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Baseball Ventures To Navy For A Four-Game Series
March 23, 2017 | Baseball
| Navy Midshipmen | |
| Gametimes | Fri. Mar. 24 - 3:00 p.m. l Max Bishop Stadium |
| Sat. Mar. 25 - 12:00 p.m. l Max Bishop Stadium | |
| Sat. Mar. 25 - 2:30 p.m. l Max Bishop Stadium | |
| Sun. Mar. 26 - 1:00 p.m. l Max Bishop Stadium | |
| Game Coverage | Live Stats - Stat Broadcast l Game 4 - Video |
| @PUTigers l @NavyAthletics | |
| All-Time Series | Navy leads the series, 64-48 |
| Last Meeting | Mar. 27, 2016 - Navy 1, Princeton 0 (Recap) |
| Princeton | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PUTigerBaseball |
| Navy | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @NavyBaseball |
| 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.
- The Old Dominion Monarchs used a big eighth inning to rally and take down the Princeton Tigers, 14-4, at Bud Metheny Complex on Tuesday.
- Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Old Dominion scored 13 runs on eight hits, four walks and one error.
- Much like the night before, Old Dominion used a big inning to drop Princeton, 7-1, on Wednesday.
- The first eight batters of the second frame reached base for the Monarchs, leading to five runs.
- Conor Nolan leads the team with .308 batting average in 26 at-bats. He had three hits against Old Dominion on Monday.
- Nick Hernandez has a team-high 13 hits while Zack Belski has 16 total bases.
- Chris Davis has reached base eight times this season and has scored five times.
- Princeton's catchers have thrown out six 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 7.2 hitters per nine innings in 13 games.
- The Midshipmen are 13-7 this season, 10-3 at home and have won 10 straight games.
- Zach Biggers is posting a .432/.490/.659 slash line. His average and slugging percentage are the best on the team.
- Five other Midshipmen are hitting over .300.
- Navy is hitting .310 and slugging .452 as a team with 65 extra-base hits and 25 steals.
- Noah Song is Navy's top starting pitcher with a 3.38 ERA in five starts. He has 38 strikeouts in 32 innings of work.
- The Midshipmen have an ERA of 4.11 with 160 strikeouts in 173 innings.
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