Monday, February 26, 2007

This Week in A-Sun Baseball

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Matchup of the Week

March 2-4
Lipscomb at LSU
Baton Rouge, La.

Lipscomb will travel to Alex Box Stadium to face the LSU Tigers (7-3) this weekend. Stetson hosted LSU earlier in the season and took 2 of 3 from the SEC school. The Tigers other loss came in their series finale against Central Florida on Sunday. Lipscomb has faced two SEC teams this season. They beat Auburn 4-3 in twelve innings on Feb. 12, and they just lost to #1 ranked Vanderbilt 16-7. LSU has a 6-1 record at home in 2007. Lipscomb is 1-1 on the road, with their win over Auburn and loss at Vandy. Other intriguing matchups in the A-Sun include Stetson facing off against Nebraska, ETSU vs. Winthrop, GWU vs. North Carolina, and UNF vs. Florida St. The A-Sun will face three teams ranked in the top 10 this week.

A-Sun Player of the Week
Adam Cross, Kennesaw State (Sr. - OF/DH - Chickamauga, Ga. - Biology Major)
Cross had a great week for the Owls as he helped KSU to a 3-1 record for the week with wins over Georgia Southern and OVC favorite Samford. In the Owls' opener against Samford, the senior went 2-for-5 with a homer, and followed that performance by going 5-for-5 with a RBI in KSU's 18-0 win on Saturday. Cross closed out the series by hitting a two-run homer to help the Owls to a 14-12 series clinching win. For the week, the Chickamauga, Ga. native hit safely in all four games and recorded an outstanding .950 slugging percentage, a .500 batting average (10-for-20), 2 home runs, 3 doubles, 5 RBI and a .565 On-Base Pct.

A-Sun Pitcher of the Week
Justin Boyette, Mercer (So. - RHP - Beaumont, Texas - Communications Major)
Boyette earned his first win as a Bear with a complete-game, six-hitter in Sunday's win over FAMU. He allowed only one unearned run and struck out six while walking one batter. For the week Boyette was 1-0 in 12.0 IP, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) and 9 hits. He struck out 10 batters and only walked 2.

This Week's Schedule
Tuesday, February 27
Campbell at Citadel 3:00pm
Gardner-Webb at North Carolina 3:00pm
Belmont at Mississippi 3:00pm CT
Middle Tennessee at Lipscomb 3:00pm CT
UNF at Florida State 4:00pm
Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State 5:00pm
Stetson at Bethune-Cookman 6:00pm

Wednesday, February 28
Furman at ETSU 3:00pm
Davidson at Gardner-Webb 3:00pm
Tennessee Tech at Lipscomb 3:00pm CT
Jacksonville at Georgia Southern 4:00pm
Kennesaw State at Alabama State 5:00pm
Mercer at Georgia State 6:00pm

Friday, March 2
ETSU vs Kent State 12:30pm
Seton Hall at Campbell 3:00pm
La Salle at Jacksonville 3:30pm
Samford at Mercer 4:00pm
Notre Dame at Stetson 7:00pm
Florida A&M at UNF 7:00pm
Lipscomb at LSU 7:00pm CT

Saturday, March 3
Iowa at Stetson 11:00am
Murray State at Gardner-Webb (DH) 12:00pm
Butler at Belmont (DH) 12:00pm CT
Seton Hall at Campbell (DH) 1:00pm
La Salle at Jacksonville (DH) 1:00pm
Samford at Mercer 1:00pm
Bethune-Cookman at UNF 1:00pm
Lipscomb at LSU 2:00pm CT
ETSU vs Temple 4:30pm
Brown vs Kennesaw State 5:00pm
Nebraska at Stetson 7:00pm

Sunday, March 4
Brown vs Kennesaw State 11:00am
La Salle at Jacksonville 1:00pm
Samford at Mercer 1:00pm
Florida A&M at UNF 1:00pm
Murray State at Gardner-Webb 1:00pm
Lipscomb at LSU 1:00pm CT
Butler at Belmont 1:00pm CT
Kennesaw State at Georgia Southern 2:30pm
ETSU at Winthrop 2:30pm

A-Sun Standings

A-Sun Players of the Week

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League Leaders

Team-by-Team Notes