Rain postpones NSU at Nicholls Saturday contest
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Updated: May 12, 2012
THIBODAUX - A few hours after pushing back the start of Saturday's Southland Conference baseball game between Northwestern State and Nicholls State was moved from 2 o'clock to 6:30, the game was postponed because of the weather and the two teams will now play a doubleheader at 1 on Sunday to finish off the series.
The Demons dropped a 4-3 decision to the Colonels in Friday night's opener despite starting pitcher Mason Melotakis striking out a career-high 14 batters - one shy of the single-game school record. NSU also outhit the Colonels by a 13-6 margin but left nine runners stranded on base.
NSU, who is currently in ninth place in the conference standings, is trying to play its way into the eight-team postseason conference tournament that gets underway May 23 at Texas State.
