LA MIRADA, Calif. ---

LAST WEEK: 6-5 W, 8-9 L, 8-5 W, 7-2 W vs Academy of Art (3-1 Weekly Record, 21-15 Overall Record)

THIS WEEK: vs HAWAII PACIFIC: Thursday at 3 p.m. Friday at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. & Saturday at 12 p.m.

MULTIMEDIA: Live video and live stats will be provided free of charge for all Biola home contests. See links and cost for road contests in the previews below.

TICKETS: Biola home events are always free to Biola students, staff, faculty and alumni. Children 12 and under are also always free. General admission is $6 and discounted tickets for opposing school students, guests under 18 and seniors are $4. See ticketing information for road contests below each preview below.

BIOLA (21-15, 12-12 PacWest) vs Hawaii Pacific (20-22, 7-17 PacWest): Thursday at 3 p.m. Friday at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. & Saturday at 12 p.m. \\  Live Stats \\ Live Video

These teams profile very similarly coming into their second meeting of the year. After the Hawaii Pacific Sharks took three of four against Biola on the islands in February, the teams' production has really evened out to make it a close matchup.

Both teams come into today's matchup averaging 6.4 runs allowed per contest while scoring seven: Biola averages exactly seven runs scored per contest while HPU scores at a 6.9 run-clip. This weekend will also be a matchup of two of the stronger offenses in the PacWest as both teams hit an average of three extra-base hits per contest. But it will be the pitching that really determines how this series goes, especially because the Sharks come into the series on short rest after playing two games Monday. Hawaii Pacific was able to limit the Eagles to five runs or fewer in each of their non-conference meetings while Biola's pitchers gave up almost seven runs per game during the set. But the Sharks coming to La Mirada for this meeting looking to rebound from some pitching difficulties that have dogged them since March began.

Hawaii Pacific has surrendered 137 runs in its 18 losses since the start of March, averaging out to 7.6 runs per contest during the games the Sharks have dropped. And HPU comes in having won just one game on the mainland this season, coming last week at Point Loma, in the 12 games its played in California over the past five weeks.

But the Sharks' presence here in La Mirada sure is a nice change from the way the all-time series between these two teams has progressed to this point. Of the 28 games HPU and Biola have played against each other since 1988, 26 have taken place in Hawaii. The Eagles won the only two games played in La Mirada by close margins: taking a 10-9 win on March 28, 1994 and a 6-5 win on April 6, 2005.