ELON, N.C. – College of Charleston will visit Latham Park this weekend as Elon University baseball hosts the Cougars (17-16, 7-5) for three conference games on Friday-Sunday, April 30-May 2.

COVERAGE
Live stats will be available for all three games. Friday's opener will be streamed on the Elon Phoenix YouTube channel, while Saturday and Sunday will be streamed on FloSports. Fans can also listen to the Elon Sports Network from Learfield IMG College with the pregame show set to start 15 minutes before first pitch. The radio broadcast can be heard at elonphoenix.com/live and on the TuneIn app.

PITCHING MATCHUPS

Elon	Charleston
R-So. RH Brian Edgington (1-3, 3.75 ERA)	Fr. RH Ty Good (4-3, 3.55 ERA)
TBD	TBD
R-Fr. RH Joe Savino (0-1, 3.96 ERA)	TBD

THE SERIES
- CofC is ahead in the all-time series, 33-25.
- Elon has won four straight against the Cougars.
- The teams last met for three games on March 22-24, 2019 at Patriots Point.
- Elon led the first game 1-0 after six innings, but could not hold off the hosts as the Cougars took the opener 3-1.
- In Game Two, George Kirby held the Cougars to one run on five hits and a pair walks as Elon pulled even with a 7-2 victory. Cam Devanney went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a walk while Adam Spurlin hit 2-for-4 with a two-run blast. Garrett Stonehouse also had a multi-hit day, going 2-for-5 with a run, an RBI, and a stolen base. Joe Satterfield doubled as he went 1-for-3 and drew a pair of walks.
- Down 6-5 through seven innings, Elon scored three runs in the eighth to secure an 8-6 final and the 2-1 series win. Ty Adcock earned the win and improves to 2-1 on the season. The Oxford, N.C. native pitched effectively for 3.0 complete innings, allowing one free trip to first without giving up a hit. Adcock also posted a multi-hit effort at the plate as he finished 2-for-5 with a triple and a run scored. Devanney went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run, and Spurlin finished 1-for-3 with a double, a run, and a walk.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
- CofC did not have a midweek game and did not have a weekend series last week, instead playing a single game against Division II Emmanuel College (Ga.) last Friday.
- The Cougars defeated the Lions 6-3 as starting pitcher Ty Good struck out eight through six innings. He held the visitors to one run on three hits en route to his fourth win. The freshman right-hander did not allow a walk for the second time this season. Harrison Hawkins led the offense as he batted 3-for-5 with two runs driven in. Joseph Mershon and Luke Stageberg both hit 2-for-4 in the win.
- CofC leads the CAA South Division with a 7-5 mark in league play. The team has won 3-of-4 conference series this season, earning 2-1 wins over William & Mary, UNCW and James Madison. The Dukes took 2-of-3 from the Cougars when JMU hosted Charleston on April 2-4.
- Charleston was picked to finish second in the South Division in the CAA's preseason coaches' poll. Senior first baseman Ari Sechopoulos and freshman starter Caswell Smith were each named to the Preseason All-CAA team while junior outfielder Donald Hansis earned Honorable Mention honors.
- Mershon leads CofC with a .325 clip. Also hitting .300 or better are Hawkins (.318), Trotter Harlan (.307) and Tanner Steffy (.300).
- Mershon and Hawkins have combined to score 57 runs. Hawkins leads the team with seven long balls and 35 RBIs.
- The Cougars like to steal with 44 stolen bases in 54 attempts. Harlan has a team high nine steals, but Mershon and Hawkins are right behind him with eight each.
- CofC is hitting .255 with a .403 slugging percentage and a .337 on-base percentage.
- The Cougars have only settled on one starter this weekend, with Good expected to get the nod in Friday's opener.
- Charleston's arms own a 4.96 ERA with teams hitting .296 against them.
- CofC leads the league in double plays (22), double plays per game (0.94) and shutouts (3).
- Good ranks 15th nationally with 11 hit batters.

ABOUT THE PHOENIX
- Elon is currently third in the CAA South Division standings and has six conference remaining on the schedule, all against the Cougars.
- Leading Elon's bats is Alex Iadisernia with a .380 average. Following him are Tyler Cranston (.344), Justin Cassella (.328) and Anthony Galason (.295).
- Iadisernia has paced the offense with 27 runs scored, 24 RBIs, nine homers, 82 total bases, and 17 walks.
- As a team, the Phoenix (14-17, 6-6) is batting .252 with a .401 slugging percentage and a .342 on-base percentage.
- Elon has stolen 30 times on 40 attempts, with Galason leading the team with eight steals.
- The Phoenix ranks 50th in the nation with 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings, 61st with a 2,.50 strikeout-to-walk ration and 64th with 18 sacrifice bunts.
- For this weekend's rotation, the Phoenix will go with Brian Edgington on Friday and Joe Savino on Sunday. Saturday's starting pitcher has yet to be determined.
- Elon pitchers have a combined 4.80 ERA with opposing teams hitting .269.
- Savino ranks eighth in the country with a 10.60 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He is also 25th in walks allowed per nine innings with 1.16.
- Joe Sprake leads the CAA with five victories.

PHOENIX RALLIES FOR NON-CONFERENCE WIN OVER WESTERN CAROLINA
- Down 3-2 to Western Carolina late, Elon scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning to secure a 4-3 come-from-behind victory on Wednesday night.
- The Catamounts entered Wednesday's game ranked ranked third in the country in on-base percentage (.429), fourth in scoring (8.8 runs per game), seventh in hit by pitch (67), eighth in batting average (.307), 13th in doubles per game (2.22) and 19th in runs scored (280). The Catamounts were unable to convert though as the team hit just 1-for-14 (.071) with runners in scoring position.
- Elon pitchers held the Catamounts to three runs, just the fourth time this season WCU has scored three runs or less in a nine-inning game.
- Will Gambino earned the win and improved to 1-0 after tossing 2.1 innings of two-hit ball. He walked one batter and struck out four. Starter Liam Dabagian limited the Catamounts (21-12) to one run on three hits and a walk. He added one strikeout through 2.0 complete innings. Ian Evans gave up two runs on six hits, didn't issue a walk, and finished with two punch outs over 3.2 innings in relief. Noah Jensen also came out of the pen, fanning one of four batters he faced in 1.0 inning pitched. He did not allow a hit and didn't walk anyone.
- Iadiernia went 2-for-4 on the day, Parker Haskin hit 1-for-1 with a double and a run scored, and Willie Havens turned in a 1-for-2 effort with a two-bagger, a run and a base on balls. Spurlin had the big knock for the Phoenix as he tripled and drove in two runs in a 1-for-4 day at the plate. Arnone scored once as a pinch runner, and Stonehouse walked twice and scored the team's other run.

ELON JUMPS UP IN RPI
- With the win over the Catamounts, Elon raised its RPI (Rating Percentage Index) from a 183 to a 162.
- Against Top 50 RPI teams this season, the Phoenix leads the CAA with a 4-3 (.571) record. UNCW is next at 6-5 (.545), followed by Northeastern at 1-2 (.333) and Hofstra at 2-4 (.333).

UP NEXT
The maroon and gold will head to Raleigh, N.C. next Tuesday, May 4 for a 6 p.m. meeting with NC State.