GET YOUR LANCES READY
After taking a split with Hawaii Pacific, the Urban Knights are back on the road. This time, they head to Riverside to take on the the No. 10 Lancers of California Baptist. The series will consist of two double headers including April 1 (3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.) and April 2 (Noon and 3:00 p.m.) Live coverage will be available at the links listed above, but as always, you can follow the Urban Knights on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
 
KNOTABLE KNIGHTS
Junior catcher Zack Trueblood currently leads ART U with a .279 batting average and is tied for the team lead with eight doubles (also senior infielder Tyler Strawn). Redshirt junior second baseman Erick Luna is out in front with 13 runs batted in, 15 runs, and a .358 on-base percentage. Freshman Daniel Farfan leads the pitching staff with a 3.35 earned run average. The freshman tossed a complete-game seven-inning shutout against HPU in his last start to a split with the Sharks. En route to earning his first career win, he allowed no runs on three hits, six strikeouts, and four walks.
 
CBU ON TOP
California Baptist enters the series with Academy of Art in first place in the PacWest and is ranked 10th in the country. Thus far, the Lancers are 23-7, 13-3 PacWest and also just split a four-game set with Hawaii Pacific. CBU has several players ranked highly within the conference including Stephen Lohr who is second in batting average (.421), hits (48), and doubles (14).
 
FARFAN SHUTS OUT HPU, FORCES SERIES SPLIT
March 29 - Hawaii Pacific was off to a quick start in what would become their largest offensive output of the season. In fact, the Sharks' 14 runs were the most they have scored since plating 19 on April 19 2015 versus UH Hilo. Conversely, it was the most runs Academy of Art has allowed in just over a year, dating back to March 27, 2015. That day, now volunteer coach Brady Maclane was saddled with the loss in a 21-3 final to Dixie State.
 
HPU scored only single runs in the first and third innings, but their largest frame came in the fifth, scoring 10 runs on nine hits.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
After the conclusion of the series with the Lancers, the Urban Knights will receive a 13-day, midseason intercession before returning to Southern California to face Point Loma.