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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University baseball team will try to get back in the win column on Tuesday, March 28, when the Panthers play host to inter-Triad rival Elon at Williard Stadium.

History vs. Elon: The Panthers are 17-22 against Elon in the HPU Div. I era (2000-present). High Point swept its two contests against Elon last season, winning by a score of 8-2 on the road and by a score of 17-16 at home. The last win by the Phoenix at Williard Stadium came in 2012 when Elon earned a 6-3 win.
 
The Opponent: Elon sits at 11-13 overall and 2-1 in the CAA this season after taking two of three games from Northeastern over the weekend. The Phoenix are just 1-5 in midweek contests this season with a win over Radford and losses to Liberty, East Carolina (x2), UNCG and NC State. The Elon offense is spearheaded by the pair of second baseman Joe Satterfield and shortstop Ryne Ogren. Satterfield is hitting a team-high .377 with three home runs and 12 runs scored while Ogren is hitting .371 with 10 doubles, 14 RBI and a team-high 15 runs scored. Rightfielder Kyle Jackson is a dangerous middle of the order bat that leads the team with 16 RBI while hitting .311 with 10 doubles.
 
HPU vs. CAA: High Point is 28-28 against teams currently in the Colonial Athletic Association in the Div. I era. The Panthers' most common CAA opponent has been Elon who HPU has faced 39 times. Tuesday's game against the Phoenix will be High Point's first of the season against an opponent from the Colonial.

Probable Starting Pitchers:
• Tuesday: Senior right-hander Peter Ripke will make his first start of the season on Tuesday. Ripke has appeared in three games this season and currently sports a 4.91 ERA with six strikeouts in 3-2/3 innings of work. The right-hander's longest outing of the season came against Wake Forest. Ripke pitched two innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits while striking out three.
 
Last Time Out: High Point was swept over the weekend in a three-game road series at Winthrop. The Panthers dropped the first game by a score of 7-3 then were swept in a Saturday doubleheader, losing by scores of 12-5 and 4-0. Junior Blake Schunk was 5-12 (.417) with a double and a team-high two RBI while senior Josh Greene went 4-10 (.400) with two doubles and a run scored. In the series finale, freshman Trevor Holloway turned in his best start of the season with a career-high seven innings of work. The right-hander allowed just two earned runs on five hits and a walk while striking out five in a tough-luck loss.

Greene Reemerging: Senior Josh Greene has started each of the past nine games and is hitting .333 (16-48) with three home runs, 10 RBI and eight runs scored in those games. He has a team-high seven extra-base hits over the past 12 games and hit a home run three-straight games for the Panthers with two at Kennesaw State and another at home against Wake Forest.

Fireman Hodges: Sophomore left-hander Matt Hodges has become one of the Panthers' top relievers in his second year with the club, appearing in a team-high 11 games and tying for third in the Big South with three wins. The left-hander is 3-1 on the season with a 4.42 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 18-1/3 innings of work.
 
Power Surge: High Point has shown much more pop at the plate this season with 20 home runs in 22 games, third in the Big South. The Panthers are on pace to surpass the program Div. I record of 56 home runs set in 2010. Juniors Carson Jackson, Jordan Sergent and Austen Zente are all tied for second in the Big South with four home runs each while senior Josh Greene is just behind the trio with three.
 
Start'em Young: The High Point pitching staff has relied on youth this season as underclassmen have pitched 152 of 193 innings (78.7 percent) for the Panthers in 2017. All 22 of HPU's games have been started by underclassmen including six each by freshmen Trevor Holloway and Drew Daczkowski. Daczkowski ranks ninth in the Big South in ERA while Holloway and sophomore Andrew Gottfried are both among the top 10 in the Big South in opponent batting average.
 
Long Ball Brings Down Owls: High Point hit five home runs in the series against Kennesaw State, including four in the series finale. Senior Josh Greene and junior Hunter Lee both had two home runs on the weekend. In the final game at KSU, High Point led off four-straight innings with solo home runs as Lee hit one in both the second and fourth, Greene hit one in the third and junior Austen Zente had one in the fifth.
 
Carson Jackson Named National POW: Junior Carson Jackson was named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week on Feb. 20 after helping to lead the Panthers to a weekend series win over NJIT. Jackson went 5-11 at the plate with three home runs, five RBI and five runs scored. He had two home runs in High Point's come-from-behind win on Sunday making him the 15th player in HPU's Div. I history to record a multi-HR game.
 
Panthers launch four HRs in series finale vs. NJIT: High Point hit four home runs in the come-from-behind win over NJIT on Sunday. It was the most home runs in a game by the Purple & White since 2010 and one shy of the Panthers' Div. I single-game record. Junior Carson Jackson had two home runs and juniors Jordan Sergent and Austen Zente both had one. All six High Point runs in the game came by way of the long ball, including two on Zente's home run in the eighth inning that put HPU in front.
 
Up Next: The Panthers hit the road on Wednesday, March 29, for their second of two midweek contests. High Point will travel to Durham, N.C., for its second game of the season against NC Central. HPU fell to Central at home in the first meeting between the two teams, 11-5, after giving up six runs in the ninth inning.

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