The 2023 Nicholls Colonels baseball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Colonels played their home games at Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field and were led by secondâÂÂyear head coach Mike Silva. They are members of the Southland Conference.
The Colonels had an overall season record of 34âÂÂ24 and a conference record of 15âÂÂ9 winning the Southland Conference regular season championship. They participated in the 2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament as the first seeded team. The Colonels won the tournament championship with a 4-0 record defeating McNeese 3âÂÂ2, Lamar 4âÂÂ0, New Orleans 5âÂÂ3 and New Orleans 6âÂÂ3. Winning the Southland Conference autobid, the Colonels played in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament Tuscaloosa Regional. They lost to 16th ranked Alabama 3âÂÂ4 in the first game. The Colonels' season ended with a loss to Boston College 6âÂÂ14 in the second game.
The Colonels had an overall season record of 26âÂÂ25 and a conference record of 12âÂÂ12 finishing tied for fourth place in the Southland Conference. They participated in the 2022 Southland Conference baseball tournament as the fourth seeded team. After winning their first conference tournament game against Northwestern State, the Colonels' season ended after losing to first seed McNeese and eighth seed Incarnate Word.
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 3, 2023. Nicholls was picked to finish sixth in the Southland Conference with 59 votes.
Four Nicholls Colonels players were named to the conference preseason first team.