University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Bulldogs Travel to Western Carolina for Midweek Matchup
04.18.2016 | Baseball
THE MATCHUP
Teams: Asheville (12-25, 4-8 BSC)
Western Carolina (19-15, 10-2 SoCon)
Location: Childress Field at Hennon Stadium / Cullowhee, N.C.
Time: 5:00 p.m.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville makes the short trip to take on Western Carolina Tuesday afternoon in a matchup between a pair of hot teams. Asheville has won six of its last 10 games and is coming off a series victory at Charleston Southern, while Western Carolina has won eight of its last 10 games, including two games over the weekend.
NOTABLES
Midweek Uptick: Asheville has had little success during midweek contests this season, holding a 3-7 record to date. However, the Bulldogs are coming off back-to-back midweek wins – at UNC (4/6) and against ETSU (4/13).
Series of Wins: Asheville's series win at Charleston Southern was the Bulldogs' second Big South series victory, joining the Presbyterian series (April 1-3). The last time Asheville won multiple BSC series in a season was during the 2012 campaign, when it won four conference series.
The Right Guy: Pete Guy has some the best eyes of the strike zone in the country, based off of statistics, this season. Guy is second the country in total base on balls (43 – one back of the national leader) and sits fourth in the country in base on balls per game average (1.16 per), just behind the national leader (Zach Collins, Miami – 1.29 per).
Tietjen at the Plate: Joe Tietjen leads the Bulldogs and the Big South Conference with his 44 RBI, a mark that is the 19th-most in the country (Nick Feight, UNCW – 59 RBI). Tietjen's 1.19 RBIs per game average ranks 32nd in the country.
Looking at Western Carolina: The Catamounts have four players hitting over .300 this season and three players with more than 35 RBI at the plate.
THE PROBABLES
Danny Wilson (Fr. RHP, AVL) vs. TBA (WCU)
UP NEXT
Following Tuesday's matchup, the Bulldogs return home to Greenwood Field for a three-game weekend series with Winthrop beginning on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. before continuing the series Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and wrapping up with a 1:00 p.m. Sunday start.
