CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College baseball team will welcome William Carey to Frierson Field on Wednesday night for a 6:00 p.m. first pitch.

SERIES RECORD    
The Choctaws (11-24) and the Crusaders (20-19) have met 37 previous times with WC holding a 29-8 edge in the series. The teams have not played since 1995 when MC went to Hattiesburg and lost, 4-2.

NOTES ON THE CHOCTAWS    
Brian Owens is in his 9th season as the head coach at Mississippi College. The former Mississippi State pitcher won his 200th career game on February 19th against Union Univiersity, needing 16 innings to get the milestone victory, 3-2.

Owens earned his first career victory on February 10, 2007 with a 26-5 win over Tougaloo College. He led the 2010 Choctaws to the Division III West Region final, finishing just one game shy of the College World Series. That team went 39-11, opening the season at 17-1.

The Choctaws return to Frierson Field after a tight series at West Florida that saw them lose two of the three games in UWF's final at-bats. Senior Brooks Fortenberry held the Argonauts to just seven hits over a complete game effort in a 3-2 loss. In that game, junior Caleb Upton hit a game-tying 2-run home run in the 7th inning to extend the game.

Junior Colton Caver led the MC offense against UWF, going 5-for-12 (.417) with two runs scored and an RBI. He also went 2-for-4 with a 2-run home run and scored the game-winning run in a 5-4 win over Spring Hill last Wednesday.

Freshman Kyle Smith, who was called in to duty after an injury to senior Akiko Thompson, is MC's leading hitter with a .423 batting average. He has stolen seven bases and scored 10 runs on the year.

Junior Kyle Cumlander had his best outing of the year last time out, allowing just three earned runs with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings. The Choctaws won the game on a walk-off single by Hunter Hall and an error by Spring Hill.

The senior duo of Andy Olmsted and Grady Turman have been the most reliable options out of the bullpen this season. The two Jackson-area natives both have sub-3.00 ERA on the season, combining to walk just 10 batters in 36.2 innings.

RECORD WATCH    
Most Career Strikeouts
1.    Tim Watkins (1983-85) - 224
2.    Lee Gardner (1995-97) - 205
3.    Sam Graham (2002-05) - 196
4.    Brooks Fortenberry (2012-15) - 182
5.    Scott Herrington (1993-96) - 166
6.    Jeff Walker (1993-96) - 164
7.    Wayman Grantham (1989-92) - 160

Most Career Innings Pitched
1.    Tim Watkins (1983-85) - 273.1
2.    Wayman Grantham (1989-92) - 272.0
3.    Scott Herrington (1993-96) - 260.1
4.    Jason White (1993-95) - 232.1
5.    Sam Graham (2002-05) - 230.2
6.    Lee Gardner (1995-97) - 214.1
7.    Tony Richard (1987-89) - 210.0
8.    Brooks Fortenberry (2012-15) - 206.2

NOTES ON THE CRUSADERS    
The Crusaders are led by 30th-year head coach Bobby Halford, who earned his 1,000th career victory earlier this season. WC was swept in a road conference series at Auburn-Montgomery last weekend. They also dropped a mid-week contest to GSC foe West Alabama, 3-1.

The Crusaders are hitting .271 as a team with seven home runs and 213 runs scored in 39 games. They have posted a team-ERA of 4.72 and have a team fielding percentage of .953.

Tyler Richardson (.382) is the team's leading hitter, racking up a team-high 47 hits. Nick Lowe (.244) leads the team with four home runs, 11 doubles and 34 RBI. Tyler James (.243) leads the team with 24 stolen bases in 26 attempts.

Mason Woodrow (1-3, 5.77 ERA) started last week's mid-week game against West Alabama, allowing just seven hits and two earned runs in 6.2 innings. Jake Chambliss (3-0, 2.33 ERA) and J.D. Stockstill (1-0, 2.37 ERA) are the top two options out of the bullpen, each making 17 appearances.