GAME DAY LINKS --
McKENDREE at SOUTHERN INDIANA -- USI Field, Evansville, Ind.
Saturday, April 28, 2018, 2 p.m. (DH)
Sunday, April 29, 2018, Noon (DH)
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(LEBANON, Ill., April 27)--The McKendree University baseball team will hit the road one final time in Great Lakes Valley Conference play this weekend for a four-game series at the University of Southern Indiana. The Bearcats and Screaming Eagles will tangle in a doubleheader on Saturday at 2 p.m. before wrapping up the weekend with another twinbill on Sunday at noon.

McKendree enters the penultimate GLVC series of the regular season with an overall record of 7-31, while the Bearcats are 2-13 in conference play. McKendree battled until the final pitch on Wednesday at Hypes Field against Lindenwood University before being edged by the Lions, 6-5. In their latest GLVC series a week ago, the Bearcats took one of four meetings at the University of Indianapolis as the Greyhounds managed a pair of one-run victories to open and close the weekend.

Over its last 11 games, McKendree has rapped out 101 hits. That includes 15 home runs in that 11-game stretch. In comparison, the Bearcats hit 18 home runs throughout the course of the 2017 season. Andrew Aydt leads the long ball brigade over the recent span with three round-trippers to go along with 10 RBI. 

Entering the USI series, Matt Klosterman leads McKendree with a .317 average. Klosterman is also the Bearcats' leader with eight stolen bases. Aydt has taken over the team lead with five home runs and 22 RBI. 

Following the series at Southern Indiana, McKendree will play its final six games of the 2018 regular season at Hypes Field. The Bearcats will host Rockhurst University for a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday before playing its final GLVC series of 2018 Friday and Saturday against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Saturday will also mark Senior Day for the McKendree baseball program. 

ABOUT SOUTHERN INDIANA
The Screaming Eagles enter the weekend series against McKendree with an overall record of 22-17 and a 9-7 mark in GLVC action. Southern Indiana defeated its NCAA Division I crosstown rivals, the University of Evansville, on Wednesday by a score of 5-3. USI has not played a GLVC series since dropping three of four contests to Bellarmine University April 13 and 15. The Screaming Eagles are currently fourth in the GLVC in both hitting (.303 battnig average) and pitching (4.66 team ERA). 

Drake McNamara currently sits in third place among all GLVC players with a .384 batting average. McNamara also has team-high totals of seven home runs and 44 RBI. Buddy Johnson is hitting .352 while he has posted 13 stolen bases. Bryce Krizan leads all conference players with 29 steals this season. On the mound, USI is paced by Nick Gobert, who has four victories to go along with a 3.69 ERA. Devin Williams has struck out a team-leading 43 batters. 

Southern Indiana won all four games last year against McKendree in a series also played in Evansville.