EVANSVILLE –Â A busy week beings for the University of Evansville baseball team with a pair of midweek contests beginning at Western Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon in Bowling Green, Ky., followed by a matchup with SIUE on the road on Wednesday in Edwardsville, Ill.
| Evansville at Western Kentucky | Tues., March 22 | |
| Site | Location | Nick Denes Field | Bowling Green, Ky. |
| Links | Tuesday, 4 PM | Live Stats | Watch |
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| Evansville at SIUE | Wed., March 23 | |
| Site | Location | Roy E. Lee Field | Edwardsville, Ill. |
| Links | Wednesday, 5Â PM |
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Previewing the Matchups: WKU and SIUE
- The Aces and Hilltoppers are meeting for the 60th time in series history with Evansville owning a 29-28-2 advantage in a very competitive all-time series.
- For Wednesday’s contest, UE and SIUE will meet for the 32nd time with the Aces owning a 17-15 advantage in the series.
- Both WKU and SIUE enter the week with records right around .500 as the Hilltoppers are 9-10 and the Cougars come into the week at 10-8.
- Each side Evansville faces in the midweek comes off a series loss last weekend against good competition. SIUE dropped a three-game set to Memphis and WKU fell in a three-game swing to Charlotte.
Mark’s Streak Continues
- Over a strong start to his junior campaign, Mark Shallenberger has racked-up an impressive streak.
- Following last week’s three contest, Shallenberger pushed his reached base streak to 18 games.
- Shallenberger has gotten a hit in all but two games this season and leads the team with a .384 batting average.
Meyer Continues Spotless Spring
- Junior Jakob Meyer heads into the fifth week of the season in impressive form.
- In nine innings of work, Meyer has yet to allow a run this season.
- The Columbus, Ind. native has allowed just three hits and struck-out 15 batters, while recording a pair of saves.
