MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Baseball team opens the Conference Carolinas season with King in an altered weekend series.

The Hawks and Tornado will play a single nine inning game on Sunday with the doubleheader being played on Monday.

WHEN                  February 23-24 | 2:00pm, 11am/1:30pm

WHERE                Murfreesboro, N.C. (Hawkins Field)

FOLLOW              GAME DAY CENTRAL (Stats/Video)

HAWKS FILES

Chowan is 5-6 on the season after their four-game series split against Kutztown last weekend.

Jack Kane leads the team with a .361 batting average.  Travis Cross improved his average to .286 after going 5-6 in the final two games of the series.

Jared Fry will look to return to the lineup hitting .320 with four home runs and nine RBI.

Wyatt Beakler is 0-2 this season with a team-low 2.45 ERA and 16 strikeouts.  Caleb Peterson is 2-0 this season with a 2.70 ERA.  Shane Rademacher is 2-1 on the mound this season.

Chowan took both meetings last season in a weather shortened series.

WEATHERING THE TORNADO

King enters the series with a 7-4 overall record.  The Tornado saw their five-game win streak snapped in an 18-9 loss to Lincoln Memorial during the week.

Bennett McCann leads the team with a .406 batting average.  Junior Renwick is hitting .395 with six doubles.  Austin Meter has three home runs and 13 RBI.

Braden White is 3-0 on the mound this season with a 1.69 ERA.  Erik Calderon Jr has three saves in five appearances with 13 strikeouts and a 3.18 ERA.