FAYETTE, Iowa - Upper Iowa baseball (12-19, 5-9 GLVC) is back at Robertson Woods Field this weekend for a GLVC matchup against William Jewell (Mo.). The series is set to begin on Friday at 2 p.m. with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday and a noon game on Sunday.

LIVE OPTIONS
Fans unable to attend the games this weekend can stay connected with a pair of live options available at UIUPeacocks.com/Live, including live stats and a pay-per-view webcast through GLVCSN. Fans can also refer to the links attached to this story for all live options. 

In addition to GLVCSN.com, viewers can catch the Peacocks on the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile app, as well as the GLVCSN app on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV.

DIGITAL GAMEDAY PROGRAMS
Fans can access the interactive and digital gameday program any time at UIUPeacocks.com/Programs. The digital programs are available to fans at our games and to those watching at home. QR Codes will be located around the gym to scan with your cell phone's camera, which will link you directly to that game's specific digital gameday program.

LAST TIME OUT
The Peacocks battled through rain and lightning delays in their two games against Lewis (Ill.) (14-17, 8-6 GLVC) this past weekend. The Peacocks fell 13-2 in game one and 6-2 in game two. 

JJ Vargas, Jared Hoodjer, Thane Meiners and Gabe Bombardier each totaled two hits for the Peacocks. Hoodjer, Vargas, Meiners and Brock Zimmer each had extra-base hits with doubles. 

Tyler Glowacki led the pitching staff in strikeouts with five in the second game. Dylan Hesch pitched the first 4.1 innings of game two, allowing two runs on four hits with three striekouts. 

STATISTICAL SUMMARY
Meiners leads the Peacocks with 34 hits, equating to a .321 batting average. He also has a .424 on-base percentage and a .434 slugging percentage with seven doubles, one triple and one home run. 

Hoodjer is second on the team in batting average at .309 and leads the Peacocks in slugging percentage at .642. He has six doubles and seven home runs this season. The senior is 18th in the GLVC in slugging percentage this season. 

Cael Luzum is slashing .278/.412/.319 with a team-high 10 doubles. Zimmer is batting .266 with six doubles and five homers. Bombardier is slashing .265/.357/.451 with nine doubles, four home runs and a team-high 31 RBIs. He's 24th in the GLVC in RBIs.

Jayce Klug leads the team in on-base percentage at .444 with a team-high 26 walks. Vargas is batting .242 with four doubles and is tied for the team-lead in home runs with seven. Kyle Hrncir has a .286 batting average in 21 at-bats this season. 

On the mound, Gabe Olson leads the team with a 5-2 record and a 3.24 ERA in 41.2 innings pitched. He leads the team in strikeouts with 38 while allowing a .272 opposing batting average. He is second in the GLVC in ERA and 16th in strikeouts. 

Hesch has a 4.06 ERA in 31 innings pitched with 31 strikeouts. Hrncir has posted a 4.26 ERA in 25.1 innings pitched with 32 strikeouts. In GLVC play only, Hrncir leads UIU with a 4.02 ERA, ranking 12th in the GLVC. 

As a team, the Peacocks are batting .249 and have a 7.73 ERA. Upper Iowa's 30 home runs as a team rank seventh in the GLVC. The Peacock pitchers have totaled 244 strikeouts, ranking fifth in the GLVC. 

AROUND THE GLVC
Maryville (Mo.) (19-13, 13-3 GLVC) fell from first place to third place after losing three of four to Drury (Mo.) (20-13, 11-5 GLVC) this past weekend. This allowed No. 17 Illinois Springfield (25-8, 14-2 GLVC) and Missouri S&T (21-10, 14-2 GLVC) to jump the Saints in a tie for first place. The Miners are on a league-best 15-game win streak after sweeping Truman State (Mo.) (9-24, 3-17 GLVC), Rockhurst (Mo.) (22-11, 11-9 GLVC) and Southwest Baptist (Mo.) (13-19, 7-13 GLVC) in GLVC play. 

The two first-place teams, UIS and S&T, face each other this weekend in a four-game series. Missouri-St. Louis (18-14, 12-4 GLVC) is in fourth, Drury is in fifth, and UIndy (19-15, 10-6 GLVC) is in sixth in the GLVC standings. Upper Iowa sits in 10th behind Lewis, Rockhurst and Quincy (Ill.) (22-14, 11-9 GLVC).

Rockhurst's Colton Wemhoff earned GLVC Player of the Week after batting 10-for-13 with two home runs, two doubles and a triple against Lincoln (Mo.) (5-23, 0-16 GLVC). Illinois Springfield's Richie Snider earned Pitcher of the Week after tossing five shutout innings with nine strikeouts in the Prairie Stars' series finale win vs. Truman State. 

ABOUT THE CARDINALS
William Jewell enters the series after losing 10-straight GLVC games, falling in series sweeps to Missouri-St. Louis and Maryville. The Cardinals last won with a series split against Lewis on March 20-21. 

LaVista, Nebraska native Luke Bies leads William Jewell slashing .346/.440/.570 with six home runs, four doubles and a triple. He has totaled 37 hits this season with a team-high 22 RBIs and 16 walks. 

Redshirt sophomore Maddox Meier is batting .339 with a team-best .645 slugging percentage. He also has four doubles and five home runs.Junior Ouke Isaacs is batting .295, redshirt senior Brayden Blundell is batting .282 and redshirt senior Justin George is batting .260. 

Junior lefty Charlie Rambo has a 6.05 ERA in 38.2 innings pitched with a team-high 32 strikeouts. Taylor Benneman has pitched a team-high 41.1 innings with a 9.15 ERA and 20 strikeouts. Jack Lemasters has pitched 27.1 innings with a 7.24 ERA and Ryan Hunt has pitched 25.2 innings with a 3.86 ERA. 

As a team, the Cardinals rank 15th in the GLVC in batting average at .247 and 14th in ERA at 9.05. William Jewell steals the sixth-most bases in the conference with 70 total steals. 

Head coach Mike Stockton is in his 25th season as the head coach of William Jewell. He has a 709-554-1 record entering this week with William Jewell.