Newcomers Stephen Johnson and David Long provided the big sticks as the Wofford baseball team opened Russell C. King Field, its new on-campus facility, with a doubleheader sweep of Niagara by scores of 16-9 and 12-3 this afternoon in Spartanburg, S.C.

The Terriers (4-0), in action for the first time since Feb. 8, are off to their best start in a season since opening the 1983 campaign with 13 consecutive victories.

Wofford overcame three-run deficits in each game. The Terriers' 16 runs in the first game represented its highest scoring total since a 17-16 win over Georgetown on Feb. 17, 2002. All nine starters for Wofford in game one had at least one hit in the 18-hit attack. Wofford had 12 hits in the second game to total 30 on the day.

Johnson, who played at Drexel as a freshman last year, transferred to Wofford when that school dropped its baseball program. The leftfielder collected the Terriers' first hit at Russell C. King Field with a solo home run in the bottom of the second. His two-run single in the fifth tied the game at 5-5. He later added a two-run single in a six-run seventh inning. He was 3-for-3 with five RBI in the first game and 5-for-7 on the day.

Long, a transfer from Walters State Community College, went 3-for-4 with five RBI in the second game. The Terrier first baseman's three-run homer closed a five-run fourth as the Terriers took a 6-3 lead.

Freshman Eric Sturkie, playing third base, had a two-run single in the Terriers' six-run fifth inning that also included a two-run homer by Zach Pittman. Wofford has 12 newcomers on its 28-man roster this spring.

Preseason All-SoCon selection Steve Casey, having moved from first base to rightfield, was 4-for-6 with two RBI in the first game.

Tony Carbone, who hit a two-run homer in game one, was 5-for-9 with three RBI on the day.

Jarrod Rampey (1-0), the second of four Terrier pitchers in the first game, picked up the victory with four innings of relief.

Starter Jesse Cole (2-0) allowed three earned runs in five innings in game two. He struck out six and walked one. Freshman Charles Vartanian tossed the final two innings of scoreless relief. In five innings this season, the 6-foot-6 Charlotte, N.C., native has yet to allow a hit or run.

Michael Medici was 4-for-4 in game one for Niagara. Tim Fitzgerald had two hits in the first game before collecting two RBI in game two.

Wofford is off until Saturday when it hosts Youngstown State in a 1 p.m. doubleheader. The Terriers and Penguins will also meet in a Sunday noon contest. Clemson will visit Russell C. King Field on Mar. 10 at 7 p.m. Niagara returns to action Saturday with an 11 a.m. game at Marshall.