All Sports Schedule

Monarchs Open Three-Game C-USA Series At Middle Tennessee

Opens in a new window ODUGamenotes Opens in a new window C-USA Stats
Monarchs Open Three-Game C-USA Series At Middle TennesseeMonarchs Open Three-Game C-USA Series At Middle Tennessee

ODU Monarchs (25-16/12-9) at. Middle Tennessee State (20-21/9-9)
April 25 at 7, April 26 at 5 and April 27 at 1 p.m ET -- Reese Smith Jr. Field
Murfreesboro, TN.

Radio: Live broadcasts on STAR1310 AM with Ted Alexander

PROBABLES:
Friday: Andy Roberts LHP(3-1/2.80) vs. Zac Curtis LHP (5-2/2.33) 
Saturday: Ryan Yarbrough LHP (5-4/2.69) vs. Paul Mittura RHP (3-2/3.08) 
Sunday: Victor Diaz RHP (2-2/2.95) vs. Johnathan Frebis LHP (3-4/4.68)

SERIES: MTSU leads 1-0: The only meeting between the two was in the 2000 NCAA Baseball Regional in Clemson, SC.(May 27) 6-5 in an elimination game.  ODU head coach Finwood is 12-8 from his days at Western Kentucky from 2006-11.

ABOUT MTSU
The Blue Raiders are led by Trent Miller with a .350 batting average along with 17 doubles, four homers and 31 RBI. Miller ranks third in C-USA in hitting. He leads the league in doubles and is tied with ODU's Taylor Ostrich in triples with 3. Jared Allen has a team best seven homers with 25 RBI. As a team, MTSU is hitting .265 and has a 4.59 team ERA.

ODU LEADERS

Runs – Higgins 31 (6th in CUSA)Hits – Higgins 59   (2nd in C-USA)RBI- Burney 32        (5th in C-USA)Doubles – Higgins 14   (3rd in C-USA)Homeruns – Burney 6   (3rd in C-USA))Stolen bases: Myers (9)Saves: Gero (8)            (2nd in C-USA)Appearances –Gero (24) (2nd in C-USA)

COMPARING THE TEAMS                ODU   MTSUHitting:  .284    .263Runs :  242     1922B:         84      713B:         9        13HR:      14        20BB:     149      146SO:     245      290SB:    36-50    22-36FLD:  .979     .975ERA:  3.34    4.53CG:    2            4SHO: 2           1SAV: 12          7

C-USA STANDINGSRice                   16-5    29-14
Southern Miss  13-5   25-17
UTSA                   11-7  26- 15
ECU                    11-7   25-17
ODU                   12-9   25-16
UAB                     10-8  24-16
FIU                      11-10 27-12
Midd. Tenn.        9-9     20-21
Marshall            8-9      18-21
FAU                   9-12     21-19
Tulane             6-13     15-23 
Charlotte       4-13       12-25-1
LA Tech          4-17      10-27 C-USA GAMES THIS WEEKEND
ECU at Florida AtlanticCharlotte at UTSA
ODU at Middle Tennessee
Rice at Southern Miss
Marshall at UABSt. Peter's at FIUWitchita State at TulaneAlabama A&M at LA Tech 

ODU VS. TOP RANKED VIRGINIA ON APRIL 29THLocation: Harbor Park in Downtown NorfolkGametime : 7 p.m.Tickets: $5.00For more information call: 757-683-4444 or go on line: YnotTix.com