GREENWOOD – The Lander baseball team will look to get back to work as it hosts Flagler College for a three-game conference series starting Friday at Dolny Stadium.

QUICK HITTERS

Location: Dolny Stadium (Greenwood, S.C.)

Time: Apr. 8 (6 pm) | Apr. 9 (2 PM) | Apr. 10 (12 PM)

Lander's Record: 18-17, 8-7 PBC

Flagler's Record: 16-19, 9-6 PBC

First Met: April 17, 2010 (12-8 Flagler)

Last Met: March 7, 2021 (15-4 Lander)

Last 10 Against Flagler: 4-6

Who's Next: At Francis Marion (Apr. 12)

STORYLINES

• Lander is coming off a 12-5 road loss to Belmont Abbey on April 6.
• The Bearcats scored five runs on nine hits against the Crusaders. Landon Dupert and Bradley Davis both had two hits to lead the Bearcats in that department. Bennet Nooe, Dupert and Davis all had an RBI each.
• The Bearcats are now 8-15 all-time against Belmont Abbey and 1-9 in the last 10 contests.
• Lander has allowed 10 or more runs in five of its last 10 games.
• The Bearcats are currently in a three-way tie for fifth at 8-7 in the PBC. Lander is tied with Georgia Southwestern and Young Harris. Columbus State is in first with a 13-2 conference record followed by North Georgia at 10-5. Flagler and Georgia College are tied for third with a 9-6 conference record.
• As a team, Lander is hitting .284. The Bearcats are currently fourth in the PBC in hits (332), second in doubles (69), first in triples (8), third in home runs (34), second in RBI (226), second in slugging percentage (.443), third in walks (175), second in strikeouts (295) and tied for first in stolen bases (45).
• The Lander pitching staff has thrown the third-most innings this season (296.0) while allowing the most hits among PBC teams this season. The Bearcats have struck out the fourth most opposing batters (275) this season.
• Lander and Flagler are currently tied 19-19 in the all-time series.
• The Saints took 2-of-3 from the Bearcats last season with a pair of walk-off wins before Lander took the final game of the series 15-4 in St. Augustine, Fla.
• Vincent DeRubeis leads the Bearcats with a .372 batting average. Dupert is currently second with a .331 average. Dupert and Ethan Wilder share the lead in hits for Lander with 39 each. Matthew Burgess is second with 35.
• Mason Streater leads the way with 11 doubles while Wilder leads the Bearcats in triples with three. DeRubeis and Connor Droze have both smashed six home runs this season while DeRubeis has the team lead in RBI.
• Bennett Sloper leads the Bearcats in ERA with a 3.24 this season. Sloper is 3-2 through seven starts and appearances. Sloper is second behind Bennett Nance's 44.1 innings of work with 33.1 this season.
• Evan Mauldin leads the way in strikeouts with 29 with Nance second with 28. Zach Pellegrino leads the way in appearances with 20 on the season. Braeden Burton is second with 17.
• Flagler is coming in with a 16-19 overall record and a 9-6 record in conference.
• The Saints are on a six-game losing streak going back to a 10-7 loss to Florida Tech on March 29. Flagler most recently lost to Embry-Riddle 10-6 on April 5.
• The Flagler Saints are hitting .269 as a team this season.
• John Fiorenza leads the Saints through 31 games played with a .344 batting average. Ashton Thomas is the leader in hits with 37 and doubles with 10.
• Myles Colangelo, Luke Welborn and Jaiden Warde and Fiorenza are all tied in home runs with three. Colangelo is the leader in RBI with 26.
• Gage Voorhees leads the Saints in ERA with a 2.43 this season. He also leads Flagler in wins with four and is tied for starts with nine. Voorhees has two complete games this season and has pitched a shutout. He also leads the team with 63 innings pitched and 65 strikeouts.
• Gabriel Partridge and Anthony Nofi lead the Saints with two saves each.
• Flagler travels to Daytona Beach, Fla., to battle Embry-Riddle on April 12 for its next contest while Lander travels to Francis Marion on April 12 for its next contest.

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