Game #42
ART U Urban Knights (21-20, 16-16 PacWest) vs. Hawaii Pacific Sharks (17-23, 11-21 PacWest)
Thurs, April 26, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
Oakland, Calif. – Laney College
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Game #43
ART U Urban Knights (21-20, 16-16 PacWest) vs. Hawaii Pacific Sharks (17-23, 11-21 PacWest)
Fri, April 27, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Oakland, Calif. – Laney College
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Games #44 and #45
ART U Urban Knights (21-20, 16-16 PacWest) vs. Hawaii Pacific Sharks (17-23, 11-21 PacWest)
Sat, April 28, 2018 at Noon and 3:00 p.m.
Oakland, Calif. – Laney College
Promotion: Senior Day
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SENIOR DAY
Academy of Art welcomes in Hawaii Pacific for the final home series of the 2018 season. On Saturday, April 28, the Urban Knights will celebrate the collegiate careers of the team's 13 seniors: Alex Fernandez, Taylor Martin, Brennan Mauchline, Evan Ray, Luke Lacy, Chris Rost, Jackson Murphy, Chris Petrosie, Kyle McGraw, Izac Bauer, Michael Maleski, and Marciano Reichel.
 
FIRST PITCH
The series will consist of two single games and a doubleheader beginning on Saturday, April 21 at 6:00 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 infielder Elijah Smith was named one of this week's Urban Knights of the Week after a strong series against UH Hilo. In the first three games, he batted .500 (6-for-12) with three runs scored, three runs batted in, and collected two triples. The Richmond, Calif. native now leads the PacWest in triples (7) and his total is nearly double the previous ART U single-season record (4). He is just three shy of the overall career-triples mark (10) which is owned by Stefan Henderson (2010-13).
 
SHARKS IN 10th IN PACWEST STANDINGS
Hawaii Pacific enters the series against ART U with an 11-21 conference mark and they are in second-to-last place in the PacWest. The Sharks' only conference series win this season came against Concordia April 7 and 9. However, HPU has upset a few of the conference powerhouses this season including forcing back-to-back splits against Point Loma and California Baptist who was ranked No. 10 at the time. Both series were at home. Christian Kapeliela leads both the Sharks and the PacWest with a .421 batting average his .509 on-base percentage ranks second in the conference. Kapeliela also leads HPU in a great number of other offensive categories, including: RBI (33), runs (33), doubles (12), home runs (seven), triples (2), and slugging percentage (.699).
 
PREVIOUS CONTEST: URBAN KNIGHTS DROP FINALE, TAKE SERIES FROM UH HILO
April 23 - After 10-consecutive wins at home, UH Hilo snapped the Urban Knights' home winning streak as they defeated the Knights in the series finale 4-1. Despite the loss, ART U came away with their fourth series win of the season after taking three games from the Vulcans over the weekend.