Tuesday, February 20
Columbia, SC
4:00 p.m.
University of North Florida
at
South Carolina
Baseball Travels to South Carolina
2/19/2018 7:48:00 PM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Florida baseball team travels for the first time this season to battle South Carolina on Tuesday in Columbia, S.C. at Founders Park
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GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida at South Carolina
WHERE: Columbia, S.C. (Founders Park)
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 20 (4 p.m.)
THE SERIES: First meeting between the two teams
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FOLLOW THE ACTION
LISTEN: GamecocksOnline.com
LIVE STATS: GamecocksOnline.com
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ON THE MOUND
Tuesday
UNF – RHP Frank German
South Carolina – LHP John Gilreath
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QUICK HITS
- UNF scored two or more runs in eight of the 10 innings they scored in during the series against Radford.
- Raff Libuano's .455 batting average ranks fourth in the ASUN after the opening weekend.
- Tanner Murphy ranks fifth in the conference and is tied for 81st in the naÂtion with 5 RBI's.
- Wesley Weeks stole two bases over the weekend which sits tied for second in the ASUN and tied for 43rd in the country.
- The Ospreys open the 2018 season at home against Radford for the second-straight season. UNF topped the Highlanders, 2-1, in the first ever series meeting between the two schools.
- UNF begins the season with 21 of its first 26 games at home, including six consecutive weekend series at home.
- North Florida has 12 juniors and three redshirt sophomores for a total of 15 draft eligible guys in their third collegiate year. The Ospreys also have one redshirt junior, seven seniors and two redshirt seniors for a total of 25 draft eligible players on the roster.
- The Ospreys return 21 letterwinners from a season ago, including five starters and five starting pitchers. They also added 11 newcomers to round out the roster.
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SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Notes
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- The Gamecocks took the series, 2-1, over VMI this past weekend in their season opener
- South Carolina opens the 2018 season with a 10-game homestand.
- USC committed just one error in 104 chances in the VMI series, and that was in the fifth inning of the third game.
- Senior Madison Stokes had a very impressive start to the 2018 season, going 5-for-9 (.556) with three doubles and two home runs, which is good for a 1.556 slugging percentage.
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UP NEXT
The Ospreys return home to take on Southern Illinois for a weekend series beginning on Feb. 23 at 6:05 p.m.
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GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida at South Carolina
WHERE: Columbia, S.C. (Founders Park)
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 20 (4 p.m.)
THE SERIES: First meeting between the two teams
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FOLLOW THE ACTION
LISTEN: GamecocksOnline.com
LIVE STATS: GamecocksOnline.com
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ON THE MOUND
Tuesday
UNF – RHP Frank German
South Carolina – LHP John Gilreath
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QUICK HITS
- UNF scored two or more runs in eight of the 10 innings they scored in during the series against Radford.
- Raff Libuano's .455 batting average ranks fourth in the ASUN after the opening weekend.
- Tanner Murphy ranks fifth in the conference and is tied for 81st in the naÂtion with 5 RBI's.
- Wesley Weeks stole two bases over the weekend which sits tied for second in the ASUN and tied for 43rd in the country.
- The Ospreys open the 2018 season at home against Radford for the second-straight season. UNF topped the Highlanders, 2-1, in the first ever series meeting between the two schools.
- UNF begins the season with 21 of its first 26 games at home, including six consecutive weekend series at home.
- North Florida has 12 juniors and three redshirt sophomores for a total of 15 draft eligible guys in their third collegiate year. The Ospreys also have one redshirt junior, seven seniors and two redshirt seniors for a total of 25 draft eligible players on the roster.
- The Ospreys return 21 letterwinners from a season ago, including five starters and five starting pitchers. They also added 11 newcomers to round out the roster.
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SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Notes
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- The Gamecocks took the series, 2-1, over VMI this past weekend in their season opener
- South Carolina opens the 2018 season with a 10-game homestand.
- USC committed just one error in 104 chances in the VMI series, and that was in the fifth inning of the third game.
- Senior Madison Stokes had a very impressive start to the 2018 season, going 5-for-9 (.556) with three doubles and two home runs, which is good for a 1.556 slugging percentage.
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UP NEXT
The Ospreys return home to take on Southern Illinois for a weekend series beginning on Feb. 23 at 6:05 p.m.
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