Baseball Report Monday, May 16, 2005

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1 BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE Baseball Report Monday, May 16, 2005 PUBLIC RELATIONS Mark Simpson, Director Lauren Cooper, Assistant Director 7233 Pineville-Matthews Rd., Suite 100 Charlotte, N.C Phone: (704) Fax: (704) NO. 11 BIGSOUTHSPORTS.COM CONTACT: MARK SIMPSON Big South Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Road Neu L10 Streak x-coastal Carolina W8 x-winthrop W2 x-birmingham-southern L2 x-liberty W2 VMI W3 Charleston Southern L1 Radford L2 High Point L11 UNC Asheville L10 x - clinched Big South Tournament berth THIS WEEK S SCHEDULE Tuesday, May 17 Richmond at LIBERTY...2:00pm RADFORD at Davidson...2:00pm Wake Forest at HIGH POINT...3:00pm UNC ASHEVILLE at Georgia...5:00pm UAB at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN...7:00pm Longwood at WINTHROP...8:00pm Wednesday, May 18 William & Mary at RADFORD...1:30pm Virginia Commonwealth at LIBERTY...3:00pm UNC ASHEVILLE at East Tennessee State...7:00pm Georgia at WINTHROP...8:00pm Thursday, May 19 HIGH POINT at East Tennessee State...7:00pm Friday, May 20 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN at UNC ASHEVILLE *...3:00pm CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at LIBERTY *...3:00pm VMI at RADFORD *...4:00pm HIGH POINT at East Tennessee State...7:00pm #23 COASTAL CAROLINA at WINTHROP *...8:00pm Saturday, May 21 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN at UNC ASHEVILLE *...1:00pm VMI at RADFORD *...1:00pm #23 COASTAL CAROLINA at WINTHROP * (TV: C-SET)...2:00pm CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at LIBERTY *...2:00pm HIGH POINT at East Tennessee State...2:00pm Sunday, May 22 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN at UNC ASHEVILLE *...1:00pm CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at LIBERTY *...1:00pm VMI at RADFORD *...1:00pm #23 COASTAL CAROLINA at WINTHROP *...2:00pm Big South school in ALL CAPS * - Big South Conference game All times EST and subject to change BIG SOUTH BASEBALL STANDINGS Monday, May 9 WINTHROP 8, at HIGH POINT 2 * RADFORD 10, at Richmond 3 at Mississippi State 10, BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 4 Tuesday, May 10 at Richmond 8, RADFORD 6 at #20 College of Charleston 14, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 5 at #8 North Carolina 13, WINTHROP 5 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 12, at Samford 1 #25 COASTAL CAROLINA 7, at #5 Georgia Tech 6 Wednesday, May 11 East Carolina 8, at UNC ASHEVILLE 6 #25 COASTAL CAROLINA 14, at #8 North Carolina 5 at UNC Greensboro 6, HIGH POINT 5 at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 19, Samford 4 at Old Dominion 9, VMI 2 Friday, May 13 RADFORD 5, at LIBERTY 4 * at VMI 10, HIGH POINT 7 * at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 3, WINTHROP 2 * #25 COASTAL CAROLINA 8, at UNC ASHEVILLE 2 * CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 13, at Western Carolina 8 Saturday, May 14 #25 COASTAL CAROLINA 5, at UNC ASHEVILLE 3 * at VMI 9, HIGH POINT 2 * WINTHROP 5, at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 3 * at LIBERTY 8, RADFORD 5 * at Western Carolina 6, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 5 Sunday, May 15 #25 COASTAL CAROLINA 7, at UNC ASHEVILLE 3 * at VMI 5, HIGH POINT 4 * WINTHROP 8, at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 3 * at LIBERTY 11, RADFORD 4 * CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at Western Carolina, cancelled Big South school in ALL CAPS * - Big South Conference game LAST WEEK S RESULTS CHOICE HOTELS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Phillip Laurent Junior LF Liberty Cantrall, Ill. Laurent hit.636 (7-11) in Liberty's three-game series with Radford this past weekend. The leftfielder drove in seven runs on three home runs and a double, helping the Flames clinch a berth in the 2005 Bojangle's Big South Championship tournament. He posted a slugging percentage, a.692 on-base average, scored five runs and had two-or-more hits in all three contests. In game one against the Highlanders, Laurent was 3-4 with two homers and three RBI. In game two, he homered and singled at the plate, while going 2-4 with a double and a run scored in the series finale. NEW BALANCE CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK Andy DeLaGarza Sophomore Coastal Carolina Ossian, Ind. DeLaGarza went 2-0 last week with wins over No. 5 Georgia Tech and UNC Asheville. Against the Yellow Jackets, he tossed 6.1 IP, allowing 7 H and 5 ER in the 7-6 win. After a four-run first inning, DeLaGarza settled down and scattered just 3 H in his final 5.1 innings, while inducing four double plays. Against UNCA, DeLaGarza fanned seven batters, permitted just 3 H hits in six-plus innings with four double plays. For the week, he totaled 12.1 IP, 10 H, 7 ER and 10 SO. Mike Honce Junior Winthrop Bridgeport, W.Va. Honce started and won two Conference road games last week, defeating High Point and Birmingham-Southern. He allowed one earned run in 7.1 innings against High Point, while striking out six batters, then earned the Eagles' series-clinching win over Birmingham-Southern with a seven inning, seven-hit, one earned run performance Sunday. Honce's line for the week: 2-0, 14.1 IP, 13 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 7 BB, 8 SO,.236 opponents batting average, 1.26 ERA.

2 BIG SOUTH WEEKLY BASEBALL REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK MAY 16, 2005 Week March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 Week March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Choice Hotels Player of the Week 1B/P Heath Rollins, Sophomore, Winthrop.500 AVG (8-16), 3 R, 2B, 2 RBI,.562 SLG, 2 3H G AVG vs. CSU, hits in all 4 G 3B/P Mike Costanzo, Junior, Coastal Carolina.385 AVG, 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI,.846 SLG, hit safely in all four games C Keith Stewart, R-Freshman, Charleston Southern.818 AVG (9-11), 5 R, 6 RBI, 3 BB, reached base in 12 of 14 plate appearances 1B Adam Tucker, Junior, Birmingham-Southern.529 AVG (9-17), 8 R, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 2 2B, SLG,.583 OBA, 3 multi-hit G... BSC goes 6-0 1B/P Mark Fleisher, Senior, Radford.714 AVG (10-14), 5 R, 3 RBI, 3 2B,.929 SLG,.750 OBA, 4 multi-hit G... RU goes 3-1 LF Kyle Roberson, Junior, Winthrop.438 AVG (7-16), 6 R, 6 RBI, 3 HR, SLG AVG, 3 HR, 6 RBI, SLG in sweep of RU 1B/P Mark Fleisher, Senior, Radford.615 AVG (8-13), 2 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, SLG, 3 multi-hit, multi-rbi G 1B Aaron Grijalva, R-Freshman, Liberty.667 AVG (8-12), 8 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, SLG,.688 OBA, 3 multi-hit G 1B/P Mike Costanzo, Junior, Coastal Carolina.643 AVG (9-14), 7 R, 3B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, SLG, 7 BB,.762 OBA AVG vs. BSC 1B Adam Tucker, Junior, Birmingham-Southern.583 AVG (7-12), 5 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, SLG, 5 BB (7-10), 3 HR, 8 RBI in sweep of HPU 3B Chad Miller, Junior, Liberty.467 AVG (7-15), 4 R, 2B, 4 HR, 8 RBI, SLG... 4 HR (GS), 7 RBI in series win over VMI 2B Chris Carrara, Sophomore, Winthrop.800 AVG (8-10), 6 R, 4 BB, 2 SB, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, SLG,.857 OBA 1B/P Heath Rollins, Sophomore, Winthrop.667 AVG (6-9), 3 R, 3 2B, 3B, 6 RBI, 5 BB, SLG,.786 OBA LF Phillip Laurent, Junior, Liberty.636 AVG (7-11) in 3 G, 5 R, 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, SLG,.692 OBA, 3 multi-hit G 2005 BIG SOUTH PITCHERS OF THE WEEK New Balance Pitcher of the Week RHP Kevin Slowey, Junior, Winthrop 1-0, SV in 2 G; 9.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 8 K... SV vs. #20 CofC... 3-hit shutout of CSU RHP Eammon Portice, Freshman, High Point 1-0, CG, 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 4 BB, career-high 12 K in 6-0 shutout over Ball State RHP Ricky Shefka, Junior, Coastal Carolina 1-0, 8 IP, 6 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 8 SO in 1-0 win over High Point RHP Brandon Hynick, Sophomore, Birmingham-Southern 1-0, 9 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 8 SO in 5-1 win over Charleston Southern... CSU bats.100 RHP J.J. Hollenbeck, Junior, VMI 1-0, 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 5 BB, 5 SO in 3-2 win over #21 Coastal Carolina... Held CCU to.143 AVG LHP Josh Evans, Junior, Charleston Southern 1-0, 9 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 11 SO in 4-0 win over Radford... CSU s first CG shutout of 05 RHP Heath Rollins, Sophomore, Winthrop 1-0, 7.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R/ER, 1 BB, 8 SO in 12-9 win over #3 Georgia Tech RHP Kevin Slowey, Junior, Winthrop 1-0, 8 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 12 SO in 11-0 win over UNC Asheville... Retired first 6, final 15 batters RHP Kevin Slowey, Junior, Winthrop 1-0, 10 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 16 SO... 1-hit SHO, 14 Ks vs. VMI... 2nd straight 1-hitter RHP Josh Britnell, Senior, Birmingham-Southern 1-0, 9 IP, 5 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 4 SO in 8-0 win at Radford... Retired first 11 batters and 21 of first 22 RHP Ricky Shefka, Junior, Coastal Carolina 1-0, 9 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 9 SO, 0 extra-base hits in 11-2 win over CSU... Retired 15 of final 16 LHP Andy DeLaGarza, Sophomore, Coastal Carolina 2-0, 12.1 IP, 10 H, 7 R/ER, 8 BB, 10 SO... Won at #5 Georgia Tech... 6 IP, 7 SO in win over UNCA RHP Mike Honce, Junior, Winthrop 2-0, 14.1 IP, 13 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 7 BB, 8 SO... Won at High Point and Birmingham-Southern OTHER WEEK 11 PLAYER NOMINEES ADAM TUCKER, 1B, BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN.429 AVG (12-28) in 6 G, 5 HR, 13 RBI, SLG, 7 R , 4 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI vs. Samford Wednesday... HR at Mississippi State. CHRIS TODD, 3B, COASTAL CAROLINA.444 AVG (8-18) in 5 G, 7 R, RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP,.600 OBA... 3 R in win at #8 North Carolina (6-10) in sweep of UNC Asheville. MARK SHOREY, OF, HIGH POINT.476 (10-21) in 5 G, 4 R, 4 2B, HR, 5 RBI,.810 SLG , 2 2B at UNC Greensboro in Game 2 at VMI... HR, 4 RBI in Game 1 vs. Keydets. MARK FLEISHER, 1B/P, RADFORD.348 AVG (8-23) in 5 G, 4 R, 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI,.609 SLG... 2 HR in 2 G vs. Richmond in Game 2 vs. Liberty. BEN KERR, SS, UNC ASHEVILLE.500 AVG (7-14) in 4 G, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB , RBI in Game 3 vs. Coastal. KELLY SWEPPENHISER, 3B, WINTHROP.462 AVG (6-13) in 4 G, 4 R, 2 2B,.615 SLG, 5 BB, 2 HBP,.650 OBA AVG (5-9) in sweep of High Point. TOMMY LENTZ, CF, WINTHROP.353 AVG (6-17) in 5 G, 5 R, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI,.824 SLG... 3 RBI in Games 2 and 3 vs. Birmingham- Southern. OTHER WEEK 11 PITCHER NOMINEES MATT KNIGINYZKY, HIGH POINT 2 G, 0-0, 4.50 ERA, 6 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 11 SO, K/9 IP... 6 SO in 2.1 IP vs. VMI in Game SO in 3.2 IP in Game 3. CORY KOLISCAK, RADFORD 3 G, SV, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 4 SO... Earned save in Radford s 5-4 win over Liberty. J.J. HOLLENBECK, VMI 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 4 BB, 5 SO,.095 batting average in two relief appearances vs. High Point.

3 BIG SOUTH WEEKLY BASEBALL REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK MAY 16, 2005 NOTING THE BIG SOUTH COASTAL-WINTHROP SERIES TO GET AIR TIME SATURDAY Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television (C-SET) will air Game Two of this weekend s three-game series between Coastal Carolina and Winthrop live on Saturday at 2:00pm. The Chants enter the series with a one-game lead over the Eagles, and Coastal will need one win to tie and two wins to win the Big South regular-season title outright and earn the top-seed in the Bojangle's Big South Championship. C-SET will also air the Conference Tournament championship game on May 28. TUCKER BLASTING OFF Birmingham-Southern 1B ADAM TUCKER belted five home runs last week to raise his season total to an NCAA-leading 23, the second-most HR in Big South history and five away from tying the League mark of 28, set in Tucker will have at least six more games to reach the record -- four regular-season and two Tournament contests. LONGEST SEASON HITTING STREAKS BY SCHOOL Birmingham-Southern: Scott Billak Charleston Southern: Brian Sole Coastal Carolina: Mike Costanzo 35/ High Point: Chris Ramirez 12/ Liberty: P.K. Keller 19/ Aaron Grijalva 27/ (current) Radford: Steve Mignogna 20/ UNC Asheville: Tony Campana 33/ VMI: Robert Crumpler 23/ Winthrop: Alan Robbins 19/ AROUND THE HORN... Below is a look at the current Big South head coaches career records, school records, record in League games only and winning percentage in those contests, through Sunday. Coach, School Career Record School Record Big South Games (Pct.) Brian Shoop, Birmingham-Southern (.800) Jason Murray, Charleston Southern (.381) Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina (.662) Sal Bando Jr., High Point (.286) Matt Royer, Liberty (.423) Lew Kent, Radford (.418) Willie Stewart, UNC Asheville (.143) Marlin Ikenberry, VMI (.289) Joe Hudak, Winthrop (.617) NOTING THE BIG SOUTH TEAMS BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN Birmingham Southern had two players with 7 RBI in a game last week. BRANDON HYNICK had 7 RBI that included a grand slam and a three-run HR at Samford on Tuesday, while ADAM TUCKER belted 3 HR and 7 RBI at home versus Samford on Wednesday... Tucker s 5 HR last week helped him set a single-season school record for HR with 23 (old mark 22)... The Panthers lost two straight after dropping the last two games of a three-game set with Winthrop. Team leaders entering the week (Big South leaders in bold): AVG: Adam Tucker W:...7 Brandon Hynick, David Horne HR:...23 Adam Tucker SO:...65 Brandon Hynick RBI:...67 Adam Tucker ERA: Brandon Hynick CHARLESTON SOUTHERN The Bucs enter the final weekend needing with an important three-game series at Liberty... CSU split a non-conference weekend series with Western Carolina, as game three was washed out Sunday. Team leaders entering the week: AVG: Jordan Haar W:...8 Josh Evans HR:...9 Brian Sole SO:...79 Josh Evans RBI:...41 Brian Sole ERA: Josh Evans COASTAL CAROLINA Coastal Carolina had a historic week, going 5-0 with two wins over top-10 opponents... The Chants defeated ACC leader Georgia Tech, 7-6. The #5 Yellow Jackets were the highest-ranked team the Chanticleers have ever defeated. In that game, MIKE COSTANZO had a two-run HR and picked up his 11th save of the season... The Chants then visited Chapel Hill and defeated #8 North Carolina, CHRIS RABER had 5 RBI, including a three-run HR, and reliever MIKE VALTER gave up only one earned run in 6.2 IP to earn the win... The Chanticleers are now 3-2 against ACC opponents this season and have defeated four ranked opponents in Coastal swept UNC Asheville May and has won 13 straight Big South games... Junior RICKY SHEFKA improved to 10-2 on the year following his second consecutive CG in an 8-2 win over UNCA, scattering 10 H with 2 R/ER BIG SOUTH NATIONAL HONORS Baseball America Preseason All-America Daniel Carte, OF, Winthrop (1st team) Mike Costanzo, UTL, Coastal Carolina (3rd team) Baseball America Midseason All-America Mike Costanzo, UTL, Coastal Carolina (2nd team) Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America Daniel Carte, OF, Winthrop (1st team) Jon Wilson, RP, Winthrop (1st team) Mike Costanzo, UTL, Coastal Carolina (3rd team) Roger Clemens Award Watch List Mike Costanzo, RP, Coastal Carolina Jon Wilson, RP, Winthrop Inaugural NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List Byron Binda, RHP, Coastal Carolina Jon Wilson, RHP, Winthrop Inaugural NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina College Baseball Foundation Brooks Wallace Award Watch List Mike Costanzo, UTL/P, Coastal Carolina Daniel Carte, OF, Winthrop Kevin Slowey, P, Winthrop USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Watch List Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina Daniel Carte, Winthrop NCBWA Xanthus Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalsts Adam Tucker, Birmingham-Southern Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina Daniel Carte, Winthrop College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll Kevin Slowey, Winthrop (March 8, 15; April 19, 26; May 3) Eammon Portice, High Point (March 15) Adam Tucker, Birmingham-Southern (March 22, April 26) Kevin Roberson, Winthrop (March 29) Mark Fleisher, Radford (April 5) Aaron Grijalva, Liberty (April 12) Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina (April 19) Josh Britnell, Birmingham-Southern (May 3) Chris Carrara, Winthrop (May 3) Ricky Shefka, Coastal Carolina (May 10) NCBWA Pro-Line Cap National Player of the Week Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina (April 19) 2005 BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL Winthrop received 16 first-place votes and 159 points out of a possible 162 in claiming the top spot, ending Coastal Carolina s five-year run as the Big South s preseason favorite. Below are the preseason poll results, with first-place votes in paranthesis: 1. Winthrop (16) Coastal Carolina (2) Birmingham-Southern Radford Charleston Southern Liberty VMI UNC Asheville High Point...46

4 BIG SOUTH WEEKLY BASEBALL REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK MAY 16, 2005 CCU has won 40 games for the fifth-straight year and the ninth time in school history... Costanzo had his 20- game hitting streak snapped May 14 against UNC Asheville. It was the longest mark in the Big South this season... In the five wins last week, Coastal turned 13 double plays, including four in the wins over Georgia Tech Tuesday and UNC Asheville Saturday. Team leaders entering the week: AVG: Mike Costanzo W:...10 Ricky Shefka HR:...11 Mike Costanzo SO:...68 Byron Binda RBI:...58 Michael DeJesus ERA: Ricky Shefka HIGH POINT The Panthers will try to get back on track on Tuesday when they host Wake Forest at Erath Field... High Point has lost the last 11 games -- three Conference series contests to Birmingham-Southern, Winthrop, and VMI and a loss to North Carolina and UNC Greensboro. Team leaders entering the week: AVG: Chris Ramirez W:...5 Eammon Portice HR:...9 Josh Cotten SO:...85 Eammon Portice RBI:...31 Josh Cotten ERA: Matt Kniginyzky LIBERTY 1B AARON GRIJALVA went 3-5 on Sunday to run his hitting streak to 13 games, tied with P.K. KELLER for the longest this season by a Flames player. Grijalva has hit at a.433 clip (27-61) during the streak with a.803 SLG... P CHRIS ZUVICH ran his record to 7-2 on Saturday and remains unbeaten since returning to the Flames rotation in late March. Since his return, the RHP has won six of his seven starts with a no-decision in the other... Liberty will play five games this week, hosting Richmond on Tuesday and Virginia Commonwealth on Wednesday, before finishing the regular-season with Charleston Southern at home this weekend. Team leaders entering the week: AVG: Aaron Grijalva W:...7 Michael Solbach, Chris Zuvich HR:...10 Aaron Grijalva SO:...69 Chris Zuvich RBI:...38 Jeff Brown ERA: Michael Solbach RADFORD Radford is still alive in the Tournament race and could finish fifth or sixth, but the Highlanders will either need a sweep of VMI this weekend, or have to get some help from Liberty. If RU wins only one or two games, then how Charleston Southern fares against Liberty will come into play. Team leaders entering the week (Big South leaders in bold): AVG: Mark Fleisher W:...4 Justin Morgan, Mark Fleisher HR:...8 Mark Fleisher SO:...52 Mark Fleisher RBI:...40 Mark Fleisher ERA: Justin Tubb UNC ASHEVILLE The Bulldogs saw ninth inning rallies fall short in three of their four losses this week... BEN KERR went 7-14 with a 2B and 2 RBI last week, with three multi-hit games... TONY CAMPANA had a hit in each game he played in last week, giving him a hit in 21 of his last 22 games... Freshman P BEN BUCHANAN had a solid start against Coastal Carolina on Saturday, throwing 7.2 IP and helping end MIKE COSTANZO's 20-game hitting streak... ELLIOTT ARRINGTON had another solid week batting 6-17 ( =.353) and driving in three runs. He continues to lead the Bulldogs in hitting. Team leaders entering the week: AVG: Elliott Arrington W:...3 Ben Buchanan HR:...5 Josh Coyle SO:...58 Ben Buchanan RBI:...32 Josh Coyle ERA: Tim Johnson VMI VMI's sweep of High Point is the Keydets' first sweep since joining the Big South last year. It is the team's second home Conference series win of the year and third series win overall in League play... The Keydets have won their last four Big South games, their longest stretch of the season... Junior 3B KELLY SWEPPENHISER raised his team-leading batting average to.388 by going 5-9 on the weekend against High Point with 4 BB, 2 HBP and reaching base 12 of the 15 times he came to the plate, including all five times he batted in game one... Junior RHP J.J. HOLLENBECK earned a pair of relief wins against HPU, surrendering only 2 H in 7 IP with 5 SO and 0 R/ER... The Keydets are one win away from tying the school record of 25 wins. They also stand one game below.500 and could become the first VMI team in 40 years to post a winning mark. Team leaders entering the week: AVG: Kelly Sweppenhiser W:...5 Jimmy Thoms, Jeff DeMara HR:...11 Kelly Sweppenhiser SO:...60 J.J. Hollenbeck RBI:...37 Kelly Sweppenhiser, Robert Crumpler ERA: J.J. Hollenbeck WINTHROP The Eagles need to sweep Coastal Carolina this weekend to win the outright regular-season Championship, or win twice to share the crown. A 1-2 weekend would given them the No. 2 seed. Team leaders entering the week (Big South leaders in bold): AVG: Jacob Dempsey W:...11 Kevin Slowey HR:...13 Daniel Carte SO: Kevin Slowey RBI:...64 Daniel Carte ERA: Kevin Slowey BIG SOUTH IN NCAA STATISTICS Through May 8, the following individuals and teams ranked in the top 50 in the following NCAAbaseball statistical categories: INDIVIDUAL Wins 1. Kevin Slowey, Winthrop Ricky Shefka, Coastal Carolina Heath Rollins, Winthrop...9 Bases on Balls 1. Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina Jeremy Neyra, High Point Michael DeJesus, Coastal Carolina Home Runs Per Game 4. Adam Tucker, Birmingham-Southern Saves 13. Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina...10 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 16. Byron Binda, Coastal Carolina Batting Average 28. Mark Fleisher, Radford Mike Costanzo, Coastal Carolina Runs Batted In Per Game 31. Adam Tucker, Birmingham-Southern Daniel Carte, Winthrop Michael DeJesus, Coastal Carolina Hit-by-Pitch 34. Chris Todd, Coastal Carolina B.T. Good, VMI Earned Run Average 42. Brandon Hynick, Birmingham-Southern Kevin Slowey, Winthrop Slugging Percentage 42. Kevin Slowey, Winthrop TEAM Won-Loss Percentage 8. Coastal Carolina Winthrop Triples Per Game 21. Liberty Double Plays Per Game 23. High Point VMI Fielding Percentage 26. Winthrop Liberty Scoring 30. Coastal Carolina Earned Run Average 33. Winthrop Birmingham-Southern Coastal Carolina Stolen Bases 34. Winthrop Coastal Carolina High Point Batting Average 40. Winthrop...311

5 BIG SOUTH WEEKLY BASEBALL REPORT CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK MAY 16, 2005 BIG SOUTH VS. OTHER CONFERENCES Atlantic Coast Clemson 2-2 Georgia Tech 2-2 Wake Forest 2-3 Maryland 1-0 Virginia Tech 1-5 North Carolina 1-6 Virginia 0-2 Miami 0-3 Florida State 0-6 Atlantic Sun Gardner-Webb 4-2 Troy 3-1 Campbell 2-3 Atlantic Fordham 3-1 Richmond 3-1 Dayton 2-0 Duquesne 1-2 Big East Pittsburgh 2-0 West Virginia 1-0 Big Missouri 1-1 Big Ten Illinois 0-1 Big West Cal State Northridge 1-0 Colonial Athletic George Mason 3-0 Hofstra 3-3 Old Dominion 3-3 James Madison 2-2 William & Mary 2-4 Virginia Commonwealth 1-0 Conference USA East Carolina 1-2 UAB 1-1 Charlotte 1-2 Horizon League Butler 3-0 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN (0-3) #4 North Carolina CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (2-11) #18/#19/#20 College of Charleston #15 Florida #4 South Carolina #16 Florida State #25 Coastal Carolina COASTAL CAROLINA (4-1) #21 Clemson #18/#19 College of Charleston #5 Georgia Tech #8 North Carolina HIGH POINT (0-6) #2 Miami #25 East Carolina #25 Coastal Carolina #7 North Carolina BIG SOUTH VS. TOP 25 (10-42) Ivy League Brown 1-2 Yale 0-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Fairfield 3-0 Marist 3-0 Rider 2-0 Siena 1-0 Mid-American Ball State 3-0 Marshall 3-0 Akron 1-1 Kent State 1-1 Miami (Ohio) 0-3 Mid-Eastern Atlantic North Carolina A&T 4-0 Coppin State 3-0 Norfolk State 2-0 Northeast Wagner 1-0 Ohio Valley Samford 4-0 Tennessee-Martin 2-0 Austin Peay 2-1 Jacksonville State 1-1 Tennessee Tech 0-1 Pacific Oregon State 0-1 Patriot Bucknell 3-0 Navy 2-0 Southern The Citadel 6-2 College of Charleston 3-4 Wofford 2-0 Elon 2-2 Furman 2-6 Appalachian State 1-1 Western Carolina 1-3 UNC Greensboro 1-4 Davidson 0-1 Georgia Southern 0-1 East Tennessee State 0-3 LIBERTY (0-3) #25 Coastal Carolina RADFORD (0-3) #7 South Carolina UNC ASHEVILLE (1-4) #6 Florida #25 Coastal Carolina VMI (1-7) #21 Coastal Carolina #16 Florida State #18 Vanderbilt WINTHROP (2-5) #20 College of Charleston #22 Oregon State #9/#8 North Carolina #3 Georgia Tech Southeastern Florida 2-3 Kentucky 1-0 Tennessee 1-3 Mississippi State 0-1 Vanderbilt 0-2 Auburn 0-3 South Carolina 0-4 Alabama 0-4 Southland Texas-San Antonio 1-0 Sam Houston State 1-0 Southwestern Athletic Alabama A&M 2-0 Sun Belt South Alabama 2-1 Western Kentucky 1-0 Western Athletic Hawaii 2-0 West Coast Pepperdine 0-1 Division I Independent Savannah State 2-0 Texas-Pan American 2-2 Division I Re-classification Longwood 3-0 Non Division I Berry College 1-0 Claflin 1-0 TOTAL ( =.525) BIG SOUTH IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Week of CCU WU Preseason --/34/RV/RV 25/28/26/RV Feb. 7 --/--/RV/-- 25/28/27/RV Feb /--/RV/-- 25/26/30/RV Feb /--/RV/RV 21/24/26/RV Feb /23/31/RV --/--/33/RV March 7 --/25/26/RV --/30/31/RV March 14 --/28/28/RV --/--/RV/RV March 21 --/25/21/RV --/--/RV/RV March 28 --/25/23/RV --/--/RV/RV April 4 --/--/26/RV --/--/RV/-- April 11 --/--/26/RV --/--/RV/-- April 18 --/--/25/RV --/--/RV/-- April 25 --/28/22/RV --/--/RV/-- May 2 --/--/25/RV --/--/RV/-- May 9 --/--/25/RV --/--/RV/-- May 16 23/23/na/na --/--/na/na Baseball America poll is first, followed by Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and ESPN/Sports Weekly poll. RV - Received Votes

6 BIG SOUTH WEEKLY BASEBALL REPORT TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES & RESULTS MAY 16, 2005 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN (33-19, 15-6 Big South) Head Coach: Brian Shoop (16th year) SID Contact: Fred Sington Phone: Press Box: Feb. 18 AUSTIN PEAY L, 3-4 Feb. 19 AUSTIN PEAY W, 8-6 AUSTIN PEAY W, 7-5 Feb. 25 at #4 North Carolina L, 3-6 Feb. 26 at #4 North Carolina L, 2-3 Feb. 27 at #4 North Carolina L, 1-6 March 2 at Alabama A&M W, 21-3 March 4 vs. Sam Houston State W, 9-7 March 5 vs. Texas-San Antonio W, 2-0 March 6 at Texas-Pan American L, March 9 at Alabama L, 3-8 March 12 BUTLER W, 10-2 March 13 BUTLER W, 14-9 March 14 BUTLER W, 12-2 March 15 TENNESSEE-MARTIN W, 7-1 March 16 TENNESSEE-MARTIN W, 9-7 March 18 LIBERTY * W, 6-3 March 19 LIBERTY * W, 7-2 March 20 LIBERTY * W, 13-4 March 21 DAYTON W, 8-4 March 23 UAB L, 3-6 March 25 at Charleston Southern * L, 1-17 March 26 at Charleston Southern * W, 5-1 at Charleston Southern * W, 11-5 March 29 at Troy L, 3-4 April 1 at VMI * W, 4-1 April 2 at VMI * W, 6-5 April 3 at VMI * W, 15-3 April 5 ALABAMA A&M W, 17-1 April 6 at #24 Mississippi State ppd. April 8 at Miami (Ohio) L, 1-4 April 9 at Miami (Ohio) L, 3-7 April 10 at Miami (Ohio) L, 3-7 April 12 at UAB W, 12-0 April 15 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 1-9 April 16 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 5-6 April 17 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 3-7 April 19 TROY W, 6-0 April 22 HIGH POINT * W, 9-2 April 23 HIGH POINT * W, 3-1 April 24 HIGH POINT * W, 5-4 April 26 at Jacksonville State rained out April 27 JACKSONVILLE STATE W, 13-7 April 29 at Radford * W, 5-2 April 30 at Radford * W, 21-3 May 1 at Radford * W, 8-0 May 3 BERRY COLLEGE W, 7-4 May 4 at Jacksonville State L, 2-5 May 9 at Mississippi State L, 4-10 May 10 at Samford W, 12-1 May 11 SAMFORD W, 19-4 May 13 WINTHROP * W, 3-2 May 14 WINTHROP * L, 3-5 May 15 WINTHROP * L, 3-8 May 17 UAB 6:00pm May 20 at UNC Asheville * 2:00pm May 21 at UNC Asheville * 12:00pm May 22 at UNC Asheville * 12:00pm All Times CST CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (24-26, 8-13 Big South) Head Coach: Jason Murray (1st year) SID Contact: David Shelton Phone: Press Box: or dshelton@csuniv.edu Jan. 28 at #16 Florida State L, 1-2 Jan. 29 at #16 Florida State L, 2-9 Jan. 30 at #16 Florida State L, 4-11 Feb. 4 CLAFLIN W, 2-1 Feb. 9 GARDNER-WEBB rained out Feb. 11 #15 at Florida (11) W, 5-4 Feb. 12 #15 at Florida L, 2-3 Feb. 13 #15 at Florida L, 6-15 Feb. 16 SAVANNAH STATE W, 7-5 SAVANNAH STATE W, 6-3 Feb. 18 GEORGE MASON W, 11-5 Feb. 19 KENTUCKY W, 3-2 Feb. 20 vs. Appalachian State W, 11-6 March 2 FURMAN W, 9-7 March 4 at Winthrop * L, 0-3 March 5 at Winthrop * L, 3-12 March 6 at Winthrop * L, 2-9 March 9 at #4 South Carolina L, 0-1 March 11 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 7-6 March 12 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, March 13 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, March 15 #18 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON W, 8-7 March 16 at Savannah State (DH) rained out March 18 FORDHAM W, 11-3 March 19 FORDHAM W, 5-0 March 21 FORDHAM W, 14-4 March 25 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * W, 17-1 March 26 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * L, 1-5 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * L, 5-11 April 1 RADFORD * W, 4-0 April 2 RADFORD * L, 5-9 RADFORD * L, 7-8 April 6 at Furman L, 2-4 April 9 at High Point * W, 8-5 at High Point * W, 14-4 April 10 at High Point * L, 3-4 April 12 at #19 College of Charleston L, 3-9 April 13 at Gardner-Webb L, April 15 VMI * L, 1-4 April 16 VMI * L, 2-7 VMI * W, 2-0 April 20 at Georgia Southern L, 4-22 April 22 at The Citadel W, 8-5 April 23 at The Citadel L, 6-10 April 24 at The Citadel W, May 3 THE CITADEL W, 11-0 May 6 at #25 Coastal Carolina * L, 2-11 May 7 at #25 Coastal Carolina * L, 3-17 May 8 at #25 Coastal Carolina * L, 3-4 May 10 at #20 College of Charleston L, 5-14 May 13 at Western Carolina W, 13-8 May 14 at Western Carolina L, 5-6 May 15 at Western Carolina cancelled May 20 at Liberty * 3:00pm May 21 at Liberty * 2:00pm May 22 at Liberty * 1:00pm #23 COASTAL CAROLINA (42-11, 19-2 Big South) Head Coach: Gary Gilmore (9th year) SID Contact: Kent Reichert Phone: Press Box: kreicher@coastal.edu Feb. 15 at Campbell L, 4-8 Feb. 18 EAST CAROLINA W, 11-5 Feb. 19 #21 CLEMSON W, 3-2 Feb. 20 WEST VIRGINIA W, 13-2 Feb. 25 PITTSBURGH W, 11-8 Feb. 26 PITTSBURGH W, 6-5 RIDER W, 14-0 Feb. 27 RIDER (5) W, 14-0 March 2 THE CITADEL L, 2-4 March 4 JAMES MADISON (10) W, 5-4 March 5 KENT STATE W, March 6 WESTERN CAROLINA W, 4-3 March 9 at The Citadel W, 5-1 March 11 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 7-6 March 12 SOUTH ALABAMA L, 7-9 March 13 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 5-4 March 15 GEORGE MASON W, 6-0 GEORGE MASON W, 9-4 March 19 at High Point * W, 1-0 March 20 at High Point * W, 12-3 March 21 at High Point * W, 9-6 March 22 at Wake Forest ppd. March 23 SIENA W, 10-2 March 25 VMI * W, 4-3 March 26 VMI * L, 2-3 VMI * W, 3-1 March 29 at Clemson L, 5-14 March 30 at Clemson L, 1-8 April 1 at Texas-Pan American L, 6-15 April 2 at Texas-Pan American W, 5-2 April 3 at Texas-Pan American W, 8-6 April 5 #18 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON L, 6-8 April 8 RADFORD * W, 13-4 April 9 RADFORD * L, 5-6 April 10 RADFORD * W, 7-6 April 12 CAMPBELL W, 16-8 April 15 at Birmingham-Southern * W, 9-1 April 16 at Birmingham-Southern * W, 6-5 April 17 at Birmingham-Southern * W, 7-3 April 19 at #19 College of Charleston W, 9-5 April 22 LIBERTY * W, 11-3 April 23 LIBERTY * W, 12-8 April 24 LIBERTY * W, 9-8 April 29 at Elon L, 7-11 April 30 at Elon W, 9-6 May 1 at Elon L, 6-12 May 6 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 11-2 May 7 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 17-3 May 8 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 4-3 May 10 at #5 Georgia Tech W, 7-6 May 11 at #8 North Carolina W, 14-5 May 13 at UNC Asheville * W, 8-2 May 14 at UNC Asheville * W, 5-3 May 15 at UNC Asheville * W, 7-3 May 20 at Winthrop * 8:00pm May 21 at Winthrop * (TV: C-SET) 2:00pm May 22 at Winthrop * 2:00pm

7 BIG SOUTH WEEKLY BASEBALL REPORT TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES & RESULTS MAY 16, 2005 HIGH POINT (18-33, 6-18 Big South) Head Coach: Sal Bando, Jr. (4th year) SID Contact: Emily Campbell Phone: Press Box: Feb. 4 at #2 Miami L, 5-12 Feb. 5 at #2 Miami (11) L, 6-7 Feb. 6 at #2 Miami L, 1-10 Feb. 12 at Furman L, 3-15 at Furman W, 9-5 Feb. 13 at Furman L, 6-13 Feb. 16 ELON ppd. Feb. 19 NORTH CAROLINAA&T (10) W, 4-3 Feb. 20 at North Carolina A&T W, 18-3 Feb. 22 at Gardner-Webb W, 3-2 Feb. 23 WOFFORD W, 8-4 Feb. 26 VIRGINIA TECH (10) L, 5-7 Feb. 27 VIRGINIA TECH (12) L, 5-6 March 2 at Wake Forest (10) L, 4-5 March 4 CAMPBELL W, 18-5 March 5 at Campbell L, 5-11 at Campbell L, 2-8 March 9 at Charlotte L, 2-13 March 12 BALL STATE W, 6-0 BALL STATE W, 6-4 March 13 BALL STATE W, 8-5 March 15 at #25 East Carolina L, 5-14 March 19 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 0-1 March 20 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 3-12 March 21 #25 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 6-9 March 22 ELON W, 18-0 March 25 LIBERTY * W, 7-4 March 26 LIBERTY * L, 2-4 LIBERTY * L, 1-4 March 30 at Wofford W, 7-6 April 3 at UNC Asheville * W, 5-3 at UNC Asheville * W, 4-1 April 4 at UNC Asheville * W, 5-4 April 5 UNC GREENSBORO L, 1-3 April 9 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * L, 5-8 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * L, 4-14 April 10 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 4-3 April 12 at Elon cancelled April 15 at Radford * L, 2-15 April 16 at Radford * W, 2-1 April 17 at Radford * L, 9-19 April 19 GARDNER-WEBB W, 4-3 April 22 at Birmingham-Southern * L, 2-9 April 23 at Birmingham-Southern * L, 1-3 April 24 at Birmingham-Southern * L, 4-5 April 27 at #7 North Carolina L, 9-10 May 7 WINTHROP * L, 3-9 May 8 WINTHROP * L, 6-12 May 9 WINTHROP * L, 2-8 May 11 at UNC Greensboro L, 5-6 May 13 at VMI * L, 7-10 May 14 at VMI * L, 2-9 May 15 at VMI * L, 4-5 May 17 WAKE FOREST 3:00pm May 19 at East Tennessee State 7:00pm May 20 at East Tennessee State 7:00pm May 21 at East Tennessee State 2:00pm LIBERTY (29-17, Big South) Head Coach: Matt Royer (3rd year) SID Contact: Ryan Bomberger Phone: Press Box: rbomberger@liberty.edu Feb. 15 OLD DOMINION W, 7-6 Feb. 19 HOFSTRA W, 10-9 Feb. 20 HOFSTRA W, 13-3 Feb. 21 HOFSTRA L, 2-6 Feb. 23 at North Carolina A&T W, 10-1 Feb. 26 BUCKNELL W, 10-8 BUCKNELL W, 3-2 Feb. 27 BUCKNELL W, 7-4 March 1 JAMES MADISON ppd. March 4 DUQUESNE W, 4-3 DUQUESNE L, 3-6 March 6 DUQUESNE L, 4-6 March 8 JAMES MADISON ppd. March 9 FAIRFIELD W, 1-0 March 12 MARSHALL W, 9-8 March 13 MARSHALL (10) W, 4-3 March 14 MARSHALL W, 5-3 March 15 at Old Dominion W, 6-4 March 16 at Virginia Tech rained out March 18 at Birmingham-Southern * L, 3-6 March 19 at Birmingham-Southern * L, 2-7 March 20 at Birmingham-Southern * L, 4-13 March 23 WAKE FOREST ppd. March 25 at High Point * L, 4-7 March 26 at High Point * W, 4-2 at High Point * W, 4-1 March 29 at James Madison W, 9-4 April 2 WINTHROP * L, 2-8 April 3 WINTHROP * W, 5-4 April 4 WINTHROP * W, 6-2 April 5 VIRGINIA L, 2-10 April 9 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 21-1 April 10 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 5-1 April 11 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 14-3 April 12 at William & Mary cancelled April 13 VIRGINIA TECH ppd. April 14 at Virginia Tech L, 4-9 April 16 UNC GREENSBORO W, 3-0 April 17 at UNC Greensboro L, 3-7 April 19 at Richmond W, 14-6 April 22 at #25 Coastal Carolina * L, 3-11 April 23 at #25 Coastal Carolina * L, 8-12 April 24 at #25 Coastal Carolina * L, 8-9 April 26 at Wake Forest L, 8-9 April 30 at VMI * W, 9-5 May 1 at VMI * W, 12-3 at VMI * L, 9-11 May 3 at Virginia Commonwealth W, 9-2 May 7 WILLIAM & MARY W, 6-2 May 13 RADFORD * L, 4-5 May 14 RADFORD * W, 8-5 May 15 RADFORD * W, 11-4 May 17 RICHMOND 2:00pm May 18 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 3:00pm May 20 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 3:00pm May 21 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 2:00pm May 22 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 1:00pm RADFORD (13-34, 7-14 Big South) Head Coach: Lew Kent (11th year) SID Contact: Drew Dickerson Phone: Press Box: adickerso@radford.edu Feb. 11 at Old Dominion L, 2-6 Feb. 12 at Old Dominion L, 9-13 Feb. 13 at Old Dominion W, 5-4 Feb. 18 at #7 South Carolina L, 0-20 Feb. 19 at #7 South Carolina L, 4-16 Feb. 20 at #7 South Carolina L, 4-7 Feb. 25 at William & Mary (10) L, 8-9 Feb. 26 at William & Mary L, 2-6 Feb. 27 at William & Mary L, 4-5 March 5 LONGWOOD cancelled March 6 LONGWOOD cancelled March 9 OLD DOMINION cancelled March 10 FAIRFIELD W, 15-2 March 11 at Tennessee L, 5-25 March 12 at Tennessee L, 4-10 March 13 at Tennessee L, 0-12 March 15 vs. Yale L, 3-5 March 16 at Duke rained out March 19 MARIST W, 12-3 March 20 MARIST W, 4-1 MARIST W, 6-4 March 22 VIRGINIA TECH L, 3-5 March 25 WINTHROP * L, 7-11 March 26 WINTHROP * L, 2-8 WINTHROP * L, 1-6 March 29 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH ppd. March 30 DAVIDSON L, 8-10 April 1 at Charleston Southern * L, 0-4 April 2 at Charleston Southern * W, 9-5 at Charleston Southern * W, 8-7 April 5 EAST TENNESSEE STATE L, April 6 JAMES MADISON L, 6-16 April 8 at Coastal Carolina * L, 4-13 April 9 at Coastal Carolina * W, 6-5 April 10 at Coastal Carolina * L, 6-7 April 12 at James Madison L, 2-3 April 15 HIGH POINT * W, 15-2 April 16 HIGH POINT * L, 1-2 April 17 HIGH POINT * W, 19-9 April 20 at Virginia Tech L, 1-7 April 23 at UNC Asheville * (11) L, 4-5 April 24 at UNC Asheville * L, 4-6 at UNC Asheville * W, April 27 at East Tennessee State L, 3-13 April 29 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * L, 2-5 April 30 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * L, 3-21 May 1 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * L, 0-8 May 9 at Richmond W, 10-3 May 10 at Richmond L, 6-8 May 13 at Liberty * W, 5-4 May 14 at Liberty * L, 5-8 May 15 at Liberty * L, 4-11 May 17 at Davidson 2:00pm May 18 WILLIAM & MARY 1:30pm May 20 VMI * 4:00pm May 21 VMI * 1:00pm May 22 VMI * 1:00pm

8 BIG SOUTH WEEKLY BASEBALL REPORT TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES &RESULTS MAY 16, 2005 UNC ASHEVILLE (11-37, 3-18 Big South) Head Coach: Willie Stewart (1st year) SID Contact: Everett Hutto, Mike Gore Phone: or Press Box: or Feb. 18 at Alabama L, 2-7 Feb. 19 at Alabama L, 0-6 Feb. 20 at Alabama L, 4-10 Feb. 26 at Samford (10) W, 6-5 at Samford (10) W, 7-5 Feb. 27 at Samford rained out March 2 WESTERN CAROLINA ppd. March 4 vs. Akron L, 3-6 March 5 at Tennessee Tech L, 0-3 March 6 vs. Dayton W, 4-3 March 8 at #6 Florida L, 1-8 March 9 at #6 Florida W, 8-5 March 11 at Charleston Southern * L, 6-7 March 12 at Charleston Southern * L, March 13 at Charleston Southern * L, March 15 WESTERN CAROLINA L, 5-8 March 16 APPALACHIAN STATE L, 5-6 March 18 at VMI * L, 0-23 March 19 at VMI * L, 7-8 March 20 at VMI * W, 13-9 March 22 GARDNER-WEBB W, 5-4 March 23 at Western Carolina L, 6-7 March 25 BROWN L, 4-9 March 26 BROWN W, 5-2 BROWN L, 4-8 March 30 at Tennessee W, March 31 NORTH CAROLINAA&T W, 7-2 April 3 HIGH POINT * L, 3-5 HIGH POINT * L, 1-4 April 4 HIGH POINT * L, 4-5 April 6 at Western Carolina L, 3-8 April 9 at Liberty * L, 1-21 April 10 at Liberty * L, 1-5 April 11 at Liberty * L, 3-14 April 13 TENNESSEE rained out April 15 at Winthrop * L, 0-11 April 16 at Winthrop * L, 3-8 April 17 at Winthrop * L, 3-8 April 20 at UNC Greensboro L, 4-9 April 23 RADFORD * (11) W, 5-4 April 24 RADFORD * W, 6-4 RADFORD * L, April 26 at Gardner-Webb L, 7-16 April 27 WESTERN CAROLINA cancelled April 29 at Furman L, 3-5 April 30 FURMAN L, 3-7 May 1 at Furman L, 1-5 May 3 EAST TENNESSEE STATE L, 8-9 May 11 EAST CAROLINA L, 6-8 May 13 #25 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 2-8 May 14 #25 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 3-5 May 15 #25 COASTAL CAROLINA * L, 3-7 May 17 at Georgia 5:00pm May 18 at East Tennessee State 7:00pm May 20 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * 3:00pm May 21 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * 1:00pm May 22 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * 1:00pm VMI (24-25, 9-12 Big South) Head Coach: Marlin Ikenberry (2nd year) SID Contact: Christian Hoffman Phone: Press Box: hoffmanjc@vmi.edu Feb. 4 at #16 Florida State L, 2-8 Feb. 5 at #16 Florida State L, 5-6 Feb. 6 at #16 Florida State L, 0-15 Feb. 12 HOFSTRA W, 9-8 HOFSTRA L, 4-5 Feb. 13 HOFSTRA L, 4-21 Feb. 15 at Longwood rained out Feb. 18 at #18 Vanderbilt L, 3-4 Feb. 19 at #18 Vanderbilt L, 2-5 Feb. 20 at #18 Vanderbilt rained out Feb. 23 at Richmond W, 17-7 Feb. 26 COPPIN STATE W, 7-6 COPPIN STATE W, 5-4 Feb. 27 COPPIN STATE W, 16-6 March 2 MARSHALL ppd. March 6 NAVY W, 4-0 NAVY W, 18-5 March 7 FAIRFIELD W, 20-2 March 11 at Auburn L, 4-5 March 12 at Auburn L, 0-12 March 13 at Auburn L, 3-4 March 16 NORFOLK STATE W, 8-3 March 18 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 23-0 March 19 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 8-7 March 20 UNC ASHEVILLE * L, 9-13 March 22 at Norfolk State W, 7-4 March 25 at #21 Coastal Carolina * L, 3-4 March 26 at #21 Coastal Carolina * W, 3-2 at #21 Coastal Carolina * L, 1-3 March 30 at Virginia L, 1-2 April 1 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * L, 1-4 April 2 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * L, 5-6 April 3 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * L, 3-15 April 5 WILLIAM & MARY W, 8-6 April 8 LONGWOOD W, 11-4 April 9 LONGWOOD W, 9-1 April 10 LONGWOOD W, 9-8 April 12 at Virginia Commonwealth cancelled April 15 at Charleston Southern * W, 4-1 April 16 at Charleston Southern * W, 7-2 at Charleston Southern * L, 0-2 April 20 at William & Mary L, 6-12 April 23 at Winthrop * L, 0-3 at Winthrop * L, 1-6 April 24 at Winthrop * L, 2-5 April 27 at Virginia Tech W, 6-2 April 30 LIBERTY * L, 5-9 May 1 LIBERTY * L, 3-12 LIBERTY * W, 11-9 May 11 at Old Dominion L, 2-9 May 13 HIGH POINT * W, 10-7 May 14 HIGH POINT * W, 9-2 May 15 HIGH POINT * W, 5-4 May 17 GEORGETOWN 3:00pm May 20 at Radford * 4:00pm May 21 at Radford * 1:00pm May 22 at Radford * 1:00pm WINTHROP (37-16, 18-3 Big South) Head Coach: Joe Hudak (14th year) SID Contact: Mike Baur Phone: , ext Press Box: or baurm@winthrop.edu Feb. 10 WAKE FOREST W, 8-0 Feb. 11 WESTERN KENTUCKY W, 7-6 Feb. 12 MARYLAND W, 8-0 Feb. 13 WAKE FOREST W, 10-6 Feb. 15 CHARLOTTE W, 8-1 Feb. 17 MISSOURI W, 7-4 Feb. 18 AKRON W, 9-3 Feb. 19 MISSOURI L, 3-10 Feb. 20 GARDNER-WEBB W, 5-4 Feb. 25 WAGNER W, 10-3 Feb. 26 ILLINOIS L, 6-7 Feb. 27 KENT STATE L, March 2 at #20 College of Charleston W, 8-6 March 4 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 3-0 March 5 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 12-3 March 6 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * W, 9-2 March 9 at Clemson W, 8-2 March 11 at Pepperdine L, 1-4 March 12 vs. Cal State Northridge W, 13-1 March 13 vs. #22 Oregon State L, 2-8 March 15 at Hawaii (15) W, 4-3 March 16 at Hawaii W, 11-3 March 22 WRIGHT STATE rained out March 23 FORDHAM (11) L, 2-3 March 25 at Radford * W, 11-7 March 26 at Radford * W, 8-2 at Radford * W, 6-1 March 29 at #9 North Carolina L, 5-15 April 2 at Liberty * W, 8-2 April 3 at Liberty * L, 4-5 April 4 at Liberty * L, 2-6 April 6 at Charlotte L, 2-4 April 8 at #3 Georgia Tech L, 1-6 April 9 at #3 Georgia Tech W, 12-9 April 10 at #3 Georgia Tech L, 3-20 April 12 NORTH CAROLINAA&T ppd. April 13 NORTH CAROLINAA&T cancelled April 15 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 11-0 April 16 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 8-3 April 17 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 8-3 April 19 at Wake Forest L, 6-7 April 20 at The Citadel W, 6-2 April 23 VMI * W, 3-0 VMI * W, 6-1 April 24 VMI * W, 5-2 April 26 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON L, 1-4 April 30 TROY W, 17-3 May 1 TROY W, 11-2 May 4 THE CITADEL W, 13-6 May 7 at High Point * W, 9-3 May 8 at High Point * W, 12-6 May 9 at High Point * W, 8-2 May 10 at #8 North Carolina L, 5-13 May 13 at Birmingham-Southern * L, 2-3 May 14 at Birmingham-Southern * W, 5-3 May 15 at Birmingham-Southern * W, 8-3 May 17 LONGWOOD 8:00pm May 18 GEORGIA 8:00pm May 20 #23 COASTAL CAROLINA * 8:00pm May 21 #23 COASTAL CAROLINA * (TV: C-SET) 2:00pm May 22 #23 COASTAL CAROLINA * 2:00pm