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Mark Simpson, Assistant Commissioner [email protected] Nic Bowman, Assistant Director Baseball Report [email protected] Daniel Cooke, Public Relations Assistant Monday, March 8, 2010 [email protected] Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 Big South Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Home Road Neu L10 Streak NATE ROBERTS • OF VMI 0 0 .000 10 0 1.000 9-0 1-0 0-0 10-0 W10 Jr. • High Point Liberty 0 0 .000 9 0 1.000 3-0 4-0 2-0 9-0 W9 Spring Grove, Ill. Coastal Carolina 0 0 .000 10 1 .909 9-1 1-0 0-0 9-1 W8 Roberts hit .615 (8-13) with eight High Point 0 0 .000 7 2 .778 7-1 0-1 0-0 7-1 W6 runs scored, eight runs batted in, Winthrop 0 0 .000 7 3 .700 7-0 0-3 0-0 7-3 L3 three home runs, two stolen bases, UNC Asheville 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 0-0 3-5 1-0 4-5 L1 a .688 on-base average and a 1.308 Charleston Southern 0 0 .000 4 7 .364 4-6 0-1 0-0 4-6 L1 slugging percentage in High Point’s Gardner-Webb 0 0 .000 4 7 .364 3-4 1-3 0-0 4-6 W2 three-game sweep over Towson this Radford 0 0 .000 3 6 .333 0-0 0-5 3-1 3-6 L1 past weekend. He went 5-5 in the Presbyterian College ** 0 0 .000 2 9 .182 2-2 0-5 0-2 2-8 L2 series opener with three home runs and six runs batted in. His three homers came on fi ve pitches, and ** - Presbyterian College is eligible for the regular-season title, but is not eligible for the Big South postseason tournament until 2012 he also had two singles and three runs scored. On Saturday, he was 2-4 with two RBI, three runs scored and two steals, and also threw out Monday, March 8 Saturday, March 13 a runner at home in the fi rst inning. Ball State at #7 COASTAL CAROLINA .........................4:00pm Valparaiso at GARDNER-WEBB (DH) ...........................1:00pm In Sunday’s series fi nale, Roberts Bryant at VMI ......................................................4:00pm Canisius at WINTHROP ..........................................1:00pm reached base twice and scored UNC ASHEVILLE at Georgia State .............................4:00pm Eastern Kentucky at HIGH POINT .............................2:00pm twice. St. John’s at LIBERTY ............................................2:00pm Tuesday, March 9 LaSalle at VMI .....................................................2:00pm USC Upstate at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ...................2:00pm Michigan at #7 COASTAL CAROLINA ..........................2:30pm Appalachian State at PRESBYTERIAN .........................2:00pm CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at #6 Florida ......................4:00pm George Mason at RADFORD ....................................2:00pm Illinois at #7 COASTAL CAROLINA ..............................6:00pm UNC ASHEVILLE at Georgia State .............................2:00pm Rider at RADFORD ................................................7:00pm Old Dominion at LIBERTY .......................................3:00pm Wake Forest at #7 COASTAL CAROLINA ......................4:00pm Sunday, March 14 ADAM IZOKOVIC • RHP Furman at GARDNER-WEBB ....................................5:00pm CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at #6 Florida ......................1:00pm Soph. • Gardner-Webb Richmond at HIGH POINT .......................................6:00pm Michigan at #7 COASTAL CAROLINA ..........................1:00pm Eastern Kentucky at HIGH POINT .............................1:00pm Shelby, N.C. Wednesday, March 10 St. John’s at LIBERTY ............................................1:00pm Izokovic recorded a 0.75 ERA Georgia Southern at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ............2:00pm LaSalle at VMI .....................................................1:00pm GARDNER-WEBB at #7 Clemson ...............................4:00pm Canisius at WINTHROP ..........................................1:00pm in 12 innings of relief, and was Richmond at HIGH POINT .......................................4:00pm Rider at RADFORD (DH) .........................................2:00pm Gardner-Webb’s workhorse in two extra-inning games last week. In Thursday, March 11 GWU’s 12-inning loss at USC Upstate UNC ASHEVILLE at Charlotte ...................................1:00pm Wednesday, he was the hard-luck Toledo at WINTHROP ............................................4:00pm loser despite allowing just three LaSalle at VMI .....................................................5:00pm hits and one run in four innings of work, with three strikeouts. Two Friday, March 12 days later, Izokovic delivered eight St. John’s at LIBERTY ............................................3:00pm innings of one-hit, shutout relief to PRESBYTERIAN at North Carolina Central (DH) .............3:00pm * - Big South Conference game pick up the win in Gardner-Webb’s Illinois at #7 COASTAL CAROLINA ..............................4:00pm Big South school in ALL CAPS All Times EST and subject to change 15-inning victory at Wofford. He Toledo at WINTHROP ............................................4:00pm fanned a career-best six hitters and Valparaiso at GARDNER-WEBB .................................5:00pm retired 17 batters in a row until a LaSalle at VMI .....................................................5:00pm one-out walk in the 15th inning, af- Eastern Kentucky at HIGH POINT .............................6:00pm CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at #6 Florida ......................6:30pm ter which he settled down to retire the side and get the win. Izokovic’s line: 1-1, 0.75 ERA, 12 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ ER, 5 BB, 9 SO, .100 batting average. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE Charleston Southern put together a two-game win streak against Holy Cross in The Blue Hose went 1-3 last week. PC took the win of the week over Eastern Ken- between losses to College of Charleston and the Crusaders last week ... The Buc- tucky in the fi rst game of a three-game set ... Down three in the ninth, PC scored caneers were led by NICK CHINNERS and BRANTLEY MEIER, who combined for three in the fi nal frame and tacked on the winning run an inning later to stay 20 hits over the four-game stretch ... Chinners was 11-for-20 (.550) and is currently perfect at home. The win snapped a fi ve-game losing streak, which was extended on a six-game hitting streak. During the streak, he has recorded six runs and six earlier in the week when PC fell at No. 15 South Carolina, 15-0 ... In the fi nal two RBI, three doubles and a triple ... Meier was 9-for-18 (.500) with one RBI and six games of the series, PC fell 10-8 and 9-4 to drop the series to the Colonels ... This runs from the leadoff spot ... TYLER THORNURG blasted his 21st career home run week, PC hosts Appalachian State on Tuesday before traveling for a doubleheader against College of Charleston. He also improved to 2-1 on the mound after pitching against North Carolina Central at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. a great game Saturday against Holy Cross. He allowed just two runs in his fi rst six innings, before getting touched up for four more in the seventh ... JESSE CADEN- RADFORD HEAD picked up his fi rst-career save to help ensure the victory for Thornburg ... Radford plays all four of its games this week in Salem, Va., while awaiting the COREY DEIGHAN is now 2-0 this season after picking up a win in the fi rst game completion of dugouts at its on-campus facility ... The Highlanders host George against the Crusaders. Both wins have come in relief duty. Mason at Salem Memorial Ballpark on Tuesday afternoon, while playing host to Rider in a three-game series at Kiwanis Field in Salem, beginning on Saturday night COASTAL CAROLINA ... Radford plays for the second time in two seasons at Salem Memorial Ballpark, The Chanticleers have gone 3-0 in the Caravelle Resort Invitational with a game home of the Salem Red Sox, where it dropped a 12-2 decision to Virginia last year against Ball State on Monday remaining ... That starts a busy stretch for the Chants, ... The Highlanders pieced together their fi rst two-game win streak of the season, who play Wake Forest on Tuesday and then face Michigan and Illinois two times with wins over Princeton and Bucknell in the fi rst two games of the Elon Invita- apiece in the Caravelle Resort Classic in the Conway/Myrtle Beach area ... Coastal tional ... Radford rallied from down 8-3, scoring six unanswered runs for a win hit six home runs in the fi rst two games of the week, including JOSE IGLESIAS’ against Princeton on Friday ... The Highlanders were down to their last out in the two-home run performance in the win over Pittsburgh. Iglesias is currently hitting ninth before scoring to tie the game at 8-8, and plated the game-winning run on .432 with a team-leading 14 RBIs ... The Chants got some help in the 3-2 win over ALEX GUERRA’s walk-off single in the 11th ... On Saturday, Radford got four shut- Ball State on Sunday as the Cardinals committed fi ve errors, leading to the Chants out innings from its bullpen, including the fi rst two-inning save of JASON PATTEN’s three runs ... MATT REIN continued his outstanding start by pitching three shutout career to beat Bucknell 4-2 ... Patten picked up his 10th career save, making him innings against Ball State and picking up his third win of the season. He now has one of four players in school history to reach the 10-save plateau in a career ... Pat- an 8-0 career record for Coastal ... The Chants have now won eight games in a row ten is two behind Washington Nationals reliever RYAN SPEIER for third in Radford and are currently in a 13-game homestand that will end next Sunday. history ... For the weekend, Radford relievers were stellar, allowing four earned runs in 14.2 innings (2.47 ERA) and combined for scoreless outings on Friday and GARDNER-WEBB Saturday ... MATT MACK continues to play well in his fi rst season as an everyday Head coach RUSTY STROUPE collected his 200th career victory at Gardner-Webb third baseman for Radford, leading the team with a .343 average this season.