ITTA BENA, Miss. – Bethune-Cookman returns to Mississippi, this time for a three-game Southwestern Athletic Conference series at Mississippi Valley State beginning Friday.

The Wildcats (8-18 overall, 3-3 SWAC) are coming off taking two of three from Alabama State last weekend while the Delta Devilettes (5-13,3-2) dropped two of three at Florida A&M.

Mississippi Valley State enters the weekend a half game behind Jackson State and Alabama State in the SWAC's Eastern Division while B-CU is a full game behind.

B-CU UPDATE: After falling 3-2 in the series opener, B-CU posted its two best offensive outputs of the season by sweeping Alabama State 8-0 and 6-5 in the doubleheader to win the series … B-CU had a season-high 15 hits in the nightcap … Hannah Ortega garnered SWAC Pitcher Of The Week honors; she threw 12 innings and gave up just one unearned run in picking up both wins in the doubleheader … Haley Parks had four hits in the second game; she leads B-CU with a .280 average while Joslynn Davis is batting .278.

ABOUT MVSU: The Delta Devilettes are paced by Brianna Alton (.278) and Keisha White (.231) … Daisy Page (3-4) has a .382 ERA … MVSU took two from Alabama A&M on opening weekend.

COVERAGE: Follow @BCUsoftball for links to live coverage and in-game updates Friday and Saturday.