NORFOLK, VA-- Due to field conditions, the Saturday March 7 doubleheader between Old Dominion and the Penn Quakers is being moved to Sunday March 8. The first game for Sunday is scheduled for 1 p.m. with the second game to start following field prep between games. The third game of the series is now scheduled for Monday March 9, time tba.
ODU (2-5) vs. Penn Quakers (1-2)
at Bud Metheny Complex
March 8 & 9
Listen to the games live on ODU's audio stream through Monarch Media (odusports.com). Andy Mashaw will provide the play-by-play. Fans can sign up for the audio stream on the ODU website (odusports.com) for $9.95 per month.
ODU PROBABLE STARTERS
Game 1 Greg Tomchick, RHP (1-1/4.50 )
Game 2 Joey Benitez, LHP (0-0/3.00)
Game 3 Nick Hartman, RHP (0-1/7.71)
ODU LEADERS
Hitting: Connor Myers (.400)
RBI: Myers & Taylor Ostrich (5)
Hits: PJ Higgins (11)
Homers: Eldridge, Lustrino, Walker (1)
Stolen Bases: Matt Cogen (2-2)
Doubles: Josh Eldridge (5)
Runs: Nick Walker (5)
ERA: Sam Sinnen (0.00)
Strikeouts: Greg Tomchick (12 in 8 IP)
MONARCH NOTES
Taylor Ostrich has a current six-game hitting streak
Ostrich & Nick Walker have reached base in all seven games.
ODU took two of three from Rutgers Last weekend
ODU has lost seven games to the weather
ODU turned a school record 68 doubleplays (3rd nationally)
Head Coach Chris Finwood was the 2014 ABCA E. Region Coach of the Year
Finwood won his 300th collegiate game with a 2-1 (10 inn) win over Rice (3-8-14)
ODU advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years.
Last year, ODU split with top ranked Virginia
ODU defeated Rice twice and in five games three were one-run decisions & two extra innings
Nick Walker – 2014 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American team
Last year, Walker had the team’s longest hitting streak of 20 games
ODU returns its four top hitters from a year ago.
The name Old Dominion is the nickname of the Commonwealth of Virginia
ODU VS. PENN
This is the first ever meeting between the two schools…Head Coach John Yurkow is in his second season with the Quakers…Austin Bossart leads Penn in hitting at .400 while Matt Greskoff has a team best five RBI and a homer.
EXTRA INNINGS WITH CHRIS FINWOOD
Extra Innings with Chris Finwood debuts March 8 on ESPN Radio 94.1. The show will air every Monday evening at 6:45. Finwood will give a recap of the previous week’s games and upcoming Monarch baseball games as well as player interviews with host and ODU Director of Broadcasting Ted Alexander.
23 Baseball Games To Air On Star 1310 AM
ODU and Max Media of Hampton Roads have announced that 23 Monarch baseball games will be aired this spring on Star 1310 WGH AM, beginning March 20 when the Monarchs host defending Conference USA Champion and pre-season number 15 Rice.
Ted Alexander, ODU’s Director of Broadcasting and the voice of ODU football and men’s basketball, will serve as the primary play-by-play voice assisted by Doug Ripley, who has served as host announcer for the Karen Barefoot’s coaches show and play-by-play voice for the Lady Monarch basketball games the past three years. Also assisting on some of the broadcasts will be Andy Mashaw who is the analyst on ODU football broadcasts. Mashaw will be the primary play-by-play announcer on the audio stream broadcasts.
Two Baseball Games To Be Televised Nationally By ASN
American Sports Network (ASN) has announced its Conference USA Baseball television schedule for the 2015 season, featuring each of the league’s 12 schools. The current schedule consists of 11 regular season league games to appear nationally on the syndicated network. ODU will have two contests televised which include the March 28 contest at Middle Tennessee and a home game on May 2 against FIU.
ODU BASEBALL VOUCHER BOOKS AVAILABLE
ODU Baseball's 2015 season voucher books are available! Voucher books include 32 vouchers that grant admission to any ODU Baseball home game, including ODU-Virginia at Harbor Park on April 28. With each voucher book purchased, you will receive two (2) ODAF priority points! For more information, contact the ODU Athletic Ticket Office at 683-4444.
NEXT UP FOR ODU
The Monarchs travel to play top ranked Virginia on Wednesday at 4 p.m., then begin C-USA play at Western Kentucky, March 13-15 in Bowling Green, KY.