Conway, Ark.- The Central Arkansas Bears (5-4, 0-0) will play a three-game series with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits (3-5, 0-0) at Bear Stadium in Conway, Ark. First pitch on Friday will be at 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. The Bears and Jackrabbits have played five times; all five games took place in Conway. The Bears lead the series 3-2.

The Bears had a mid-week game at Oklahoma State this week, competed well but the Cowboys had a big fourth inning and earned the win. Last weekend, the Bears hosted Northwestern State in a four-game series going 3-1. Bears won games 1, 2 and 4. Demons won game 3 in a 15-inning marathon. Zeb Allen batted .450 with 9 hits, 1 HR and 4 RBI, slg% .600 and went 2-2 on stolen base attempts in the series. Jayden Sloan hit a grand slam in game 4 and made a game saving diving catch in center field in game 2. Nate Negre scored 5 runs and had 6 hits in the series. On the mound. All four starting pitchers went at least 6 innings. Hamilton, Meeler, and Fernandez got wins and Caide White had the lowest ERA of the starting rotation at 2.84. H. Alexander closed two games earning 2 saves. Jones had a good outing in relief throwing 4 innings of 1 hit baseball.

The Jackrabbits went 2-1 last weekend at Tarleton State. The Jackrabbits dropped game one 2-9 before winning games 2 and 3, 6-2 and 5-1. Carter Taylor is leading the team in batting with a .464 average, he has 13 hits, 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .607 slg% and his ob% is .516. The pitching staff for the Jackrabbits has an ERA of 10.88, they have given up 98 hits and 85 runs (81 earned), opponents have hit 13 HRs and have a .341 batting average.

First pitch against the Jackrabbits is set for 3 p.m. at Bear Stadium on Friday. All games will have live stats available, Sunday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.