Box Score

MONROE, La. – Texas State used three home runs and 16 hits to fly past the UL Monroe Warhawks, 12-5, to improve to 19-14 on the season and 8-5 in Sun Belt Conference action.

earned a walk to load the bases for Studdard. He knocked his team-leading fourth home run of the season to put the Bobcats up 4-0.
 
The Warhawks answered with two runs in the fourth. Jacob Stockton hit a two-RBI single on one of his three hits. He lead UL Monroe, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, a walk and a run. Keelin Rasch was the only other Warhawk with multiple hits, going 2-for-4.
 
After an O'Neal hit in McElroy reached on a fielder's choice followed by one of four Geisler singles. After that, Hill hit a ball to second baseman ULM Josh Faciane that he couldn't handle. After dropping it, Faciane rushed a throw to first and threw the ball into the home dugout. McElroy scored on the play.
 
Hicks, a freshman third baseman, followed with a hit to right center to plate Geisler and Hill and put the Bobcats up 7-2.
 
McElroy led off the eighth inning with a solo home run, his second of the season, and Geisler singled after that. After going to second on a sacrifice bunt from Hill, Geisler scored on another hit from Hicks to push the lead all the way to 9-2.
 
The Warhawks were able to answer with two runs in the eighth, but the Bobcats got them back with a three-spot on ULM in the top of the ninth. Targun started the Bobcats off with another leadoff home run. There was no doubting Targun's first homer of the season. It popped off the bat to go far over the right field fence.
 
After Targun's roundtrippper, Studdard and O'Neal both singled and McElroy walked. Studdard and O'Neal scored on Geisler's fourth hit of the night. He knocked his hit after ULM catcher Chet Simoneaux dropped a foul ball for ULM's second error of the night.
 
The Warhawks scored one run in the ninth, but it wasn't nearly enough to overcome the 12-4 deficit ULM began the ninth facing.