CU Takes 3-Game Winning Streak to Shippensburg

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The games were originally scheduled to be home contests for Concord in Beckley, W. Va., but were forced to be moved to Shippensburg late in the week due to the weather in southern West Virginia.

Records
Concord took three of four games from Indiana (Pa.), which like Shippensburg plays in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, to even its record at 5-5 on the season. CU took the final three games of the series against IUP.

Shippensburg is 4-1 and is also on a three-game winning streak with consecutive wins over Winston-Salem State as well as West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schools Shepherd and Davis & Elkins.

All-Time Series
Concord and Shippensburg have met four times since the 1996 season, with all four games coming in the last two years. CU trails Shippensburg 3-1.

Last Time Out
• Seven Mountain Lions drove in at least two runs each to lead Concord to a 25-13 victory against Indiana (Pa.), capping off 3-1 series victory over the Crimson Hawks.

• Freshman shortstop Holt Cassada had a team-high four RBI.

• CU's 25 runs were the most by the Mountain Lions since 2007 when Concord defeated Salem International 26-10.

Scouting Concord
• Junior first baseman Joey Miller became the third Concord player this season to be named the WVIAC Player of the Week after a standout performance against IUP.

• Miller batted .412 with a five runs, two home runs, 11 RBI, a .500 on-base percentage and a .824 slugging percentage.

• Miller already has three home runs and 17 RBI this season, the most in the WVIAC in both categories.

• Helping fuel Concord's 12-run win against Indiana (Pa.) was a solid outing from junior starting pitcher Tyler Zimm, who gave up just two runs and four hits over five innings to go with two strikeouts.

• Junior outfielder Bret Blevins has recorded hits in eight of his nine games played. Blevins leads CU in batting average (.447), hits (17), runs (13) and doubles (six).

• Senior outfielder, and CU leadoff hitter, Jacob Mays reached base 10 out of a possible 22 times in Concord's  four-game series at IUP, improving his on-base percentage to .481.

• Mays drove in four runs and stole three bases in four games vs. IUP.

• Senior outfielder Devin Smith propelled Concord to an 11-6 win over Indiana in game two with a 3-for-5 performance that featured a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning.

• While Smith provided offensive power in game two, it was junior relief pitcher Tim Leather who supplied the stability on the mound en route to his second win of the year.

• Leather threw 2.2 innings and allowed only one run, which was inherited from starter Drew Spear, out of the bullpen to quiet the IUP bats. Leather has a team-low 1.64 ERA in 11 innings this year.

• Junior relief pitcher Will Zuspan picked up his first save of the season in the Mountain Lions' 6-5 game three win vs. IUP. He has not allowed a run in his last three appearances.

• The win in game three went to junior pitcher Tyler Coyle (1-0), who pitched 5.2 innings, allowing four runs and striking out four Crimson Hawks to earn the victory. 

• Sophomore second baseman Jerrod Groves, Mays and Miller are the only three Concord players to reach base safely in all 10 games so far in 2013.

Scouting Shippensburg
The Red Raiders are led by Mike Marcinko and Pat Kregeloh. Marcinko is batting .643 (9-for-14) and has six RBI. Kregeloh, the reigning NCBWA Atlantic Region Hitter of the Week, has one home run, six RBI and a .526 batting average. Kregeloh is also 2-0 on the mound with eight strikeouts and one complete game.

The Coaches
Andrew Wright is 58-58 with one WVIAC Championship in his three seasons at Concord. Matt Jones is in his 13th season as a collegiate head coach; Jones has a career record of 310-293-2 and is 162-167 in seven seasons at Shippensburg.

Up Next
Concord returns home and opens up WVIAC play when it hosts Seton Hill for three games at Anderson Field March 9-10. March 10 is Youth Day at Anderson Field.