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ELON, N.C. -- The Elon baseball team, which received a point in this week's national coaches' poll, will conclude a five-game road swing with mid-week games at 14th-ranked Clemson on Tuesday and Wednesday.  The Phoenix (15-6) visits Clemson after a weekend sweep of Southern Conference rival Western Carolina.  The Tigers (10-7) swept ACC foe Duke over the weekend.

Probable Starting Pitchers
Tuesday
Elon: Se. RH Thomas Girdwood (2-1, 5.40 ERA, 16.2 IP, 12 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 9 BB, 13 K)
Clemson: Sr. RH Justin Sarratt (0-1, 1.93 ERA, 14.0 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 11 K)

Wednesday
Elon: TBA
Clemson: TBA

Series History
A year ago Elon traveled to fifth-ranked Clemson and picked up a mid-week sweep by scores of 15-10 and 4-3 (10 innings). That sweep improved Elon’s all-time mark against Clemson to 7-10.

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On Deck
Elon will return home to take on Samford in a key Southern Conference series this weekend before playing four straight on the road. The Samford series begins at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night.

Our SoCon Best
After sweeping its first two league series, Elon is off to its best Southern Conference start since joining the league for the 2004 season.

Nearing 500
In his 15th season as the Elon skipper, Mike Kennedy is closing in on milestone win number 500.  Already Elon’s all-time winningest coach, Kennedy boasts a career record of 489-37-3 (.592).

Closing it Out
Since 2007 Elon has been very good at closing out games. The Phoenix has gone a combined 145-11 (.929) when leading after seven innings and 149-12 (.925) when holding a lead following the eighth inning.

That’s Number 25
Senior righty Ken Ferrer took over solo possession of fourth place on Elon’s career wins chart by claiming career victory number 25 on March 19 at Western Carolina. In that game Ferrer tossed six innings, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out six.

Ferrer also now ranks 10th in program history with 194 strikeouts.

400
Elon’s 6-2 victory over Wright State on March 5 marked the 400th win of the program’s tenure at the NCAA Division I level. Elon’s first year of Division I play was the 2000 season.

The State of North Carolina Baseball
(Records of D-I Programs Since 2000)
1. North Carolina 515-215-1
2. East Carolina 466-238-2
3. North Carolina State 410-276
4. ELON 408-264-2
5. UNC Wilmington 380-234-1
6. Western Carolina 366-290-1
7. Charlotte 361-266-2
8. Wake Forest 345-299-2
9. UNC Greensboro 342-296
10. Duke 280-355-1
11. Campbell 270-348-1
12. Appalachian State 257-359-3
13. High Point 252-382-1
14. North Carolina A&T 249-364
15. Gardner-Webb 236-230*
16. UNC Asheville 232-399
17. Davidson 225-351
* Gardner-Webb’s first D-I year was 2003