13 SOCON CHAMPIONSHIPS - 8 SOCON TOURNAMENT TITLES - 13 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 1990 college world series THE CITADEL (0-0) vs GEORGE MASON (0-0) OVERALL RECORD 0-0 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 - JOE RILEY PARK - CHARLESTON, S.C. (6,000) SOCON 0-0 THE CITADEL (0-0) vs LOUISVILLE (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2018 - JOE RILEY PARK - CHARLESTON, S.C. (6,000) 2018 HOME 0-0 AWAY 0-0 THE CITADEL (0-0) vs RICHMOND (0-0) >>> THE CITADEL SCHEDULE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2018 - JOE RILEY PARK - CHARLESTON, S.C. (6,000) 2/16 GEORGE MASON 4 PM THE CITADEL BULLDOGS’ PROBABLE STARTERS 2/17 LOUISVILLE 4 PM 2018 Record: 0-0 Friday - 16 RHP Dylan Spence (0-1, 11.30 ERA) 2/18 RICHMOND 3 PM Head Coach: Tony Skole Saturday - 17 LHP Will Pillsbury (1-7, 8.80 ERA) 2/23 LA SALLE 5 PM 1st Season at The Citadel Sunday - 18 RHP Alex Bialakis (0-3, 7.51 ERA) 21st Season Overall ( 2/24 LA SALLE 2 PM 2/25 LA SALLE 1 PM OPPONENT PROBABLE STARTERS 2/27 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 5 PM Friday - 16 GMU - Zach Mort (3-7, 5.71) 3/2 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 6 PM Saturday - 17 Lou - RHP Riley Thompson (1-0, 4.02) 3/3 at Charleston Southern 3 PM Sunday - 18 Rich - RHP Robby Baker (3-8, 5.05 ERA 3/4 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 1 PM last season and this preseason, while shortstop 3/6 GEORGIA 7 PM BULLDOG BITES 3/7 at Winthrop 6 PM Will Kinney started all 51 games last season. 3/9 UCONN 6 PM 2018 CITADEL BASEBALL 2018 - The Citadel will look for a new No. 1 with the - The Tony Skole era begins this weekend as 3/10 UCONN 2 PM departure of J.P. Sears, the SoCon Pitcher of 3/11 UCONN 1 PM the Citadel alum and two-sport Hall of Famer the Year a season ago. Sears was drafted by 3/12 UCONN 3 PM (Football and Baseball) returns to his alma Seattle and traded to the Yankees. He has a 3/14 RICHMOND 6 PM mater to take the reigns of Bulldog program. chance to start his season in Charleston. 3/16 INDIANA STATE 3 PM - Skole is only the third head coach at The 3/17 INDIANA STATE 2 PM - Senior RHP Jordan Buster will anchor a bull- Citadel since 1965, joining Fred Jordan and 3/18 INDIANA STATE 1 PM pen with mixed levels of experience. He made Chal Port. 3/20 SOUTH CAROLINA 7 PM 31 appearances last season, the most of any 3/23 WESTERN CAROLINA* 6 PM - Skole, and Louisville Head Coach Dan Mc- Bulldog, to go 2-0 with a 4.70 ERA. He will like- 3/24 WESTERN CAROLINA* 2 PM Donnell, was part of the 1990 Citadel College ly be the Bulldogs’ closer to start the season. 3/25 WESTERN CAROLINA* 1 PM World Series team that swept a regional at the - The Bulldogs open the season with a stretch 3/30 at VMI* 6 PM University of Miami in Coral Gables and ad- 3/31 at VMI* 2 PM of eight consecutive homes games and a 12- vanced to Omaha, finishing fifth with a win over 4/1 at VMI* 1 PM game homestand in March. The Citadel plays Cal-State Fullerton. 4/3 at Georgia Southern 6 PM 37 home games this season, among the most 4/4 WINTHROP 6 PM - The left side of the Bulldogs’ infield has nationally. 4/6 SAMFORD* 6 PM All-SoCon potential. Third baseman Jonathan 4/7 SAMFORD* 2 PM Sabo was a Second Team All-SoCon selection 4/8 SAMFORD* 1 PM 4/10 at South Carolina 7 PM 4/11 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 6 PM >>> THE CITADEL PROBABLE STARTERS 4/13 TOWSON 6 PM - Started 37 games at 1B as a soph. before season-ending injury 4/14 TOWSON 2 PM 1B 24 Ben Peden - Was on pace to finish second on team in hits and home runs - Started 49 games at 2B as a freshman 4/15 TOWSON 1 PM 2B 13 J.D. Davis - Finished the season with 29 hits, 13 runs scored, five doubles and nine RBI 4/17 at Charleston Southern 6 PM - Started 159 career games including career high 59 in 2016 4/20 at Wofford* 6 PM SS 18 Will Kinney - 47 hits, 14 doubles, 27 RBIs all career highs last season 4/21 at Wofford* 2 PM 3B 15 Jonathan Sabo - Second Team All-SoCon selection last season and this preseason, Led team w .299 average in ‘17 - Will see time as Bulldogs’ closer, had two saves last season 4/22 at Wofford* 1 PM - Started the final 12 games and played in 19 contests as a freshman - 4/25 at College of Charleston 6 PM LF 8 Jeffery Brown - Finished with 16 hits in 48 at-bats with three doubles and three RBIs… - 103 career starts with 81 career hits 4/28 FURMAN* (DH) 2 PM CF 4 Clay Martin - Started 50 games in the Bulldog outfield last season 4/29 FURMAN* 1 PM - Second on the team with 52 hits last season and 70 TB RF 2 Taylor Cothran - Had a .386 on-base percentage as a freshman 5/4 at ETSU* 6 PM - Solid offensive season as a freshman with a .248 average and 36 hits 5/5 at ETSU* 2 PM C 9 Bryce Leasure - Will split time with Buffington at catcher, but will also see time as a DH 5/6 at ETSU* 1 PM - Freshman with a chance to start his collegiate opener DH 28 Aiden Massey - Physical, raw player with a chance to be a factor in the middle of the lineup 5/11 UNCG* 6 PM >>> STARTING ROTATION AND KEY RESERVES 5/12 UNCG* 2 PM - Strong spring outings propelled him to get ball in Bulldogs’ opener 5/13 UNCG* 1 PM RHP 19 Dylan Spence - 16 appearances last season, faced Liberty, Kansas, Coastal 5/15 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 6 PM LHP 21 Will Pillsbury - Made five starts as a freshman notching a win at VMI in late March - Had five Ks in two separate appearances last season 5/17 at Mercer* 6 PM - Made 10 starts as a junior, the most of any returning Bulldogs RHP 28 Alex Bialakis - Worked 4.2 innings and had 7 Ks against Coastal last April 5/18 at Mercer* 6 PM - Strong defensive catcher who has improved offensively heading into junior season 5/19 at Mercer* 2 PM C 14 Cole Buffington - Started games as a sophomore 5/22-27 SoCon Championship TBA - Led Bulldogs with 31 appearances last season RHP 32 Jordan Buster - 8 of final 10 app were scoreless and has streak of four straight entering ‘18 (at Greenville, S.C.) *Denotes SoCon Game TONY SKOLE YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD HEAD COACH YEAR SCHOOL POSITON OVERALL LEAGUE CONF. 1997-99 Lincoln Memorial Head Coach 95-57 SAC First Season at The Citadel Overall Record 2000 ETSU Head Coach 21-31 SoCon 15-15 21 Seasons - 536-568-1 2001 ETSU Head Coach 23-32 SoCon 13-17 The Citadel, 1991 2002 ETSU Head Coach 21-36 SoCon 13-16 The Citadel Athletic Hall of Famer and 21-year head coaching veteran 2003 ETSU Head Coach 15-36 SoCon 9-20 Tony Skole was named the Bulldogs’ head baseball coach on June 8, 2017. 2004 ETSU Head Coach 28-30 SoCon 15-15 Skole has earned 566 wins during his career, including a school-record 2005 ETSU Head Coach 31-22 SoCon 13-16 471 at ETSU. His 471 Division I wins are the most among current Southern Conference head coaches. He began his coaching career at Lincoln Memo- 2006 ETSU Head Coach 31-27 A-Sun 14-16 rial University, where he led the program through a transition from NAIA to 2007 ETSU Head Coach 26-29 A-Sun 11-16 Division II and No. 13 national ranking, before moving to ETSU where he 2008 ETSU Head Coach 18-38 A-Sun 9-24 was the head coach from 2000-2017. In 2013, he guided ETSU to 36 wins, 2009 ETSU Head Coach 25-28 A-Sun 10-20 the school’s first Atlantic Sun Tournament championship and the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1981. His 2011 team also won 2010 ETSU Head Coach 32-28 A-Sun 15-12 36 games, capturing the program’s most wins since 1982. 2011 ETSU Head Coach 36-21 A-Sun 16-12 Skole has earned a national reputation as an elite recruiter and developer 2012 ETSU Head Coach 23-32 A-Sun 8-19 of student-athletes. He has coached 64 all-conference selections, two con- 2013 ETSU Head Coach 36-24 A-Sun 17-10 ference players of the year and ETSU’s first conference pitcher of the year. Five Bucs were selected in the 2016 MLB Draft, matching the program 2014 ETSU Head Coach 27-30 A-Sun 13-13 record set in 2006. 2015 ETSU Head Coach 21-35 SoCon 8-16 Skole’s ETSU teams showcased his balanced approach with multiple 2016 ETSU Head Coach 27-30 SoCon 11-13 school records falling on offense and defense during his 18 years at the 2017 ETSU Head Coach 30-29 SoCon 9-15 helm. In 2010, the Bucs broke single-season school records with 503 runs scored, 724 hits, 93 home runs and 142 doubles. His 2017 squad pound- 21 SEASONS 471-538 SoCon 106-143 ed out 654 hits for the second-highest single-season total in school history.