Wednesday morning head coach of the McNeese Cowboys baseball team Justin Hill announced the 2024 schedule with the first game of the season set for February 16.
The McNeese Men’s Basketball team continued their road trip on Wednesday as they faced off against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs but couldn’t get the job done as they lost 72 to 61.
The McNeese Cowboys fell on the road Saturday afternoon 52-27 to the Lamar Cardinals officially dropping them to (0-10) on the season for the first time in program history.
The McNeese Cowboys football team is ready to travel to Beaumont, Texas to take on their rivals in the Lamar Cardinals a team they beat last year 24-20 at Cowboy Stadium, and head coach Gary Goff knows his team is ready to have one more chance at getting a win this season.
The McNeese Cowboys sit at (4-0) but now have one of their toughest stretches of the season as they are set to travel out to Western Carolina to take on the Catamounts, then they will head over to Ruston, Louisiana to take on both Texas State and Louisiana Tech in a MTE, and then finally will finish up the stretch at UAB.
The McNeese Cowboys were back in action on Tuesday night for the second game in as many nights, and just as they were the night before, they were dominant as they beat LeTourneau 81-49 to improve to 4-0 for the first time since 1972-73.
The McNeese Cowboys have played nine games this season and have lost nine games, and now as the team heads into their final game against the Lamar Cardinals, they are still trying to fix problems that have not been solved.
The McNeese Cowboys dominated Champion Christian 110-54 in 2022-23, and one year later the Pokes beat the Tigers in even more dominant fashion as they won 110-46 on Monday night.
The McNeese Cowboys searched for their official win of the season as they took on Southland Conference opponent Houston Christian and fell short as the Huskies outscored the Cowboys 14-0 in the fourth quarter on the way to a 35-24 win.
It has been a difficult past couple of years for McNeese football, both on the field and off of it dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, COVID-19, multiple coaching changes, losing seasons, and much more. Many players would choose to transfer, and start fresh with a new school, but that was not the case for Cowboys redshirt seniors Brayden Adams and Trey Vondenstein.
McNeese Assistant Coach Brandon Chambers arrived in Lake Charles after a long journey with stops at Marymount University, LSU, Texas Southern, and multiple other schools. However, Chambers’ journey began at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and on Monday, in his first game as a Division I head coach, Chambers returned to Richmond and led the McNeese Cowboys to a win over his alma mater.
After trailing 6-3 four minutes into the game, DJ Richards hit a three to tie the game up at six, and then about 40 seconds later Christian Shumate made a layup to give McNeese the lead, and from then on the Pokes never let VCU tie it up, or take the lead, as the Cowboys went on to win 76-65 to begin the season with a 1-0 record.
The McNeese Women’s Basketball team hosted the Dillard University Blue Devils to open up their season on Monday morning, and the Cowgirls controlled the matchup from start to finish. Julia Puente scored McNeese’s first basket of the day just 50 seconds into the game, and from then on the Cowgirls never looked back.
The McNeese Cowboys baseball team was in action to wrap up their fall ball season with 18 innings worth of baseball split into two games against the defending national champions in the LSU Tigers.
The McNeese Cowboys put a solid run together in the second half to make things close against Southeastern, but the Lions just made the most important plays in the end as they took down the Cowboys 38-24.
After being off two out of the last three weeks the McNeese Cowboys are going to be back on the field set to take on the Southeastern Lions on the road.
The McNeese Cowgirls took down the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions in four sets earlier Saturday afternoon, and now have won eight out of their last ten games overall.
Just moments before Gary Goff’s weekly Thursday press conference where he discusses that weekend’s game, it was announced that their Saturday homecoming matchup vs. Northwestern State, which was scheduled to kick off just 52 hours later, had been canceled.
McNeese’s homecoming football game against Northwestern State has been canceled for Saturday following NSU’s decision to cancel the remainder of their season.
The McNeese Cowboys are fresh off a bye week, but have the tall task of taking on the fifth-ranked Incarnate Word Cardinals on Saturday. The Pokes, who enter Saturday’s game at Cowboy Stadium with a record of 0-6, have struggled in a big way so far this season, something Head Coach Gary Goff discussed on Thursday, saying the Pokes have to stop worrying about the scoreboard, and instead focus on doing their job.
The McNeese Cowboys are heading into week eight of the college football season winless at 0-6, and are searching for some sort of momentum as they begin to prepare for Incarnate Word this weekend.
The McNeese Cowgirls ended the 2022-23 season on somewhat of a high note as they won their first Southland Conference Tournament game under Head Coach Lynn Kennedy before falling in overtime of the second round. This year, in year three under Lynn Kennedy, the Cowgirls are hoping to build on last season, and they feel good with about a month remaining until the year begins.
Southland Conference Media Day was held on Tuesday at Coushatta Casino and Resort in Kinder, and one of the teams with the most hype around them, as we get closer and closer to the 2023-24 season, resides in Lake Charles. McNeese had a massive offseason as they brought in a new head coach in Will Wade, and made a huge splash in the transfer portal as well.
The McNeese Women’s Basketball team enters the 2023-24 season looking to build on what they started last year as they beat New Orleans in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament before falling 80-75 to Lamar in overtime of the second round. With almost an entirely new roster, the Cowgirls are looking to go further in year three under Lynn Kennedy.
The McNeese Men’s Basketball team enters the 2023-24 season with higher expectations than they’ve had in years with the addition of Head Coach Will Wade, and several players through the transfer portal as well. However, despite their impressive offseason the Pokes were picked to finish second in the Southland Conference Preseason Poll, behind only the Southeastern Louisiana Lions.
The McNeese Football team enters their week six matchup with the Texas A&M - Commerce still in search of their first win of the year, and this week they do so looking to avoid setting history, as a loss would give McNeese a record of 0-6, which would be the worst start to a season in school history, one worse than their 0-5 start in 1954.
The McNeese Cowboys are rolling into week six of the college football season sitting in an uncomfortable spot at (0-5) after losing their conference opener 31-10 to Nicholls at home.
Kerry Joseph is one of the best, if not the best quarterback in McNeese football history, and in 2024 his legacy will be cemented as he will be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2024.
McNeese Football is 0-4 for the first time since 1954, and on Monday, Pokes Head Coach Gary Goff discussed the disappointing start, and also addressed several roster changes.
The McNeese Cowboys traveled out to Charleston, Illinois earlier Saturday afternoon to take on an Eastern Illinois that they beat last season 29-15 at home. This year though things went very different as the Panthers mounted a second-half comeback that saw them beat the Cowboys 31-28 in the final seconds of the game.
The McNeese Cowboys are heading into week four of the college football season in a similar spot as last year as they are now (0-3) for the second season in a row.
McNeese took on Alcorn for the second straight season and in back-to-back seasons fell to the Braves by double figures as the Cowboys fell on the road 17-3.
Heading into week three of the college football season, the McNeese Cowboys are (0-2) for the third year in a row after falling this past weekend 49-7 on the road to the Florida Gators.
The McNeese Cowboys traveled out to Gainesville, Florida for their week two matchup after coming off a home loss to Tarleton State at home just a week ago.
The Cowboys are headed to The Swamp for the first time in history Saturday night, hoping to put their Week 1 struggles behind them as they face off against the Florida Gators.
As the McNeese football team gets ready for their week two showdown with the Florida Gators in Gainesville, they do so hoping to put their week one woes behind them. McNeese struggled against Tarleton State in week one as they lost 52-34 thanks to 35 unanswered points by the Texans in the second half, and despite leading at halftime, the Cowboys would go on to fall in week one for the third consecutive season.
Week one of the college football season is in the books, and it was as head coach of the McNeese Cowboys Gary Goff put it a shocking week that he did not expect as they lost 52-34 to Tarleton State.
The Cowboys are set to host the Tarleton State University Texans tonight at Cowboy Stadium, as McNeese looks to start a season 1-0 for the first time since the spring season of 2021, when they beat Tarleton State in double overtime.
On Tuesday it was announced that the Southland Conference will hold the Men’s and Women’s Basketball conference tournaments at McNeese’s Legacy Center through 2029, extending the contract that originally expired following the 2026 tournaments. On Wednesday, Southland Conference Commissioner Chris Grant, as well as McNeese State University President Dr. Daryl Burckel, Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer, Men’s Basketball Head Coach Will Wade, and Women’s Basketball Head Coach Lynn Kennedy met with the media inside the Legacy Center to discuss the decision.
In 2023 the Southland Conference held the men’s and women’s basketball conference tournaments in Lake Charles at McNeese’s Legacy Center, and following a record-breaking economic impact of $5.3 million on the Lake Charles community in 14 days, the Southland Conference announced Tuesday that the Board of Directors unanimously approved the extension of the championships being held in Lake Charles through 2029.
It is officially game week for the McNeese football team as they prepare for their first game of the 2023 season on Saturday when they welcome Tarleton State to Cowboy Stadium. On Monday, McNeese Head Coach Gary Goff met with the media ahead of the season opener.
The main question of the offseason for McNeese football has been who is going to start at quarterback? It’s a question Head Coach Gary Goff has been asked countless times, and it’s a question McNeese football fans are eagerly awaiting an answer to, but Pokes fans will have to wait until September 2nd when McNeese welcomes Tarleton State to Cowboy Stadium, as Goff announced on Thursday that he knows who the starter will be, but he’s keeping his cards close until the season opener.
