MOBILE, Ala. – The 23rd-ranked University of South Alabama baseball team will host No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette in a three-game Sun Belt Conference series this weekend at Stanky Field.

The three-game set will mark the Jaguars' final home games of the season. First pitch for Friday's series opener is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., and game two of the series is also scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. start on Saturday. Sunday's series finale is scheduled for 1 p.m. first pitch. Thirteen Jaguar seniors will be honored before the game as part of Senior Day festivities.

All three games of the series will be streamed live and available for purchase through JagNationTV.com. Each game will also be broadcast live on 99.5 FM The Jag in Mobile, and also available via the iHeartRadio app. Live stats for every Jaguar game are available at USAJaguars.com, while in-game updates are provided through the South Alabama baseball Twitter account (@SouthALBaseball).

USA right-hander Kevin Hill (8-1) will make the final start of his Jaguar career at Stanky Field in Friday's series opener, which will mark his 13th start of the season. Hill leads the SBC in strikeouts (107) and innings pitched (96.2), ranks tied for first in wins (8), ranks second in opposing batting average (.201) and fourth in ERA (2.23). His 107 strikeouts ranks tied for third in the nation, while his four complete games ranks 15th nationally.

Jaguar right-hander Randy Bell (5-1) will make his eighth start of the season in game two on Saturday. Bell carries a 2.97 ERA in 13 appearances, and has struck out 40 batters against 14 walks in 57 2/3 innings while tossing three complete games and combining for one shutout. He has posted back-to-back complete games in his last two starts, which came at Auburn and against Jacksonville State. 

USA will send right-hander Austin Bembnowski (6-1) to the mound for his final career start at Stanky Field in the series finale. Bembnowski carries a 3.16 ERA in 11 appearances, all of which are starts, into the contest along with 42 strikeouts to 24 walks in 57 innings while combining for one shutout. ULL has not announced its weekend rotation.

South Alabama leads the SBC in on-base percentage (.385), runs scored (330), RBI (292), walks (275), sacrifice flies (29) and stolen bases (95). The Jaguar pitching staff ranks second in the league in ERA (3.37), runs allowed (199) and earned runs allowed (168), and is third in the conference in opposing batting average (.238). USA is also tied with Little Rock for the league lead in fielding percentage (.976).

Drew LaBounty leads the SBC in walks (46), ranks second in on-base percentage (.464) and sacrifice flies (6), tied for third in stolen bases (14) and tied for seventh in runs scored (39) and RBI (38). Cole Billingsley leads the Sun Belt in stolen bases (29) and sacrifice flies (8), and is tied for fourth in the league in triples (3).

Travis Swaggerty ranks second in the league in walks (38) and stolen bases (16), third in on-base percentage (.451) and tied for fourth in runs scored (42). Danny Martinez is third in the conference in RBI (46), and tied for fifth in walks (32). Jared Barnes ranks eighth in the SBC in slugging percentage (.514), and is tied for ninth in home runs (6) along with Adam Wolfe.

ULL (31-18, 16-8 SBC) enters the series second in the SBC standings. The Cajuns have dropped two of their last three games after falling at Houston Wednesday and splitting the final two games of last weekend's series with Appalachian State. Kyle Clement leads the Cajuns in batting average (.360), while Nick Thurman leads the team in hits (49) and is tied for the team lead in doubles (12).

South Alabama holds a 60-43 all-time lead over Louisiana-Lafayette in a series that began in 1975. USA took the first two games of last year's three-game series in Lafayette, but the Cajuns rebounded with a win in the series finale followed by a 5-1 win in 12 innings in the SBC Tournmanent Championship game to advance to an NCAA Regional. ULL has won four of the last five contests at Stanky Field dating back to 2012.

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