Schedule Change for New Mexico Highlands vs UCCS

Las Vegas, NM --- Due to snow in the forecast, the home series against UCCS has been changed to a two-day affair with double-headers scheduled to start at 11 AM on Thursday, March 11^th and Friday, March 12^th.
 
The Cowboys (4-4, 2-2 RMAC) are coming off a road split (15-3 W, 3-7 L, 7-13 L, 6-5 W) with Colorado Christian last weekend in Lakewood, CO, and sit tied for 5^th place in the RMAC standings. As a group, the Cowboys are batting .326 from the plate and have registered 91 hits with 11 home runs and 59 RBI (4^th RMAC).  
 
Gaylan Young continues in the hot seat for the Cowboys, batting.448 with 13 hits, 2 home runs, 10 RBI, and a .759 slugging percentage while Estevan De La O is right behind at .394 from behind the plate with 13 hits and 8 RBI. Kalen Hammer (.364 AVG, 4 hits, 3 RBI), Joe Kuhn (.348 AVG, 8 hits, 2 HR, 3 RBI), Jesus Chavez, (.308 AVG, 8 hits, 2 HR, 9 RBI), and Charles Morgan (.304 AVG, 7 hits, 2RBI) will also look to aid the Cowboys offensively.
 
Freshman Jadrian Martinez pitched a complete game and held the Cougars to 7 hits in a 15-3 win in game 1 last weekend for the Cowboys. Martinez (1-0) comes in with a 3.86 ERA and a team best 13 strikeouts while Brady Salyards (1-0) leads the team with a 2.35 ERA and is second with 9 strikeouts.
 
UCCS saw their bye weekend last week as they sit 0-0 in conference play and 4-0 overall with a 4-game sweep over MSU Billings. The Mountain Lions are batting .370 as a team with 47 hits and 9 homeruns on the season. UCCS is led by Jaeden Hegmann who is batting .538 from behind the plate to place him 3^rd in the RMAC while Kiicho Sato has also recorded a .538 AVG.
 
The Four-game series will be streamed live and live stats will be available at nmhuathletics.com. Spectator will not be allowed in this weeks competitions.
 
GO COWBOYS!!