Concord Begins Stretch Run at Nationally-Ranked Charleston

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University baseball team embarks on a four-game Mountain East Conference South Division road series at Charleston with doubleheaders set for 5:00 p.m. Friday and 1:00 p.m. Sunday.

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SERIES HISTORY: Concord leads 49-37

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LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERSUS CHARLESTON
May 14, 2023: #24 Charleston 21 – Concord 11 (Charleston, W.Va.)
April 29-30, 2023: #25 Charleston 3 – Concord 1 (W, 11-10 L, 10-0 L, 12-5 L, 18-4) (Athens, W.Va.)
May 14, 2022: Charleston 15 – Concord 1 (Beckley, W.Va.)
April 30-May 2, 2022: Charleston 3 – Concord 1 (L, 7-0 L, 8-1 L, 11-0 W, 24-10) (Charleston, W.Va.)
May 14, 2021: Concord 7 - #16 Charleston 2 (Beckley, W.Va.)

CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 24-14
MEC Record: 14-8
Home Record: 19-8
Away Record: 3-5
Neutral Record: 2-1

RECORD WATCH
After collecting four RBI and adding his 12^th home run of the season against West Virginia State over the weekend, senior infielder Chris Satcher now has 29 career home runs and is at 148 career RBI. The West Palm Beach, Florida native is vying to become the third player in program history with 30 home runs and 150 RBI. The others are Greyson Schram (2007-10) and Jordan Clark (2016-19). Satcher is 10^th at CU in career RBI while teammate and fifth-year senior infielder Zack Saryeldin is ninth in career RBI with 149. On the mound, graduate pitcher Andrew Neff is seeking become the second pitcher in the history of the MEC to amass 30 career wins—the other is former Charleston ace Austin Henrich (2017-21) who had 31 wins. Neff has a career record of 29-10 after picking up the victory over West Virginia State last weekend. Neff has at least five strikeouts in his last three starts.

GOOD PITCHING AND GOOD HITTING
This weekend features one of the best offenses in the MEC going up against one of the best pitching staffs in the league. Concord's .345 team batting average is tied for third in Division II. CU has six hitters that start the weekend with an average of at least .345, including Saryeldin (.430), Satcher (.421), junior outfielder Demetri Jamison (.385), graduate infielder Daniel Layne (.364), senior infielder Michael Dupont (.361) and sophomore utility Dawson Gragg (.345). Jamison has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games with 11 of those being multi-hit games. Layne has at least one hit in 19 of 22 conference games this year. And Dupont has hit safely in seven of his last eight games. Charleston is one of two teams in the MEC with an ERA under 4.2 this season as it checks in with a 4.06 ERA. Nine UC pitchers have at least 10 innings pitched, but only three of those nine have more than 30 innings on the mound.

REVISITING THE RIVALRY
Charleston has won six of the last eight regular-season meetings, and the teams have also met in the MEC Tournament in each of the last three postseasons. UC won a 21-11 slugfest last year in an elimination game at the MEC Tournament. Layne was 3-for-4. Junior utility MJ Hunter drove in three runs. Charleston also won in 2022, but Neff stymied the Golden Eagles in the 2021 postseason. He struck out nine over 7.2 innings and allowed just one run. Neff is 2-1 versus UC in his career. In five career games, Layne is 9-for-16 against Charleston. Saryeldin has a larger sample size of 13-for-38 with eight RBI and four extra-base hits (two doubles, two home runs) versus the Golden Eagles.

CHARLESTON AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 32-7
MEC Record: 19-3
Home Record: 13-3
Away Record: 18-2
Neutral Record: 1-2

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Charleston is ranked 22^nd nationally as it has ripped off eight straight wins. Veteran pitcher Owen MacNeil who shut out CU two years ago is 4-0 on the mound this season with an ERA of 3.09 in 32 innings. Jimmy Breen and Scott Templeton are both 3-0 with ERA at or below 3.5. Austin Dzierwa has gone 6-1 and has 43 strikeouts in 46 innings. Offensively, JD Armstrong leads the MEC in hitting with a .446 batting average. Casey Finck is hitting .438 with 11 doubles to match Armstrong. And Hector Carreon-Herrera has also tallied 11 doubles to go with a team-best 39 RBI.