Old Dominion (21-5, 7-1 C-USA) at Florida Atlantic (15-13, 4-4 C-USA)
Game Location – FAU Baseball Stadium (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Game 1 - Friday, April 9 at 5 p.m. (LHP Tommy Gertner - 3.72 ERA, 1-0 vs. LHP Hunter Cooley - 4.18 ERA, 4-2)
Game 2 – Saturday, April 10 at 2 p.m. (RHP Nick Pantos - 2.27 ERA, 2-0 vs. LHP Matt Sparling - 4.94 ERA, 2-1)
Game 3 – Saturday, April 10 (DH) (RHP Hunter Gregory - 1.82 ERA, 3-0 vs. RHP Dante Visconti - 6.50 ERA, 0-1)
Game 4 – Sunday, April 11 at 12 p.m. (RHP Ryne Moore - 3.06 ERA, 3-0 vs. RHP Javi Rivera - 7.22 ERA, 2-0)
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Notes - ODU
BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Old Dominion baseball team travels south to the Sunshine State for a four-game set at Florida Atlantic, which is slated to begin on Friday.
All four games will be on CUSA.tv.
The Monarchs (21-5, 7-1 C-USA) are coming off a series win over Marshall, sweeping the Herd and outscoring them, 43- 15 on the road. With their performance over the weekend, Hunter Gregory and Carter Trice both received C-USA weekly honors. Gregory pitched a complete game shutout on Saturday afternoon in ODU's 8-0 victory over Marshall, racking up eight strikeouts. Trice batted .563 (9-for-16), hit three home runs with 10 RBIs and stole two bases against Marshall. Trice, a second baseman, appeared on Baseball America's Freshman of the Year watch on Thursday morning.
To start the week, ODU checked in at the No. 26 spot in the RPI, its highest mark this season. They also received 29 votes in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll, checked in at No. 29 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll and No. 30 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll.
About the Owls
Florida Atlantic (15-13, 4-4 C-USA) visited Charlotte in the second week of C-USA action, dropping four straight contests to the 49ers. In non-conference action, the Owls won its series against No. 24 UCF and picked up a midweek victory over No. 6 Florida. The Owls are led by Nolan Schanuel (.356) offensively. Overall, FAU is hitting .272 as a team with a 6.78 ERA. FAU was selected to finish first in the C-USA East preseason poll. In Boca Raton, the Owls own a 10-5 mark.
In the last meeting between the Owls and Monarchs, ODU picked up the series win, winning two of three against a ranked FAU team in April 2019.
Series History: FAU leads the series, 14-6
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