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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville baseball team (8-10, 0-2) completes a three game series with #18 Dallas Baptist on Sunday, March 22. First pitch at Braun Stadium is slated for 1:00 p.m.
 
PITCHING MATCHUP
Sunday, March 22 at 1:00 p.m.
UE LHP Brodie Harkness (2-1, 5.40) vs. DBU RHP Trevor Conn (2-0, 1.00)
 
HOW CAN I FOLLOW ALONG?
All three games will be broadcasted on radio at WUEV 91.5 FM and online at WUEV.org.
 
Video of the entire series will be available online through AcesTV.
 
The contests will all have live stats provided at GoPurpleAces.com .
 
Fans can also follow the Aces progress on twitter. Updates will be posted on the @UEAthletics account.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Aces lost a 10-2 decision to DBU on Saturday. Starter Patrick Schnieders (1-3) threw over 40 pitches in the first, his only inning of work. He allowed three runs on three hits in the defeat. Infielder Jonathan Ramon finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs, his 13^th multi-RBI game in an Aces uniform. Reliever Brian Jestice tied a career-high with 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out two.
 
DALLAS BAPTIST BREAKDOWN
Dallas Baptist (18-2, 2-0) began the season with six consecutive wins before suffering back to back losses. Since then, the Patriots have won 12 straight games entering this series. The team is ranked 18^th by Baseball America and 24^th according to the NCBWA. This is their second season in the Missouri Valley Conference.
 
THE SERIES
The Patriots lead the all-time series 7-4 with Evansville. UE won two of three games from Dallas Baptist last season in Texas including a mercy-rule shortened 13-1 victory on April 19, 2014. The Aces won two of three from the Patriots in 2010 in the last series between the teams at Braun Stadium.
 
UE STATISTICALLY
Statistically, Evansville is led offensively by outfielder Kevin Kaczmarski who is hitting .386 this season. Infielder Jonathan Ramon has a team-best three home runs. First baseman Eric McKibban has a team-high 21 hits this season. Reliever Ryan Brady has a team-best 2.70 earned run average out of the bullpen as six pitchers have at least one win this season. The team is cumulatively hitting .257 this season with a 4.92 team ERA.
 
DBU STATISTICALLY
The Patriots have six players batting over .300 including a team-best .367 average by outfielder Justin Wall. Outfielder David Martinelli leads all Dallas Baptist hitters with four home runs. Infielder Trooper Reynolds has a team-high 19 runs batted in this year including nine in an MVC Player of the Week winning stretch. The Patriots have four relievers with a sub-3.00 ERA. The team is batting .309 and hold a 2.57 ERA.
 
WE'RE GOING STREAKING
First baseman Eric McKibban took over the team-lead with a 1-for-3 performance on Saturday against Dallas Baptist. The hit moved his hitting streak to six straight games. In the same game, outfielder Jarod Perry reached on an eighth inning fielder's choice to extend his team-high and personal-best on-base streak to 19 games.

TIK-TOK
Time was against catcher Travis Tokarek who was hitless in his last 21 at-bats entering the Dallas Baptist series. The freshman stopped the skid with a three-run ninth-inning double that helped spark a five run rally. Tokarek had just two runs batted in prior to his bases-clearing double.

MANHANDLING MURRAY
The Aces matched a season-high with 15 hits against the Murray State Racers in a 15-2 victory on March 18. Eight starters had at least one hit each for the Aces who matched their largest win total (16-3 victory at UALR on Feb. 14).
 
WELL…THAT'S A FIRST
Utilityman Tyler Sullivan recorded the first hit of his college career on March 18 against Murray State. Sullivan's eight-inning pinch-hit single sparked a six run inning.
 
RAKIN' RAMON
With a pair of home runs this past weekend, infielder Jonathan Ramon now leads UE with three round-trippers this season. Ramon homered in the series opener at Ohio State on Friday night and also hit a home run in the series finale in the last game of the doubleheader on Sunday.
 
HARK THE MESSAGE
Pitcher Brodie Harkness was named Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week on March 9. The UE freshman left-hander earned his team-high second win of the season with 6.0 scoreless innings of one hit baseball and a career-high eight strikeouts vs. Western Illinois on March 7. Harkness had two strikeouts in each of the first three innings on his way to a new career-high. He also retired the final 14 batters he faced in the Purple Aces 10-0 win over the Leathernecks. Harkness is the second Purple Ace to receive MVC Player/Pitcher of the Week honors this season.
 
THE EVANSVILLE EMERSON ACES
Due to inclement weather, the Aces played seven of their 11 games this year in Emerson, Ga. at the Perfect Games complex.
 
DOUBLEHEADER DAYS
Due to pending storms and sometimes unplayable field conditions, the Aces have had to play five sets of doubleheaders this season. The Purple Aces played and won both games of a doubleheader at UALR on Feb. 14 winning the first contest 7-2 before finishing a sweep with a 16-3, seven inning victory in game two. UE also swept a doubleheader from Western Kentucky on Feb. 22 with an 11-10, 10 inning win in the opener and a 9-8 victory in the finale. The Aces then split doubleheaders with Western Illinois on March 6 (L 4-3, W 6-4) and on March 7 (W 10-0, L 3-0). Most recently, UE lost both games of a doubleheader to Ohio State 4-3 and 12-2 on Sunday, March 15.
 
FIRST THINGS FIRST
The Aces hung with #1 Vanderbilt into extra before falling 9-8 in 12 innings on March 3. UE took a ninth inning lead with a three-run home run from infielder Jonathan Ramon but a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth forced extras and a wild pitch in the 12th gave Vanderbilt the win.
 
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END
Second baseman Boomer Synek had a 32-game on-base streak snapped with an 0-for-4 performance at Belmont on March 11. He reached base safely in the first 11 games of the season and previous 21 games of the 2014 season. The prior game in which Synek did not reach base was on April 13, 2014 vs. Wichita State.
 
KORBIN CRUSHING IT
Outfielder Korbin Williams hit two home runs against Western Kentucky in the first game of a doubleheader on Feb. 22. Williams hit his first career home run in the fifth inning, a three run blast, and then hit the go-ahead home run in the 10th for an 11-10 Aces win.
 
HOLDING ON
The Aces pitchers held on to sweep both games of a doubleheader from WKU on Feb. 22. UE held a 10-3 lead in the opening contest before winning game one 11-10 in 10 innings. Evansville was also ahead 8-2 in the final game of the doubleheader before earning a narrow 9-8 win.
 
NO JOSHING AROUND
Outfielder Josh Jyawook was named MVC Player of the Week on Feb. 16 for his opening series at UALR. Jyawook hit .385 in the set at three runs scored, a grand slam home run, and eight runs batted in. His three runs scored and eight RBIs were an MVC best.
 
ON DECK
After this series, the Aces visit SIUE on Wednesday, March 25 for a 6:00 p.m. game.