on November 15, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 27 home games in the regular season. The Warhawks will play 23 games against opponents who have won more than 30 games last season, including NCAA Tournament Participants, South Alabama and Arkansas.[2]

The 2018 Sun Belt Conference Championship will be contested May 22–27 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and will be hosted by Louisiana–Lafayette.

2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (22–25)
February (6–2) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Feb. 16 Eastern Illinois Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 4–3 (10) 874 1–0 – Feb. 16 Eastern Illinois Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 7–6 874 2–0 – Feb. 18 Eastern Illinois Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 5–6 869 2–1 – Feb. 20 Northwestern State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 11–6 1,056 3–1 – Feb. 23 Northern Kentucky Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 13–10 925 4–1 – Feb. 23 Northern Kentucky Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 9–5 925 5–1 – Feb. 24 Northern Kentucky Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 21–9 947 6–1 – Feb. 25 Northern Kentucky Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA Canceled – – Feb. 27 at Jackson State Braddy Field • Jackson, MS L 1–7 74 1–7 –
March (9–10) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Mar. 2 at Southern Illinois Abe Martin Field • Carbondale, IL W 5–4 376 7–2 – Mar. 3 at Southern Illinois Abe Martin Field • Carbondale, IL W 13–7 647 8–2 – Mar. 4 at Southern Illinois Abe Martin Field • Carbondale, IL W 7–4 563 9–2 – Mar. 7 Louisiana Tech Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 0–7 2,091 9–3 – Mar. 9 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 9–7 312 10–3 – Mar. 10 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 7–10 269 10–4 – Mar. 11 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 11–13 308 10–5 – Mar. 13 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA L 3–14 574 10–6 – Mar. 16 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile,AL L 3–5 1,617 10–7 0–1 Mar. 17 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile,AL L 0–6 1,617 10–8 0–2 Mar. 18 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile,AL W 12–6 1,429 11–8 1–2 Mar. 21 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston,LA L 1–6 1,921 11–9 – Mar. 23 Arkansas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 2–0 1,152 12–9 2–2 Mar. 24 Arkansas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 7–31 1,369 12–10 2–3 Mar. 25 Arkansas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 4–0 858 13–10 3–3 Mar. 27 Jackson State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 10–7 915 14–10 – Mar. 29 at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 2–5 338 14–11 3–4 Mar. 30 at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 0–5 520 14–12 3–5 Mar. 31 at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 2–0 511 15–12 4–5
April (3–13) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBC Record April 3 at #5 Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 9–10 (10) 6,682 15–13 – April 4 at #5 Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 0–4 6,963 15–14 – April 7 Texas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 2–8 869 15–15 4–6 April 8 Texas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 3–2 971 16–15 5–6 April 8 Texas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 1–0 971 17–15 6–6 April 14 at Liitle Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 4–7 98 17–16 6–7 April 14 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 2–3 127 17–17 6–8 April 15 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 5–6 138 17–18 6–9 April 17 at Grambling State Wilbert Ellis Field • Grambling, LA L 7–9 173 17–19 – April 20 Appalachian State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 1–4 834 17–20 6–10 April 21 Appalachian State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 5–0 816 18–20 7–10 April 21 Appalachian State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 1–4 816 18–21 7–11 April 24 McNeese State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 3–7 (11) 1,441 18–22 – April 27 at #16 Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–14 1,318 18–23 7-12 April 28 at #16 Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–11 1,246 18–24 7–13 April 29 at #16 Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 16–17 1,239 18–25 7–14
May (4–0) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBC Record May 1 Grambling State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 16–2 1,293 19–25 – May 5 Georgia State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 9–6 995 20–25 8–14 May 5 Georgia State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 11–2 995 21–25 9–14 May 6 Georgia State Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 9–4 969 22–25 10–14 May 11 Troy Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 1–8 933 22–26 10–15 May 12 Troy Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 2–7 831 22–27 10–16 May 13 Troy Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 2–4 934 22–28 10–17 May 15 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 10–7 693 23–28 – May 17 at Louisiana–Lafayette M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 3–4 4,617 23–29 10–18 May 18 at Louisiana–Lafayette M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 6–9 5,244 23–30 10–19 May 19 at Louisiana–Lafayette M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 2–7 4,720 23–31 10–20

• Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

References

1. "Baseball Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
2. "Baseball Announces 2017 Schedule" (Press release). University of Louisiana at Monroe Department of Athletics. December 16, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.