WWESTERNESTERN CCAROLINAAROLINA UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY AATHLETICSTHLETICS MMEDIAEDIA RRELATIONSELATIONS RRAMSEYA M S E Y CCENTERE N T E R PPHONE:H O N E : 8828.227.23392 8 . 2 2 7 . 2 3 3 9 CCULLOWHEE,U L L O W H E E , NCN C 2287238 7 2 3 FFAX:A X : 828.227.76888 2 8 . 2 2 7 . 7 6 8 8 WWWW.CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COMW W . C A T A M O U N T S P O R T S . C O M FFEBRUARYE B R U A R Y 2010 Southern Conference Baseball Championship No. 6 Western Carolina (34-19-1, 16-13-1) 19 GARDNER-WEBB CULLOWHEE W 14 9 20 at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. W (10) 6 5 Wed., May 26 – Sun. May 30 – Charleston, S.C. – Riley Park 21 at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. W 6 3 23 at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. W 5 3 26 EASTERN KENTUCKY CULLOWHEE W 11 4 C A T A M O U N T B A S E B A L L 27 EASTERN KENTUCKY CULLOWHEE L 9 12 28 EASTERN KENTUCKY CULLOWHEE W 5 4 2010 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park – Charleston, S.C. MMARCHA R C H MAY 26 – (WEDNESDAY) MAY 28 – (FRIDAY) 5 vs. West Virginia # Greenville, N.C. W 1 0 Gm 1: #2 Col. of Charleston vs. #7 Appalachian State – 9 am Gm 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7 – 3 pm 6 vs. Illinois # Greenville, N.C. W 4 2 Gm 2: #3 Georgia Southern vs. #6 Western Carolina – 1 pm Gm 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8 – 7 pm Gm 3: #1 The Citadel vs. #8 Furman – 5 pm 7 at #11 East Carolina # Greenville, N.C. L 4 5 MAY 29 – (SATURDAY) Gm 4: #4 Elon vs. #5 Samford – 9 pm 9 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE CULLOWHEE W 6 0 Gm 11: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9 – 9 am 10 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE CULLOWHEE W 12 8 Gm 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10 – 1 pm MAY 27 – (THURSDAY) 12 at The Citadel Charleston, S.C. L 0 4 Gm 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11^ – 5 pm Gm 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 – 9 am 13 at The Citadel Charleston, S.C. L 5 7 Gm 14: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12^ – 9 pm 14 at The Citadel Charleston, S.C. L 6 11 Gm 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 – 1 pm 16 UNC ASHEVILLE CULLOWHEE W 10 3 Gm 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 5 pm MAY 30 – (SUNDAY) 17 CHARLOTTE CULLOWHEE W 5 4 Gm 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 – 9 pm Southern Conference Championship Game: 2 pm 19 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. L 7 11 20 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. W 10 7 WESTERN CAROLINA IN THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: 21 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. (5) T 4 4 The Catamounts enter the 2010 Southern Conference Baseball Championship as the No. 6 seed ... Western Caro- 26 COL. OF CHARLESTON * CULLOWHEE L 8 11 lina has won nine Southern Conference Tournament titles all-time – the most of any SoCon school including a 27 COL. OF CHARLESTON -1* CULLOWHEE W 4 3 SoCon-record fi ve-striaght tourney titles from 1985 through 1989 ... the Catamounts most recently claimed the 27 COL. OF CHARLESTON - 2* CULLOWHEE W (13) 10 9 tournament title in 2003 ... WCU has won 62 games in the SoCon tournament all-time, the most among current 31 HIGH POINT CULLOWHEE W 17 11 conference schools ... Western’s .633 winning percentage (62-36) in the conference tournament is second only to The Citadel (60-30, .667) ... WCU has won four of its nine SoCon Tournament titles in Charleston. AAPRILP R I L NOTING WESTERN CAROLINA’S 2010 SEED: 2 NEW YORK TECH CULLOWHEE L 3 4 WCU fi nished sixth in the SoCon’s fi nal 2010 regular season standings ... a six seed has never won the SoCon 3 NEW YORK TECH CULLOWHEE W 12 4 Baseball Championship since its inception in 1984 ... Also, there have only been three occasions were a No. 5 4 NEW YORK TECH CULLOWHEE W 11 8 seed or lower has won the tournament – 1994 - No. 5 The Citadel; 2005 - No. 8 Furman; 2007 No. 9 Wofford. 7 at Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. W 14 9 9 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE W 5 4 MATT BENEDICT NAMED COACHES’ SECOND TEAM ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE: 10 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE W 8 2 Junior right-hander Matt Benedict was named to the second team All-SoCon as a starting pitcher ... The All-So- 11 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE L 2 5 Con honor is the fi rst in Benedict’s career. He is the fi rst Catamount starter to earn eight seasonal victories since 14 at #16 Clemson Clemson, S.C. W 7 5 Chris Masters posted eight wins in 2008, and the fi rst starter since Drew Saberhagen in 2007 to have just one 16 at Elon * Elon, N.C. L 0 3 blemish in the loss column ... A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., Benedict led all SoCon pitchers in ERA during the 17 at Elon * Elon, N.C. W 14 8 regular season at 2.45 in 16 appearances including 11 starts. His ERA ranks him among the national top 40 in 18 at Elon * Elon, N.C. L 10 12 the latest NCAA statistics ... Benedict currently owns a career-best 8-1 overall record with 58 strikeouts in 80.2 21 TENNESSEE CULLOWHEE L 8 18 innings pitched on the year. He posted a 6-1 record in SoCon play while also picking up nonconference wins over 23 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. L 4 11 top 100 RPI teams Charlotte and Tennessee, the latter of which coming in a relief role. 24 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. W 11 3 25 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. W 14 11 28 at Georgia Athens, Ga. L 10 13 TOURNAMENT PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS: 30 UNC GREENSBORO * CULLOWHEE W 11 10 # PLAYER L/R CL. ERA W-L IP BB K NOTES MMAYA Y 33 Matt Benedict R Jr. 2.45 8-1 80.2 30 58 Leads SoCon in ERA; 2nd tm All-SoCon SP 45 Taylor Sandefur R Fr. 5.65 1-2 43.0 28 23 Friday nite starter last six weeks of season 1 UNC GREENSBORO * CULLOWHEE L 3 5 2 UNC GREENSBORO * CULLOWHEE L 2 14 21 Kyle Stewart R So. 6.71 2-2 51.0 33 65 10 K’s in most recent start vs. Davidson 7 FURMAN * CULLOWHEE W 7 6 9 FURMAN * CULLOWHEE W 8 7 PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP: 10 FURMAN * CULLOWHEE W 18 4 POS. # PLAYER B-T CL. GP-S AVG. HR RBI NOTES 12 at High Point High Point, N.C. W 6 5 14 at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. L 6 7 C 36 Ollie Goluder R-R Jr. 50-49 .279 10 32 Has caught 47 games this season 15 at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. W 8 1 1B 6 Matt Johns R-R Jr. 53-50 .353 9 35 Leads team with 19 doubles 16 at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. L 5 8 18 at Tennessee Tech Cookeville, Tenn. L 2 11 2B 1 Ross Heffl ey R-R So. 51-51 .352 11 61 Battled hamstring injury since Apr. 10 20 DAVIDSON * CULLOWHEE W (10) 7 6 SS 14 Austin Schultz R-R Jr. 51-50 .312 7 33 WCU has 14 wins when he leads off 21 DAVIDSON * CULLOWHEE W 7 5 3B 18 Tyler Kirkpatrick R-R Sr. 54-53 .354 13 53 Named Academic All-District III 22 DAVIDSON * CULLOWHEE W 11 2 26 vs. No.3 Ga. Southern $ Charleston, S.C. 1:00 pm LF 20 Trevor Collias R-R Sr. 51-49 .316 14 51 Leads team with 14 HRs; Has 18 SBs 27 vs. No.2 CofC or No.7 ASU Charleston, S.C. TBA CF 27 Dylan de Graaf R-R Sr. 54-54 .282 2 25 Team-lead 28 stolen bases ALL CAPS — indicates home games * — Southern Conference Games # — Keith LeClair Classic – Hosted by East Carolina at Clark-LeClair Stadium, Greenville, N.C. RF 1 Cameron Dullnig S-R So. 53-46 .299 0 27 School-record 23 HBPs; Has 16 SBs $ — Southern Conference Baseball Championship – Riley Park, Charleston, S.C. DH 9 Tyler White R-R Fr. 54-50 .276 3 32 Solid defensive 1B; may play 3B 2010 SoCon TOURNAMENT PAGE 1 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL 2010 111-TIME1-TIME SSOUTHERNOUTHERN CCONFERENCEONFERENCE RREGULAREGULAR SSEASONEASON CCHAMPIONHAMPION – 9 TTIMEIME SSOCONOCON TTOURNAMENTOURNAMENT CCHAMPIONHAMPION 1111 NNCAACAA TTOURNAMENTOURNAMENT AAPPEARANCES:PPEARANCES: 11985,985, 11986,986, 11987,987, 11988,988, 11989,989, 11992,992, 11993,993, 11994,994, 11997,997, 22003,003, 22007007 – QUICK FACTS – WESTERN CAROLINA CAREER OFFENSIVE STATISTICS in the SoCon TOURNAMENT: # NAME GP-GS AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-ATT Location: ................................................Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 6 Matt Johns 6-6 .391 23 4 9 2 0 0 4 2 3 1-2 ......................................................................Pronounced “KULL - uh - whee” 2 Ross Heffl ey 3-3 .385 13 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0-0 Founded: ...........................................................................1889 20 Trevor Collias 3-3 .308 13 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0-0 Enrollment: .......................................................................9,400 18 Tyler Kirkpatrick 6-5 .176 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 1-1 Nickname: ...............................................................Catamounts Colors: ............................................................... Purple and Gold 27 Dylan de Graaf 6-5 .118 17 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 6 0-0 Facility: .................