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Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University baseball team will close out their regular season by hosting #12 Emporia State for a three-game series beginning on Friday. The Bearcats enter the week no. 7 in the NCAA Central Region rankings, while the Hornets enter the week no. 1.

Scouting the Bearcats
The Bearcats return to action this weekend with a 30-16 (20-13 MIAA) record on the season. Offensively SBU is led by Hunter Hisky who is hiting .407 with a team leading 22 doubles and 57 runs batted in. Andrew Meier leads the Bearcats with a .420 average, while Nelson Muniz has hit a team high 10 homeruns, and Sean Murley has scored a team leading 47 runs on the season. On the mound Chance Wolfe is 5-1 with a 4.07 ERA to go along with 7 saves, while out of the rotation Drew Wagner holds a 4.11 ERA with 47 strikeouts across 61.1 innings.

Scouting the Hornets
Emporia State enters the week 37-9 (26-6 MIAA) on the season. The Hornets are led offensively by Mason Brown who is hitting a team high .390 while also leading the team in doubles (16) and RBI (46). Levi Ashmore has scored a team high 60 runs to go along with a .355 average, while BJ Dean has hit 11 homeruns. On the mound Tanner Cairns is 6-1 with a 3.15 ERA while out of the bullpen Nathan Whitcomb is 4-1 with 8 saves and a 0.98 ERA.

Quick Hits

• Hunter Hisky leads the MIAA in RBI (57), doubles (22), and hits (77), while ranking 2nd in runners caught stealing (23), 3rd in slugging percentage (.673), 3rd in batting average (.407), 7th in triples (4), and 9th in on base percentage (.460)
• Chance Wolfe ranks 2nd in the MIAA in hits (74) and 5th in saves (7)
• Brian Womack ranks 2nd the MIAA in wins (8)
• Caleb Sneed ranks 2nd in the MIAA in walks (41) and 8th in runs scored (47)
• Sean Murley leads the MIAA in assists (137), and ranks 6th in runs scored (49)
• Andrew Meier ranks 2nd in the MIAA in batting average (.420) and 3rd in on base percentage (.469)
• Nelson Muniz ranks 4th in the MIAA in walks (33) and 10th in homeruns (10)
• As a team SBU leads the MIAA in batting average (.340), on base percentage (.423), and least amount of times striking out (191)