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Sunday's Starting Pitchers The Series: The Panthers will get back in to Big South competition when Radford visits Williard Stadium this weekend. HPU is 18-15 against Radford in the Division I era and 8-2 against the Highlanders in the last 10 meetings. The Panthers hold an 8-7 advantage in games played at Williard Stadium. Last year the teams played just one, rain-shortened game before the rest of the series was rained out. The Panthers won Friday's suspended game, 16-11. Due to both teams not having an official at-bat in the ninth, the score reverted back to the previous inning's score and a grand slam by Bill Manion was taken away. Eight innings were officially in the books for that contest, which was stopped due to darkness. Max Fulginiti went 3-5 with two RBI and a run scored in the game. Radford: The Highlanders have posted a 15-16 record this season with a 4-5 mark in Big South play. After sweeping UNC Asheville to open conference play, Radford dropped two of three to Charleston Southern and last weekend Liberty swept the Highlanders. Radford picked up a pair of midweek wins over James Madison and Longwood this week. Matt Hillsinger leads the team with a .363 batting average and Tyren Rivers has a team-high 23 RBI. Friday's starter, Aerik Taylor, went five innings in his last start, giving up nine runs on 11 hits to Liberty. Last Series: The Panthers continued to struggle dropping a midweek, home-and-home series with Appalachian State. HPU is 1-9 in the last 10 games.
Probable Starting Rotation Record Watch, Doubles: Max Fulginiti and Matt Gantner are both close to setting the HPU record for doubles in a season. Fulginiti has 19 doubles this season and Gantner has 18. The record is 21 set by Gerald Culler in 1979. Fulginiti is tied with Mark Shorey (2006) and Jimmy Boyles (1976) for the second most in a season with 19. Gantner is tied with John Cavanaugh (2002) and Billy Alvino (2009) for the fifth best in a season. Record Watch, Hit by Pitch: Nate Roberts and Pablo Rosario have each been hit by 16 pitches this season, tying them for fifth most in a season at High Point with Billy Alvino who was hit by 16 in 2007. Rosario holds the record for getting hit in a season after taking 19 last season. Rosario has been hit with 42 pitches in his career, third most in the HPU record books. The record is 51 set by Jeff Cowan from 2006-09. Best Division I Start: The Panthers got off to the best start in the HPU's Divisin I era. High Point posted a 17-13 record through the first 30 games, it is the most wins through the first 30 games HPU has ever had, beating the 16 wins the 2002 and 2007 teams posted. It is only the second time in the D1 era the Panthers have had double-digit wins through the first 20 games. In 2002 High Point was 10-10 through 20 games. High Point has not had a winning season in the DI era and the last winning season was in 1990 when HPU went 32-18. On The Road: High Point just wrapped up a 12-game road trip. The Panthers went 3-9 in the span, and 3-6 in Big South road games. Senior Matt Gantner had the best roadtrip, hitting .408 with five doubles, 14 RBI and 12 runs scored. Jamie Serber went 1-1 in three starts giving up 14 runs, only nine of which were earned. In Big South Games: HPU is 4-8 in Big South Conference games this season. Senior Matt Gantner is hitting .489 in the 12 conference games, with two home runs and 14 RBI. Nate Roberts is hitting .404 against Big South opponents with five homers and Steve Antolik has driven in 17 runs. Freshman Jaime Schultz has made four appearances in Big South games, posting 10 innings with a 1.8 ERA and 11 strikeouts. Team Batting: HPU is hitting .337 as a team, dropping them out of the top-ten in the nation. The Panthers are tenth in the country with a .432 team on-base percentage. HPU is also tenth in the nation with 89 doubles. HPU leads the country in hit by pitch, having been hit 80 times this season. Infield Switch: Murray White IV started the first 28 games of the season at third base until he was moved to second base on April 7 at Wake Forest. Andrew Bartlett, Sal Pezzino and Drew Geissinger have all gotten time at third base since the switch. Gantner named Big South Player of the Week: Matt Gantner was named Big South Player of the Week on March 29 after hitting .611 in five games. He posted a hit in every game he played in and notched four mulit-hit games. Gantner highlighted his week with a 3-for-5 performance at the plate with three RBI, a home run and three runs scored in the game one win over Winthrop on March 27. Gantner closed out his week with a .889 slugging percentage and a .652 on base percentage in the five-game span, eight RBI and seven runs scored. Antolik On Base: Steve Antolik reached base safely in the first 26 games of the season before he snapped the streak on Friday at Liberty. He has reached base in 32 of 35 games this season. CollegeBaseball360.com Primetime Performer: Nate Roberts was named to the CB360 Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll on March 23. CB360 honors players who have been playing for or against a CB360 top-50 team. Roberts went 5-8 with five runs scored and four RBI in HPU's two wins over ranked opponents, East Carolina and VMI. Double-Digit Runs: HPU is 12-1 when scoring more than 10 runs. With a 15-4 win over Winthrop on Friday and a 15-9 win on Saturday HPU had scored 10 or mote runs in 12 games this season, including all three games in the Towson series. In the 17-11 loss at Western Carolina it was the first time this season that HPU scored at least 10 runs and didn't win the game. Walk-Off Win: Robbie Gilles came off the bench with a pinch-hit, walk-off single in the ninth innings against VMI. He took the 1-1 pitch from VMI's Michael Devine through the left side to score Nate Roberts and Kyle Mahoney. It is the second walk-off win for HPU this season. Scott Glover had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth of the Feb. 26 game against Fairleigh Dickinson to score Roberts and give HPU the 7-6 win.
Williard Stadium Attendance: 846 fans showed up to cheer on HPU on Wednesday when they defeated the No. 16 East Carolina Pirates. It is the largest crowd at Williard Stadium in the Division I era. Watch List: Junior catcher Kyle Mahoney was named to the 2010 Coleman Company Johnny Bench Award Watch List. The award is given annually to the top Division I catcher. Mahoney is the second Panther to be named to the watch list. Billy Alvino was named to the watch list from 2007-09 and was a semifinalist last year. Saves: Junior Mikel Rodenberg has stepped in to the closer role this season, already picking up five saves on the season. He is tied for second in the Big South lead with Austin Fleet of Coastal Carolina. This is his first year as a closer. Last year Jeremy Berg was HPU's closer, saving five games. Five for Five: Designated hitter Pablo Rosario went 5-5 against ECU on March 17 and is the third Panther to go 5-5 in a game this season. Murray White IV went 5-5 in the opening game of the Eastern Kentucky series with four runs scored and three RBI. Nate Roberts had a 5-5 night in the opening game of the Towson series, hitting three homers.
Series sweeps: HPU has picked up three series sweeps this season over Fairleigh Dickinson, Towson and Eastern Kentucky. It is the first time in the Division I era that HPU has three sweeps in a season. In 2005 the Panthers had two series sweeps over Ball State and UNC Asheville. Home Runs: HPU has hit 33 homers this season, already passing the 2009 total of 22. Nate Roberts leads the team with 11 and Matt Gantner and Murray White IV have five each. Ganter, White, Robbie Gilles, Steve Antolik and Andrew Bartlett have all hit their first career home run this season. Pablo Rosario and Roberts have the most career home runs of anyone on the team with 11. Roberts hits three homers against Towson: Roberts hit three home runs on just five pitches and added two singles to finish the Friday's game against Towson 5-5 with six RBI. He is the first Panther since Josh Cotton to hit three home runs in one game. Cotton did it on March 15, 2005 at East Carolina. Two of the homers went over the left field wall and one was hit to the scoreboard in right field. Big South Honors: Nate Roberts was named Big South Player of the Week on March 8 after hitting .615 in the Towson series. He had three homers in the opening game, to different parts of the stadium. He posted a 1.308 slugging percentage and .688 on base percentage for the weekend. HPU win streak record: With the Feb. 9 loss to Richmond the Panthers snapped a seven-game win streak. It is the longest win streak in the Division I era. High Point also set the record for consecutive games with 10+ runs scored, scoring at least 10 runs in five straight games this season. Shutout: Three pitcher combined for a three hit shutout on Friday. It was the first shutout for HPU since April 5, 2008. Jamie Serber started the game, throwing seven innings with Corey Swickle and Zach Haile each pitching an inning of relief. Hit Streaks: Three Panther batters have put together hitting streaks of at least 10 games this season. Murray White IV opened the game with a 12 game hit streak and Andrew Bartlett hit in 13 games from March 12-27. Steve Antolik has the longest hit streak on the team with a 14-game streak from March 10-27. Both Bartlett and Antolik's streaks ended at Duke on March 30. In Relief: Junior Corey Swickle is 4-0 on the season with all of his wins coming in relief. He leads the team with 17 appearances, having pitched 34 innings with 42 strikeouts and 18 walks. His 42 strikeouts are tied for sixth best in the Big South. Home Sweet Home: HPU plays 31 games at Williard Stadium this season, including 18 of the first 21 games. The Panthers are 14-5 at home. HPU Fifth in Preseason Poll: The Panthers were picked to finish fifth in the Big South Preseason Poll. HPU was ranked behind (1) Coastal Carolina, (2) Liberty, (3) Winthrop and (4) Radford. VMI was picked sixth behind HPU with (7) Charleston Southern, (8) Gardner-Webb, (9) Presbyterian and (10) UNC Asheville rounding out the conference. HPU finished the 2009 season in sixth place with a 21-32 (11-12) record. Coach Cozart: Craig Cozart is in his second season as the head coach of the HPU baseball team. He came to High Point after 12 years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Central Florida. In his career, 31 of Cozart's pitchers have signed professional contracts, including 26 in the Major League Draft. In his first season at High Point, closer Jeremy Berg signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization. Cozart helped guide the Knights to a 455-274 overall mark and five NCAA Tournament appearances during his 12 seasons. Last Season: In 2009, the first season under head coach Craig Cozart, the Panthers went 21-32 (11-12 Big South Conference) with two wins in the Big South Tournament, a first for the program. The Panthers had two wins over No. 14 Coastal Carolina during the regular season and defeated No. 4 North Carolina, the highest ranked opponent High Point has ever beaten. The Panthers set school records in hits (605) and doubles (118). The team's .317 batting average was its best since joining Division I and improved from .276 in 2008. Up Next: HPU will host NC A&T Tuesday at 6 p.m. and travel to Elon on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. game Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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