SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – After a rain out to their mid-week game, the University of the Incarnate Word softball team is at home for a three-game series against Southland Conference rival Houston Baptist University this weekend.  They will play a doubleheader on Friday at 2 p.m. and a single game at noon on Saturday.

The Cardinals (11-20, 2-7) will try to get back on track in conference play after opening the schedule by taking 2-of-3 against Northwestern State.  The team is hitting .262 and average 3.5 runs per game.  Alex Alonzo (San Antonio/Smithson Valley HS) has been the team's most productive hitter this year.  She is hitting .309 with a team high six home runs and 24 RBI's.  Danielle Ramirez (San Antonio/Marshall HS) leads the team with a .356 batting average, 14 runs scored and eight stolen bases.

The UIW pitching staff is led by Sarah Leal (Kyle/Hays HS) and Bridget Stein (Brenham/Brenham HS).  Leal is 3-6 with a 3.84 earned run average and 33 strikeouts in 54.2 innings.  Stein is 5-6 with a 4.26 ERA in 65.2 innings of work.

The Huskies (10-16, 2-7) swept the season series from the Cardinals last year.  They are hitting .258 as a team and average 3.5 runs per game.  Savana Guidry is hitting .348 with 14 runs and 10 stolen bases while Shay Orsak has a .329 average.  Demi Janak has driven in a team high 13 runs.  Laci Belovsky and Shannon O'Connor have been the team's main pitchers.  Belovsky is 6-9 with a 4.78 ERA and 10 complete games in 92.1 innings while O'Connor is 2-6 with a 6.95 ERA in 48.1 innings.

The game will have an audio broadcast on TSRNsports.com and the web stream will be at portal.stretchinternet.com/uiw.
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