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USC Beaufort's baseball series opener Friday against Northwood has been moved up to noon in an effort to beat some bad weather expected to move in during the afternoon.

When the University of South Carolina Beaufort baseball and softball teams play key Sun Conference games this Saturday, the Sand Sharks will give their fans the opportunity to fight cancer in the process.

According to USC Beaufort SID Justin Jarrett, the "field is too wet to play right now. We’re shooting for a 3 p.m. start. If it’s not playable by then, we’ll play a DH tomorrow."

In case you were planning on heading out to the USC Beaufort baseball game against Southeastern (Fla.) at the Richard Gray Sports Complex in Hardeeville, you'd better get a move on. The start time has been moved up from 2 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Sand Sharks are trying to beat some bad weather.

Because of the heavy rains over the weekend, USC Beaufort will push back the times of Monday’s softball games at the Richard Gray Sports Complex in Hardeeville.
The softball doubleheader against Fisher (Mass.) Colege will starts at 4 p.m. The baseball team will still have a single game at 1 p.m., also against Fisher at the Richard Gray Sports Complex.

USC Beaufort's home baseball and softball games scheduled for this weekend against Fisher (Mass.) College have been pushed back two days because of rain in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday.
The teams will instead play Monday and Tuesday at Hardeeville's Richard Gray Sports Complex.
The baseball teams will play a single nine-inning game at 1 p.m. Monday and two seven-inning games beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
The softball teams will play two doubleheaders, starting at 1 p.m. Monday and 11 a.m. Tuesday.

USC Beaufort freshman pitcher Kristy Cook and sophomore second baseman Katie Rietkovich have been named the Sun Conference pitcher and player of the week, respectively, by the conference's sports information directors, the first honors for the program that started play this past weekend.

USC Beaufort runners Selena Hutson and Katie Mock, a Ridgeland native, will compete again in the marathon at this year’s NAIA Track and Field National Championships in May after both achieved “A” standard qualifying times Saturday in the Hilton Head Half Marathon.

USC Beaufort's inaugural season begins Saturday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader against Wesleyan College from Macon, Ga. USCB Chancellor Dr. Jane Upshaw will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Richard Gray Sports Complex in Hardeeville.
And don't forget to check out staff writer Stephen Fastenau's Sand Sharks softball preview in Friday's Hilton Head Island Packet or Beaufort Gazette or online at IslandPacket.com or BeaufortGazette.com.

The USC Beaufort baseball team is off to a nice start. The Sand Sharks are 5-1 after this past weekend's four-game sweep of Mid-Continent (Ky.)
USCB plays on the road at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Division II Flagler in Sat. Augustine, Fla., before returning home for a three-game series against Milligan, a 1:30 p.m. doubleheader Saturday and a noon game Sunday.
Here are a couple of interesting tidbits from the notes package sent out by Justin Jarrett, USCB's sports information director: