Games 1-3 | at Samford Fri., Feb. 14, 2020 - 5 p.m. ET Sat., Feb. 15, 2020 - 2 p.m. ET UNC ASHEVILLE Sun., Feb. 16, 2020 - 2 p.m. ET Griffin Field - Birmingham, Ala. BULLDOGS BASEBALL | 1 Big South Tournament Title 2020 GAME NOTES | Contact: Aaron Cantrell Phone: (828) 713-5612 Email: [email protected] UNC Asheville Bulldogs at Samford Bulldogs 2020 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET)/RESULT MATCHUP BULLDOG BITES 2/14 at Samford 5 PM 2/15 at Samford 2 PM LANKFORD, BROWN RECEIVE PRESEASON HONORS 2/16 at Samford 2 PM Brandon Lankford and Blake Brown were each honored with 2/19 at Wofford 5 PM 2/21 at UAB 5 PM preseason accolades from Perfect Game and D1 Baseball. 2/22 at UAB 2 PM Brandon Lankford was listed as the No. 55 hitter in all of 2/23 at UAB 2 PM college baseball by D1Baseball based on statistical analysis. 2/26 at Tennessee 4:30 PM All hitters were ranked on a scale of 1-100 in three categories: 2/28 at Belmont 5 PM UNC Samford Plate Discipline, Hit Ability and Game Power. Lankford’s 2/29 at Belmont 3 PM ASHEVILLE average score of 82.9 lists him as the second best hitter in 3/1 at Belmont 2 PM the Big South and a Game Power score of 83.2 ranks him 3/4 at Furman 5 PM 2019 Record 2019 Record as the best power hitter in the Big South. Lankford was also 3/7 COPPIN STATE 12 PM 16-36, 9-18 41-19, 19-5 named to the Big South Preseason First Team All-Conference 3/7 COPPING STATE 3:30 PM Team by Perfect Game as the best third baseman in the Big 3/8 COPPIN STATE 12 PM South Conference. Blake Brown was recognized by Perfect 3/11 at Georgia State 4 PM Game as the 14th best senior in college baseball this season. 3/13 GARDNER-WEBB* 5 PM Head Coach Head Coach TOP-40 IN THE COUNTRY 3/14 GARDNER-WEBB* 2 PM Scott Friedholm Casey Dunn Brandon Lankford’s 15 homeruns last season 3/15 GARDNER-WEBB* 1 PM Providence (1998) Auburn (1999) was among the top-40 players in the country. His 3/18 UMASS 5 PM 91-178 . 6th Season 15 home runs were fourht most in UNC Asheville 3/20 at USC Upstate*. 6 PM Asheville history for a single season. Lankford is currently 3/21 at USC Upstate* 2 PM 91-178 Career Record second all-time in UNC Asheville history with 33 3/22 at USC Upstate* 1 PM 6th Career Season career home runs. 3/25 at ETSU 6 PM SAVING THE DAY 3/27 CAMPBELL* 5 PM Bulldog senior Kole Harris finished the 2019 sea- 3/28 CAMPBELL* 2 PM son with eight saves which tied the UNC Asheville 3/29 CAMPBELL* 1 PM record for saves in a season. He is now the Bulldog 4/1 at Charlotte 6 PM record holder in career saves as he has accumlu- 4/3 at Winthrop* 6 PM lated 16 saves in his UNC Asheville career. 4/4 at Winthrop* 6 PM LEAD-OFF MACHINE 4/5 at Winthrop* 1 PM Center fielder Greg Gasparro was amongst the 4/7 APPALACHIAN STATE 5 PM best in the Big South last season as he hit .329 9 at Longwood* 6 PM from the Bulldog lead-off spot. He had a .434 OBP 10 at Longwood* 6 PM while also throwing 41.1 innings from the mound. 11 at Longwood* 2 PM 20-WIN SEASON 14 ETSU 5 PM BROADCAST INFO Under Scott Friedholm, the Bulldogs have posted 17 HIGH POINT* 5 PM two seasons of at least 20 wins. Three years ago, 18 HIGH POINT* 2 PM the Bulldogs went 25-32, which was the most vic- ESPN3 19 HIGH POINT* 1 PM tories since the 2012 season when UNC Asheville 21 WOFFORD 5 PM went 25-30. The previous 20-plus win season 24 at Radford* 6 PM under Coach Friedholm was in his first season 25 at Radford* 2 PM (2015) when the Bulldogs went 21- 26 at Radford* 1 PM 34. 28 at App State 5:30 PM FORMER BULLDOG WINS MANAGER OF THE 1 WESTERN CAROLINA 7 PM YEAR 2 at Western Carolina 3 PM Former Bulldog and current manager of the St. 8 PRESBYTERIAN* 5 PM Louis Cardinals, Mike Shildt, won the National 9 PRESBYTERIAN* 4 PM League Manager of the Year award for the 2019 10 PRESBYTERIAN* 1 PM MLB season. Shildt led his Cardinals team to an 12 GEORGIA STATE 5 PM NL Central Division Title and then advanced to 14 at Charleston Southern* 6 PM the National League Championship Series before 15 at Charleston Southern* 6 PM a loss to the eventual World Series Champion 16 at Charleston Southern* 6 PM Washington Nationals. A member of the UNC Asheville team from 1987-90, Shildt was also an *Big South Game assistant coach for the Bulldog baseball program from 1992-93. /UNCAvlBulldogs @UNCAvlBaseball @uncavlbaseball www.UNCABulldogs.com 2020 BULLDOGS ROSTER No. Player Pos B/T Yr. Ht Wt Hometown/H.S./Previous School 1 Drew Bristow OF R/R Fr. 5-9 165 Cicero, N.Y. / Cicero-North Syracuse 2 Chris Troost INF L/R Sr. 5-8 170 Medford, NJ / St. Augustine HS 3 Will Barbour INF R/R Jr. 5-11 175 Benson, N.C. / South Johnston HS / Brunswick CC 4 Easton Jones 1B/OF R/L Jr. 6-0 205 Ramseur, N.C. / Eastern Randolph HS / Brunswick CC 6 MJ Lucas C/INF L/R Fr. 6-0 185 Waxhaw, N.C. / Parkwood HS 7 Myles Holloway OF R/R Fr. 5-11 180 Douglasville, Ga. / Douglas County HS 9 PJ Heintz C R/R So. 6-1 205 Morrisville, NC / Green Hope HS 10 Brandon Lankford INF R/R Sr. 6-2 215 Mocksville, NC / Davie County HS 12 Blake Brown RHP R/R Sr. 6-1 195 Dallas, NC / North Gaston High School 13 JP Perez OF/LHP L/L So. 5-8 185 Mooresville, NC / Lake Norman High School 14 Fermin Osio INF R/R Fr. 6-1 190 Ranlo, N.C. / North Gaston HS 15 Tallon Flynn RHP R/R Fr. 6-1 190 East Bend, N.C. / Forbush HS 16 Kole Harris RHP/OF R/R Sr. 5-10 180 Summerfield, FL / The Villages Charter School 17 Ryan Stalker RHP R/R Fr. 6-2 210 Wycombe, Pa. / Council Rock North HS 18 Ryan Douglas RHP R/R Fr. 6-1 215 Climax, N.C. / Southeast Guilford HS 19 Grayson Preslar INF S/R Fr. 6-0 180 Polkton, N.C. / Anson HS 20 Tyler Serricchio OF/RHP R/R Sr. 5-10 195 Stamford, CT / The Canterbury School 21 Greg Gasparro OF L/L Sr. 6-0 180 Pennington, NJ / Hopewell Valley Central HS 22 Gino Marra LHP L/L Fr. 5-9 150 Pittsburgh, Pa. / Plum HS 23 Sebastian Dunn INF S/R Jr. 5-9 170 Jacksonville, Fla./Lumpkin County HS/Florida State College at Jacksonville 24 Jacob Edwards LHP/OF L/L So. 5-9 195 High Point, NC / Southwest Guilford HS 25 Chris Banks RHP R/R Jr. 6-1 195 Asheville, NC / AC Reynolds HS / Catawba Valley CC 26 Trey Jernigan RHP R/R Jr. 6-3 195 Greenville, NC / North Pitt HS 27 Tye Chastain 1B/3B R/R Fr. 6-1 205 Franklin, NC / Franklin HS 28 Ethan Tressler RHP R/R Jr. 5-11 170 Gallatin, Tenn. / Davidson Academy 29 Wade Chandler OF L/R So. 5-11 170 Apex, NC / Middle Creek HS 30 David Dobson RHP R/R So. 6-1 190 Greenville, NC / DH Conley HS 31 Dominic Freeberger INF/RHP R/R So. 5-11 190 Baltimore, MD / Calvert Hall College HS 35 Blake Little RHP R/R Fr. 6-7 187 Matthews, NC / Central Academy of Technology and Arts 40 Hunter Hoopes RHP R/R So. 6-2 185 Fairfax, VA / W.T. Woodson HS 45 Alfredo Silva RHP R/R Jr. 6-1 195 Miami, Fla. / Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll HS/Golden West College Head Coach: Scott Friedholm (6th Season) Assistant Coach: Chris Bresnahan Pitching Coach: Kyle Ward Volunteer Assistant Coach: Brad Jarreau Team Manager: Joe Lehrman Team Manager: Trevor Little Team Manager: Matt Freeman Athletic Trainer: Nick Fischer PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #1 Drew BRIS-toe #22 GEE-know MAR-uh #2 Chris TROAST #27 Tie chas-TAIN #3 Will Barber #31 Dominic FREE-burger #9 Think like Heinz Ketchup, with a t (Heintz) #40 Hunter HOOPS #14 Fur-men Oh-see-oh HC Scott FREED-hoelm #16 Cole Harris AC Chris BREHZ-nah-han #20 Tyler seh-RICK-ee-oh AC Brad jah-ROW #21 Greg gas-PAIR-oh 2020 BULLDOG BASEBALL | @UNCAVLBULLDOGS | @UNCAVLBASEBALL | #KEEPCLIMBING QUICK FACTS Location: Asheville, N.C. Founded: 1927 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Enrollment: 3,800 STEFAN NOLET, Assistant Athletics Director for Nickname: Bulldogs External Relations School Colors: Royal Blue & White SPORTS: Men’s Basketball, Men’s Soccer, Chancellor: Nancy J. Cable Volleyball, Men’s & Women’s Tennis Athletics Director: Janet R. Cone and Women’s Golf Senior Woman Administrator: Terri Brne EMAIL: [email protected] Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Jeff Wilcox PHONE: (318) 294-4074 Athletic Dept. Phone: 828-251-6459 ALMA MATER: BA - Oklahoma State (‘11) Ticket Office Phone: 828-251-6904 MEd - East Texas Baptist (‘14) HOMETOWN: Houston, Texas QUICKLY: Previous stops include Asst. Director BASEBALL QUICK FACTS of Athletics Communications at Austin Peay Head Coach .........................................Scott Friedholm (1 yr.), Public & Media Relations Director at Almat Mater (Year) P..........................rovidence (1998) Independence Bowl (6 yrs), Media Relations Overall Record ....................................91-178 (5 Years) Intern at Oklahoma State (2 yrs) … Joined the Record at UNC Asheville ......................................Same UNC Asheville staff in August 2019.