LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bethune-Cookman Baseball is set to finish up six games in seven days this weekend, traveling to face the No. 3 Louisville Cardinals at Jim Patterson Stadium. The three-game series begins Friday, April 24, at 6 p.m.

For Bethune-Cookman, the weekend series marks the first-ever meeting between the Wildcats and Cardinals in any sport.

AT A GLANCE
Records: Bethune-Cookman 15-31 (13-8 MEAC), Louisville 31-10 (19-2 ACC)
Rankings: Bethune-Cookman is unranked. Louisville is ranked No. 3 in Collegiate Baseball, and is No. 4 in the D1Baseball, Baseball America and NCBWA polls.
TV: The weekend's series at Louisville will be streamed online via GoCards TV at GoCards.com.
On The Web: BCUathletics.com • Twitter: @BCUDiamondCats, @JasonBeverlin

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Friday
Bethune-Cookman – RHP Keith Zuniga (5-4, 2.95 ERA)
Louisville – RHP Kyle Funkhouser (5-2, 2.41 ERA)

Saturday
Bethune-Cookman – RHP Tyler Norris (3-2, 3.91 ERA)
Louisville – LHP Brendan McKay (6-1, 1.70 ERA)

Sunday
Bethune-Cookman – RHP Alex Seibold (4-4, 5.33 ERA)
Louisville – LHP Josh Rogers (6-1, 2.97 ERA)

Bethune-Cookman-Louisville Series History
• This will be the first-ever meeting between Bethune-Cookman and Louisville.

Noting the Wildcats
• Bethune-Cookman will be playing its fourth, fifth and sixth games in seven days when visiting the Louisville Cardinals.
• In facing two nationally-ranked teams this week/weekend, Bethune-Cookman last defeated a ranked foe in No. 13 Miami (Fla.) a season ago on the strength of a 7-3 decision in Coral Gables, Florida.
• Freshman pitcher Joseph Calamita has allowed just two earned runs all season, seeing action in 16 games and across 19 innings on the campaign.
• Bethune-Cookman is suffering its worst non-conference results since 1993, holding just a 2-23 record against teams outside of the MEAC.
• Austin Garcia has been tearing up opponents since returning to the lineup 14 games ago. He is batting a team-leading .326 on the year, and carries a team-high .457 slugging percentage into the weekend series.
• Nathan Bond owns a team second-best .308 average on the campaign, while sitting at a perfect 3-of-3 in stolen bases. He is also second on the team in on-base percentage (.397).
• In facing Louisville, the Cardinals represent the first ACC series for the Wildcats since taking 2-of-3 against Miami in 2009.

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