Socon Baseball Preseason Teams/Polls Southern Conference News & Notes
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Baseball Contact: Jonathan Caskey, Associate Director of Media Relations [email protected] Office: 864.591.5100 Fax: 864.591.3448 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Standings February 20 Around the SoCon Conference Overall • College of Charleston and Geor- Team W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Home Road Neutral Last 10 Streak gia Southern both entered the #29 Coll. of Charleston 0-0 .000 - 3-0 1.000 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 W3 Collegiate Baseball Top 30 poll this week. Elon 0-0 .000 - 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 W3 • SoCon teams fashioned a 23-8 #30 Georgia Southern 0-0 .000 - 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 W3 overall mark last weekend, UNCG 0-0 .000 - 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 W3 including five, three-game sweeps. Western Carolina 0-0 .000 - 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 W3 • Appalachian State and Elon Appalachian State 0-0 .000 - 2-1 .667 0-0 0-0 2-1 2-1 W2 each take on tradition SEC Samford 0-0 .000 - 2-1 .667 2-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 W1 powers this weekend. ASU visits six-time national champion LSU Davidson 0-0 .000 - 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 W1 while Elon takes on two-time Wofford 0-0 .000 - 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 W1 defending national champ The Citadel 0-0 .000 - 1-2 .333 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 L2 South Carolina. • Team ERAs average 3.42, led by Furman 0-0 .000 - 1-2 .333 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 L2 CofC’s 0.72 in 25.0 innings. This Week’s Schedule February 21 (Tuesday) Penn State at UNCG 4 p.m. Western Carolina at East Carolina (1) 3 p.m. North Carolina A&T at Elon 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Wofford 4 p.m. Lehigh at Davidson 3:30 p.m. UNC Asheville at UNCG 4 p.m. Lehigh at Davidson 5 p.m. Michigan State at Furman (2) 4 p.m. Presbyterian at Furman 4 p.m. Michigan State at Furman (2) 5 p.m. Connecticut at #29 College of Charleston 5 p.m. Western Carolina at Winthrop 4 p.m. Rhode Island at #29 College of Charleston 5 p.m. Alabama A&M at Samford 7 p.m. Delaware at The Citadel 6 p.m. February 26 (Sunday) Radford at #30 Georgia Southern 6 p.m. Western Carolina vs. Purdue (1) 10 a.m. February 22 (Wednesday) Samford at South Alabama 7:30 p.m. Appalachian State at #9 LSU 12 p.m. Furman at USC Upstate 4 p.m. Appalachian State at #9 LSU 8 p.m. Delaware at The Citadel 1 p.m. Samford at Jacksonville State 4 p.m. Farleigh Dickinson at Davidson 1 p.m. Wofford at Gardner-Webb 4 p.m. February 25 (Saturday) Penn State at UNCG 1 p.m. #10 Georgia Tech at #30 Georgia Southern 6 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Furman (2) 12 p.m. Pittsburgh at Wofford 1 p.m. Penn State at UNCG 1 p.m. Elon at #2 South Carolina 1:30 p.m. February 23 (Thursday) Elon at #2 South Carolina 1:30 p.m. Radford at #30 Georgia Southern 1:30 p.m. Delaware at The Citadel 6 p.m. Delaware at The Citadel 2 p.m. Samford at South Alabama 2 p.m. Pittsburgh at Wofford 2 p.m. Xavier at #29 College of Charleston 3 p.m. February 24 (Friday) Radford at #30 Georgia Southern 2:30 p.m. Western Carolina vs. Maryland (1) 1 p.m. Appalachian State at #9 LSU 3 p.m. (1) - Keith LeClair Classic; Greenville, N.C. Elon at #2 South Carolina 3 p.m. Samford at South Alabama 3 p.m. (2) - Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C. Player of the Week Pitcher of the Year Saxon Butler, Sr., 1B, Samford Eric Eck, So., RHP, Wofford .900, 2 HRs, 5 Runs, 1.700 SLG 1-0, 0-0 ERA, 7 K, 4.1 IP Butler was nearly perfect at the plate, batting .900 (9- Eck entered Saturday’s game against Dayton in the for-10) for the opening weekend of the season. He hit seventh inning with runners on the corners and the two home runs, two doubles and drove in four runs in score tied at five. The sophomore right-hander from leading Samford to a series win over Radford. In the first game of the series, the first baseman went 4-for-4 Buford, Ga., recorded a strike out to end the threat at the plate while scoring twice. In game two, he was then followed that with four scoreless frames to pick 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two RBI. Butler up the win for the Terriers. Eck allowed just one hit in went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBI 4.1 innings while fanning seven of the 14 Dayton bat- in Sunday’s series finale. For the weekend, the Oxford, ters he faced, including five of them on called third Ala., native reached base at a .923 clip while notching strikes. a 1.700 slugging percentage. SoCon Baseball Preseason Teams/Polls Southern Conference News & Notes PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM SOCON BASEBALL STANDOUTS HONORED Collegiate Baseball Top 30 Player of the Year – Victor Roache, Jr., OF, Southern Conference players have been (Feb. 20, 2012) Georgia Southern recognized nationally with inclusion on pre- Rank School (Record) Points Prev. Pitcher of the Year – Chris Beck, Jr., RHP, season All-American lists. 1. Florida (2-1) 495 1 Georgia Southern 2. South Carolina (3-0) 494 2 Baseball America 3. Stanford (3-0) 493 3 4. Texas A&M (3-0) 490 6 First Team 2012 Preseason All-America Teams First Team 5. Rice (3-0) 487 7 SP Chris Beck, GSU 6. North Carolina (2-1) 485 4 OF Victor Roache, Georgia Southern 7. Texas (2-1) 482 5 SP Christian Powell, CofC RHP Chris Beck, Georgia Southern RP Lex Rutledge, SAM 8. Arkansas (3-0) 480 8 9. Louisiana State (3-0) 479 12 C Trevor Edwards, UNCG Second Team 10. Georgia Tech (3-1) 477 9 1B Saxon Butler, SAM LHP Lex Rutledge, Samford 11. Florida State (3-0) 475 13 2B Ross Heffley, WCU 12. Miami, Fla. (3-0) 473 14 SS Eric Phillips, GSU NCBWA Preseason All-America 13. Arizona State (3-0) 471 17 3B Drew DeKerlegand, CIT First Team 14. Georgia (3-0) 468 18 15. Texas Christian (1-1) 467 10 OF Victor Roache, Georgia Southern OF Victor Roache, GSU 16. Louisville (2-1) 464 15 OF Daniel Aldrich, CofC OF Daniel Aldrich, College of Charleston 17. Oklahoma (1-2) 461 16 OF Phillip Ervin, SAM 18. St. John’s (1-2) 458 11 DH Daniel Kassouf, ASU Louisville Slugger 19. Cal. St. Fullerton (1-2) 457 21 Preseason All-America 20. California (3-0) 454 22 First Team 21. Oregon State (3-1) 449 24 Second Team 22. Arizona (2-1) 447 20 SP Ryan Arrowood, ASU 2B Ross Heffley, Western Carolina OF Victor Roache, Georgia Southern 23. Stetson (3-0) 444 26 SP Josh Renfro, CofC 24. Oregon (2-1) 442 27 OF Daniel Aldrich, College of Charleston RP David Port, ASU 25. Clemson (2-1) 439 25 C Alex Swim, Elon 26. Baylor (3-0) 437 28 Third Team 27. U.C. Irvine (3-0) 436 29 1B Konstantine Diamaduros, WOF RHP Chris Beck, Georgia Southern 28. Southern Miss. (2-1) 433 30 2B Sebastian Gomez, Elon 29. Coll. of Charleston (3-0) 429 — SS Aaron Attaway, WCU SOCON HIttING STREAKS (2011-12) 30. Georgia Southern (3-0) 426 — 3B Zack Briggs, ASU 13 Trevor Edwards UNCG 3B (tie) Alex Abrams, FUR 10 James Foster Wofford OF Marty Gantt, CofC OF Nick Orvin, CIT SoCon Head Coaches’ Career Records OF Tyler Zupcic, ASU DH Taylor Johnson, FUR COACH, SCHOOL SOCON SCHOOL CAREER Chris Pollard, Appalachian State 86-110-1 205-193-2 345-300-3 Monte Lee, College of Charleston 57-33 121-63 121-63 COACHES’ PRESEASON POLL 1. College of Charleston (6) 93 Fred Jordan, The Citadel 337-204 687-510 687-510 2. Georgia Southern (4) 92 Dick Cooke, Davidson 181-332 403-659-1 414-691-1 3. Samford (1) 83 Mike Kennedy, Elon 155-73 513-352-3 513-352-3 4. Elon 76 Ron Smith, Furman 232-263 441-543-3 441-543-3 5. Appalachian State 62 Rodney Hennon, Georgia Southern 235-139 443-283 524-321-1 6. Western Carolina 51 Mike Gaski, UNCG 220-179 635-513-1 635-513-1 7. UNCG 50 Casey Dunn, Samford 44-45 206-196 206-196 8. The Citadel 33 Bobby Moranda, Western Carolina 61-54-1 127-102-2 127-102-2 9. Furman 32 Todd Interdonato, Wofford 31-85 81-139 81-139 10. Wofford 18 11. Davidson 15 Players of the Week Pitchers of the Week MEDIA PRESEASON POLL F 20 Saxon Butler, Samford F 20 Eric Eck, Wofford 1. Georgia Southern (20) 269 F 27 F 27 2. College of Charleston (3) 246 M 5 M 5 3. Elon (2) 220 M 12 M 12 4. Samford 198 M 19 M 19 5. UNCG 150 M 26 M 26 6.