Monday, March 19, 2007

This Week in A-Sun Baseball

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Matchup of the Week

March 23-24
Mercer at Stetson
DeLand, Fla.

The two teams in the Atlantic Sun with the best overall records will meet this weekend in DeLand, Fla. when Stetson hosts the Mercer Bears. Both teams will face challenges from the SEC earlier in the week as well. On Tuesday, Mercer travels to play Georgia, and Florida travels to DeLand. Mercer and Stetson both enter the week at 17-7 overall. Mercer is coming off a sweep of Campbell to open their A-Sun schedule. The Bears have won 7 games in a row and 13 of 14 games. Stetson just had their 4-game winning streak halted at UNF, where the Hatters took 2 of 3 from the Ospreys.

A-Sun Player of the Week
Justin Bass, Stetson (Jr. - OF/1B - DeLand, Fla. - Sports Management)
Led the Hatters to 4-1 week by hitting .500 (10-for-20) with 2 home runs, 3 doubles, 11 RBI and 6 runs scored. Bass boasted .950 slugging percentage and a .520 OBP on the week. For the season Bass is hitting .34 with 2 home runs, 19 RBI, 7 doubles, 2 triples, a .534 SLG, a .412 OBP, and 22 runs in 23 games.

A-Sun Pitcher of the Week
Chris Ingoglia, Stetson (Sr. - LHP - Boynton Beach, Fla. - Marketing)
Ingoglia tossed a 9-inning, complete game victory at UNF Saturday. He allowed two runs on six hits while walking just one and striking out five. He did not allow a hit after the sixth inning and retired 18 of his final 21 batters. For the season Ingoglia is 3-2 with a 4.00 ERA. He has struck out 29 batters in 36 innings, while allowing a .215 opponents batting average. Ingoglia was a preseason All-Atlantic Sun selection by the A-Sun coaches.

This Week's Schedule

Tuesday, March 20
ETSU at Appalachian State 3:00pm
Mercer at Georgia 6:00pm
Jacksonville at Bethune-Cookman 6:00pm
Belmont at Tennessee Tech 6:00pm CT
Florida at Stetson 7:00pm
Campbell at UNC Wilmington 7:00pm
UNF at USF 7:00pm

Wednesday, March 21
Gardner-Webb at Furman 6:00pm
Florida State at Jacksonville 6:00pm
Belmont at Austin Peay 6:00pm CT

Friday, March 23
* Lipscomb at Gardner-Webb 3:00pm
* Belmont at Campbell (DH) 4:00pm
* Kennesaw State at Jacksonville 6:30pm
* Mercer at Stetson 7:00pm

Saturday, March 24
* Lipscomb at Gardner-Webb (DH) 12:00pm
* Kennesaw State at Jacksonville (DH) 1:00pm
* Belmont at Campbell 1:00pm
* ETSU at UNF (DH) 1:00pm
* Mercer at Stetson (DH) 1:00pm

Sunday, March 25
* ETSU at UNF 1:00pm

 

 

A-Sun Standings

A-Sun Players of the Week

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