University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Friday, February 14
Asheville, NC
11 am
UNC Asheville
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Bulldogs Sweep Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday to Win Opening Series
02.14.2025 | Baseball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Baseball opened the 2025 season on Friday (Feb. 14) at Greenwood Field with a doubleheader sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson, winning game one 10-7 and game two 5-0. The shutout was the first for Asheville since a 12-0 combined effort over Longwood back on Mar. 24, 2023.
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Game One
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After Fairleigh Dickinson scored three runs in the top of the first, Asheville would counter with two runs in the home half to cut the deficit back to one. The inning began with a single to right center by Logan Lowe and a walk from Corbin Lanowitz. After both runners moved up on a wild pitch, Patrick Gillen drove Lowe home on a groundout before Ben Hemphill brought Lanowitz home on a single through the left side. Fairleigh Dickinson would tack on another run in the top half of the second, before Asheville would bring six runs across in the bottom of the third to take the lead for good in the game. Owen Michelson led off the inning with a single up the middle, before Hemphill singled off FDU's pitcher to put two on with no one out. After Brock Mercado reached on an error to score Michelson, Jake Minarik would double down the left field line to bring home Hemphill and push Mercado to third. Coleman McGinnis would then launch a double to deep center to score both runners, before Jake Pereira doubled down the right field line advancing to third on a throwing error. The final run of the third was a single by Lowe that scored Pereira. The teams would trade scoreless frames thanks to some clutch pitching on the part of Asheville's Nick Bruno, before Asheville put one run up on a Michelson RBI single that scored Lowe. Fairleigh Dickinson would plate two runs in the top of the seventh and one in the top of the ninth, while Asheville's two runs came in the bottom of the eighth. Pereira would score his second run of the day on a sacrifice fly from Lanowitz in the inning to bring the game to its final score.
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Lowe, Michelson, Hemphill and Pereira each had two hits in the game with Lowe and Pereira each notching the first hits of their Bulldog careers. Minarik also recorded his first hit as a Bulldog, while McGinnis also registered one hit. McGinnis drove in two runs in the game, while Lowe, Lanowitz, Gillen, Michelson, Hemphill and Minarik each drove in one run with Lowe, Gillen and Minarik each picking up their first career RBI. Lowe and Pereira each scored twice in the game tallying their first career runs, while Lanowitz, Michelson, Hemphill, Mercado, Minarik and McGinnis each crossed the plate once with Minarik doing so for the first time in his Bulldog career. Big South Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year Colby Guy (1-0) earned his first win of the season, throwing four innings allowing four runs, two earned on six hits with one walk and three strikeouts. He was relieved by a solid 2.2 innings of relief from Bruno, who allowed two runs on one hit along with four walks and five strikeouts. Shea Walker totaled 1.1 innings of relief allowing just one hit, before John Whiteside handled the ninth inning with one earned run on one hit with one walk and one strikeout.
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Game Two
Asheville would jump out to a lead with four runs in the home half of the second, plating an insurance run in the eighth while the pitching staff secured the combined shutout. The second inning began with Eric Krumpe drawing a leadoff walk and advancing to second on a wild pitch, before Rylen Stockton dropped a bloop double into right center for his first career hit getting Krumpe to third. Krumpe scored on a ground ball by Pereira that he was able to reach on a throwing error before Pereira stole second to get into scoring position. Lowe would single to left to score Stockton's first career run, before Lanowitz would keep the train moving with a single through the right side followed by an error in right field that allowed both Pereira and Lowe to score on the play. The final run of the game would come in the home half of the eighth when Pereira would drop down a squeeze bunt to score Stockton.
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Lanowitz and Stockton each had two hits in the game, while Lowe, Hemphill, Krumpe and Caiden Chilausky each had one hit in the game. Pereira scored drove in two runs in the game while Lowe and Lanowitz each drove in one. Stockton scored twice in the game, while Lowe, Krumpe and Pereira each scored once. Fairleigh Dickinson's offense was stifled by five solid innings from Clay Edmondson in his first start back from injury, as he scattered six hits while not walking a single batter and striking out three. Nic Melton fired one inning of relief allowing just one hit with two walks and two strikeouts, while Daylinh Nguyen-Brown earned his first career save firing three innings of relief scattering three hits with two walks and five punchouts.
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The Bulldogs (2-0) return to Greenwood Field tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 15) to wrap up the series with Fairleigh Dickinson going for the sweep. First pitch is set for 2:00 p.m., with live stats available at www.uncabulldogs.com.
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 A reminder that admission to all UNC Asheville Baseball games at Greenwood Field is free courtesy of Ingles!
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Game One
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After Fairleigh Dickinson scored three runs in the top of the first, Asheville would counter with two runs in the home half to cut the deficit back to one. The inning began with a single to right center by Logan Lowe and a walk from Corbin Lanowitz. After both runners moved up on a wild pitch, Patrick Gillen drove Lowe home on a groundout before Ben Hemphill brought Lanowitz home on a single through the left side. Fairleigh Dickinson would tack on another run in the top half of the second, before Asheville would bring six runs across in the bottom of the third to take the lead for good in the game. Owen Michelson led off the inning with a single up the middle, before Hemphill singled off FDU's pitcher to put two on with no one out. After Brock Mercado reached on an error to score Michelson, Jake Minarik would double down the left field line to bring home Hemphill and push Mercado to third. Coleman McGinnis would then launch a double to deep center to score both runners, before Jake Pereira doubled down the right field line advancing to third on a throwing error. The final run of the third was a single by Lowe that scored Pereira. The teams would trade scoreless frames thanks to some clutch pitching on the part of Asheville's Nick Bruno, before Asheville put one run up on a Michelson RBI single that scored Lowe. Fairleigh Dickinson would plate two runs in the top of the seventh and one in the top of the ninth, while Asheville's two runs came in the bottom of the eighth. Pereira would score his second run of the day on a sacrifice fly from Lanowitz in the inning to bring the game to its final score.
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Lowe, Michelson, Hemphill and Pereira each had two hits in the game with Lowe and Pereira each notching the first hits of their Bulldog careers. Minarik also recorded his first hit as a Bulldog, while McGinnis also registered one hit. McGinnis drove in two runs in the game, while Lowe, Lanowitz, Gillen, Michelson, Hemphill and Minarik each drove in one run with Lowe, Gillen and Minarik each picking up their first career RBI. Lowe and Pereira each scored twice in the game tallying their first career runs, while Lanowitz, Michelson, Hemphill, Mercado, Minarik and McGinnis each crossed the plate once with Minarik doing so for the first time in his Bulldog career. Big South Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year Colby Guy (1-0) earned his first win of the season, throwing four innings allowing four runs, two earned on six hits with one walk and three strikeouts. He was relieved by a solid 2.2 innings of relief from Bruno, who allowed two runs on one hit along with four walks and five strikeouts. Shea Walker totaled 1.1 innings of relief allowing just one hit, before John Whiteside handled the ninth inning with one earned run on one hit with one walk and one strikeout.
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Game Two
Asheville would jump out to a lead with four runs in the home half of the second, plating an insurance run in the eighth while the pitching staff secured the combined shutout. The second inning began with Eric Krumpe drawing a leadoff walk and advancing to second on a wild pitch, before Rylen Stockton dropped a bloop double into right center for his first career hit getting Krumpe to third. Krumpe scored on a ground ball by Pereira that he was able to reach on a throwing error before Pereira stole second to get into scoring position. Lowe would single to left to score Stockton's first career run, before Lanowitz would keep the train moving with a single through the right side followed by an error in right field that allowed both Pereira and Lowe to score on the play. The final run of the game would come in the home half of the eighth when Pereira would drop down a squeeze bunt to score Stockton.
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Lanowitz and Stockton each had two hits in the game, while Lowe, Hemphill, Krumpe and Caiden Chilausky each had one hit in the game. Pereira scored drove in two runs in the game while Lowe and Lanowitz each drove in one. Stockton scored twice in the game, while Lowe, Krumpe and Pereira each scored once. Fairleigh Dickinson's offense was stifled by five solid innings from Clay Edmondson in his first start back from injury, as he scattered six hits while not walking a single batter and striking out three. Nic Melton fired one inning of relief allowing just one hit with two walks and two strikeouts, while Daylinh Nguyen-Brown earned his first career save firing three innings of relief scattering three hits with two walks and five punchouts.
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The Bulldogs (2-0) return to Greenwood Field tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 15) to wrap up the series with Fairleigh Dickinson going for the sweep. First pitch is set for 2:00 p.m., with live stats available at www.uncabulldogs.com.
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 A reminder that admission to all UNC Asheville Baseball games at Greenwood Field is free courtesy of Ingles!
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Guy, Colby (1-0)
L: MATTIOLI, Chris (0-1)
Batting:
2B: MANTUANO, Jimmy 1
RBI: CHEESEMAN, Jeremy 1 ; MANTUANO, Jimmy 1 ; DUDECK, Nate 2 ; GOMEZ JR., Franklin 3
Base Running:
RUNS: CHEESEMAN, Jeremy 1 ; DIMOTTA, Joey 3 ; MANTUANO, Jimmy 1 ; DUDECK, Nate 1 ; GOMEZ, Johnathan 1
SB: DIMOTTA, Joey 1
HBP: QUAGLIATO, Nick 1 ; GOMEZ JR., Franklin 1
Batting:
2B: Minarik, Jake 1 ; McGinnis, Coleman 1 ; Pereira, Jake 1
RBI: Lowe, Logan 1 ; Lanowitz, Corbin 1 ; Gillen, Patrick 1 ; Michelson, Owen 1 ; Hemphill, Ben 1 ; Minarik, Jake 1 ; McGinnis, Coleman 2
SF: Lanowitz, Corbin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lowe, Logan 2 ; Lanowitz, Corbin 1 ; Michelson, Owen 1 ; Hemphill, Ben 1 ; Mercado, Brock 1 ; Minarik, Jake 1 ; McGinnis, Coleman 1 ; Pereira, Jake 2
SB: Lowe, Logan 1
HBP: Lowe, Logan 1
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