🚨 Due to inclement weather, Friday's series opener has been postponed, pushing the series back one day. The two teams will now play a doubleheader at 11 am on Saturday followed by the series finale on Sunday at 2 pm.🚨 

HOUSTON, Texas – HCU battles Lamar for a three-game series on Southland Conference opening weekend at Husky Field.

The Huskies (7-13) are looking to bounce back from a seven-game road losing streak after claiming the four-game series (3-1) against Eastern Michigan in their last home series. The Huskies are led by Trevor Roper currently sitting 10^th in the conference with a .365 batting average and is tied for 5^th in the SLC with seven doubles.

William Jewell leads HCU with a .600 slugging percentage while batting .350 average on the season with 11 RBIs, 10 runs, eight walks, and four home runs. Samuel Benjamin currently holds a top-10 ranking in three categories in the conference heading into conference play. Benjamin is tied for 9^th in runs (19), tied for 6^th in home runs (4), and tied for 10^th with 42 total bases on the season.

Lamar (16-4) leads the conference and is currently ranked 6^th in the nation with a 3.14 ERA average among the program. Three of the five Cardinal' starting pitchers have ERAs of less than 3.00 average tallying 11 wins between the five pitchers.

Hunter Hesseltine (3-0) and Jacob Ellis (3-0) carry perfect records heading into conference play with 41 total strikeouts to just nine walks. Brooks Caple (2-2) leads the SLC starting pitchers with a 1.16 ERA while tossing 43 strikeouts while allowing just four earned runs and six walks on the season.

The Cardinals also lead the conference defensively with a .977 fielding percentage. The Lamar offense is led by River Orsak currently 5^th in the conference with a .386 batting average and tied for 7^th in the Southland with 27 hits on the year. Brayden Evans leads the Cardinals ranking tied for 7^th in the SLC with 20 runs and is tied for 2^nd in the conference with five home runs on the season.

The Huskies are 3-7 against the Cardinals since 2021.  and claimed the previous matchup at Husky Field with a commanding 10-2 win in 2022 before sweeping Lamar later that same season with a 1-0 win in Beaumont.

The Three-game Series Schedule:

Saturday – March 23^rd – 11 am - Doubleheader
Sunday – March 24^th – 2 p.m.

Live broadcast for game one on Friday will be available on ESPN+. Live stats for the three-game series are available at HCUHuskies.com!