MONROE, La.—A week after the ULM baseball team collected hundreds of pounds of food and hundreds of dollars for the Northeast Louisiana Food Bank, the Warhawks will once again go to bat for hunger when they play host to Bossier Parish Community College at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Warhawk Field.

Instead of charging admission, the Warhawks are asking fans to bring a donation of canned goods or non-perishable items with original labels in place, or cash.  For more information about the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, visit www.fbnela.org.

The Warhawks handled their business on the field last Sunday defeating Arkansas-Monticello 12-5 behind a rounded offensive attack that saw six players record a pair hits.  Ben Soignier and Josh Chappell paced ULM each driving in three runs on a pair of hits.

Five ULM pitchers combined for the winning effort led by scoreless outings from Scott Stephen, Devin Pourciau and Derek Ward.  Ward, ULM’s closer last season, struck out four of the six batters he faced, while Stephen fanned three over the first two innings of the game.

In addition to the canned food drive, the Warhawks will maintain their tradition of donating blood at the end of fall practice.  ULM’s Fifth Annual Maroon & Gold Blood Series is set for Oct. 22, 24, 26-28 with the losing team of the best-of-five series donating blood to an area blood bank. 

Teams are allowed to play a total of 56 games during the fall and spring season.  However, games played in the fall do not count to the team’s overall record.  The Warhawks have 54 games scheduled in the spring beginning with Northwestern State on Feb. 20 in the first game of the ULM Warhawk Classic.