Baseball 2/20/2017 6:00:00 PM

RADFORD AND ELON MEET FOR FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS ON TUESDAY

RADFORD, Va. – Radford and Elon meet for the first time in seven years on Tuesday as the Highlanders kickoff a stretch of four straight games against North Carolina opponents with a 4 p.m. battle against the former Big South foe. The weekday matchup will be the lone meeting between the two teams in 2017.

SETTING THE STAGE
- Series: Elon leads 10-7
- Location: Latham Park (Elon, N.C.)
- Live Stats
- Tickets
- Game Notes

ON THE BUMP
Tuesday, February 21 – 4 p.m.
LHP Andrew Nardi (0-0, 6.00 ERA in '16) vs. LHP Jordan Barrett (0-0, 9.00 ERA)

LAST MEETING

Seth Canipe's walk-off two-run homer for Elon in the ninth inning completed a five-run rally and gave the Phoenix a 7-6 win over Radford on March 7, 2010.
Radford commanded a 6-1 lead in the fourth inning, allowed six unanswered that was capped off by Canipe's home run. Canipe finished 4 for 4 in the comeback win.
Five Highlanders finished with multi-hit games: Brett Mollenhauer, Reggie Keen, Matt Mack, Robert Lamas and Matt Hillsinger.
Lamas led the Highlanders with two RBIs. Tyren Rivers, Jeff Kemp, Mollenhauer and Keen drove in a run apiece.
Radford starter Bobby Bolling allowed two runs in 5.1 innings. Elon received four shutout innings out of the bullpen from John Brebbia.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Record: 1-2
Radford was outscored 25-10 in its Opening Weekend series at North Florida. The Ospreys scored nine runs twice in the series.
In the three-game series, Radford struck out 35 times in 95 at bats. The Highlanders only collected 15 hits in the series.
Of Radford's 10 runs scored in the series, nine came as RBIs.
Making the most of his first weekend as a college baseball player, freshman first baseman Spencer Horwitz went 3 for 8 in the series with a home run and four RBIs.
In the 8-7 win over North Florida on Saturday, Horwitz drove in three runs, including two on a two-run home run.
Leadoff man Adam Whitacre joins Horwitz as the only other Highlander with three hits in the opening series. Whitacre went 3 for 12 with two runs scored and a RBI.
Cody Schneider led the Highlanders with two doubles in the series.
Finishing the opening series a combined 2 for 17 at the plate, Danny Hrbek and Colby Higgerson drove in two runs apiece.
Higgerson hit his first collegiate home run in the seventh inning of Saturday's win as the insurance run turned out to be extremely important as the Ospreys tacked on a run in the ninth.
Radford's defense committed eight errors in the opening series.
Highlander pitchers possess a 6.12 ERA in 25 innings pitched, allowing 17 earned runs.
Out of the bullpen, freshman Austin Gerber and sophomore Cameron Fritz provided strong innings.
Gerber yieled one unearned run on two hits with three strikeouts in four innings of relief on Sunday.
Fritz picked up his first win in a Radford uniform on Saturday, tossing 3.2 innings of one-run ball.
Radford went 8-5 against teams from North Carolina in 2016.

SCOUTING ELON

Record: 2-1
Elon hosted Big South member Longwood in a three-game series this past weekend. The Phoenix collected wins on Friday and Saturday, before dropping a 9-5 decision on Sunday.
On Saturday, Robbie Welhaf tossed the first no-hitter of the 2017 NCAA baseball season, and the first for Elon at the NCAA Division I level.
Welhalf walked one batter and plunked another one, facing just one over the minimum. He punched out a career-high eight batters in just his third career start.
Elon holds a .327 average after Opening Weekend, collecting 34 hits in 104 at bats. Fifteen of the Phoenix hits came as extra-base knocks, including 13 doubles.
Seven Elon batters collected four-plus hits in the series.
Kyle Jackson and Ryne Ogren led the way with five hits apiece.
Jackson drove in four runs on two doubles and one home run.
Preseason All-CAA honoree CJ Young collected four hits, three coming as doubles and drove in four runs.
Phoenix pitchers struck out 27 Lancers, yielding only 16 hits in the series.
Elon has won each of the last six games, and nine of the last 10, against Radford.

UP NEXT

Radford continues play against teams from the Tar Heel State on Friday as the Highlanders open up a three-game series against North Carolina.
The two foes last met on April 16, 1997 with Radford taking an 8-4 victory.
The all-time series is deadlocked at 1-1.

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