BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Campbell continues its home stand this week, hosting Duke, North Carolina Central and Mercer at Taylor Field. The Camels will welcome the Blue Devils and NCCU during the midweek, and finish with the Bears on Friday and Saturday.

Tracking the Camels
Overall: 11-14
Home: 11-5
Away: 1-9
A-Sun: 1-8

Current Streak: L-2

Last Week: 3-2
March 22: W 25-13 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore
March 22: W 19-12 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore
March 24: W 9-6 vs. Northwestern
March 25: L 6-5 vs. Northwestern
March 26: L 3-2 vs. Northwestern

This Week:
March 29: vs. Duke, 6 p.m.
March 30: vs. North Carolina Central, 6 p.m.
April 1: vs. Mercer, 6 p.m.
April 2: vs. Mercer (DH), 1 p.m.

Turkson Ties Walks Record
Freshman outfielder Joe Turkson tied the Campbell single-game walks record against Maryland Eastern Shore, drawing a free pass four times in game one of a doubleheader. Turkson tied the record held by Ron Ammons, who walked four times on two occasions (at North Carolina Wesleyan 4/16/80 and at Stetson 3/3/81), and J.C. Hendrix (vs. UNC Asheville 3/13/92).

Bullpen Stellar vs. Northwestern
The Campbell bullpen showed significant improvement over the weekend, allowing only two runs, neither of which where earned, in 16.0 innings of work against Northwestern in a three game series. The Camel relievers surrendered just three hits, walking just two, and struck out 11, including five by sophomore Ryan Mattes, who allowed one hit in 4 2/3 innings of relief on Thursday night.

Logan Self pitched 7 1/3 innings out of the pen on Saturday in the series finale, allowing just three base runners on a hit and two walks. The outing was Self's longest of his career. Matt Marksberry fanned two and relinquished one hit. Marksberry also picked up a win in relief last week, allowing two hits and striking out five in 3 2/3 innings on Tuesday vs. Maryland Eastern Shore.

Brenneman on Track to Shatter Hit by Pitch Record
Jimmy Brenneman could easily break the Campbell single-season hit by pitch record by the end of the season. The junior has been hit 23 times so far this season, for second all-time, through just 25 games. Chris Bangi (2009-10) owns both the first and third highest hit by pitch totals in CU history with 30 in 2009 and 22 in 2010.

Alan Denman, who was hit by 15 pitches last season (now tied for fifth in single-season history), has already been hit 12 times, tying the senior for 10th.

Brenneman leads the nation in the category, while Denman ranks third.

Leading the Camels
Ellis Lowe leads the Camels in batting average (.381), hits (40), doubles (10), total bases (55) and slugging percentage (.524), while adding 21 RBI, 19 runs scored and a home run. The senior infielder is hitting .524 over his last five games, driving in eight runs over that span. Josh Hlskey is batting .340 on the year with a team-high three home runs, while adding 19 RBI.

Jimmy Brenneman is hitting .338 with 32 runs scored and 16 stolen bases, reaching base at a 544 clip. The junior outfielder has been hit by 23 pitches on the season, leading the nation.

Freshman Ryan Koopman leads the Camels with a 3-4 record on the season, holding a 4.17 ERA through seven games and 36 2/3 innings of work. Koopman, who has a complete game to his credit this season, has fanned 20 batters while opponents are hitting .257. Ryan Mattes (1-1, 5.71 ERA) and Logan Self (1-3, 8.13 ERA) pace the Camels with 28 strikeouts, while Jake Smith has a pair of saves.

Lowe Setting High Career Marks
Ellis Lowe became Campbell's all-time hits leader earlier this season at East Carolina, picking up three hits to move past Kent Cox's (1993-96) school record. The senior now has 295 career hits atop CU's all-time list. The senior also pushed his name to the top of the runs and at-bats record lists, now standing at 172 runs and 794 at-bats, after passing both the marks during the Northwestern series.

In addition to becoming Campbell's all-time hits leader, Lowe now ranks fourth in RBI (152), eighth in stolen bases (41), second in doubles (63) and third in total bases (397).

Lowe needs just two bases and two doubles to tie the total bases and doubles career records.

Scouting the Blue Devils
Duke (15-11, 2-7 ACC) comes into Tuesday's midweek matchup on a seven game losing streak following series sweeps at the hands of No. 16 Clemson and No. 12 North Carolina on the road, plus a 6-3 loss against Ohio in Durham.

Jeff Kremer leads the Blue Devils on the season with a .357 average 20 runs scored and 14 RBI, while Chris Marconcini owns a .313 average to go along with team highs of 24 RBI and 23 runs scored. Anthony D'Alessandro adds 17 RBI and runs with a .356 clip at the plate.

Joe Pfisterer is slated for the start Tuesday at Taylor Field, carrying a 1-2 record and a 5.60 ERA. Pfisterer has appeared in seven games with five starts, striking out 19 in 27 1/3 innings.

The Camels and Duke locked up once already this season, with the Blue Devils taking a 9-2 win at Jack Coombs Field in Durham. CU took an early lead with a run in the first and the third, but the Devils followed with seven scores in the bottom of the third and another in the fourth and seventh.

Scouting the Eagles
NC Central (1-22, 0-0 MEAC) will head to Campbell after a Tuesday night visit to Davidson. The Eagles are currently on an 11 game losing streak after matching that same streak to start the season. Akeem Hood leads the Eagles with a .386 average and 20 runs scored. Carter Williamson, meanwhile, adds a .354 average and 13 RBI.

The Eagles hurlers own a 9.67 team ERA, while Drew Robinson has tossed a team-high 32 2/3 innings with an 0-6 record and 16 strikeouts. Glenn Frye has posted a team-best 28 strikeouts in 30 innings with a 1-5 record.

Scouting the Bears
Mercer (17-9, 5-6 A-Sun) will come to Buies Creek after a midweek matchup with Georgia Tech. The Bears have belted an A-Sun high 38 home runs paced by Joe Winker's league high .420 batting average and eight home runs. Derrick Workman adds seven homers with a .337 average, while Billy Burns has scored 35 runs and registers a .343 average. Jacob Tanis also adds 33 RBI and a .359 average.

Justin French leads the Bear pitching staff with a 2-0 record and 1.82 ERA, while Brandon Love adds a 3-0 mark and 1.87 ERA. Matt McCall also carries a 2-1 record with a 3.24 ERA.

On Deck
The Camels will play their first game away from Taylor Field in nearly three weeks, heading to nearby North Carolina Central next Wednesday, April 6 (6 p.m.). Campbell will return to Buies Creek for its weekend Atlantic Sun series, hosting North Florida on Friday (6 p.m.) and Saturday (DH, 1 p.m.)