University of North Florida Athletics

Ospreys Battle College of Charleston in Midweek Road Tilt

By: North Florida Athletics

Baseball | 3/13/2017 5:11:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team visits College of Charleston on Tuesday night for just the fourth road game of the season for the Ospreys.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (11-6) at College of Charleston (8-8)
WHERE: The Ballpark at Patriots Point (2,000)
WHEN: Tuesday, March 14 - 4 PM
THE SERIES: First Meeting
LAST MEETING: This will mark the first baseball game between UNF and CofC

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
Livestats: CofCSports.com

ON THE MOUND
UNF - Cooper Bradford (RHP, 1-0, 9.2 IP, 1.86 ERA, 5 BB, 13 K)
CofC - Kris Kuhn (RHP, 1-1, 6.2 IP, 8.10 ERA, 5 BB, 7 K)

UNF Baseball Game Notes (pdf)

NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is 2-1 in midweek road games this season
- CofC Head Coach Matt Heath played at LSU when UNF head coach Smoke Laval was an assistant
- Ospreys had a 9-game win streak snapped on the weekend and have now dropped two games heading into Tuesday's contest
- In last weekend's series, UNF outstcored Rutgers 28-3 the first two games before falling in a tight 2-1 decision in Saturday's second game of a doubleheader and then suffering a 12-4 setback in Sunday's series finale
- North Florida is ranked first or second in the ASUN for several offensive categories including: 1st in Runs (130), 1st in Doubles (42), 1st in HR (14), 1st in RBI (122), 1st in Slugging% (.439), 2nd in Hits (183) and 2nd in Batting Average (.297)
- The Osprey lineup features two of the top five conference leaders in batting average: Tanner Murphy (1st) and Chris Thibideau (5th)... Yahir Gurolla tops the league with 10 doubles and ranks 2nd in Slugging%
- The UNF pitching corps feature two of the top five pitchers in ERA including: Frank German (3rd) and Austin Drury (5th)
- The Ospreys and Cougars will meet again this season on Apr. 4 in Jacksonville

UP NEXT
North Florida returns home to host Bradley in a weekend series. The set kicks off Friday at 6 p.m. followed by games Saturday (1 p.m.) and Sunday (12 p.m.)

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Players Mentioned

#30 Austin Drury: LHP; 5' 11"; Sophomore; L/L

#1 Frank German: RHP; 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R

#15 Chris Thibideau: UTL; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

#24 Tanner Murphy: OF; 6' 3"; Freshman; R/R

#7 Cooper Bradford: RHP; 6' 1"; Freshman; R/R

Players Mentioned

#30 Austin Drury
: 5' 11"; Sophomore; L/L
: LHP

#1 Frank German
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R
: RHP

#15 Chris Thibideau
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: UTL

#24 Tanner Murphy
: 6' 3"; Freshman; R/R
: OF

#7 Cooper Bradford
: 6' 1"; Freshman; R/R
: RHP