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@KSUOWLSBASEBALL GAME NOTES #NoDoubt 2016 ASUN Champions | 2014 ASUN Tournament Champs | 2014 Regional Champs | 2014 Super Regional | 5 All-Americans | 62 ASUN Honorees | 62 MLB Selections KENNESAW STATE AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | MARCH 3-5 | REESE SMITH FIELD | MURFREESBORO, TENN. KSU at Middle Tennessee vs. Kennesaw State TV: CUSA.TV TV: CUSA.TV Rotation Rotation RHP Tony Dibrell LHP Jake Wyrick RHP AJ Moore RHP Carson Lester RHP Gabe Friese TBA All-Time Series: All-Time Series: 3-6, 10-12th meetings 6-3, 10-12th meetings Head Coach: Head Coach: Mike Sansing Jim McGuire Overall Record: Overall Record: 1,046-549 (26th season) 111-117 (5th season) Quick Hitters: Quick Hitters: First Year of Baseball: 1984 All-time record: 1510-1151-8 Colors: Black & Gold NCAA Tournament Appearances: 14 Nickname: Owls Colors: Royal Blue & White 2016 Overall Record: 29-27 Nickname: Blue Raiders Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 26/7 2016 Overall Record: 20-35 Newcomers: 7 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 24/10 Newcomers: 7 #20 Austin Upshaw #26 TAYLOR ALLUM BA BA .400 .346 HITS HITS 12 9 RBI RBI 9 11 RUNS HR 13 4 NEXT GAME March 7 TV: ESPN3 /KSUOWLSBASEBALL Kennesaw, Ga. #NoDoubt 2017 KENNESAW STATE BASEBALL 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS KENNESAW STATE TRAVELS TO MIDDLE DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME/RESULT FEBRUARY TENNESSEE FOR CRUCIAL WEEKEND SERIES 17 Fri. Western Michigan W, 17-4 18 Sat. BYU L, 4-13 After defeating SEC foe Georgia Tuesday evening in Athens, 19 Sun. Marshall L, 4-7 Kennesaw State turns its attention towards Middle Tennessee for a three-game weekend series in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The Owls 21 Tue. Georgia State CANCELLED and Blue Raiders begin their series with a 3 p.m. start on Friday 22 Wed. Savannah State W, 9-1 at Reese Smith Jr. Field. All three games can be seen live on CUSA. 24 Fri. Winthrop L, 3-4 T V. 25 Sat. Winthrop W, 8-3 26 Sun. Winthrop W, 13-1 ON DECK 28 Tue. at Georgia W, 5-4 1. After falling to a 1-2 mark over opening weekend, MARCH Kennesaw State has rebounded nicely taking four of its past 1 Wed. at Georgia Tech CANCELLED five games. The Owls is outscoring opponents 38-13 over 3 Fri. at Middle Tennessee 3 P.M. the past five games and riding a three game winning streak 4 Sat. at Middle Tennessee 2 P.M. into Murfreesboro. 5 Sun. at Middle Tennessee 1 P.M. 2. Kennesaw State defeated SEC in-state opponent Georgia 7 Tue. Georgia Tech 5 P.M. Tuesday evening in Athens, 5-4, and won at Foley Field in Taylor Allum and Austin Upshaw (#20) 8 Wed. at Auburn 5 P.M. back-to-back seasons for just the second time in program have hit six of the Owls’ nine home runs this season. Allum has totaled a career- 10 Fri. High Point 6 P.M. history (2013-14). The Owls have won four of their past best four HR and has 11 RBI. 11 Sat. High Point 2 P.M. five games in Athens during the stretch. 12 Sun. High Point 1 P.M. 3. The Owls are 4-1 over the past five games, batting .319 at 15 Wed. at Western Carolina 5 P.M. the plate, totaling 15 doubles, one triple, five home runs and 33 RBI throughout the stretch. KSU is slugging .495 and has compiled a .396 on-base percentage 17 Fri. Oklahoma 6 P.M. over the five games. 18 Sat. Oklahoma 2 P.M. 4. Kennesaw State’s pitching staff has been locked in as well, totaling a 2.20 ERA as a staff and 54 19 Sun. OKlahoma 1 P.M. strikeouts over 45.0 innings. The pitching staff has surrendered just 29 hits and has held opponents to 21 Tue. Georgia 5 P.M. a .181 batting average. 24 Fri. Canisius 3 P.M. 5. The Owls travel to Middle Tennessee to take on the Blue Raiders for the 10, 11 and 12th time in 25 Sat. Canisius 1 P.M. programs’ history. MT holds a 6-3 all-time series lead, but the two teams are an even 3-3 over the 25 Sat. Canisius 4:30 P.M. past two series meetings (2013, 2016). 26 Sun. Canisius 12 P.M. 6. Junior duo of Austin Upshaw and Taylor Allum have produced a combined 22 hits, five doubles, six 29 Wed. at Georgia State 6 P.M. home runs, 20 RBI and 19 runs over their first nine games to lead the Owls offensively. The two are 31 Fri. at North Florida* 6 P.M. hitting a combined 22-for-60 (.366) and have competed in all eight games. APRIL 7. Four relievers –Brock Turner, Will Bice, Brian Exley and Taylor Wilkes—lead the pitching staff with 1 Sat. at North Florida* 1 P.M. four appearances each. The four have combined to allow eight runs on 13 hits, while striking out 27 2 Sun. at North Florida* 1 P.M. in 18.0 innings of work. 4 Tue. Mercer 5 P.M. 8. The Owls return 26 members from 2016, a team that won 17 games in the ASUN and became the 5 Wed. Western Carolina 5 P.M. first team since 2010 (FGCU) to win each regular-season conference series. 9. Head Coach Mike Sansing is back for his 26th season with the Black and Gold. He is the second- 7 Fri. USC Upstate* 6 P.M. youngest coach on the 1,000-win list, and is one of 13 active coaches with 1,000 victories who have 8 Sat. USC Upstate* 2 P.M. coaches at least 10 seasons of D-I baseball. 9 Sun. USC Upstate* 1 P.M. 11 Tue. at Georgia Southern 6 P.M. 13 Thurs. at Stetson* 6:30 P.M. 14 Fri. at Stetson* 6:30 P.M. 15 Sat. at Stetson* 1 P.M. 18 Tues. Auburn 6 P.M. 21 Fri. Jacksonville* 6 P.M. 22 Sat. Jacksonville* 2 P.M. @KSUOwlsBaseball Quick Facts 23 Sun. Jacksonville* 1 P.M. BASEBALL COACHING STAFF BASEBALL HISTORY 25 Tues. at Charlotte 5 P.M. Head Coach ........................................... Mike Sansing First Year of Baseball ........................................... 1984 28 Fri. at Lipscomb 6 P.M. Alma Mater ................................West Georgia, 1985 All-Time Record ...............1,181-714-2 (.623)/33 yrs 29 Sat. at Lipscomb 2 P.M. Record at KSU/Years .... 942-519 (.631)/25 years All-Time NCAA D-I ...........332-294 (.532)/11 years 30 Sun. at Lipscomb 1 P.M. Overall Record .............. 1,044-547 (.656)/ 28 yrs. All-Time NCAA D-II ........... 487-176 (.735)/11 years MAY Office Phone .......................................470-578-6264 All-Time NAIA Record 362-244-2 (.595)/11 years Assistant Head Coach ......................Kevin Erminio 10 Wed. Georgia Southern 6 P.M. NCAA Appearances/Record.........11/39-22 (.639) Alma Mater .........................................Tusculum, 1991 Years in CWS/Last ................. 6/2003 (NCAA DII) 12 Fri. at NJIT* 6 P.M. Office Phone ...................................... 470-578-2099 Years in NCAA D-II Regionals/Last .........10/2005 13 Sat. at NJIT* 1 P.M. EMail [email protected] D-II Postseason Record ....................... 36-19 (.654) 14 Sun. at NJIT 12 P.M. Assistant Coach ......................................Trey Fowler Years in NCAA D-I Regionals/Last ..............1/2014 16 Tues. at Mercer 6 P.M. EMail [email protected] D-I Postseason Record .............................. 3-5 (.375) 18 Thurs. FGCU* 6 P.M. Alma Mater ......................................Piedmont, 2004 NCAA Division I Regional Record/Titles .......3-1/1 19 Fri. FGCU* 6 P.M. Office Phone .......................................470-578-2098 Super Regional Appearances/Record ......... 1/0-2 20 Sat. FGCU* 1 P.M. Volunteer Assistant Coach .............Clint Harrison 24-28 ASun Conference Tournament TBD Athletic Trainer ............................Chris Archabeault /KSUOWLSBASEBALL *ASun Conference Games #NoDoubt 2017 KENNESAW STATE BASEBALL FOR THE MEDIA HISTORY WITH THE BLUE RAIDERS First reference: Kennesaw State or Kennesaw State University • Kennesaw State and Middle Tennessee have met three times Second reference: KSU, the Owls (2013, 2014 & 2016), with the Blue Raiders holding a slight Not acceptable: Kennesaw, any other variation of abbreviations 6-3 series advantage. • The Blue Raiders took the first four games of the all-time INTERVIEWS series matchup, but the Owls have responded by winning Interview requests should be made to Jake Dorow in the three of the last five contest –outscoring MT 30-19 the last Athletics Communications Office at least 24 hours in advance. five games. Accommodations will be made for interview requests • This will mark the fourth weekend series between the two throughout the week. Head Coach Mike Sansing and players teams over the past five seasons. will be available after practice throughout the week at requests • MT took two of three at Stillwell Stadium in 2016, earning a through the Athletic Communications Office. series-opening 9-3 victory, dropping a 7-0 affair and winning the finale in the 10th inning by a score of 8-6. CREDENTIALS Credentials for Kennesaw State home games are issued for 1-2 PUNCH working media only. Because of space limitations, seating will be • Junior teammates Austin Upshaw and Taylor Allum have based on a priority system. Individual game credentials must be produced for the Owls offensively through eight games, Junior 1B Austin Upshawleads requested to Jake Dorow via email ([email protected]) or totaling 22 hits, five doubles, six home runs, 20 RBI and 19 the Owls with 12 hits and 13 by phone (440) 213-2062 a week prior to the game. runs. The two are hitting a combined 22-for-60 (.366) and runs.