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2019 UNC ASHEVILLE BASEBALL BASEBALL CONTACT: Brian Hand • CELL: (803) 646-9716 • EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.UNCABulldogs.com • ADDRESS: Justice Center, CP0 #2600 One University Heights, Asheville, NC, 28804 BIG SOUTH SERIES INFORMATION 2019 SCHEDULE / RESULTS Overall (Big South): 14-26 (8-10) UNC ASHEVILLE BULLDOGS (14-26, 8-10 BIG SOUTH) VS. HIGH POINT (17-19, 10-8 BIG SOUTH) Home: 9-9 / Away: 4-15 / Neutral: 1-2 VERT STADIUM • HIGH POINT, N.C. APRIL 27-29 DATE OPPONENT TIME VIDEOS: ESPN+ 2/15 at College of Charleston L, 0-9 2/16 at College of Charleston L, 5-6 LIVE STATS: UNCABULLDOGS.COM 2/17 at College of Charleston L, 3-12 TWITTER: @UNCAVLBASEBALL 2/22 UMBC ^ L, 2-3 2/23 UMBC ^ W, 17-14 BULLDOG BITES 2/24 UMBC ^ L, 0-12 2/26 at Wofford L, 2-14 2/27 at Furman W, 4-3 ABOUT UNC ASHEVILLE: The Bulldogs are 14-26 on the season 3/2 IONA W, 7-3 and 8-10 in the Big South Conference. UNC Asheville is 9-9 in games 3/3 IONA W, 9-2 played at Greenwood Field with series wins over Iona, USC Upstate 3/6 WESTERN CAROLINA L, 4-16 3/8 at Georgia Southern L, 1-5 and Longwood. 3/9 at Georgia Southern W, 14-9 3/10 at Georgia Southern L, 0-14 LAST TIME OUT: An eight-run inning helped propel UNC Asheville 3/12 at Tennessee L, 4-8 3/13 at Tennessee L, 2-7 baseball to its sixth win in its last seven meetings with Western Caro- 3/15 USC UPSTATE * L, 2-10 lina with the Bulldogs earning an 11-8 victory over the Catamounts on 3/16 USC UPSTATE * W, 7-6 (10) Wednesday, April 24, at Childress Field at Hennon Stadium. 3/17 USC UPSTATE * W, 9-5 3/22 at Campbell * W, 3-0 3/23 at Campbell * L, 1-21 RUBBER ARM: Eric Whitecavage set a new program record in the win 3/24 at Campbell * L, 3-6 over Western Carolina with his 98th career appearance. He struck out 3/27 at East Tennessee State L, 6-7 (10) 3/29 LONGWOOD * W, 11-8 one in his record 98th overall appearance as a Bulldog. In 2016 and 3/30 LONGWOOD * W, 14-3 2017, he broke into the top-5 in program history for appearances (27 3/31 LONGWOOD * W, 11-8 each season) in a single season. Whitecavage has made 21 appear- 4/2 at Charlotte L, 2-5 4/5 at Presbyterian * L, 2-4 ances this season, which is third-most in the Big South. 4/6 at Presbyterian * L, 2-5 4/7 at Presbyterian * L, 2-7 AMONG THE TOPS: UNC Asheville’s Greg Gasparro is currently 4/10 APPALACHIAN STATE L, 2-8 4/12 WINTHROP * W, 12-2 leading the Bulldogs and second in the Big South in batting average at 4/13 WINTHROP * L, 1-9 .358. 4/14 WINTHROP * L, 3-4 4/16 FURMAN L, 2-3 4/18 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * L, 2-3 HAMMERIN’ LANK: Brandon Lankford now has 31 home runs for his 4/18 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * L, 2-8 career. He is in sole possession of second place in Asheville baseball 4/20 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 11-4 history for career home runs. His 13 home runs this year is second in 4/23 WOFFORD L, 1-12 4/24 at Western Carolina W, 11-8 the Big South and is tied for 16th in the country in the category. He is 4/27 at High Point * 2 PM also fourth in the league in total bases with 88. 4/28 at High Point * 1 PM 4/29 at High Point * 3 PM 4/30 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 6 PM DANNY DOING WORK: Danny Wilson is currently third in the Big 4/10 RADFORD * 6 PM South with 40 RBIs this season. 4/11 RADFORD * 3 PM 4/12 RADFORD * 1 PM 4/14 at Appalachian State 5 PM SAVING THE DAY: Kole Harris currently leads the Bulldogs and is tied 4/16 at Gardner-Webb * 6 PM atop the category in the Big South with seven saves. The seven saves 4/17 at Gardner-Webb * 6 PM is tied with Ben Buchanan (2007) and Nick Brannon (2000) for the 4/18 at Gardner-Webb * 2 PM third-most saves in a single season in program history. Harris now has All times Eastern standard time and subject to change 15 total saves in his career, which is tied with Buchanan (2005-08) for home games appear in BOLD, played at Greenwood Field * - Big South Conference game Follow UNC Asheville Athletics and Bulldog Baseball on social media: @UNCAvlBaseball ^ - Big League Camp in Marion, N.C. /UNCAvlBulldogs #ThePursuit @UNCAvlBaseball 2019 BULLDOG BASEBALL - 1 - INSIDE THE NUMBERS UNC ASHEVILLE VS. HIGH POINT AVL ............................................ CATEGORY ...............................................HPU .243 ..................................................BATTING AVERAGE ...................................................... .260 4.9 ....................................................RUNS PER GAME ......................................................... 4.8 4.4 .................................................... RBIS PER GAME ......................................................... 4.2 8.2 .....................................................HITS PER GAME ......................................................... 8.9 .357 ......................................................SLUGGING % .......................................................... .377 .337 ...................................................... ON-BASE % .......................................................... .333 .964 ...................................................... FIELDING %. .......................................................... .968 THE UNIVERSITY Location ....................................... Asheville, North Carolina 6.74 ............................................................ ERA ................................................................ 4.82 Founded ......................................................................1927 7.1 ............................................... STRIKEOUTS PER GAME .................................................... 7.7 Enrollment ................................................................. 3,800 5.0 ...................................................WALKS PER GAME ....................................................... 3.9 Interim Chancellor .................................Dr. Nancy J. Cable Director of Athletics .......................................Janet R. Cone Nickname ...............................................................Bulldogs the most in program history. Mascot ....................................................Rocky the Bulldog School Colors ................................... Royal Blue and White SWEEP OF LONGWOOD: The conference sweep for UNC Asheville Affiliation .................................................... NCAA Division I Conference .......................................................... Big South over Longwood was its first since the 2012 season when the Bulldogs Primary Facility (Capacity) ..............Greenwood Field (400) swept High Point on the road in early May. ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS GASPARRO, EDWARDS EARN BIG SOUTH WEEKLY HONORS Assistant AD for External Relations ...................Brian Hand Web Site ..............................................UNCABulldogs.com (3/4/19): UNC Asheville baseball utility players Greg Gasparro and AC Fax ........................................................ (828) 251-6386 Jacob Edwards earned weekly Big South Conference honors on Mon- AMR Address .......................................1 University Heights day, March 4, 2019. Gasparro was tabbed the Big South Player of the ................................................. Justice Center, CPO #2600 Week, and Edwards collected Freshman of the Week honors for their .......................................................... Asheville, N.C. 28804 performances last week. Gasparro started in all four games on the week PROGRAM INFORMATION (ENTERING SEASON) for Asheville - three starts in the outfield and one start on the mound. In First Year of Baseball ............................ 1985 (34 Seasons) his three starts in the lineup, the junior collected eight total hits in just 13 All-Time Record .....................................599-1,017-2 (.370) at-bats (.615 batting average). The Pennington, N.J. native also slugged First Year of Division I Competition ....... 1987 (32 Seasons) NCAA Division I Record .........................580-1,031-2 (.360) .769 and tallied a .643 on-base percentage. Of his eight total hits, Gas- Big South Conference Record ..................... 226-445 (.337) parro collected two doubles. He also touched home four times and had Big South Tournament Titles (Year) ....................... 1 (2006) 10 total bases in the four-game week. Gasparro also made a start on the NCAA Tournament Appearances (Year) ................ 1 (2006) 2018 Overall Record ........................................ 13-38 (.255) mound at Furman, and he worked two innings. The left-hander allowed 2018 Big South Record ..................................... 8-19 (.296) just one run, struck out four and scattered two hits.Edwards pitched 2018 Big South Finish ..................................................10th in two games and appeared in the lineup in three games. The rookie Letterwinners Returning/Lost ......................................18 / 5 totaled 6.1 innings of work, as he totaled his second career win and first Position Starters Returning/Lost ...................................7 / 1 Pitchers Returning/Lost ................................................4 / 2 career save. On the bump, Edwards didn’t surrender a run and struck Newcomers ......................................................................11 out six batters, while holding opponents to a .227 batting average. Of- fensively, Edwards appeared in three games in the lineup, including two COACHING STAFF (ENTERING SEASON) starts in the outfield. He touched home twice in just four at-bats. He also Head Coach ................................................Scott Friedholm Almat Mater