THE SOCON TOURNAMENT
The Terriers will compete in the 2019 Southern Conference Tournament beginning on Wednesday at Fluor Field in Greenville ... Wofford has finished the regular season with a 33-23 record ... The Terriers were 14-9 in the Southern Conference after a series sweep at The Citadel, series wins over Mercer,  Western Carolina, UNCG and VMI, along with a split with ETSU and series losses to Samford and Furman ... The Terriers enter the tournament as the #2 seed, the highest in school history ... In the opening round on Wednesday, Wofford will play #7 seed VMI ... The second game will see the Terriers play either #3 UNCG or #6 ETSU ... Projected starters for the first two games are LHP Austin Higginbotham (8-3, 4.26 ERA) and LHP Hayes Heinecke (9-2, 2.80 ERA) ... The Terriers are first in the SoCon in batting average, first in on base percentage, first in runs scored, first in hits, first in RBIs and first in walks ... The team's ERA of 4.27 is third in the league, along with ranking third in strikeouts and fourth in opponent batting average ... Among league leaders, Lawson Hill is fourth in batting average and first in hits, Andrew Orzel is first in runs scored, and Hayes Heinecke is fifth in ERA.

BROADCAST INFO
All games can be seen on the SoCon Digital Network.

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 wins in five of the last six seasons.
• The Terriers were 14-9 in 2019 in the SoCon, marking the second-most wins in a season in league play. Wofford has won 10 or more SoCon games in each of the last seven years. The second place finish in 2019 is the best in school history.
• Wofford batted .287 (third in the SoCon) with an ERA of 4.95 (fourth in SoCon) in 2018. This year the batting average is .309
   (first) and the ERA is 4.27 (third).
• Among national leaders, Wofford is 12th  in batting average, 12th in on base percentage and 13th in strikeout-to-walk ratio.
• Hayes Heinecke has nine wins, which is tied for 12th in the nation. Heinecke was one of only five players in the nation to start the
   season 9-0. Austin Higginbotham is tied for 33rd in the nation with eight wins.
• The Terriers have eight players hitting over .300 this season, led by Lawson Hill at .358 and John Dempsey at .340.
• In the national rankings, Wofford is third in stolen bases (150) and fifth in stolen bases per game (2.68).
• Wofford has stolen 100 or more bases in seven straight seasons, dating back to 2013, the longest active streak in Division I.
• Seven Terriers received postseason honors from the Southern Conference: Hayes Heinecke (Freshman of the Year, second team All-SoCon, All-Freshman Team), Brett Rodriguez (first team All-Conference), John Dempsey (second team All-SoCon, All-Freshman Team), Hudson Byorick (second team All-SoCon), Colin Davis (second team All-SoCon), Mike Brown (second team All-SoCon), Matty Brown (All-Freshman 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 4.26 ERA ... Hayes Heinecke is 9-2 with a 2.80 ERA, while Reece Maniscalco is the team leader in saves with four ... Rasesh Pandya has a 1.48 ERA to lead the team ... Lawson Hill leads the team and is fourth in the SoCon with a .358 batting average, along with a team-high 44 RBIs ... John Dempsey is hitting .340 which is sixth in the league and leads the team with seven home runs, along with a SoCon-best 21 doubles ... Hudson Byorick has 41 RBIs and is sixth in the league in on-base percentage ... Mike Brown leads the conference with 34 steals ... Brett Rodriguez is batting .330 which is tenth in the SoCon and has 33 stolen bases which ranks second.

HEAD COACH TODD INTERDONATO
Wofford's Todd Interdonato (UNC Asheville '00) is in his 12th season as head coach after spending two seasons as an assistant with the Terriers. After graduating from UNC Asheville, he was an assistant coach at his alma mater for one season. He spent two years at Gardner-Webb as an assistant coach and earned his MBA. In 2005 he was at Fort Scott Community College in Kansas as an assistant coach. Interdonato joined the Terriers as an assistant for the 2006 season. With 320 career wins, he is first all-time among Wofford baseball coaches in that category, passing Mark Line (204 wins in ten seasons). He reached win #200 against UNC Asheville on February 28 and win #205 at Presbyterian on March 16, 2016. His 250th win came at The Citadel (5/19/17) and he hit the 300 milestone against Lafayette on March 16, 2019.

2019 ALL-SOCON TEAM
Seven Wofford baseball players received Southern Conference postseason honors as announced by the league. Starting pitcher Hayes Heinecke was named the Freshman of the Year by the Coaches. Brett Rodriguez earned first team All-Conference honors by the coaches and the SoCon Sports Media Association. Hayes Heinecke, John Dempsey, Hudson Byorick and Colin Davis were named second team All-Conference by the coaches. Second team All-Conference honors by the media went to Hayes Heinecke, John Dempsey and Mike Brown. Matty Brown, John Dempsey and Hayes Heinecke were named to the All-Freshman Team.  

THE 2019 SOCON TOURNAMENT
This year marks the 11th appearance in the Southern Conference Baseball Tournament. Overall, the Terriers are 14-19 in tournament games winning one of three games in 2018. In 2007, Wofford was the #9 seed and won the tournament to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The highest seed the Terriers have ever been before this season was #3 in the 2015 and 2018 seasons. In addition to reaching the finals in 2007, the team reached the semifinals in 2014 and 2015.