Philadelphia College Baseball Weekend Preview
Pennsylvania begins a nine-game, 10-day trip through South Carolina with a four-game series against Wofford College, beginning Friday. The Quakers are 2-1 on the season following an impressive series win over Texas A&M last weekend. Wyatt Henseler collected six hits in the series, including three doubles and a home run, as the sophomore third baseman wrapped the weekend with an OPS of 1.867.

Villanova (1-6) continues their 10-game road trip with a weekend series against Georgia State. The Wildcats are 1-6 on the season. In his first seven games of the season, Joey Castellanos has gone 10-for-28 (.357 batting average), driven in five runs, and is currently sporting a .424 on-base percentage. The UMass-Lowell transfer is riding a four-game hit streak heading into this weekend. 

Saint Joseph's (4-3) is set to host Fairfield for a three-game weekend set at Smithson Field beginning on Friday afternoon. Seven Hawks have posted a batting average over .300 while appearing in at least five games this season, led by Nick Cesarini at .438, Tim Cavanaugh at .429, and Brett Callahan at .407. 

Division II 
West Chester (6-0) will play a weekend series at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, NC., with contests against Frostburg State, Franklin Pierce, and The College of Saint Rose. The Rams have outscored their opponents 79-10 so far this season. 

Jefferson (1-4) will play a three-game set with Lincoln starting with a doubleheader on Saturday. The Rams knocked off Mercy on Friday to secure their first win of the year. The Rams last faced Lincoln in 2017, winning all four games between the two clubs that season. 

University of the Sciences (2-7) will begin their trip through Florida on Saturday with a contest against Malone before playing a doubleheader on Sunday against D'Youville. The Devils have dropped five straight. 

Chestnut Hill (1-3) will face Florida Tech in a weekend series beginning on Friday. The two clubs last met in 2016, with Florida Tech securing an 8-6 victory. 

Division III 
Arcadia (5-1) will host Penn State Harrisburg for a doubleheader on Saturday before heading on the road to face the Nittany Lions on Sunday. 

Cabrini (6-4) continues their trek through Myrtle Beach with a doubleheader on Friday against Purchase before facing Kean on Satuday. 

Immaculata (1-3) will open their Florida stint on Sunday with a contest against UMass Dartmouth. Stephen DiBatista hurled 6 2/3 perfect innings on Thursday in a win over Rutgers-Camden. His lined ended with 7 1/3 innings of one-run, eight-strikeout baseball for the Macs. 

Delaware Valley (1-0) will face Gwynedd Mercy (3-3) in Myrtle Beach on Sunday. The Aggies knocked off Immaculata earlier this week to win their season opener. The Griffins will face the University of Mary Washington on Friday and the Coast Guard on Saturday before Sunday's contest with the Aggies. 

Eastern (1-6) will face Eastern Nazarene in a doubleheader on Friday in Myrtle Beach before returning home for a contest with Muhlenberg on Sunday. 

Ursinus (0-1) faces Stevenson on Friday and Saturday and then heads to Myrtle Beach for a Sunday doubleheader against Pitt-Greensburg. 

Rosemont (2-5) won a pair of contests earlier this week against Penn State Hazelton, marking the first wins in program history. The club will face Lancaster Bible on Saturday. 

Swarthmore (2-3) will face Heidelberg down in Florida on Saturday morning before facing Misericordia later in the day. The Garnet will wrap up the weekend with a game against Lebanon Valley. 

Haverford (0-2) will play a doubleheader against Saint John's (Minn.) on Sunday in Fort Myers, Fla. 

Penn State Abington (2-2) will face Rhode Island College on Saturday and Concordia on Sunday.

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