FLORENCE, S.C. --- Due to the threat of inclement weather, the start time for Friday's season-opening baseball game between Tusculum University and Francis Marion University has been moved up.

Friday's series lid-lifter will start at 1 p.m. from Cornell Field at Sparrow Stadium on the FMU campus. The series will continue as scheduled with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday to wrap up the three-game set.

The Pioneers and Patriots have met four previous times on the baseball diamond with the series all square at 2-2.