BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell opens a seven-game homestand against North Carolina Central on Monday in a doubleheader at Amanda Littlejohn Stadium that is set to begin at 4 p.m. The contest was originally slated to be played on Feb. 26 in Durham, N.C., but rain caused the meeting to be postponed.
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North Carolina makes the trip to Buies Creek on Wednesday for a single game with a 6 p.m. first pitch. It is the first time the Tar Heels will play at Amanda Littlejohn Stadium since the facility opened on Mar. 16, 2012.
Campbell Camels (18-11) at N.C. Central Eagles (2-22)
Mar. 25, 2013 • Buies Creek, N.C. • Amanda Littlejohn Stadium
Scouting Report: N.C. Central enters the mid-week matchup at 2-22 overall with wins over Norfolk State (6-4) and Maryland Eastern Shore (7-3). The Eagles offense is paced by Amber Kirkland with a .279 batting average, three doubles. and six RBI Camille Hampton has also driven in six runs, while London Germ has crossed the plate nine times. N.C. Central has compiled a .220 batting and .264 slugging and .281 on-base pct. In the circle, Kayla McPeeek and London Booker have each notched a victory. Booker has been the ace of the staff in tossing 89.0 innings. The Eagles are coached by Theresa Stevens, a former Campbell assistant coach (2009-11), who is in her second season guiding the N.C. Central program.
Series History: Campbell has taken all 11 meetings dating back to 2009. The Camels are 9-0 at home and 2-0 in Durham, N.C. There have been six wins via run-rule by the Camels during the meetings including a record-setting 26-1 win on Feb. 17, 2009.
Leading Off:
- In the last time out, the Camels lost on a walk-off home run, 6-4, in the B7 as Coastal Carolina took the Big South series, 2-1. Campbell fought back to knot the contest at six in the T7. Game one went to the Chanticleers, 4-0, while the Camels tallied a 2-1 win in game two with freshman Courtney Roberts notching the complete-game win.
- Campbell went 8-2 on its 10-game home stand from Mar. 8-19 and has posted a 24-7 record since opening Amanda Littlejohn Stadium on March 16, 2012. The Camels are opening a streak of seven-straight home games against N.C. Central.
- Against South Carolina, singles by sophomore 3B Brittany Bruce and junior 2B Shaela Churchill provided the Camels with the game-winning run on second base in the B7, but the Gamecocks escaped Amanda Littlejohn Stadium with a 2-1 win.
- Freshman C Courtney Klingler blasted a solo homer, her eighth of the season, against the Gamecocks to tie the team-lead with junior 1B Raven Lee, who also paces the squad with 30 RBI.
- Klingler and senior Brittany Arnn swept the Big South Choice Hotels Player and The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week, respectively, on Mar. 18. Klingler posted a .429 batting and 1.214 slugging and .500 on-base pct. with three home runs, two doubles and seven RBI, while Arnn went 2-0 in the circle with 0.62 ERA and six strikeouts in 11.1 innings of work.
- The pitching staff compiled a 1.38 ERA during the 10-game home stand (8-2) with 43 strikeouts in 66 innings pitched. Freshman Courtney Roberts (4-0) paced the staff followed by sophomore Julia Callicutt (2-0) and Arnn (2-2). Arnn allowed just one earned run and posted a 0.27 ERA.
- Head coach Drew Peterson has notched 371 wins in 12 seasons at Campbell and 654 in his career.
- North Carolina comes to Amanda Littlejohn Stadium on Wednesday at 6 p.m. for the first time since the facility opened. It is the 17th time that the Tar Heels have played in Buies Creek with the Camels owning a 2-15 mark.
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Sweeping Big South Awards (Mar. 18)
- Freshman catcher Klingler earned Big South Choice Hotels Player of the Week, while senior Brittany Arnn was tabbed as Big South The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week.
- Klingler - .429 batting, 1.214 slugging, .500 on-base, 2 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 20 PO, 0 E, 1.000 Fielding pct.
- Arnn - 0.62 ERA, 2-0, 11.1 IP, 6 K
- Klingler also received College Sports Madness Big South Player of the Week.
- Klingler became first rookie to be named player or pitcher of the week.
- Campbell also swept the weekly awards on Feb. 11.
Finding the Offense
- A Klingler 3-run homer in the B5 against Gardner-Webb-1 capped a 5-run inning and ignited the offense in a 6-5 win.
- The Camels scored 18 runs against the Bulldogs in the fifth inning of the three-game series and connected on six HR.
- Sophomore shortstop Ericka Nesbitt registered her first-career home run, a walk-off grand slam, to clinch an 11-3 run-rule win in game two.
- Nesbitt delivered a two-RBI single to center to implement the run-rule, 9-1, in the finale.
- Junior first baseman Raven Lee registered two home runs and seven RBI in the series to take the team lead in both categories.
Pitching Has Stepped Up
- Over the past 10 games, the pitching staff has been a primary reason the Camels are 9-1.
- A 1.59 ERA has been tallied by the group of four hurlers with opponents batting .246.
- Roberts has a 5-0 mark and 2.38 ERA with 19 strikeouts in 32.1 innings and four complete games, including an eight-strikeout one-hitter vs. Drexel.
- Arnn (2-1) tallied 16 strikeouts in 19.1 innings during the stretch, allowing just one earned run.
Power-Outage (Feb. 24 - Mar. 13)
- In those 12 games, the Camels scored just 3.8 runs per game on 7.5 hits
- The team's batting avg. was .286 with a .413 slugging pct.
- The most runs that Campbell scored during the stretch was six against Northern Kentucky and Norfolk State.
- Nine home runs were blasted, while 11 doubles were recorded.
- Nesbitt (.537), Jones (.436) and Forgacs (.394) carried the offense, registering 52 of the team's 90 hits.
- Jones paced the squad with three HR, three doubles and 10 RBI, compiling .744 slugging pct.
- Runners left on base was the primary issue with an average of 7.25.
Nesbitt's 29-Game Reached Base Streak
- Ericka Nesbitt was the toughest Camel to get out in Hawaii, earning a hit in 13-of-18 appearances as a team's leadoff hitter and also drawing three walks for a .762 on-base pct.
- She snapped a 29-game reached base streak against Morehead State.
- A 20-game hitting streak was snapped against Bowling Green on Feb. 24.
- During the hitting streak, Nesbitt compiled a .522 batting, .580 slugging and .539 on-base pct. and swiped six bases.
- The numbers for Nesbitt in the reached-base streak were .560 batting, .620 slugging and .593 on-base.
- She was 13-of-14 in stolen base attempts.
