Monday, February 19, 2007

This Week in A-Sun Baseball

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Matchup of the Week

Wednesday, February 21
Lipscomb at Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tenn

Lipscomb will play #1 ranked Vanderbilt at Charles Hawkins Field. Lipscomb is riding a 5-game winning streak. The A-Sun is 3-1 against the SEC so far in 2007 and was 2-0 vs. teams ranked #1 in 2006. Mercer beat top-ranked Clemson last season. Vanderbilt has starfted the season 6-0. The Commodores have beat former #1 Rice, Baylor, Arizona St. and swept Ohio. Lipscomb is coming off a sweep of Chicago State. Lipscomb and Vanderbilt, along with Belmont will be playing in the Music City Classic this weekend. Each team will play Boston College, Pittsburgh and Ball State.

A-Sun Player of the Week
Shane Jordan (Sr. - OF – Sarasota, Fla. – Management Major)
In four games, Jordan batted .667 (10-for-15) with 3 RBI, two doubles, one triple, and was 3-3 in stolen base attempts. He posted .737 OBP with two walks and two HBP. Jordan scored 9 runs in the 4 games. Stetson was 3-1 on the week with a series win over LSU.

A-Sun Pitcher of the Week
Corey Kluber (Jr.- RHP – Coppell, Texas - Sports Management Major)
Won Friday night match-up with LSU by throwing 6 2/3 innings with 9 strikeouts. He allowed just one run on three singles and two walks and at one point set down 11 Tigers in a row. For the season Kluber is 2-0 with a 1.54 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 11 2/3 IP. He’s allowed 6 hits, 4 walks and a .146 batting average.

This Week's Schedule
Tuesday, February 20
Eastern Michigan at ETSU 12:00pm
UNC Asheville at Gardner-Webb 2:30pm
Georgia Southern at Kennesaw St. 4:00pm
USF at Stetson 7:00pm

Wednesday, February 21
Campbell at East Carolina 3:00pm
Georgia at Mercer 4:00pm
Lipscomb at Vanderbilt 4:00pm CT

Friday, February 23
Campbell at Charlotte 3:00pm
Rider at ETSU 3:00pm
Canisius at Gardner-Webb 3:00pm
Boston College at Belmont 3:00pm CT
Ball State at Lipscomb 3:00pm CT
Auburn at Jacksonville 3:30pm
Florida A&M at Mercer 4:00pm
Kennesaw State at Samford 6:00pm
Louisville at Stetson 7:00pm
Towson at UNF 7:00pm

Saturday, February 24
Florida A&M at Mercer 1:00pm
Rider at ETSU 1:00pm
Towson at UNF 1:00pm
Canisius at Gardner-Webb 1:00pm
Pittsburgh at Belmont 1:00pm CT
Campbell at Charlotte 2:00pm
Jacksonville at South Alabama 2:00pm
Kennesaw State at Samford 2:00pm
Boston College at Lipscomb 2:00pm CT
Louisville at Stetson 5:00pm

Sunday, February 25
Michigan State at Jacksonville 12:00pm
Florida A&M at Mercer 1:00pm
Louisville at Stetson 1:00pm
Rider at ETSU 1:00pm
Towson at UNF 1:00pm
Canisius at Gardner-Webb 1:00pm
Ball State at Belmont 1:00pm CT
Pittsburgh at Lipscomb 1:00pm CT
Kennesaw State at Samford 2:00pm

A-Sun Standings

A-Sun Players of the Week

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League Leaders

Team-by-Team Notes