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THIS WEEKEND IN PEACOCK BASEBALL… Upper Iowa begins the final quarter of their regular season on Friday and Saturday at Concordia University, St. Paul.  With 30 games (10-20, 3-13 NSIC) in the books, the Peacocks will look to make a final stand in their last 10 games over the next week and a half.  UIU faces the Golden Bears in a four-game series before hosting Wayne State College for a double header on Wednesday and Winona State for two on Friday.  The Peacocks and Warriors of WSU will head back to Winona, Minn. on Saturday for the regular season finales.
 
TUESDAY TROUBLE… The Bulldog pitching staff held the Peacock batters to just eight hits on Tuesday while sweeping a pair of NSIC games by scores of 4-0 and 5-4 in eleven innings.  UMD scored all four runs in game one in a single frame with two outs and slowly chipped away at a 4-1 UIU lead in game two forcing extra innings and finally defeating Upper Iowa in the eleventh.  The Bulldogs got the walk-off win by virtue of being the home team; the games were to be played in Duluth prior to shifting south due to field conditions.  The highlight of the day for Upper Iowa came in Tyler Adams third at bat when he singled to centerfield for his 200th career hit.
 
A LOOK AT THE GOLDEN BEARS… Concordia has only played two home games this season, a pair of wins last Tuesday against Minnesota Crookston in a doubleheader that was originally scheduled to be played in Crookston, Minn. The Golden Bears are coming off a double header sweep of Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, Minn. after dropping three of four over the weekend to Bemidji State.  
 
THE SERIES… The Golden Bears are 15-10 against Upper Iowa with a 3-3 record at home against the Peacocks.  Concordia has won five straight against UIU including last year's four game series sweep in Fayette, Iowa.
 
REGULAR SEASON WRAPS NEXT WEEK... The Peacocks will wrap up the regular season next week with four home games and a quick trip to Winona, Minn. for the final two games.  Upper Iowa will host the Wildcats of Wayne State College on Wednesday, Apr. 30, and the Warriors of Winona State University on Friday, May 2, before heading north to Winona State for a rematch on Saturday, May 3.
 
SEÑOR SINGLE… Tyler Adams has racked up 202 hits in his career including 170 singles in his four seasons at Upper Iowa.  The Peacock centerfielder entered the week with the 4^th highest batting average in the nation and is currently second in the NSIC just .001 behind Augustana's Tony Viger. Adams is 38^th in the country and 6^th in the conference in slugging percentage at .621.  He is also ranked in the top ten of the NSIC in on-base percentage at .480 (7^th), hits per game at 1.73 (3^rd) and at bats per game at 3.87 (6^th).
 
TRIO OF .300 HITTERS… Senior Jose Aguirre leads a trio of Peacocks that are hitting .300 or better this season.  Aguirre boasts a .369 average thanks to 31 hits including 3 doubles, a triple and 2 homeruns.  The catcher/first baseman is slugging .500 and has an on-base percentage of .495.  A pair of newcomers, Alex George and Luis Ravelo, are the other two Peacocks having solid seasons at the plate.  George is hitting .353 with 24 hits including 8 doubles and a homer.  Since NSIC-play opened, George has averaged .390 at the plate, the top percentage on the team.  Ravelo is batting .300 while platooning at second base and getting a few starts at shortstop.  He has 15 hits including a pair of doubles.
 
HANDFUL OF PEACOCK STARTERS… Dickson Paz leads UIU's five main starting pitchers this season with a 2-0 record and a 1.69 ERA.  With nearly a strikeout every inning, the Maracaibo, Venezuela native is holding batters to a .243 average.  Brett Fanning has been a solid addition as well with a 1-2 record in four starts; the freshman has an ERA of 3.63 with one run allowed to both Minnesota State and St. Cloud State.  Mason Buster is coming off his best start of the year allowing just an unearned run to St. Cloud State in UIU's upset win last week.  Mitch Moser is 1-1 in his three starts with a 4.24 ERA after a no-decision to Minnesota Duluth on Tuesday. Martin Valdez leads UIU in innings worked with 35.2, but has been a victim of some tough innings.
 
BACKBONE OF THE BULLPEN… Three relievers have thrown well of late coming out of UIU's bullpen.  Anthony Ruden is 2-2 on the year with 9 appearances; in his 19.1 innings he has allowed 12 earned runs while striking out 16 batters.  Dan Cwertniak has appeared in 7 games and is holding batters to a .211 average in his 16 innings.  Tanner Funke has a 0-2 record with 5 appearances.  The three have combined for 9.2 innings in UIU's last three games and allowed just two runs over those innings.