Mississippi State tops Nicholls in opening round of NCAA Tournament
In the program’s first-ever tournament appearance, the Colonels (19-14) hung around through the first quarter at 21-13, but Mississippi State put up 33 points in the second quarter and never looked back.
view moreSoftball: Frederick powers Colonels past SFA
The Colonels improved their record to 19-7 overall, 6-0 in the Southland and 5-0 at home. Nicholls is currently the only undefeated team in conference.
view moreNiehaus homer propels Colonels to 5-4 extra-inning victory at HBU
Senior outfielder Chet Niehaus smashed a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Nicholls State University baseball team scored three runs in the 11th to seal a 5-4 win over Houston Baptist University Friday night at Husky Field.
view moreColonels walk-off twice in doubleheader sweep over SFA, stay unbeaten in SLC
The Nicholls State University softball team stayed perfect in Southland Conference play with a dramatic doubleheader sweep against Stephen F. Austin, winning both games on walk-off hits Friday night at Swanner Field.
view moreSouth Alabama hires Nicholls’ Richie Riley as new men’s basketball coach
After helping Nicholls to its first regular-season Southland Conference championship since 1998 this year, Richie Riley was announced on Thursday as the new University of South Alabama head men’s basketball coach by Jaguar Director of Athletics Dr. Joel Erdmann.
view morePlaisance, Colonels headed to NCAA for first time after Southland title
Nicholls women’s basketball coach DoBee Plaisance still hasn’t been to sleep and still hasn’t come down from the high of Sunday’s Southland Conference tournament championship, clinching the first NCAA Tournament berth in program history.
view moreNicholls headed to NCAA Women’s Tournament for first time with Southland title game win
Nicholls women proved that they were not a one-off spoiler team in the 2018 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament.
view moreNo. 4 Nicholls stuns No. 1 Lamar to advance to first ever Southland women’s title game
Led by a masterful scoring performance from conference Player of the Year Cassidy Barrios (27 points), the fourth-seed Colonels took LU out of its element and became just the fourth Southland team to hold Lamar under 70 points this season.
view moreNo. 2 Nicholls ousted in Southland semifinals by No. 3 SFA
The second-seeded Nicholls State University men’s basketball dropped a 78-66 decision to No. 3 Stephen F. Austin Friday night in the semifinals of the Southland Conference Tournament at the Merrell Center.
view moreNo. 4 Nicholls survives No. 5 Islanders, advances to Southland women’s semifinal
With a trip to the Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament semifinals on the line, Cassidy Barrios showed why she was named the Southland Player of the Year.
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