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Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Baseball (13-17, 9-10 GAC) looks to keep its winning-streak alive against Science & Arts (USAO) on Tuesday when the Dawgs host the Drovers in a midweek non-conference game starting at 3 pm
- The Bulldogs are coming off of a three-game weekend sweep of Southern Nazarene where the pitching staff allowed just four runs in three games
- Last time SWOSU and USAO took the field, it was the Drovers who came out victorious with a 10-7 win after scoring the game's first nine runs
- The all-time record favors SWOSU since it's been an NCAA Division II school, as the Bulldogs lead the series 25-12 including an 8-3 mark since Head Coach Zack Saunders has been at the helm
 
The Opponent
Science & Arts (25-12)
- USAO currently has six hitters batting .300 or better including three with .400 or better marks led by Christian Perez at .455
- Back on April 7, USAO tallied 19 hits against SWOSU in the first meeting between the teams
- On the mound for the season, the Drovers hold a 3.35 team ERA with 293 strikeouts and only 95 walks in 274 innings

 The Coaches
SWOSU: Zack Saunders (147-118, 6th season)
- Two-time Great American Conference Coach of the Year, winning the award in 2013 and 2016
- Inducted into the Muskogee Athletic Hall of Fame on October 13, 2016
- Earned his 100th career victory at SWOSU against Northwestern Oklahoma State on April 24, 2015
- Previously served as an assistant at SWOSU for six seasons under former Bulldog coaches Charles Teasley and Scott Selby
- Played collegiately at Kansas State following two seasons at Connors State playing on nationally-ranked junior college teams
 
USAO: Mike Ross (172-233, 10th season)
- Led the Drovers to an NAIA World Series in 2016
- Has been at USAO since 2005 and the head coach of the baseball team since 2009 and he's led the Drovers to 25 wins or more in each season
 
Checking the Conference Standings
- Southern Arkansas (19-2), Arkansas Tech (17-4), Arkansas-Monticello (15-6)
- Oklahoma Baptist (13-8), Henderson State (13-8), SWOSU (9-10)
- Southeastern (8-11), Harding (8-13), Ouachita (8-13)
- East Central (8-13), Northwestern (3-18), Southern Nazarene (3-18)

SWOSU Notes
- During the four-game win streak, Daniel Richardson is leading the offense with a .357 batting average having two doubles, one triple and three RBIs
- Jason Nichols holds a team-best .338 batting average on the season and leads all Bulldog hitters with a team-high 40 hits
- Connor Anderson and Ruben Rodriguez are the only other two hitters within striking distance of batting .300 with .296 and .294 averages respectively
- Against SNU last weekend, SWOSU had three quality starts on the mound between Brendan Peitsmeyer, Jeremy Smith and Devin Ring
- The three starters combined to allow just three runs in 18.0 innings pitched while striking out 16 Crimson Storm hitters
- Smith took a no-hitter into the fifth inning during the seven-inning contest before finally conceding the first hit of the game
- Smith also pitched his first complete game of the season and collected his first conference win in his first conference start on the bump  
- Gunnar Cook recorded the first save of his Bulldog career in the final game against SNU, pitching 4.0 effective innings without surrendering the lead to qualify for the save opportunity

Looking Ahead
- The Dawgs travel to Oklahoma Baptist to take on the Bison in a three-game GAC series beginning Friday with a single nine-inning game at 6 pm under the lights and concluding Saturday with the doubleheader at 1 and 4