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ODU Opens CAA Play At Home Against George Mason Friday Night

ODU Opens CAA Play At Home Against George Mason Friday NightODU Opens CAA Play At Home Against George Mason Friday Night

March 19, 2009

NORFOLK, VA-- The Monarchs open CAA action at home this weekend, hosting the George Mason Patriots in a three-game series. First pitch Friday is 7 p.m. at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex. The teams will also play on Saturday at 4 p.m. and finish the series on Sunday at 2 p.m.

ODU leads the all-time series 35-33. Last season, the Monarchs won two out of three games in Fairfax.

George Mason is 14-3 this season. The Patriots are off to their best start in school history and have won ten games in a row. Mason swept Lehigh at home last weekend and downed UMass and Marist twice at home in midweek games.

Junior Chris Henderson leads the team with 4 HR, 14 RBI and a .411 batting average. Senior Scott Krieger has also added 7 HR, 21 RBI and is batting .328. Junior Ryan Brecko (2-0, 2.51 ERA) has 4 saves and 12 strikeouts in 14 innings of work so far this season. Pitching for the Patriots on Friday will be RHP Kevin Crum (2-1, 4.30 ERA), LHP Mike Modica (3-1, 4.12 ERA) on Saturday and LHP Dan Gerjets (2-1, 7.23 ERA) on Sunday.

ODU is 5-11 on the season so far. The Monarchs downed Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday 3-1 in a rain shortened series. In midweek action, ODU downed Maryland 10-6 at home on Tuesday and fell to the Terps on the road 8-3 on Wednesday.Freshman RHP Brett Harris (2-1, 3.00 ERA) will throw for ODU on Friday, while redshirt senior Brady Burchill (0-1, 3.86 ERA) will start on Saturday. Sunday's starter will be freshman RHP Ben Tomchick (1-1, 1.71 ERA).

Jake McAloose leads the team with a .397 batting average along with 2 HR and 10 RBI. Donnie Corsner has knocked in 17 RBI with 3 HR and a .353 batting average. Freshman Ben Tomchick (1-1) has a 1.71 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 26-plus innings of work for the Monarchs.