CONWAY, Ark. _ The University of Central Arkansas baseball team will be playing three-game intrasquad series beginning this weekend for the next three weeks leading up to their season-opening weekend with Creighton on Feb. 17.

     The Bears will play this weekend at 4 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Saturday and 2:30 on Sunday at Bear Stadium.

     The games are free to the public.

     UCA opens the 2012 season with three consecutive home series, against Creighton (Feb. 17-19), against SIU-Edwardsville (Feb. 24-26) and against Murray State (Feb. 3-6).