2019 ETSU Baseball

2019 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result FEB 15 IONA W, 4-3 Game Day Information FEB 16 IONA W, 14-3 NJIT Highlanders (7-4-1, 0-0) vs. ETSU Buccaneers (11-4, 0-0) FEB 17 IONA W, 14-4 Johnson City, Tenn. • Thomas Stadium • March 16-17 FEB 19 at Virginia Tech L, 9-3 Video: SoCon Digital Network (Saturday only) • PxP: Mike Gallagher FEB 23 WAGNER W, 7-1 Live Stats: ETSUBucs.com • Twitter and Instagram: @ETSU_Baseball FEB 24 WAGNER W, 6-1 FEB 24 WAGNER W, 4-3 Probable Starters: FEB 26 at #16 Clemson L, 14-3 Saturday, March 16 — 1:00 pm — Game 1 MAR 1 LIU BROOKLYN W, 10-3 RHP Tyler Stafflinger (0-0, 3.54 ERA) vs. RHP Micah Kaczor (2-0, 2.10 ERA) MAR 2 LIU BROOKLYN W, 7-2 MAR 2 LIU BROOKLYN W, 7-2 Saturday, March 16 — 4:30 pm — Game 2 MAR 6 at #1 Vanderbilt L, 12-4 RHP Sean Lubreski (2-2, 5.84 ERA) vs. RHP Landon Knack (3-0, 1.80 ERA) MAR 8 at Georgia State L, 6-5 (13) MAR 9 at Georgia State W, 8-2 Sunday, March 17 — 1:00 pm — Game 3 MAR 10 at Georgia State W, 5-1 RHP Jared Kacso (0-1, 7.64 ERA) vs. RHP Daniel Sweeney (3-0, 1.90 ERA) MAR 13 at Gardner-Webb CANCELED MAR 16 NJIT (DH 1) 1 PM Bucs in their last 5...... 3-2 MAR 16 NJIT (DH 2) 4:30 PM Bucs in their last 10...... 7-3 MAR 17 NJIT 1 PM Streak...... W2 MAR 19 #21 TENNESSEE 6 PM Bucs Leader in Hits...... Cullen Smith; 24 MAR 22 WESTERN CAROLINA* 6 PM Bucs Leader in Doubles...... Cullen Smith; 6 MAR 23 WESTERN CAROLINA* 2 PM Bucs Leader in Triples...... Ethan Cady; 3 MAR 24 WESTERN CAROLINA* 1 PM Bucs Leader in Home Runs...... Jackson Greer; 4 MAR 26 at Tennessee 6 PM Bucs Leader in RBIs...... Jackosn Greer; 16 MAR 27 UNC ASHEVILLE 6 PM Bucs Leader in Runs...... Cullen Smith; 15 MAR 29 GEORGETOWN 6 PM Bucs Leader in OB% (starters)...... Cullen Smith; .529 MAR 30 GEORGETOWN 2 PM Bucs Leader in Slg%...... Cullen Smith; .684 MAR 31 GEORGETOWN 1 PM Bucs Leader in Steals...... Ethan Cady; 7 APRIL 2 RADFORD 6 PM Bucs Leader in Wins...... Daniel Sweeney and Landon Knack; 3 APRIL 5 at VMI* 6 PM Bucs Leader in IP...... Micah Kaczor; 25.2 APRIL 6 at VMI* 2 PM Bucs Leader in ERA (Starters)...... Landon Knack; 1.80 APRIL 7 at VMI* 1 PM Bucs Leader in K’s...... Landon Knack; 24 APRIL 10 VIRGINIA TECH 6 PM Bucs Leader in Saves...... James Giambalvo; 2 APRIL 12 at Furman* 6 PM APRIL 13 at Furman* 4 PM BUC NOTES APRIL 14 at Furman* 1 PM WE ARE “ETSU” APRIL 16 APPALACHIAN STATE 6 PM The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast APRIL 18 WOFFORD* 6 PM media to honor our request to be called “ETSU” throughout the 2019 season. East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU. On TV graphics, please use APRIL 19 WOFFORD* 6 PM ETSU. Our full nickname is the Buccaneers, but “Bucs” is encouraged. APRIL 20 WOFFORD* 2 PM APRIL 26 at Mercer* 6 PM NEW LOOK BUCS APRIL 27 at Mercer* 2 PM The Bucs had a large turnover in players this past season, bringing in 25 newcomers to join 10 APRIL 28 at Mercer* 1 PM returners. Sixteen of the newcomers are freshman, eight are junior transfers and one is a APRIL 30 at UNC Asheville 6 PM sophomore transfer. MAY 3 UNCG* 6 PM MAY 4 UNCG* 2 PM HOW SWEEP IT IS ETSU has swept its first three weekend series against Iona, Wagner and LIU-Brooklyn, marking MAY 5 UNCG* 1 PM ETSU’s first time sweeping three consecutive opponents, according to available records dating MAY 10 at The Citadel* 4 PM back to 1983. With three wins over Iona to open the season, ETSU Baseball earned its first season- MAY 11 at The Citadel* 2 PM opening three game sweep since 2005 against Niagara. MAY 12 at The Citadel* 1 PM MAY 14 GARDNER-WEBB 6 PM HOME SWEET HOME MAY 16 SAMFORD* 6 PM Thomas Stadium has treated the Bucs well this season, as ETSU is off to its best home start in MAY 17 SAMFORD* 6 PM program history (according to records dating back to 1983) with a 9-0 home record. ETSU started MAY 18 SAMFORD* 2 PM 8-0 at home in 2005 and 8-1 in 2010.

THREE WINNING SEASONS? MAY 21-26 ------SoCon Tournament ------After recording winning seasons each in 2017 and 2018, the Bucs will look to make it three winning seasons in a row for the first time since the 1981-83 seasons. In 2017, ETSU finished 30- *Southern Conference game 29 and in 2018 began the Joe Pennucci era with a 28-25 mark. Home games listed in BOLD CAPS All listed game times are Eastern and subject to change SERIES HISTORY This will be the first all-time meeting for ETSU and NJIT. 2019 ETSU Baseball

ETSU QUICK FACTS tale of the tape Bucs vs. Highlanders General Information ETSU...... Category...... NJIT Location...... Johnson City, Tenn. atting verage Founded...... 1911 .298 ...... B A ...... 263 Nickname...... Buccaneers (Bucs) 6.73 ...... Runs Per Game...... 7.42 Enrollment...... 15,250 6.13 ...... RBIs Per Game...... 6.50 Colors...... Navy Blue & Old Gold 10.07 ...... Hits Per Game...... 9.50 Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 4.80 ...... Walks Drawn Per Game...... 4.50 Conference...... SoCon President...... Dr. Brian Noland .448 ...... Slugging %...... 424 Athletics Director...... Scott Carter .403 ...... On-Base %...... 360 Faculty Rep...... Susan Epps .978 ...... Fielding %...... 959 Athletics Phone...... (423) 439-4343 4.03 ...... ERA...... 6.88 Ticket Office Phone...... (423) 439-3878 4.50 ...... Runs Allowed Per Nine Inning...... 7.50 Team Information 9.20 ...... Strikeouts Per Nine Innings...... 6.40 DOUBLE VISION 2018 Overall Record...... 28-25 The Bucs have found their way into scoring position in a varety of ways with improved 2018 Southern Conference Record...... 11-13 (6th) stolen base numbers from last year, but have even moreso found their way there by hitting Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/5 doubles. ETSU’s 35 doubles ranked 16th in all of NCAA D1 coming into the week. Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 2/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 10/17 AN EMPHASIS ON PITCHING All-Time Record...... 1232-1373-7 The second year of the Pennucci Era has been headlined by its strong starting pitching, as ETSU’s three weekend starters all rank in the Top 10 of the Southern Conference in ERA Head Coach...... Joe Pennucci (Northern Colorado, ‘02) through four starts. Senior ace Micah Kaczor sports a 2.10 ERA (8th in SoCon) , while Daniel Record at ETSU:...... 41-29 (2nd season) Sweeney has a 1.90 (T-6th) and Landon Knack carries the lowest of the trio at 1.80 (5th). Career Record:...... SAME Assistant Coaches...... Micah Posey, Ross Oeder, Zach Murray BEAM AND SMITH NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAMS Baseball Athletic Trainer...... Yoshi Kojima Sophomore outfielder David Beam (Knoxville, Tenn.) is poised for a solid spring, as he was Equipment Manager...... Kellen Bewsey named first team all-conference by the coaches. As a freshman, Beam batted .283 in 38 ap- pearances and was one of three Bucs to have an on-base percentage above .400 — finishing at .401. Beam batted .292 in 19 conference appearances last season. Ballpark InformationPI Junior infielder Cullen Smith (Lebanon, Tenn.) was chosen to the all-conference second team after ending 2018 on the second team. Smith hit .295 last year in 46 starts, while tying for the Home Field:...... Thomas Stadium team lead with eight stolen bases. The junior reached base in 27 straight games near the end Capacity:...... 1,028 of last season, the second-longest streak on the team. Surface:...... 100% Field Turf COVERING THE MAP Dimensions:...... 325-370-400-370-325 ETSU Head Coach Joe Pennucci jokingly told the media this past offseason that he would “travel to Pluto” to get the right player for his team. Staying in North America, Pennucci added players from 11 states/districts/provinces for this season’s roster. Media Relations ETSU roster breakdown by state: Baseball Sports Information Director...... Mike Ezekiel TN - 13 DC - 1 Office Phone...... (423) 439-8212 GA - 6 IN - 1 NC - 4 KS - 1 Cell Phone (Preferred)...... (256) 349-1290 NJ - 4 PA - 1 E-Mail...... [email protected] CA - 2 VA - 1 Ontario, Canada- 1 Director of Communications...... Kevin Brown Office Phone...... (423) 439-4220 NOT SO CLOSE TO HOME E-Mail...... [email protected] A number of players calling Johnson City home this spring come from all across the nation, including two from over 2,000 miles away and seven others from at least 500 miles. SID Fax...... (423) 439-6138 J. Giambalvo Alhambra, CA 2,282 miles 33 hours Athletics Web Site...... www.etsubucs.com Z. Kirby Upland, CA 2,253 miles 33 hours T. Cox Junction City, KS 963 miles 14 hrs 16 min Facebook...... ETSU Baseball T. Murphy Whitby, ON, CA 761 miles 12 hrs 18 min Twitter...... @ETSU_Baseball M. Kaczor (originally from Tampa, FL) 696 miles 10 hrs 36 min Instagram...... @ETSU_Baseball R. Maypother Wall Township, NJ 613 miles 9 hrs 21 min G. Arcuri Allentown , NJ 584 miles 8 hrs 55 min J. Acosta Vineland, NJ 552.5 miles 8 hrs 40 min D. Montagna Pennsville, NJ 523 miles 8 hrs 00 min 2019 ETSU Baseball

2019 ETSU BUCCANEERS BASEBALL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Markell Graham OF R/R 5-­‐8 175 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS) 2 Nathanial Tate RHP/C R/R 5-­‐11 150 Fr. Manchester, Tenn. (Coffee County Central HS) 4 Hooper Mills LHP/1B L/L 5-­‐11 205 Jr. Brentwood, Tenn. (Cleveland State CC) 5 Quinn Buffington OF R/L 6-­‐0 175 Fr. Camp Hill, Pa. (Camp Hill HS) 6 Jackson Greer C R/R 6-­‐3 225 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Central HS) 7 Noah Hill IF R/R 6-­‐1 165 Jr. Ringgold, Ga. (Cleveland State CC) 8 Guiseppe Arcuri IF R/R 5-­‐7 183 Fr. Allentown, NJ (Allentown HS) 9 Jake Lyle IF R/R 5-­‐9 175 Jr. Spring Hill, Tenn. (Volunteer State CC) 10 Cade Gilbert IF R/R 6-­‐1 185 Jr. Ringgold, Ga. (Ringgold HS) 11 Micah Kaczor RHP R/R 6-­‐2 212 Sr. Washington, D.C. (St. Petersburg College) 12 Daniel Sweeney RHP R/R 6-­‐5 207 R-­‐Sr. Johnson City, Tenn. (Science Hill HS) 13 David Beam OF R/L 5-­‐9 170 So. Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden HS) 14 Cullen Smith IF L/R 6-­‐1 185 Jr. Lebanon, Tenn. (Wilson Central HS) 15 Walker Joyce RHP R/R 6-­‐0 180 So. Mooresville, N.C. (Rockingham CC) 16 Riley Maypother RHP R/R 6-­‐1 178 Fr. Wall Township, NJ (St. Rose HS) 17 Kevin Christy OF R/R 5-­‐10 180 Fr. Abingdon, Va. (Abingdon HS) 18 James Giambalvo RHP R/R 5-­‐11 151 Sr. Alhambra, Calif. (Glendale CC) 20 Sean Kearney IF R/R 5-­‐11 190 So. Powell, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic HS) 23 Reese Farmer IF R/R 6-­‐1 180 Jr. Winterville, N.C. (Pitt CC) 24 Ethan Cady 1B/OF L/L 5-­‐11 195 Jr. Soddy Daisy, Tenn. (Columbia State CC) 25 Tyler Cox OF/1B R/R 5-­‐9 240 Jr. Junction City, Kan. (Maple Woods CC) 26 Colby Emmertz C R/R 5-­‐8 175 Fr. Hampstead, N.C. (Topsail HS) 27 Kyle Richardson C R/R 5-­‐9 205 Fr. Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville Community HS) 28 Cullen Monette RHP R/R 6-­‐4 210 Jr. Milton, Ga. (West Georgia Tech CC) 30 Colby Stuart LHP L/L 6-­‐6 200 Fr. Elon, NC (Western Alamance HS) 31 Zachary Kirby RHP R/R 6-­‐0 212 Fr. Upland, Calif. (Damien HS) 32 Matthew Mercer LHP L/L 6-­‐0 172 So. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Chattanooga Christian School) 33 Trey Oglesby RHP R/R 6-­‐2 225 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Carter HS) 34 Daulton Montagna LHP L/L 5-­‐9 175 Fr. Pennsville, NJ (Pennsville Memorial HS) 36 Joseph Acosta RHP R/R 6-­‐1 165 Fr. Vineland, NJ (Vineland Senior HS) 37 Ethan Shelton OF/IF R/R 5-­‐9 193 Fr. Lebanon, Tenn. (Wilson Central HS) 40 Landon Knack RHP/1B L/R 6-­‐0 215 Jr. Johnson City, Tenn. (Walters State CC) 43 Matthew Bollenbacher RHP R/R 6-­‐0 178 Fr. Powder Springs, Ga. (Harrison HS) 44 Ben Jackson C/OF R/R 5-­‐8 190 So. Guyton, Ga. (Savannah Christian Prep) 45 Thomas Murphy RHP R/R 6-­‐2 240 Fr. Whitby, Ontario, Canada (Sinclair Secondary School)

COACHES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Joe Pennucci, 2nd Season (Northern Colorado, 2002) #1 -­‐ Mar kell #20 Car-­‐knee Pitching Coach: Micah Posey, 2nd Season (Florida State, 2011) #8 Juice-­‐eppi -­‐ Ar cure-­‐ee #24 Katie Hitting Coach: Ross Oeder, 2nd Season (Wright State, 2008) #11 Cat-­‐sir #28 Mo-­‐net Volunteer Asst: Zach Murray, 1st Season (Augusta, 2015) #16 May-­‐poth-­‐ur #34 Mon-­‐tag-­‐nuh #18 Gee-­‐um-­‐ball-­‐voh #43 Ball-­‐in-­‐back-­‐er

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2019 Breakdowns FROM HILLTOPPERS TO BUCS Last Pitching Appearance The Bucs may be wide-spread this year, but still have two prominent pitchers locally from Johnson City in redshirt-senior Daniel Sweeney and junior transfer Landon Knack. The Science Hill High School graduates both started the 2018 season as weekend starters and Pitcher Last App IP each have 2-0 records and sub-3.00 ERA’s so far. Micah Kaczor ** March 8, 2019 7.0 Hooper Mills March 6, 2019 1.0 FROM THE CONCRETE JUNGLE TO THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS Zachary Kirby March 6, 2019 2.0 Coach Pennucci put his Stony Brook roots to use for his schedule in year two, welcoming Jospeh Acosta Feb. 26, 2019 0.1 New York/New Jersey schools Iona, Wagner, LIU Brooklyn and NJIT from his former stomping Colby Stuart Feb. 26, 2019 1.2 grounds in Long Island. ETSU has faced these four opponents a combined five times, with James Giambalvo March 8, 2019 0.2 four matchups against Wagner and one against LIU Brooklyn. Landon Knack ** March 9, 2019 7.0 Miles between ETSU and NY/NJ opponents: Matthew Mercer March 9, 2019 2.0 Iona New Rochelle, NY 653 miles (roughly 10 hours) Trey Oglesby March 8, 2019 2.2 Wagner Staten Island, NY 629 miles (roughly 9 1/2 hours) Nathanial Tate March 8, 2019 2.1 LIU Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY 635 miles (roughly 10 hours) Daniel Sweeney ** March 9, 2019 7.1 NJIT Newark, NJ 623 miles (roughly 9 1/2 hours) Daulton Montagna * March 9, 2019 1.2 Riley Maypother Feb. 17, 2019 0.0 MARQUEE MATCHUPS This season, ETSU will continue its traditional rivalry against in-state rival Tennessee with a home-and-home. The Bucs also traveled to Virginia Tech for its first midweek Feb. 19 before ** - Winning Pitcher the team later hosts the Hokies in Johnson City on April 10. * - Save The Bucs also added a couple of top contenders to its schedule for road midweek games, including preseason No. 1 and SEC favorite Vanderbilt back on March 6 and ACC contender Double Plays Forced No. 14 Clemson back on Feb. 26. Pitcher DPs Matthew Mercer 2 JUNIOR HEAVY LINEUP Landon Knack 2 With only three seniors — all pitchers — ETSU has used at least six juniors in every lineup, including Jake Lyle, Ethan Cady, Cullen Smith, Jackson Greer, Noah Hill and Cade Gilbert. Daulton Montagna 2 Tyler Cox started in Game One to make out a seven-junior lineup. Micah Kaczor 1 BACK IN THE MIX Total DPs 7 Despite a new-look squad, the Bucs were picked fourth in the SoCon preseason coaches poll behind only Samford, UNCG and Mercer, edging Wofford. In the media poll, ETSU was picked to finish fifth behind Wofford with the top three the same as the coaches poll.

SENIOR TRIFECTA Pickoffs Only three seniors highlight the ETSU roster in 2019, all three of which are RHPs. The list Player Pickoffs includes fifth-year Buc Daniel Sweeney, Friday ace Micah Kaczor and primary closer James TEAM (Jackson Greer) 1 Giambalvo.

Total Pickoffs 1 GIAMBALVO NAMED TO STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCHLIST Senior closer James Giambalvo was one of 75 pitchers named to the initial Stopper of the Year preseason watchlist, an award given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Baseball. Last season, Giambalvo had six saves and a 3.38 ERA through 37.1 innings, racking up 38 K’s. Bunt Breakdown BUCCANEER BASEBALL ROSTER MAP: Player Avg. AB H SAC Cullen Smith 1.000 2 2 0 Ethan Shelton 1.000 1 1 1 Jake Lyle 1.000 1 1 1 Sean Kearney .000 0 0 1 Noah Hill .000 1 0 0 David Beam .000 0 0 1

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