Lehigh University Athletics
Saturday, April 16
Annapolis, Md.
12 p.m.
Lehigh University
at
Navy
Lehigh travels to Navy for big league series this weekend
4/15/2016 9:29:00 AM | Baseball
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh baseball team faces a tough test this weekend when the Mountain Hawks head to preseason favorite Navy for a key Patriot League series. Doubleheaders are set for 12 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday from Navy's Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium and free video of Sunday's action will be available on the Patriot League Network. The two teams will be meeting for the first time since last season's Patriot League Championship series when the Mountain Hawks won a dramatic three-game series to capture their second-ever league crown and punch Lehigh's ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
The Mids are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the tightly-packed Patriot League standings as Navy, Holy Cross and Bucknell are all 5-3 with two of five league series complete. Lafayette follows with a 4-4 record, while Army (3-5) and Lehigh (2-6) look to move up in the standings this weekend.
Lehigh carries a 13-21 overall record into this weekend's series at Navy. The Mountain Hawks dropped 3-1 series to Bucknell and Holy Cross to open the league slate as Lehigh won the second game of each series. In its most recent league set against the Crusaders last weekend, Lehigh fell 6-1 in game one before coming back for a 5-4 walk-off win in the Sunday nightcap thanks to a game-winning RBI single from junior John Scarr. Holy Cross then claimed Monday's 13-inning opener by a score of 5-4 before using a trio of three-run home runs to capture a 12-3 win in the nightcap. In Lehigh's most recent action Tuesday in a non-league game against Rider, senior Mike Garzillo hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to knot the score at 8-8 before delivering the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the tenth inning to lead the Mountain Hawks to a 9-8 extra-inning win.
Garzillo leads Lehigh for the season with a .352 batting average and 34 runs scored. The senior has hit .483 so far in Patriot League action while slugging .897 with a .559 on-base percentage. Four Lehigh juniors are also hitting over .300 for the season in Jacen Nalesnik (.321), David Young (.320), Patrick Donnelly (.304) and Connor Donovan (.304). Donnelly leads the team with 30 RBI, while Garzillo and Nalesnik follow with 24. Sophomore James Bleming holds a .270 season-long batting average, but has hit .367 against Patriot League opponents.
Sophomore Sam Ashey and senior Kevin Boswick have earned Lehigh's two league wins on the mound. Ashey and Washington lead Lehigh with three wins this season, while sophomore Peter Moore follows with two. Ashey, Washington, senior Kevin Long, junior Matt Kozemchak and freshman Ethan Frohman have all made league starts, while the Lehigh bullpen has turned to Boswick and Donovan.
Navy is 26-9-1 overall this season and 5-3 in Patriot League play. The Mids opened league action by splitting a 2-2 series with Holy Cross. Navy then took the first three games of a four-game set at Lafayette last weekend before capturing a 16-4 win at Delaware State in midweek action Wednesday. The Mids have averaged 11 runs per game over their last five contests and Navy leads the Patriot League with a season-long batting average of .303 and a .326 average against league opponents. Robert Currie and Leland Saile lead the Mids with .389 batting averages, while Adrian Chinnery (.363), Connor Deneen (.337) and Sean Trent (.317) follow. Stephen Born leads the team with 28 RBI, while Currie has scored a team-best 32 runs.
The Mids also lead the Patriot League with a 2.85 season-long ERA and 3.00 ERA in league play. Navy has turned to 2015 Patriot League Pitcher of the Year Luke Gillingham (5-2, 1.83 ERA), George Coughlin (3-2, 2.45 ERA), Kyle Condry (4-0, 3.38 ERA) and Noah Song (4-2, 2.55 ERA) as its league starters. Sam Sorenson leads the bullpen with four saves and a 1.78 ERA, while Jett Meenach has secured two saves.
Lehigh and Navy split last year's regular-season series in Bethlehem as the Mids took the first two games 4-0 and 21-1 before Lehigh won both Sunday games by scores of 3-2 and 5-4. The second-seeded Mountain Hawks then traveled to top-seeded Navy in May for the Patriot League Championship series. Lehigh opened its title run with a 7-3 game-one win before the Mids earned a 9-8, 11-inning victory in game two. The Mountain Hawks won the decisive game three by a score of 4-3 in 10 innings to claim the league crown.
Following this weekend's series, Lehigh will remain on the road for a Wednesday doubleheader at UMES before returning home next weekend to host archrival Lafayette in a four-game Patriot League series.
Like Lehigh baseball on Facebook and follow on Twitter for exclusive updates throughout the season.
Free Video (Sunday Only)
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh baseball team faces a tough test this weekend when the Mountain Hawks head to preseason favorite Navy for a key Patriot League series. Doubleheaders are set for 12 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday from Navy's Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium and free video of Sunday's action will be available on the Patriot League Network. The two teams will be meeting for the first time since last season's Patriot League Championship series when the Mountain Hawks won a dramatic three-game series to capture their second-ever league crown and punch Lehigh's ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
The Mids are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the tightly-packed Patriot League standings as Navy, Holy Cross and Bucknell are all 5-3 with two of five league series complete. Lafayette follows with a 4-4 record, while Army (3-5) and Lehigh (2-6) look to move up in the standings this weekend.
Lehigh carries a 13-21 overall record into this weekend's series at Navy. The Mountain Hawks dropped 3-1 series to Bucknell and Holy Cross to open the league slate as Lehigh won the second game of each series. In its most recent league set against the Crusaders last weekend, Lehigh fell 6-1 in game one before coming back for a 5-4 walk-off win in the Sunday nightcap thanks to a game-winning RBI single from junior John Scarr. Holy Cross then claimed Monday's 13-inning opener by a score of 5-4 before using a trio of three-run home runs to capture a 12-3 win in the nightcap. In Lehigh's most recent action Tuesday in a non-league game against Rider, senior Mike Garzillo hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to knot the score at 8-8 before delivering the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the tenth inning to lead the Mountain Hawks to a 9-8 extra-inning win.
Garzillo leads Lehigh for the season with a .352 batting average and 34 runs scored. The senior has hit .483 so far in Patriot League action while slugging .897 with a .559 on-base percentage. Four Lehigh juniors are also hitting over .300 for the season in Jacen Nalesnik (.321), David Young (.320), Patrick Donnelly (.304) and Connor Donovan (.304). Donnelly leads the team with 30 RBI, while Garzillo and Nalesnik follow with 24. Sophomore James Bleming holds a .270 season-long batting average, but has hit .367 against Patriot League opponents.
Sophomore Sam Ashey and senior Kevin Boswick have earned Lehigh's two league wins on the mound. Ashey and Washington lead Lehigh with three wins this season, while sophomore Peter Moore follows with two. Ashey, Washington, senior Kevin Long, junior Matt Kozemchak and freshman Ethan Frohman have all made league starts, while the Lehigh bullpen has turned to Boswick and Donovan.
Navy is 26-9-1 overall this season and 5-3 in Patriot League play. The Mids opened league action by splitting a 2-2 series with Holy Cross. Navy then took the first three games of a four-game set at Lafayette last weekend before capturing a 16-4 win at Delaware State in midweek action Wednesday. The Mids have averaged 11 runs per game over their last five contests and Navy leads the Patriot League with a season-long batting average of .303 and a .326 average against league opponents. Robert Currie and Leland Saile lead the Mids with .389 batting averages, while Adrian Chinnery (.363), Connor Deneen (.337) and Sean Trent (.317) follow. Stephen Born leads the team with 28 RBI, while Currie has scored a team-best 32 runs.
The Mids also lead the Patriot League with a 2.85 season-long ERA and 3.00 ERA in league play. Navy has turned to 2015 Patriot League Pitcher of the Year Luke Gillingham (5-2, 1.83 ERA), George Coughlin (3-2, 2.45 ERA), Kyle Condry (4-0, 3.38 ERA) and Noah Song (4-2, 2.55 ERA) as its league starters. Sam Sorenson leads the bullpen with four saves and a 1.78 ERA, while Jett Meenach has secured two saves.
Lehigh and Navy split last year's regular-season series in Bethlehem as the Mids took the first two games 4-0 and 21-1 before Lehigh won both Sunday games by scores of 3-2 and 5-4. The second-seeded Mountain Hawks then traveled to top-seeded Navy in May for the Patriot League Championship series. Lehigh opened its title run with a 7-3 game-one win before the Mids earned a 9-8, 11-inning victory in game two. The Mountain Hawks won the decisive game three by a score of 4-3 in 10 innings to claim the league crown.
Following this weekend's series, Lehigh will remain on the road for a Wednesday doubleheader at UMES before returning home next weekend to host archrival Lafayette in a four-game Patriot League series.
Like Lehigh baseball on Facebook and follow on Twitter for exclusive updates throughout the season.
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