SWOSU (15-16, 7-11 GAC) at East Central (9-20, 6-12 GAC)

Ada, Okla. (Ken Turner Field)

Friday/Saturday, March 27-28

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SWOSU Baseball is set to take on East Central in this week's weekend series beginning Friday in Ada at 2:00 p.m. The teams will then play the doubleheader portion of the matchup on Saturday, starting at noon, with the third and final game to follow.

The Dawgs have lost seven of their last eight games, and that stretch began with a loss against ECU in a midweek matchup on March 10 after being walked off, 15-14, in the bottom of the ninth. In conference play, the Bulldogs hold a 58-31 advantage in the all-time series, though the teams have split their last 10 matchups evenly.

Batting has been the calling card of the Bulldogs this season as they rank second in the GAC in batting average at .339, just behind Oklahoma Baptist for the top spot. All seven players who meet the statistical requirement are batting over .300, with each recording at least 36 hits and 13 walks. Landon Meyer leads the team with a .408 average (7th in the GAC) while reaching base at a .507 clip, which ranks fifth in the conference. He has also crossed the plate 44 times, the most in the GAC and 12th most in the nation.

However, despite leading the conference in runs scored with 291, the Dawgs have allowed 255 runs this season, the third most in the GAC. SWOSU pitchers have also issued 87 walks, the fourth most in the league.

Garrett Folmar has logged 29 innings this season and has been the most impactful arm for the Dawgs. In his most recent outing against Southern Arkansas, he threw seven innings, allowing seven hits and four earned runs while striking out 11 batters. In the 22 innings prior to that appearance, he had recorded 16 strikeouts. Folmar currently holds a 2.79 ERA with a 3-0 record.

East Central enters the week with a 9-20 overall record and a 6-12 mark in GAC play, placing them 11th in the conference standings. The Tigers are just 1-14 away from home but hold a positive 8-6 record in Ada. They picked up a key series win over Harding on March 14, sweeping the doubleheader portion of the series with a pair of 7-6 victories. Their other conference series win this season came against Henderson State on opening weekend.