BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Following a narrow defeat at NC State on Tuesday,
Campbell will welcome Belmont to Taylor Field in an Atlantic Sun
series. The Camels and the Bruins will kick off the set on Thursday
at 6 p.m., and conclude with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Friday.
Campbell is 15-25 on the year after a 3-2 loss at NC State on
Tuesday night, where the Wolfpack needed an RBI single in the ninth
to top the Camels. The Camels are 2-16 in A-Sun games.
Jimmy
Brenneman leads the Camels on the season with a .356 average, a
.535 on-base percentage (leads A-Sun), 46 runs scored (second in
A-Sun) and 25 stolen bases (leads A-Sun). Ellis
Lowe is batting .347 on the year with a team-high 35 RBIs and
14 doubles, adding 32 runs scored. Josh
Holskey is hitting .340 with 31 RBIs and four home runs, while
Alan
Denman fashions a .331 average at the plate with 32 RBIs and 33
runs scored.
Frank
Zier carries a 4.08 ERA on the mound for the Camels, with a 1-3
record. Ryan
Koopman is 3-6 on the year with a 5.08 ERA and 35 strikeouts in
an A-Sun high 62 innings pitched. Matt
Marksberry leads the CU staff with 47 punch outs in 41 2/3
innings out of the bullpen this season.
Lowe is already Campbell's all-time leader in hits, doubles, runs
scored, total bases and at-bats. The senior now stands at 67
doubles, 185 runs, 421 total bases and 862 at-bats. The senior also
ranks second in RBI (166), sixth in stolen bases (48) and sixth in
games played (203). Lowe needs just two RBIs to break the all-time
record, held by Jeff Huff (1998-01). He also ranks highly in
several A-Sun categories, standing third in hits, fourth in
doubles, 10th in at-bats, and 19th in batting average with a .365
career mark. The San Diego, Calif. native is also the NCAA's active
leader in hits.
The 20-18 Bruins will come to Buies Creek after a 9-8 midweek loss
at Tennessee Tech on Tuesday. Belmont carries a 9-9 record in A-Sun
games, coming off a sweep of East Tennessee State in Nashville,
Tenn. last weekend.
Nate Woods in the top Bruin threat at the plate, hitting .318 with
six home runs, 33 RBIs and 27 runs scored. Dylan Craig is batting
.333 with 24 RBIs, while Derek Hamblen tacks on a .312 average with
six homers, 39 runs scored and 21 RBIs.
Matt Hamann paces the Bruins' pitching staff with a 2.60 ERA in 45
innings and a 4-1 record. Chase Brookshire has fanned 45 opponents
in 59 2/3 innings for a 3-2 record and a 3.62 ERA.
The Camels will play only two games next week, heading to Longwood
for a doubleheader on Thursday, April 28. A-Sun play will resume
the following weekend, heading to Lipscomb for a three game series
in Nashville, Tenn.
