PINE BLUFF, AR – The Jaguars travel to Pine Bluff, Arkansas on April 28-30 for a three-game SWAC series against the University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff at Torii Hunter Baseball Complex. Friday's game is scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturday will start at 2 p.m. and Sunday's first pitch is for 1 p.m.
 
Southern (13-22, 8-7) is coming off a midweek loss against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Tuesday by a score of 10-5.
 
University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff (12-26, 4-14) lost their weekend series against Texas Southern. TSU won game one 17-7, UAPB won game two 15-9 and TSU won the rubber match 6-4.
 
Southern holds a 7-3 record against UABP in the last 10 meetings. The Jaguars swept Pine Bluff at home last season but lost two-of-three in Arkansas.
 
Jaylen Armstrong leads Southern at the plate with a .331 average and a team high six doubles. Armstrong has three home runs and 23 RBIs. Khyle Radcliffe is second on the team with a .289 average with six doubles and 17 RBIs. O'Neill Burgos is third with a .281 average with four doubles and team leading six home runs and 37 RBIs.
 
Jalon Long and Nicholas Wilson have solidified themselves as weekend starters for the Jaguars. Wilson is coming off a 13-strikeout performance against Grambling, the most by a Jaguar pitcher in over a decade. On the season, Wilson is 2-2 with a 4.63 ERA with 49 strikeouts and 16 walks in 46.2 innings of work. Long is 2-3 with 49 strikeouts and 32 walks in 41.1 innings.
 
JaKobi Jackson leads UAPB at the plate with a .373 average with 10 doubles, a home run and 17 RBIs. Brad Mican is second with a .297 average, three doubles and 20 RBIs. Isaiah Cohens has a team high 21 RBIs and Brandon Simon has a team leading 23 RBIs.
 
Brandon Little is the Golden Lions ace with a 3-6 record and 6.67 ERA with 50 strikeouts and 35 walks. Jacob Riordan has the second most starts for UABP at 8 with a 2-3 record while striking out 68 and walking 36 in 49 innings.

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