UNC Asheville Baseball Begins Nine-Game Road Trip at ETSU

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The UNC Asheville baseball team gets back in action Tuesday evening when the Bulldogs travel to East Tennessee for a game with the Buccaneers at Cardinal Park starting at 7 p.m.

Asheville (15-25, 7-11 BSC) has been off more than a week for exams. The Bulldogs entered exams with a four-game losing streak after getting swept in a Big South Conference series by Radford (April 22-23). Tuesday's game starts a nine-game road trip for the Bulldogs as Asheville will travel to Liberty for a key BSC series starting on Thursday night.

"I hope we're ready to play well in the final part of the season," commented second-year head coach Tom Smith. "We didn't do a real good job right before exams and that was disappointing. We've got some work to do here as we need to build some momentum toward the Big South Conference Tournament."

The Bulldogs face an ETSU team that has won five games in a row and brings a 27-15 record into Tuesday night's contest. The Bucs downed Asheville, 13-5 back on March 3 at Greenwood Field.

NOTES ON THE BULLDOGS

Asheville is 7-18 on the road this year. The Bulldogs will not play at home until the final weekend of the regular season when they'll host Presbyterian College (May 19-21) at McCormick Field in a three-game set.

The Bulldogs' nine-game road trip will feature games against some of the top teams in the country in North Carolina and defending national champion South Carolina. Every team Asheville faces in this road swing has a winning record.

Danny Baatz and Patrick Koontz have six-game hitting streaks entering Tuesday's game.

Jordan Lurie leads Asheville in hitting with a .349 average.

Danny Baatz and Jordan Lurie lead the Bulldogs in stolen bases with 13. The duo have combined to swipe 26 bases in 29 tries.