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w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w 2017 SEASON <<< WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS BASEBALL GAME NOTES >>> FEBRUARY GAMES #8-10: WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS at KEITH LeCLAIR CLASSIC 17 vs. St. John’s @ CSN Myrtle Beach, S.C. L 3 14 Fri., 4:30 pm / Sat., Noon / Sun., 11 am • Clark–LeClair Stadium (3,000) • Greenville, N.C. 18 at #9 Coastal Carolina @ CSN Conway, S.C. W 5 4 19 vs. North Carolina A&T @ CSN Myrtle Beach, S.C. W 16 7 EAST CAROLINA PIRATES APP STATE MOUNTAINEERS ST. JOHN’S RED STORM 22 at #12 Clemson CSN Clemson, S.C. L 5 11 24 MARSHALL CSN CULLOWHEE W 8 0 Game Date:...... Fri., March 3 Game Date:...... Sat., March 4 Game Date:...... Sun., March 5 25 MARSHALL CULLOWHEE W 20 15 Location:...... Greenville, N.C. Location:...... Boone, N.C. Location:...... Queens, N.Y. 26 MARSHALL CULLOWHEE L 6 10 2017 Record:...... 5-3 2017 Record:...... 4-4 2017 Record:...... 8-0 28 UNC ASHEVILLE CULLOWHEE CANCELLED Conference:...... American Conference:...... Sun Belt Conference:...... Big East MARCH Head Coach:...... Cliff Godwin Head Coach:...... Kermit Smith Head Coach:...... Ed Blankmeyer Series:...... WCU trails, 2-16 3 at East Carolina % Greenville, N.C. 4:30 pm Series:...... WCU trails, 81-47-1 Series:...... Tied, 3-3 4 vs. Appalachian State % Greenville, N.C. Noon Streak:...... Lost 2 Streak:...... Lost 1 Streak:...... Lost 3 5 vs. St. John’s % Greenville, N.C. 11:00 am Most Recent:...... L, 3-1 (2012) Most Recent:...... L, 12-3 (2015) Most Recent:...... L, 14-3 (2017) 6 at N.C. State Raleigh, N.C. 2:00 pm 8 at Missouri CSN Columbia, Mo. 5:00 pm 10 at Nebraska CSN Lincoln, Neb. 5:05 pm LEADING OFF FOR THE CATAMOUNTS: CSN GAME No. 1 PITCHING MATCH-UP: 11 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 3:05 pm >> Western Carolina opens an eight-game road swing this CSN 12 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 2:05 pm weekend with the first stop coming at the 14th-annual FIRST PITCH: Friday, 4:30 pm 15 KENNESAW STATE CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM Keith LeClair Classic in Greenville, N.C. ... WCU will play four WCU: Sr. LHP Bryan Sammons 17 KENT STATE SDN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM games in four days in the eastern part of the state with three ECU: Sr. LHP Evan Kruczynski 18 KENT STATE CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM match-ups against nationally-ranked opponents – at No. 9 19 KENT STATE CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM GAME No. 2 PITCHING MATCH-UP: 22 GARDNER-WEBB SDN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM East Carolina, vs. No. 16 St. John’s, and at No. 6 N.C. State FIRST PITCH: Saturday, Noon 24 at UNCG * CSN Greensboro, N.C. 6:00 pm on Monday; WCU: Sr. RHP B.J. Nobles 25 at UNCG * CSN Greensboro, N.C. 3:00 pm >> WCU faces St. John’s for a second time this season, drop- APP: TBA 26 at UNCG * CSN Greensboro, N.C. 1:00 pm ping the first meeting in tournament play in Myrtle Beach GAME No. 3 PITCHING MATCH-UP: 29 at UNC Asheville CSN Asheville, N.C. 5:00 pm ... the Catamounts’ 14-3 loss to St. John’s in the season- SDN FIRST PITCH: Sunday, 11:00 am 31 THE CITADEL * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM opener was the identical same score from the only meeting WCU: Soph. LHP Tristan Baker a season ago, also coming in tournament play at the 2015 SJU: TBA APRIL Buffalo Wild Wings “Battle at the Beach,” hosted by UNC 1 THE CITADEL * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM Wilmington; 2 THE CITADEL * SDN CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM 5 at Kennesaw State CSN Kennesaw, Ga. 5:00 pm >> WCU’s 4-3 start through the first seven games is its best since 2014 when the squad started 5-2 through its 7 at ETSU * CSN Johnson City, Tenn. 6:30 pm opening seven games … the Catamounts are collectively batting .340 on the season, third in the Southern Confer- 8 at ETSU * CSN Johnson City, Tenn. 2:00 pm ence, and average 4.9 runs per game … Entering the week, WCU leads the SoCon in doubles (21) and triples (4); CSN 9 at ETSU * Johnson City, Tenn. 1:00 pm >> Western Carolina won five of its six games to win the 2016 Southern Conference Baseball Championship in 11 at Presbyterian Clinton, S.C. 3:00 pm Greenville, S.C. ... the Catamounts had to win three-straight games over the top-two preseason squads – No. 6 13 FURMAN * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM seed Samford and two against No. 1 seed, Mercer, on Sunday ... It was just the second time in program history that 14 FURMAN * SDN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM Western Carolina had won five games at the conference tournament, also doing so on the way to the 1993 title; 15 FURMAN * SDN CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM 17 at Charlotte CSN Charlotte, N.C. 5:00 pm >> Western Carolina was a tournament team a season ago, earning the automatic berth in the post-season field 19 at Gardner-Webb CSN Boiling Springs, N.C. 6:00 pm out of the Southern Conference ... WCU went 1-2 at the NCAA Clemson Regional, falling to the host Tigers twice 21 VMI * SDN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM sandwiched around a victory over Big Ten foe, Nebraska. 22 VMI * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM 23 VMI * SDN CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM WCU PROJECTED WEEKEND STARTING PITCHERS: 25 SAVANNAH STATE CULLOWHEE 6:00 PM # PLAYER L/R CL. ERA W-L IP BB K NOTES 26 SAVANNAH STATE CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM 28 at Samford * CSN Birmingham, Ala. 7:00 pm 32 Bryan Sammons LHP Sr. 2.70 2-0 13.1 6 13 44 starts, 21 wins; PRE 2nd tm All-SoCon; 230 career Ks 29 at Samford * CSN Birmingham, Ala. 3:00 pm 18 B.J. Nobles RHP Sr. 10.66 1-0 12.2 3 10 52 app, 12 starts; Closer last yr, 5 svs; 132 career Ks 30 at Samford * CSN Birmingham, Ala. 2:00 pm 30 Tristan Baker LHP So. 1.80 0-0 5.0 2 2 4 of first 8 career starts have been vs. Power 5 schools MAY 5 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE 6:00 PM WCU PROJECTED STARTING LINE-UP: 6 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE TBA POS. # PLAYER B / T CL. GP–GS AVG. HR RBI INDIVIDUAL QUICK NOTES 7 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM DH 8 Spencer Holcomb R/R Jr. 3–2 .667 2 4 Hit .625 last weekend vs. MAR with 2 2Bs and 2 HRs 12 at Ball State CSN Muncie, Ind. 3:00 pm 13 at Ball State CSN Muncie, Ind. 1:00 pm C 19 Justin Sparks R/R R-Fr. 4–3 .250 0 1 1st collegiate hit, 2B vs. St. John’s in 2nd career AB 14 at Ball Sate CSN Muncie, Ind. 1:00 pm 1B 15 Caleb Robinson R/R Jr. 7–7 .310 0 4 9 Hs, 4 extra bases; Joined on team by younger twin bros 16 PRESBYTERIAN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM 18 at Mercer * CSN Macon, Ga. 6:00 pm 2B 7 Nobu Suzuki R/R Sr. 7–5 .389 0 4 Tm-high 11 sac hits in 2016; Leggett No. 7 Legacy CSN 19 at Mercer * Macon, Ga. 6:00 pm SS 5 Brett Pope L/R Jr. 7–7 .429 1 7 6-gm hit streak; Named to All-Clemson Regional team 20 at Mercer * CSN Macon, Ga. 2:00 pm 25-29 SoCon Championship CSN Greenville, S.C. TBA 3B 9 Cameron Blaquiere R/R Jr. 6–5 .316 0 3 JuCo transfer; PH in opener, started next two at 3B – All times are listed as EASTERN / * — Southern Conference Game / ALL CAPS – home games LF 10 Matthew Koehler L/R R-So. 7–7 .400 2 12 1st career HR vs. NCA&T; Missed 2016 due to knee injury CSN – Denotes Catamount Sports Network radio/online broadcast SDN – Denotes SoCon Digital Network online video stream broadcast CF 17 Matt Smith L/L Sr. 7–7 .321 0 11 2nd tm PRE All-SoCon; SoCon Tourney MVP, All-Regional @ – Caravelle Resort “Baseball at the Beach” (Coastal) – Myrtle Beach/Conway, S.C. % – Denotes the 2017 Keith LeClair Classic – Greenville, N.C. RF 12 Bryson Bowman R/R R-Sr. 7–7 .308 1 5 3-time PRE All-America; 1st tm PRE All-SoCon at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 1 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU BASEBALL GAME NOTES – AT KEITH LeCLAIR CLASSIC

WESTERN CAROLINA VS. EAST CAROLINA – THE SERIES: • Western Carolina trails East Carolina in the all-time se- WESTERN CAROLINA vs. EAST CAROLINA SERIES HISTORY: WCU trails, 2-16 (L–2) ries, 2-16, having dropped two-straight, last winning in • QUICK FACTS• 2007 to bounce the Pirates from the NCAA Chapel Hill re- 03/15/76 East Carolina 5-1 Greenville Location:...... Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 ...... Pronounced “KULL - uh - whee” gional ... However, ECU had to vacate its 2010 win to put the 04/18/77 Western Carolina 8-4 Cullowhee official record at 2-15 for WCU in the series; Founded:...... 1889 04/18/77 East Carolina 4-1 Cullowhee Enrollment:...... 10,805 • WCU is 0-12 all-time in games played at ECU including 03/07/90 East Carolina 7-2 Greenville Nickname:...... Catamounts an 0-3 mark against the Pirates at the Keith LeClair Classic; Colors:...... Purple & Gold 03/08/90 East Carolina 12-0 Greenville • WCU leads the all-time series, 81-47-1, with wins in four Facility:...... Ronnie G. Childress Field at Hennon Stadium of the last five, though ASU won the last game in 2015, 12- 03/02/91 East Carolina 8-6 Cullowhee Seating Capacity:...... 1,500 Field Dimensions: 3, in Boone … the Catamounts are 8-6 against the Moun- 02/09/97 East Carolina 5-4 Charleston, S.C. taineers in neutral field meetings … App State enters the 02/09/01 East Carolina 9-5 Greenville 325 (LF) | 375 (LC) | 395 (CF) | 375 (RC) | 325 (RF) THE “PURPLE MONSTER” tournament at 4-4 overall record. 02/10/01 East Carolina 9-5 Greenville Sec. I: 20’ tall & 50’ long – Sec. II: 14’ tall & 50’ long WESTERN CAROLINA VS. THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE: 02/11/01 East Carolina 12-1 Greenville CENTERFIELD “BATTER’S EYE” Western Carolina has faced FIVE of the current members of 02/14/03 East Carolina 6-4 Greenville 20’ tall & 50’ long – is in play the American Conference, holding an 8-29 overall record in 02/14/03 East Carolina 4-2 Greenville Affiliation:...... NCAA Division I those meetings all-time ... In-state foe and directional rival 02/15/03 East Carolina 2-1 Greenville Conference:...... Southern (SoCon) East Carolina represents the most-played opponent with 18 Chancellor:...... Dr. David O. Belcher (Furman, 1979) all-time meetings between the two Purple & Gold programs: 06/01/07 East Carolina 9-8 Chapel Hill, N.C. Athletics Director:...... Randy Eaton (UT-San Antonio, 1990) WCU AGAINST THE AMERICAN BREAKDOWN: 06/03/07 Western Carolina 9-5 Chapel Hill, N.C. Ticket Office Phone:...... (800) 34-GOWCU East Carolina, 2-16 / Cincinnati, 0-2 03/07/10 East Carolina 5-4 * Greenville Official Website:...... www.CatamountSports.com Connecticut, 2-1 / UCF, 0-6 / USF, 4-4 02/26/12 East Carolina 3-1 Greenville BASEBALL HISTORY: SoCon Championships:...... 23 (13 regular season; 10 tournament) WESTERN CAROLINA VS. APP STATE – THE SERIES: * ECU’s 2010 win was later vacated due to NCAA sanctions • Western Carolina and Appalachian State meet for the NCAA Appearances:...... 12 (14-24 overall record) 130th time in series history … the longtime mountain and 1985, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘97, 2003, ‘07, ‘16 conference rivals met at least once annually between 1969 WESTERN CAROLINA vs. APPALACHIAN STATE Last Appearance:...... 2016 (NCAA Clemson Regional) and 2015 … the two squads will halt the one-year hiatus SERIES HISTORY: WCU leads, 81-47-1 (L–1) Series Under Bobby Moranda: 14-10-1 WCU COACHING STAFF: with Saturday’s neutral field meeting; Head Coach:...... Bobby Moranda (Eastern Kentucky, 1986) • WCU leads the all-time series, 81-47-1, with wins in four 04/18/08 Appalachian State 6-2 Boone • Head Coaching Record at WCU:...... 288-228-2 (10th season) of the last five, though ASU won the last game in 2015, 12- 04/20/08 Appalachian State 12-8 Boone • Overall Career Record:...... Same (10) • SoCon Record at WCU:...... 146-103-1 (9th season) 3, in Boone … the Catamounts are 8-6 against the Moun- 04/20/08 Western Carolina 5-4 Boone taineers in neutral field meetings … App State enters the 05/22/08 Appalachian State 10-5 Charleston, S.C. ASSISTANT COACHES tournament at 4-4 overall record. 03/06/09 Western Carolina 4-0 Cullowhee Nate Cocolin (Pitching Coach)...... Embry-Riddle, 2003 Brock Doud (3B Coach)...... Hope College, 2008 WESTERN CAROLINA VS. THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE: 03/07/09 Western Carolina 14-11 Cullowhee Kyle Dean (Volunteer, 1B Coach)...... Ohio, 2015 Western Carolina has faced SIX of the current members of 03/08/09 Western Carolina 4-3 Cullowhee Athletic Trainer:...... Kristen Harkins (East Carolina, 2012) the Sun Belt Conference, holding a 146-116-1 overall re- 03/19/10 Appalachian State 11-7 Boone Athletic Performance:...... Garrett Mize (Kentucky Christian, 2014) cord in those meetings all-time ... the numbers are slightly 03/20/10 Western Carolina 10-7 Boone 2016 Record:...... 31-31 (Home, 13-9; Away, 12-19; Neutral, 6-3) skewed because the bulk of the meetings against both Ap- 03/21/10 Tied (weather-shortened) 4-4 Boone palachian State and Georgia Southern came while they were MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION: still members of the Southern Conference: 05/29/10 Appalachian State 3-2 Charleston, S.C. Asst. AD/Media Relations (BASE Contact):...... Daniel Hooker • Alma Mater, Year:...... Western Carolina, 2001 WCU AGAINST THE SUN BELT BREAKDOWN: 05/29/10 Western Carolina 7-6 Charleston, S.C. 05/07/11 Appalachian State 10-5 Boone • Email Address:...... [email protected] Appalachian State, 81-47-1 / Coastal Carolina, 2-7 • Office Phone:...... (828) 227-2339 05/08/11 Appalachian State 10-9 Boone Georgia Southern, 51-54 / Georgia State, 8-6 • Cell Phone:...... (828) 508-2494 UL-Monroe, 1-2 / Troy, 3-1 05/09/11 Western Carolina 13-7 Boone Director of Media Relations:...... Sean Forrester WESTERN CAROLINA VS. ST. JOHN’S – THE SERIES: 05/17/12 Western Carolina 8-6 Cullowhee • Email Address:...... [email protected] Director of Media Relations:...... Denise Gideon • The Catamounts and Red Storm square-off for the sec- 05/18/12 Appalachian State 5-4 Cullowhee • Email Address:...... [email protected] ond time this season, first meeting in the season-opener in 05/19/12 Western Carolina 9-7 Cullowhee Director of Video Operations:...... Will Adams Myrtle Beach, S.C. – a 14-3 SJU win ... the two squads meet 05/16/13 Western Carolina 23-5 Boone • Email Address:...... [email protected] on the baseball diamond for the seventh time dating back to 05/17/13 Western Carolina 9-1 Boone Athletics Fax:...... (828) 227-7688 1985 … Thanks to three-straight St. John’s wins after WCU 05/18/13 Appalachian State 9-8 Boone Online Streaming Audio:...... www.CatamountSports.com won the first three match-ups, the series is tied at 3-3; 05/24/13 Appalachian State 15-4 Greenville, S.C. Online Stream Video:...... www.SoConDigitalNetwork.com/WCU • Sunday is the FOURTH neutral field meeting between the Athletics Mailing & Overnight Address:...... Western Carolina Univ. 05/02/14 Western Carolina 10-9 Cullowhee two programs with St. John’s handing WCU back-to-back Ramsey Center – Athletics 14-3 loss in Wilmington a season ago and Myrtle Beach this 05/03/14 Western Carolina 20-10 Cullowhee Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 year. 05/04/14 Western Carolina 7-4 Cullowhee Southern Conference Contact:...... Phil Perry 04/21/15 Western Carolina 18-15 Cullowhee • Email Address:...... [email protected] WESTERN CAROLINA VS. THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE: • Web Address:...... www.SoConSports.com Western Carolina has faced FIVE of the current members of 04/22/15 Appalachian State 12-3 Boone the Big East Conference, holding an 7-6 overall record in those meetings all-time ... St. John’s represents the most- WESTERN CAROLINA vs. ST. JOHN’S played opponent with six all-time meetings: SERIES HISTORY: Tied, 3-3 (L–3) WCU AGAINST THE AMERICAN BREAKDOWN: 05/25/85 Western Carolina 9-6 Columbia, S.C. Butler, 1-1 / Creighton, 1-0 / Providence, 0-1 (10) St. John’s, 3-3 / Xavier, 2-1 03/20/99 Western Carolina 8-7 Cullowhee 03/20/99 Western Carolina 4-1 (7) Cullowhee ON DECK FOR WESTERN CAROLINA: 03/21/99 St. John’s 11-13 Cullowhee Western Carolina visits nationally-ranked North Carolina State in Raleigh on Monday before traveling to SEC-foe, 02/21/16 St. John’s 14-3 Wilmington, N.C. Missouri, mid-week ahead of a three-game series at Big Ten 02/17/17 St. John’s 14-3 Myrtle Beach, S.C. opponent, Nebraska, in Lincoln. at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 2 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU BASEBALL GAME NOTES – AT KEITH LeCLAIR CLASSIC

the season, matching ETSU’s Christian Bailey … Senior Matt HEAD COACH BOBBY MORANDA CATAMOUNT 2017 OFFENSIVE LEADERS: Smith is just one off the pace in a three-way tie for second Hits...... Pope / Koehler...... 12 with 11 RBI through seven games … Senior LHP Bryan Sam- FULL NAME: Robert Steven Moranda Runs...... Matthew Koehler...... 10 mons ranks second in the SoCon in opposing batting aver- BIRTHDATE: August 18, 1964 RBI ...... Matthew Koehler...... 12 age, limiting opponents – which included then ninth-ranked Singles...... Brett Pope ...... 8 Coastal Carolina – to just a .116 average against EDUCATION: Doubles ...... Matt Smith...... 4 Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Man- WCU BASEBALL VS. NATIONALLY RANKED OPPONENTS: Triples...... Four tied...... 1 agement with a minor in Marketing from • Under head coach Bobby Moranda, Western Carolina has Home Runs...... Holcomb / Koehler...... 2 Eastern Kentucky in 1986; Master’s de- an 11-28 record against nationally-ranked opponents ... gree in Recreation Administration from Two Out RBI...... Matt Smith...... 6 WCU is 1-1 vs. ranked foes in 2017 after going 0-8 last year; Eastern Kentucky in 1989. Pinch Hits...... Holcomb / Long...... 1 PLAYING EXPERIENCE: • WCU has scored FOUR wins over top 10 opponents under Hitting Streaks. . . . . Matthew Koehler...... 7 gms Moranda ... Most recently, the Catamounts defeated No. 9 Harper Community College, in Palatine, Ill. (1983-84); ...... Matt Smith...... 6 gms Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Ky. (1985-86) Coastal Carolina in Conway, S.C. ... WCU downed No. 2 Mis- ...... J.D. Long...... 4 gms COACHING EXPERIENCE: ...... Cameron Blaquiere. . . . . 3 gms sissippi State to open the 2014 season ... WCU also picked Assistant at Eastern Kentucky (1987-98) ... Head Assistant/ ...... Spencer Holcomb ...... 3 gms up a win over No. 8 Georgia in 2012 and defeated No. 4 Recruiting Coordinator at Virginia (1990-95) ... Associate Head/ Georgia Tech in 2009. Recruiting Coordinator at Wake Forest (1996-2001) ... Associate CATAMOUNT 2017 PITCHING LEADERS: IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT TROUBLES TURN FOR WCU: Head at Georgia Tech (2002-2007) ... Head Coach at Western Innings Pitched. . . . Bryan Sammons ...... 13.1 Carolina (2008-present) Appearances...... Korey Anderson...... 4 • Western Carolina is coming off its best in-season tourna- FAMILY: Wins ...... Bryan Sammons ...... 2 ment showing since 2010 ... WCU has a 8-21 mark under Wife, Pamela ... daughter, Taylor Jade ... son, Breyson Kade Saves ...... Anderson / Bray ...... 1 current head coach Bobby Moranda in tournament play; Strikeouts...... Brendan Nail ...... 18 • WCU had won just one, in-season tournament game in the MORANDA’S WCU HEAD COACHING RECORD Fly Ball Outs...... B.J. Nobles...... 14 past five years (George Mason in 2015 Hughes Bros. Chal- lenge at UNCW) before winning two in Myrtle Beach in 2017: YEAR OVERALL SOCON FINISH NCAA Ground Ball Outs. . . Bryan Sammons ...... 15 2008 29-28 14-13 6th-t – YEAR...... TOURNAMENT (Host)...... RECORD KEITH LECLAIR’S LEGACY AT WESTERN CAROLINA: 2009 35-22 19-10 4th – 2017...... Keith LeClair Classic (ECU)...... • Keith LeClair played on four-consecutive SoCon Cham- ...... Baseball at the Beach (CCU)...... 2-1 2010 ^ 37-21-1 16-13-1 6th – pionship Baseball teams (1985-88) as a first baseman ... 2016...... BW3 “Battle at the Beach” (UNCW)...... 0-3 2011 23-31-1 12-18 8th – At the time of his induction into the WCU Athletics Hall of 2015...... Hughes Bros. Challenge (UNCW)...... 1-2 2012 32-24 16-14 5th – Fame, he ranked in the top 10 in six different WCU hitting categories while posting a career .375 batting average ... 2014...... Georgia Tournament (UGa)...... 0-3 2013 39-20 23-7 1ST – LeClair was named MVP of the 1988 Southern Conference 2013...... Greenville Drive Tournament...... 0-3 2014 37-18 20-6 1ST – Tournament (batted .600/12 RBI); 2012...... Keith LeClair Classic (ECU)...... 0-3 2015 21-30 11-13 6th-t – • In 1992, he became WCU’s head coach and led the Cata- 2011...... Forest City Tournament (WCU)...... 1-0 (ppd) 2016 $ 31-31 15-9 2nd-t Regional mounts to the Southern Conference regular season and 2010...... Keith LeClair Classic (ECU)...... 2-1 2017 4-3 – tournament championships as well as the championship 2009...... No In-season Tournament...... n/a TOTAL 288-228-2 146-103-1 game of the NCAA South Regional ... Overall he led WCU 2008...... “Baseball at the Beach” (CCU)...... 1-3 ^ – Advanced to SoCon Tourney Championship; $ - Won SoCon Tourney Championship to three Southern Conference tournament titles and three ...... Rice Tournament (Rice)...... 1-2 Southern Conference regular season titles ... LeClair was TOTALS...... 8-21 MORANDA VS. SoCon AS WCU HEAD COACH a three time Southern Conference Coach of the Year with a career record of 229-135 ... His jersey No. 23 was retired on CATAMOUNTS IN PRESEASON SoCon POLLS: TEAM OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL April 11, 2006 and adorns the left-field fence in Cullowhee. • Defending tournament champion and regular season runner-up from a season ago, Western Carolina was picked The Citadel 18-10 12-2 6-6 0-2 WCU BASEBALL MISC. NOTES AND STATS: to finish third in 2017 by the conference’s head coaches East Tennessee State 8-4 6-2 2-2 0-0 • Western Carolina has scored in the first inning in FOUR with one first-place nod ... the Catamounts were slotted in Furman 14-17 8-7 6-6 0-4 of its first SEVEN games – WCU is (3-1) in those games ... the runner-up spot in the media tabulation, collecting four Last season, the Catamounts managed first-inning markers Mercer 5-5 1-2 2-2 2-1 of the 16 first-place votes; in 33 of the 62 games, posting a combined 22-11 record • In the two preseason polls, the middle of the pack was UNCG 17-10 7-5 10-5 0-0 when scoring in the opening frame; identical between the coaches’ and media prognostications Samford 16-12 9-3 4-8 3-1 – WCU’s season high for base hits: 20 (MARSHALL) while the top three and bottom two consisted of the same VMI 4-2 1-2 3-0 0-0 – WCU’s season-low for base hits: 7 (vs. St. John’s) teams in differing order. In both polls, Furman was picked Wofford 22-5 15-3 6-2 1-0 • Junior infielder BRETT POPE hit his first career home run fourth, followed by Samford, ETSU, and Wofford in fifth on Saturday, a two-run shot in the 20-15 slugfest between through seventh place; WCU’S ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES the Catamounts and the Thundering Herd; • UNCG (58) earned five, first-place votes in the coaches’ • Junior LHP BRENDAN NAIL tallied a career-best 12 strike- poll to edge Mercer (57) which garnered three first-place HEAD COACH YRS SEASONS OVERALL SOCON outs against Marshall in a no-decision on Sunday … the nods ... Western Carolina (53) was a close third, just five Jim Gudger 11 1951-60, ‘63 140-83 -- Greensboro, N.C., product’s previous career-high was seven voting points out of the top spot ... Closing out the coaches’ on two separate occasions; vote were VMI (17) and The Citadel (12); Charles Seeger 2 1961-62 20-21 -- • Senior OF MATT SMITH was one of the biggest gainers in • In polling of the voting media members, last year’s final- Ron Blackburn 5 1964-68 78-65 -- terms of batting average this week, breaking out of a small ists, Mercer (131) and WCU (124), were the top two picks Bill Haywood 13 1969-81 215-161-2 48-23 slump to start the season with a 7-for-15 (.467) perfor- with UNCG (115) slipping to third. The Citadel (32) and VMI (23) flipped in the pecking order for eighth and ninth. David Wright 1 1982 28-12 12-4 mance with four doubles including his single-game career- best three on Saturday vs. Marshall … Smith was one of FOUR CATAMOUNTS NAMED ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE: Jack Leggett 9 1983-91 302-226 103-39 eight different Catamount hitters to bat .375-or-better on • Four Catamount baseball players garnered preseason Keith LeClair 6 1992-97 229-135-2 99-38 the weekend … the Fredericktown, Ohio, native raised his All-Southern Conference accolades as the league unveiled Rodney Hennon 2 1998-99 81-38 38-16 seasonal batting average a combined .167 points on the its two official preseason all-league teams and preseason week and carries a six-game hit streak into Tuesday’s meet- polls. Senior outfielder BRYSON BOWMAN collected WCU’s Todd Raleigh 7 2000-07 257-209 132-101 ing with the Bulldogs; lone first-team preseason honor, while senior LHP BRYAN Bobby Moranda 10 2008-pres. 288-228-2 146-103-1 • Redshirt sophomore OF MATTHEW KOEHLER entered the SAMMONS, senior OF MATT SMITH, and sophomore DH AN- week tied for first in the Southern Conference with 12 RBI on DREW BULLOCK each earned a second team nod. at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 3 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU BASEBALL GAME NOTES – AT KEITH LeCLAIR CLASSIC

RECENT FORMER CATAMOUNTS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL WCU’S ALL-TIME MLB DRAFT PICKS

PLAYER TEAM DRAFT LEAGUE / STATUS CLASS / NOTE YEAR NAME TEAM RD. PICK Greg Holland Colorado Rockies 2007 Free Agent Signed / On MLB Roster MLB 2016 Garrett Brown Pittsburgh Pirates 23 705 Colton Davis Minnesota Twins 25 753 Tyler White Houston Astros 2013 On MLB Roster MLB Bryson Bowman New York Yankees 33 998 Matt Benedict Pittsburgh Pirates 2011 Pirates Minor League Ops Had 5 yr MiLB career 2015 Bradley Strong Chicago White Sox 28 832 Aaron Attaway Dunedin Blue Jays 2014 Florida State League Class A Advanced 2014 Adam Martin Seattle Mariners 10 291 Jeremy Null Myrtle Beach Pelicans 2014 Carolina League Class A Advanced Jeremy Null Chicago Cubs 15 439 Jordan Smith Connecticut Tigers Free Agent New York - Penn League Class A Short Season Aaron Attaway Toronto Blue Jays 20 594 Bradley Strong Kannapolis Intimidators 2015 South Atlantic League Class A 2013 Julian Ridings Tampa Bay Rays 18 548 Colton Davis Cedar Rapids Kernels 2016 Midwest League Class A Tyler White Houston Astros 33 977 2012 Ross Heffley Atlanta Braves 18 569 Garrett Brown Bristol Pirates 2016 Appalachian League Rookie 2011 Kyle Deese St. Louis Cardinals 23 710 Taylor Durand Vancouver Canadians Free Agent Northwest League Class A Short Season Matt Benedict Pittsburgh Pirates 30 90 2010 Daniel Ottone San Diego Padres 33 99 NOTING WCU HEAD COACH, BOBBY MORANDA: junior LHP BRENDAN NAIL ... Combined, the Catamount 2009 Nick Liles San Francisco Giants 7 207 • Western Carolina head coach Bobby Moranda enters pitching staff returns 77.5-percent of its strikeouts from last his 10th season in Cullowhee – he is currently the THIRD- spring (397-of-512), and nine of the 12 saves. Chris Masters Atlanta Braves 11 328 longest tenured baseball coach in WCU history ... Moranda Brent Greer Arizona Diamondbacks 14 426 ABOUT WESTERN CAROLINA’S 2017 BASEBALL SCHEDULE: has led WCU to 288 career victories at WCU to rank SEC- Corey Martin Chicago Cubs 27 83 • Western Carolina’s 2017 baseball schedule features a OND all-time in program history ... He is just 14 wins behind 2008 Tyler Sexton Baltimore Orioles 31 926 combined 32 nonconference games and the 24-game So- WCU’s all-time leader, Jack Leggett (302, 1983-91) ... With Blake Murphy St. Louis Cardinals 42 1265 Con regular season slate ... WCU will have a total of 24 home 146 career Southern Conference wins, Moranda is WCU’s 2007 Jonathan Greene Texas Rangers 8 260 dates with 27 true road games and five contests held at neu- winningest head coach in SoCon history; tral fields prior to postseason play ... Five of WCU’s 2017 op- Greg Holland $ Kansas City Royals 10 306 • Moranda eclipsed the 200-win mark for his career, reach- ponents were among the NCAA postseason field a year ago Kenny Smith Texas Rangers 20 620 ing the milestone in 2014 with a win over La Salle ... Mo- combining for a total of seven games on the schedule ... The Steven Strausbaugh New York Yankees 37 1135 randa (284) is the fifth WCU head coach to win 200-or-more longest scheduled home stand is five-straight on two differ- Blake Murphy Chicago Cubs 50 1435 games in Cullowhee – Jack Leggett (302, 1983-91), Todd ent occasions with an eight-game road swing to open March 2006 Brian McCullen Pittsburgh Pirates 38 113 Raleigh (257, 2000-07), Keith LeClair (229, 1992-97), Bill the longest the Catamounts are away from Cullowhee; 2003 Ryan Basner Atlanta Braves 7 217 Haywood (215, 1969-81). • The Catamounts will square-off against teams from 11 Todd Buchanan Arizona Diamondbacks 13 396 NOBU SUZUKI NAMED 2017 LEGGETT NO. 7 LEGACY: different conferences including six games against teams Alan Beck Baltimore Orioles 16 464 • Moranda and his coaching staff named the 2017 “Leggett from the Power Five conferences ... WCU also has six games 2002 Jared Burton $ Oakland A’s 8 248 No. 7 Legacy” recipient in senior Nobu Suzuki ... the second- against both the Mid-American and Big South Conferences, 2000 Charles Thomas $ Atlanta Braves 19 580 year middle infielder who was at the heart of last season’s and four games against Conference USA foes ... WCU travels 1999 Eric Johnson Cleveland Indians 3 107 victory in the conference tournament title game will wear to Nebraska (March 10-12) for a three-game set against the David Pember $ Milwaukee Brewers 8 244 the No. 7 jersey which was made famous at WCU by former Big 10 opponent, and have two games against teams from Chris Moore Colorado Rockies 11 340 coaching great, Jack Leggett; the ACC, the Big East, and the Sun Belt. 1998 Chris Davidson Baltimore Orioles 4 129 • Suzuki joins a select list of players to previously have the RECAPPING THE 2016 SEASON: honor bestowed upon them ... He is the second-consecutive Mark DiFelice $ Colorado Rockies 15 450 • WCU claimed the program’s 23rd Southern Conference infielder to earn the honor: Donnie Suttles Cleveland Indians 12 363 Championship all-time ... WCU has the most combined So- Jeff Sziksai New York Yankees 22 662 WCU’S ALL-TIME LEGGETT NO. 7 LEGACY RECIPIENTS: Con championships in league history – 13 regular season Brian Hutchinson Toronto Blue Jays 40 1191 Stephen Notaro, C (2011) Vance Chavis, LHP (2012) titles (including back-to-back crowns in 2013 and 2014) 1997 Alex Tolbert Pittsburgh Pirates 22 662 Morgan McKinney, LHP (2013) Luke Gragg, UT (2014) and 10 tournament titles ... The Citadel is second with 21 Danny Bermudez, C (2015) Reece Strong, INF (2016) total championships (13 regular season, eight tournament); 1994 Jason Beverlin $ Oakland Athletics 4 93 Nobu Suzuki, INF (2017) Stephen Pritchard Milwaukee Brewers 22 599 • Western Carolina posted its third, top-two finish over the Mike Tidick Chicago White Sox 47 1299 ABOUT WESTERN CAROLINA ENTERING THE 2017 SEASON: past four seasons in the SoCon race by finishing tied for • Western Carolina returns the bulk of its lineup from a sea- second-place with UNCG, garnering the No. 2 seed ... WCU 1993 Brad Tweedlie Cincinnati Reds 3 92 son ago ... Among the position players entering 2017, the returned to the NCAA post-season for the first time since Phillip Grundy Kansas City Royals 4 105 Catamounts return nine letter winners from a season ago in- 2007 when it garnered an at-large bid; 1992 Dan Kyslinger Milwaukee Brewers 5 136 cluding six individuals that made 30-or-more starts ... Back • Six Catamounts collected All-Southern Conference hon- Matt Raleigh Montreal Expos 14 379 are the squad’s top hitters as it relates to both batting aver- ors – three return in 2017 ... MATT SMITH was the lone first Jack Kimel Texas Rangers 32 902 age with MATT SMITH (.388, 90-for-232) and for power in team selection on both the coaches and media tabulations 1991 Kevin Bellomo San Francisco Giants 56 1406 preseason All-America selection, BRYSON BOWMAN (.661 ... Catcher DANNY BERMUDEZ and OF BRYSON BOWMAN 1990 Paul Menhart $ Toronto Blue Jays 8 225 slugging, 19 home runs) ... That duo collected postseason both appeared on the second team from the coaches and 1988 Tom Malchesky St. Louis Cardinals 12 314 All-SoCon plaudits a year ago, as well as All-Freshman team media ... RHP COLTON DAVIS and KRAMER FERRELL were Skip Nelloms New York Yankees 22 573 selection, Andrew Bullock (.304, 6 HR, 17 RBI); named second team by the coaches with ANDREW BULL- Dave Piela Atlanta Braves 54 1296 • All told, the Catamounts return 61% of their base hits OCK garnering All-Freshman team plaudits; 1987 Freddie Hailey New York Yankees 19 496 (397-of-651) from a season ago and 60-percent (274-of- • Over the past four seasons, WCU has won 67 of its 101 1986 Ron Huntington Atlanta Braves 39 486 453) of their runs scored off a team that averaged 7.3 runs regular season Southern Conference games (67-34, .663) 1985 Scott Gay New York Yankees 4 103 off 10.5 hits per game in 2016 ... the team returns a com- ... the Catamounts have claimed at least two wins in the 1984 Charlie Fonville Seattle Mariners 38 796 bined 65-percent of its extra base hits – 116 of 179 – from three-game weekend SoCon series in 21 of the last 34 con- John Pust Cleveland Indians 43 820 a year ago including 51 of the 72 home runs, or 71-percent; ference series dating back to 2013 ... WCU has not been 1979 Rick Adair Seattle Mariners 3 53 • On the mound, a total of 11 pitchers return from last year swept by a SoCon foe since 2012 (L–3 at Samford) ... During 1978 Wayne Tolleson $ Texas Rangers 8 202 including eight which recorded at least one start and four that same time, WCU has recorded 11 series sweeps versus that made seven-or-more starts ... Seven of the returners conference foes; 1977 Wayne Tolleson Pittsburgh Pirates 12 304 tossed 30-or-more innings a year ago including a team- Jerry Reed $ Philadelphia Phillies 22 559 • MISC. STATISTICAL NUMBERS: $ – denotes played on a Major League club high 100.1 by senior LHP BRYAN SAMMONS and 85.0 from – WCU managed to score runs in the 1st inning in 33 of the at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 4 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU BASEBALL GAME NOTES – AT KEITH LeCLAIR CLASSIC

62 seasonal games, posting a 22-11 overall record; CHILDRESS FIELD / HENNON STADIUM – WCU was 25-5 when leading after six innings – but the WESTERN CAROLINA MISC. HR STATISTICS exact opposite, 5-25, when trailing after six innings of play; – WCU was 15-3 when homering two-or-more times on the HOME RUNS: season – but just 11-20 when failing to hit a home run ... the Catamounts were 19-2 when scoring 10-or more runs. PLAYER GM DATE OPP RBI 1. Bryson Bowman 3 Feb. 19 NC A&T 1 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL HISTORY & TRADITION: 2. Matthew Koehler 3 Feb. 19 NC A&T 3 • Western Carolina claimed the 2014 SoCon regular season 3. Matthew Koehler 5 Feb. 24 Marshall 2 baseball championship, taking the seasonal crown for a second-consecutive season and a conference-leading 13th 4. Spencer Holcomb 6 Feb. 25 Marshall * 1 time in program history ... WCU matched The Citadel for the 5. Brett Pope 6 Feb. 25 Marshall 2 most seasonal titles in leagues history while moving ahead 6. Spencer Holcomb 7 Feb. 26 Marshall 2 • Ronnie G. Childress Field at Hennon Stadium has been the of the Bulldogs with 22 combined baseball championships home of Western Carolina Catamount baseball for the past 36 (13 regular season, nine tournament); * - denotes a lead-off home run; ^ - denotes grand slam home run years, moving to its present site prior to the 1978 season ... • WCU has won 71-percent of its game at home; In 2013 & 2014, WCU claimed back-to-back regular sea- son championships for the first time since the late 1980s LEAD-OFF HOME RUNS: • The facility was officially renamed Childress Field at Hennon – a span of four-straight from 1986-89 ... the Catamounts Stadium in a dedication ceremony on April 23, 1994; accomplished the back-to-back feat for the first time in the PLAYER GM DATE OPP RBI • Prior to first pitch in 2011, the facility received one of its SoCon since Elon won back-to-back titles in 2008–2009; 1. Spencer Holcomb 6 Feb. 25 Marshall * 1 most dramatic face lifts ... Off-season improvements in 2011 • Western Carolina has only missed one SoCon tournament included such as the addition of a new brick back stop, lower since the event’s inception in 1984, missing the 2000 tour- level field seating, brick facade down both foul lines including GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS: bullpen benches, center field batter’s eye and the construction nament under then first-year head coach Todd Raleigh. of a courtyard plaza; • Since Bobby Moranda came to Cullowhee, the Catamounts PLAYER GM DATE OPP RBI • The Catamounts moved approximately 200 yards to the east have had 19 players drafted ... Since 2000, 30 different 1. from Haywood Field early in the 1978 season ... Bill Haywood, WCU players have been drafted by MLB clubs; head baseball coach from 1969 through 1981, and Mr. E.J. • The Catamounts finished the 2014 season with 39 victo- Whitmire, longtime supporter and benefactor from Franklin, ries, recording the program’s 26th 30-win season since 1984 (26, 30-win seasons over the past 30 years). were the driving forces behind the building of the facility; • Western Carolina is one of the most dominant baseball programs in the Southern Conference ... Between WCU and The • WCU hosted the SoCon Baseball Tournament in Cullowhee at Childress Field / Hennon Stadium in 1984 and 1986, win- Citadel, the two programs combine for 44 SoCon regular season and tournament championships – WCU with 23 and The ning the title in the latter. Citadel with 22 ... The Citadel has 13 regular season championships and eight tournament titles while WCU’s 23 titles includes winning the regular season 13 times with 10 tourney crowns.

Year Overall SoCon 1978...... 12-2 5-2 1979...... 7-5 3-3 1980...... 14-7 6-3 WESTERN CAROLINA’S NATIONAL WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS: 1981...... 10-4 5-3 1982...... 21-3 8-0 Feb. 18, 2002: RYAN SCHADE – National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Hitter of the Week: 1983...... 18-7 4-2 Hit .692 (9-for-13) in a three-game series sweep of Wright State ... Finished with four doubles and six RBI; 1984...... 15-10 6-2 March 27, 2006: TREY McDANIEL – Collegiate Baseball’s “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week: Finished 11- 1985...... 16-9 6-2 for-15 in five games with three HRs, 13 runs scored and 12 RBI; 1986...... 18-9 7-2 1987...... 16-4 7-2 March 27, 2006: BLAKE MURPHY – Collegiate Baseball’s “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week: Posted an 1988...... 19-5 5-1 11-for-20 (.550) performance with three home runs, three doubles and collected a staggering 19 RBI; 1989...... 13-9 6-3 March 29, 2006: TREY McDANIEL – Earned National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Hitter 1990...... 23-5 7-2 of the Week; 1991...... 17-10 6-3 1992...... 22-5 11-1 May 22, 2006: JONATHAN GREENE – Collegiate Baseball’s “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week: Hit five 1993...... 16-6 8-1 home runs and two doubles in four games, finishing 13-for-18 with nine RBI, seven runs scored. 1994...... 24-5 8-3 1995...... 17-10 8-4 March 13, 2007: JOHN INGRAM – College Baseball Foundation (CBF) National Honor Roll Players of the Week: Hit .520 1996...... 16-10 7-5 (13-for-25) in five games with five extra base hits including three HRs, 12 RBI and 10 runs scored. 1997...... 22-4 11-2 March 20, 2007: JOHN INGRAM – College Baseball Foundation (CBF) National Honor Roll Players of the Week: Batted 1998...... 19-3 9-2 10-for-22 (.455) with a pair of home runs and two doubles. 1999...... 19-7 7-5 2000...... 11-14 7-9 April 3, 2007: BARRETT SHAFT – College Baseball Foundation (CBF) National Honor Roll Players of the Week: Finished 2001...... 18-6 11-4 the week 10-for-17 (.588), accounting for 12 total runs, scoring five and driving in seven. 2002...... 20-6 10-5 2003...... 25-3 13-2 May 14, 2007: BLAKE MURPHY – Collegiate Baseball’s “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week: Belted six home 2004...... 18-9 8-7 runs over a five-game span, finishing 10-for-18 (.556) with seven extra base hits during a 5-0 week for WCU ... Finished 2005...... 19-9 11-4 with 12 RBI and scored 16 runs. 2006...... 21-8 9-6 February 18, 2013: JEREMY NULL – Collegiate Baseball’s “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week: Struck out a 2007...... 20-7 10-2 then career-high 13 in seven innings of work in an 8-5 home win over Washington State. 2008...... 16-9 9-6 2009...... 18-11 8-7 April 22, 2013: JEREMY NULL – Collegiate Baseball’s “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week: Fanned a career- 2010...... 21-7 11-4 high 14 batters in eight innings of work in Friday’s series-opening victory over GSU ... WCU went on to sweep the Eagles 2011...... 14-14-1 8-7 for the first time since 2003; 2012...... 19-7 10-5 2013...... 24-7 12-3 February 18, 2014: JEREMY NULL – Collegiate Baseball’s “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week and National 2014...... 23-3 12-2 Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Pitcher of the Week: Struck out 12 batters in eight innings of 2015...... 14-11 7-5 work against second-ranked Mississippi State, scattering three hits while keeping the Bulldogs scoreless. 2016...... 11-8 5-4 April 11, 2015: KRAMER FERRELL – Selected as a Collegiate Baseball “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week 2017...... 2-1 - after batting .636 with seven hits, five for extra bases for a 1.636 slugging percentage … Drove in nine runs while scoring TOTALS...... 690-281-1 311-135 (.710) (.697) six, boasting a .714 on-base percentage. at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 5 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU BASEBALL GAME NOTES – 2017 SERIES NOTES

BASEBALL AT THE BEACH – CONWAY, SC – FEB. 17-19: 2017 WCU SERIES–BY–SERIES STATISTICS • Western Carolina opened the season by taking 2-of-3 games at the Caravelle Resort’s “Baseball at the Beach” HITTING W-L Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB tournament between Myrtle Beach and Conway, S.C.; vs. Beach 2-1 .311 24 32 6 3 2 23 13 14 2-4 • WCU dropped its season-opener, 14-3, to St. John’s as at CLEM 0-1 .361 5 13 3 0 0 5 2 10 2-2 the Red Storm opened the year, 4-0 ... It was the second- MARSHALL 2-1 .362 34 38 12 1 4 30 21 18 3-4 straight season WCU fell to St. John’s by a score of 14-3 at an early-season tournament ... the Catamounts bounce UNCA CANCELLED back to upset No. 9 Coastal Carolina, 5-4, and stayed per- vs. LeClair fect in the series against North Carolina A&T with a 16-7 at NCSU victory in the finale, improving to 9-0 all-time against the Aggies; at Mizzou • Western Carolina recorded 11 extra base hits including at Neb six doubles, three triples, and two home runs at the in-sea- KENN son tournament. KENT at #15 CLEMSON – CLEMSON, SC – FEB. 22: GAWB • Western Carolina carried a 5-1 lead into the bottom of the at UNCG * seventh inning against the nationally-ranked Tigers until back-to-back five-run innings lifted the home squad to the at UNCA 11-5 win; CIT * • Offensively, three Catamounts recorded multi-hit games at Kenn in the loss with junior shortstop Brett Pope singling three at ETSU * times including one on a beautiful drag bunt to the right side ... Redshirt sophomore Matthew Koehler doubled twice at Presby in a 2-for-4 outing, while senior Nobu Suzuki finished 2-for- FUR * 3 with a RBI, adding a sacrifice bunt to his tally; at UNCC • Junior LHP Brendan Nail suffered the loss out of the bull- at GAWB pen, the second of four WCU pitchers ... Nail struck out four VMI * in 1.2 innings ... Clemson’s late-inning comeback spoiled SAV ST the return of WCU left-hander Tristan Baker, who was solid at SAM * in his first game action since April 10 of last season ... the WOF * Charlotte, N.C., native scattered seven hits over five innings at BallSt in the starting role, limiting the Tigers to one run with a pair PRESBY of strikeouts against two walks, and factored in a no-deci- at MER * sion, exiting the game with a 3-1 lead. PITCHING W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K Opp.Avg. MARSHALL – CULLOWHEE – FEB. 24-26: vs. Beach 2-1 7.96 26.0 32 25 23 6 17 .294 • Western Carolina took 2-of-3 from former SoCon-foe, Marshall, in Cullowhee ... the Catamounts extended their at CLEM 0-1 12.38 8.0 15 11 11 6 7 .441 series win streak to five-straight by taking Friday’s opener MARSHALL 2-1 8.00 27.0 32 25 24 14 34 .294 8-0 and Saturday’s game two, 20-15 ... the Thundering Herd snapped the slide, preventing the series sweep by win- UNCA CANCELLED ning Sunday’s finale, 10-6; vs. LeClair • The Catamounts batted .362 during the three-game se- at NCSU ries against Marshall, collecting 38 hits including 17 for at Mizzou extra bases with 12 doubles, a triple, and four home runs … Catamount pitching held Marshall below the .300 plateau at Neb while recording 34 strikeouts in the series. KENN KEITH LECLAIR CLASSIC – GREENVILLE, NC – MARCH 3-5: KENT • Western Carolina plays its second in-season tournament, GAWB traveling east to open an eight-game road swing with a trip at UNCG * to the Keith LeClair Classic ... WCU faces tournament-host, at UNCA East Carolina on Friday (4:30 pm), arch-rival Appalachian State on Saturday (Noon), and the second meeting of the CIT * year against St. John’s on Sunday (11:00 am); at Kenn • This marks WCU’s fourth trip to the Keith LeClair Classic at ETSU * in Greenville, N.C., making trips in 2007 (1-2), 2010 (2-1) at Presby and 2012 (0-3) ... WCU is 3-6 at the tournament all-time. FUR * at UNCC at GAWB VMI * SAV ST at SAM * WOF * at BallSt PRESBY at MER * at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 6 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU GAME NOTES – PRESEASON INFO / WCU RECORDS

2017 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE BASEBALL PRESEASON POLLS WESTERN CAROLINA – MISC. RECORDS, STATS COACHES POLL MEDIA POLL INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS School (First)...... Points School (First)...... Points 1. UNCG (5)...... 58 1. Mercer (8)...... 131 CATEGORY RECORD PLAYER OPPONENT, YEAR 2. Mercer (3)...... 57 2. WESTERN CAROLINA (4)...... 124 Hits...... 7 Mitchell Hatley...... Eastern Kentucky, 2009 3. WESTERN CAROLINA (1)...... 53 3. UNCG (3)...... 115 ...... 6 Tyler White...... Elon (SoCon), 2011 4. Furman...... 40 4. Furman (1)...... 84 ...... 6 Danny Sells...... Guilford, 1961 5. Samford...... 34 5. Samford...... 83 ...... 6 Bob Ballance...... North Georgia, 1960 6. ETSU...... 33 6. ETSU...... 82 Doubles...... 5 Aaron Attaway...... Iona, 2012 7. Wofford...... 20 7. Wofford...... 46 Triples...... 2 Achieved 16 times 8. VMI...... 17 8. The Citadel...... 32 ...... MR: Bryson Bowman, at Indiana (3/11/16) 9. The Citadel...... 12 9. VMI...... 23 Home Runs...... 4 Skip Nelloms...... UNC Asheville, 1986 RBI...... 9 Donovan Minero...... N.C. A&T, 2001 2016 SOCON BASEBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS Total Bases...... 17 Skip Nelloms...... UNC Asheville, 1985 FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Last Time Hit for the Cycle...... Aaron Attaway...... La Salle, 2014 SP Will Gaddis, Furman Matt Frisbee, UNCG ...... Bradley Strong...... La Salle, 2014 SP Ryan Askew, Mercer BRYAN SAMMONS, WCU RP Andrew Wantz, UNCG Wyatt Burns, Samford INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS – PITCHING C Hagen Owenby, ETSU Charlie Madden, Mercer CATEGORY RECORD PLAYER OPPONENT, YEAR 1B Austin Edens, Samford Collin Fleischer, VMI Strikeouts...... 20 Wayne McCauley...... Allen, 1971 2B Ben Spitznagel, UNCG Ryan Hagan, Mercer Innings Pitched...... 11.2 Don Bright...... VMI, 1971 SS Matt Meeder, Mercer Chris Cook, ETSU No Hitters...... Greg Moore...... Appalachian St., 1983 3B Danny Edgeworth, Mercer Jake Crawford, Furman ...... Jeff Mashburn...... Appalachian St., 1982 Max McDougald, Wofford ...... Rick Adair...... The Citadel, 1979 OF Trey Truitt, Mercer Andrew Moritz, UNCG ...... Jerry Reed...... West Virginia St., 1976 OF Jabari Richards, Furman Dillon Stewart, UNCG OF BRYSON BOWMAN, WCU MATT SMITH, WCU TEAM GAME RECORDS DH Cesar Trejo, UNCG ANDREW BULLOCK, WCU CATEGORY RECORD OPPONENT, YEAR SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Hits...... 30 ...... Eastern Kentucky, 2009 Hagen Owenby, Jr. C, ETSU ...... 30 ...... Furman, 1993 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PRESEASON PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Hits in an Inning...... * 12 ...... VMI, 1991 Will Gaddis, Jr., RHP, Furman Runs...... 32 ...... Hartford, 2008 Runs in an Inning...... 15 ...... Holy Cross, 2015 COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LOUISVILLE SLUGGER PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA: ...... 14 ...... Rider, 2014 C Hagen Owenby, Jr., ETSU (2nd team) ...... 13 ...... VMI,1991 OF Bryson Bowman, R-Sr., WCU (3rd team) ...... 13 ...... VMI, 1999 NCBWA PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA: Home Runs...... * 10 ...... UNC Asheville, 1986 OF Bryson Bowman, R-Sr., WCU (2nd team) Stolen Bases...... 12 ...... Catawba, 1965 DH Austin Edens, Jr., Samford (3rd team) Strikeouts Pitching...... 20 ...... Elon (SoCon), 2011 STOPPER OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST: ...... Allen, 1971 Robert Broom, Mercer Largest Win Margin...... 28 ...... Allen, 1971 Andrew Wantz, UNCG Win Margin in a Shutout...... 23 ...... Allen, 1971 Wyatt Burns, Samford Consecutive Seasonal Wins...... 13 ...... During the 1991 season GOLDEN SPIKES WATCH LIST / PERFECT GAME PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA: Double-digit Win Streaks...... 9 ...... MR: 12 games in 2014 OF Trey Truitt, Mercer Consecutive Home Wins...... 21 ...... April, 2013 through March, 2014

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NO. NAME POS. B/T HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL / HIGH SCHOOL WCU BASEBALL ROSTER BY POSITION 1 Chad Mabini RHP/INF 6-0 185 SR. R/R Alpharetta, Ga. / Tallahassee CC / St. Pius Catholic HS 2 Tyler Leonard OF 5-11 175 JR. R/R Sarasota, Fla. / Indian River State / Sarasota HS PITCHERS (18) 3 J.D. Long INF 5-9 185 R-SR. R/R Waxhaw, N.C. / Cuthbertson HS 1 Chad Mabini...... Senior...... RHP/INF 4 Jacob Breakfield RHP 6-3 225 R-JR. R/R Bessemer City, N.C. / Catawba Valley CC / Bessemer City HS 4 Jacob Breakfield...... R-Junior...... RHP 5 Brett Pope SS 6-0 175 JR. L/R Statesville, N.C. / West Iredell HS 9 Cameron Blaquiere...... Junior...... RHP/INF 7 Nobu Suzuki 2B 5-11 175 SR. R/R Tokoyo, Japan / Skyline CC / Santa Monica (Calif.) HS 18 B.J. Nobles...... Senior...... RHP 8 Spencer Holcomb C 5-11 215 JR. R/R Pfafftown, N.C. / Reagan HS 20 Anthony Martinez...... Junior...... RHP 9 Cameron Blaquiere INF/RHP 6-2 190 JR. R/R Jacksonville, Fla. / FSC Jacksonville / The Bolles School 21 Jake Moebius...... Sophomore...... RHP 10 Matthew Koehler OF 6-1 195 R-SO. L/R Raleigh, N.C. / Sanderson HS 22 Korey Anderson...... Senior...... RHP 11 Pierce Suttles C 6-2 215 R-JR. R/R Cornelius, N.C. / Hough HS 24 Dylan Biumi...... Junior...... RHP 12 Bryson Bowman OF 5-11 200 SR. R/R Baton, N.C. / Catawba Valley CC / South Caldwell HS 26 Jake Niezen...... Junior...... RHP 14 Chase Barbary C 6-0 185 SO. R/R Greenville, S.C. / Spartanburg Methodist / Powdersville HS 27 Taylor Purus...... Junior...... LHP 15 Caleb Robinson 1B 6-0 215 JR. R/R McLeansville, N.C. / Eastern Guilford HS 28 Ryan Mitschele...... Freshman...... RHP 16 Dylan Biumi RHP 5-9 190 JR. R/R Cumming, Ga. / Lambert HS 30 Tristan Baker...... Sophomore...... LHP 17 Matt Smith OF 5-10 205 SR. L/L Fredericktown, Ohio / Fredericktown HS 31 Michael Davis...... Sophomore...... RHP 18 B.J. Nobles RHP 6-2 210 SR. R/R Raleigh, N.C / Millbrook HS 32 Bryan Sammons...... Senior...... LHP 19 Justin Sparks C 6-0 195 R-FR. R/R Hendersonville, N.C. / Hendersonville HS 33 Corey Sikes...... Junior...... LHP 20 Anthony Martinez RHP 5-10 180 JR. R/R Miami, Fla. / Indian River State / Christopher Columbus HS 39 Dillon Bray...... R-Senior...... LHP 21 Jake Moebius RHP 6-1 190 SO. R/R Greensboro, N.C. / Wesleyan Christian Academy 44 Brendan Nail...... Junior...... LHP 22 Korey Anderson RHP 6-2 200 SR. R/R Grayson, Ga. / Grayson HS 45 Kegan Frederick...... R-Junior...... RHP 26 Jake Niezen RHP 6-0 190 JR. R/R San Luis Obispo, Calif. / Cuesta CC / San Luis Obispo HS 27 Taylor Purus LHP 6-0 200 JR. L/L Hudson, N.C. / Catawba Valley CC / South Caldwell HS CATCHERS (5) 28 Ryan Mitschele RHP 6-2 185 FR. R/R Statesville, N.C. / South Iredell HS 11 Pierce Suttles...... R-Junior...... C 29 Bo Fricks INF 6-0 180 FR. S/R Macon, Ga. / First Presbyterian Day 14 Chase Barbary...... Sophomore...... C 30 Tristan Baker LHP 5-10 170 SO. L/L Charlotte, N.C. / Hopewell HS 19 Justin Sparks...... R-Freshman...... C 31 Michael Davis RHP 6-5 185 SO. R/R Lenior, N.C. / Hibriten HS 30 Spencer Holcomb...... Junior...... C 32 Bryan Sammons LHP 6-4 235 SR. L/L Wilmington, N.C. / Hoggard HS 46 Kit Capell...... Freshman...... C 33 Corey Sikes LHP 5-10 150 JR. L/L Monroe, N.C. / Piedmont HS 34 Andrew Robinson OF/RHP 5-11 190 FR. L/R McLeansville, N.C. / Eastern Guilford HS INFIELDERS (7) 36 Andrew Bullock 1B/DH 6-2 230 SO. L/R Chesapeake, Va. / Grassfield HS 3 J.D. Long...... R-Senior...... INF 38 Luke Robinson C/1B 6-3 230 FR. L/R McLeansville, N.C. / Eastern Guilford 5 Brett Pope...... Junior...... INF 39 Dillon Bray LHP 6-0 215 R-SR. L/L Hamptonville, N.C. / Starmount HS 7 Nobu Suzuki...... Senior...... INF 44 Brendan Nail LHP 6-0 190 JR. L/L Greensboro, N.C. / Page HS 15 Caleb Robinson...... Junior...... INF 45 Kegan Frederick RHP 6-6 220 R-JR. R/R Soddy Daisy, Tenn. / Cleveland State CC / Sequatchie County HS 29 Bo Fricks...... Freshman...... INF 46 Kitt Capell C 6-0 220 FR. R/R Prosperity, S.C. / Ben Lippen HS 36 Andrew Bullock...... Sophomore...... INF WESTERN CAROLINA COACHING STAFF: 38 Luke Robinson...... Freshman...... INF/C 25 Bobby Moranda Head Coach Eastern Kentucky, 1986 10th Season at WCU 47 Nate Cocolin Assistant Coach / Pitching Coach Embry-Riddle, 2003 2nd season at WCU OUTFIELDERS (5) 40 Brock Doud Assistant Coach Hope College, 2008 2nd season at WCU 43 Kyle Dean Volunteer Assistant Coach Ohio, 2015 1st season at WCU 2 Tyler Leonard...... Junior...... OF 12 Bryson Bowman...... R-Senior...... OF ALPHABETICAL CATAMOUNT ROSTER 14 Matthew Koehler...... R-Sophomore...... OF 17 Matt Smith...... Senior...... OF 22 ANDERSON, Korey...... Senior...... RHP 20 MARTINEZ, Anthony...... Junior...... RHP 34 Andrew Robinson...... Freshman...... OF/RHP 30 BAKER, Tristan...... Sophomore...... LHP 28 MITSCHELE, Ryan...... Freshman...... RHP 14 BARBARY, Chase...... Sophomore...... C 34 MOEBIUS, Jake...... Sophomore...... OF 29 BIUMI, Dylan...... Junior...... RHP 44 NAIL, Brendan...... Junior...... LHP WCU BASEBALL PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 9 BLAQUIERE, Cameron...... Junior...... INF/RHP 26 NIEZEN, Jake...... Junior...... RHP 1 Chad MABINI...... MAY-ben-knee 12 BOWMAN, Bryson...... R-Senior...... OF 18 NOBLES, B.J...... Senior...... RHP 7 NOBU SUZUKI...... NO-boo suh-ZOO-key 39 BRAY, Dillon...... R-Senior...... LHP 5 POPE, Brett...... Junior...... INF 9 Cameron BLAQUIERE...... BLACK-here 4 BREAKFIELD, Jacob...... R-Junior...... RHP 27 PURUS, Taylor...... Junior...... LHP 10 Matthew KOEHLER...... COE-lurr 36 BULLOCK, Andrew...... Sophomore...... INF 34 ROBINSON, Andrew...... Freshman...... OF/RHP 14 Chase BARBARY...... BAR-buh-ree 46 CAPELL, Kit...... Freshman...... C 15 ROBINSON, Caleb...... Junior...... INF 16 Dylan BIUMI...... BEE-you-mee 31 DAVIS, Michael...... Sophomore...... RHP 38 ROBINSON, Luke...... Freshman...... C/1B 26 Jake NIEZEN...... KNEE-zen 45 FREDERICK, Kegan...... R-Junior...... RHP 32 SAMMONS, Bryan...... Senior...... LHP 27 Taylor PURUS...... PURE-iss 29 FRICKS, Bo...... Freshman...... INF 33 SIKES, Corey...... Junior...... LHP 28 Ryan MITSCHELE...... MITCHELL-ee 30 HOLCOMB, Spencer...... Junior...... C 17 SMITH, Matt...... Senior...... OF/LHP 34 Jake MOEBIUS...... MOE–bee-us 34 KOEHLER, Matthew...... R-Sophomore...... OF 19 SPARKS, Justin...... R-Freshman...... C 2 LEONARD, Tyler...... Junior...... OF 11 SUTTLES, Pierce...... R-Junior...... C/RHP 46 Kitt CAPELL...... cuh-PELL 3 LONG, J.D...... R-Senior...... INF 7 SUZUKI, Nobu...... Senior...... INF HC Bobby MORANDA...... more-RAN-duh 1 MABINI, Chad...... Senior...... RHP AC Nate COCOLIN...... CO-co-lynn at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 8 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// BROADCAST INFO: WCU PROJECTED STARTING PITCHER INFORMATION

#32 BRYAN SAMMONS • SENIOR • LHP • WILMINGTON, N.C. CAREER YEARLY GAME-BY-GAME: <<< CAREER RECORD – 21-10 >>> <<< 10 of his 21 career wins have come at home >>> 2017 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR at COAST * 1-0 7.1 4 4 4 2 4 1 0 1 <<< 2014 SoCon All-Freshman Team Selection >>> MARSHALL * 2-0 6.0 1 0 0 2 9 1 0 0 <<< 2014 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America >>> TOTALS 2 2-0 13.1 5 4 4 4 13 2 0 1 <<< 2017 Preseason All-Southern Conference 2nd Tm >>> 2016 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR vs. Rich * 0-0 7.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 NOTING BRYAN SAMMONS: ULM * 1-0 5.2 8 6 5 3 2 0 0 2 • Earned a save in his first career appearance at No. 2 at GaTech * 1-1 5.0 11 10 9 3 2 2 1 2 Mississippi State, tossing 0.2 innings out of the bullpen at Indiana * 2-1 8.0 6 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 in WCU’s 3-2, season-opening victory over the Bulldogs in at K-State * 3-1 7.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 2014 as a freshman; ETSU * 3-1 5.0 13 11 11 3 3 3 1 2 • First career start came against No. 15 Clemson in 2014 CLEMSON * 3-1 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 in Cullowhee, tossing five innings and limiting the Tigers to at WOF * 4-1 6.0 9 1 1 5 9 0 1 1 four runs – three earned – on six hits with five strikeouts at VMI * 5-1 6.0 4 3 2 6 4 0 0 1 against four walks; SAM * 5-2 6.2 11 8 8 2 4 0 1 3 • Has five career victories over Power Five Conference at CIT * 6-2 9.0 3 0 0 4 8 1 0 0 schools: 2014 (Clemson); 2015 (Purdue, Penn State); MERCER * 6-2 6.0 7 3 3 6 5 2 0 1 2016 (at Indiana, at Kansas State); at Furman * 6-3 5.2 7 7 7 6 5 2 0 2 UNCG * 7-3 5.0 6 5 4 5 6 0 1 1 • Pitched in the prestigious Cape Cod League in the sum- at KentSt * 7-3 5.0 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 mer of 2016 with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, helping vs WOF * 7-3 2.0 7 6 6 0 4 1 1 0 Y-D to the championship ... Tossed six shutout innings of vs MER * 8-3 7.0 8 2 2 5 7 0 0 0 two-hit baseball while striking out six in the title game. at CLEM * 8-3 2.1 3 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 CAREER BIO INFORMATION: TOTALS 18 8-3 100.1 116 69 64 59 89 14 6 16) #32 BRYAN SAMMONS • 2016 (JUNIOR): WCU’s most experienced starting 2015 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR pitcher – 49 career appearances with 36 career starts PURDUE * 1-0 5.1 7 5 1 2 3 2 0 0 ... Earned his first career save in his first collegiate appear- ... Tossed 7.0 innings in his first start in tournament play at UNCW * 1-1 5.1 9 6 3 1 3 1 0 0 ance, tossing the final two thirds of an inning in WCU’s against Richmond ... Tossed career-long eight-innings in a VALPO 1-2 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 season-opening upset win over No. 2 Mississippi State ... start at Indiana, holding the Hoosiers to one run on six hits, HOLY * 1-2 6.0 7 4 2 5 6 1 0 1 Scored his first career win, striking out three in 3.0 innings striking out a season-best nine – just one shy of his career- vs. PennSt * 2-2 6.0 3 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 out of the bullpen in WCU’s home win over Winthrop; high of 10 ... Named SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week at UNCG * 2-3 4.0 4 5 5 7 6 1 0 0 after holding Kansas State to two hits in seven innings ... • Scored his third victory of the season in his first career CLEMSON 2-3 0.2 4 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 Garnered SoCon Pitcher of the Week accolades on April start in WCU’s home win over then No. 15 Clemson in CITADEL * 2-3 6.0 8 5 4 2 4 2 0 1 25 after tossing the first complete-game shutout against Cullowhee ... Pitched around four walks with a career-high WOFFORD * 2-3 4.0 7 3 0 4 2 1 0 1 The Citadel (April 23) ... Also struck out a season-best nine five strikeouts, surrendering four runs – only three of which at Mercer * 3-3 6.0 4 0 0 7 5 1 0 0 at Wofford ... Tossed his first career complete game in a were earned – on six hits in a career-long five innings; FURMAN * 3-3 5.2 6 3 3 4 3 1 0 1 three-hit shutout win over The Citadel, striking out eight at ETSU * 3-3 7.0 4 3 3 3 8 1 1 1 • PRIOR TO WESTERN CAROLINA: Twice earned all-area – named SoCon Pitcher of the Week for his performance; honors with an honorable mention as a sophomore ... UNCA * 3-4 2.0 6 7 4 2 4 1 1 2 Posted a 16-1 record over his final two seasons as a prep at Samford * 4-4 6.0 5 4 4 5 7 0 1 1 • 2015 (SOPHOMORE): Was tabbed preseason All-SoCon including a 10-0 record with seven complete games as a VMI * 4-5 5.0 6 7 5 3 3 1 0 0 second team by College Sports Madness ... Claimed his senior ... Boasted a 1.00 ERA, five shutout wins and 98 vs. SAM * 4-5 5.0 1 5 5 8 10 0 0 0 eighth career victory with the season-opening victory over strikeouts in 63 innings in his final year as a prep, earning TOTALS 14 4-5 75.0 83 65 47 56 71 17 4 8 Purdue. Wilmington StarNews All-Area Player of the Year accolades 2014 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR ... Was a North Carolina Gatorade State Player of the Year • 2014 (FRESHMAN): Made 21 appearances on the at MissSt sv 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 candidate. at MissSt 0-0 0.2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 mound including 10 starts ... Finished with a 7-2 record WINTRP 1-0 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 with all seven of his seasonal victories coming in games LA SALLE 1-0 0.0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 played at home ... Tossed 60.0 innings, allowing 34 runs, LA SALLE 2-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 of which were earned for a 4.50 ERA, adding two saves CLEMSON * 3-0 5.0 6 4 3 4 5 2 0 0 at GaTech * 3-1 1.0 6 6 6 2 1 2 0 1 2017 GAME HIGHS CAREER HIGHS RIDER * 4-1 6.0 2 1 1 4 6 0 0 1 Innings Pitched:...... 7.1, at Coastal Carolina...... 9.0 at The Citadel (3/12/16) at Elon * 4-1 1.0 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 Shortest Start:...... 6.0, MARSHALL...... 1.0, twice (MR: at Tennessee, 4/16/2014) UNCA * 5-1 7.2 5 1 1 3 7 1 0 0 at UNCG sv 5-1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Strikeouts:...... 9, MARSHALL...... 10, vs. Samford (5/20/2015) PRESBY * 6-1 6.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 Walks: ...... 4, MARSHALL...... 8, vs. Samford (5/20/2015) FURMAN 6-1 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 FURMAN 6-1 4.2 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 at Tenn * 6-2 1.0 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 SAMMON’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS CITADEL 6-2 1.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 YEAR ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BAVG WP HBP at Samford * 6-2 4.1 7 3 2 1 5 1 0 0 2014 4.50 7 2 21 10 0 0/2 2 60.0 62 34 30 36 57 13 0 2 .270 7 5 vs. Wake 6-2 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2015 5.64 4 5 16 14 0 0/1 0 75.0 83 65 47 56 71 17 4 8 .279 10 9 APP ST * 7-2 5.0 8 5 4 3 6 3 0 0 at GaSou. 7-2 3.0 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 2016 5.74 8 3 18 18 1 1/0 0 100.1 116 69 64 59 89 14 6 16 .296 5 7 DAVIDSON * 7-2 6.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 0 0 2017 2.70 2 0 2 2 0 0/1 0 13.1 5 4 4 6 13 2 0 1 .116 1 2 TOTALS 10 7-2 60.0 62 34 30 36 57 13 0 2 TOTALS 5.25 21 10 57 44 1 1/4 2 248.2 266 172 145 157 230 46 10 27 .277 23 23 at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 9 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// BROADCAST INFO: WCU PROJECTED STARTING PITCHER INFORMATION

#18 B.J. NOBLES • SENIOR • RHP • RALEIGH, N.C. CAREER YEARLY GAME-BY-GAME: 2017 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR • 2016 (JUNIOR): Returning from a back injury, made vs. NCA&T * 1-0 8.0 9 7 7 0 7 2 0 1 22 appearances with 21 coming out of the bullpen and MARSHALL * 1-0 4.2 10 8 8 3 3 2 1 2 one critical start in the decisive championship game of TOTALS 2 2-0 12.2 19 15 15 3 1 4 1 3 the 2016 Southern Conference Tournament ... Posted a career-low seasonal ERA of 4.07, finishing with a 2-2 2016 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR overall record and a career-best five saves ... Pitched 42.0 vs. RICH 0-0 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 innings, striking out 46 batters against 14 walks ... Tal- ULM 0-0 2.0 5 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 lied strikeouts in 18 of his 22 seasonal appearances with at GaTech 0-1 0.2 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 two-or-more Ks in 13 of those 18 ... Allowed 39 hits, 13 at IND-1 sv 0-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 for extra bases ... Picked up his first collegiate save in a at IND-2 0-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 win over Indiana (March 12), tossing an inning of hitless, GAWB 1-1 0.2 4 4 4 1 1 1 0 1 scoreless relief ... His season-long for relief innings was at K-State sv 1-1 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 four out of the bullpen against Samford (April 17), scat- at K-State 1-1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 tering three hits with two strikeouts in scoreless work ... CLEMSON 1-1 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Tossed a career-long 8.2 innings in a no-decision in WCU’s at Wofford 1-1 1.0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 3-2 victory over Mercer (May 29) in the SoCon Tournament at VMI-2 sv 1-1 3.0 3 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 Championship game... That outing earned him SoCon All- SAMFORD 2-1 4.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 Tournament Team recognition ... Named to the 2015-16 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll. VA TECH 2-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at CIT 2-1 2.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 • 2015 (SOPHOMORE): Made 19 appearances on the year MERCER sv 2-1 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 including nine starts, moving from the bullpen into the MERCER 2-2 1.2 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 weekend rotation midway through the season ... Tossed at FUR 2-2 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 61.1 innings while allowing 44 runs, 33 of which were UNCG 2-2 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 earned (fourth-fewest allowed in the SoCon), on 66 hits, #18 B.J. NOBLES vs. Mercer 2-2 0.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 the second fewest hits allowed by a regular pitcher in the vs. Mercer-2 * 2-2 8.2 5 2 1 2 10 1 0 1 SoCon ... Led the Catamount pitching staff and ranked tied for ninth in the league with 72 strikeouts ... Averaged vs. NEB sv 2-2 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 tion in nine games with five starts and a save ... Threw one 10.57 strikeouts per nine innings, tallying at least one K in at Clemson 2-2 2.0 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 3 complete game in a 7-2 victory on July 10, striking out each of his nine starts and posted strikeouts in all but one TOTALS 5 2-2 42.0 39 23 19 14 46 7 0 6 eight against one walk while surrendering two runs on just seasonal appearance ... Recorded 40 fly ball outs with 65 eight hits in the CG ... Posted a 3-1 record with a 2.27 ERA 2015 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR ground outs, second-most on the team ... Limited oppo- on the summer in 35.2 innings ... Struck out 32 batters PURDUE 1-0 6.0 3 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 nents to a .274 batting average against, ninth in the SoCon against 17 walks, allowing just 11 runs - nine of which were ... Named Southern Conference Pitcher of the Week after vs. Wake 1-0 1.0 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 earned. vs. Mason 1-0 1.2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 striking out a career-high 11 in six scoreless relief innings VALPO 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 against Purdue (Feb. 14) ... Made his first collegiate start • PRIOR TO WESTERN CAROLINA: Three-year varsity letter VALPO 1-0 0.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 mid-week against Presbyterian, tossing two innings while winner and a three-time all-conference selection ... Earned HLYCRSS 2-0 2.0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 allowing one unearned run on three hits with a strikeout. CAP-8 Conference Pitcher of the Year accolades as a se- HLYCRSS 2-0 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 • 2014 (FRESHMAN): Made nine relief appearances, toss- nior, posting a 6-1 record with a 0.40 ERA ... Struck out at Presby * 2-0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 ing 5.2 innings on the season ... Recorded four strikeouts 90 batters against 20 walks through 61 innings of work vs Penn St 3-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 against nine walks ... Allowed six hits including one for ... Picked up all-state plaudits in his final season ... Set at UNCG 3-0 3.1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 extra bases ... Made his collegiate debut against second- a school records for consecutive game hitting streak at CITADEL * 3-0 6.0 6 1 1 5 8 0 0 1 ranked Mississippi State (Feb. 15), throwing an inning 22, putouts by an outfielder and appearances in a single- WOFFORD * 3-1 6.0 7 5 5 5 2 0 0 1 against the Bulldogs with one walk ... Posted his first col- season. at Mercer * 3-1 4.1 7 6 6 2 5 1 0 2 legiate strikeouts in game one of a doubleheader against • PERSONAL: Full name is Brian Joseph Nobles, but goes FURMAN * 4-1 7.0 4 1 1 6 7 0 0 0 Rider (March 15) ... Tossed a career-long two innings out by B.J. ... Is the son of Gary and Jill Nobles ... Has a brother, at ETSU * 4-2 6.1 2 3 2 5 4 0 0 0 of the bullpen in WCU’s extra inning road win at Winthrop Daniel ... His father, Gary, played college basketball at at UNCA * 4-3 1.1 6 8 7 2 2 1 1 0 (April 15). Summer League: Pitched for the Newark (N.Y.) Lenoir-Rhyne. at Samford * 4-3 1.2 6 6 1 2 4 0 1 1 Pilots of the Perfect Game Collegiate League ... Saw ac- VMI-1 * 4-3 4.2 4 5 3 5 5 2 0 0 2017 GAME HIGHS CAREER HIGHS vs. FUR 4-3 3.1 6 2 2 4 4 1 0 1 TOTALS 9 4-3 61.1 66 44 33 41 72 10 2 6 Innings Pitched:...... 8.0, vs. N.C. A&T...... 8.2, vs. Mercer - SoCon (5/29/16) Shortest Start:...... 4.2, MARSHALL...... 1.1, at UNC Asheville (5/1/15) 2014 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR Strikeouts:...... 3, MARSHALL...... 12, PURDUE-1 (2/14/15) at MissSt 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Walks: ...... 3, MARSHALL...... 6, FURMAN (4/17/15) at WashSt 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 LASALLE 0-0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Buffalo 0-0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 RIDER-2 0-0 1.0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 NOBLES’ CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS WOFFORD 0-0 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 YEAR ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BAVG WP HBP at Winthrop 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2014 6.35 1 0 9 0 0 0/0 0 5.2 6 4 4 9 4 1 0 0 .273 1 0 at Clemson 0-0 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2015 4.84 4 3 19 9 0 0/0 0 61.1 66 44 33 41 72 10 2 6 .274 8 6 KNST 1-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 1-0 5.2 6 4 4 9 4 1 0 0 2016 4.07 2 2 22 1 0 0/0 5 42.0 39 23 19 14 46 7 0 6 .248 6 8 2017 10.66 1 0 2 2 0 0/0 0 12.2 19 15 15 3 10 4 1 3 .333 0 1 TOTALS 5.25 8 5 52 12 0 0/0 5 121.2 130 86 71 67 132 22 3 15 .273 15 15 at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 10 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// BROADCAST INFO: WCU PROJECTED STARTING PITCHER INFORMATION

#30 TRISTAN BAKER • SOPHOMORE • LHP • CHARLOTTE, N.C. CAREER YEARLY GAME-BY-GAME: NOTING TRISTAN BAKER: 2017 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR • Made his 2017 season debut at nationally-ranked at Clemson * 0-0 5.0 7 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 Clemson, leaving the game with a 5-1 lead in a game WCU dropped, 11-5 ... it was his first pitchign performance since TOTALS 1 0-0 5.0 7 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 an elbow injury took him out of the lineup a season ago;

2016 GS W-L IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR • Pitched in nine games before leaving game two of the ULM 0-0 1.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 April 10 double-header against VMI due to injury ... Suf- NIAGARA * 1-0 3.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 fered a fracture in his left elbow – or more specifically, an at GaTech * 1-1 5.0 7 4 4 4 2 2 0 0 Olecranon Stress Fracture, which occurs due to the repeti- at Indiana2 * 1-2 4.0 5 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 tive stresses on the Ulna ... the Olecranon is the back part of the Ulna, which is the bottom bone of the elbow and one GAWB sv 1-2 0.2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 of two in the forearm; at K-State * 2-2 7.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 ETSU * 3-2 6.1 12 9 6 2 2 3 0 2 • Recorded at least one strikeout in every appearance on at WOF * 3-2 3.2 4 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 the season ... Averaged 3.0 strikeouts per outing; at VMI2 * 3-2 2.2 6 6 6 3 2 2 0 2 • Lasted a long of 3.2 innings in his last two starts a year TOTALS 7 3-2 34.2 45 25 20 18 21 10 0 4 ago, at Wofford and VMI – both WCU victories ... Has not secured a victory in the starting role since the final game of the ETSU series (March 26, 2016)

CAREER BIO INFORMATION: • 2016 (FRESHMAN): Made his collegiate debut with an inning and two-thirds of work against UL-Monroe, scatter- #30 TRISTAN BAKER ing three hits of scoreless relief with two strikeouts ... Made his first collegiate start in a home win over Niagara, scor- • PRIOR TO WESTERN CAROLINA: Was a three-time All- ing his first career victory after 3.2 IP in a predetermined Mecka 4-A conference selection ... Was a second team start ... Took the road loss at #13 Georgia Tech, allowing All-Charlotte Observer selection as an outfielder ... Twice four runs on seven hits in a career-long five innings ... Was played in the Powerade State Games ... Compiled a 10-4 lifted after four innings at Indiana, suffering his second record as a prep with one save, finishing with a 1.09 ERA loss ... Earned his first career save, matching a career-high over 102 innings ... Struck out 125 batters over his final by striking out two against a pair of walks in two-thirds of two seasons while issuing just 26 walks ... Was a career an inning in relief against Gardner-Webb in the 16-14 vic- .330 batter with nine doubles, a triple, and 26 RBI ... tory ... Earned SoCon PITCHER OF THE WEEK honors after Added 14 stolen bases ... Played for coach Chet Greeson striking out a career-best six in a career-long 7.0 IP at Big at Hopewell HS. XII foe, Kansas State ... Had his start at Wofford shortened after developing a blister on his pitching hand, exiting the game in the fourth inning.

2017 GAME HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings Pitched:...... 5.0, at Clemson...... 7.0 at Kansas State (3/20/2016) Shortest Start:...... 5.0, at Clemson...... 3.2, three times (MR: at VMI, 2016) Strikeouts:...... 2, at Clemson...... 6, at Kansas State (3/20/2016) Walks: ...... 2, at Clemson...... 4, at #13 Georgia Tech (3/6/2016)

BAKER’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS YEAR ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BAVG WP HBP 2016 5.19 3 2 9 7 0 0/0 1 34.2 45 25 20 18 21 10 0 4 .321 0 4 2017 1.80 0 0 1 1 0 0/0 0 5.0 7 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 .389 1 2 TOTALS 4.76 3 2 10 8 0 0/0 1 39.2 52 26 21 20 23 11 0 4 .329 1 6 at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 11 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL Catamount Pitchers - 2017 Game-by-Game Individual Game-by-Game for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017)

#22 Korey Anderson - 2 games (All games)

Date Opponent Pos AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 24 MARSHALL p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 Feb 26 MARSHALL p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 Totals 0gs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 . 0 0 0 On base pct. .000 • Slugging pct. .000

#22 Korey Anderson - 4 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 18 at Coastal Carolina 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 0-0 1 0.00 18 Feb 22 at Clemson 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5-11 0-0 1 7.71 - Feb 24 MARSHALL 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-0 0-0 1 5.40 10 Feb 26 MARSHALL 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6-10 0-0 1 8.31 23 Totals 0 4.1 5 4 4 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 24-25 0-0 1 8.31 -

#30 Tristan Baker - 1 game (All games)

Date Opponent Pos AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 22 at Clemson *p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 . 0 0 0 Totals 1gs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 . 0 0 0 On base pct. .000 • Slugging pct. .000

#30 Tristan Baker - 1 appearance (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 22 at Clemson * 5.0 7 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5-11 0-0 0 1.80 - Totals 1 5.0 7 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5-11 0-0 0 1.80 -

#39 Dillon Bray - 1 game (All games)

Date Opponent Pos AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 25 MARSHALL p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 Totals 0gs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 On base pct. .000 • Slugging pct. .000

#39 Dillon Bray - 2 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 17 vs St. John's 4.0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3-14 0-0 0 2.25 70 Feb 25 MARSHALL 2.1 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20-15 0-0 1 5.68 41 Totals 0 6.1 5 5 4 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 23-29 0-0 1 5.68 -

#4 Jacob Breakfield - 1 game (All games)

Date Opponent Pos AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 22 at Clemson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 Totals 0gs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 On base pct. .000 • Slugging pct. .000 Catamount Pitchers - 2017 Game-by-Game Individual Game-by-Game for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017)

#4 Jacob Breakfield - 3 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 19 vs North Carolina A&T 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16-7 0-0 0 0.00 15 Feb 22 at Clemson 0.2 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5-11 0-0 0 16.20 - Feb 26 MARSHALL 1.0 5 5 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6-10 0-1 0 27.00 27 Totals 0 2.2 9 8 8 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 27-28 0-1 0 27.00 -

#1 Chad Mabini - 1 game (All games)

Date Opponent Pos AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 17 vs St. John's p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals 0gs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 On base pct. .000 • Slugging pct. .000

#1 Chad Mabini - 2 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 17 vs St. John's 2.0 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3-14 0-0 0 9.00 43 Feb 25 MARSHALL 2.0 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 20-15 1-0 0 11.25 29 Totals 0 4.0 7 6 5 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 23-29 1-0 0 11.25 -

#21 Jake Moebius - 2 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 24 MARSHALL 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8-0 0-0 0 0.00 25 Feb 26 MARSHALL 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-10 0-0 0 0.00 18 Totals 0 2.1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14-10 0-0 0 0.00 -

#44 Brendan Nail - 1 game (All games)

Date Opponent Pos AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 17 vs St. John's *p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 Totals 1gs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 On base pct. .000 • Slugging pct. .000

#44 Brendan Nail - 3 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 17 vs St. John's * 2.0 12 9 9 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3-14 0-1 0 40.50 78 Feb 22 at Clemson 1.2 3 5 5 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5-11 0-2 0 34.36 - Feb 26 MARSHALL * 6.0 3 3 2 3 12 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6-10 0-2 0 14.90 109 Totals 2 9.2 18 17 16 7 18 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 14-35 0-2 0 14.90 -

#18 B.J. Nobles - 2 games (All games)

Date Opponent Pos AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 19 vs North Carolina A&T *p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 . 0 0 0 Feb 25 MARSHALL *p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 . 0 0 0 Totals 2gs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 . 0 0 0 On base pct. .000 • Slugging pct. .000 Catamount Pitchers - 2017 Game-by-Game Individual Game-by-Game for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017)

#18 B.J. Nobles - 2 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 19 vs North Carolina A&T * 8.0 9 7 7 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 16-7 1-0 0 7.88 100 Feb 25 MARSHALL * 4.2 10 8 8 3 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 20-15 1-0 0 10.66 99 Totals 2 12.2 19 15 15 3 10 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 36-22 1-0 0 10.66 -

#32 Bryan Sammons - 2 games (All games)

Date Opponent Pos AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg Feb 18 at Coastal Carolina *p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 . 0 0 0 Feb 24 MARSHALL *p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 . 0 0 0 Totals 2gs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 . 0 0 0 On base pct. .000 • Slugging pct. .000

#32 Bryan Sammons - 2 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 18 at Coastal Carolina * 7.1 4 4 4 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5-4 1-0 0 4.91 120 Feb 24 MARSHALL * 6.0 1 0 0 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8-0 2-0 0 2.70 103 Totals 2 13.1 5 4 4 6 13 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 13-4 2-0 0 2.70 -

#33 Corey Sikes - 2 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 24 MARSHALL 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-0 0-0 0 0.00 17 Feb 25 MARSHALL 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20-15 0-0 0 13.50 6 Totals 0 0.2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28-15 0-0 0 13.50 - 2017 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Overall Statistics for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 4-3 Home: 2-1 Away: 1-1 Neutral: 1-1 SoCon: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 5 Brett Pope .4 2 9 7-7 28 8 12 2 1 1 7 19 .6 7 9 6 1 2 0 .5 2 8 1 0 2-3 12 6 2 .9 0 0 10 Matthew Koehler .4 0 0 7-7 30 10 12 3 0 2 12 21 .7 0 0 4 1 7 1 .4 8 6 0 1 1-1 12 1 0 1.000 7 Nobu Suzuki .3 8 9 7-5 18 4 7 0 1 0 4 9 .5 0 0 1 1 3 1 .4 5 0 0 1 0-1 7 15 2 .9 1 7 17 Matt Smith .3 2 1 7-7 28 4 9 4 0 0 11 13 .4 6 4 4 2 2 1 .4 4 1 0 0 2-2 18 1 0 1.000 9 Cameron Blaquiere .3 1 6 6-5 19 6 6 0 1 0 3 8 .4 2 1 4 0 5 1 .4 3 5 0 0 1-1 2 13 0 1.000 15 Caleb Robinson .3 1 0 7-7 29 5 9 3 1 0 4 14 .4 8 3 3 0 5 2 .3 7 5 0 0 1-1 56 10 2 .9 7 1 12 Bryson Bowman .3 0 8 7-7 26 9 8 3 0 1 5 14 .5 3 8 7 2 4 0 .4 7 2 1 0 0-1 15 0 0 1.000 ------8 Spencer Holcomb .6 6 7 3-2 9 5 6 2 0 2 4 14 1.556 1 0 1 0 .7 0 0 0 0 0-0 15 1 0 1.000 11 Pierce Suttles .6 6 7 2-1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .6 6 7 1 0 0 0 .7 5 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 34 Andrew Robinson .3 3 3 4-0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .3 3 3 1 0 1 0 .5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 3 J.D. Long .3 1 3 7-5 16 4 5 1 0 0 1 6 .3 7 5 2 1 4 0 .4 0 0 1 0 0-0 4 8 0 1.000 19 Justin Sparks .2 5 0 4-3 8 4 2 1 0 0 1 3 .3 7 5 1 2 0 0 .4 5 5 0 0 0-0 15 1 0 1.000 38 Luke Robinson .2 0 0 6-3 15 1 3 2 0 0 3 5 .3 3 3 0 0 5 0 .2 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 3 0 1.000 36 Andrew Bullock .0 8 3 6-4 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .0 8 3 1 0 3 0 .1 4 3 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 Totals .3 4 0 7 244 63 83 21 4 6 58 130 .5 3 3 36 10 42 6 .4 3 9 4 2 7-10 183 72 8 .9 7 0 Opponents .3 1 3 7 252 61 79 16 1 13 58 136 .5 4 0 26 11 58 6 .4 0 0 1 4 2-3 180 81 8 .9 7 0

LOB - Team (53), Opp (50). DPs turned - Team (8), Opp (12). IBB - Team (1), Holcomb 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Pope 1, Koehler 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 32 Bryan Sammons 2 .7 0 2-0 2 2 0 0/1 0 13.1 5 4 4 6 13 2 0 1 .1 1 6 1 2 0 0 1 18 B.J. Nobles 10.66 1-0 2 2 0 0/0 0 12.2 19 15 15 3 10 4 1 3 .3 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 44 Brendan Nail 14.90 0-2 3 2 0 0/0 0 9.2 18 17 16 7 18 2 0 3 .3 8 3 1 1 0 1 0 ------21 Jake Moebius 0 .0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0/1 0 2.1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 30 Tristan Baker 1 .8 0 0-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 5.0 7 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 .3 8 9 1 2 0 0 0 39 Dillon Bray 5 .6 8 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 1 6.1 5 5 4 2 3 1 0 2 .2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 Korey Anderson 8 .3 1 0-0 4 0 0 0/1 1 4.1 5 4 4 0 6 2 0 2 .2 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 Chad Mabini 11.25 1-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 7 6 5 1 1 2 0 1 .3 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 33 Corey Sikes 13.50 0-0 2 0 0 0/1 0 0.2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Jacob Breakfield 27.00 0-1 3 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 9 8 8 3 1 2 0 1 .6 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 8 . 5 6 4-3 7 7 0 1/1 2 61.0 79 61 58 26 58 16 1 13 . 3 1 3 6 11 0 1 4 Opponents 7 . 3 5 3-4 7 7 0 0/0 2 60.0 83 63 49 36 42 21 4 6 . 3 4 0 7 10 0 4 2

PB - Team (2), Sparks 1, L. Robinson 1. Pickoffs - Team (3), Baker 2, Nail 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Baker (0-1), Sparks (1-1), Breakfield (1-1), Bray (1-1). 2017 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Overall Statistics for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 38 Luke Robinson 27 24 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 1 0 17 Matt Smith 19 18 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 8 Spencer Holcomb 16 15 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 19 Justin Sparks 16 15 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 12 Bryson Bowman 15 15 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Cameron Blaquiere 15 2 13 0 1.000 2 0 0 - - - 0 0 10 Matthew Koehler 13 12 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 J.D. Long 12 4 8 0 1.000 4 0 0 - - - 0 0 32 Bryan Sammons 5 1 4 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 30 Tristan Baker 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 0 22 Korey Anderson 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 Chad Mabini 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 39 Dillon Bray 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 4 Jacob Breakfield 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 44 Brendan Nail 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Caleb Robinson 68 56 10 2 .9 7 1 8 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Nobu Suzuki 24 7 15 2 .9 1 7 6 0 0 - - - 0 0 5 Brett Pope 20 12 6 2 .9 0 0 2 0 0 - - - 0 0 18 B.J. Nobles 5 1 2 2 .6 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 33 Corey Sikes 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 34 Andrew Robinson 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 21 Jake Moebius 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 36 Andrew Bullock 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 11 Pierce Suttles 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 263 183 72 8 .9 7 0 8 2 1 .6 6 7 2 0 Opponents 269 180 81 8 .9 7 0 12 7 3 .7 0 0 0 0

Hitting minimums - 1 Games 75% of Games 1 AB 2.5 AB/Game 1 TPA 2.5 TPA/Game Pitching minimums - 1 Games 1 IP 1 BF 1.0 IP/Game 2017 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Game Results for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017) (All games)

Date Opponent Score Inns Overall SoCon Pitcher of record Attend Time @ Feb 17, 2017 vs St. John's L 3-14 9 0-1-0 0-0-0 Nail (L 0-1) 4 1 2 3:02 @ Feb 18, 2017 at #9 Coastal Carolina W 5-4 9 1-1-0 0-0-0 Sammons (W 1-0) 3 7 7 7 2:58 @ Feb 19, 2017 vs North Carolina A&T W 16-7 9 2-1-0 0-0-0 Nobles (W 1-0) 2 7 9 3:00 Feb 22, 2017 at #12 Clemson L 5-11 9 2-2-0 0-0-0 Nail (L 0-2) 3 4 9 6 3:34 Feb 24, 2017 MARSHALL W 8-0 9 3-2-0 0-0-0 Sammons (W 2-0) 9 3 2 3:15 Feb 25, 2017 MARSHALL W 20-15 9 4-2-0 0-0-0 Mabini (W 1-0) 7 4 8 4:01 Feb 26, 2017 MARSHALL L 6-10 9 4-3-0 0-0-0 Breakfield (L 0-1) 6 9 5 3:07

@ = Caravelle Resort's "Baseball at the Beach" - Myrtle Beach / Conway, S.C. % = Keith LeClair Classic - Greenville, N.C. * = Southern Conference game () extra inning game 2017 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Games Summary for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017) (All games)

Score by innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Western Carolina 6 16 7 3 4 8 2 15 2 63 Opponents 6 6 5 4 11 3 15 6 5 61

Record when ... Overall 4-3 After 6 leading 3-2 Conference 0-0 ...... trailing 0-1 Non-Conference 4-3 ...... tied 1-0 Home games 2-1 After 7 leading 3-0 Away games 1-1 ...... trailing 0-3 Neutral site 1-1 ...... tied 1-0 Day games 4-3 After 8 leading 4-0 Night games 0-0 ...... trailing 0-3 vs Left starter 1-2 ...... tied 0-0 vs Right starter 3-1 1-Run games 1-0 Hit 0 home runs 1-2 2-Run games 0-0 ... 1 home run 1-1 5+Run games 3-2 ... 2+ home runs 2-0 Extra innings 0-0 Shutouts 1-0 Opponent 0 home runs 1-0 ...... 1 home run 2-2 Scoring 0-2 runs 0-0 ...... 2+ HRs 1-1 ...... 3-5 runs 1-2 ...... 6-9 runs 1-1 Made 0 errors 2-1 ...... 10+ runs 2-0 .... 1 error 1-1 .... 2+ errors 1-1 Opponent 0-2 runs 1-0 ...... 3-5 runs 1-0 Opp. made 0 errors 1-3 ...... 6-9 runs 1-0 ...... 1 error 0-0 ...... 10+ runs 1-3 ...... 2+ errors 3-0

Scored in 1st inning 2-2 Out-hit opponent 4-0 Opp. scored in 1st 2-2 Out-hit by opponent 0-3 Scores first 2-1 Hits are tied 0-0 Opp. scores first 2-2

Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0

Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-3

Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 1-1 3-2 3-1 2-2 3-2 3-2 3-0 4-0

Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-3

Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0

Current losing streak: 1 Longest winning streak: 2 Longest losing streak: 1

Home attendance : 2375 ( 3 dates avg = 791 ) Away attendance : 7964 ( 4 dates avg = 1991 ) Total attendance: 10339 ( 7 dates avg = 1477 ) 2017 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Season Game Highs for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017) (All games)

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Batting

At bats: 41 - vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Runs scored: 20 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Hits: 20 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) RBIs: 18 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Doubles: 10 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Triples: 2 - vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Home runs: 2 - vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 2 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Total bases: 38 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Walks: 10 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Strikeouts: 10 - at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017) Sac hits: 2 - at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017) Sac flies: 2 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Stolen bases: 2 - at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017) Hit by pitch: 4 - vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Caught stealing: 1 - at Coastal Carolina (Feb 18, 2017) 1 - vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 1 - vs Marshall (Feb 24, 2017) Runners LOB: 9 - vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 9 - at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017) 9 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Hit into DP: 4 - vs Marshall (Feb 24, 2017)

Fielding

Putouts: 27 - (5 times ) Assists: 12 - vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 12 - vs Marshall (Feb 24, 2017) 12 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Errors: 4 - vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Passed balls: 1 - vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 1 - at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017) DPs turned: 2 - vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 2 - vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 2 - at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017)

Pitching

Innings pitched: 9.0 - (5 times ) Runs allowed: 15 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Earned runs: 15 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Walks allowed: 6 - at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017) 6 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Strikeouts: 16 - vs Marshall (Feb 26, 2017) Hits allowed: 18 - vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Doubles allowed: 4 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Triples allowed: 1 - vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Homers allowed: 5 - vs Marshall (Feb 26, 2017) Wild pitches: 2 - vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 2 - vs Marshall (Feb 24, 2017) Hit batters: 4 - vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 2017 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Season Game Highs for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017) (All games)

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Batting

At bats: 6 - Matthew Koehler vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 6 - Brett Pope vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Runs scored: 4 - Cameron Blaquiere vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Hits: 4 - Caleb Robinson vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 4 - Brett Pope vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) 4 - Matt Smith vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) RBIs: 5 - Matthew Koehler vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 5 - Matt Smith vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) 5 - Brett Pope vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Doubles: 3 - Matt Smith vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Triples: 1 - (4 times ) Home runs: 1 - (6 times ) Total bases: 8 - Brett Pope vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) 8 - Spencer Holcomb vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Walks: 3 - Brett Pope at Coastal Carolina (Feb 18, 2017) Strikeouts: 3 - Luke Robinson vs Marshall (Feb 24, 2017) Sac hits: 1 - Matthew Koehler at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017) 1 - Nobu Suzuki at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017) Sac flies: 1 - (4 times ) Stolen bases: 1 - (7 times ) Hit by pitch: 1 - (10 times ) Caught stealing: 1 - Brett Pope at Coastal Carolina (Feb 18, 2017) 1 - Bryson Bowman vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 1 - Nobu Suzuki vs Marshall (Feb 24, 2017) Runners LOB: 5 - Matt Smith vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 5 - Caleb Robinson vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017)

Fielding

Putouts: 15 - Spencer Holcomb vs Marshall (Feb 26, 2017) Assists: 5 - Nobu Suzuki vs Marshall (Feb 24, 2017) Errors: 2 - Caleb Robinson vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Passed balls: 1 - Justin Sparks vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 1 - Luke Robinson at Clemson (Feb 22, 2017)

Pitching

Innings pitched: 8.0 - B.J. Nobles vs North Carolina A&T (Feb 19, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Runs allowed: 9 - Brendan Nail vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Earned runs: 9 - Brendan Nail vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Walks allowed: 4 - Bryan Sammons vs Marshall (Feb 24, 2017) Strikeouts: 12 - Brendan Nail vs Marshall (Feb 26, 2017) Hits allowed: 12 - Brendan Nail vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Doubles allowed: 2 - (4 times ) Triples allowed: 1 - B.J. Nobles vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) Homers allowed: 2 - B.J. Nobles vs Marshall (Feb 25, 2017) 2 - Brendan Nail vs Marshall (Feb 26, 2017) 2 - Korey Anderson vs Marshall (Feb 26, 2017) Wild pitches: 1 - (6 times ) Hit batters: 3 - Dillon Bray vs St. John's (Feb 17, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 2017 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Statistics Summary for Western Carolina (as of Mar 01, 2017) (All games)

Record: 4-3 Home: 2-1 Away: 1-1 Neutral: 1-1 SoCon: 0-0

Date Opponent Score Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb hbp so sb-att @2/17 vs St. John's L 3-14 5 Brett Pope .4 2 9 7-7 28 8 12 2 1 1 7 6 1 2 2-3 @2/18 at #9 Coastal Carolina W 5-4 10 Matthew Koehler .4 0 0 7-7 30 10 12 3 0 2 12 4 1 7 1-1 @2/19 vs North Carolina A&T W 16-7 7 Nobu Suzuki .3 8 9 7-5 18 4 7 0 1 0 4 1 1 3 0-1 2/22 at #12 Clemson L 5-11 17 Matt Smith .3 2 1 7-7 28 4 9 4 0 0 11 4 2 2 2-2 2/24 MARSHALL W 8-0 9 Cameron Blaquiere .3 1 6 6-5 19 6 6 0 1 0 3 4 0 5 1-1 2/25 MARSHALL W 20-15 15 Caleb Robinson .3 1 0 7-7 29 5 9 3 1 0 4 3 0 5 1-1 2/26 MARSHALL L 6-10 12 Bryson Bowman .3 0 8 7-7 26 9 8 3 0 1 5 7 2 4 0-1 ------8 Spencer Holcomb .6 6 7 3-2 9 5 6 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 0-0 11 Pierce Suttles .6 6 7 2-1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 34 Andrew Robinson .3 3 3 4-0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0-0 3 J.D. Long .3 1 3 7-5 16 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 0-0 19 Justin Sparks .2 5 0 4-3 8 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0-0 38 Luke Robinson .2 0 0 6-3 15 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 0-0 36 Andrew Bullock .0 8 3 6-4 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0-0 Totals .3 4 0 7 244 63 83 21 4 6 58 36 10 42 7-10 Opponents .3 1 3 7 252 61 79 16 1 13 58 26 11 58 2-3

LOB - Team (53), Opp (50). DPs turned - Team (8), Opp (12). IBB - Team (1), Holcomb 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Pope 1, Koehler 1.

Player era w-l app gs cg sh sv ip h r er bb so 32 Bryan Sammons 2 .7 0 2-0 2 2 0 0 0 13.1 5 4 4 6 13 18 B.J. Nobles 10.66 1-0 2 2 0 0 0 12.2 19 15 15 3 10 44 Brendan Nail 14.90 0-2 3 2 0 0 0 9.2 18 17 16 7 18 ------21 Jake Moebius 0 .0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 1 3 30 Tristan Baker 1 .8 0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 1 1 2 2 39 Dillon Bray 5 .6 8 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 6.1 5 5 4 2 3 22 Korey Anderson 8 .3 1 0-0 4 0 0 0 1 4.1 5 4 4 0 6 1 Chad Mabini 11.25 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 5 1 1 33 Corey Sikes 13.50 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 1 1 1 1 4 Jacob Breakfield 27.00 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 2.2 9 8 8 3 1 Totals 8 .5 6 4-3 7 7 0 1 2 61.0 79 61 58 26 58 Opponents 7 .3 5 3-4 7 7 0 0 2 60.0 83 63 49 36 42

PB - Team (2), Sparks 1, L. Robinson 1. Pickoffs - Team (3), Baker 2, Nail 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Baker (0-1), Sparks (1-1), Breakfield (1-1), Bray (1-1).

Score by innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Western Carolina 6 16 7 3 4 8 2 15 2 63 Opponents 6 6 5 4 11 3 15 6 5 61

Win-loss breakouts: Day 4-3; Night 0-0; vs Left 1-2; vs Right 3-1; 1-run games 1-0; 2-run games 0-0; 5+run games 3-2; Extra inns 0-0; Shutouts 1-0. Current streak: Lost 1; Longest winning streak: 2; Longest losing streak: 1. Attendance: Home 2375 (avg 791); Away 7964 (avg 1991); Total 10339 (avg 1477). @ = Caravelle Resort's "Baseball at the Beach" - Myrtle Beach / Conway, S.C. % = Keith LeClair Classic - Greenville, N.C. * = Southern Conference game