The Beaver baseball team is set to host a four-game series with Highland Community College on March 3 and 4 at Stanion Field. Game times are set for 1:00 pm both days. The Beavers are currently sitting at 8-8 entering this weekend's series. Pratt recently traveled to Wilburton, OK to face Eastern Oklahoma State College in a three-game series. The team won the final game of the series 11-7. Before that the team traveled to McPherson College to face their junior varsity team and won 21-4.  

"The biggest thing is when we play well and handle our business it doesn't really matter who we play," said Head Baseball Coach Todd Reller. "I think we have the ability to beat anybody, but if we don't handle our business we have the ability to lose to anybody. It's a matter of finding consistency and playing that way game to game."   

This will be the last series before the Beavers start conference play on March 9 against Cloud County. To finish out the month of March the team will face Hutchinson, Garden City, and Barton. The team was projected to finish eighth in conference play this season.  

"We build a tough non-conference schedule to prepare us for conference play. We do not want to go out and play easy opponents so we look for tough games that will prepare us," said Coach Reller. "That way when we step into conference play, we are playing our best baseball. It is one of the best junior college conferences for a reason. It is always a tough test, and we are going to have to go and surprise some people."   

Last season, the Beavers faced Highland on the same weekend and won the series 3-1 with the only loss coming in game two 11-7 over the Scottes. The Scotties of Highland enter the four-game series sitting at 6-5 on the season. This season the Scotties have defeated Ottawa University (JV), Benedictine College (JV), Ellsworth, and Rock Valley. Over the past ten games, Pratt has led the series over the Scotties 6-4. Sergio Fierro leads the Scotties with a .433 batting average with 13 hits, nine runs, two home runs with eight RBIs over 10 games.  

"They are a good opponent," said Coach Reller. "They always seem to play us in a tough series, and I know we have won a few series against them in the past few years, but at the same time they are close and tough games. It will come down to us playing clean baseball and being consistent and handling our business."