RU LOOKS TO CLOSE OUT FIRST LEAGUE TITLE IN FINAL SERIES AT ASHEVILLE

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No. 23 Radford (36-14, 17-4 BSC) at UNC Asheville (21-31, 5-16 BSC)
Greenwood Field • Asheville, N.C.

GAME 1 • Thursday, May 14 • 6:00 p.m.
RU Michael Boyle (8-2, 2.43) vs. UNCA Joe Zayatz (3-6, 4.50)
LIVE STATS

GAME 2 • Friday, May 15 • 3:00 p.m.
RU Dylan Nelson (6-3, 3.70) vs. UNCA Jordan Fulbright (5-2, 5.07)
RU SPORTS NETWORK AUDIO • LIVE STATS

GAME 3 • Saturday, May 16 • 1:00 p.m.
RU Mitchell MacKeith (6-4, 4.40) vs. UNCA Lucas Clarke (4-8, 5.26)
RU SPORTS NETWORK AUDIO • LIVE STATS

No. 23/24/30 Radford enters the final series of the regular season needing to win 2 of 3 at UNC Asheville to secure the No. 1 seed and at least a share of the program's first Big South Conference title. The Highlanders lowered their magic number to clinch the top seed in next week's Big South Tournament to two with a home sweep of Charleston Southern last week. Their magic number for the outright title is three.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS • Current Stats
UNC Asheville has been eliminated from contention for the conference tournament and will be playing its final three games of the season vs. the Highlanders. The Bulldogs dropped a 4-3 decision to Tennessee in extra innings on Tuesday night. UNCA has dropped three straight games and four straight Big South series.

Asheville is led by two of the league's better bats, Tommy Houmard (.369) and Hunter Bryant (.345). Bryant is tied for the conference lead with 12 home runs and has driven in 43 runs. As a team, the Bulldogs are batting .255 and averaging 6.0 runs per game. The pitching staff carries a 6.31 team ERA.

THE HIGHLANDERS • Current Stats

- Nationally-ranked:
No. 23 - D1Baseball.com / No. 24 - Baseball America / No. 30 - Collegiate Baseball
- RU tied the second-longest winning streak in school history with its 8th straight win and a sweep over Charleston Southern. The Highlanders earlier in the season set the school record with 12 straight wins.
- Radford is 11-1 in its last 12 road games.

- Radford won its 17th conference game, which ties the school record for most wins in a conference season. The previous 17-win seasons came in 27-game schedules. The 2015 slate is 24 games.

- Radford has won 7 Big South games by one run.

- Ryan Meisinger went a season-high 3.0 innings to earn the victory over CSU in 11 innings on Saturday. The normal closer for the Highlanders is now 4-0 on the season. He struck out 5 in his appearance and 8 to 1 (48-6) strikeout to walk ratio on the season.

- With the win Friday over CSU, Radford set the school record for wins in a season. It now stands at 36.

- Radford enters the week #17 in the RPI.

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