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Southern Conference Baseball 702 North Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303 • 864-591-5100 • Fax: 864-591-3448 2018 Philip Marcello, Media Relations Assistant (Baseball contact) facebook.com/SouthernConference • twitter.com/SoConSports • instagram.com/SouthernConference #SoConBB Southern Conference baseball standings – through Mar. 19 Notes Conference Overall Wofford continued to roll over the weekend, sweeping Siena in a three-game set. The Ter- Team Record Pct Home Away Streak Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak riers have currently won eight straight games and 11 of their last 12. In the second half of Mercer 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 16-4 .762 14-3 2-2 0-0 W4 Saturday’s doubleheader, Wofford registered a school record five triples as they defeated UNCG 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 14-5 .737 8-2 6-3 0-0 L1 the Saints 12-6. Wofford has a home-and- Wofford 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 14-6 .700 14-4 0-2 0-0 W8 home midweek series before opening confer- ence play against Mercer on Friday. Furman 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 13-7 .650 11-3 2-4 0-0 W2 Mercer comes into the week riding a four ETSU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 10-6 .625 6-1 3-4 1-1 L1 game winning streak. The Bears swept East- VMI 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 9-9 .500 6-3 3-6 0-0 L2 ern Kentucky over the weekend as outfielder Trey Truitt exploded for 14 RBIs to be named Samford 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 10-11 .476 8-6 2-3 0-2 W3 both the SoCon Player of the Week and one of Collegiate Baseball’s National Players of The Citadel 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 8-11 .421 7-10 1-1 0-0 L3 the Week. Mercer will travel to Georgia Tech on Wednesday. Western Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 2-17 .105 2-10 0-7 0-0 W1 In its first-ever meeting with Lipscomb, UNCG took 2-of-3 games from the Bisons. The Spar- Upcoming Schedule (all times eastern) SDN - Socon Digital Network tans opened up the series with a 9-3 win be- hind the efforts of Matt Frisbee who struck March 20 (Tuesday) March 24 (Saturday) out a career-high 13 batters. UNCG was slated Radford at VMI 6 p.m. *Western Carolina at The Citadel 2 p.m. to host North Carolina A&T on Wednesday, ETSU at Tennessee 6:30 p.m. *Wofford at Mercer 2 p.m. but due to weather, the game has been re- scheduled to April 2. Samford at Troy 7 p.m. *ETSU at Samford 3 p.m. South Carolina at The Citadel 7 p.m. Furman at Wichita State 3 p.m. Furman continued its winning ways, taking *VMI at UNCG 3 p.m. three of four games from Harvard. The Pala- March 21 (Wednesday) dins opened up the series swinging, scoring 16 runs in Thursday’s victory. After Harvard Western Carolina at Tennessee Tech 5 p.m. March 25 (Sunday) took game two 6-2, Furman edged out the Furman at College of Charleston 6 p.m. Furman at Wichita State 12: 30 p.m. last two games 7-6 and 8-6, respectively. UNCG at North Carolina A&T 6 p.m. *Wofford at Mercer 1 p.m. Wofford at Gardner-Webb 6 p.m. *Western Carolina at The Citadel 1 p.m. ETSU battled tough with William & Mary, hav- ing all three games be decided by just one Mercer at Georgia Tech 6 p.m. *VMI at UNCG 1 p.m. run. The Bucs fell 1-0 in game 1 before down- VCU at VMI 6 p.m. *ETSU at Samford 2 p.m. ing the Tribe 3-2 in 10 innings in game two. Game three it was William & Mary who pre- March 23 (Friday) March 27 (Tuesday) vailed 3-2. *Western Carolina at The Citadel 6 p.m. Clemson at Furman 6 p.m. Samford swept Alabama A&M over the week- *VMI at UNCG 6 p.m. Mercer at Florida A&M 4 p.m. end and will travel to Troy on Tuesday for a 7 *Wofford at Mercer 6 p.m. Tennessee at Western Carolina 5 p.m. p.m. first pitch. *ETSU at Samford 7 p.m. High Point at UNCG 6 p.m. VMI dropped two of three to George Washing- Furman at Wichita State 7 p.m. Winthrop at Wofford 6 p.m. ton over the weekend. The Keydets’ midweek VMI at Radford 6 p.m. contest against Radford was postponed. UNC Asheville at ETSU 6:30 p.m. Samford at UAB 7:30 p.m. Western Carolina snapped its 14-game losing streak, defeating Kent State 9-2 on Sunday. Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Trey Truitt, OF, Sr. Adam Scott, LHP, Sr. Mercer Wofford .588, 4 HRs, 14 RBIs, 8 runs, 2 SB 1-0 (W-L), 7 IP, 6 K, 0 ER, 0 BB Truitt hit .588 with 14 RBIs and eight runs scored Scott shut down Siena on Saturday, striking out six over four games, helping the Bears go undefeated batters over seven innings, allowing zero earned last week. The Dothan, Alabama, native got off to a runs en route to a 10-4 victory for Wofford. Scott, strong start on Tuesday, smacking a home run, driv- who is 3-1 on the season, did not allow a free pass ing in three runs and stealing a base in the 11-8 Mer- as the Terriers cruised to their sixth straight win. cer victory over Georgia Southern. After going 3-for- 4 with four RBIs in the series-opener against Eastern A native of Canandaigui, New York, Scott leads the Kentucky on Friday, Truitt went 3-for-4 with a grand SoCon with 45 strikeouts and ranks second with 32 slam and five RBIs on Saturday. The senior capped off innings pitched. his impressive week with a pair of hits, two RBIs and a stolen base as the Bears edged the Colonels 5-4 on Sunday. Truitt ranks third in the conference in batting aver- age (.427) and slugging percentage (.800), while leading in runs scored (28) and home runs (seven). SoCon Baseball Preseason teams/polls SoCon Player/Pitcher of the Month - February Preseason Player of the Year JT Thomas, Sr., C, Mercer Preseason Pitcher of the Year Josh Winder, Jr., RHP, VMI First team SP Cody Shelton, Samford SP Josh Winder, VMI RP Robert Broom, Mercer C JT Thomas, Mercer 1B Brandon Elmy, Furman 2B Austin Embler, UNCG SS Chris Cook, ETSU 3B Caleb Webster, UNCG OF Andrew Moritz, UNCG OF Dillon Stewart, UNCG OF Matt Pita, VMI OF McClain Bradley, Wofford DH Devin Ruiz, UNCG Second Team SP Ryan Simpler, ETSU SP Matt Frisbee, UNCG RP Wyatt Burns, Samford C Peyton Maddox, VMI 1B Collin Fleischer, VMI 2B Reed Massey, Wofford Cesar Trejo, Jr., OF Andrew Wantz, Sr., RHP SS Tripp Shelton, UNCG 3B Jonathan Sabo, The Citadel UNCG UNCG OF Aaron Maher, ETSU .483, 2 HR, 10 RBIs, 8 runs, 3 SB 2-0, 11.0 IP, 17 K, 2 SV, 1 ER OF Landon Kay, Furman OF Troy Dixon, Samford DH Ayrton Schafer, Samford Coaches Poll Place Team (1st-place votes) Points SoCon head coaches’ career records T-1. UNCG (4) 58 COACH, SCHOOL SOCON (YRS) SCHOOL (YRS) CAREER (YRS) T-1. Mercer (3) 58 Tony Skole, CIT 108-141 (9th) 8-11 (1st) 573-569-1 (22nd) 3. Samford (2) 43 Joe Pennucci, ETSU 0-0 (1st) 10-6 (1st) 10-6 (1st) T-4. ETSU 34 Brett Harker, FUR 14-10 (2nd) 46-36 (2nd) 46-36 (2nd) T-4. Western Carolina 34 Craig Gibson, MER 49-21 (4th) 490-338 (15th) 490-338 (15th) 6. Furman 32 Link Jarrett, UNCG 60-66 (6th) 155-136 (6th) 155-136 (6th) T-7. Wofford 28 Casey Dunn, SAM* 128-119 (10th) 417-360 (14th) 417-360 (14th) T-7. VMI 28 Jonathan Hadra, VMI 23-49 (4th) 75-106 (4th) 75-106 (4th) 9. The Citadel 9 Bobby Moranda, WCU 161-111-1 (11th) 314-265-2 (11th) 314-265-2 (11th) Todd Interdonato, WOF 100-173 (11th) 265-321 (11th) 265-321 (11th) Media Poll Place Team (1st-place votes) Points * 124 overall wins and 58 SoCon wins from 2011-14 later vacated 1. Mercer (8) 119 2. UNCG (6) 114 3. Samford 82 SoCon media relations directory 4. Furman 79 5. Western Carolina 74 The Citadel (CitadelSports.com) Samford (SamfordSports.com) 6. Wofford 52 Zeke Beam ([email protected]) Zac Schrieber ([email protected]) 7. ETSU 50 (Office) 843-953-5120 (Press box) 843-965-4151 (Office) 205-726-2802 (Press box) 205-726-4167 8. VMI 42 VMI (VMIKeydets.com) 9. The Citadel 18 ETSU (ETSUBucs.com) Mike Ezekiel ([email protected]) Brad Salois ([email protected]) (Office) 423-439-8212 (Press box) (256) 349-1290 (Office) 540-464-7015 (Press box) 940-642-9865 Furman (FurmanPaladins.com) Western Carolina (CatamountSports.com) Hunter Reid ([email protected]) Daniel Hooker ([email protected]) (Office) 864-294-2061 (Press box) 864-294-3066 (Office) 828-227-2339 (Press box) 828-227-7020 Mercer (MercerBears.com) Wofford (WoffordTerriers.com) Gerrit Van Genderen Brent Williamson ([email protected]) ([email protected]) (Office) 864-597-4093 (Press box) 864-597-4478 (Cell) 919-632-0217 (Press box) 919-632-0217 Southern Conference (SoConSports.com) UNCG (UNCGSpartans.com) Philip Marcello ([email protected]) Dan Wacker ([email protected]) Office: 864-591-5100 (Office) 336-334-5615 (Press box) 336-218-3885 March 20, 2018 SoCon Player/Pitcher of the Week SoCon active career leaders Player of the Week Date Pitcher of the Week BATTING AVERAGE (MIN.