McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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Stl BA. Ad A taint etn ditt die | : ‘ Pinch hitter Mac Mistric, a senior from Port Barre, takes batting prac- tice during a preseason practice session. (Photo by G. Edwards) Catch the Fever Miller, Wayne Bennett, Archie Fields and Scott Richard. | Miller, who was a redshirt ‘reshman, was one of the most onsistent hurlers on the ‘eam. His record in mid-April was 4-3, and he ranked among the SLC leaders in strikeouts, having 41 in 45 % innings. Bennett was coming on strong at the end of the sea- son and had recorded a 4-6 re- cord, having made his last ap- pearance a complete game win over Tulane. Richard and Fields were FN SORE Sy ifm } ve Sea Ec BES a : ' : RAE PS. left to right: Keith Greene, Todd Butler, Curt Leger, Eddie Gueits, Mac Mistric, Jimmy Rickelfsen, Dino Pucci, Mike Abshire, Roger Champagne. Second row: Coach Ted Nixon, Archie Fields, Terry Bond, Kenny Miller, Gary Brewster, Scottie Richard, Brian Cifreo, John Biagas, used mainly in relief. Richard posted a 3-0 record, while Fields was 3-1. Of the 18 victories McNeese compiled during the season, half came on the road and half at home. The Cowboys did have a slightly better record at home where they were 9-4-1. During the course of the season, head coach Triny Ri- vera, now in his fifth season, nailed down his 100th coach- ing victory, that coming on a 4- 3 decision over Grambling. Kyle Wright. Back row: Coach Triny Rivera, John Powell, Mike Turano, David Hartman, Glenn Anderson, Troy Dodd, Johnny Comeaux, Jon Mill- er, Joe Pantoja, Wayne Bennett, Kevin Newkirk. (Photo by G. Little) Baseball 1 1

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McNeese first baseman Troy Dodd, a freshman from Beaumont holds the UTA runner close to first. (Photo by T. Maricle) In his fifth season as Cowboy head coach, Triny Rivera led the team to a 21-24-1 season. (Photo by T. Mari- cle) 170 Sports 3 3 Mar 4 Mar 4 Mar 5 Mar 5 Mar 9 Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 12 Mar 12 Mar 16 Mar 17 Mar 23 Rice 4-10 Rice 3- 3 Rice 8-14 Rice 4-16 SFA 3- 6 SFA 4-2 Grambling 3- 7 Grambling 3- 7 SE LA 5- 1 NW LA 4- 3 NW LA 1- 0 SFA 14- 2 SFA 6- 3 Houston 0- 6 Houston 6-14 L amar 2- 4 Lamar 1- 2 Lamar 4-9 Grambling 4- 3 Grambling 7-11 NE LA 7- 3 NE LA 5- 5 Arkansas’ 14-10 E W L L 1985 Baseball Schedule Mar 23 Mar 24 Mar 28 Mar 30 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr 2 Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr 2 4 5 Arkansas Arkansas 3- 5L LSU 10-11L UTA 9- 3W UTA 2- OW UTA . 3-10 L LSU 3- 2W Dallas Bapt 10- 5W Dallas Bapt 8- OL LSU 5- 8L SE LA 2- 6L SE LA 1- 9L Nicholls 0- 3L Tulane 11- 6W Tulane 9- 6W Sam Houston 1- 7L Sam Houston 8- 9L N Texas 2- 3L N Texas 12- OW N Texas — 8- 2W Tulane 12- 9W Tulane 6-10L LSU 5- 6L

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Business Agriculture major David Fournier, a junior from Raceland, gets good spurring action during the bareback event of the Choupique Rodeo held at the Choupique Rodeo Arena (Photo by G. Edwards) Front row, left to right: Dallas Hooper, Lynn McDuffie, Bill Pace, Suzie Gillard, Coach Rick Kinney, Bill Harper, John Newman, Bugs Coe, Debra Brahm. Second row: Donna Jo Denison, Cathy Denison, Kent Cormier, Kenny Ni- chols, Rocky Prince, Scott Messina, Mitch Nezat, Mandy Perkins, Linda Gail Faullin, Wayne Fudge, Keith Manuel. Third Row: David Fournier, Bryan Cou- ville, J.T. Eckstrum, Anthony McGee, Kent Richard, Brent DeBarge, Casey Strange. Fourth row: Neil Foster, Lance Mudd, Steve Thompson, Guy Mur- phy, Steve Canik, Troy Byler, Mark Trahan, Paul Doucet, Steve Trahan, Lucy Shiver, Joe Fenton. Back row: Jeff Smith, Tim Little, Keith Alford, Chris Matheson, Diane Tobinson, Donavan Fontenot. Not Pictured: Layna Miller, Raissa Prince, Tony Stark, Lyn O’Neal, Jeff Clair, Lisa Sweeny. (Photo by T. Maricle) 172 Sports