BE THE TREE 2019 UCF BASEBALL GAME NOTES 11 Conference Championships | 13 NCAA Regional Appearances | 103 MLB Draft Picks GAME INFORMATION GAME 5-7 Date: Feb. 22-24 Times: 6 PM | 6 PM | 1 PM Site: Orlando, Fla. Stadium: John Euliano Park Watch: UCFKnights.tv Listen: 96.9FM/740AM The Game (Fri., Sat.) Live Stats: ucfknights.co/Stats 2019 SCHEDULE february 4-0 15 siena W, 2-1 16 siena W, 5-1 UCF # 15 AUBURN 17 siena W, 7-1 KNIGHTS TIGERS 19 stetson W, 10-2 RECORD: 4-0 RECORD: 4-1 22 #15 auburn 6 pm CONFERENCE: The American RANKING: SEC 23 #15 auburn 6 pm LAST SEASON: 35-21 LAST SEASON: 43-23 24 #15 auburn 1 pm HEAD COACH: Greg Lovelady, Miami ‘01 HEAD COACH: Butch Thompson, Birmingham Southern ‘92 27 florida 6 pm CAREER RECORD: 203-99 CAREER RECORD: 107-83 SCHOOL RECORD: 79-43 SCHOOL RECORD: 107-89 march 0-0 1 jacksonville 6 pm KNIGHT NOTES 2 jacksonville 6 pm leading off 3 jacksonville 1 pm • The Knights are off to a 4-0 start for the 11th time in program history. 6 ball state 6 pm • UCF will host the No. 15 Auburn Tigers this weekend, marking the first time the two clubs will play at John Euliano Park. 8 penn state 6 pm • The Black and Gold have been hot offensively and solid defensively, outscoring opponents 25-6. 9 penn state 6 pm 10 penn state 1 pm regional tests 12 yale 6 pm • UCF is in the midst of an eight-game stretch against 2018 NCAA Regional teams. 13 yale 1 pm • The Black and Gold started the swing with a 10-2 win over Stetson on Tuesday. 15 vcu 6 pm • The Knights will face Auburn on the weekend at John Euliano Park, before traveling to face Florida next week. Jacksonville 16 vcu 6 pm will come to Orlando the following weekend for a three-game set. 17 vcu 1 pm • Stetson, Auburn and Florida all reached a Super Regional last season. 19 florida state 6 pm 22 ecu* 6 pm ranked opposition • Auburn will be the first ranked opponent the Knights will face in 2019. 23 ecu* 4 pm • UCF is 17-21 against ranked opposition under head coach Greg Lovelady. 24 ecu* noon • Last year, the Knights swept a two-game series against No. 1 Florida. 27 north florida 6 pm 29 uconn* 6 pm shut down bullpen 30 uconn* 6 pm • The UCF bullpen has rolled in the first four games of the year with a 1.06 ERA and 32 strikeouts. 31 uconn* 1 pm • Zack Helsel, Jeffrey Hakanson and Kyle Kemp have teamed up to allow just three hits with 17 punchouts in seven innings. • UCF has given up eight hits from the bullpen over the opening four games of the year. april 0-0 2 stetson 6:30 pm power pitching 5 south florida* 6 pm • UCF ranks seventh in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings with 13 and in ERA with a 1.25 mark. 6 south florida* 6 pm • The Knights have surrendered 18 hits on the year for a 4.50 hits allowed per nine innings tally, which leads The American 7 south florida* 1 pm and ranks eighth nationally. 9 jacksonville 7 pm • Saturday’s starter Trevor Holloway is sixth in The American with 13.5 strikeouts per game. 12 cincinnati* 6 pm power pitching 13 cincinnati* 4 pm • For the second straight week, the Knights will send Grant Schuermann, Trevor Holloway and Jordan Spicer to the mound. 14 cincinnati* noon • The trio surrendered just one combined run and scattered six hits over 15 innings of action with 18 strikeouts. 16 fau 6 pm • Schuermann and Holloway both took a no decision in their UCF debuts. 18 wichita state* 7 pm 19 wichita state* 3 pm bernardo blast 20 wichita state* 11 am • Griffin Bernardo earned a spot on The American Honor Roll after Opening Weekend. 23 bethune-cookman 3 pm • The sophomore hit .455 with a pair of RBI and two doubles. 26 memphis* 6 pm • He launched his fourth career home run on Opening Knight. 27 memphis* 6 pm 28 memphis* 1 pm SERIES NOTES STARTING ROTATION 30 north florida 6 pm AUBURN 1-4 Friday H: N/A, A: 0-2, N: 1-2, PS: 0-1 Grant Schuermann - LHP Tanner Burns - RHP may 0-0 2/06/1993 N W 8-3 0-0, 1 G, 1 GS, 1.50 ERA, 6.0 IP 0-0, 1 G, 1 GS, 1.80 ERA, 5.0 IP 3 tulane* 7:30 pm 3/20/1993 A L 4-3 Saturday 4 tulane* 3 pm 3/23/1993 A L 2-1 Trevor Holloway - RHP Kyle Gray - LHP 5 tulane* 2 pm 2/7/1998 N L 4-0 0-0, 1 G, 1 GS, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP 0-0, 1 G, 1 GS, 0.00 ERA, 3.0 IP 7 bethune-cookman 6 pm 6/2/2017 N L 7-4 Sunday 8 miami 7 pm Jordan Spicer - RHP TBA 14 fau 6:30 pm 1-0, 1 G, 1 GS, 0.00 ERA, 5.0 IP --- 16 houston* 6 pm 17 houston* 6 pm TALE OF THE TAPE 18 houston* 6 pm UCF OFFENSE AUBURN UCF PITCHING/DEF. AUBURN .311 Batting Avg. .278 1.25 ERA 1.53 A WIN WOULD .422 Slugging Pct. .428 0 Complete Games 0 21-26 The American Championship • Be better than a loss. .397 On-Base Pct. .391 0 Saves 1 31-6/3 NCAA Regionals • Make the Knights 5-0 for the 10th time in 6 Doubles 10 52/20 Strikeout/Walks 57/ 1 6 6/7-6/9 NCAA Super Regionals program history. 6/15-6/26 0 Triples 3 .150 Opp. BA. .224 College World Series A SERIES WIN WOULD 3 Home Runs 4 5 Errors 9 • Be the second straight season with a series 19 Walks 31 4 Double Plays 3 Home games in bold win against a ranked SEC opponent. 10-10 Stolen Bases/Att 10-13 .966 Fielding Percentage .960 * Denotes games in The American A SWEEP WOULD All game times are EST. • Be the first weekend sweep of a ranked SEC opponent since sweeping No. 11 Alabama in 2001. 2019 UCF BASEBALL SERIES SNAPSHOT OPP GP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K TOP PITCHER TOP HITTER SIENA 3 .310 15 31 10-10 1.00 16 41 HELSEL, 2 IP, 6 K BERNARDO, .455 BA, 2 RBI, 3 XB AUBURN JACKSONVILLE PENN STATE YALE VCU ECU UCONN SOUTH FLORIDA CINCINNATI WICHITA STATE MEMPHIS TULANE HOUSTON MIDWEEK SNAPSHOT OPP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K TOP PITCHER TOP HITTER STESTON .314 10 11 0-0 2.00 4 11 KEMP, HAKANSON - 3 K, 1 IP ALEJO, 2-3, 4 RBI, 1 HR FLORIDA BALL STATE FLORIDA STATE NORTH FLORIDA STETSON JACKSONVILLE FAU BETHUNE-COOKMAN NORTH FLORIDA BETHUNE-COOKMAN MIAMI FAU ` SERIES SNAPSHOT Feb. 15-17 Siena Orlando, Fla. UCF starts the year 3-0 for the 18th time in UCF leads 54-4 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 2-1 program history. Feb. 19 Stetson Orlando, Fla. Knights use a 11-hit, 10-run, 11-strikeout UCF leads 72-48 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM night to win first midweeker of the year Feb. 22-24 Auburn Orlando, Fla. UCF last saw Auburn at the 2017 NCAA Auburn leads 4-1 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM, 6 PM, 1 PM Tallahassee Regional Feb. 27 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. After sweeping the No. 1 Gators, the Knights Florida leads 20-27 McKethan Stadium SEC Network + 6 PM will make the lone trip to Gainesville in 2019 March 1-3 Jacksonville Orlando, Fla. The Knights and the Dolphins will renew their UCF leads 43-38 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM, 6 PM, 1 PM longstanding rivalry after a year off March 6 Ball State Orlando, Fla. UCF will see the Cardinals for the first time Tied 1-1 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM since Jimmy Carter was in office (1979) March 8-10 Penn State Orlando, Fla. Lovelady will play his former Wright State boss First Meeting John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM, 6 PM, 1 PM Rob Cooper for the first time March 12-13 Yale Orlando, Fla. The Knights will face the Bulldogs for the first Yale leads 4-1-2 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM, 6 PM time since 1989 March 15-17 VCU Orlando, Fla. This will be the second series in history UCF leads 2-2 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM, 6 PM, 1 PM between the two programs March 19 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. The Knights will look to snap a five-game FSU leads 35-6 Dick Howser Stadium ACC Network Extra 6 PM skid against the Seminoles March 22-24 at ECU Greenville, N.C. UCF opens play in The American against ECU leads 34-14 Clark-LeClair Stadium ADN 6:30 PM, 4 PM, Noon the reigning tournament champs March 27 North Florida Orlando, Fla. After a season off, the two clubs will play the UNF leads 11-9 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM first of a two-game series in 2019 March 29-31 UConn Orlando, Fla. It’s going to be like a 70-degree difference UConn leads 11-9 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 6 PM, 6 PM, 1 PM from last year’s series in the North Pole April 2 Stetson DeLand, Fla.