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ATHENS, W. Va. – The Concord University baseball team returns home to Anderson Field to open up its 2013 conference schedule with a doubleheader Sunday against Seton Hill University. The contests feature the two top teams in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll.
Live coverage
The Concord University sports information department will provide live statistics and live video for Sunday's games by following the links at the top of the page.
Records
Concord was swept by Shippensburg in a three-game series last weekend, dropping the Mountain Lions' record to 5-8 on the season.
Seton Hill enters the doubleheader 3-3 on the year after losing two of three games at Florida Tech last weekend.
The Series
Seton Hill leads Concord 4-3 dating back to the 2009 season. The Griffins defeated Concord 4-0 and 9-1 last season.
The Coaches
Andrew Wright is 58-61 with one WVIAC Championship in his three seasons at Concord. Marc Marizzaldi is 294-177 in his 10 years at Seton Hill.
Up Next
Concord will head to Wheeling Jesuit for a doubleheader on March 12 before returning home to host Glenville State in a three-game series March 16-17.
Last Time Out
• Concord held an early lead, but Shippensburg scored runs in six of its final seven innings to defeat CU 11-7.
• Junior first baseman
Joey Miller went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI and a home run.
• Junior outfielder
Bret Blevins drove in a pair of runs and stole one base while going 1-for-3.
• Seven of Concord's starters had at least one hit.
Scouting Concord
• The Mountain Lions' offense is averaging 7.9 runs per game, the second-highest per game average in the WVIAC. CU trails only Pitt-Johnstown, who has scored 9.8 runs per game, but has played just four games this season.
• The Mountain Lions are 3-1 at home this season and are 30-18 in home games under head coach
Andrew Wright.
• Concord is 4-1 this season when leading after four innings.
• Blevins will take a team-high four-game hitting streak into Sunday's doubleheader. He has compiled Concord-highs of 20 hits and 15 runs scored while also batting .417 on the year.
• Blevins also leads Concord with seven multi-hit games this season. Miller and sophomore infielder
Jerrod Groves are tied for second with six each.
• Groves, Miller and senior outfielder
Jacob Mays have reached base in all 13 of Concord's games.
• Groves has five hits in his last 13 at-bats.
• Miller, who leads Concord with four home runs and 20 RBI, is hitting .385 (10-for-26) with runners in scoring position, trailing only sophomore third baseman
Ryan Johnston (.471 / 8-for-17) and senior shortstop
Josh Wenger (.500 / 6-for-12) for the team lead.
• After going 1-for-12 in his three previous games, senior outfielder
Devin Smith snapped out of his mini slump by going 3-for-7 with one RBI and one run scored in Concord's last two games against Shippensburg.
• Senior pitcher
Drew Spear has a team-high 20 strikeouts. Spear has struck out at least five batters in his last three starts, including a six-strikeout performance March 2 at Shippensburg.
• Junior relief pitcher
Dustin Nuckels has given up just one hit in his last two innings pitched. Nuckels threw a perfect inning in CU's 3-0 loss at Shippensburg last weekend.
• As a team, Concord has stolen at least one base in its last 10 games. Mays and Blevins lead the team with five and four steals, respectively.
