SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word hosts its first Southland Conference home series when Southeastern Louisiana comes to Sullivan Field, sponsored by H-E-B, March 19-21. First pitch for game one is set to begin on Friday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. (CT).

THE GAMES
Friday, March 19 6:30 p.m. (CT) (Watch|LiveStats)
Saturday, March 20 2:00 p.m. (CT) (Watch|LiveStats)
Saturday, March 20 TBA (Watch|LiveStats)
Sunday, March 21, 1 p.m. (CT) (Watch|Livestats)
 
SERIES PROBABLES
Friday: UIW LHP Carson Rollins (1-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. Southeastern La. RHP Will Kinzeler (2-1, 3.38 ERA)
Saturday: UIW RHP Isaiah Zavala (2-0, 1.59 ERA) vs. Southeastern La. RHP Will Warren (3-0, 0.69 ERA)
Saturday: UIW TBA vs. Southeastern La. TBA
Sunday: UIW TBA vs. Southeastern La. RHP Brennan Stuprich (1-0, 2.25 ERA)
 
UIW QUICK HITS

• UIW placed three student-athletes on the Southland Conference Preseason All-Conference teams. Ryan Flores earned first team honors for the second year in a row, while Lee Thomas and Grant Smith were selected for the second team. 
• The Cardinals are third in the Southland Conference producing an average of 7.3 runs per game.
• Wilson Ehrhardt and Flores are both batting above .300. Ehrhardt leads the Cardinals with a .353 average with 12 hits, three doubles, two homeruns and a triple, scored 10 times and driving in nine RBIs. Flores is hitting .313 with 10 hits, three doubles two homeruns, seven runs scored and a team-high 14 RBIs.
• UIW's 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings is the 31st-best mark in the country.
• Michael McElmeel leads the Cardinals on the mound with a 1.13 ERA in eight innings of work., giving up just three hits one earned run and throwing nine strikeouts.
• Isaiah Zavala pitched a complete game his last time out and is 2-0 in four appearances. Zavala has thrown 12 strikeouts while giving up just two earned runs and seven hits in 11 1/3 innings.
• Michael Garza leads the black and red with 21 strikeouts after fanning 10 through seven innings against Northwestern State last Saturday.

 
HISTORY vs. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

• UIW is 3-9 all-time against SLU.
• The Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 7-2 win the last time the teams squared off, on March 17, 2019.

 
SCOUTING THE LIONS

• SLU is 11-5 on the season after posting back-to-back series sweeps of Troy and Sam Houston and a 10-7 loss to No. 10 LSU on Tuesday.
• The Lions enter the four-game series with the league's best batting average (.313), on-base percentage (.434), hits (165), runs (142), and stolen bases (31).
• Jacob Burke leads the Lions and third in the league with a .382 batting average. Compiling 21 hits, six doubles, three homeruns, a triple and accounting for 21 runs scored and 19 RBIs. Evan Keller (.354), Christian Garcia (.352), Preston Faulkner (.350) and Gaby Cruz (.310) are all hitting above the .300 mark.
• Will Warren leads the Lions' pitching rotation with a 3-0 record in four starts. Warren boasts a .69 ERA with 24 strikeouts and two earned runs in 26 innings of work.
• Will Kinzeler leads the Lions and third in the SLC with 30 strikeouts.

 
ON DECK
The Cardinals continue the four-game series with Southeastern La. in double-header action tomorrow, March 20, starting with a seven-inning game at 1 p.m. with a nine-inning, game two to follow before wrapping up the series with a 1 p.m. start on Sunday, March 21.
 
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