2021 NAVY GAME DAY

MEDIA COVERAGE February 24, 2021 Live Stats: NavyStats.com Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium Coppin State (0-1) at Navy (1-0)

2021 Schedule Getting off to a Strong Start After being away from competition for over 340 days, Navy returned to action with a strong 7-2 win over Coppin February State on Sunday afternoon in the season opener for both teams. The Eagles struck first with two runs in the 21 Coppin State W, 7-2 first inning but Navy bounced right back and scored four runs in the same inning and never looked back.The 24 Coppin State 2 p.m. pair of Joe Simourian and Zach Stevens led the Midshipmen after they both went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Both of 27 George Mason (DH) Noon Simourian’s hits in the game were triples as he finished the day slugging 1.500. 28 at George Mason 1 p.m. Lucky Number 15 March With Navy’s win on Sunday, it increased its winning streak to 15 games after the Midshipmen closed the short- 3 Towson TBA 6 Massachusetts (DH) 1 p.m. ened 2020 season with 14 wins in a row. Navy’s 15-straight wins rank second in the nation only behind Ole Miss 7 Massachusetts 1 p.m. who went 3-0 during the opening weekend to stretch its winning streak to 19 games en route to taking over the 10 at Mount St. Mary’s 3 p.m. No. 1 ranking in the country. 13 Bucknell * (DH) 1 p.m. 14 at Bucknell 1 p.m. Navy vs. Coppin State 17 Mount St. Mary’s TBA Navy has controlled the all-time series against Coppin State and holds a record of 23-6-1 all-time. The 20 at Lehigh * (DH) TBA Midshipmen have won the last 10 contests against the Eagles including Sunday’s 7-2 win in Annapolis. Navy 21 Lehigh * 2 p.m. and Coppin State are set to play two more times following Wednesday as the Midshipmen finish out their 27 at Bucknell * (DH) Noon 28 Bucknell * 2 p.m. midweek contests against the Eagles on April 21 and April 28. 31 at George Washington 3 p.m. 2021 Statistical Leaders April 3 Lehigh * (DH) 1 p.m. NAVY COPPIN STATE Matchup at a Glance 4 Lehigh * 2 p.m. Navy Coppin State 7 at Towson TBA Batting Average Batting Average .290 BA .156 10 at Lafayette * (DH) Noon Joe Simourian - .500 Jordan Hamberg - .400 31 AB 32 11 Lafayette * (DH) 2 p.m. Zach Stevens - .500 Darren Hagan - .333 7 R 2 17 Bucknell * (DH) 1 p.m. Alex Smith - .400 Conner Walker - .333 9 H 5 18 at Bucknell * 1 p.m. 3 2B 2 21 Coppin State 6 p.m. Hits Hits 2 3B 0 24 Holy Cross * (DH) 1 p.m. Joe Simourian - 2 Jordan Hamberg - 2 0 HR 0 25 Holy Cross * (DH) Noon Zach Stevens - 2 Three Tied - 1 6 RBI 2 28 Coppin State 6 p.m. Alex Smith - 2 .516 SLG% .219 .395 OB% .308 Runs Batted In 3 BB 5 May Runs Batted In Conner Walker - 1 9 SO 11 1 at Lehigh * (DH) TBA Joe Simourian - 2 Eddie Javier, Jr. - 1 2 Lehigh * 2 p.m. 2-2 SB 0-1 Zach Stevens - 2 2.00 ERA 5.63 8 at Army * (DH) 1 p.m. Two Tied - 1 ERA 9 at Army * (DH) 1 p.m. 0 SV 0 John Neeld - 0.00 5 BB 3 15-16 Patriot League Semifinals [1] TBA ERA Aaron Rea - 6.00 21-23 Patriot League Final [1] TBA 11 SO 9 Tommy Goodridge - 0.00 Two Tied - 6.75 .156 BBA .290 Reece Early - 0.00 June .972 FLD% .941 4-6 NCAA Regionals [2] TBA Trey Braithwaite - 0.00 Wins 1 E 2 11-13 NCAA Super Regionals [3] TBA N/A 18-30 College World Series [4] TBA Wins Up Next Charlie Connolly - 1 Strikeouts Navy continues its homestand this weekend as * Patriot League game Aaron Rea - 4 it hosts George Mason for a doubleheader on [1] at higher seeded league school Strikeouts Nico Felber - 3 Saturday starting at noon before the Midship- [2] at regional sites [3] at super regional sites Tommy Goodridge - 4 Two Tied - 1 men hit the road for the first time this season [4] TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb. Charlie Connolly - 3 on Sunday when they travel to Fairfax, Va., Two Tied - 2 to finish off the three-game series against the (Schedule subject to change) Patriots. Navy is also in action next week as it host Towson on Wednesday afternoon at Max Bishop Stadium. (1-0) Coppin State Eagles (0-1) No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/High School No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School 1 Logan Keller Fr. IF 6-1 193 R/R Longwood, Fla./Lake Brantley 1 Wellington Balsley OF L/L 5-9 165 r-So. Vacaville, Calif. 2 Hudson Lehnertz Fr. IF 6-1 175 R/R Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill 2 Brandon Watkins 2B R/R 6-0 160 r-Jr. Silver Spring, Md. 3 Kiel Brenczewski So. C/IF 6-2 200 R/R Fishers, Ind./Fishers 3 Eddie Javier, Jr. INF R/R 6-1 190 r-Fr. Bergenfield, N.J. 4 Joe Simourian Jr. OF 5-9 165 L/L Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy 4 Tim Ruffino P R/L 5-10 190 r-Fr. Bogalusa, La. 5 Jack Ferguson Sr. LHP 5-11 170 L/L Atlanta, Ga./North Atlanta 5 Justin Oakley OF R/R 5-10 195 r-Jr. La Plata, Md. 6 Stephen Thompson Sr. IF 6-0 185 R/R Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe 7 Rashad Ruff P R/R 5-10 160 r-Fr. Moreno Valley, Calif. 7 Eduardo Diaz Fr. IF 5-9 182 R/R Miami, Fla./Miami Coral Park Senior 8 Bruce Hilton INF R/R 5-9 185 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. 8 Nick Burch So. OF 6-0 172 R/R Hollywood, Md./Leonardtown 9 Matt Day OF R/R 6-1 185 r-So. College Park, Md. 9 Colin Smith So. IF 5-10 185 R/R Wilmington, Del./Delaware Military Academy 10 Cole Gerula C/IF R/R 6-2 215 r-Sr. Harrisburg, Pa. 10 Kyle Rausch So. OF 5-11 190 R/R Middle Island, N.Y./Longwood 12 Nick Morales C/3B R/R 5-11 185 So. Hernando, Fla. 11 Anthony Fiallo Fr. OF 5-10 180 L/L Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep 13 Conner Walker C R/R 6-4 250 r-Sr. Bothell, Wash. 13 Zach Ward Fr. RHP 6-1 175 R/R Mokena, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central 16 Diego Torres C R/R 5-9 175 r-Fr. Mayaguez, P.R. 14 Cole Reibenspies So. IF 5-8 165 L/R Simi Valley, Calif./Chaminade 19 Aaron Rea P R/R 6-2 170 r-Sr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. 16 Dalton Jackson Jr. OF/1B 6-0 200 R/R Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge 21 Grant Williams 1B/3B R/R 5-11 210 So. Warren, Ohio 17 Zach Stevens Jr. 1B 6-2 220 R/R Lexington, Mass./Lexington 22 Toran Smith INF R/R 5-10 190 r-Fr. Plainfield, N.J. 18 Ryan Duffey Sr. OF 6-2 185 R/R Duxbury, Mass./Noble and Greenough 23 Devyan Dyal P/INF R/R 5-11 170 r-Jr. Savaneta, Aruba 19 Nico Valdez Jr. IF 5-9 168 R/R Stevenson Ranch, Calif./West Ranch 24 Marcos Castillo OF R/R 6-1 180 r-Jr. Round Rock, Texas 20 Matthew Shirah Fr. RHP 6-5 202 R/R Blue Ridge, Ga./Fannin County 25 Mike Dorcean C R/R 5-11 195 r-Fr. Bellerose, N.Y. 21 Kody Milton So. IF 6-2 190 R/R Arnold, Md./Severna Park 27 Mario Cuevas OF L/L 6-1 175 Fr. Stony Point, N.Y. 22 Zane Raba Fr. OF 5-11 190 L/R San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Reagan 28 Max Rundberg P L/L 5-11 155 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 23 Dalton Baker Jr. RHP 6-4 210 L/R Sebring, Fla./Sebring 29 Jordan Hamberg P/OF L/L 6-0 170 Fr. South Plainfield, N.J. 24 Tommy Goodridge Sr. RHP 5-11 180 R/R San Diego, Calif./St. Augustine 30 Giovanni Canales P R/R 6-1 200 r-Fr. Cranston, R.I. 26 Christian Policelli Jr. C 6-0 195 R/R Walkersville, Md./Walkersville 31 Colby Garrison INF L/R 6-0 175 Fr. West Deptford, N.J. 27 Brandon Yu Sr. RHP 6-1 170 R/R Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall 33 Matt Perkins P R/R 6-1 170 So. Henderson, N.C. 28 Trent Topping Jr. RHP 6-3 195 R/R Temecula, Calif./Great Oak 34 Darren Hagan OF R/R 5-11 170 Fr. Chichester, Pa. 29 Chase Daniels Fr. RHP 6-4 220 R/R Alpharetta, Ga./Milton 36 Nico Felber P R/R 6-0 190 r-Fr. Reading, Pa. 30 Colin Jones Jr. LHP 6-5 200 L/L Collierville, Tenn./Evangelical Christian 37 Trey Jackson P L/L 6-3 220 r-Sr. Hamden, Conn. 31 Trey Braithwaite Sr. RHP 6-3 210 R/R Winchester, Va./Millbrook 38 Luke Baker P R/R 5-10 170 Fr. Schuylkill Haven, Pa. 32 Brian Furey Fr. C 5-11 200 L/R Strathmere, N.J./Saint Augustine Prep 39 John Neeld P R/R 6-1 225 Fr. Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 33 Alex Smith So. C/OF 6-1 185 R/R Laguna Hills, Calif./St. Margaret’s Episcopal School 46 Bradley Tuttle P R/R 6-6 235 r-Jr. Round Rock, Texas 34 Sante Grossi Sr. RHP 5-11 195 R/R Riverside, Calif./Martin Luther King 50 Tyler Nichol P R/R 5-9 155 Fr. Belle Chasse, La. 36 Zach Powers Fr. RHP 6-6 220 L/R Centreville, Md./Archbishop Spalding 55 Sebastien Sarabia C R/R 5-11 205 Fr. Simi Valley, Calif. 37 Nolan Jorgenson Fr. RHP 6-6 205 R/R Eastvale, Calif./Ontario Christian 99 Lukas Lawrence INF R/R 6-1 175 Fr. Columbia, Md. 38 Thomas Russell So. RHP 6-3 210 R/R Fairfax, Va./Paul VI Catholic 40 Nate Mitchell So. RHP 6-5 185 R/R Parker, Colo./Cherry Creek Coaching Staff 42 Reece Early So. RHP 5-10 185 R/R Reisterstown, Md./Gerstell Academy Head Coach: (Towson ‘83) - 11th Season 44 Michael Mahala So. RHP 6-4 200 R/R Far Hills, N.J./Seton Hall Prep Associate Head Coach: Matthew Greely - Fifth Season 51 Jared Leins Sr. RHP 6-6 210 R/R Raleigh, N.C./Leesville Road Assistant Coach: Jovanny Zarzabal - Second Season 55 Charlie Connolly Sr. RHP 6-4 225 R/R Wayne, Pa./Radnor Assistant Coach: Aaron Tarr - First Season Dircector of Baseball Operations: Lyndon Watkins - Fifth Season Coaching Staff 15 Paul Kostacopoulos - Head Coach (16th season, Providence ‘87) 39 Jeff Kane - Assistant Coach (Seventh season, Clemson ‘01) 25 Bobby Applegate - Assistant Coach (Seventh season, Southern Colorado ‘96) 50 Phil Disher - Volunteer Assistant Coach (First season, South Carolina ‘07) Lt. Stephen Moore, USN - Director of Operations (First season, Navy ‘15)

2021 PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS Team PL Pct. Overall Pct. AROUND THE PATRIOT LEAGUE Navy 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Friday, February 19 Saturday, February 27 Bucknell 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 North Carolina Central def. Army, 9-4 Lehigh at Coppin State, TBA Holy Cross 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Lehigh at Coppin State, TBA Lafayette 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Saturday, February 20 Bucknell at Radford, TBA Lehigh 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 North Carolina Central def. Army, 8-1 George Mason at Navy, Noon Army 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 George Mason at Navy, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, February 21 North Carolina Central def. Army, 5-4 Sunday, February 28 Navy def. Coppin State, 7-2 Bucknell at Radford, TBA Navy at George Mason, 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 24 Coppin State at Navy, 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 Towson at Navy, TBA Friday, February 26 Bucknell at Radford, TBA