Baseball Hosts Morehead State on Tuesday, Opens Big South Conference Play at Presbyterian This Weekend

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Baseball hosts Morehead State at Greenwood Field on Tuesday (Mar. 10), before opening Big South Conference play at Presbyterian this weekend (Mar. 13-15).

UNC Asheville (10-7) vs. Morehead State (8-8)

Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026 | 4 PM | Asheville, N.C. | Greenwood Field

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About the Bulldogs - Asheville comes into the week on a five-game winning streak after sweeping play last week, its longest winning streak since 2006. The Bulldogs are second in the Big South Conference with a .304 team Mrbatting average, while also ranking second in the league and 14^th in the nation in double plays turned (15). Asheville is also second in the league and 31^st in the nation in hits (166), while Blaize Johnson leads the conference and is 41^st in the nation in home runs with six. Johnson also leads the conference and ranks 43^rd in the nation in runs scored (21) and ranks 41^st in runs batted in (22). Patrick Gillen is currently the ninth-toughest hitter to strike out in all of Division I.

About the Eagles - Morehead State comes into the week at 8-8 after winning three out of four over the weekend against Butler. Morehead State pitching ranks seventh in the nation in hit batters (37), while the offense ranks fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference and 32^nd in the nation in hits (165) and leads the league and ranks 24^th in the nation in home runs (25). They also rank second in the league and 29^th in the nation in stolen bases (35), and second in the league and 17^th in the nation in triples (six). Aubrey Kearns is second in the conference and 21^st in the nation in hits (26), while Kyle Krupp is third in the conference and 26^th in the nation with 10 stolen bases. Krupp is also second in the nation with three triples.

Series History - This will be the seventh all-time meeting between Asheville and Morehead State, and the first meeting since 2015. Asheville holds a 4-2 edge in the series, having won the last two meetings including a 3-2 win back on Feb. 28, 2015.

UNC Asheville at Presbyterian

Game One | Friday, Mar. 13, 2026 | 6 PM | Clinton, S.C.

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Game Two | Saturday, Mar. 14, 2026 | 3 PM | Clinton, S.C.

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Game Three | Sunday, Mar. 15, 2026 | 1 PM | Clinton, S.C.

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About the Blue Hose - Presbyterian comes into the week at 2-14 on a 14-game losing streak after being swept by App State over the weekend. Before hosting Asheville this weekend, Presbyterian plays a pair of games at Florida Atlantic this week. PC is eighth in the league with a .242 team batting average, ninth with a 9.74 team earned run average and tied for seventh with a .966 fielding percentage. Amman Dewberry is fifth in the league with a .375 batting average, while also ranking eighth in the league with a .609 slugging percentage and 10^th with a 1.029 OPS.

Series History - This weekend will be the 57^th, 58^th and 59^th all-time meetings between Asheville and Presbyterian, with PC leading the all-time series 35-21. PC won two out of three in last year's series in Asheville.

Baseball Hosts Morehead State on Tuesday, Opens Big South Conference Play at Presbyterian This Weekend

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Blaize Johnson

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