HAMMOND, La. (Interstat) — Southeastern Louisiana scored 12 runs on 13 hits to beat Nicholls State 12-2 on Thursday at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field. Connor Cuff led the Lions, going 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs.

Nicholls took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on Jaxon Milam’s RBI double. Southeastern tied the game in the third on Brody Capps’ run-scoring single and Peyton Woods’ RBI double. The Colonels regained a brief lead in the fifth on an RBI single by Giger, but Cuff’s sixth-inning homer put the Lions ahead for good.

Southeastern added seven runs in the seventh, highlighted by a two-run fielder’s choice from Woods and a two-run single by Watts aided by an error. The Lions scored two more in the eighth on Williams’ two-run single and Cuff’s RBI single. Woods finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Nik Toups earned the win, allowing two runs over four innings. Dawson Richard took the loss, giving up four runs in six innings. The Lions improved to 30-19, while the Colonels fell to 21-24. The series continues Friday.