EVANSVILLE, Ind. — University of Southern Indiana Baseball hits the road for four-straight this week, beginning with a single game at Saint Louis Wednesday at 3 p.m. in St. Louis, Missouri. The Screaming Eagles (6-2) conclude the road swing in Florence, Alabama, when they play a three-game series against North Alabama.
The three-game series (February 27-March 1) at UNA starts Friday at 3 p.m., continues Saturday at 2 p.m., and concludes Sunday at 1 p.m.
Links to follow the Eagles during the opening weekend of 2026 can be found on
USIScreamingEagles.com and the
USI Baseball Schedule.
USI Baseball Notes:
USI sweeps series from Oakland. The USI Screaming Eagles opened the 2026 home schedule with a four-game sweep of Oakland last week. USI opened the series with an 18-9 win Friday and a 10-7, 14-4 doubleheader sweep before closing the series with a 7-6 victory. USI senior shortstop
Clayton Slack led the USI hitters during the series with a .563 batting average, while graduate outfielder
Noah Foster had a team-best seven RBIs.
USI hitters roll into 2026. The Screaming Eagles were on a roll at the plate during the second week of the season, hitting .332 for the year. USI also has produced 14 doubles and 75 RBIs in eight games. Junior infielder
Zion Stephens led the Screaming Eagles with a .462 batting average, while senior shortstop
Clayton Slack and senior infielder/outfielder
Noah Foster are tied for the lead with seven RBIs.
Putting runs on the scoreboard. USI is putting runs on the scoreboard at an incredible rate. USI is averaging 10.9 runs per game and has reached double-digits in six of eight games during the first two weeks of the season.
Improved pitching versus Oakland. USI showed some improvement on the mound versus Oakland, posting a 5.82 ERA in 34 innings of work. Junior right-hander
Ryan Skwarek and freshman right-hander
Levin East led the way with three scoreless innings each, while junior right-hander
Ryan Weller had five strikeouts in his game four start.
SLU in 2026. SLU began the season 0-7 after being swept by UNA last weekend. The Billikens started the season by losing three-straight to Ohio State before dropping a single game to Southeast Missouri State.
USI vs. SLU. USI leads the all-time series with Saint Louis, 3-2, after winning both meetings last season. The Screaming Eagles took the opener, 11-4, at USI and 12-5 in St. Louis.
UNA in 2026. UNA matched USI with a 6-2 start to the season and will visit Samford Tuesday before hosting the Screaming Eagles. In addition to the three-game sweep of SLU, the Lions swiped two of three from SIU Edwardsville before losing to Alabama-Birmingham and defeating Murray State in single games.
USI vs. UNA. The Lions took the only meeting from the Screaming Eagles, 13-7, in a neutral site game in Mobile, Alabama, during the 2024 season.
