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Friday's Starters
HPU: R-Sr., RH Scot Hoffman
CU: Sr., RH Nick Thayer

Saturday's Starters
HPU: Jr., RH Andre Scrubb
CU: Sr., RH Grant Yost
 
Sunday's Starters
HPU: Fr., RH Andrew Gottfried
CU: Fr., RH Michael Horrell

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University baseball team hits the road for the final time in the 2016 regular season this weekend for a three-game set against Campbell in Buies Creek, N.C.

The Series: The Panthers took two of three games from Campbell at Williard Stadium last season and are now 10-17 against the Camels in the Div. I era (2000-present).
 
The Opponent: Campbell sits one game over .500 entering the second-to-last weekend of the season with a 24-23 overall mark. The Camels are also third in conference with an 11-7 record. Matt Parrish leads the CU offense and is third in the Big South with a .379 batting average. He also leads the team with 37 RBI. Anthony Lopez is hitting .324 with a team-high 37 runs scored. The Camels feature a trio of strong starting pitchers led by senior Nick Thayer who will start on Friday. Thayer is 7-5 with a 4.67 ERA and is seventh in the conference with a 66 strikeouts in 79 innings. Fellow senior Grant Yost will follow Thayer on the weekend. Yost is 6-3 with a 2.45 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 80-2/3 innings. Yost is second in the Big South in innings pitched, tied for fifth in earned run average and tied for ninth in strikeouts. Michael Horrell is one of the top freshman pitchers in the league and he will start for Campbell on Sunday. Horrell is 5-4 with a 2.44 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 70 innings. He ranks fourth in the Big South in ERA, tops among freshmen.
 
Probable Starting Pitchers:
• Friday: Redshirt-senior Scot Hoffman will make his 12th start of the season for the Panthers on Friday. Hoffman is 5-3 on the season with a 4.06 ERA and 56 strikeouts in a team-high 64-1/3 innings. The right-hander allowed two earned runs over eight innings against Radford last weekend and is now 4-1 with a 2.20 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 41 innings against conference opponents.
 
• Saturday: Junior Andre Scrubb will take the mound for High Point on Saturday. Scrubb earned his seventh win of the season last weekend after giving up four runs, three earned in five innings while striking out eight against Radford. He is 7-4 overall with a 5.28 ERA and 80 strikeouts. The right-hander ranks in the top-10 in the conference in wins, strikeouts and opponent batting average and is 10th in the nation in K/9 innings. 

•Sunday: Freshman Andrew Gottfried is slated to make his 10th start of the season for HPU on Sunday. Gottfried is 5-4 with a 2.83 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 57-1/3 innings. He threw 7-2/3 shutout innings in a 7-0 win over the Highlanders last weekend, setting a new single-game career-high in innings pitched. Gottfried ranks second in the Big South in freshman ERA behind only Micheal Horrell, his opponent on Sunday. 

Last Time Out: The Panthers dropped their second game of the season to Wake Forest during the midweek, falling by a score of 9-2 on Tuesday. Sophomore Austen Zente went 2-4 and scored both the runs in the loss for High Point. Redshirt-junior Tim Mansfield and sophomore Spencer Brown recorded the only two other hits on the night for HPU. Senior Michael Hennessey started on the mound and was undone by free passes, allowing four earned runs on just one hit in just two-thirds of an inning.

Last Weekend: High Point swept Radford over the weekend with a 7-2 win on Friday, a 9-5 win on Saturday and a 7-0 win on Sunday. The Panthers hit five home runs in the three games, including two by senior Dominic Fazio on Senior Day on Sunday. Fazio finished 8-12 in the three games with a double, two RBI, five RBI and seven runs scored. Sophomore Hunter Lee went 4-8 with four RBI and junior Chris Clare went 5-12 with two doubles and five runs scored. Redshirt-senior Scot Hoffman got the win on Friday, pitching eight innings and allowing just two runs while striking out eight. Freshman Andrew Gottfried set a new career-high on Sunday with 7-2/3 shutout innings to earn his fifth win of the season. 

HPU Off To Best Start In Div. I History: At 29-18, High Point is off to its best start to a season since 1979 when the Panthers finished 38-15-1 and were NAIA National Runners-Up. HPU's previous high for wins at this point in the season in the Div. I era (2000-present) was 26 in 2014 when the team posted its best record in the Div. I era at 33-22.
 
The Hitman Cometh: Dominic Fazio set a new career-high with two home runs in the 7-0 win over Radford on May 8, making him the only High Point player with multiple home runs this season. Fazio has become a staple in the High Point lineup, starting all 47 games for the Panthers this season. After serving as a bench player for his first three years at HPU, Fazio is hitting .333 with a team-high 15 doubles, 29 walks and 35 RBI. He has recorded multiple hits in 16 games and reached base safely in all but six games. Fazio's 54 hits in 2016 is 23 more than he had in his first three years combined.

Clare Leading The Way: Junior Chris Clare has emerged as the Panthers' top offensive performer this season. The shortstop leads the teams with a .366 batting average, 67 hits and 36 runs scored. He also has 15 doubles, 22 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 14 attempts. Clare has 13 more hits than both Dominic Fazio and sophomore Carson Jackson, who are tied for second on the team with 54 hits.
 
Zente Running Wild: Austen Zente leads the Big South with 22 steals in his sophomore campaign, the most in a season by a Panther hitter since Nate Roberts stole 36 bags in 2010. He is tied for 32nd nationally in stolen bases. As a team, High Point is second in the Big South with 74 steals on the team.  

Scrubb Among Nation's K/9 Leaders: Andre Scrubb is first in the Big South and 10th in the nation with 12.07 strikeouts per nine innings. He has struck out 80 in 59-2/3 innings. The junior right-hander has struck out at least eight in six of his last eight starts and is holding opponents to a .221 batting average on the season.
 
Gottfried Excelling In Freshman Campaign: Andrew Gottfried has been one of the top freshmen in the Big South this season, appearing in 11 games with eight starts and going 5-4 with a 2.83 ERA. He has held opponents to a .244 batting average and just seven doubles and one home run in 57-1/3 innings. 

Cozart Wins 200th Game: The Panthers' win over Wright State on March 2 was the 200th win of head coach Craig Cozart's career.  He is now 224-219 in his eight-year career as a head coach with all eight years taking place at HPU. Cozart holds the HPU Div. I record for career wins and has guided High Point to its five winningest seasons in the Div. I era. The Panthers had never finished at or above .500 prior to Cozart's arrival, but since he took over in 2009, the team has finished .500 or better four times, including each of the past three seasons.
 
Clare Named Big South Player of the Week: Junior Chris Clare was a key contributor to High Point's seventh-straight series win, as the junior finished 9-for-11 (.818) at the plate in four games with three runs scored and a pair of RBI. The infielder headlined his week with two 3-for-3 performances, including a perfect mark against No. 11 North Carolina on Tuesday. In the series win over Longwood, he finished 6-for-8 (.750) with three runs scored, two walks and a stolen base.

Weekend Rotation K Party: All three members of the Panthers' weekend rotation set or matched their career highs in strikeouts against Longwood. Scot Hoffman matched his career high with eight strikeouts on Friday, Andre Scrubb tied his career high with 11 strikeouts on Saturday and Andrew Gottfried set a new career high with seven strikeouts on Sunday.
 
HPU Pitching Enjoys Bounce Back March: After struggling on the mound to start the season, High Point turned it around in March, posting a 3.14 team ERA and holding opponents to a .226 batting average. The Panthers had three shutouts in the month against Dayton, La Salle and UNC Asheville and held opponents to two or fewer runs in 10 games.
 
Scrubb's March Madness: Andre Scrubb was dominant on the mound in March, going 4-0 with a 1.63 ERA in 27-2/3 innings. The right-hander held opponents to a .149 batting average while striking out 38 batters. He recorded two double-digit strikeout games, including a career-high 11 at UNC Asheville.
 
Jackson Named Big South Player Of The Week: Sophomore Carson Jackson earned his first Big South Player of the Week nod on March 21 after helping High Point grab a road sweep at UNC Asheville in its first conference series of the season. Jackson went 8-18 at the plate with a double, two triples and a home run as High Point went 3-1, including a three-game sweep on the road at UNC Asheville to open Big South play. He led the Panthers with six RBI and four runs scored and stole his sixth base of the season. He was the first HPU player to earn Big South Player of the Week honors since Dane McDermott on April 7, 2014.
 
HPU Receives Free Passes Against UNCG: The Panthers were walked 13 times in the series finale against UNCG, matching the HPU Div. I single-game record set against Charleston Southern in 2007. The team also had three batters hit in the game. In the sixth inning, High Point scored six runs on just two hits as four players were walked and another two batters were hit.
 
Lee Ties HPU Doubles Record: Sophomore Hunter Lee began the 2016 season with three doubles on opening day against UNCG. The sophomore hit doubles to right in the first, third and sixth innings while also drawing a walk in the fourth. Lee's three doubles tied a HPU Div. I single-game record that has been achieved five other times, last by former Panther first baseman Spencer Angelis in 2012.
 
Up Next: High Point hosts Davidson in the Panthers' final midweek contest of the season on Tuesday, May 17. HPU lost on the road to Davidson in 10 innings earlier this season and is now 7-3 against the Wildcats in 10 meetings during the Div. I era (2000-present). High Point outhit Davidson in the game, 16-8, but stranded 14 on the basepaths. Carson Jackson went 3-5 with a home run and both Chris Clare and Hunter Lee finished 3-6 on the night.

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