Wofford takes a week off from Southern Conference play to take on High Point in a three-game non-conference set. The Terriers are 25-17 (3-9 SoCon) after losing two-of-three on the road to Western Carolina in league action before dispatching Queens in midweek play. The Panthers are 27-14 (11-4 Big South) after dropping two-of-three to UNC Asheville at home in conference play before losing a 12-11 tilt to Elon on Wednesday. The programs have met 18 times before in a series dating back to 1928 with High Point holding a 12-6 all-time lead. The teams last met in 2023 with Wofford taking an 11-3 triumph in neutral site action as the contest was hosted at Wake Forest. The last meeting between the programs on a campus site was in 2006, a 9-6 victory for the Panthers in High Point.
 
Quick Hits
• Wofford's 12-5 triumph over No. 23 Kentucky is the program's first ranked win since besting No. 18 Dallas Baptist in 2022.
• With the 14-3 win over No. 17 Troy, the Terriers have victories over two different ranked teams in the same season for the first time in program history.
• Ryan Wynn hit for the cycle in the series finale on opening weekend against Ohio, marking the third cycle in program history.
• By taking two-of-three at The Citadel, Wofford has won its opening SoCon series in now six-straight full seasons.
• Wofford won the first-ever game in Fifth Third Park 5-2 over USC Upstate, christening the new minor league stadium in Spartanburg.
• James Layman leads the SoCon with a .379 batting average and ranks second with a .509 on-base percentage.
• Layman is Wofford's stolen base leader with 22 on the season, fourth in the SoCon. 
• Tyler Hare's 15 doubles are tied for the most in the SoCon, 40th in the nation. Ryan Wynn's 13 doubles are fifth in the league.
• The Terriers have been hit 87 times at the plate, 16th most in the nation.
• With 130 steals this season, Wofford has stolen 100 or more bases in now 12-straight full seasons dating back to 2013, the longest active streak in Division I.
 
Probable Pitchers
Saturday: Wofford's RHP Cullen Condon (2-2, 5.62 ERA) vs. HPU's Wade Walton (5-3, 4.13 ERA)
Sunday Game 1: Wofford's RHP Alec Bouchard (1-0, 7.24 ERA) vs. HPU's Dylan Story (5-2, 6.18 ERA)
Sunday Game 2: Wofford's TBD vs. HPU's TBD
 
About the Opponent: High Point Panthers
The Panthers currently sit atop the Big South standings with a conference clip of 11-4. High Point boasts a high-powered offense with the third-best batting average in the nation at .331. This comes while also ranking top five in the country in hits (477), home runs (90), runs (431), and slugging (.598). A pair of Panthers pace the team with averages over .400 with Konni Durschlag ranking second nationally at .452. Miggy Echazarreta posts a mark of .411 behind him. On the pitching side, High Point's 6.44 ERA is second in the Big South. The Panthers are led on the mound by Wade Walton, the game one starter, with his 4.13 ERA and 68 punchouts. It has been closer by committee for High Point as five different pitchers own a save. Joey Tuttoilmondo is the only hurler on the squad with multiple saves, boasting three.
 
Nothing for Free
While drawing plenty of walks at the dish, Wofford does not issue many on the mound, and this has been a consistent trend for several seasons now. Terrier pitchers allowed the fourth-fewest walks per nine innings in the country in 2022 at just 2.79. This lifted the club's K/BB ratio to 3.18, eighth-best in the nation. In 2023, the Terriers only issued 138 free passes. At a rate of 2.38 per nine innings, Wofford owned the lowest walk rate in the country. This aided in the country's 25th-best WHIP at 1.36. Wofford issued 17 fewer walks than the second-place team, Wake Forest, with 155 walks at a rate of 2.86. With a K/BB ratio of 3.43, the Terriers were third in the NCAA. Last season, Wofford owned a K/BB ratio of 2.47, best in the SoCon and 25th in the nation. The Terriers had a walks per nine clip of 3.38, best in the conference and 14th nationally. This season, Wofford has issued just 138 walks compared to 331 strikeouts hurled. This comes out to a 3.55 walks per nine innings rate, second best in the SoCon and 27th in the country. Wofford's lack of free passes issued aids in a 2.40 strikeout-to-walk ratio, third best in the conference and 45th in the country. The Terriers only have 10 games with more than four walks issued. Of the nine Terriers with at least 20.0 innings pitched, four have led the way with less than 10 walks issued. Alec Bouchard has been one of the best, granting seven free passes in his 27.1 innings of work while accumulating 27 strikeouts. Carter Rasmussen boasts only eight walks allowed in 29.0 innings compared to his 33 punchouts. Champ Davis has issued only seven in his 32.0 innings of work, and Sheldon Egger is responsible for just eight in his 34.2 frames of action.
 
The Con Man
Freshman Cullen Condon has burst onto the scene quickly to open his career. Condon was named the game two starter, making his debut almost immediately to start the season. Despite a tough first inning against Ohio, Condon settled in nicely afterward. The freshman posted a quality bounce-back outing against Army with a career-high 10 punchouts in 6.0 innings. With just one run allowed, he earned a quality start. Those 10 punchouts are tied for the most by a Terrier freshman in the program's Division I era. Overall on the season, Condon has a 5.62 ERA with 34 strikeouts in 40.0 innings of work over 10 starts. Those 10 starts show the trust the Terrier staff has in the youngster as he is one shy of the most starts by a freshman in the country (Northwestern's Matthew Kouser, 11) and owns the most by a SoCon freshman. He is only three shy of the most starts by a player in the nation regardless of class with Liberty's Dylan Mathiesen starting 14 times. Condon earned the game one nod for the first time in his career at UNCG and opened the series at Western Carolina for a second-straight weekend.
 
A Hard(in) One to Get Out
Terrier freshman Tanner Hardin has made his presence felt early in his career, assuming the every day second base duties. In 35 games of action with 27 starts, Hardin is hitting .337, the best non-qualified average on the squad with a minimum of 20 games played. Hardin touts 31 total hits with two doubles, 19 RBI, and 13 runs. On the bases, he is a perfect 11-for-11 on steals. In his first taste of SoCon action, the youngster has been undeterred, posting a team-high .385 batting average through Wofford's 12 league games. He has recorded 15 hits with both of his doubles coming in league play. In conference games, Hardin touts an on-base clip of .415 with a slugging mark of .436. He adds seven RBI with five runs scored and a pair of walks.
 
On Deck
Wofford will play another road contest at a Big South opponent by facing Winthrop on Wednesday, April 30, at 6:00 p.m. in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Wofford then returns home to host Mercer in SoCon play at Russell C. King Field for a three-game weekend set.