CLINTON, S.C.-  The Presbyterian College Blue Hose host the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs in a three-game series at the PC Softball Complex this weekend, April 9-10. The series begins with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 9 starting team starting at 1 p.m. and then the series concludes with a single game on Sunday, April 10 at 1 p.m.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT:  Presbyterian (22-8, BSC: 8-4) vs. Gardner-Webb (13-16, BSC: 5-7)       
WHERE: PC Softball Complex (Clinton, S.C.)     
WHEN: 1 pm (Saturday) | 3 pm (Saturday) | 1 pm (Sunday)

FOLLOW THE ACTION
LIVE STATS: Stat broadcast (Sat. G1) | Statbroadcast (Sat. G2) | Statbroadcast (Sun.)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ (Sat. G1) | ESPN+ (Sat. G2), ESPN+ (Sun.)

LAST TIME OUT
Presbyterian won two games in their three-game series at Charleston Southern last weekend. Kaitlyn Tucker, who earned Big South Player of the Week honors this week, hit .778 with seven hits while scoring three runs in the series. Layna Johnson hit .417 with five hits in the series. Morgan Hess knocked in four runs. Jenna Greene posted two wins in the circle while only allowing one earned run in 11.1 innings.

BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS
Presbyterian is 8-4 in league play this season, only two games behind league-leaders USC Upstate (10-2). The Blue Hose are first in the Big South and 24^th in the nation in hitting with a team average of .318. They are second in the Big South and 10^th in the nation in pitching with a 1.77 ERA. PC ranks second in the league with a fielding percentage of .967. Johnson, Tucker, Hess, Jaiden Tweed, and Lath Freeman all sit in the top 12 in hitting in the Big South led by Tucker who has a league-leading .407 batting average.

Greene and Hess lead the Blue Hose in the circle with 12 and nine wins, respectively. Those numbers rank them third and fifth in the conference. Hess leads the team and league in ERA with a 1.24. That mark also puts her 23^rd in the country in that category. Greene is second in the conference in opponent batting average, holding hitters to a .174 clip.
 
SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB
The Runnin' Bulldogs enter the series having lost four of their last five games including dropping two of three games in the road series at Radford last weekend. Araceli Pesqueira leads the team with a .375 batting average. As a team, Gardner-Webb is hitting .240 while their pitching staff has a 3.42 ERA.