ELON, N.C. – Elon University baseball travels to High Point, N.C. this Tuesday, March 29 for a 6 p.m. non-conference game against High Point. The game will be played at Truist Point, home of the High Point Rockers.

COVERAGE
Live stats will be available.

PITCHING MATCHUPS

Elon	High Point
Fr. LH Shea Sprague (0-0, 1.72 ERA)	R-Fr. RH Louis Stallone (0-1, 18.90 ERA)

THE SERIES
- Elon is ahead in the all-time series, 128-88.
- The teams last met on April 6 last season at Latham Park, with Elon grabbing the 8-7 win.
- Alex Iadisernia homered twice, scored three runs, drove in four more and added a walk in a 2-for-4 outing at the plate. Joe Sprake earned the win to improve to 4-0. He did not allow a run or a hit and issued one walk with one strikeout in 1.2 innings in relief.
- A second game at High Point on April 13 was canceled.

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
- HPU earned a 2-1 Big South series win over Winthrop this past weekend.
- The Panthers (9-15, 4-2) edged the Eagles 5-4 in the series opener on Friday, then secured the series victory with a 3-2 final on Saturday. Winthrop avoided the sweep with a 10-9 decision in Sunday's series finale.
- Leading HPU at the plate are Charlie Klingler (.364), Peyton Carr (.310) and Blake Sutton (.257).
- Cole Singsank and Adam Stuart have scored 16 runs each, Carr has driven in a team-high 18 runs and Sutton has drawn 15 walks. Carr and Singsank have both hit three home runs while Javon Fields has stolen nine bases in 11 attempts.
- As a team, the Panthers are hitting .220 with a .323 slugging percentage and a .331 on-base percentage.
- Louis Stallone is expected to get the start for the Panthers tomorrow.
- HPU's pitching staff has recorded a combined 187 strikeouts through 204.2 innings and owns a team ERA of 6.60. Opponents are hitting .294 against them.
- HPU is ranked 26th nationally in double plays (20), 31st in shutouts (2) and 43rd in double plays per game (0.83).
- Teddy Merritt is 17th in the country in games started (6), Everett Vaughan is 36th in saves (4) and Sam Garcia is 38th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.00).
- The Panthers received 41 points and were picked to finish eighth in the Big South's Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Head coach Joey Hammond was hired in June 2021 and is in his first season leading the Panthers.

ABOUT THE PHOENIX
- Elon dropped its CAA opening series to Hofstra two games to one.
- After evening the series with a 6-5 victory on Saturday, the Phoenix fell 15-5 in Sunday's rubber match.
- Iadisernia leads Elon's starters with a .326 batting average. Charlie Granatell is hitting .308 and Luke Stephenson is close behind him at .303.
- Iadisernia, Connor Coolahan and Samuel Frontino have all scored 16 runs while Stephenson has scored 15. Iadisernia has the team-high in RBIs with 25 and Coolahan leads the maroon and gold with 18 walks. Justin Cassella has stolen a team-best 10 bases in 13 attempts.
- The Phoenix is batting .239 as a team with a .381 slugging percentage and a .363 on-base percentage.
- Shea Sprague is expected to get the nod for the Phoenix on Tuesday.
- Elon owns a team ERA of 4.13 with opponents hitting .290. The Phoenix has tallied 202 strikeouts with 51 walks in 207.0 innings.
- The Phoenix ranks second nationally in walks allowed per nine innings (2.22), third in double plays (25), fifth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.96), seventh in double plays per game (1.09), ninth in sacrifice bunts (18) and 23rd in sacrifice flies (14).
- Iadisernia is 15th in the country in sac flies (4), Coolahan is 17th in on-base percentage (.537), and Brian Edgington and Joe Savino are also 17th in games started (6).

UP NEXT
Elon continues conference play with three games at James Madison this weekend.