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OWLS FACE ADELPHI AND SNHU IN WEEK AHEAD
After being on the road for the past nine games, the Southern Connecticut State University baseball team returns home to The Ballpark at SCSU for a Southwest Division showdown against Adelphi University on Tuesday before heading north to Manchester, N.H. to battle No. 6 Southern New Hampshire under the lights beginning at 4 p.m.

SOUTHWEST DIVISION STANDINGS
School                Division             Overall
1. Saint Rose        4-1                    11-11
2. New Haven        4-2                    13-12
3. Pace                 6-3                    20-15
4. Adelphi             5-4                    17-17
5. Le Moyne         3-3                    20-11
6. AIC                  2-6                    8-27
7. So. Conn. St.    2-7                   9-20-1

NORTHEAST DIVISION STANDINGS
School                Division            Overall
1. SNHU                    10-1        31-3
2. Franklin Pierce        8-1        31-4
3. Merrimack               6-2        22-11
4. Assumption             5-5        14-18
5. Stonehill                  4-5        18-13
6. Saint Anselm           3-7        8-23
7. Saint Michael's        1-8        2-17
8. Bentley                   1-9        9-20

ALL-TIME AGAINST ADELPHI
At the beginning of the season, Adelphi led the all-time series record 14-11 against Southern Connecticut. Following the three losses to the Panthers earlier this season, the Owls now trail 17-11.

PREVIOUSLY AGAINST ADELPHI
Southern Connecticut and Adelphi has faced each other three times. Adelphi leads the series 3-0.
•Game 1 Score: Adelphi 6, So. Conn. 4
•Game 2 Score: Adelphi 6, So. Conn. 5
•Game 3 Score: Adelphi 6, So. Conn. 4

SCOUTING ADELPHI
• The Panthers are coming off a 1-2 weekend series against American International and are now 17-17 and 5-4 on the year. 
• As a team, Adelphi has a .276 batting average and a .334 on-base percentage.
• On the road, Adelphi has a record of 3-5.
• Adelphi's bullpen has an overall ERA of 4.15.
• T. Santiago and S. Kuhn both rank fifth in the league in strikeouts (55) and saves (3), respectively.

ALL-TIME AGAINST SNHU
At the beginning of the year, SNHU led Southern Connecticut in the all-time series 48-16. Following the earlier loss to the Penmen, Southern Connecticut now trails 49-16.

PREVIOUSLY AGAINST SNHU
Despite holding a 6-1 lead entering the bottom of the eighth, the baseball team was unable to stop Southern New Hampshire from scoring the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th to secure the 7-6 walk-off win on March 18th. 

SCOUTING SNHU
• The Penmen are currently on a 13 game winning streak and their last loss came back on March 30th against Franklin Pierce.
• As a team, SNHU leads the conference in 13 different categories, including runs (293), RBI (240), on-base percentage (.403) and shutouts (8). 
• SNHU bullpen ranks second in the league with an ERA of 2.58 as well as ranks first with a .206 batting average against.
• M. Mastroberti leads the league as well as the team with 40 RBI while M. Cruz ranks fourth with a .372 batting average.
• T. Viehoff and J. Walkinshaw leads the conference in both wins (7) and saves (7), respectively.

A QUICK LOOK BACK
Southern Connecticut wrapped up last week with a record of 1-3 after battling New Haven and Saint Rose on the road. The Owls only win came on Saturday in game one against the Golden Knights, 6-4. 

STAT BREAKDOWN
• As a team, Southern Connecticut went 35-for-136 (.257) at the plate while collecting 14 runs and 14 RBI.
• Southern Connecticut went 5-5 in stolen bases while their opponents went 2-6.
• The opponents posted a .290 batting average, 22 runs and 20 RBI.
• Southern Connecticut's bullpen finished the week with a 2.97 ERA while their opponents had a 3.25 ERA.

STANDOUTS AT THE PLATE
• Jake Paul led the Owls last week with a .462 (6-for-13) batting average as well as posted three runs.
• Jake Lieberman appeared in all four games for the Owls and finished the week with a .412 (7-for-17) batting average, a team-high four runs and three RBI.
• Kyle Hart led the Owls with a team-high four RBI.

RENTAS WITH THE WIN
Freshman Brandon Rentas picked up the Owls only win of the week as the righty allowed three runs on six hits as well as walked a batter over 6.0 inning. Rentas improves to 2-3 on the year.

NE-10 PRESEASON RANKINGS
The Southern Connecticut State University baseball team, led by 14-year head coach Tim Shea, was selected to finish fourth in the Southwest Division of the Northeast-10 Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll. 
Southwest Division 
1. New Haven - 77 (6)
2. Pace - 65 (3)
3. Adelphi - 62 (1)
4. So. Connecticut - 58 (3)
5. Le Moyne - 52 (2)
6. American Int'l - 38
7. Saint Rose - 19
() - first place votes

TRI-CAPTAIN ANNOUNCEMENT
Southern Connecticut State University baseball coach Tim Shea had announced that junior's Jake Lieberman, Jake DeRosa and Cole Bryant will serve as team captains for the upcoming 2016 season.

LOOKING BACK AT LAST SEASON
The baseball team finished the 2014-15 season with an overall record of 18-19. The Owls were selected to finish first in the Southwest Division preseason poll. Southern Connecticut also ranked as high as No. 8 in the regional polls last season.

WELCOME BACK
Southern Connecticut returns 18 players from last year's squad - Jake Paul, Ryan Kaplan, Jake Lieberman, Ethan Joyce, Joe Uccello, Alex Wichmann, Gary Flowers, Jake DeRosa, Jason Harper, McNeill Finnegan, Greg Zullo, Austin Brochu, Mike Giordano, Griffin Bremer, Jordan Picini, Mike Yerina, Jake Santamaria and Cole Bryant.

NEWCOMERS
Southern Connecticut welcomes Nick Lamberti, Christopher Ramos, Brandon Rentas, Jim Palmer, Jordan Hamler, Tyler Criscuolo, Kyle Hart, Mike DeMartino, Shawn Urbano and Quantique White to the team.

FOUR OWLS COLLECT ALL-CONFERENCE HONOR
Four members, including Nick Baviello, Matt Burns, AJ Turnier and Griffin Bremer have been named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference Team.

EXCELLING IN THE CLASSROOM
Southern Connecticut had 10 student-athletes selected to the Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for their work in the classroom during the 2014-15 academic year.

UP NEXT
The Owls are back in action on April 25 at Post University. Game time is set for 6 p.m. in Waterbury, Conn.