CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team heads into the Southland Conference (SLC) portion of the season with a three-game series at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). UIW faces the Islanders on Friday, March 25, at 6 p.m. CT to open the series.
FOLLOW THE GAMES
QUICK HITS
- The Cardinals are coming off a 4-2 midweek victory over No. 20 Texas State University.
- Heading into conference play, UIW is 10-8 on the season.
- Earlier in the season, the Cardinals posted a five-game win streak, including a series sweep against the University of at Texas Arlington, for the longest stretch under head coach Ryan Shotzberger.
- Roberto Gonzalez is batting .338 and leads UIW in hits with 23 and in RBIs with 13.
HISTORY VS. TAMUCC
- The Islanders are 14-6 in the series history.
- UIW shut out TAMUCC, 5-0, on March 7, 2020.
SCOUTING THE ISLANDERS
- TAMUCC had five student-athletes named to the SLC preseason all-conference teams.
- Hayden Thomas and Josh Caraway were named to the first team, while Justin Taylor, Brendan Ryan and Jaime Ramirez Jr. were selected to the second team.
- The Islanders are 12-10 overall and were picked to finish fourth in the SLC preseason poll.
- Ryan is batting .407 with 21 runs, 35 hits, eight doubles and 16 RBIs to lead the Islanders.
FOLLOW ALONG
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