SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team looks to get back into the win column when it welcomes Central Arkansas to Sullivan Field, sponsored by H-E-B, for a four-game Southland Conference series on March 26-28. First pitch for game one is set for 6:30 p.m. (CT). 

UIW fell to ninth-ranked Texas on Tuesday in non-conference action. It was their first of two scheduled trips to play the Longhorns this season. Central Arkansas is also looking to get back to a win after falling to fourth-ranked Ole Miss. in its last time out. 

THE GAMES 
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Friday March 26, 6:30 p.m. (CT) 
Saturday March 27, 2:00 p.m. (CT) 
Saturday March 27, TBD (45 minutes after game one)  
Sunday, March 28, 1 p.m. (CT) 

PROBABLE STARTERS 
Game 1: Central Arkansas RHP Conner Williams (0-0, 3.97 ERA) vs. UIW LHP Carson Rollins (1-1, 3.20 ERA) 
Game 2: Central Arkansas RHP Logan Gilbertson (1-0, 2.03 ERA) vs. UIW RHP Isaiah Zavala (3-0, 0.98 ERA) 
Game 3: Central Arkansas LHP Dillan Janak (2-1, 6.11 ERA) vs. UIW TBD 
Game 4: Central Arkansas RHP Mark Moyer (1-2, 8.84 ERA) vs. UIW TBD  

UIW QUICK HITS (8-6 overall, 5-3 SLC)  

• 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.
• UIW's 6.4 runs per game is fourth-best in the league and the 91st-best mark in the nation. 
• Taylor Darden (.348), Smith (.320) and Trent Koerner (.300) all have a batting average at or above .300 for the season to lead a Cardinals' offense that has a combined .256 average. 
• Jordan McFarland leads the offense with three homeruns, Wilson Ehrhardt and Flores has two and Ridge Rogers has one. 
• The Cardinals' pitching staff has a combined 4.33 ERA, 99th-best mark in the country. 
• Isaiah Zavala leads the conference with a 0.49 ERA and just two earned runs. 
• Michael Garza leads the staff with 21 1/3 innings pitched in six appearances, recording a team-high 28 strikeouts to just six walks. 
• Six UIW pitchers are holding their opponents to less than a .200 batting average. 

HISTORY vs. CENTRAL ARKANSAS  

• UIW is 7-11 all-time against UCA. The Cardinals won the last series, 2-1, on May 3-5 in 2019. 

SCOUTING THE BEARS (7-9, 4-4 SLC) 

• UCA is coming off a 5-2 loss to No. 4 Ole Miss on Tuesday night.  
• The Bears have a .239 combined batting average and have four hitters batting above .300 the season in Coby Potvin (.381), Alonso Bibiano (.333), Nathaniel Sagdahl (.310) and Beau Orlando (.304). 
• Sagdahl, Potvin and Orlando are 1-2-3 conference with a .580, .525, and .487 on-base percentages, respectively. 
• Central Arkansas' pitching staff leads the conference with a 2.74 strikeout-to-walk ratio. 
• Tyler Cleveland leads the Bears with a 0.76 ERA, 29 strikeouts and just three earned runs. 
• Dillan Janak and Mark Moyer are third and fourth in the conference holding opponents to .345 and .346 batting averages, respectively.  

ON DECK
The Cardinals and Bears play a double-header on Saturday with the first pitch set for 2:00 p.m. UIW and UCA wrap up the four-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m. 

The Cardinals head to SFA for their first road conference series of the season on April 1-3.

FAN INVOLVEMENT 
Join Cardinals Club today! Email UIW Baseball Director of Operations, Maddy Jordan (majorda1@uiwtx.edu) for more information.  

**Due to COVID-19 safety guidelines, all home UIW baseball events are sold out and tickets will not be available for purchase. Visitors must be on the home player/coach pass list. All visitors must fill out a Cardinal Daily Health Check prior to admittance to the park. 

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