BUFFALO – The D'Youville University baseball team heads back down south to Cary, North Carolina for a set of games against Dominican University (N.Y.), Saint Anselm College, and The College of Saint Rose this weekend.
 
Dominican (N.Y.) vs. D'Youville (DH)
Friday, March 8^th – 1:00 p.m.
Cary, NC
 
D'Youville vs. Saint Anselm
Saturday, March 9^th – 2:00 p.m.
Cary, NC
 
Saint Rose vs. D'Youville
Saturday, March 9^th – 5:30 p.m./Sunday, March 10^th – 10:30 a.m.
Cary, NC
 
Last Time Out
The Saints went 2-1 last weekend in Cary with a pair of wins against Gannon University and a loss to Concord University. In their 5-2 game one win over Gannon, Chris Auclair (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) threw five innings, only giving up one run and striking out eight batters. Jon Simpson (Grand Island, N.Y.) continued to swing a hot bat, getting the Saints on the board in the bottom of the first with an RBI double. Jeremy Glinski (Sloan, N.Y.) continued his hot start to the season with a three-run home run in the third inning to put them up 4-0. In the fifth, Simpson ripped another double to bring in the Saints' fifth run. Sam Worthen (Guelph, Ontario) notched his second save of the year, throwing 1.2 shutout innings. In game two, Billy Morris (Lancaster, N.Y.) brought in DYU's first run with a single to third base. In the fifth, Simpson hit his fifth home run of the season, a laser over the left field fence to make it 3-0. Gannon scored four unanswered to take a 4-3 lead heading into the final frame. Morris ripped a double over the center fielder's head to put DYU in front 5-4. Blaise Kolbert (Lancaster, N.Y.) finished off the Golden Knights with two scoreless innings to secure the victory.
 
Saints Stats

• DYU enters the weekend with a 5-3 record
• Glinski has reached base safely in all eight games while compiling a team-high .591 batting average, slugging 1.227, and hitting three home runs
• Simpson has clubbed a team-high five home runs and driven in a team-high 18 runs
• In three starts, Auclair has recorded a 3.29 ERA with a team-high 18 strikeouts
• In three relief appearances, Worthen has yet to surrender a run and notched two saves

 
About Dominican

• The Chargers enter the weekend with an 0-6 record and are coming off 8-1 and 15-5 losses to Mount Olive
• David Knepper leads the team's offense with a .364 batting average
• In two starts, Isaiah Figueroa leads the team's pitching staff with a 3.60 ERA

About Saint Anselm

• The Hawks come into the weekend with a 3-6 record and are coming off three straight losses to East Stroudsburg
• Nolan Elmore leads the offense with a team-high .433 average, two home runs, four doubles, and nine RBI
• Through three starts, Matthew Michel has recorded a 1.50 ERA
• Will Hunter has struck out a team-high 13 batters in three appearances

About Saint Rose

• The Golden Knights enter the weekend with a 4-5 record and are coming off an 8-6 win over Francis Marion
• Louis Gendron is batting a team-high .423 with a team-high 1.081 OPS
• Nathan Toms has clubbed a team-high three home runs and driven in a team-high 9 runs
• In two starts, Chase Tucker leads pitchers with a 3.86 ERA and 12 strikeouts