WESTERN CAROLINA GREENVILLE, SC « MAY 23-28 WCU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS /// RAMSEY CENTER /// @CATAMOUNTS /// CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w CATAMOUNTS w 2017 SEASON <<< WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS BASEBALL GAME NOTES >>> FEBRUARY GAMES #8-10: WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS at KEITH LeCLAIR CLASSIC 17 vs. St. John’s @ CSN Myrtle Beach, S.C. L 3 14 Fri., 4:30 pm / Sat., Noon / Sun., 11 am • Clark–LeClair Stadium (3,000) • Greenville, N.C. 18 at #9 Coastal Carolina @ CSN Conway, S.C. W 5 4 19 vs. North Carolina A&T @ CSN Myrtle Beach, S.C. W 16 7 EAST CAROLINA PIRATES APP STATE MOUNTAINEERS ST. JOHN’S RED STORM 22 at #12 Clemson CSN Clemson, S.C. L 5 11 24 MARSHALL CSN CULLOWHEE W 8 0 Game Date: ............. Fri., March 3 Game Date: ............Sat., March 4 Game Date: ...........Sun., March 5 25 MARSHALL CULLOWHEE W 20 15 Location: .............Greenville, N.C. Location: .................. Boone, N.C. Location: ................. Queens, N.Y. 26 MARSHALL CULLOWHEE L 6 10 2017 Record:.........................5-3 2017 Record:.........................4-4 2017 Record:.........................8-0 28 UNC ASHEVILLE CULLOWHEE CANCELLED Conference: ..................American Conference: ....................Sun Belt Conference: ....................Big East MARCH Head Coach: .............Cliff Godwin Head Coach: ............Kermit Smith Head Coach: .........Ed Blankmeyer Series: ............... WCU trails, 2-16 3 at East Carolina % Greenville, N.C. 4:30 pm Series: ..........WCU trails, 81-47-1 Series: ...........................Tied, 3-3 4 vs. Appalachian State % Greenville, N.C. Noon Streak: .............................. Lost 2 Streak: .............................. Lost 1 Streak: .............................. Lost 3 5 vs. St. John’s % Greenville, N.C. 11:00 am Most Recent: .......... L, 3-1 (2012) Most Recent: ........ L, 12-3 (2015) Most Recent: .........L, 14-3 (2017) 6 at N.C. State Raleigh, N.C. 2:00 pm 8 at Missouri CSN Columbia, Mo. 5:00 pm 10 at Nebraska CSN Lincoln, Neb. 5:05 pm LEADING OFF FOR THE CATAMOUNTS: CSN GAME No. 1 PITCHING MATCH-UP: 11 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 3:05 pm >> Western Carolina opens an eight-game road swing this CSN 12 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 2:05 pm weekend with the first stop coming at the 14th-annual FIRST PITCH: Friday, 4:30 pm 15 KENNESAW STATE CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM Keith LeClair Classic in Greenville, N.C. ... WCU will play four WCU: Sr. LHP Bryan Sammons 17 KENT STATE SDN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM games in four days in the eastern part of the state with three ECU: Sr. LHP Evan Kruczynski 18 KENT STATE CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM match-ups against nationally-ranked opponents – at No. 9 19 KENT STATE CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM GAME No. 2 PITCHING MATCH-UP: 22 GARDNER-WEBB SDN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM East Carolina, vs. No. 16 St. John’s, and at No. 6 N.C. State FIRST PITCH: Saturday, Noon 24 at UNCG * CSN Greensboro, N.C. 6:00 pm on Monday; WCU: Sr. RHP B.J. Nobles 25 at UNCG * CSN Greensboro, N.C. 3:00 pm >> WCU faces St. John’s for a second time this season, drop- APP: TBA 26 at UNCG * CSN Greensboro, N.C. 1:00 pm ping the first meeting in tournament play in Myrtle Beach GAME No. 3 PITCHING MATCH-UP: 29 at UNC Asheville CSN Asheville, N.C. 5:00 pm ... the Catamounts’ 14-3 loss to St. John’s in the season- SDN FIRST PITCH: Sunday, 11:00 am 31 THE CITADEL * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM opener was the identical same score from the only meeting WCU: Soph. LHP Tristan Baker a season ago, also coming in tournament play at the 2015 SJU: TBA APRIL Buffalo Wild Wings “Battle at the Beach,” hosted by UNC 1 THE CITADEL * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM SDN Wilmington; 2 THE CITADEL * CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM CSN >> 5 at Kennesaw State Kennesaw, Ga. 5:00 pm WCU’s 4-3 start through the first seven games is its best since 2014 when the squad started 5-2 through its CSN 7 at ETSU * Johnson City, Tenn. 6:30 pm opening seven games … the Catamounts are collectively batting .340 on the season, third in the Southern Confer- CSN 8 at ETSU * Johnson City, Tenn. 2:00 pm ence, and average 4.9 runs per game … Entering the week, WCU leads the SoCon in doubles (21) and triples (4); CSN 9 at ETSU * Johnson City, Tenn. 1:00 pm >> Western Carolina won five of its six games to win the 2016 Southern Conference Baseball Championship in 11 at Presbyterian Clinton, S.C. 3:00 pm Greenville, S.C. ... the Catamounts had to win three-straight games over the top-two preseason squads – No. 6 13 FURMAN * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM seed Samford and two against No. 1 seed, Mercer, on Sunday ... It was just the second time in program history that 14 FURMAN * SDN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM Western Carolina had won five games at the conference tournament, also doing so on the way to the 1993 title; 15 FURMAN * SDN CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM 17 at Charlotte CSN Charlotte, N.C. 5:00 pm >> Western Carolina was a tournament team a season ago, earning the automatic berth in the post-season field 19 at Gardner-Webb CSN Boiling Springs, N.C. 6:00 pm out of the Southern Conference ... WCU went 1-2 at the NCAA Clemson Regional, falling to the host Tigers twice 21 VMI * SDN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM sandwiched around a victory over Big Ten foe, Nebraska. 22 VMI * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM 23 VMI * SDN CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM WCU PROJECTED WEEKEND STARTING PITCHERS: 25 SAVANNAH STATE CULLOWHEE 6:00 PM # PLAYER L/R CL. ERA W-L IP BB K NOTES 26 SAVANNAH STATE CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM 28 at Samford * CSN Birmingham, Ala. 7:00 pm 32 Bryan Sammons LHP Sr. 2.70 2-0 13.1 6 13 44 starts, 21 wins; PRE 2nd tm All-SoCon; 230 career Ks 29 at Samford * CSN Birmingham, Ala. 3:00 pm 18 B.J. Nobles RHP Sr. 10.66 1-0 12.2 3 10 52 app, 12 starts; Closer last yr, 5 svs; 132 career Ks 30 at Samford * CSN Birmingham, Ala. 2:00 pm 30 Tristan Baker LHP So. 1.80 0-0 5.0 2 2 4 of first 8 career starts have been vs. Power 5 schools MAY 5 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE 6:00 PM WCU PROJECTED STARTING LINE-UP: 6 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE TBA POS. # PLAYER B / T CL. GP–GS AVG. HR RBI INDIVIDUAL QUICK NOTES 7 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM CSN DH 8 Spencer Holcomb R/R Jr. 3–2 .667 2 4 Hit .625 last weekend vs. MAR with 2 2Bs and 2 HRs 12 at Ball State Muncie, Ind. 3:00 pm CSN 13 at Ball State Muncie, Ind. 1:00 pm C 19 Justin Sparks R/R R-Fr. 4–3 .250 0 1 1st collegiate hit, 2B vs. St. John’s in 2nd career AB CSN 14 at Ball Sate Muncie, Ind. 1:00 pm 1B 15 Caleb Robinson R/R Jr. 7–7 .310 0 4 9 Hs, 4 extra bases; Joined on team by younger twin bros 16 PRESBYTERIAN CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM CSN 18 at Mercer * Macon, Ga. 6:00 pm 2B 7 Nobu Suzuki R/R Sr. 7–5 .389 0 4 Tm-high 11 sac hits in 2016; Leggett No. 7 Legacy CSN 19 at Mercer * Macon, Ga. 6:00 pm SS 5 Brett Pope L/R Jr. 7–7 .429 1 7 6-gm hit streak; Named to All-Clemson Regional team 20 at Mercer * CSN Macon, Ga. 2:00 pm 25-29 SoCon Championship CSN Greenville, S.C. TBA 3B 9 Cameron Blaquiere R/R Jr. 6–5 .316 0 3 JuCo transfer; PH in opener, started next two at 3B – All times are listed as EASTERN / * — Southern Conference Game / ALL CAPS – home games LF 10 Matthew Koehler L/R R-So. 7–7 .400 2 12 1st career HR vs. NCA&T; Missed 2016 due to knee injury CSN – Denotes Catamount Sports Network radio/online broadcast SDN – Denotes SoCon Digital Network online video stream broadcast CF 17 Matt Smith L/L Sr. 7–7 .321 0 11 2nd tm PRE All-SoCon; SoCon Tourney MVP, All-Regional @ – Caravelle Resort “Baseball at the Beach” (Coastal) – Myrtle Beach/Conway, S.C. % – Denotes the 2017 Keith LeClair Classic – Greenville, N.C. RF 12 Bryson Bowman R/R R-Sr. 7–7 .308 1 5 3-time PRE All-America; 1st tm PRE All-SoCon at Keith Leclair Classic PAGE 1 2017 CATAMOUNT BASEBALL CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// WCU BASEBALL GAME NOTES – AT KEITH LeCLAIR CLASSIC WESTERN CAROLINA VS. EAST CAROLINA – THE SERIES: • Western Carolina trails East Carolina in the all-time se- WESTERN CAROLINA vs. EAST CAROLINA SERIES HISTORY: WCU trails, 2-16 (L–2) ries, 2-16, having dropped two-straight, last winning in • QUICK FACTS• 2007 to bounce the Pirates from the NCAA Chapel Hill re- 03/15/76 East Carolina 5-1 Greenville Location: ............................................. Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 .................................................................. Pronounced “KULL - uh - whee” gional ... However, ECU had to vacate its 2010 win to put the 04/18/77 Western Carolina 8-4 Cullowhee official record at 2-15 for WCU in the series; Founded: ........................................................................ 1889 04/18/77 East Carolina 4-1 Cullowhee Enrollment: .................................................................. 10,805 • WCU is 0-12 all-time in games played at ECU including 03/07/90 East Carolina 7-2 Greenville Nickname: ............................................................Catamounts an 0-3 mark against the Pirates at the Keith LeClair Classic; Colors: ............................................................... Purple & Gold 03/08/90 East Carolina 12-0 Greenville • WCU leads the all-time series, 81-47-1, with wins in four Facility: ..............