MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State hits the road for the first time in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play this weekend, heading to Daytona Beach (Fla.) to face Bethune-Cookman in a three-game set beginning Friday. The two teams meet in the first game of the series at 2 pm on Friday before a doubleheader that starts at 12 noon on Saturday afternoon.

Alabama State (11-12, 3-0 SWAC) enters the weekend after a weekend sweep of Florida A&M in a series that was moved to Sunday-Monday due to weather. The Hornets were scheduled to meet Tuskegee in a doubleheader on Tuesday, but those games were rained out. The Hornets were one of two teams to sweep the opening weekend, joining Texas Southern, and are one of three teams who are undefeated in the East Division.

About the Hornets

• Alabama State is currently third in the SWAC in hitting this season, hitting .273 as a team and trails only UAPB (.275) and Grambling State (.303) in that category.
• The Hornets are currently third in the conference in pitching with a 3.63 earned run average and are led by Bailey Greenlee (Snohomish, Wash.) at 2.65. Greenlee (7-7), a multiple time selection as the SWAC Pitcher of the Week has a 1.07 WHIP and has struck out 72 batters in 84.1 innings pitched. This past weekend against Florida A&M, she recorded a pair of wins and a save in the three games.
• Alabama State has five players hitting over .300 this season led by Kindall DeRamus (Helena, Ala.) at .397 with 17 runs scored and 16 stolen bases (18 attempts). Jazmine Dodd (Bentonville, Ark.), last week's SWAC Hitter of the Week, is hitting .373 while Alex Massie (Pottsboro, Texas) is hitting .354 this season.
• Madison Myers (Brownsville, Tenn.) and Arianna Atchley (Millbrook, Ala.) are each hitting over .300 this season.

About the Wildcats

• Bethune-Cookman won the first game of their series against Jackson State on the road last weekend, before dropping the series by losing the final two games.
• The Wildcats enter the weekend hitting .197 as a team but are currently fourth in the conference in earned run average at 3.89.
• Hannah Ortega (3.09) and Halyne Gonzalez (3.29) lead the Wildcats in the circle as they have combined to go 6-11 so far this season. At the plate, Haley Parks leads the team with a .246 average.

The Series

• The two teams have met five times since 2006 with Bethune-Cookman leading the series 4-1, including winning the first four games of the series.
• The two teams last met on March 26, 2010, in Daytona Beach with the Hornets coming away with a 6-5 victory. In the previous four meetings, Bethune-Cookman combined to outscore Alabama State 48-3.

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