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(LEBANON, Ill., April 28)--The McKendree University will play its final weekend series at Hypes Field for the 2016 regular season when Lewis University comes to Lebanon for four Great Lakes Valley Conference contests. The Bearcats and Flyers will battle Friday and Saturday, with first pitch set for noon each day. The series was originally slated to be held Saturday and Sunday, but was moved up a day due to the weekend weather forecast for the Metro East area.

McKendree brings a 13-27 overall record and 5-15 GLVC mark into the four-game set against Lewis. The Bearcats were swept last weekend at Saint Joseph's College, dropping the last two contests by identical scores of 3-2. In addition to hosting Lewis for the final weekend series of the year at Hypes Field, the McKendree baseball program will also mark Senior Day following Saturday's first game. The Bearcats will honor six players who are wrapping up their final season at McKendree: pitcher Austin Avalos (Ballwin, MO/Parkway South), catcher/outfielder Connor Davault (Farmington, MO/Farmington), catcher Kyle Jackson (Hoffman, IL/Carlyle), infielder Adam Kunkel (Red Bud, IL/Red Bud), pitcher Sam Lidisky (Swansea, IL/Althoff Catholic) and pitcher Josh Tonozzi (Mark, IL/Putnam County). 

Junior outfielder Grant Anderson (Mackinaw, IL/Deer Creek-Mackinaw) (pictured) still ranks in the GLVC top 10 in home runs with nine. Anderson also tops the squad with a .348 batting average, 25 runs batted in and 26 runs scored. Keith Rogers (Marshall, IL/Marshall) (.340) and Kunkel (.300) are the other regulars in the Bearcats' lineup hitting above the .300 mark entering the Lewis series. After 14 appearances out of the bullpen to start the season, Matt Henning (Wichita, KS/Bishop Carroll) made his first start of 2016 at Saint Joseph's, giving up six hits over five innings with four strikeouts in taking the game one, 3-2 loss on Sunday. 

ABOUT LEWIS
The Flyers are 22-17 on the season and 11-9 in league play this season. Lewis split a four-game GLVC series last weekend on the road at the University of Southern Indiana, with both of the Flyers' wins coming by one run. Lewis currently ranks second in the conference in batting average at .318, and six regulars in the Flyers' lineup are batting above that mark in 2016. Heading the list is Neal Tyrell at .387. Tyrell is second on the squad with six home runs and 34 RBI. Ethan Bloom, who has a .311 average, paces Lewis with eight round-trippers and 39 runs batted in. Brandon Collins has swiped a team-leading 16 bases coming into the weekend.

On the mound, Dalton Hottle has won a team-high five games in nine starts. Alex Shake, a recent GLVC Pitcher of the Week honoree, checks in with a 4-3 record and a 3.40 ERA, which is the lowest among regulars in the Flyers' starting rotation. Sam Couch and Phil Warner have each collected four saves this season.

WHAT'S NEXT
McKendree will play its final home game of the 2016 season on Wednesday against the University of Missouri-St. Louis, with first pitch set for 3 p.m. The Bearcats will then close out the regular season on the road in Kenosha, Wis., for a four-game series at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.