THIS WEEKEND
The Terriers travel to UNCG for the final regular season series, with the games determining seeding for the upcoming SoCon Tournament ... Wofford has begun the season 31-22 ... The Terriers are 12-8 in the Southern Conference after a series sweep at The Citadel, series wins over Mercer, Western Carolina and VMI, along with a split with ETSU and series losses to Samford and Furman ... UNCG is 32-16 overall after a win over Winthrop on Tuesday night ... They are 13-8 in the Southern Conference with sweeps of The Citadel and ETSU, series wins over Mercer, Furman and VMI and a series loss to Western Carolina and a sweep by Samford ... In a series that began in 1997, the Spartans hold a 48-21 lead over Wofford ... In 2018, UNCG won two of the three games played in Spartanburg and a game in the SoCon Tournament ... Wofford starters will be LHP
Hayes Heinecke (9-1, 2.95 ERA) and LHP
David Yourke (1-4, 3.19 ERA) with Saturday to be determined ... UNCG starters will be RHP Austin Koehn (302, 3.68 ERA), RHP Phillip Sanderson (5-3, 5.60Â ERA) and RHP Jake Mayhew (3-0, 4.41 ERA).
BROADCAST INFO
No video of Thursday or Saturday games
Friday -
ESPN+
QUICK HITS
• The 36 wins in 2018 were the second-most in school history (39 in 2015). Wofford has won 20 or more games in nine straight seasons and have reached 30 or more in five of the last six seasons.
• The Terriers were 15-9 in 2018 in the SoCon, marking the most wins in a season in league play. Wofford has won 10 or more SoCon games in each of the last seven years.
• Wofford batted .287 (third in the SoCon) with an ERA of 4.95 (fourth in SoCon) in 2018. This year the batting average is .306 (first) and the ERA is 4.20 (third).
• Among national leaders, Wofford is 14th in batting average, 15th in on base percentage and 16th in strikeout-to-walk ratio.
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Hayes Heinecke has nine wins, which is tied for sixth in the nation. Heinecke was one of only five players in the nation to start the season 9-0.
Austin Higginbotham is tied for 20th in the nation with eight wins.
• The Terriers have six players hitting over .300 this season, led by
Lawson Hill at .352 and
John Dempsey at .340.
• In the national rankings, Wofford is third in stolen bases (145) and fifth in stolen bases per game (2.74).
• Wofford has stolen 100 or more bases in seven straight seasons, dating back to 2013, the longest active streak in Division I.
• OF
Colin Davis was named to the Preseason All-Southern Conference first team. Pitchers
Austin Higginbotham and
Anthony Garcia, along with DH
Lawson Hill, were named Preseason All-Southern Conference second team.
ABOUT WOFFORD
In the 2019 season, the team returns four starters in the field along with 13 pitchers ... Overall 22 players returned to the team with 13 newcomers ... This marks the 12th season under the direction of head coach
Todd Interdonato ... Leading the team are six seniors:
Anthony Garcia,
Austin Higginbotham,
Davis Keller,
Reed Massey,
Ty Reginelli and
Thomas Tatham ... Among the pitchers,
Austin Higginbotham is 8-3 overall with a 4.31 ERA ...
Hayes Heinecke is 9-1 with a 2.95 ERA, while
Reece Maniscalco is the team leader in saves with four ...
Rasesh Pandya has a 1.53 ERA to lead the team ...
Lawson Hill leads the team and is fourth in the SoCon with a .352 batting average ...
John Dempsey is hitting .340 which is seventh in the league and leads the team with six home runs, along with a SoCon-best 20 doubles ...
Hudson Byorick has a team-high 41 RBIs and is sixth in the league in on-base percentage ...
Mike Brown leads the conference with 34 steals ...
Brett Rodriguez is batting .338 which is eighth in the SoCon and has 31 stolen bases which ranks second.
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