Baseball
Senior Bubba Bell went 3-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs to lift the Nicholls State Colonels past the Louisiana-Monroe Indians 8-7 in Southland Conference action held at Indian Field on Sunday. With the win the Colonels avoid the three-game sweep and improved their record to 19-23 overall and 5-13 in the SLC while the Indians fell to 20-20 and 6-12.

The Indians cut the lead to 5-1 when Glenn Jackson scored on an RBI single by Adam Barfield in the bottom half of the first inning.

Louisiana-Monroe added two more runs in the third inning when Justin LaBorde slapped a two-run shot over the right-center wall to cut the Colonels’ lead to 5-3.

Nicholls State responded in the top half of the fourth inning by scoring three runs when Bell ripped a three-run shot over the right-center wall, his second homer of the day, to increase the Colonels’ lead to 8-3.

After plating one run in the eighth inning to cut the lead to 8-4, the Indians put on their rally caps in the ninth by scoring three runs on four hits to pull within one, 8-7.

Colt Colletti
Former Nicholls State running back Colt Colletti has signed a free-agent contract with the New Orleans Saints.

A native of River Ridge, the 5-9, 215-pound Colletti, who prepped at John Curtis Christian High School, played for the Colonels from 2000-2004. During his senior campaign in 2004, Colletti played in nine games and rushed for 546 yards on 91 carries with six touchdowns. Colletti also amassed 100 yards in two games with a season-best 142 yards on 15 carries against Texas Southern. Colletti’s four-year totals include 380 carries for 2,051 yards – the fourth-most in school history – and 24 touchdowns.

“This is such a tremendous honor,” Colletti said. “I want to thank the New Orleans Saints organization for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. I never would have been in this situation without the tremendous support of my parents, my teammates and my coaching staff. All the credit goes to them for believing in me and helping me mold into a better player.