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Southern Conference baseball standings - through May 20 Conference Overall

Team Record Pct Home Away Streak Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak

Samford 19-5 .729 12-0 7-5 W1 39-17 .696 25-7 14-10 0-0 W1Wofford 14-9 .609 6-6 8-3 W2 33-23 .589 22-13 11-10 0-0 W2UNCG 14-10 .583 7-5 7-5 L2 33-17 .660 24-6 9-10 0-1 L2

Mercer 14-10 .583 7-5 7-5 L2 29-26 .527 18-13 11-13 0-0 L2

Furman 13-11 .542 8-4 5-7 W2 25-29 .463 16-15 9-13 0-1 W2

ETSU 11-12 .478 5-6 6-6 L1 32-19 .627 22-9 10-10 0-0 L1

VMI 9-15 .375 4-8 5-7 L2 17-39 .304 9-21 6-17 2-1 L1

Western Carolina 8-16 .333 4-8 4-8 L2 20-30 .400 12-17 6-13 2-0 L2

The Citadel 5-19 .208 3-9 2-10 W2 12-42 .222 10-17 2-25 0-0 W2

•The 2019 SoCon baseball championship tournament will take place May 21-26 at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina. The action will start Tuesday monring with No. 8 seed Western Carolina taking on the No. 9 seed The Citadel. The winner of the SoCon tour-nament will recieve an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.

•This is the second straight year that Western Carolina and The Citadel have met in the sin-gle-elimination game.

•As a staff, ETSU ends the regular season with a 3.42 ERA, which currently ranks second be-hind the 1978 team (2.48) all-time in program history

• Western Carolina’s thirdbaseman Justice Big-bie was named the Player of the Year in both the coaches’ poll and the media poll. Sam-ford’s head coach Casey Dunn was named Coach of the Year by both the coaches’ and media, as well.

• UNCG’s RHP, Chad Sykes, was named the Pitcher of the Year by the coaches while Sam-ford’s RHP Zach Hester was named Pitcher of the Year by the media. Wofford’s Hayes Hei-necke was named Freshman of the Year by the coaches by the coaches and Samford’s Sonny DiChiara was named Freshman of the Year by the media.

• The coaches Pitcher of the Year, Chad Sykes, allowed one earned run in Saturday’s outing against Wofford and enters the upcoming week with a 0.87 ERA - the lowest among all NCAA Division 1 pitchers.

SoCon Baseball Championship presented by Holston Gas (Fluor Field, Greenville, S.C.)

May 21 (Tuesday) #9 The Citadel vs. #8 Western Carolina 10 a.m.

May 22 (Wednesday) Winner of Game 1 vs. #1 Samford^ 9 a.m.#5 Furman vs. #4 Mercer^ 12:30 p.m.#6 ETSU vs. #3 UNCG^ 4 p.m.#7 VMI vs. #2 Wofford^ 7:30 p.m.

May 23 (Thursday)Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3^ 9 a.m.Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5^ 12:30 p.m.Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3^ 4 p.m.Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5^ 7:30 p.m.

May 24 (Friday) Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8^ 3:30 p.m.Loser Game 9 vs. Winner Game 6^ 7 p.m.

May 25 (Saturday)Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9^ 12 pm.Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 10^ 3:30 p.m.Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13^ 7 pm.

May 26 (Sunday)Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 14@ 12 p.m. ^ = SDN@ = ESPN+

Notes

Upcoming Schedule (all times eastern)

Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week

Austin Koehn, Fr., RHPUNCG

The Spartan’s Koehn picked up his fourth win of the season after striking out six and allowing just one

hit in seven innings against Wofford. He held oppos-ing hitters to a .043 batting average in the game.

This is the eight time that the freshman from Bel Air, Maryland, has recorded at least five strikeouts for the

Spartans.

Ben Peden, Sr., 1BThe Citadel

Peden helped lead the Bulldogs to a 2-1 record on the week. He hit safely in all four games and went 8-for-14

with two RBIs, three runs scored and four base on balls. The senior started off the week by going 2-for-3 with an RBI and an pair of walks against the College

of Charleston and ending the week going 5-for-8 with three doubles in The Citadel’s two victories against

Western Carolina.

Overall/Conference Stats

Player of the Year

Coaches’ Pitcher of the Year SCSMA Pitcher of the Year

Coaches’ Freshman of the Year Media Freshman of the Year

Bigbie paced the league in batting average this season, hitting .371 for the Catamounts as well as holding third in the league in runs batted in with 50. The Chesapeake, Virginia, native ranks in the top 100 in the nation in batting average, hits, home runs, RBIs per game, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and hits per game. The sophomore col-lected 73 hits, including 11 doubles and 12 home runs, and recorded a .609 slugging percentage and a .462 on-base percentage. He was just as solid in the field, recording 44 putouts, 78 assists and a .924 fielding percentage. He is the 16th Catamount in school history to be named Player of the Year by the coaches and the fourth by the SCSMA.

Justice Bigbie, 3B., So., Western Carolina

Chad Sykes, RHP, R-Sr., UNCG Zach Hester, RHP, Jr., Samford

Hayes Heinecke, LHP, Fr., Wofford

Sykes, named the 2019 Pitcher of the Year by the coaches, leads the the nation, NCAA Division I with a 0.87 earned run average. The redshirt se-nior allowed only seven doubles and no triples or home runs during the regular season while hold-ing opposing batters to a .175 batting average. He finished the regular season with a 5-3 overall record over 52 innings pitched, recording 63 strikeouts and only allowing six runs over the 183 batters he faced. The Creedmoor, North Carolina, native is only the second pitcher in UNCG history to be named Pitcher of the Year by the coaches.

Voted the 2019 Pitcher of the Year by the SCSMA, Hester posted a 7-4 regular-season record while ap-pearing and starting in 14 games for the Bulldogs. He recorded a 2.09 ERA, good for third-best in the conference, while holding opposing batters to a .210 average. Over his 77 2/3 innings pitched, the junior from Vidor, Texas, allowed just 11 doubles, one triple and five home runs and recorded 78 strikeouts while facing 286 batters. Hester is the first pitcher in Samford history to be named Pitcher of the Year by the SCSMA.

Heinecke, voted this year’s Freshman of the Year by the coaches, appeared and started in 14 games for the Terriers this season. He led the Terriers in ERA (2.80) and opposing batting average (.242) and is tied for first in the conference in wins (nine). The Fayetteville, Georgia, native held batters to two triples and four home runs over 306 batters faced and struck out 75 in 80 1/3 innings pitched while picking off four baserunners. The freshman is just the second Terrier in school history to be named Freshman of the Year in the coaches’ poll.

Sonny DiChiara, 1B, Fr., Samford Named the 2019 Freshman of the Year by the SCS-

MA, DiChiara ranks 18th in the nation in home runs per game (0.35) and 14th in the nation in home runs (18). He stands at third in the league in slug-ging percentage (.622) and second in the league in RBIs (51) and home runs. The Hoover, Alabama, native started in all 51 games for the Bulldogs this season, recording a .283 batting average, .622 slug-ging percentage and a .405 on-base percentage in 180 at bats.

Coaches’ All-SoCon SCSMA All-SoConPlayer of the Year – Justice Bigbie, 3B, Western Carolina, So. Pitcher of the Year – Chad Sykes, RHP, UNCG, R-Sr. Freshman of the Year – Hayes Heinecke, LHP, Wofford Coach of the Year – Casey Dunn, Samford

First teamSP Micah Kaczor, ETSU, Sr. SP Zach Hester, Samford, Jr. RP Chad Sykes, UNCG, R-Sr. C Jackson Greer, ETSU, Jr. 1B Sonny DiChiara, Samford, Fr. 2B Brett Rodriguez, Wofford, Jr. SS Brandon Fryman, Samford, Jr. 3B Justice Bigbie, Western Carolina, So. OF Matthew Koehler, Western Carolina, R-Sr. OF Kel Johnson, Mercer, Gr. OF Jordan Fucci, Samford, R-Jr. DH Brooks Carlson, Samford, So.

Second team (13 due to tie in voting) SP Hayes Heinecke, Wofford, Fr. SP Kevin Coulter, Mercer, Sr. RP Stephen Jones, Samford, Sr. C Dax Roper, Furman, R-So. 1B Ben Peden, The Citadel, Sr. 2B Cullen Smith, ETSU, Jr. SS RJ Yeager, Mercer, So.3B John Dempsey, Wofford, Fr.3B Caleb Webster, UNCG, Jr. OF Jabari Richards, Furman, Sr. OF Hudson Byorick, Wofford, Jr. OF Colin Davis, Wofford, So. DH Hogan Windish, UNCG, R-Fr. All-freshman team (13 due to tie in voting) Tyler Corbitt, INF, The CitadelColby Emmertz, OF/C, ETSUNathanial Tate, RHP, ETSURob Hughes, RHP, FurmanAngelo DiSpigna, INF, MercerZack Budzik, INF, UNCG Austin Koehn, RHP, UNCGHogan Windish, INF, UNCGSonny DiChiara, INF, SamfordColin Bertsch, INF, Western CarolinaMatty Brown, INF, WoffordJohn Dempsey, INF, WoffordHayes Heinecke, LHP, Wofford

Player of the Year – Justice Bigbie, 3B, Western Carolina, So. Pitcher of the Year – Zach Hester, RHP, Samford, Jr. Freshman of the Year – Sonny DiChiara, 1B, Samford Coach of the Year – Casey Dunn, Samford

First teamSP Zach Hester, Samford, Jr. SP Micah Kaczor, ETSU, Sr. RP Chad Sykes, UNCG, R-Sr. C Jackson Greer, ETSU, Jr. 1B Sonny DiChiara, Samford, Fr. 2B Brett Rodriguez, Wofford, Jr. SS Zack Budzik, UNCG, Fr. 3B Justice Bigbie, Western Carolina, So. OF Matthew Koehler, Western Carolina, R-Sr. OF Jordan Fucci, Samford, R-Jr. OF Jabari Richards, Furman, Sr. DH Brooks Carlson, Samford, So.

Second team SP Hayes Heinecke, Wofford, Fr. SP Zak Kent, VMI, Jr. RP Stephen Jones, Samford, Sr. C Dax Roper, Furman, R-So. 1B Angelo DiSpigna, Mercer, Fr. 2B Cullen Smith, ETSU, Jr. SS Branden Fryman, Samford, Jr. 3B John Dempsey, Wofford, Fr. OF Kel Johnson, Mercer, Gr.OF Greg Hardison, UNCG, So. OF Mike Brown, Wofford, Jr. DH Hogan Windish, UNCG, R-Fr.

Coach of the YearCasey Dunn, Samford

The Bulldogs’ Dunn earns his first Coach of the Year award, in both the coaches’ and media poll. He guided the Bulldogs to a 39-17 overall and 19-5 SoCon record, helping them secure Samford’s first regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed for the tournament. Dunn, who is in his 15th season at the helm of the program, has now directed Sam-ford to 35 or more wins in three straight seasons, helping the 2019 squad sweep four SoCon oppo-nents.

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Game 3Wednesday, May 22

12:30 p.m.

#5 Furman

#4 Mercer


9 a.m.

#1 SamfordGame 8

Thursday, May 234 p.m.


4 p.m.

#6 ETSU

#3 UNCG

Game 12Saturday, May 25

12 p.m.

Game 1Tuesday, May 21

10 a.m.

#9 The Citadel

#8 Western Carolina

Game 15Championship game

Sunday, May 2612 p.m.

All games prior to the championship available on the SoCon Digital Network.

Game times subject to change. Please note that game designations and times on Wednesday, May 22, may be adjusted by the Southern Conference offi ce and Greenville Drive to allow local institu-tions (Furman/Woff ord) to play in either the 12:30 p.m. game or 7:30 p.m. game.

Tournament winner earns the Southern Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals.

Game 16(if necessary)

Sunday, May 2640 minutes after

Game 15

Game 9Thursday, May 23

7:30 p.m.


7:30 p.m.

#7 VMI

#2 Woff ord


9 a.m.

Loser Game 2

Loser Game 3


12:30 p.m.

Loser Game 4

Loser Game 5

Game 11Friday, May 24

7 p.m.

Loser Game 9

Game 10Friday, May 24

3:30 p.m.

Loser Game 8


3:30 p.m.


7 p.m.

Loser Game 12

SOCON BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPPRESENTED BY HOLSTON GASES

Fluor Field / Greenville, S.C. / May 21-26, 2019

SoCon Baseball

Preseason teams/polls

CoaCh, SChool SoCon (YrS) SChool (YrS) Career (YrS)Tony Skole, CIT 122-175 (10th) 41-88 (2nd) 606-644-1 (23rd)Joe Pennucci, ETSU 19-25 (2nd) 57-42 (2nd) SameBrett Harker, FUR 32-37 (3rd) 92-100 (3rd) SameCraig Gibson, MER 78-43 (5th) 563-384 (16th) SameLink Jarrett, UNCG 88-75 (7th) 229-168 (7th) SameCasey Dunn, SAM* 294-133 (11th) 494-405 (15th) SameJonathan Hadra, VMI 43-74 (5th) 106-162 (5th) SameBobby Moranda, WCU 174-147-1 (12th) 345-344-2 (12th) SameTodd Interdonato, WOF 145-190 (12th) 337-369 (12th) Same

* 124 overall wins and 58 SoCon wins from 2011-14 later vacated

SoCon head coaches’ career records

Preseason Player of the YearCaleb Webster, Jr., 3B, UNCG

Preseason Pitcher of the YearSam Strickland, So., LHP, Samford

First teamSP Dyland Spence, The CitadelSP Sam Strickland, SamfordRP Nick Spear, MercerC Anthony Mulrine, Samford1B Brooks Carlson, Samford2B Austin Embler, UNCGSS RJ Yeager, Mercer3B Caleb Webster, UNCGOF Jeffrey Brown, The CitadelOF David Beam, ETSUOF Colin Davis, WoffordDH Le Bassett, Mercer

Second TeamSP Nik Verbeke, FurmanSP Austin Higginbotham, WoffordRP Anthony Garcia, WoffordC Bryce Leasure, The Citadel1B Jacob Huggins, VMI2B Cullen Smith, ETSUSS Branden Fryman, Samford3B Justice Bigbie, Western CarolinaOF Jabari Richards, FurmanOF Matthew Koehler, Western CarolinaOF Kel Johnson, MercerDH Lawson Hill, Wofford

Coaches PollPlace Team (1st-place votes) Points1. Samford (7) 632. UNCG (2) 553. Mercer 524. ETSU 355. Wofford 336. Western Carolina 317. Furman 248. The Citadel 229. VMI 9

Media PollPlace Team (1st-place votes) Points1. Samford (8) 1232. UNCG (6) 1073. Mercer 984. Wofford 835. ETSU 646. Furman 497. Western Carolina 468. VMI 329. The Citadel 28

Preseason national honors

MLB first-year player draft

Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America Third TeamLe Bassett, 2B, MercerSam Strickland, LHP, Samford

NCBWA Preseason All-America Third Team Brooks Carlson, C, Samford

NCBWA Preseason Stopper Watch List James Giambalvo, ETSU Jordan Buster, The Citadel Nick Spear, Mercer

The Southern Conference had 17 players selected in the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft, with Wofford’s Adam Scott going in the fourth round at No. 133 overall. UNCG leads the way with six picks.

Round Overall Player School Pos. Team4 133 Adam Scott Wofford LHP Cleveland Indians5 152 Austin Cox Mercer LHP Kansas City Royals6 172 Andrew Moritz UNCG OF Atlanta Braves7 211 Andrew Wantz UNCG RHP LA Dodgers7 214 Josh Winder VMI RHP Minnesota Twins10 313 Robert Broom Mercer RHP Cleveland Indians12 367 Matt Pita VMI INF/OF New York Yankees15 436 Matt Frisbee UNCG RHP San Fransico Giants17 508 Cesar Trejo UNCG INF/OF Seattle Mariners20 609 Erin Baldwin Samford RHP Arizona Diamondbacks21 632 Nathan Eaton VMI INF/RHP Kansas City Royals22 662 Bryce Hensley UNCG LHP Kansas City Royals24 719 Troy Dixon Samford OF Texas Rangers25 738 Jack Maynard UNCG RHP Chicago White Sox

May 20, 2019

SoCon media relations directoryThe Citadel (CitadelSports.com)John Brush ([email protected])(Office) 843-953-6795 (Press box) (803) 270-5716

ETSU (ETSUBucs.com)Mike Ezekiel ([email protected])(Office) 423-439-8212 (Press box) (256) 349-1290

Furman (FurmanPaladins.com)Hunter Reid ([email protected])(Office) 864-294-2061 (Press box) 864-294-3066

Mercer (MercerBears.com)Gerrit Van Genderen([email protected])(Cell) 919-632-0217 (Press box) 919-632-0217

UNCG (UNCGSpartans.com)Jon Cole ([email protected])(Cell) 336-302-5504 (Press box) 336-218-3885

Samford (SamfordSports.com)Joey Mullins ([email protected])

(Office) 205-726-2799 (Press box) 205-726-4167

VMI (VMIKeydets.com)Mike Carpenter ([email protected])(Office) 540-464-7015 (Press box) 434-770-8813

Western Carolina (CatamountSports.com)Daniel Hooker ([email protected])(Office) 828-227-2339 (Press box) 828-227-7020

Wofford (WoffordTerriers.com)Brent Williamson ([email protected])(Office) 864-597-4093 (Press box) 864-597-4478

Southern Conference (SoConSports.com)Hannah Simmons ([email protected])Office: 864-591-5100

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SoCon Player/Pitcher of the Week

SoCon Player/Pitcher of the Month

SoCon active career leadersBatting Average (Min. 100 AB) 1. .361 Caleb Webster, UNCGT2. .361 Brooks Carlson, Samford 3 .351 Justice Bigbie, Western Carolina4. .340 John Dempsey, Wofford5. .337 Tyler Corbitt, The CitadelOn-Base Pct. (Min. 100 AB)1. .453 Hudson Byorick, Wofford2. .447 Mike Brown, Wofford 3. .445 Brooks Carlson, Samford 4. .427 Brett Rodriguez, Wofford 5. .417 Ryan Smoot, VMI Slugging Pct. (Min. 100 AB)1. .648 Kel Johnson, Mercer2. .607 Sonny DiChiara, Samford 3. .566 Dax Roper, Furman4. .564 John Dempsey, Wofford 5. .562 Brooks Carlson, SamfordGames Played 1. 195 Matthew Koehler, Western Carolina 2. 192 Ben Penden, The Citadel3. 179 Austin Embler, UNCG4. 175 Jabari Richards, Furman5. 172 Taylor Garris, Samford Runs1. 140 Matthew Koehler, Western Carolina T1.140 Jabari Richards, Furman3. 132 Austin Embler, UNCG4. 129 Caleb Webster, UNCG5. 127 Branden Fryman, Samford Hits1. 229 Caleb Webster, UNCG2. 216 Austin Embler, UNCG3. 205 Jabari Richards, Furman4. 202 Branden Fryman, Samford5. 198 Matthew Koehler, Western Carolina Runs Batted In 1. 116 Ben Peden, The Citadel2. 114 Jabari Richards, Furman3. 107 Caleb Webster, UNCGT3. 105 Anthony Mulrine, Samford5. 97 Matthew Koehler, Western Carolina

Doubles1. 39 Cullen Smith, ETSUT2. 37 Ben Peden, The CitadelT2. 37 Matthew Koehler, Western CarolinaT2. 37 Jabari Richards, Furman5. 35 Caleb Webster, UNCG

Triples 1. 13 Jabari Richards, Furman2. 9 Matthew Koehler, Western Carolina3. 8 Brett Rodriguez, Wofford T3. 8 Zach Kuchmaner, UNCG4. 7 Caleb Webster, UNCG Home Runs1. 30 Jabari Richards, Furman T2. 23 Ben Peden, The Citadel T2. 23 Matthew Koehler, Western CarolinaT4. 21 Kel Johnson, MercerT4. 21 Jordan Fucci, Samford Walks1. 104 Brett Rodriguez, Wofford2. 89 Cullen Smith, ETSU3. 80 Austin Embler, UNCG4. 79 Ben Peden, The Citadel 5. 76 Matthew Koehler, Western CarolinaStolen Bases 1. 73 Brett Rodriguez, Wofford2. 52 Branden Fryman, Samford 3. 41 Matthew Koehler, Western Carolina4. 36 Jeffery Brown, The Citadel T4. 36 Andrew Orzel, Wofford

Player of the Week Date Pitcher of the Week Jackson Greer, C, Jr., ETSU F18 Shane Connolly, RHP, So., The CitadelRJ Yeager, SS, So., Mercer F25 Jordan Merritt, RHP, Sr., The CitadelDaylan Nanny, OF, So.,Western Carolina M4 Hayes Heinecke, LHP, Fr., Wofford Immanuel Wilder, OF, So.,Western CarolinaM11 Hayes Heinecke, LHP, Fr., Wofford Kel Johnson, OF, Gr., Mercer M18 Zak Kent, RHP, Jr., VMIJordan Fucci, OF, R-Jr., Samford M25 Shane Connolly, RHP, So., The Citadel Jabari Richards, OF, Sr., Furman A1 Austin Higginbotham, LHP, Sr., WoffordZack Budzik, INF, Fr., UNCG A8 Zak Kent, RHP, Jr., VMIHudson Byorick, OF, Jr., Wofford A15 Tanner Hall, LHP, Jr., MercerBrooks Carlson, DH, So., Samford A22 Chase Walter, RHP, R-So., Western Carolina Hudson Byorick, OF, Jr., Wofford A29 David Dunlavey, RHP, R-Jr., FurmanDax Roper, C, Jr., Furman M6 Zach Hester, RHP, Jr., Samford Austin Embler, INF, R-Sr., UNCG M14 Micah Kaczor, RHP, Sr., ETSUBen Peden, 1B, Sr., The Citadel M19 Austin Koehn, RHP, Fr., UNCG

Player of the Month Month Pitcher of the Month RJ Yeager, MER, So. February Jordan Merritt, CIT, Sr., Kel Johnson, MER, Gr. March Hayes Heinecke, WOF, Fr. Brooks Carlson, SAM, So. April Zach Hester, SAM, Jr. May

ERA (Min. 100 IP)1. 3.18 Samuel Strickland, Samford2. 3.20 Chad Sykes, UNCG3. 3.38 Micah Kaczor, ETSU4. 3.99 Jesse McCord, Samford5. 4.06 Nick Spear, Mercer

Wins 1. 20 Austin Higginbotham, Wofford2. 18 Kevin Coulter, Mercer3. 15 Samuel Strickland, Samford4. 14 Nick Spear, Mercer5. 13 Stephen Jones, Samford

Saves1. 21 Chad Sykes, UNCG2. 19 Nick Spear, Mercer3. 13 Stephen Jones, Samford4. 11 James Giambalvo, ETSU5. 8 Jordan Buster, The Citadel

Opponent Batting Avg. (Min. 100 IP)1. .209 Chad Sykes, UNCG 2. .228 Samuel Strickland, Samford3. .232 Nick Spear, Mercer4. .240 Micah Kaczor, ETSU5 .242 Zak Kent, VMI

Apperances 1. 109 Nick Spear, Mercer2. 99 Jordan Buster, The Citadel 3. 80 Chad Sykes, UNCG 4. 77 Jack Rude, Samford T5. 74 Stephen Jones, Samford T5. 74 Derek Tremblay, VMIGames Started1. 47 Austin Higginbotham, Wofford2. 42 Kevin Coutler, Mercer3. 36 Zak Kent, VMI 4. 34 Stephen Jones, Samford 5. 30 Dylan Spence, The CitadelComplete Games1. 6 Austin Higginbotham, Wofford2. 2 Shane Connolly, The CitadelT2. 2 Chase Walter, Western CarolinaT2. 2 Zak Kent, VMI T2. 2 David Dunlavey, Furman T2. 2 Jordan Merritt, The CitadelShutouts 1. 2 Shane Connolly, The Citadel 2. 1 Austin Higginbotham, WoffordT2. 1 Hayes Heinecke, Wofford T2. 1 Zach Hester, SamfordT2. 1 David Dunlavey, Furman T2. 1 Micah Kaczor, ETSU

Innings Pitched1. 309.0 Austin Higginbotham, Wofford2. 269.2 Kevin Coulter, Mercer3. 214.1 Zak Kent, VMI4. 199.0 Stephen Jones, Samford 5. 183.0 Dylan Spence, The Citadel

Strikeouts1. 254 Zak Kent, VMI2. 242 Austin Higginbotham, Wofford3. 201 Nick Spear, Mercer4. 186 Kevin Coulter, Mercer5. 174 Chad Sykes, UNCG

Strikeouts Per 9 IP (Min. 100 IP) 1. 11.82 Nick Spear, Mercer2. 10.67 Zak Kent, VMI 3. 10.62 Sawyer Gipson-Long, Mercer4. 10.33 Chad Sykes, UNCG5. 10.27 Jordan Buster, The CitadelHits Allowed Per 9 IP (Min. 100 IP)1. 6.76 Chad Sykes, UNCG2. 7.71 Nick Spear, Mercer 3. 7.73 Samuel Strickland, Samford 4. 8.17 Micah Kaczor, ETSU 5. 8.40 Zak Kent, VMI

SoCon BaseballMarch 14, 2019

America East (3-6)3/8 Binghamton 4, VMI 2 3/9 BInghamton 8, VMI 4 3/10 Binghamton 2, VMI 1 3/15 Maine 2, Samford 5 3/15 Binghamton 6, Mercer 4 3/16 Binghamton 10, Mercer 7 3/16 Maine 6, Samford 4 3/17 Binghamton 3, Mercer 10 3/17 Maine 0, Samford 4 American Athletic (1-6)2/15 Samford 4, South Florida 7 2/16 Samford 7, South Florida 3 2/17 Samford 1, South Florida 4 3/3 ECU 12, Western Carolina 6 4/18 The Citadel 1, South Florida 9 4/20 The Citadel 2, South Florida 7 4/20 The Citadel 9, South Florida 12

Atlantic 10 (6-3)2/15 Saint Joseph’s 3, VMI 9 2/17 Saint Joseph’s 4, VMI 9 2/21 VCU 13, Wofford 3 2/24 Saint John’s 5, Western Carolina 2 2/24 Saint John’s 4, Western Carolina 13 3/26 VMI 2, VCU 15 4/13 George Mason 2, UNCG 4 4/14 George Mason 0, UNCG 8 4/16 Richmond 10, VMI 11 (11 inns.)

Atlantic Coast (2-27)2/19 ETSU 3, Virginia Tech 9 2/19 VMI 0, Virginia 9 2/23 VMI 6, Clemson 8 2/23 VMI 2, Clemson 8 2/24 VMI 6, Clemson 112/24 UNCG 4, Virginia Tech 12 2/25 UNCG 1, Virginia Tech 2 2/26 ETSU 3, Clemson 14 2/27 UNCG 1, Wake Forest 2 (10.inn)3/1 Mercer 5, Florida State 9 3/1 Mercer 5, Florida State 9 3/2 Mercer 1, Florida State 12 3/2 Wake Forest 13, Furman 7 3/3 Mercer 1, Florida State 5 3/3 Wake Forest 5, Furman 1 3/5 Clemson 3, Furman 1 3/13 Notre Dame 9, Western Carolina 16 3/19 Georgia Tech 14, Mercer 8 3/26 Wake Forest 4, UNCG 9 4/2 Virginia Tech 13, VMI 1 4/9 UNCG 4, UNC 17 4/10 Virginia Tech 4, ETSU 2 4/10 Furman 0, Clemson 2 4/23 VMI 9, Virginia Tech 10 5/3 Western Carolina 4, Georgia Tech 25 5/4 Western Carolina 3, Georiga Tech 16 5/5 Western Carolina 1, Georgia Tech 14 5/8 The Citadel 3, Clemson 17 5/14 Mercer 1, Georgia Tech 7

Atlantic Sun (10-1)3/1 North Alabama 3, The Citadel 6 3/2 North Alabama 4, The Citadel 7 3/3 North Alabama 3, The Citadel 8 3/8 Kennesaw State 5, Samford 63/9 Kennesaw State 2, Samford 33/10 Kennesaw State 3, Samford 6 3/15 New Jersey Institute of Technology 2, ETSU 12 3/16 New Jersey Institute of Technology 1, ETSU 8 3/17 New Jersey Institute of Technology 2, ETSU 3 4/16 Kennesaw State 0, Mercer 7 5/8 Mercer 5, Kennesaw State 8

Big East (4-2)2/22 Xavier 7, Samford 10 2/23 Xaiver 7, Samford 1 2/24 Xavier 9, Samford 10 3/29 Georgetown 0, ETSU 4 3/30 Georgetown 1, ESTU 11 3/31 Georgetown 5, ETSU 3

Big South (23-15)2/19 UNCG 6, High Point 2 2/25 Furman 7, Gardner-Webb 2 2/24 Radford 9, Wofford 10 (10 inn.) 2/26 UNC Asheville 2, Wofford 14

2/27 UNC Asheville 4, Furman 3 2/27 Wofford 3, Charleston Southern 4 (11inn.) 3/5 UNCG 3, Winthrop 6 3/6 USC Upstate 1, Wofford 3 3/6 Western Carolina 16, UNC Asheville 4 .3/9 Charleston Southern 1, The Citadel 10 3/9 Wofford 14, Garnder-Webb 5 3/9 Wofford 6, Garnder-Webb 23/10 Charleston Southern 3, The Citadel 4 3/10 Gardner-Webb 5, Wofford 7 3/13 Furman 7, USC Upstate 4 3/19 Radford 14, VMI 5 3/20 Gardner-Webb 5, Western Carolina 4 3/20 The Citadel 1, Winthrop 8 3/26 Furman 14, Winthrop 5 3/27 Wofford 4, Presbyetrain 5 3/27 Gardner-Webb 3, Furman 15 3/27 UNC Asheville 6, ETSU 7 4/2 Winthrop 8, Furman 6 4/2 HIgh Point 3, UNCG 11 4/2 Radford 5, ETSU 6 4/3 The Citadel 5, Charleston Southern 10 4/9 VMI 5, Radford 7 4/10 Western Carolina 4, Gardner-Webb 3 4/10 Prebyteran 7, Wofford 6 (10 inns.) 4/16 Campbell 7, UNCG 4 4/16 Wofford 4, Winthrop 8 4/16 Furman 3, UNC Asheville 2 4/23 Wofford 12, UNC Asheville 1 4/24 UNC Asheville 11, Western Carolina 8 4/30 VMI 14, Longwood 7 4/30 ETSU 10, UNC Asheville 8 5/8 Wofford 13, USC Upstate 6 5/14 Winthrop 3, UNCG 9

Big Ten (2-3)2/22 Michigan 2, The Citadel 0 2/23 Michigan 9 , The Citadel 1 2/24 Michigan 6, The Citadel 3 .3/9 Michgan State 4, Furman 6 (10 inns.) 3/10 Ohio State 5, Western Carolina 8

Big 12 (1-2)4/26 Kansas 11, Furman 7 4/27 Kansas 0, Furman 3 4/28 Kansas 1, Furman 15

Colonial Athletic (3-12)2/16 VMI 2, UNCW 3 2/17 VMI 3, UNCW 5 2/26 VMI 4, James Madison 5 3/12 Elon 3, UNCG 4 3/15 Elon 2, Western Carolina 5 3/15 Furman 3, College of Charleston 13 3/16 Furman 1, College of Charleston 2 3/16 Elon 12, Western Carolina 11 3/17 Elon 6, Western Carolina 2 3/17 Furman 1, College of Charleston 3 3/26 The Citadel 1, College of Charleston 11 3/27 James Madison 9, VMI 8 4/9 The Citadel 1, College of Charleston 11 4/23 UNCG 9, Elon 8 5/14 The Citadel 8, College of Charleston 9

Conference USA (0-5)2/27 VMI 0, ODU 5 3/26 Samford 0, UAB 9 4/2 UAB 7, Samford 2 4/3 Western Carolina 9, Marshall 10 5/14 ODU 17, VMI 8

Horizon (4-3)2/15 Oakland 9, Western Carolina 21 2/16 Oakland 8, Western Carolina 9 2/17 Oakland 2, Western Carolina 12 3/1 Wright State 5, Western Carolina 3 3/2 Northern Kentucky 3, VMI 8 3/2 Northern Kentucky 7, VMI 6 4/2 Wofford 4, Wright State 11 Ivy (8-3)3/1 Harvard 5, Wofford 6 3/2 Harvard 0, Wofford 83/2 Harvard 5, Wofford 43/3 Harvard 6, Wofford 1 3/2 Penn 3, UNCG 5 3/2 Harvard 0, Wofford 8 3/2 Harvard 5, Wofford 4

Southern Conference versus nonconference opponents3/4 Penn 7, UNCG 10 3/8 Princeton 2, UNCG 3 3/9 Princeton 3, UNCG 5 3/10 Princeton 3, UNCG 5

Metro Atlantic Athletic (8-0)2/15 Iona 3, ETSU 4 2/15 Quinnipiac 5, UNCG 12 2/16 Iona 3, ETSU 14 2/16 Quinnipiac 2, UNCG 8 2/17 Iona 4, ETSU 14 3/5 Samford 5, Jacksonville State 3 3/16 Jacksonville 4, UNCG 5 3/16 Jacksonville 3, UNCG 13

Mid-American (2-2)2/15 Ohio 0, Wofford 2 2/16 Ohio 6, Wofford 4 2/17 Ohio 2, Wofford 5 2/27 Kent State 11, The Citadel 2

Mid-Eastern Athletic (10-4)2/15 Delaware State 3, The Citadel 1 2/16 Delaware State 0, The Citadel 5 2/17 Delaware State 3, The Citadel 12 2/25 Florida A&M 7, Mercer 8 2/26 Florida A&M 3, Mercer 16 2/27 Florida A&M 1, Mercer 5 3/12 Savannah State 1, Mercer 8 3/19 Maryland Eastern Shore 0, Wofford 9 3/19 North Carolina A&M 8, UNCG 5 3/20 Maryland Eastern Shore 5, Wofford 13 3/22 Wofford 1, Florida A&M 2 3/23 Wofford 14, Florida A&M 11 3/24 Wofford 4, Florida A&M 9 4/23 Mercer 10, Florida A&M 7

Missouri Valley (6-5)2/15 Evansville 4, Mercer 5 2/16 Evansville 6, Mercer 7 2/17 Evansville 7, Mercer 2 2/26 Indiana State 8, Western Carolina 4 2/27 Inidana State 9, Western Carolina 10 3/8 Indiana State 7, Mercer 12 3/9 Indiana State 3, Mercer 7 3/10 Indiana State 9, Mercer 4 3/15 The Citadel 1, Indiana State 8 3/16 The Citadel 2, Indiana State 4 3/17 The Citadel 0, Indiana State 8

Northeast (6-1)2/23 Wagner 1, ETSU 6 2/24 Wagner 3, ETSU 4 2/24 Wagner 1, ETSU 7 3/1 LIU Brooklyn 3, ETSU 10 3/2 LIU Brooklyn 2, ETSU 7 3/3 LIU Brooklyn 2, ETSU 7 3/13 Bryant 12, Wofford 11

Ohio Valley (11-6)2/15 Morehead State 6, Furman 3 2/16 Morehead State 6, Furman 5 2/17 Morehead State 11, Furman 16 3/16 Jacksonville State 3, UNCG 133/16 Jacksonville State 4, UNCG 53/17 Jacksonville State 4, UNCG 8 4/5 UT Martin 4, Samford 9 4/6 UT Martin 4, Samford 14 4/7 UT Martin 3, Samford 1 4/30 Jacksonville State 11, Samford 5 5/10 Mercer 5, Belmont 4 5/11 Mercer 4, Belmont 105/12 Mercer 4, Belmont 2 5/14 Western Carolina 9, Eastern Kentucky 6 5/16 Eastern Illionois 4,, VMI 5 5/17 Eastern Illinois 3, VMI 7 5/18 Eastern Illinois 13, VMI 5

Patriot (4-2)3/15 Lafayette 1, Wofford 15 3/15 Lehigh 1, VMI 0 3/16 Lafayette 3, Wofford 13 3/16 Lehigh 15, VMI 13 3/17 Lehigh 1, VMI 11 3/17 Lafayette 6, Wofford 7

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Pac 12 (0-1)3/2 Utah 14, Western Carolina 0

Southeastern (2-10)3/5 The Citadel 0, South Carolina 9 3/6 ETSU 4, Vanderbilt 12 3/12 South Carolina 10, The Citadel 9 3/12 Samford 6, Vanderbilt 11 3/19 Tennessee 5, ETSU 1 3/19 South Carolina 12, Furman 7 3/20 Mississippi 6, Samford 4 3/26 Tennessee 5, ETSU 6 4/9 Alabama 21, Samford 2 4/30 The Citadel 0, Georgia 9 5/8 Furman 7, South Carolina 4 5/14 Samford 2, Alabama 4

Southwestern Athletic (6-0)2/22 Alabama A&M 0, Mercer 21 2/23 Alabama A&M 1, Mercer 10 2/24 Alabama A&M 7, Mercer 8 2/26 Samford 10, Alabama State 5 3/6 Alabama State 3, Samford 8 4/23 Alabama A&M 2, Samford 4

Sun Belt (14-9)3/1 Samford 13, Georgia State 2 3/2 Samford 8, Georgia State 6 3/2 Samford 2, Georgia State 13/5 Georgia State 11, Mercer 14 3/6 Mercer 3, Georgia Southern 13 3/8 ETSU 5, Georgia State 63/8 Kennesaw State 5, Samford 6 3/9 Appalachian State 5, Furman 6 3/9 ETSU 5, Georgia State 1 3/9 Kennesaw State 2, Samford 3 3/10 Appalachian State 14, Furman 0 3/10 ETSU 8, Georgia State 2 3/10 Kennesaw State 3, Samford 63/19 Georgia Southern 6, The Citadel 2 3/26 Georgia Southern 7, Mercer 34/3 Furman 8, Georgia State 10 4/10 Mercer 2, Georgia State 4 4/16 Appalachian State 0 , ETSU 4 4/16 Samford 15, Troy 5 4/23 The Citadel 3, Georgia Southern 5 4/24 Georiga State 3, Furman 4 4/24 Troy 3, Samford 4

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018America East 0-1 1-0 0-0 4-1 4-0 8-2 5-3 0-1 5-5 6-2 3-0 9-3 3-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 3-1 3-3 7-2 3-0 2-3American Athletic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-6 1-3 0-4 3-2 4-10Atlantic Coast 5-25 8-34 7-32 8-31 5-30 3-41 5-33 12-34 9-28 9-24 12-27 10-33 11-32 14-17 7-29 13-26 6-29 13-25 9-18 6-21 3-16 5-17Atlantic Sun 8-13 11-16 10-10 10-10-1 11-5 8-6 11-9 15-14 18-13 16-7 22-14 20-7 12-11 17-8 13-17 17-12 13-11 12-9 7-8 6-12 4-8 6-4Atlantic 10 0-3 5-2 3-1 1-0 0-2 7-9 2-1 7-1 6-4 9-3-1 15-4 4-2 6-4 4-2 7-3 7-1 12-9 8-4 2-5 8-12 6-6 8-7Big East 0-6 1-4 6-7-1 4-2 9-2 4-7 1-2 5-4 4-3 6-3 2-1 5-1 1-2 3-4 7-7 2-2 4-8 6-1 4-2 13-2 5-3 5-0Big South 27-13 23-23 22-25 27-38 30-29 22-33 27-28 29-20 31-21 24-18 18-18 34-14 44-10 41-23 25-26-1 33-22 31-24 32-21 18-30 29-20 22-19 20-14Big Ten 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 4-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 4-2 2-2 1-1 1-0 3-3 0-1 6-9 7-3 6-4 5-1 7-4 7-6 1-1Big 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-3 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 2-4 2-0 0-2 0-3 7-4 0-0 1-2Big West 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Colonial 13-15 12-8 4-13 5-14 9-12 6-8 6-4 6-5 9-4 10-4 9-3 9-7 6-3 5-2 11-7 7-8 7-8 5-8 5-11 3-16 8-8 6-7Conference USA 1-6 3-4 2-5 1-9 0-8 2-4 2-7 4-11 5-5 4-2 3-6 4-6 2-6 7-7 4-4 2-3 4-3 4-3 1-4 4-5 4-4 5-3Great West - - - - - - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Horizon - - - - - - - - 5-1 6-2 1-0 2-0 0-0 5-0 7-4 0-1 3-1 1-3 0-2 1-2 0-0 5-2Independents 10-7 1-3 11-6-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 6-2 2-4 3-2 3-1 9-2 6-0 4-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Ivy 3-2 2-1 1-2 2-3 1-2 2-1 2-0 3-4-1 7-1 14-4 17-8 12-4 2-1 8-1 7-1 4-1 3-4 2-1 6-7 1-2 6-6 11-2Metro Atlantic 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 4-2 8-0 9-2 5-0 6-1 12-1 8-1 8-7 0-0 8-0 4-1 8-1 6-1 4-2 7-0 11-1 5-3 13-4Mid-American 4-6 3-6 4-4 2-1 3-2 2-0 6-3 11-6 7-3 8-5 3-1 4-2 9-5 6-1 11-1 10-3 4-1 4-6 6-3 4-4 11-7 1-5Mid-Eastern 6-1 8-0 13-1 11-1 9-0 22-3 10-2 8-3 9-3 10-4 9-3 10-4 13-1 4-0 7-0 13-0 8-1 11-3 14-2 11-3 20-8 5-3Missouri Valley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 4-3 1-3 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-0 2-1 0-3Mountain West - - - 3-1 1-4 0-0 0-3 0-0 1-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-3 2-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Northeast 2-1 7-0 4-1 2-1 3-0 2-0 2-0 6-0 0-0 1-0 4-3 4-1 2-0 4-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 5-1 0-3 0-0 0-0 2-1Ohio Valley 5-6 2-2-1 4-5 3-3 7-1 3-2 5-1 3-3 5-3 0-0 3-4 4-2 5-3 5-7 5-2 7-3 6-1 4-1 11-3 5-1 9-3 7-6Pac-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0Patriot 5-0 2-4 1-2 3-1 4-2 5-2 8-0 1-0 3-0 3-0 11-7 1-1 4-1 4-4 2-2 1-1 4-1 4-0 6-1 8-2 7-1 8-1Southeastern 3-26 4-24 4-21 1-37 6-28 2-20 4-20 2-20 7-15 7-23 4-20 3-18 8-14 5-20 9-12 10-17 7-20 6-19 4-16 3-10 6-13 8-15Southland 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-1SWAC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 5-0 5-2 4-1 3-10 4-0 0-0Summit 2-1 0-0 7-2 4-1 5-0 0-0 1-4 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Sun Belt 0-2 1-1 0-3 0-0 0-2 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-2 0-4 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-1 2-1 6-2 2-4 5-0 6-4 3-11 5-10 7-11West Coast 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0WAC 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Reclassifying - - - - - - - - 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0 5-0 4-0 7-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Total Wins 100 99 104 105 122 118 117 127 142 156 160 156 146 159 143 157 140 146 123 142 144 135Total Losses 137 137 143 147 136 144 128 137 113 122 130 119 107 109 123 116 133 122 134 142 127 122Total Ties 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -Win Pct. .422 .420 .422 .417 .473 .450 .478 .481 .557 .561 .552 .567 .577 .593 .537 .575 .513 .545 .479 .500 .531 .525

Southern Conference versus other conferences (1997-2018)

Nonconference continuedDate SoCon Opponent Result2/22 The Citadel #17 Michigan L, 0-22/23 The Citadel #17 Michigan L, 1-92/23 VMI #14 Clemson L, 2-82/23 VMI #14 Clemson L, 6-82/24 The Citadel #17 Michigan L, 3-62/24 VMI #14 Clemson L, 6-112/26 ETSU #14 Clemson L, 3-143/1 Mercer #11 Florida State L, 5-93/2 Mercer #11 Florida State L, 1-123/3 Western Carolina #9 ECU L, 6-123/3 Mercer #11 Florida State L, 1-53/5 The Citadel #24 South Carolina L, 0-93/6 ETSU #1 Vanderbilt L, 4-123/12 The Citadel #22 South Carolina L, 9-103/16 Samford #1 Vanderbilt L, 6-113/19 ETSU #22 Tennessee L, 1-53/20 Samford #2 Michigan L, 4-63/26 ETSU #23 Tennessee W, 6-54/9 UNCG #18 North Carolina L, 4-174/10 Furman #13 Clemson L, 0-24/30 The Citadel #9 Georgia L, 0-95/3 Western Carolina #8 Georgia Tech L, 4-255/4 Western Carolina #8 Georgia Tech L, 3-165/5 Western Carolina #8 Georgia Tech L, 1-145/14 Mercer #6 Georgia Tech L, 1-7

Record: 1-24 (.040)

SoCon vs. ranked teams 4/30 Western Carolina 3, Appalachian State 6

Total ............................................... 135-128 (.513)

All times EasternWinnings Teams in Bold Home Teams Underlined

SoCon Baseball

Date Opponent Time (ET)F15 DELAWARE STATE L, 1-3F16 DELAWARE STATE W, 5-0F17 DELAWARE STATE W, 12-3F22 MICHIGAN L, 0-2F23 MICHIGAN L, 1-9F24 MICHIGAN L, 3-6F27 KENT STATE L, 2-11M1 NORTH ALABAMA W, 6-3M2 NORTH ALABAMA W, 7-4M3 NORTH ALABAMA W, 8-3M5 at South Carolina L, 0-9M6 WINTHROP L, 1-4M8 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 10-1M9 at Charleston Southern L, 5-10M10 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 4-3M12 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 9-10M16 at Indiana State L, 1-5M16 at Indiana State L, 2-4M17 at Indiana State L, 0-8M19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN L, 2-6M20 at Winthrop L, 1-8M22 VMI* L, 5-9M23 VMI* W, 1-0M24 VMI* W, 3-2 (10)M26 at College of Charleston L, 1-11M29 at Furman* L, 4-5M30 at Furman* L, 6-20M31 at Furman* L, 2-7A3 at Charleston Southern L, 5-10.A5 MERCER* W, 8-5A6 MERCER* L, 3-10A7 MERCER* L, 0-10 (8)A9 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SuspendedA12 at Samford* L, 4-8A13 at Samford L, 2-6A14 at Samford L, 3-10A18 at South Florida L, 1-9A19 at South Florida L, 2-7A20 at South Florida L, 9-12A23 at Georgia Southern L, 3-5A27 at UNCG* L, 5-6A27 at UNCG* L, 10-16A28 at UNCG* L, 3-8A30 Georgia^ L, 0-9M3 WOFFORD* L 7-17M4 WOFFORD* L, 1-8M5 WOFFORD* L, 3-4M8 at Clemson L, 3-17M10 ETSU* L, 0-4M11 ETSU* L, 1-3 (10)M12 ETSU* L, 0-9 (8)M14 at College of Charleston L, 8-9M16 at Western Carolina* L, 3-4M17 at Western Carolina* W, 5-2M18 at Western Carolina* W, 3-1M21 vs. Western Carolina$ 10 a.m.

* - Southern Conference game^ North Augusta, S.C.$ - SoCon Championship (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)

Team-by-team results

The Citadel13-42, 5-19 SoCon

Date Opponent TIme (ET).F15 IONA W, 4-3F16 IONA W, 14-3F17 IONA W, 14-4F19 at Virginia Tech L, 3-9F22 WAGNER W, 6-1F23 WAGNER W, 7-1F24 WAGNER W, 4-3F26 at Clemson L, 3-14M1 LIU BROOKLYN W, 10-3M2 LIU BROOKLYN W, 7-2M3 LIU BROOKLYN W, 7-2M6 at Vanderbilt L, 4-12M8 at Georgia State L, 5-6 (13)M9 at Georgia State W, 8-2M10 at Georgia State W, 5-1M16 NJIT W, 12-2M16 NJIT W, 8-1M17 NJIT W, 3-2M19 TENNESSEE L, 1-5M22 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 10-9M23 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 5-4M24 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 10-3M26 at Tennessee W, 6-5M27 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 7-6 (12)M29 GEORGETOWN W, 4-0M30 GEORGETOWN W, 11-1M31 GEORGETOWN L, 3-5A2 RADFORD W, 6-5A5 at VMI* L, 6-7A6 at VMI* W, 14-3A7 at VMI* L, 0-6A10 VIRGINIA TECH L, 2-4A12 at Furman* L, 3-4A13 at Furman* W, 8-7A14 at Furman* W, 11-5A16 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 4-0A18 WOFFORD* W, 7-1A19 WOFFORD* L, 4-10A20 WOFFORD* CancelledA26 at Mercer* L, 4-5A27 at Mercer* L, 3-6A28 at Mercer* L, 0-6A30 at UNC Asheville W, 10-8M3 UNCG* L, 4-7M4 UNCG* L, 2-4M5 UNCG* L, 4-5M10 at The Citadel* W, 4-0M11 at The Citadel* W, 3-1M12 at The Citadel* W, 9-0M16 SAMFORD* L, 1-5M17 SAMFORD* W, 2-1M18 SAMFORD* L, 1-9M22 vs. UNCG$ 4 p.m.

* - Southern Conference game$ - SoCon Championship (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)

ETSU32-19, 11-12 SoCon

Date Opponent Time (ET)F15 MOREHEAD STATE L, 3-6F16 MOREHEAD STATE L, 5-6F17 MOREHEAD STATE W, 16-11F24 GARDNER-WEBB L, 3-5F25 GARDNER-WEBB W, 7-2F27 UNC ASHEVILLE L, 3-4M2 Wake Forest^ L, 7-13M3 at Wake Forest L, 1-5M3 at Wake Forest L, 2-11M5 CLEMSON L, 1-3M9 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 6-5M10 at Apalachian State L, 0-14M11 OHIO STATE W, 11-10M13 at USC Upstate W, 7-4M15 at College of Charleston L, 3-13M16 at College of Charleston L, 1-2M17 at College of Charleston L, 1-3M19 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 7-12M22 at Samford* L, 4-8M23 at Samford* L, 4-14M24 at Samford* L, 3-0M26 at Winthrop W, 14-5M27 GARDNER-WEBB W, 18-3M29 THE CITADEL* W, 5-4M30 THE CITADEL* W, 20-6M31 THE CITADEL* W, 7-2A2 WINTHROP L, 6-8A3 at Georgia State L, 5-10A5 at UNCG* W, 10-3A6 at UNCG* L, 9-11A7 at UNCG* L, 1-2A10 at Clemson L, 0-2A12 ETSU* W, 4-3A13 ETSU* L, 7-8A14 ETSU* L, 5-11A16 at UNC Asheville W, 3-2A18 at Western Carolina* W, 9-4A19 at Western Carolina* W, 4-3A20 at Western Carolina* L, 1-5A23 USC UPSTATE W, 5-4A24 GEORGIA STATE W, 4-3A26 KANSAS L, 7-11A27 KANSAS W, 3-0A28 KANSAS L, 1-15M3 VMI* L, 4-10M4 VMI* W, 11-4M5 VMI* W, 13-5M8 at South Carolina W, 7-4M10 at Wofford* W, 7-3M11 at Wofford W, 9-3M12 at Wofford L, 8-9M16 MERCER* L, 3-8M17 MERCER* W, 8-7M18 MERCER* W, 5-3M22 vs. Mercer$ 12:30 p.m.

* - Southern Conference game^ - Charlotte, N.C. (BB&T Stadium)&- Greenville, S.C. (Flour Field) $ - SoCon Championship (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)

Furman25-29, 13-11 SoCon

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Date Opponent Time (ET)F15 QUINNIPIAC W, 12-5F16 QUINNIPIAC W, 8-5F17 QUINNIPIAC CancelledF19 at High Point W, 6-2F23 VIRGINIA TECH CancelledF24 VIRGINIA TECH L, 4-12F27 at Wake-Forest L, 1-2M2 PENN W, 5-3M2 PENN W, 6-5 (13)M4 PENN W, 10-7M5 at Winthrop L, 3-6M8 PRINCETON W, 3-2M9 PRINCETON W, 5-3M9 PRINCETON W, 6-2M10 PRINCETON W, 5-3M12 ELON W, 4-3M16 JACKSONVILLE W, 5-4M16 JACKSONVILLE W, 13-3M17 JACKSONVILLE L, 4-8M19 NORTH CAROLINA A&T L, 5-8M22 at Mercer* W, 9-4M23 at Mercer* L, 1-8M24 at Mercer* W, 5-3M26 WAKE FOREST W, 9-5M29 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 7-5M30 WESTERN CAROLINA* L, 4-24M31 WESTERN CAROLINA* L, 1-2A2 HIGH POINT W, 11-3A5 FURMAN* L, 3-10A6 FURMAN* W, 11-9A7 FURMAN* W, 2-1A9 at North Carolina L, 4-17A12 GEORGE MASON CancelledA13 GEORGE MASON W, 4-2A14 GEORGE MASON W, 8-0A16 CAMPBELL L, 4-7A18 at Samford* L, 3-7A19 at Samford* L, 2-3 (10)A20 at Samford* L, 0-14 (7)A23 at Elon W, 9-8A27 THE CITADEL* W, 6-5A27 THE CITADEL* W, 16-10A28 THE CITADEL* W, 8-3A30 at Charlotte CancelledM3 at ETSU* W, 7-4M4 at ETSU* W, 4-2M5 at ETSU* W, 5-4M10 at VMI* L, 5-6M11 at VMI* W, 6-1M12 at VMI* W, 13-3M14 WITHROP W, 9-3M16 WOFFORD* W, 1-0M17 WOFFORD* L, 10-18M18 WOFFORD* L, 5-14M22 vs. ETSU 4 p.m.


UNCG33-18, 14-10 SoCon

Date Opponent Time (ET)F15 at South Florida L, 4-7F16 at South Florida W, 7-3F17 at South Florida L, 1-4F19 NORTH ALABAMA PostponedF22 XAVIER W, 10-7F23 XAVIER L, 1-7F24 XAVIER W, 10-9F26 at Alabama State W, 10-5M1 at Georgia State W, 13-2M2 at Georgia State W, 8-6M3 at Georgia State W, 2-1M5 at Jacksonville State W, 5-3M6 ALABAMA STATE W, 8-5M8 KENNESAW STATE W, 6-5M9 KENNESAW STATE W, 3-2M10 KENNESAW STATE W, 6-3M12 at Vanderbilt L, 6-11M15 MAINE W, 5-2M16 MAINE L, 4-6M17 MAINE W, 4-0M20 MISSISSIPPI STATE L, 4-6M22 FURMAN* W, 8-4M23 FURMAN* W, 14-4M24 FURMAN* W, 3-0M26 at UAB L, 0-9M29 at VMI* W, 13-4M30 at VMI* W, 4-0M31 at VMI* L, 4-5A2 UAB L, 2-7A3 NORTH ALABAMA W, 9-1A5 UT MARTIN W, 14-4A6 UT MARTIN W, 6-3A7 UT MARTIN L, 1-3A9 ALABAMA L, 2-21A12 THE CITADEL* W, 8-4A13 THE CITADEL* W, 6-2A14 THE CITADEL* W, 10-3A16 at Troy W, 15-5A18 UNCG* W, 7-3A20 UNCG* W, 3-2 (10)A20 UNCG* W, 14-0 (7)A23 ALABAMA A&M W, 4-2A24 TROY W, 4-3A26 at Wofford* W, 11-4A27 at Wofford* L, 5-8A28 at Wofford* W, 6-1A30 JACKSONVILLE STATE L, 5-11M3 at Mercer* L, 2-7M5 at Mercer* L, 0-1M5 at Mercer* W, 7-2M10 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 16-4M11 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 5-3M12 WESTERN CAROLINA W, 4-2M14 at Alabama L, 2-4M16 at ETSU* W, 5-1M17 at ETSU* L, 1-2M18 at ETSU* W, 9-1M22 The Citadel/Western Carolina 9 a.m.


Samford39-17, 19-5 SoCon

Date Opponent Time (ET)F15 EVANSVILLE W, 5-4F16 EVANSVILLE W, 7-6F17 EVANSVILLE L, 2-7F20 at Florida A&M W, 7-6F22 ALABAMA A&M W, 21-0F23 ALABAMA A&M W, 10-1F24 ALABAMA A&M W, 8-7F26 FLORIDA A&M W, 16-3F27 FLORIDA A&M W, 5-1M1 at Florida State L, 5-9M2 at Florida State L, 1-12M3 at Florida State L, 1-5M5 GEORGIA STATE W, 14-11M6 at Georgia Southern L, 3-13M8 INDIANA STATE L, 7-12M9 INDIANA STATE L, 3-7M10 INDIANA STATE L, 4-9M12 SAVANNAH STATE W, 8-1M15 BINGHAMTON L, 4-6M16 BINGHAMTON L, 7-10M17 BINGHAMTON W, 10-3M19 GEORGIA TECH L, 8-14M22 UNCG* L, 4-9M23 UNCG* W, 8-1M24 UNCG* L, 3-5M26 GEORGIA SOUTHERN L, 3-7M29 at Wofford* L, 1-4M30 at Wofford* L, 2-11M31 at Wofford* W, 4-1A5 at The Citadel* L, 5-8A6 at The Citadel* W, 10-3A7 at The Citadel* W, 10-0A10 at Georgia State L, 2-4A12 WESTERN CAROLINA* L, 3-4A13 WESTERN CAROLINA* L, 7-11A14 WESTERN CAROLINA* W, 6-2A16 KENNESAW STATE W, 7-0A18 at VMI* W, 2-1A19 at VMI* W, 3-0A20 at VMI* W, 15-6A23 at Florida A&M W, 10-7A26 ETSU* W, 5-4A27 ETSU* W, 6-3A28 ETSU* W, 6-0M3 SAMFORD* W, 7-2M5 SAMFORD* W, 1-0M5 SAMFORD* L, 2-7M8 at Kennesaw State L, 5-8M10 at Belmont W, 5-4M11 at Belmont L, 4-10M12 at Belmont W, 4-2M14 at Georgia Tech L, 1-7M16 at Furman* W, 8-3M17 at Furman* L, 7-8 (10)M18 at Furman* L, 3-5M22 vs. Furman 12 p.m.


Mercer29-26, 14-10 SoCon

SoCon Baseball


Date Opponent Time (ET)F15 Saint Joseph’s& W, 9-3F16 at UNCW L, 2-5F17 Saint Joseph’s& W, 9-4F17 at UNCW L, 3-5F19 at Virginia L, 0-9F23 at Clemson L, 6-8F23 at Clemson L, 2-8F24 at Clemson L, 6-11F26 at James Madison L, 4-5F27 at Old Dominion L, 0-5M2 NORTHERN KENTUCKY L, 6-7M3 NORTHERN KENTUCKY CancelledM6 VCU RescheduledM9 BINGHAMTON L, 2-4M9 BINGHAMTON L, 4-8M10 BINGHAMTON L, 1-2M13 MARSHALL L, 6-7M15 LEHIGH L, 0-1 (11)M16 LEHIGH L, 13-15 (10)M17 LEHIGH W, 11-1M19 RADFORD L, 5-14M22 at The Citadel* W, 9-5M23 at The Citadel* L, 0-1M24 at The Citadel* L, 2-3 (10)M26 at VCU L, 2-15M27 JAMES MADISON L, 8-9M29 SAMFORD* L, 4-13M30 SAMFORD* L, 0-4M31 SAMFORD* W, 5-4A2 VIRGINIA TECH L, 1-13A5 ETSU* W, 7-6A6 ETSU* L, 3-14A7 ETSU* W, 6-0A9 at Radford L, 5-7A12 at Wofford* L, 4-19A13 at Wofford* L, 4-15A14 at Wofford* W, 5-4A16 RICHMOND W, 11-10 (11)A18 MERCER* L, 1-2A18 MERCER* L, 0-3A20 MERCER* L, 6-15A23 at Virginia Tech L, 9-10A26 at Western Carolina* W, 15-11 (11)A27 at Western Carolina* L, 5-14A28 at Western Carolina* W, 9-8 (10).A30 at Longwood W, 14-7M1 VCU L, 2-11M3 at Furman* W, 10-4M4 at Furman* L, 4-11M5 at Furman* L, 5-13M10 UNCG* W, 6-5M11 UNCG* L, 1-6M12 UNCG* L, 3-13 (7)M14 OLD DOMINION L, 8-17M15 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 5-4M16 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 7-3M17 EASTERN ILLINOIS L, 5-13M22 vs. Wofford$ 7:30 p.m.

& - Wilmington, N.C.* - Southern Conference game$ - SoCon Championship (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)

VMI17-39, 9-15 SoCon

Date Opponent Time (ET)F15 OAKLAND W, 21-9F16 OAKLAND W, 9-8F17 OAKLAND W, 12-2F24 ST. JOHN’S L, 2-5F24 ST. JOHN’S W, 13-4F26 INDIANA STATE L, 4-8F27 INDIANA STATE W, 10-9M1 Wright State+ L, 3-5M2 Utah+ L, 0-14M3 at ECU L, 6-12M6 at UNC Asheville W, 16-4M8 Michigan State% PostponedM9 Michigan State% W, 6-4 (10)M10 Ohio State% W, 8-5M13 NOTRE DAME W, 16-9M15 ELON W, 5-2M16 ELON L, 11-12 (10)M17 ELON L, 2-6M20 GARNDER-WEBB L, 4-5M22 at ETSU* L, 9-10M23 at ETSU* L, 4-5M24 at ETSU* L, 3-10M29 at UNCG* L, 5-7M30 at UNCG* W, 24-4M31 at UNCG* W, 2-1A3 at Marshall L, 9-10A5 WOFFORD* L, 5-20A6 WOFFORD* W, 4-3A7 WOFFORD* L, 4-7A9 APPALACHIAN STATE CancelledA10 at Gardner-Webb W, 4-3A12 at Mercer* W, 4-3A13 at Mercer* W, 11-7A14 at Mercer* L, 2-6A18 FURMAN* L, 4-9A20 FURMAN* L, 3-4A20 FURMAN* W, 5-1A24 UNC ASHEVILLE L, 8-11A26 VMI* L, 11-15 (11)A27 VMI* W, 14-5A28 VMI* L, 8-9 (10)A30 at Appalachian State L, 3-6M3 at Georgia Tech L, 4-25M4 at Georgia Tech L, 3-16M5 at Georgia Tech L, 1-14M10 at Samford* L, 4-16M11 at Samford* L, 3-5M12 at Samford* L, 2-4M14 Eastern Kentucky@ W, 9-6M16 THE CITADEL* W, 4-3M17 THE CITADEL* L, 2-5M18 THE CITADEL* L, 1-3M21 vs. The Citadel$ 10 a.m.

* - Southern Conference game+ - Keith LeClair Classic (Greenville, N.C.)% - First Pitch Invitational (Greenville, S.C.)@ - Prasco Park (Mason, Ohio)$ - SoCon Championship (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)

Western Carolina20-30, 8-16 SoCon

Date Opponent Time (ET)F15 OHIO UNIVERSITY W, 2-0F16 OHIO UNIVERSITY L, 4-6F17 OHIO UNIVERSITY W, 5-2F22 BUCKNELL CancelledF23 VCU L, 3-13F24 RADFORD W, 10-9 (10)F26 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 14-2F27 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN L, 3-4 (11)M1 HARVARD W, 6-5M2 HARVARD W, 8-0 (7)M2 HARVARD L, 4-5M3 HARVARD L, 1-6M5 USC UPSTATE W, 3-1M6 PRESBYTERIAN L, 4-5M9 GARDNER-WEBB W, 14-5M9 at Gardner-Webb W, 6-2M10 GARNDER-WEBB W, 7-5M12 OHIO STATE W, 8-6M13 BRYANT UNIVERSITY L, 11-12M15 LAFAYETTE COLLEGE W, 12-1M16 LAFAYETTE COLLEGE W, 13-3M17 LAFAYETTE COLLEGE W, 7-6M19 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE W, 9-0M20 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE W, 13-5M22 at Florida A&M L, 1-2M23 at Florida A&M W, 14-11M24 at Florida A&M L, 4-9M27 at Presbyterian L, 4-5M29 MERCER* W, 4-1M30 MERCER* W, 11-2M31 MERCER* L, 1-4A2 at Wright State L, 4-11A5 at Western Carolina* W, 20-5A6 at Western Carolina* L, 3-4A7 at Western Carolina* W, 7-4A10 PRESBYTERIAN L, 6-7 (10)A12 VMI* W, 19-4A13 VMI* W, 15-4A14 VMI* L, 4-5A16 at Winthrop L, 4-8A18 at ETSU* L, 1-7A19 at ETSU* W, 10-4A20 at ETSU* CancelledA23 at UNC Asheville W, 12-1A26 SAMFORD* L, 4-11A27 SAMFORD* W, 8-5A28 SAMFORD* L, 1-6M3 at The Citadel* W, 17-7M4 at The Citadel* W, 8-1M5 at The Citadel* W, 4-3M8 at USC Upstate W, 13-6M10 FURMAN* L, 3-7M11 FURMAN* L, 3-9M12 FURMAN* W, 9-8M16 at UNCG* L, 0-1M17 at UNCG* W, 18-10M18 at UNCG* W, 14-5M22 vs. VMI 7:30 p.m.

* - Southern Conference game&- Lexington, S.C.$ - SoCon Championship (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)

Wofford33-23, 14-9 SoCon


Arpil 9, 2018

Baseball America Top 25(Week 14)Team W-l Prev.1. UCLA 45-8 12. Vanderbilt 45-10 23. Stanford 39-10 34. Arkansas 40-15 45. Missisippi State 45-10 56. Georgia 42-12 67. East Carolina 42-13 78. Georgia Tech 38-16 89. Texas Tech 36-15 -10. Louisville 43-13 1011. Oregon State 35-16 1112. UC Santa Barbara 44-7 1213. North Carolina State 41-15 1314. Miami 38-17 1415. Oklahoma State 32-17 1616. Louisana State 34-22 2217. Texas A&M 36-19 1818. Baylor 33-15 1519. West Virginia 34-18 1920. Indiana 36-19 2021. Mississippi 32-23 1722. Dallas Baptist 38-16 2323. Fresno State 35-14-1 2524. Brigham Young 36-15 2425. Creighton 35-11 25

Collegiate Baseball Top 30(Week 14)Team W-l PoinTS Prev.1. UCLA 45-8 495 12. Vanderbilt 45-10 493 23. Stanford 39-10 490 34. UC Santa Barbara 44-7 487 65. Arkansas 40-15 485 46. Mississippi State 45-11 484 57. Louisville 43-13 482 78. Georgia 42-14 480 99. East Carolina 42-13 478 810. Oregon State 35-16-1 474 1011. Georgia Tech 38-16 472 1112. Texas Tech 36-15 468 1513. Oklahoma State 32-17 467 1614. NC State 41-15 464 2515. Miami, Fla 38-17 462 1216. Baylor 33-15 460 1417. North Carolina 38-17 458 1318. Central Michigan 43-12 455 2419. Florida State 35-20 454 1720. Arizona State 36-15 452 1921. Louisana State 34-22 450 2022. Indiana 36-19 448 2123. Texas A&M 36-19-1 446 2324. West Virginia 34-18 443 2625. Fresno State 35-14-1 441 2826. Tennessee 38-18 438 -27. California 30-18 435 -28. Dallas Baptist 38-16 432 2729. Florida Atlantic 37-18 428 2930. Brigham Young 36-15 425 30

NCBWA Poll(Week 14)Team W-l Prev.1. UCLA 45-8 12. Vanderbilt 45-10 23. Stanford 39-10 34. Mississippi State 45-11 45. Georgia 42-12 96. Arkansas 40-15 57. Texas Tech 36-15 88. East Carolina 42-13 69. Georgia Tech 38-16 710. Louisville 43-13 1011. UC Santa Barbara 44-7 1112. Oregon State 35-16-1 1213. Oklahoma State 32-17 1414. Texas A&M 36-19-1 1615. NC State 41-15 1816. MIami 38-17 1517. Baylor 33-15 1318. West Virginia 34-18 2019. LSU 34-22 2120. North Carolina 38-17 1721. Tennessee 38-18 2022. Illinois 34-22 2123. Dallas Baptist 38-16 2724. Ole Miss 33-23 1925. Indiana 36-19 3026. BYU 36-15 2927. Creighton 35-11 -28. Arizona State 36-15 -29. Florida State 35-20 2230. California 30-18 -

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Auburn (32-23), California Baptist (35-20), Cen-tral Michigan (40-11), Clemson (33-23), Coast-al Carolina (30-23-1), Connecticut (33-22), Florida (33-23), Florida Atlantic (37-18), Fresno State (35-14-1), Gonzaga (30-22), Indiana State (36-15), Miami, Ohio (36-17), Michigan (38-16), Missouri (34-21-1), Navy (39-17), Oakland (11-36), Oklahoma (33-21), Old Dominion (35-19), Saint Mary’s (33-20), Southern (32-22), South-ern Miss (34-19), TCU (29-24), UC Irvine (34-16), Washington (28-22), Wright State (39-15).

D1Baseball Top 25(Week 14)Team W-l Prev.1. UCLA 45-8 12. Vanderbilt 45-10 23. Mississippi State 45-11 54. Stanford 39-10 35. Arkansas 40-15 46. Georiga Tech 38-16 67. Georgia 42-14 78. East Carolina 42-13 89. Louisville 43-13 910. Texas Tech 36-15 1011. Oklahoma State 32-17 1312. Oregon State 35-16-1 1113. Texas A&M 36-19-1 1614. UC Santa Barbara 44-7 1415. NC State 41-15 1716. LSU 34-22 1917. Miami 38-17 1818. Baylor 33-15 1219. West Virginia 34-18 2120. Illinois 36-17 2321. Indiana 36-19 2522. Ole Miss 33-32 1523. North Carolina 38-17 2024. Dallas Baptist 38-16 NR25. Creighton 35-11 NR

NCAA Top 25(Week 8)Team W-l lW 1. UCLA 23-6 12. Vanderbilt 27-6 73. Oregon State 23-6-1 64. NC State 29-4 35. Stanford 20-5 26. Mississippi State 27-6 87. Vanderbilt 24-8 48. LSU 23-10 129. Arizona State 26-4 510. Arkansas 24-8 911. East Carolina 24-7 1612. Texas A&M 25-8-1 1113. Texas Tech 21-9 1414. Louisville 24-8 1015. Ole Miss 23-10 1816. Clemson 24-8 1917. Texas 21-13 1718. North Carolina 23-9 1319. Auburn 23-9 1520. UC Irvine 21-5 2221. UC Santa Barbara 23-5 2422. Georgia Tech 22-10 NR23. TCU 20-10 2524. Baylor 22-8 NR25. Coastal Carolina 22-11-1 20

SoCon Baseball

SoCon in the NCAA statistics rankings (top 50) – through May 19TEAM

Base on ballsTeam Rank BBWofford 31 276

Batting averageTeam Rank Avg.Wofford 12 .309UNCG 48 .29Western Carolina 49

Double PlaysTeam Rank DPWestern Carolina 8 54

Double plays per game Team Rank 2BWestern Carolina 6 1.08

DoublesTeam Rank 2BWofford 5 128

Doubles per game Team Rank 2B/GWofford 8 2.29Western Carolina 34 2.06ETSU 50 1.98

Earned run averageTeam Rank ERAETSU 10 3.42Samford 26 3.59

Hit battersTeam Rank HBPVMI 34 71The Citadel 45 68

Hit by pitchTeam Rank HBPWestern Carolina 22 82

HitsTeam Rank HitsWofford 12 585

Home runsTeam Rank HRSamford 32 61Mercer 42 58

Home runs per game Team Rank HR/GMercer 34 1.12Samford 41 1.09

On-base percentageTeam Rank OBPWofford 12 .407

RunsTeam Rank RunsWofford 16 416

Sacrifice buntsTeam Rank SACWofford 18 41Mercer 24 39UNCG 49 35

Sacrifice flies Team Rank SFWofford 9 35Samford 34 29

ScoringTeam Rank R/GWofford 21 7.4

Shutouts Team Rank SHOMercer 8 6ETSU 40 4Samford 40 4

Slugging percentageTeam Rank SLGWestern Carolina 39 .451

Stolen basesTeam Rank SBWofford 3 150

Stolen bases per game Team Rank SB/GWofford 5 2.68

Strikeout-to-walk ratioTeam Rank K/BBWofford 13 2.89Samford 22 2.69ETSU 23 2.67Mercer 32 2.55

TriplesTeam Rank 3BUNCG 28 18Western Carolina 50 16

Triples per gameTeam Rank PGUNCG 30 .35Western Carolina 45 .32

Triple playsTeam Rank TPFurman 1 1

WHIPTeam Rank WHIPETSU 22 1.27Samford 28 1.29

Win-loss percentageTeam Rank PCTSamford 23 .696UNCG 47 .647

Walks allowed per nine inningsTeam Rank BB/9Wofford 3 2.86ETSU 8 3.02Samford 26 3.26Mercer 38 3.36

INDIVIDUAL

Base on BallsPlayer, team Rank BBHudson Byorick, WOF 36 44

Complete games Player, team Rank CGShane Connolly, CIT 35 2David Dunlavey, FUR 35 2Zak Kent, VMI 35 2Jordan Merritt, CIT 35 2

DoublesPlayer, team Rank 2BJohn Dempsey, WOF 16 21Daylan Nanny, WCU 34 19

Doubles per gamePlayer, team Rank 2B/GDaylan Nanny, WCU 21 .4John Dempsey, WCU 37

Earned run average Player, team Rank ERAChad Sykes, UNCG 1 .87Micah Kaczor, ETSU 18 1.94Zach Hester, SAM 31 2.09

Games Started Player, team Rank GSJacob Menders, VMI 8 15Shane Connolly, CIT 22 14Hayes Heinecke, WOF 22 14Zach Hester, SAM 22 14Micah Kaczor, ETSU 22 14Landon Knack, ETSU 22 14Jordan Merritt, CIT 22 14Phillip Sanderson, UNCG 22 14Samuel Strickland, SAM 22 14

Hit by pitchPlayer, team Rank HBPRyan Smoot, VMI 3 24Immanuel Wilder, WCU 17 18Jackson Greer, ETSU 36 16

Hit by pitch per gamePlayer, team Rank HBP/GRyan Smoot, VMI 2 .48Immanuel Wilder, WCU 21 .37Jackson Greer, ETSU 46 .31

HitsPlayer, team Rank HitsBrooks Carlson, SAM 44 76Lawson Hill, WOF 44 76

Hits allow per nine inningsPlayer, team Rank H/INN

Chad Sykes, UNCG 17 5.54Zach Hester, SAM 22 1.39Jordan Merritt, CIT 26 1.46Daniel Sweeney, ETSU 29 1.48Landon Knack, ETSU 33 1.52

Home runsPlayer, team Rank HRKel Johnson, MER 8 21Sonny DiChiara, SAM 14 18

Home runs per gamePlayer, team Rank PGKel Johnson, MER 7 .41Sonny DiChiara, SAM 18 .35

Pitching appearancesPlayer, team Rank APPAlex Bialakis, CIT 15 31Corey Jackson, UNCG 29 29Connor Radcliff, SAM 29 29Nick Spear, MER 45 28

Runs batted in Player, team Rank PGKel Johnson, MER 48 57

Runs batted in per game Player, team Rank PGKel Johnson, MER 42 1.12

Sacrifice bunts Player, team Rank SACKyle Dockus, MER 12 12Austin Embler, UNCG 29 10Tilo Skole, CIT 29 10Trevor Austin, MER 44 9

Sacrifice bunts per gamePlayer, team Rank PGKyle Dockus, MER 17 .23Tilo Skole, CIT 27 .2Austin Embler, UNCG 33 .2

Sacrifice flies Player, team Rank SFLawson Hill, WOF 3 8Sonny DiChiara, SAM 34 6

SavesPlayer, team Rank SavesStephen Jones, SAM 7 13Chad Sykes, SAM 21 11

Slugging percentagePlayer, team Rank PCTMatthew Koehler, WCU 40 .66Kel Johnson, MER 46 .648

Stolen basesPlayer, team Rank SBMike Brown, WOF 12 34Brett Rodriguez, WOF 14 33

Stolen bases per game Player, team Rank PGMike Brown, WOF 20 .61Brett Rodriguez , WOF 21 .59

Strikeout-to-walk ratioPlayer, team Rank K:BBZach Hester, SAM 12 6.5Hayes Heinecke, WOF 18 6.25Daniel Sweeney, ETSU 23 5.83Landon Knack, ETSU 25 5.73

StrikeoutsPlayer, team Rank SOZak Kent, VMI 5 130Chase Walter, WCU 22 107

Strikeouts per nine inningsPlayer, team Rank K/9Zak Kent, VMI 15 12.76

Total basesPlayer, team Rank TBMatthew Koehler, WCU 34 132

Toughest to strike out Player, team Rank K avg.Lawson Hill, WOF 10 14.1Hudson Byorick, WOF 17 13.3

TriplesPlayer, team Rank 3BMatthew Koehler, WCU 28 5Zach Kuchmaner, UNCG 28 5

Triples Per GamePlayer, team Rank 3B/GZach Kuchmaner, UNCG 33 .11Matthew Koehler, WCU 42 .1

VictoriesPlayer, team Rank WHayes Heinecke, WOF 12 9Landon Knack, ETSU 12 9Austin Higginbotham, WOF 33 8

Walks Allowed Per Nine InningsPlayer, team Rank PG

WHIPPlayer, team Rank WHIPZach Hester, SAM 17 .93Chad Sykes, UNCG 40 1Micah Kazor, ETSU 43 1.01


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