| 2023 Nicholls Colonels baseball | |
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Southland Conference regular season Champions Southland Conference tournament Champions | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 34–24 (15–9 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls †‡y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 34 | – | 24 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 28 | – | 26 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 36 | – | 24 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 32 | – | 23 | .582 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 35 | – | 23 | .603 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 29 | – | 27 | .518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 24 | – | 30 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 9 | – | 14 | .391 | 25 | – | 25 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Christian | 7 | – | 16 | .304 | 11 | – | 37 | .229 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 3, 2023[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Nicholls Colonels baseball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Colonels played their home games at Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field and were led by second–year head coach Mike Silva. They are members of the Southland Conference.[2][3][4]
The Colonels had an overall season record of 34–24 and a conference record of 15–9 winning the Southland Conference regular season championship. They participated in the 2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament as the first seeded team. The Colonels won the tournament championship with a 4-0 record defeating McNeese 3–2, Lamar 4–0, New Orleans 5–3 and New Orleans 6–3. Winning the Southland Conference autobid, the Colonels played in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament Tuscaloosa Regional. They lost to 16th ranked Alabama 3–4 in the first game. The Colonels' season ended with a loss to Boston College 6–14 in the second game.
- ^ "2023 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". southland.org. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Membership". Southland Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ^ "Lamar to return to Southland Conference after one year in WAC". Crescent City Sports Enterprises LLC. April 7, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
Five Louisiana schools (UNO, SLU, Nicholls, McNeese and Northwestern State) are members of the Southland along with A&M Corpus Christi, Houston Baptist and incoming A&M Commerce (coming up from NCAA Division II). Incarnate Word is leaving the Southland to join the WAC this summer.
- ^ "Southland Conference". DIBaseball. Retrieved January 26, 2023.