Date Posted: 5/5/2008

Belmont
* Belmont scored a season high 19 hits in its 14-0 victory over Campbell on May 9.

* The Bruins have now won four consecutive Atlantic Sun conference series for the first time in school history. The Bruins won all three games against Stetson from Apr. 11-13, won two out of three at ETSU from Apr. 18-20, won two out of three game against USC Upstate from Apr. 25-26 and finally won two out of three games against Campbell this past weekend.

* Junior Carlo Testa (Tallmadge, Ohio) pitched the first shutout of his career in Belmont's 14-0 victory over Campbell on May 9. This was his second complete game of the season and his career. The Bruins are now 8-3 in contests Testa's starts this season.

Campbell
* Campbell saw its Atlantic Sun tournament hopes slip a little further away last week after winning just one game against Belmont over the weekend. Belmont took game one 14-0, but Campbell bounced back nicely and earned a 6-5 win in game two to keep hopes of a series victory alive. Campbell committed three errors and walked 11 batters in game three as Belmont earned its third consecutive series victory over Campbell.

* Brandon Scott had another solid weekend as he was a home run short of the cycle in game three. Scott, who is Campbell's all-time leader in stolen bases, swiped two bags over the weekend and is just one shy of tying and two short of breaking Campbell's single season record.

* Ryan Hamme, who leads the team with 20 multi-hit performances, was 5-for-12 with two doubles, a home run and an RBI over the week. Hamme is one of just two players to start all 51 games this season. In his first weekend start of his career, Hamme went a career high seven innings and picked up a win in game two against Belmont.

* Campbell has tallied 93 stolen bases this season, which is just 11 short of 2001's record of 104. Catcher Stephen Parsons stole three bases in a game over the weekend, which is the second most for a Campbell member this season and is his career high in a game.

* Campbell will face Duke on Tuesday (May 13) before hosting the Lipscomb Bisons on Thursday (May 15) and Friday (May 16) for the final A-Sun games of the year.

East Tennessee State
* No Notes Provided.

Florida Gulf Coast
* FGCU won the Atlantic Sun Championship with weekend sweep of ETSU. The Eagles also now have their sights set on matching FIU's record for most conference wins in a single season. In 1995, the Panthers went 27-3 in the league, to set the record. FGCU's 24 wins are the most for any current conference member and the fourth most in A-Sun history.

* FGCU is playing its best baseball this season. The Eagles have won 11 of 12 including a pair of sweeps in league play. Senior OF Vinnie Scarduzio has been a big part of that. The senior outfielder is on a seven game hitting streak and has raised his average nearly 50 points and has 10 RBI and scored nine runs over that time.

* Last week FGCU beat in-state rival FAU 7-5 in 11 innings to improve to 6-2 in games that go to extra innings. A-Sun Player of the Year candidate Jason Peacock is a huge part of that success. He hit a homer in the 11th to put the Eagles up 7-5 and increased his batting average to .647 (11-17) in the 9th inning or later. He also has seven RBI and a slugging percentage of .941.

Gardner-Webb
* Gardner-Webb is 21-1 this season when scoring nine runs or more in a game.

* GWU is 22-2 when leading after the eighth inning in 2008, despite having only seven saves as a team.

* Brock Miller has been successful stealing bases 36 times in his last 37 attempts - dating back to last season.

* Daniel Cooke moved into ninth on the A-Sun career stolen base list over the weekend, and now has 61 bags in three seasons.

* With 11 steals in three games vs. Norfolk State, GWU reached the 100-steal plateau for the second season in a row. The 'Dogs have swiped 288 bases in the last three seasons.

* GWU is six home runs shy of tying the current school record for a single season (55 in 2000).

* The 'Dogs have reached the 100-double mark for just the second time as a Division I member, with six men belting at least 10. Eight players have at least eight doubles for GWU this season.

* Gardner-Webb's Brock Miller is on pace to become the team's first .400 hitter since the 2000 season, when GWU advanced to the Division II World Series. Miller is currently batting .419 and is batting away at a .408 clip in league play.

* GWU slugger Bubbie Spake has the fourth-best RBI total for a single-season in school history - with 56 runs batted in so far in 2008. His home run total (12) is fifth-best in GWU history.

* GWU ranks fifth nationally with 605 hits in 2008, and are 70 hits shy of the school's single-season record (2000, 65 games). GWU is on pace to shatter the school-record for hits per game - averaging an eye-popping 11.8 per contest so far this season.

* GWU's .474 team slugging percentage is the highest since the program's move to Division I play in 2001.

* Southpaws Wes Cogdill (4-1) and Ryan Maxa (4-2) have combined for eight wins this season in relief. The duo also has one save apiece, giving them a direct link in 10 of GWU's 25 wins in 2008.

Jacksonville
* The 17-year monkey finally came off the Dolphins' backs as junior catcher Brad Simmons went 3-for-3 with a home run and a career-high four RBI to lead the JU baseball team to a 7-6 shocker over No. 3 Florida State on May 7 at Dick Howser Stadium. JU, which last won at Howser Stadium with a 7-4 decision on April 29, 1991, has now defeated the Seminoles in back-to-back season for the first time since 1993-94. The win also gave the Dolphins their third win over a ranked opponent this season (No. 25 UCF, No. 17 Florida) and back-to-back seasons with victories over the Gators and Seminoles.

* Sophomore Glenn Witkowski made his second start on the weekend and it was a doozy. Unfortunately, the offense and defense couldn't pick him up in the best start of his young career. In a 3-1 loss to Dallas Baptist on May 9, Witkowski allowed three unearned runs and scattered five hits in a career-best 7.2 innings. Included in his effort was a career-high tying five strikeouts and no walks while retiring 17 consecutive batters during the contest.

Kennesaw State
* Kennesaw State moved into a tie for second in the A-Sun with Lipscomb after taking two of three from North Florida over the weekend.

* Ric Bishop's two-run homer in the eighth inning proved to be the difference in game one of the series. It was Bishop's eighth blast of the year. He now has 32 RBIs in A-Sun games.

* Chad Jenkins pitched eight innings to earn the win in game two of the set. Jenkins gave up two runs on seven hits with no walks and six K's.

* The Owls will face Jacksonville State this Tuesday before wrapping up the season at Jacksonville on Thursday and Friday.

Lipscomb
* No Notes Provided.

Mercer
* On Monday, the Mercer baseball squad avenged an early season loss to in-state rival Georgia Southern, throwing ten arms and tallying eight hits en route to a 6-4 victory. Matt Crawford tallied two doubles and Michael Langley and Tyler Brown each went yard to lead the Bears from the plate. David Harden got the win from the hill.

* The Bears took two out of three at A-Sun foe Lipscomb this past weekend. In game one, the Bears used a four-run sixth inning to take a lead they would not relinquish, grabbing the 8-3 win. Mike Armstrong, Casey Stuart and Steve Karwatt each tallied two hits in the victory and David Harden earned the win from the hill, fanning six in the first five innings. The Bears fell, 4-1, in a pitcher's duel in game two. The Bisons out-hit the Bears 11-8, with John Dortch tallying three hits and scoring the Bears' lone run. In the final game, Mercer used seven runs in the top of the eighth to grab the series with a 14-9 win. Michael Langley went four-for-six from the plate while Joe Winker added two hits and four RBI. Lath Guyer grabbed the win.

UNF
*No Notes Provided.

USC Upstate
* USC Upstate has come-from-behind to win 15 of their 23 games this season.

* After starting the year in a 1-for-25 slump, freshman Keith Bisgounis has hit .343 (36-for-105) with 22 runs and 19 RBIs.

* Junior Eric Guillen is one of 25 players in school history to record 50 hits in two seasons in his career.

* Senior Andrew Runion is hitting .396 (19-for-48) with 10 runs and 10 RBIs during his current 12-game hitting streak, which ties a team season-high.

* Runion became one of 11 players in school history to record 75 hits in a season on Saturday at Stetson. He is eighth in school history with 195 career hits.

* Freshman A.J. Clark is hitting .500 (7-for-14) with six RBIs in his last four games, including a 4-for-5 game with three RBIs on Sunday against Stetson.

* Junior Phillip Myers has a 2-0 record and 2.91 ERA in his last nine appearances. He has tossed 21.2 innings and struck out 16 in that span.

* Junior Justin Hayes' four saves are tied for sixth in the Atlantic Sun and his seven career saves are tied for sixth in school history.

Stetson
* Stetson rebounded from a Friday night loss to sweep a Saturday doubleheader and take the A-Sun series from USC Upstate in DeLand. After leading the game early, Stetson fell 5-4 Friday night in the first game. Starter Nick Pugliese pitched well giving up just three runs on 10 hits and striking out seven over seven complete innings. David Burns gave up two runs and suffered the loss dropping to 0-2 on the season.

* Saturday afternoon the Hatters struck early and never looked back for a 10-4 victory in the first game of the doubleheader. Andy Mauldin fired his second complete game of the season and struck out two batters en route to the win. He is now tied for the league lead in victories with seven (7-1). The second game was a back-and-forth battle with the Hatters scoring four runs in the bottom of the 8th inning and coming out on the winning side of a 12-10 game. Robbie Elsemiller returned to the mound to close the door in the 9th and earn his 6th save of the season. He is now 2nd in the A-Sun in that category.

* Justin Bass led the way offensively in the series batting .538 with a double and his 10th and 11th home runs of the season. Casey Frawley and Robert Crews both hit .500 and Jeremy Cruz was not far behind at .467 with a home run. As a team Stetson batted .411 with six doubles, one triple and four home runs in the series. On the season Stetson has raised its team batting average to .303.

* A check of the A-Sun Leaders Summary finds three Hatters in the top four. Justin Bass is second at .398, Jeremy Cruz is third at .394, and Robert Crews is fourth at .380. Bass leads the conference in hits with 84, runs scored with 57, total bases with 141, and is second in doubles with 22.

* The Hatters now control their own destiny as far as reaching the A-Sun tournament set for May 21-24 in DeLand. If Stetson can win 2-of-3 next week at ETSU it will secure a spot. With fewer than two wins Stetson will need some help from Kennesaw State (vs. Jacksonville), or Lipscomb (vs. Campbell).