ELON, N.C. – Elon University baseball returns to conference play this weekend as the Phoenix (18-18, 3-6 CAA) hosts Charleston for a CAA series at Latham Park. Friday's series opener is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start. The teams will then play again at 4 p.m. on Saturday before rounding out the weekend with a 1:30 p.m. first pitch on Sunday.

COVERAGE
All three games will be streamed live on FloBaseball and live stats will also be available. Fans can also listen to games on The Varsity Network App.

TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased online or by contacting the Elon Ticket Office at 336-278-6750.

PITCHING MATCHUPS

Elon	Charleston
R-So. RH Joe Savino (2-4, 4.99 ERA)	Jr. RH Ty Good (5-3, 4.15 ERA)
R-Sr. RH Brian Edgington (5-2, 2.96 ERA)	Fr. RH Daniel Brooks (2-2, 4.46 ERA)
Fr. LH Shea Sprague (3-1, 1.07 ERA)	Sr. LH Connor Campbell (3-0, 3.22 ERA)

THE SERIES
- Charleston is ahead in the all-time series, 36-29.
- The series is tied at 12-12 when playing at Latham Park.
- Elon and Charleston met seven times last year. After Elon won the first series 2-1 at Latham Park on April 30-May 2, the Phoenix captured the second series 2-1 at Patriots Point on May 20-22.
- The two programs met again at the 2021 CAA Championship in Wilmington, N.C. After a 7-3 win over sixth-seeded William & Mary and a 2-0 loss to the tournament hosts, No. 2 seed UNCW, Elon's season came to an end with a 6-2 loss to the No. 4 Cougars.
- With the game tied at 1-1 through five and a half innings, a pair of home runs in the sixth helped CofC pull away. Kyle Greenler took the loss after getting tagged for four runs on four hits in 0.1 inning of relief. He recorded one strikeout in the outing. Jared Wetherbee held the Cougars to one run in a 5.0-inning start. He allowed five hits, didn't issue a walk and struck out three.
- Cole Reynolds led the maroon and gold with a 3-for-3 day at the plate. He had one double and was also hit by a pitch. Alex Iadisernia also doubled in a 2-for-5 performance, adding one run scored.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
- The Cougars (23-13, 10-2) were picked to finish third with 48 points in the CAA Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Trotter Harlan, Tanner Steffy and Ty Good all landed on the Preseason All-CAA Team while Jared Kirven and Joseph Mershon were Honorable Mention selections.
- Right hander William Privette was named the CAA Pitcher of the Week on Monday as he recorded a win and a save in two relief appearances to help the Cougars complete a CAA sweep of William & Mary. Last Friday, he allowed just one hit and struck out four over 2.2 shutout innings for his league-best seventh save. On Sunday, he retired all six batters he faced as CofC rallied for a 7-5 final.
- CofC is atop the league standings at 10-2 heading into the weekend. UNCW is second at 6-3 and Hofstra and William & Mary are both tied for third at 7-5.
- JT Marr leads CofC's starters with a .357 batting average. Harlan is next at .313 and Dean is batting .399.
- Mershon and Tyler Sorrentino have scored 27 runs each, Marr has driven in 30 runs and Harlan 29. Harlan has also walked 27 times and is 16-for-17 on stolen base attempts.
- The Cougars are hitting .272 as a team. CofC also owns a .420 slugging percentage and a .361 on-base percentage.
- Right handers Ty Good and Daniel Brooks and lefty Connor Campbell are expected to start on the mound this weekend.
- CofC pitchers own a combined 4.12 ERA and have allowed 179 runs (144 earned) on 304 hits and 131 walks this season. The Cougars have tallied 305 strikeouts and opponents are hitting .250 against them.
- CofC enters the series ranked 32nd nationally in stolen bases (63), 35th in stolen bases per game (1.75) and 37th in earned run average.
- Privette ranks second in the country in ERA (0.93) and 20th in saves (7). Good is 23rd in hit batters (11) and he, Brooks and Campbell are also 26th in games started (9).

ABOUT THE PHOENIX
- After a 2-1 non-conference series win over UNC Asheville last weekend, the maroon and gold defeated High Point 5-1 on Tuesday night.
- Luke Stephenson powered the offense with two home runs, three runs and three RBIs in a 3-for-3 outing. Will Vergantino drove in one run and contributed a 2-for-4 effort, and Charlie Granatell, Justin Cassella and Reynolds each hit 1-for-4.
- Cam Seguin made his first start as a Phoenix. The lefty from Woburn, Mass. held the Panthers to one run on five hits, struck out four and didn't walk a batter in the 4.2-inning start.
- Elon is currently eighth in the CAA standings with five league series still to play.
- Alex Iadisernia is hitting .328, Granatell owns a .303 average and Coolahan is batting an even .300.
- The Phoenix is batting .236 with a .366 slugging percentage and a .351 on-base percentage.
- Elon's expected rotation for the series will see Joe Savino, Brian Edgington and Shea Sprague.
- Elon owns a team ERA of 3.90 with opposing teams hitting .278. The Phoenix has recorded 308 strikeouts against 86 walks in 320.2 innings.
- The maroon and gold ranks third nationally in walks allowed per nine innings (2.41), sixth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.58), ninth in double plays (34), 11th in sacrifice bunts (25), 13th in double plays per game (0.94) and 20th in ERA (3.90).
- Iadisernia is fifth in the country in sac flies (6), Coolahan is 10th in on-base percentage (.524) and Edgington is 26th in games started (9).
 
 ALUMNI WEEKEND
- This weekend marks alumni weekend for Elon baseball.
- On Saturday, there will be a Home Run Derby beginning at 11:30 a.m. followed by an Alumni Tailgate at 2 p.m.
- Additionally, there will be a student tailgate starting at 3:15 p.m.

UP NEXT
Elon's opponent for next Tuesday, April 26 has yet to be determined.