Baseball Hosts UConn in Weekend Series

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Florida baseball team hosts American Conference opponent, UConn, in its third weekend series of the season at Harmon Stadium.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: UConn at North Florida
WHERE: Jacksonville, Fla. (Harmon Stadium)
WHEN: Friday, March 2 (6:05 p.m.) | Saturday, March 3 (2:05 p.m.) | Sunday, March 4 (12:05 p.m.)
THE SERIES: UConn owns a 3-0 record in the all-time series between the two schools, while all three games were played at Harmon Stadium. The Huskies have also outscored North Florida 27-14 in the last three meetings. The two squads took a two year break between meetings in 2004, 2007 and 2009 before facing off again in 2018.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
WATCH (Friday/Sunday): Facebook Live
WATCH (Saturday): ESPN3
LIVE STATS: UNFOspreys.com

ON THE MOUND
Friday
UConn – LHP Tim Cate
UNF – RHP Brad Deppermann

Saturday
UConn – LHP Mason Feole
UNF – RHP Ethan Michaelis

Sunday
UConn – LHP Chase Gardner
UNF – TBA

QUICK HITS
- UNF opens the season with 21 of its first 26 games at home, including six consecutive weekend series.
- North Florida has 12 juniors and three redshirt sophomore for a total of 15 draft eligible guys in their third collegiate year. The Ospreys have one redshit junior, seven seniors and two redshirt seniors for a total of 25 draft eligible players on the roster which is tied for fourth-most in the nation with Southern Louisiana and UCF.
- Trace Norkus earned his first career win in 4.1 innings of scoreless relief against Radford on Feb. 18. He moved to 2-0 on the season with 2.0 innings of relief against Southern Illinois on Feb. 23. He sits tied for first in the ASUN in wins.
- The Ospreys have scored two or more runs in 13 of the 22 innings they scored in this season.
- Tanner Murphy ranks tied for second in the conference and is tied for 58th in the nation with 11 RBI's.
- Wesley Weeks' four stolen bases sit tied for first in the ASUN and tied for 47th in the country.
- UNF is three home victories away from having 700 career wins at Harmon Stadium.
- Out of the nine games played for UNF this season, there has only been one save.

SCOUTING UCONN
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Notes

- The Huskies (4-2) come off a weekend where they took two out of three from Southern Louisiana in Hammond, La., including a doubleheader on Saturday.
- Troy Stefanski has four multi-hit games this year.
- UConn has eight home runs in six games this season.

UP NEXT
The Ospreys host crosstown rival, Jacksonville, for a battle of the Mayor's Cup on Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. at Harmon Stadium.

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Players Mentioned

Brad Deppermann

Ethan Michaelis

Tanner Murphy

Trace Norkus

Wes Weeks

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