2018 NOTES SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION Day Date Opponent Time/Result Date: ............................................ June 1 Fri Feb 16 Manhattan W, 6-5 Sat Feb 17 Manhattan W, 5-0 Time: ............................................ 7 p.m. Sun Feb 18 Manhattan W, 6-2 Location: ............................ DeLand, Fla. Tue Feb 20 UCF W, 1-0 Stadium: .........................Melching Field Fri Feb 23 George Washington W, 8-4 Sat Feb 24 George Washington L, 9-0 Series: .....................................Never Met Sun Feb 25 George Washington W, 3-0 Last Meeting: ........................Never Met Fri Mar 2 Virginia Tech W, 2-1 Sat Mar 3 Central Michigan W, 5-3 STETSON HATTERS HARTFORD HAWKS Sun Mar 4 Purdue W, 11-6 2018 Record: ................................................... 45-11 2018 Record: ....................................................26-29 Wed Mar 7 Wagner W, 10-0 2018 ASUN Record: ........................................... 15-3 2018 America East: ............................................16-8 Fri Mar 9 Richmond W, 5-2 Head Coach: ......................................... Steve Trimper Head Coach: ............................................Justin Blood Sat Mar 10 Richmond W, 7-0 Alma Mater: .......................... Eastern Conn. St., 1992 Alma Mater: .............................. Franklin Pierce, 2005 Sun Mar 11 Richmond W, 5-1 Career Record: ....................... 553-506-4 (20th year) Career Record: ............................. 150-177 (7th year) Tue Mar 13 Army W, 6-0 Record at Stetson: ......................... 73-40 (2nd year) Record at Hartford: .........................28-27 (1st year) Wed Mar 14 Army L, 8-4 Website: ............................................. GoHatters.com Website: ......................................HartfordHawks.com Fri Mar 16 Rhode Island W, 10-1 Twitter: ......................................... @StetsonBaseball Twitter: .............................................. @HartfordBase Sat Mar 17 Rhode Island L, 6-5 Sat Mar 17 Rhode Island W, 3-2 (11) ATTERS UICK ITTERS Sun Mar 18 Rhode Island W, 17-6 H Q H Wed Mar 21 FIU W, 5-3 Stetson comes into its first NCAA Regional at Melching Field riding the nation’s longest active win streak and Fri Mar 23 at Maryland W, 12-3 as a No. 11 national seed. The 15-game win streak is tied for the third longest in the nation this year and is tied Sat Mar 24 at Maryland L, 6-1 for the second longest win streak in school history. Sun Mar 25 at Maryland L, 2-0 To break the program record for longest win streak, the Hatters will have to sweep through the DeLand Re- Tue Mar 27 at South Florida W, 5-3 gional. The program record of 17 consecutive wins was set during the 1994 season. Thu Mar 29 Bethune-Cookman W, 8-2 The Hatters will be competing in their 19th NCAA Regional Tournament, but their first as a No. 1 seed. Stetson Fri Mar 30 Bethune-Cookman W, 2-0 Sat Mar 31 Bethune-Cookman W, 7-4 has an all-time record of 18-36 in NCAA Regional play. Tue Apr 3 at UCF L, 4-1 The closest Stetson has ever come to advancing past the Regional round of the NCAA Tournament came in Fri Apr 6 at Kennesaw State* L, 9-6 1988 in the old six team format when the Hatters lost to Florida in Tallahassee after eliminating the host Sat Apr 7 at Kennesaw State* W, 7-6 Seminoles. Stetson also reached the final day of play in 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003 and again in 2011. The Hatters Sun Apr 8 at Kennesaw State* L, 4-3 (10) were eliminated by Virginia in 1996, Georgia Tech in 2000, Miami in 2001, and South Carolina in 2003 and Wed Apr 11 South Florida W, 5-2 again in 2011. Fri Apr 13 Lipscomb* W, 3-2 (10) Stetson has faced both Oklahoma State and South Florida in NCAA play in the past. In 1997 the Hatters were Sat Apr 14 Lipscomb* W, 5-1 sent to Stillwater, losing to OSU and Harvard in consecutive games. Stetson faced South Florida in the 1982 Mi- Sun Apr 15 Lipscomb* W, 5-0 ami Regional, topping the Bulls 6-5, and then again in the 2002 Tallahassee Regional, losing to the Bulls 14-13. Tue Apr 17 at Florida State L, 4-0 While Stetson has never faced first round opponent Hartford, but Hatters coach Steve Trimper is no stranger to Wed Apr 18 at Florida State L, 18-10 Fri Apr 20 at NJIT* W, 9-1 facing the Hawks. During his previous stops as head coach, at the University of Maine (2005-16) and Manhat- Sat Apr 21 at NJIT* W, 2-1 tan College (1998-2005), he faced Hartford plenty of times. Trimper owns an all-time record of 33-20 against Sun Apr 22 at NJIT* L, 8-1 the Hawks. Tue Apr 24 Florida State W, 5-3 Stetson has a 1-4 all-time record against Oklahoma State, with four of those previous games having been Fri Apr 27 at North Florida* W, 4-3 (11) played in DeLand. The only Stetson win in the series came during the 1985 season. The Hatters have lost four Sat Apr 28 at North Florida* W, 5-3 straight games to the Cowboys, with the last meeting coming back in 2004. Sun Apr 29 at North Florida* W, 12-4 Stetson and USF are no strangers on the diamond. The teams have played 171 times all-time, which ranks as Tue May 1 at FIU W, 2-1 the third most between the Hatters and another program. Stetson has only played Rollins (196) and Jackson- Fri May 4 Jacksonville* W, 2-1 ville (174) more times than USF. Stetson is 45-37 all-time against USF in DeLand. Sat May 5 Jacksonville* W, 8-2 The Hatters and Bulls met twice this year, with Stetson taking both encounters. The Hatters won the first Fri May 11 at FGCU* W, 4-2 Sat May 12 at FGCU* W, 3-1 meeting 5-3 in Tampa on March 27 with Joey Gonzalez going seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits Sat May 12 at FGCU* W, 9-4 with what was then a career-high nine strikeouts. Brooks Wilson worked the last two innings to get the save. Thu May 17 USC Upstate* W, 14-5 Mike Spooner and Jorge Arenas had two hits each in the game and Arenas drove in three runs. ASUN Tournament Jacksonville, Fla. The teams met again on April 11 in DeLand and this time it was bull pen game for both teams. Stetson used Wed May 23 vs NJIT ^ W, 7-2 five hurlers, including freshmen Chris Gonzalez and Austin Wood, while the Bulls used seven pitchers in a Thu May 24 vs Kennesaw State ^ W, 2-1 game the Hatters won 5-2. The game was tied at 2-2 until the eighth inning when Stetson scored three runs, Fri May 25 vs Jacksonville ^ W, 9-8 with Spooner and Arenas again doing the damage. Arenas had three hits and drove in two in the game. Sat May 26 vs North Florida ^ W, 6-0 NCAA Regional Tournament DeLand, Fla. PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP - 2018 STATISTICS Fri June 1 vs Hartford $ 7:00 pm Friday Yr. W-L ERA G-GS IP H R ER BB SO HBP WP HR BAA Sat June 2 vs South Florida/Oklahoma State $ TBA SU RHP Joey Gonzalez Jr. 8-3 1.77 13-10 71.1 50 16 14 30 74 5 4 2 .192 Sun June 3 vs TBA $ TBA UH LHP Nicholas Dombkowski Fr. 6-5 2.73 14-13 85.2 71 32 26 25 67 5 4 8 .222 F-S 6/8-10 NCAA Super Regionals TBA F-W 6/15-27 College World Series Omaha, Neb. MEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION *ASUN Game All Times Eastern and subject to change Stetson Baseball Contact: Ricky Hazel, Associate A.D./Communications @Ricky_Hazel Phone: 386-822-8130 Cell: 334-372-7032 E-Mail: [email protected] NCAA DeLAND REGIONAL June 1-3, 2018 ALL-TIME SERIES Hatters Quick Hitters South Florida Bulls With the two wins this year, Hatters’ coach Steve Award and was selected as a first team All-American Overall: Stetson leads 87-84 Trimper is 3-2 all-time against USF. Trimper has never by Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America. In DeLand: Stetson leads 45-37 faced Oklahoma State in his coaching career. Junior Logan Gilbert is no stranger to earning ASUN In Tampa: USF leads 46-41 Neutral Sites: Series tied 1-1 Stetson enters the 2018 NCAA Tournament carrying hardware. He was selected as Pitcher of the Year for Date Site Result Date Site Result both the ASUN regular season and tournament titles the second consecutive year, marking just the second 1966 DeLand W 3-1 2/19/93 DeLand W 4-3 4/2/66 Tampa L 5-3 2/20/93 DeLand W 6-3 for the first time in program history. The Hatters time any ASUN player has won one of the two major 4/1/67 Tampa L 7-4 2/19/94 DeLand W 6-5 3/23/68 DeLand L 9-4 2/19/94 DeLand W 5-1 swept through the 2018 ASUN Tournament, winning awards from the ASUN in back-to-back years. In fact, 2/28/69 Tampa W 16-9 2/20/94 Tampa L 5-4 the title with a 6-0 victory over North Florida in the the only other two-time winners in league history are 4/25/69 DeLand L 10-9 2/21/94 Tampa L 16-1 3/14/70 Tampa L 11-4 2/18/95 Tampa L 10-4 championship game behind a three-hit shutout per- Stetson’s Chris Westervelt (Player of the Year in 2002 4/11/70 DeLand W 9-6 2/19/95 Tampa L 20-10 formance from sophomore Mitchell Senger.