The High Point University baseball team will play back-to-back mid-week games as they travel to UNC Asheville Tuesday and host the Panthers of Pittsburgh Wednesday. This is one of two times this season that HPU will play two mid-week games. 

Game Information -- Tuesday, March 8th | 3:00 PM
High Point vs. UNC Asheville | Greenwood Field | Asheville, N.C.
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Game Information -- Wednesday, March 9th | 6:00 PM
High Point vs. University of Pittsburgh | Williard Stadium | High Point, N.C.
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Panthers vs. Bulldogs

• UNC Asheville is 3-9 overall after losing to Mercer over the weekend.
• High Point has beaten the Bulldogs in 47 of the 68 matchups.
• The largest margin of victory came in 2018 for the Panthers, beating the Bulldogs 14-3.

Panthers vs. Panthers

• This will be the first ever match-up between High Point and Pittsburgh.
• The Pittsburgh Panthers are 7-4 overall and are coming off a 11-5 win over Campbell.
• Wednesday marks the first matchup between High Point and Pittsburgh

Panthers Power Past Cougars
HPU recorded their first weekend series sweep of 2022, as they iced 7-1 College of Charleston. The Panthers posted 5-0, 6-0, and 5-4 wins over the three-day affair.  
 

Flawless execution from the @HPUBaseball bench. Side note if you're a former player and this song isn't burned into your brain, I envy you pic.twitter.com/HPptwfLiX9

— Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47) March 6, 2022

Sweeps and Shutouts
HPU's sweep of the Cougars was their first series sweep since March 6-8, 2021 when the Panthers swept UNC Asheville (8-2, 12-6, 11-10) in High Point. The Panthers also recorded back-to-back shutouts, their first shutout since February 22, 2020 vs Towson. It was also HPU's first back-to-back shutout victories since the 2018 season when the Panthers swept Presbyterian 6-0 and 1-0 on May 17th and 19th. 
 

COLE CALLS GAME ?? @CSingsank

PANTHERS WALK IT OFF 5-4#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/BHSjGtLh80

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) March 6, 2022

HPU Posts First Win in Hammond Era
With Saturday's walk-off win against Toledo, High Point earned their first win under head coach Joey Hammond.

Stuart Sends It Out
Adam Stuart hit his first home run of the season on Tuesday against Virginia Tech. Stuart's solo homerun cut the Hokie lead down to four runs in the eighth inning. 

Sutton Knocks First Homer
Blake Sutton hit his first home run of the season against Toledo on Friday night in the top of the first inning. Sutton's solo shot was the second homer of his career.
 
Zayicek Goes Yard
Sam Zayicek homered at N.C. State on Tuesday. Zayicek's two-run shot to right field was his first of the season and the third in his career after hitting two homers in 2020.
 
Home Run Hitters
Cole Singsank and Cameron Lee hit their first home runs of the season in back-to-back innings against Jacksonville on Saturday, February 19th. Singsank's 3-run homer to left field in the third inning of Saturday's game against the Dolphins was the second of his career. Lee's solo shot in the next inning would give HPU their first lead of the game, 7-6.
 
Sunday Show
Sophomore David Keith earned the start on the mound for HPU on Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville. Keith finished with 6.0 innings pitched, and four strikeouts.
 
HPU Picked Eighth in Preseason Poll
High Point was tabbed eighth in the Big South preseason coaches' poll on January 27th. Campbell was the league favorite with eight first-place votes and 116 total points in the poll.
 
Trio of Panthers Highlight D1 Baseball Big South Prospects
D1 Baseball released their Big South preview including top 2022 and 2023 draft prospects. Carter Sheppard was listed as the third-highest prospect in 2022 to come out of the conference. Sheppard finished 2021 with 45 strikeouts in 48.0 innings pitched. Blake Sutton also cracked the top-20, slotted 16th. Sutton started 36 games behind the plate for the Panthers last season, hitting .282/.363/.366 and recording 237 putouts. Javon Fields rounded out High Point's top prospects at No. 30. Fields transferred to HPU from Towson, where he was the starting center fielder. He finished 2021 with a .257/.363/.384 line and had a .984 fielding percentage.
 
Carr Top-3 Big South Prospect in 2023 
In the list of 2023 draft prospects, sophomore Peyton Carr was tabbed the third-best pick from the conference. Carr finished 2021 with the second-best team batting average, hitting .304/.494/.376 for the season.
 
Big South Tournament at Truist Point
The Big South conference announced in December that the 2022 conference tournament would be held at Truist Point in High Point. HPU has not played in the conference tournament since the 2019 season, when the Panthers fell to No. 3 Winthrop in a 6-2 ballgame.