FULTON, Mo. —The William Woods University baseball team returns to Owl Field to host Central Methodist University for a single nine-inning game on Wednesday March 15th. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.

About the Owls
- The Owls are 9-14 overall with an AMC record of 5-4 recently defeating Missouri Baptist 2-1 in their three game series
- William Woods enters the contest winning four of its last six games
- The Owls pitching staff is ranked 23rd in the nation in total batters struck out, and second in the AMC collecting 179 strikeouts. Ryan Phillips collecting 43 of those casualties, averaging 9.92 strikeouts per game. Chase Feucht follows closely behind, collecting 41 strikeouts
- Offensively, Tyler Cunningham leads the Owls in batting average hitting 0.305 with 25 hits and leads in RBI's raking in 18 on the season
- Junior, Glen DesBouillons leads the Owls in doubles (7) with eight RBI's and 20 hits
- As a team, the Owls are hitting .255 with 39 extra base hits. WWU has 30 doubles, seven home runs and two triples this season
- WWU's pitching staff holds a 4.59 earned run average on the season and are allowing opponents to hit .273 on the season
- Ryan Phillips and Chase Feucht led the Owls in innings pitched as they have combined for 76.1 innings pitched this season. The duo has also struck out 84 batters in those innings pitched

About the Eagles
- The Eagles enter the contest with an overall record of 16-4
- Central Methodist has won its last 13 straight games with its last loss coming on February 18th when they lost to Roosevelt (Ill.). The loss to the Lakers was the Eagles fourth straight loss
- Offensively, CMU is ninth in the nation in batting average with a 0.348 and 10th in runs batted in per game (7.850).
- Zach Beckner leads the Eagles in batting average with a 0.508 giving him a ninth place ranking and 32 hits. Beckner also leads in RBIs, collecting 34 averaging 1.7 runs batted in per game
- Besides Beckner, the Eagles's Dustyn Macaluso is hitting .471 on the season with two home runs and 13 RBIs on the season
- The Eagles pitching staff has an ERA of 3.61 with 136 strikeouts, and 64 walks allowed. C. J. Martin leads the staff with an ERA of 0.83 in 32.2 innings pitched, placing him sixth in the nation
- The Eagles pitching staff has recorded 136 strikeouts on the season and are only allowing opponents to hit .250 on the season

What's Next
The Owls travel to Conway, Arkansas to play AMC foe Central Baptist College on March 17th for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and a single nine inning game on March 18th, first pitch at 12 p.m.