FORT SMITH - The nonconference baseball game between UAFS and Northeastern State scheduled for 3 p.m. on Tuesday at Crowder Field has been canceled.
UAFS (24-16, 11-7) will finish the regular season with a three-game Heartland Conference series against the Newman Jets (16-28, 2-16) on Friday (2/4 p.m.) and Saturday (1 p.m.) at McCarthy Field in Wichita, Kan.
The top four teams will qualify for the conference tournament. The Lions are in third place going into the final conference series and trail conference leader Lubbock Christian (33-12, 14-4) by three games and second-place Rogers State (29-15, 12-6) by one game.
UAFS owns a two-game lead over fourth-place St. Mary’s (29-18, 9-9) and Oklahoma Christian (27-17, 9-9), but the Lions won both of those three-game series 2-1.