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Princeton University
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Tigers Continue Spring Break Trip at Old Dominion
March 20, 2017 | Baseball
| Old Dominion Monarchs | |
| Gametimes | Tues. Mar. 21 - 6:00 p.m. l Bud Metheny Complex |
| Wed. Mar. 22 - 3:00 p.m. l Bud Metheny Complex | |
| Game Coverage | Video | Game 1 - Stats | Game 2 - Stats |
| @PUTigers l @ODUSports | |
| All-Time Series | Princeton leads the all-time series, 9-8. |
| Last Meeting | Mar. 16, 2016 - ODU 10, Princeton 4 (Recap) |
| Princeton | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PUTigerBaseball |
| Old Dominion | Roster l Schedule l Stats l@ODUBaseball |
| Related Links | Matt Bowman '13 Feature |
The Year That Was:
- The Princeton Tigers rebounded from a 7-32 campaign in 2015 to win the 2016 Ivy League Championship.
- It was the Tigers' eighth Ivy League title and 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
- The Tigers had seven All-Ivy League players while their five All-Ivy first team selections were the program's most since 2000. Robert H.B. Baldwin '42 head coach Scott Bradley was named Ivy League Coach of the Year.
- Princeton was 45th in the country in double plays per game (0.93), 67th in WHIP (1.35), 68th in hits per allowed nine innings (8.61) and 77th in ERA (3.95).
- Bradley's unit returns 21 players from last year's conference title run including five All-Ivy players, Zack Belski, Jesper Horsted, Chad Powers, Nick Hernandez and Keelan Smithers.
- Powers was the first Tiger to win Ivy League Pitcher of the Year since Mike Ford in 2013 and the only unanimous selection for All-Ivy first team. He was tied for first in the conference in wins (six), second in innings pitched (69.2), second in ERA (2.45) and tied for second in shutouts (one).
- Hernandez finished in the top ten among Ivy League players in RBI (second), hits (seventh) and stolen bases (eighth).
- Belski was fourth in the Ivy League in RBI. He led the conference in put outs (386) and doubles played turned (38). The senior improved in every offensive category as he set season-highs in runs (19), hits (39), home runs (three), RBI (28), total bases (59), walks (19), on-base percentage (.346) and slugging percentage (.383). Belski set a program-record with eight RBI vs. Brown (Apr. 10), a single-game record that stood for 84 years.
- Horsted led the team in hitting (.326) and was ninth in the Ivy League. In the fall, the sophomore earned All-Ivy League honorable mention after catching 30 passes for 413 yards and a touchdown during Princeton football's Ivy League championship season
- Smithers was All-Ivy League second team and is a member of the Roaring 20 cappella group.
- Princeton's top returning reliever is Chris Giglio. The senior made 18 appearances and posted a 3.10 ERA.
- A staple of Princeton baseball, the Tigers will begin the 2017 season with 18 consecutive road games.
- Princeton makes a trip to Annapolis, Md., to battle Navy (Mar. 24-26) and then makes a quick jaunt to Seton Hall on Mar. 29.
- Ivy League games begin on April Fools' Day (No joke!) vs. Yale at Clarke Field.
- The Tigers had six alum reach the Major Leagues last season in Danny Barnes (Toronto Blue Jays), Chris Young (Kansas City Royals), Matt Bowman '14 (St. Louis Cardinals), David Hale '11 (Colorado Rockies), Ross Ohlendorf '05 (Cincinnati Reds), and Will Venable (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- Barnes and Bowman made their Major-League debuts last season.
- It was the second straight year that the Tigers had an alum reach the American League Championship series as Barnes was a member of the Blue Jays.
- Princeton finished with 11 alumni playing professional baseball by the end of the 2016 season.
- On Friday, the Terrapins held the Tigers to just three hits in a 4-0 victory. Joseph Flynn had two hits in the game while Chris Giglio threw five shutout innings before the Terrapins scored four times in the sixth inning.
- A three-run seventh inning helped Maryland over Princeton, 6-2, on Saturday afternoon. Max West and Chris Davis had two hits each for the Tigers. James Proctor went 5 1/3 innings, scattering nine hits, allowing three earned runs.
- Despite a strong performance from junior starting pitcher Ben Gross, the Tigers fell to the Terrapins, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon.
- Gross struck out six hitters in five innings of work, allowing just one earned run.
- Max West leads the team with a .286/.474/.429 slash line in 14 at-bats.
- Nick Hernandez has a team-best 10 hits while Chris Davis' five runs and Zack Belski's two home runs and 12 total bases also lead the squad.
- The Tigers have not been thrown out in eight steal attempts.
- Princeton catchers have thrown out five base runners this season.
- Ben Gross sits with a sparkling 1.12 ERA in three starts. He has 20 strikeouts in 16 innings.
- Princeton's pitching staff have struck 7.3 hitters per nine innings in 11 games.
- The Monarchs are 15-4 this season and are currently on a 5-game winning streak.
- Old Dominion has not lost a series this season and has swept two opponents including Conference USA rival, Rice, last weekend.
- Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Monarchs with a .388 average. He has scored 17 runs and has 10 extra-base hits.
- Old Dominion has two others hitters hitting over .300 in Zach Rutherford (.360) and Culver Lamb (.341).
- Lamb is also a quality reliever as he sports a .93 ERA in 9 2/3 innings.
- Adam Bainbridge is the Monarchs' top starter, sitting with a 4-1 record and a 1.74 ERA in 31 innings.
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