FULTON, Mo. —The William Woods University baseball team host Missouri Baptist on Thursday, March 9th at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. (DH) and Friday, March 10th at 12 p.m. The series was moved around because of bad weather in the forecast for Saturday.

About the Owls
- The Owls enter the series with an overall record of 7-13 and an AMC record of 3-3
- WWU took two of three from then-No. 24 Freed-Hardeman last weekend
- As a whole, the Owls are 23rd in total batters struck out with 147 on the season. Ryan Phillips continues to lead the Owls in strikeouts with 33 on the season and striking out 9.90 batters per game
- On Monday night, Ryan Phillips was named AMC Pitcher of the Week. In his last start, Phillips went seven innings struck out 13 and only allowed six hits
- Josh Nicol is leading the Owls in batting average with a .318 average, a slugging percentage of .386, and an on-base percentage of .444, the highest on the team. Nicol has 14 hits on the season and 10 RBIs. He was 2-for-3 against No. 3 in NCAA Division II University of Central Missouri
- Tyler Cunningham leads the Owls in RBIs with a total of 17 on the season. Cunningham has 12 runs, 20 hits, seven doubles, and two homeruns on the season
- As a pitching staff, the Owls have an ERA of 5.11, a total of 45 walks and 147 strikeouts.

About the Spartans
- The Spartans enter the three game series with an overall record of 11-7 and an AMC record of 4-2
- In their last weekend of play, the Spartans dropped 2-of-3 against Central Baptist College
- Aaron Collazo leads the Spartans in batting average hitting .386 on the season with 22 hits, scoring 15 runs, has collected 11 RBIs, three doubles, one triple and one homerun
- As a whole, the Spartans are 14th in runs scored per game, averaging 8.6 runs per game
- John Hagan leading the Spartans in RBIs with 21 on the season, averaging 1.17 runs per game
- Offensively, the Spartans are 23rd in total runs scored (154), 26th in RBIs (131), and 41st in hits per game (9.778)
- As a pitching staff, the Spartans have an ERA of 3.78, have allowed 123 hits, 52 walks, and 131 strikeouts. Patrick Boyle leads in batters struck out with 33 on the season, averaging 11.72 strikeouts per game.

What's Next
The Owls will close out the three-game set with Missouri Baptist on Friday at 12 p.m. in a nine inning contest. After the MBU series, the Owls will host Central Methodist University on March 14th for a single 9 inning game before traveling to Conway, Arkansas for an AMC series against Central Baptist College on March 17th for a doubleheader at 1p.m. and 3 p.m. and March 18th at 12 p.m.