FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University baseball team plays host to Columbia College in a three-game series. The series begins with a doubleheader on Sunday, March 31, beginning at 2 p.m. The series will conclude with a single nine-inning game on Monday, April 1, at 6 p.m.
About Columbia
The Cougars enter the series 15-10 on the season with a 10-6 conference mark.
They are coming off a 13-7 win over Missouri Baptist, but they dropped the series 1-2.
The team has 11 top-50 national rankings including a No. 2 ranking in assists per game (10.52) and a No. 7 ranking in slugging percentage with a .516.
The Cougars have 22 individual national rankings.
Chase Urhahn leads the conference with a .430 batting average. He holds a .767 slugging percentage and has 11 doubles and six home runs with 26 RBI.
Ethan Howser also has 26 RBI with a .363 batting average.
Urhahn also leads the team in stolen bases with 11.
Chris Wall leads the conference in batters struck out per game with 12.2. He has 47 strikeouts on the year with a 3.89 ERA and 34.2 innings pitched.
Conner Darnell holds a 1.23 ERA with three saves.
About William Woods
The Owls enter the series 10-20-1 on the season with a 3-14 conference mark.
The Owls went 1-2 in the series with Hannibal-LaGrange.
Zach Smith holds a .375 batting average with 12 hits in the nine games he's played this season.
Marquise Doherty has a .311 batting average with 32 hits, eight doubles, a triple and a 16 RBI.
Quincy Jones leads the Owls in RBI with 23.
Isaiah Gibbs has successfully stolen 10 bases.
Jeremy Hidalgo holds a 1.69 ERA with 21.1 innings pitched.
Taran Oulton leads the Owls pitching staff with 44 strikeouts. He holds a 4.44 ERA with four complete games and one shutout.
What's Next
The Owls host Park on Tuesday, April 2, to close out the three-game series. The Owls split with the Pirates earlier in the season. They lost game one, but bounced back with a 9-5 game two win.
