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Princeton University Athletics
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Baseball Set For Long Road Trip To Begin at Richmond
March 10, 2016 | Baseball
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Princeton vs. Penn State/NY Tech/Richmond |
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Gametimes |
Princeton vs. Penn State | Saturday, Mar. 12, 10 a.m. | Pitt Field |
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Princeton vs. NY Tech l Sunday, Mar. 13, 10 a.m. l Pitt Field |
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Princeton at Richmond| Monday, Mar. 14, 3 p.m. l Pitt Field |
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Game Coverage |
Video: A10.com (Richmond Game Only) l Live Stats |
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@PUTigers l @PUTigers_live l @GoPSUSports | @NYITBears | @SpiderAthletics |
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Princeton is 16-8 in program history vs Penn State. |
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All-Time Series |
The Tigers have never played NY Tech. |
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Princeton is 2-1 all-time vs. Richmond. |
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Records (As of 3/10/16) |
Princeton (0-3) l Penn State (4-7) | NY Tech (4-5) | Richmond (9-5) |
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Princeton |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PUTigerBaseball |
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Penn State |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PennStateBASE |
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Richmond |
Roster | Schedule | Stats | @SpiderBaseball |
Links from the Past Week
Princeton Athletics Mourns The Loss of Tom O'Connell
No. 4 Louisville 4, Princeton 2 – Box Score/Recap
No. 4 Louisville 9, Princeton 1 – Box Score/Recap
No. 4 Louisville 11, Princeton 0 – Box Score/Recap
Notes from Last Season
- The Tigers went 7-32 last season and 4-16 in the Ivy League in 2015.
- Princeton had Danny Hoy (first team) and Billy Arendt (honorable mention) garner All-Ivy League honors.
- Starting all 35 of his appearances, Hoy batted a team-high .311 in 132 at-bats. Topping the squad in home runs (6), triples (2), and doubles (13), Hoy slugged a squad-best .576, while driving in a team-high 26 RBI.
- Starting all 39 of the Princeton's games, Arendt ranked second on the team in batting average, hitting .299 on the season. Scoring a squad-best 22 runs, Arendt also ranked second on the Tigers in doubles (9), home runs (2), and RBI (14).
Moving on Up
- Tyler Servais was selected in the 27th round by the Detroit Tigers in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.
- The 820th overall pick, Servais is the third Tiger in the last two seasons to be selected, joining former teammates Michael Fagan and Alec Keller, who were chosen in the ninth and 17th rounds of the 2014 MLB Draft, by the Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics, respectively.
2016 Team
- The Tigers have 21 players returning from last year's team including All-Ivy performers, Danny Hoy and Billy Arendt.
- Some of the top returners include Zack Belski (.254/.333/.285), Nick Hernandez (.250/.317/.333), Paul Tupper (.225/.266/.285), Asher Lee-Tyson (.247/.337/.260) and Danny Baer (.180/.291/292).
- Princeton has its top four starting pitchers returning in Luke Strieber (1-5, 3.86 ERA), Keelan Smithers (1-8, 5.16 ERA), Chad Powers (1-6, 6.55 ERA) and Nick Brady (1-6, 7.21 ERA).
- Some top returning relief pitchers are Chris Giglio (12 apperances, 6.45 ERA) and Chris Bodurian (13 apperances, 8.75 ERA).
- Princeton has eight freshmen that are expected to make an impact; Alex Dickinson, Joseph Flynn, Jesper Horsted, Tanner Kliewer, Max Machiorlette, Trey Ramsey, Ryan Smith and Max West.
Road Warriors
- The Tigers start the 2016 season with a road trip to No. 4 Louisville Cardinals. The Cardinals swept the Tigers, winning 4-2 on Friday, 9-1 on Saturday and 11-0 on Sunday.
- Nick Hernandez led the team during the trip with four hits, two RBI and an extra base hit.
- Chris Giglio pitched two scoreless innings of relief in Friday night's contest.
- Princeton will battle Penn State, NY Tech, Richmond (Mar. 12-14) before a two-game series at Old Dominion (Mar. 15-16).
- A four-game series at Georgetown (Mar. 17-20) precedes a trip to Annapolis, Md. to play Navy (Mar. 26-Mar. 27).
- Robert H.B. Baldwin '42 head coach Scott Bradley's team finally sees Clarke Field with a non-conference matchup vs. Seton Hall (Mar. 30).
Scouting Penn State/NY Tech/Richmond
- Penn State is 4-7 on the season, having scored two wins over Army and wins over UNC-Wilmington and Duke.
- The Nittany Lions began the season with an exhibition trip to Cuba, going 1-3 against teams from Cuba's top league, the National Series.
- NY Tech is 4-5 in 2016, having taken two out of three at Coppin St., and splitting two of four from Albany.
- NY Tech improved from four wins in 2014 to 14 in 2015, highlighted by the season performance of Louis Mele, an ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division All-Region Second Team member.
- Richmond is 9-5 this year, having dropped four straight games to Towson, Wake Forest, College of Charleston and The Citadel.
- The Spiders became the first school in A-10 history to reach the conference tournament five straight years last season.