MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State hits the road for a three-game Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series against Mississippi Valley State in Itta Bena (Miss.), officially marking the halfway point of the conference season. The series will start with a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 1 pm, followed by a single game at 12 pm on Saturday.

The series was scheduled to start on Thursday evening before rain moved the series to a Friday start. Alabama State (19-14, 10-2 SWAC) enters the weekend after a 7-4 non-conference victory over South Alabama at home on Tuesday night and has won three of their four conference series thus far this season (all sweeps).

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Probable Starting Pitching Matchups
FRIDAY: ALST – Breon Pooler (RHP, Gr.) vs. MVSU – TBD
SATURDAY: ALST – Kyler McIntosh (RHP, Fr.) vs. MVSU – TBD
SUNDAY: ALST – Austin King (RHP, Sr.) vs. MVSU – TBD

Leading Off

• Alabama State and Mississippi Valley State have met 71 times since 2006 with Alabama State holding a 49-22 advantage in the series and have won the last nine games. The Hornets are 24-11 all-time in Itta Bena.
• The Hornets are currently 22nd in the nation in sacrifice bunts and 33rd in hit by pitch.

About the Hornets

• Alabama State has won three of their four conference series this season (all at home), sweeping each opponent in the process. Their only road series in conference play, the Hornets dropped the series to Bethune-Cookman.
• Hunter May (Slidell, La.) is currently fourth in the nation in doubles entering the weekend with 16 and leads the team in hitting at .348 with an OPS of 1.099. He has hit one triple and four home runs, while also scoring 36 runs and driving in 30.
• Corey King (Lithonia, Ga.) is hitting .326 on the season with a team-high six home runs and 32 RBI, while Cristopher DeGuzman (Fajardo, PR) is hitting .320 with six doubles and one home run. DeGuzman has scored 26 runs and knocked in another 21.
• Breon Pooler (Huntsville, Ala.) leads the team at 6-0 with a 2.25 ERA. He has 48 strikeouts in 48.0 innings, while Osvaldo Mendez (Carolina, PR) has a 2.51 ERA and is 4-0 out of the bullpen. Payton Harris (Hattiesburg, Miss.) has a 2.55 ERA with three saves.

About the Delta Devils

• Dreylin Holmes leads Mississippi Valley State (9-14-1, 3-9 SWAC) with a .337 average and a 20-game on-base streak. He has scored 23 runs and driven another 21, while Davon Mims is hitting .315 with a pair of doubles.
• Abraham Ortiz leads the team with a 3.97 ERA, while Calvin McClendon is 2-3 with 4.14 ERA. He has struck out 27 in 45.2 innings.

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