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Baseball Opens Spring Trip at Richmond
March 15, 2012 | Baseball
The Princeton baseball team will open up its spring trip with a three-game series at Richmond from Mar. 16-18 in Richmond, Va. The series against the Spiders (11-4) kicks off the Tigers nine-game road swing in 10 days.
Schedule:Friday, Mar. 16 - 3 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 17 - 2 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 18 - 1 p.m.
Last Time Out: The Tigers (2-5) played competitively with then-No. 2 South Carolina on the road, but ultimately were swept by the two-time defending National Champions. Princeton fell by one run, 2-1, in the series opener on Mar. 9, before dropping a 6-1 decision the following day. The Tigers could not find enough offensive momentum to outlast the Gamecocks in the series finale on Mar. 11, falling 3-1.
On Deck: Princeton will face North Carolina (Mar. 20) and UNC Greensboro (Mar. 21), before wrapping up its spring trip with a four-game series at Navy from Mar. 23-25.
Schedule Update: The Tigers were scheduled to face North Carolina A&T on Thursday, Mar. 22, however a schedule conflict for Aggies forced the game to be cancelled.
A Familiar Face: Assistant coach Hank Coogan returns to his alma mater this weekend, this time sitting in the visitor's dugout. Coogan played for Richmond from 2004-08 and was an Atlantic 10 All-Conference performer as a catcher/outfielder for the Spiders.
Hermans Leads on the Mound: Junior Zak Hermans continues to command the mound for the Tigers, boasting 0.90 ERA in 10.0 innings pitched. In two starts, he's tallied 14 strikeouts. While 1-1 on the year, he threw six strikeouts in 23 batters faced over 5.0 innings at South Carolina on Mar. 9. The Gamecocks managed to get one run off Hermans in the fourth, handing him the loss.
Trio Hitting Above .300: Matt Bowman, Alec Keller and Sam Mulroy are all hitting above .300 for Princeton. Keller is hitting a team-best hitting .529 (9-for-17) in four starts. Following Keller are Mulroy, who's hitting .333 (10-for-30), and Bowman, who's 6-for-19 and is batting .316.
Scouting Richmond: The Spiders halted an 11-game winning streak with a 12-10 loss to George Mason on Mar. 13. Richmond (11-4) has four players hitting above .300, with Phil Ruzbarsky leading the way with a .440 (22-for-50) batting average. He's tallied 19 runs, seven home runs, four doubles, a triple and has 15 walks in 15 straight starts. On the mound, 12 different players have appeared in a game for Richmond. Three different Spiders are 2-0 on the season, while Jacob Mayers, who's taken the bulk of innings pitched with 25.0, is 3-1. Mayers owns a 4.68 ERA and has thrown 27 strikeouts, while allowing 25 hits, 15 runs and 11 walks.