MONROE, La.—A battle of Sun Belt Conference leaders is set to take place this weekend at Warhawk Field as ULM hosts Florida Atlantic in a key three-game baseball series.

ULM (14-8, 7-2 Sun Belt) enters the weekend slightly behind Florida Atlantic (16-6, 6-1) in the conference standings due to winning percentage, but are tied with the Owls when it comes to comparing wins and losses in the league.

First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Friday night, 4:00 p.m. Saturday evening and the series concludes at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

The series features two of the premier hitting teams in the conference with the Owls leading the league in home runs and ranking second in batting average and runs scored while the Warhawks are fourth in homers, batting average and runs scored.

The Warhawks will turn to a pair of seniors to start and close out the series on the mound. The duo of Jared Jennings (2-2, 3.77) and Josh Lett (4-1, 2.16) has combined for five of ULM’s seven Sun Belt victories and has a joint ERA of 3.07 in their six league starts.

ULM has been consistent in all three phases of the game during its first nine league tilts of the season. The Warhawks lead the league in fielding percentage (.978), double plays turned (12), saves (3) and hits (110) while ranking second in runs scored (75) and fifth in ERA (6.19).

Florida Atlantic enters the series riding a seven-game win streak following a sweep of Middle Tennessee last weekend and mid-week victories over New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers and Cornell. Owls’ slugger Mike McKenna is the reigning Collegiate Baseball and National Baseball Writers Association National Player of the Week after hitting seven home runs last week.

All three games will be broadcast live on The Peach 99.3 FM. Live audio, video and stats will be available at ULMAthletics.com by clicking the links at the top of the page.