WHAT'S HAPPENING:
With just two weeks of the regular season remaining the Sea Lion baseball team will return to the Bay Area for the second time this month, this time to take on Holy Names in a four-game series starting Friday at 11:00 a.m. The teams will reconvene on Saturday's to close out the series with a doubleheader also begin at 11:00 a.m.

FOLLOW ALONG:
There are no live stats available for these games.

PLNU PAIR MAKES HISTORY:
On Friday, Apr. 12th Sam Sadler and Garret Levsen teamed up to throw the first combined no-hitter in Sea Lions history as PLNU won 2-0. Sadler worked the first 6.2 innings against Fresno Pacific, allowing five walks while striking out four. He would end up loading the bases in the top of the seventh and PLNU head coach Joe Schaefer then turned to Levsen out of his bullpen to record the final out of the game which he did on a pop up to the shortstop. This was the first no-hitter for PLNU since Kenny Houser against Vanguard in 2008.

A LOOK AT THE SEA LIONS:
PLNU is coming off its best series of the season as it swept Fresno Pacific to earn its first-ever four-game sweep of a PacWest opponent. The Sea Lions outscored the Sunbirds 17-7 in the series. The sweep kept Point Loma's postseason hopes alive as they battle to finish the season at or above .500. The Sea Lions are currently 21-20 on the season on 17-11 in the PacWest.

Tyler Garkow leads four Sea Lions with ERAs below 3.00. He is fifth in the league with a 2.39 earned run average and tied for fourth with six wins. He leads the PacWest with 79 innings pitched and four complete games. He is also tied for fourth in strikeouts (50) and is ninth in opponent batting average (.240). Sam Sadler, who moved into the starting rotation four starts ago, has lowered his ERA to 2.73 on the season. Relievers Garret Levsen and Brett Carlile own the best two ERAs for the Sea Lions at 1.40 and 2.21, respectively. The backend duo for the Sea Lions has not allowed an earned run over their last 12.2 innings pitched. Levsen picked up three saves in the four-game set (Carlile had the other) as he took over the lead in the PacWest with eight saves on the season.  

Tyler Nordgren continues to leads Point Loma in hitting with a .360 batting average. He is also pacing the club with a .448 on-base percentage. Mike Marcoux (.319), Trey Hunt (.310) and Zach Allen (.305) are all hitting over .300 for PLNU. Bryan Burkhead put together a great series against Fresno Pacific to take over the team-lead with 25 runs scored. He continues to pace the team in home runs after hitting three during Saturday's doubleheader with the Sunbirds. He is also second on the team with 18 runs driven in.

SEA LIONS SEEK PLAYOFF BERTH:
With nine games remaining on the 2013 schedule, the Sea Lions are in a fight to finish over .500 and make the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) West Regional playoffs.  A maximum of four teams from the West will qualify for the regional. PLNU currently sits fourth behind Cal Baptist, Fresno Pacific and Arizona Christian. PLNU will close out its season with four-game series against Cal Baptist and Holy Names, and play one non-conference game against San Diego Christian.

SCOUTING HOLY NAMES:
Holy Names is in seventh place in the PacWest standings at 9-17 (12-26 overall). Last week, the Hawks split a four-game series at home against California Baptist. Austin Wood leads the squad with a .325 batting average and a .436 on-base percentage. Ben Gamba has 16 RBI and Tyler Truitt has 10 steals to lead the HNU in their respective categories. As a team Holy Names is batting .245 and has a staff ERA of 6.21.

NEXT UP:
Following the four-game series with Holy Names, PLNU will return home to face San Diego Christian on Tuesday, Apr. 23 and then await their final series of the regular as they take on Cal Baptist beginning on Thursday, May 2.