Concord Heads to UVa.-Wise for Midweek Tilt

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University baseball team plays its first midweek contest of the season when it travels to UVa.-Wise 2:00 p.m. Tuesday.

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SERIES HISTORY: Concord leads 22-13

Last Five Meetings vs. UVa.-Wise
April 2, 2025: Concord 10 – UVa.-Wise 8 (Athens, W.Va.)
March 18, 2025: Concord 13 – UVa.-Wise 8 (Wise, Va.)
April 16, 2024: Concord 13 – UVa.-Wise 5 (Wise, Va.)
March 5, 2024: Concord 12 – UVa.-Wise 3 (Athens, W.Va.)
March 5, 2023: UVa.-Wise 2 – Concord 0 (L, 8-1 L, 7-3) (Athens, W.Va.)

Concord at a Glance
Overall Record: 1-3
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 0-2
Neutral Record: 1-1

UVa.-Wise at a Glance
Overall Record: 1-1
Home Record: 1-1
Away Record: 0-0

TALE OF THE TAPE: Concord vs. UVa.-Wise

Concord	Statistical Category	UVa.-Wise
.198	Average	.254
2.5	Runs per Game	3.5
8	RBI	7
1	Home Runs	0
.261	Slugging Percentage	.365
5.18	ERA	3.71
.267	Opponent Batting Average	.180
.957	Fielding Percentage	.957

Concord Leaders
Batting Average: Korbin Bostic (.429), Matthew DiSanti (.417), Kaden Swaim (.308)
Home Runs: Sam Stowe (1)
RBI: Nick DiSanti (2), Sam Stowe (2), Kaden Swaim (2)
Slugging Percentage: Sam Stowe (.583), Matthew DiSanti (.583), Korbin Bostic (.571)
Stolen Bases: Four Tied (1)
ERA: Kerry Collins (0.00)
Strikeouts: Kade Varela-Payne (11)

UVa.-Wise Leaders
Batting Average: Jaden Ruehling (.429), Morgan Miller (.429), Joshua Morgan (.333)
Home Runs: N/A
RBI: Carter Babb (2), Derrick Hall (2)
Slugging Percentage: Bernard Creque (.571), Joshua Morgan (.556), Morgan Miller (.429)
Stolen Bases: Morgan Miller (2)
ERA: Ryan Whitson (0.00)
Strikeouts:  Mason McAlarnis (5)

SIT 'EM DOWN
The Mountain Lions recorded 22 strikeouts in 19 innings of a doubleheader against Ferrum Sunday afternoon. In game one—that ended up going 12 innings—CU struck out 15 innings which was a single-game program record for a regulation seven-inning contest. Sophomore pitcher Kaden Varela-Payne who was named the Mountain East Conference Pitcher of the Week notched eight strikeouts in his game one start that covered seven innings. Senior pitcher Kerry Collins rolled up five strikeouts in four shutout innings of relief. In game two, freshman pitcher Jonah Adams continued the strikeout bonanza with five strikeouts in 5.2 innings which was his first career start.

MONEY MATT
Senior infielder Matthew DiSanti was the forefront of the Concord offense in the doubleheader versus Ferrum. DiSanti recorded three hits in game one that included his first career triple. He scored both runs in CU's 2-1 win over Ferrum. DiSanti's three-hit game Sunday was his sixth career game with three or more hits, the second most on the active roster. Junior infielder Nick DiSanti has nine career games with three hits. Not only does DiSanti's five hits through four games lead Concord, but the Wilmington, North Carolina native leads the team in OPS with a value of 1.112.

SLICK FIELDING 
After three errors in the game one at Francis Marion the previous weekend, Concord went errorless in game two versus FMU and did not commit an error in the field in game one against Ferrum in the 12-inning win. In game one, the CU defense got an outfield assist from sophomore Atticus Goodson, and in the 11^th inning senior infielder Tyson Burke cut down a runner at the plate to preserve a tie with the Panthers. Before committing an error in game two against Ferrum, the Mountain Lions had a 16-inning errorless streak, dating back to the eighth inning of game versus Francis Marion.

SEEING RED
Concord has won four straight games versus UVa.-Wise to take a 22-13 series advantage. In all four games, CU has scored at least 10 runs. In two matchups last year, senior catcher Austin Hear went 5-for-9 with a home run and five RBI. Like Hear, M. DiSanti also homered at UVa.-Wise last spring as part of his three-hit game. N. DiSanti tallied three hits in a 10-8 home win. The Mountain Lions got a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning of last year's game from MJ Hunter. At UVa.-Wise, senior pitcher Logan Darrow tossed five innings as he scattered three hits and two runs. Sophomore utility Braylen Baker was vital in last year's home win over the Cavaliers as he tossed 3.2 scoreless innings of relief.  

SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
UVa.-Wise split a doubleheader with King over the weekend in its first game of the year. Like Concord, the Cavaliers played in two one-run games. UVa.-Wise walked off KU in the second game on a double in the eighth inning. Jaden Ruehling and Morgan Miller both went 3-for-7 in the twinbill. Two of the three hits from Joshua Morgan were doubles. The Cavaliers tallied 19 strikeouts in 17 innings.