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Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Baseball faces a challenging midweek slate this week against a two-loss USAO team and UCO in back-to-back road games on Tuesday and Wednesday
- The Bulldogs will be looking to bounce back from a subpar week last week where they went 1-3 including the first GAC series loss of the season to Southeastern
- Last year, SWOSU fell twice to USAO (once at home, once on the road) and will look to reverse that trend on Tuesday in Chickasha
- SWOSU has already claimed a 15-8 win over UCO this season and will go for the series sweep on Wednesday in Edmond
- This week's UCO contest is makeup from February 21st when bad weather plagued Oklahoma and forced the initial postponement and then cancellation
 
The Opponents
Science & Arts (17-2)
- Currently sits No. 10 in the NAIA rankings having won 14 games this season (three forfeits vs St. Gregory's)
- Had a 13-game winning streak snapped last weekend against No. 18 Texas Wesleyan
- Have now made three consecutive trips to the NAIA World Series
 
Central Oklahoma (13-8)
- UCO holds an identical 13-8 record as SWOSU and sits tied for third place in the MIAA with a 7-2 conference record
- Their offense can put up runs in a hurry, averaging nearly 8.5 per game with a .308 team batting average
- They are an even 5-5 against Great American Conference foes this season and will play SNU and SWOSU this week to add even more games against GAC teams
 
SWOSU Notes
- After riding an eight game win streak that spanned nearly two weeks, SWOSU had a fallout last week after suffering a midweek loss to Northeastern State that snapped the streak before dropping two of three to Southeastern over the weekend
- Bryan Miranda continued his hot streak at the plate, hitting .500 in four games last week by going 9-for-18 with a triple and five RBIs
- Daniel Richardson hit number six and seven home runs on the year, while finishing the week with a .308 average himself
- Brooks Benson and Jason Nichols also each homered once last week
- As an offensive unit, SWOSU batted .288 on the week with five hitters above the .300 mark
- On the mound, pitchers struggled as every Bulldog pitcher who made an appearance allowed at least one run last week
- SWOSU held a 7.16 team ERA for the week and allowed 52 hits in 33.0 IP while striking out 24 and walking 17
- Tyler Tuck picked up his first win of the season in relief and made two appearances out of the bullpen – pitching 6.0 innings and allowing two runs (one earned)
 
Looking Ahead
- The Bulldogs will host Southern Arkansas over the weekend (March 16-17) in another GAC series in what will be the fifth straight conference series played in Weatherford this season