The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team takes a five game winning streak in Big Ten play on the road this weekend into Friday afternoon’s start of a three game series at Penn State. The Hawkeyes are coming off a sweep of a series against Nebraska and coach Rick Heller says balanced hitting has been a key.

The Hawkeyes head into the second half of the conference race with a record of 7-5. The Nittany Lions are 5-7.

Penn State is 13-3 at home this season.

The Hawkeyes have already played first place Indiana and second place Maryland but Heller says every weekend is tough in a balanced conference race.