ORLANDO - Bethune-Cookman baseball concludes its midweek and road schedule as the Wildcats face UCF, Tuesday, May 14 at 6 p.m. at John Euliano Park.



Tuesday, May 14
Opponent: UCF (31-17, 12-14 BIG12)
Time: 7 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 2 p.m. EST 
Location: Orlando, Fla. | John Euliano Park
Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/ucf-knights-baseball-vs-bethunecookman-baseball-orlando-florida-05-14-2024/event/2200602BE0CF1951
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The Wildcats split a pair of games at Jackson State last weekend before a rainout on Sunday ruled a no-contest in the top of the third with both teams scoreless. 

The Wildcats won Friday night, 9-5, behind Manny Souffrain's team-leading fifth homer of the season. B-CU was shutout, 5-0 on Saturday. 



The Wildcats took a tough, 14-1 loss at the hands of the then-ranked #25 Knights back on April 2. UCF scored 3+ runs in the first, fourth, and eighth while B-CU stranded nine runs on the loss. 

The Knights enter play this weekend after dropping two of three to #18 Texas at home last weekend.

UCF is hitting .286 as a team with 52 homers. Matt Prevesk leads his team in batting average at .365  with a .430 OBP overall.  Jack Zyska tops the Knights with 10 homers as well as 42 RBI.

On the mound, the Knights have combined for a 4.31 team ERA with 171 walks to 422 strikeouts.

• Bethune-Cookman ranks fourth in all of college baseball at 134 stolen bases. 
• The Wildcats have clinched an overall .500 or better record in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2016-2017.
• B-CU is in the top 40 in all of D1 baseball in team ERA at 4.75. 
• No SWAC team has taken more walks than the Wildcats (266).

Tuesday marks the 86th all-time meeting between B-CU and UCF. The Wildcats are 14-71 in the series, having lost 12 straight. B-CU is 3-38 on the road iin the series.


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