DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Fresh off a series sweep of North Carolina A&T, the Bethune-Cookman Baseball team returns to Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark for a pair of midweek contests against No. 7 UCF and No. 20 Florida Atlantic.
The Wildcats will close out their yearly series with No. 7 UCF on Tuesday, while playing the first of two games on the campaign against the 20th-ranked Owls on Wednesday. Both games are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. UCF has taken both games on the year against B-CU, while the return trip to FAU will take place Tuesday, May 5.
AT A GLANCE
Records: Bethune-Cookman 6-15 (6-3 MEAC), UCF 17-4 (0-0 AAC), FAU 18-3 (3-0 C-USA)
Rankings: Bethune-Cookman is unranked. UCF is ranked as high as seventh in the latest polls. Florida Atlantic is ranked No. 20 in the NCBWA poll, and as high as No. 19 in the Perfect Game poll.
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PROMOTIONS
Tuesday
- No promotions are scheduled
Wednesday
- No promotions are scheduled
BETHUNE-COOKMAN VS. UCF PROBABLE STARTERS
Bethune-Cookman
RHP Sidney Duprey (0-2, 2.89 ERA)
UCF
RHP Kyle Marsh (0-1, 4.70 ERA)
Bethune-Cookman-UCF Series History
• UCF leads the all-time series against Bethune-Cookman by a commanding 76-16 advantage.
• UCF holds a 13-2 advantage over the Wildcats in the last 15 meetings, with B-CU wins coming in 2014, '13 and '06, respectively.
• UCF has claimed both wins against the Wildcats this season on scores of 10-2 and 18-8.
Noting the Wildcats
• Bethune-Cookman enters the week riding a three-game winning streak after sweeping conference foe North Carolina A&T over the weekend in Greensboro, N.C.
• With the wins, B-CU improved to 6-3 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
• Head coach Jason Beverlin collected his 100th career victory in Sunday's opening game of a doubleheader.
• Second baseman Jameel Edney has been named this week's MEAC Rookie of the Week.
• Freshman Tyler Norris was last week's MEAC Rookie of the Week, announced Monday, March 16.
• Junior outfielder Nathan Bond leads the Wildcats with a .333 average, driving in eight runs on a team-best 26 hits, including his first home run of the year over the weekend at North Carolina A&T.
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