PITTSBURGH — Point Park is set to begin an important four-game road series against Frostburg State, the top team in both the Mountain East Conference (MEC) North Division and the entire conference. The series will take place in Frostburg, Maryland, with games scheduled for Friday and Saturday, both featuring a 1:00 p.m. first pitch.

Point Park enters the series trailing the Bobcats by two games. After winning four of their last five games, including three out of four against West Liberty, Point Park sits in second place in the North Division with a 14-6 conference record and a 25-11 overall mark. Meanwhile, Frostburg State is riding an eight-game conference winning streak and boasts a 16-4 record in MEC play.

Point Park Baseball Notebook

• Point Park has three players ranked in the top 15 for batting average in the MEC, led by Jared Campbell in fourth (.397), Trevor Jones in 12th (.364), and Crixtian Taveras in 14th (.359). Jones also recorded a 10-game hitting streak from March 22 to April 12.
• The team leads the MEC with 42 home runs, with Jared Campbell accounting for 10—second-most in the conference. Campbell continues to perform at a high level with a team-leading 46 hits and an MEC-best .767 slugging percentage. He's reaching base at a remarkable .520 clip, ranking second in the conference, and his OPS of 1.287 leads the MEC. He's also been perfect on the base paths, going 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts.
• Joseph Pilewski has been the team's hottest hitter lately, registering at least one hit in 11 of the last 13 games. He recorded a season-high four RBIs in a 6-0 win over West Liberty in game one on Sunday.
• Three Point Park players have double-digit doubles this season: Luis Gonzalez (13), Taveras (12), and Campbell (11). As a team, Point Park leads the league with 81 doubles.
• Five players have at least eight stolen bases, led by Chris Williams with 18, which ranks first in the MEC. The team's 72 steals rank third in the conference.
• On the mound, Point Park owns the second-best team ERA in the MEC at 5.45 and has excelled at limiting home runs, allowing just 20—the third-fewest in the conference. Javier Cardoso II leads the rotation with five wins, the most strikeouts, and the lowest ERA at 4.39.
• Ethan Parker threw a complete-game shutout in the second half of the doubleheader against West Liberty, allowing just two hits in a 6-0 win on Saturday.
• Defensively, Point Park has been elite, posting a conference-best .976 fielding percentage and committing only 27 errors—the fewest in the MEC by a margin of 10.