Post by The Cats on May 1, 2014 10:15:10 GMT -5
On May 2, the Appalachian State Mountaineers will visit Cullowhee for the very last scheduled regular season meetings between teams from ASU & WCU as members of the Southern Conference.
The weekend series will also be the final regular season meeting between the two teams on the baseball field as members of the same conference. The Catamounts leads the series, 77-46-1 overall, and has won five of the last eight games in the series, as the Cats won the series last season in Boone by a 2-1 margin, however, the Cats fell to the Mountaineers in the conference tournament.
The Mountaineers come to Cullowhee with a 15-26 overall record, and a 9-8 SoCon record which ties ASU with Elon for 4th place in the conference standing, 5 games behind conference leader Davidson. The Mountaineers have not traveled well this season, only winning five games on the road (5-16). ASU is 4-6 in their last 10 games and are currently on a 2 game losing streak.
The weekend series will also be the final regular season meeting between the two teams on the baseball field as members of the same conference. The Catamounts leads the series, 77-46-1 overall, and has won five of the last eight games in the series, as the Cats won the series last season in Boone by a 2-1 margin, however, the Cats fell to the Mountaineers in the conference tournament.
The Mountaineers come to Cullowhee with a 15-26 overall record, and a 9-8 SoCon record which ties ASU with Elon for 4th place in the conference standing, 5 games behind conference leader Davidson. The Mountaineers have not traveled well this season, only winning five games on the road (5-16). ASU is 4-6 in their last 10 games and are currently on a 2 game losing streak.
- Entering the week, Western Carolina boasts a 16-3 home record at Childress Field / Hennon Stadium ... the Catamounts are batting .332 collectively as a team at home led by senior Adam Martin with a .440 batting average at home including all nine of his seasonal home runs ... WCU has 216 hits at home including 73 for extra bases (34%) ... Bradley Strong and Dykota Spiess both have eight seasonal doubles at home ... WCU has outscored its opponents, 181-to-93, at home this season, an average of 9.5-to-4.9 per game ... the Catamount pitching staff holds a collective 3.84 ERA in games played at home versus a 9.04 by opponents, limiting foes to a .259 batting average against.
