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36 Matthew Marchal

  • Position Right Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 215
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenville, S.C.
  • High School St. Joseph's Catholic

Biography

CAREER: Made 55 appearances with 36 starts… Owned a 20-8 record with a 4.06 ERA and three saves alongside 227 strikeouts… Twice named All-Southern Conference, first team in 2022 and second team in 2023… Named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll three times and Southern Conference All-Academic Team twice… Named to Southern Conference All-Tournament Team in 2022 and 2023.

2023: Made 20 appearances with 19 starts and one relief outing… Posted an 11-4 record with one save and 93 strikeouts alongside a 4.58 ERA… Tied for the national lead with 19 games started… Led the Southern Conference in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.23) and wins, with wins checking in at eighth in the nation… Ranked third in the league in strikeouts and walks allowed per nine innings (2.14) and fifth in WHIP (1.23) … Tied Wofford’s single-season program records for both games started and wins… Named All-Southern Conference Second Team by the coaches… Pitched a perfect 4.0 innings against UNC Asheville (2/21) with five punchouts to earn the win, his first of the season… Accrued six strikeouts over 4.0 innings against Kent State (2/26) with only one earned run allowed… Notched win against Sacred Heart (3/4) in the first game of a doubleheader with 5.0 innings of one-run ball and seven punchouts… Made lone relief outing of the campaign at Georgia Tech (3/21), tossing 2.0 innings with only a run allowed, unearned, and a pair of punchouts to secure a save… Picked up the win after 5.0  innings against VMI (3/26) … Pitched 5.0 innings in the first leg of a twin bill against Siena (4/1) with one run and six strikeouts en route to the victory… At ETSU (4/6), started game one of a doubleheader, notching the win with 6.0 innings of work… Pitched 1.2 scoreless frames against Presbyterian (4/11) to secure a win… At Western Carolina (4/16), hurled 7.0 innings with five punchouts to secure another win… Pitched another 7.0 frames against Samford (4/23) with two runs and six punchouts en route to the victory… Earned win for seventh-straight start with three strikeouts in 3.1 innings against High Point (4/30) … Started game two of a doubleheader at The Citadel (5/19), securing the win with 5.0 innings of one-run ball and five punchouts… Tossed first-career complete game with 9.0 innings against UNCG (5/25) in the SoCon Tournament, allowing only an unearned run with a career-best 15 punchouts… Named to the Southern Conference All-Tournament Team… Was tabbed preseason as a Preseason Second-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and the SoCon Preseason Pitcher of the Year... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and All-Academic Team.

2022: Pitched in 18 games with 17 starts and one relief outing… Posted a 7-2 record with a 2.52 ERA and 93 punchouts over 85.2 innings… Led team in ERA (2.52), opposing batting average (.225), innings pitched (85.2) and strikeouts (93) … His seven wins tied for second on the squad… Led the SoCon and ranked 14th in the country with a 7.75 strikeout-to-walk ratio… Was second in WHIP (1.02) and walks per nine innings (1.26), which ranked 23rd and 15th nationally, respectively… 2.52 ERA was second in the SoCon, 93 strikeouts third and seven wins fourth… Named All-Southern Conference First Team by the coaches and media… Started season opener against George Mason (2/18) and tossed 3.1 innings with three strikeouts… Pitched an inning in the start at Georgia (2/22) and struck out the side without allowing an earned run… Pitched 5.0 scoreless innings in the start against UNC Asheville (3/2) with seven strikeouts… Threw 5.0 relief innings against Penn (3/6), striking out a career-high 11 batters without allowing an earned run… Earned the win as the starter against Lafayette (3/11) with eight strikeouts over 5.0 innings with just one run allowed… Pitched 3.0 shutout innings as the starter against Cincinnati (3/15) with three strikeouts… Struck out one over 2.0 scoreless innings in the start against Winthrop (3/30) … Struck out seven over 5.0 innings as the starter at Dallas Baptist (4/3) … Earned the win in a season-long 7.1 innings against UNCG (4/8) as the starter with five strikeouts and no runs surrendered… In 5.1 innings as the starter against ETSU (4/14), recorded the win with six punchouts… Won his third-straight start with 6.0 innings pitched at Mercer (4/22) and nine strikeouts… Turned in 7.0 innings as the starter against The Citadel (5/6) with five strikeouts for the win… Won again with 6.0 innings of one-run ball in the start against Western Carolina (5/13) with five punchouts… Struck out three over 6.0 scoreless innings for the win at VMI (5/19) … In the SoCon Tournament, pitched 6.0 innings to open against UNCG (5/27) with just one run allowed and six batters struck out to claim the victory… Named to the SoCon All-Tournament Team... Named SoCon Pitcher of the Week on March 7… Named to Southern Conference All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Made 17 relief appearances and posted a 2-2 record ... Threw 39.0 innings with 41 strikeouts and a 2-2 record, along with a pair of saves ... At Gardner-Webb (2.20) had four strikeouts in 2.2 innings ... At Presbyterian (2/24) went 3.0 innings with five strikeouts ... Against Xavier (2/28) had three strikeouts in 3.0 innings ... Against UNCG (4/17) did not allow a run in 2.0 innings to earn the victory ... At VMI (4/23) had five strikeouts in 2.1 innings ... Added six strikeouts in 4.1 innings at Georgia State (4/27) ... At Winthrop (5/5) did not allow a run in 2.0 innings with two strikeouts to pick up the save ... Did not allow a run in 1.1 innings at Kennesaw State (5/18) with three strikeouts for the win ... Against Mercer (5/21) earned the save by going 3.0 innings with two strikeouts and one hit allowed ... In the Southern Conference Tournament against Western Carolina (5/29) had three strikeouts in 3.1 innings ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

BEFORE WOFFORD: Played his freshman season at Furman ... Posted a 2-2 record in six appearances and a start against Quinnipiac (3/10) ... In 10.0 innings pitched, had eight strikeouts ... Recorded wins over Northern Kentucky (2/21) and against UNC Asheville (3/4) ... Allowed only three hits in 4.1 innings against the Bulldogs.

HIGH SCHOOL: As three-year letterman at St. Joseph’s ... As a senior in 2019 earned All-State, All-Region and Greenville News All-Upper State honors with a 6-2 record, along with a 1.14 ERA and 67 strikeouts ... During his junior season was named All-Region and a Palmetto Games selection ... Named team’s rookie of the year in 2017 and played in the Diamond Prospects All-Star Game ... Also lettered twice in basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Born December 7, 2000 ... Son of Douglas and Melissa Marchal ... Majoring in business economics.

HONORS & AWARDS
- 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- Southern Conference Pitcher of the Week (March 7, 2022)
- 2022 All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2022 Southern Conference All-Tournament Team
- 2022 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 All-Southern Conference Second Team (Coaches)
- 2023 Southern Conference All-Tournament Team
- 2023 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2021Sophomore

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 210 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2022Junior

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 210 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2023Senior

    Right Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 215 lbs
    36