ELON, N.C. -- Elon will look to move to 7-0 this season against Atlantic Coast Conference competition when the Phoenix visits North Carolina's Boshamer Stadium for a 4 p.m. game on Tuesday afternoon.  The Phoenix enters with a 30-17 overall record while the Tar Heels sport a 27-17 mark.

 

Elon is 9-25 all-time against North Carolina in a series that dates back to March 26, 1909.  In that first meeting, UNC took a 6-5 decision over Elon.  The two teams met once in Chapel Hill last season.  The Tar Heels claimed a 15-6 win in that game.  Elon defeated UNC 4-2 in Elon earlier this year.

 

Elon - RH Ken Ferrer (7-4, 5.66 ERA, 37 K)

North Carolina - RH Patrick Johnson (4-3, 3.49 ERA, 42 K)

 

• This year, Elon pitchers have thrown 7,217 pitches.  Of those, 4,398 have been strikes.  That amounts to 60.9 percent of the pitches being thrown for strikes.

 

• Elon has scored 391 runs this season.  The Phoenix has scored 155 of its runs from the seventh inning on.  That amounts to 39.6 percent of its runs being scored in the late innings. 

 

• Mike Melillo belted three home runs in Elon's series at Wofford to move into a tie for second in the program's history with 36 career homers.  He is tied with former teammate Bennett Davis who hit 36 in two seasons (2008-09).  His next jack will tie him with Scott Brendle (1996-99) as Elon's all-time home run king.

 

• Elon currently sports a 17-6 road record.  That is a .739 winning percentage on the road, the seventh-best road percentage in the country.  Coastal Carolina's .867 (13-2) road mark is the best in the nation.