| Old Dominion vs. Rice | |
| Date | Time | Friday, March 25 (7:30 PM) | Saturday, March 26 (3 PM) | Sunday, March 27 (2 PM) |
| Location | Houston, Texas | Reckling Park |
| Voucher Books | ynottix.com |
| Watch Live | riceowls.com |
| Live Stats | riceowls.com |
| Game Notes | ODU Notes |
| Broadcast | STAR 1310 AM / Monarch Media |
| Friday (7:30 PM) | Sam Sinnen (RHP) vs. Jon Duplantier (RHP) |
| Saturday (3 PM) | Adam Bainbridge (LHP) vs. Blake Fox (LHP) |
| Sunday (2 PM) | Victor Diaz (RHP) vs. TBA |
NORFOLK, Va. -- Old Dominion baseball is back in action on the road this weekend, as the team travels to Houston, Texas to take on the Rice Owls for a three-game series. Game times are set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 3 p.m. on Saturday, and a new 2 p.m. start time on Sunday (all times Eastern).
The games can be viewed through riceowls.com, while live stats can be found here. The contest will also be broadcasted on STAR 1310 AM in Hampton Roads and on Monarch Media with Doug Ripley on the call.
Rice (11-9) holds a slight 5-4 advantage in the overall series and enters the matchup with a two-game winning streak. Last season, the Monarchs took 2-of-3 from the No. 8 team in the country at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex.
Old Dominion won its seventh straight game after defeating VMI 6-5 in thrilling fashion on Wednesday afternoon. The last time ODU baseball won seven-plus games in a row was in 2006 when the Monarchs reeled off 18 straight. With two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, Kurt Sinnen drilled one down the right field line to score the winning run and improve ODU’s record to 18-4 overall. Sinnen’s walk-off hit also marked the third for ODU this season. Kyle Beam singled to beat Manhattan and Myers knocked one out of the park against Liberty.
Connor Myers and Nick Walker lead the ODU bats with a .342 and .337 batting average, respectively. Myers ranks 11 in Conference USA in slugging percentage (.517), second in runs scored (22), eighth in hits (30) and third in doubles (7). Walker is fifth in the league in on base percentage (.476), seventh in RBIs (18), first in triples (2) and second in walks (22).
Two ODU pitchers are in the top five in the league in ERA, with Victor Diaz leading C-USA with a 1.48 earned run average. Sam Sinnen sits in fourth with a 1.71 ERA, while Adam Bainbridge is also ranked 12th with a 3.42 ERA.
Old Dominion enters the week of competition receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division I Poll. Florida Atlantic is the only C-USA school ranked, while ODU and Southern Miss are receiving votes. The number of votes in not known, as the point getters are listed alphabetically. The Monarchs are also receiving votes in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll and D1Baseball.com for the first time this season. The Baseball Monarchs are getting 27 votes in the Coaches Poll, putting them in 32nd place. The team is listed as others considered in the D1Baseball.com Top 25.
Rice is coming off a 7-4 victory over No. 16 Houston on Tuesday after sophomore Dane Myers went 2-for-4 with two RBIs at the plate, as well as pitch 3.0 scoreless innings in relief. Myers had earned the first save of his collegiate career and his two-hit night at the plate was his fifth this season. Charlie Warren led all players in finishing with a season-high four hits. Rice's 14-hit attack was the team's highest total of the season.
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