Baseball Heads to South Carolina for Weekend Series with The Citadel

Game 14-16
Saint Peter's (3-10, 0-0 MAAC) vs. The Citadel (10-6, 0-0 SoCon)
Date: Friday-Sunday, Mar. 18-20
Time: Fri & Sat 2:00 PM, Sun 1:00 PM
Location: Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park, Charleston, SC
Network: ESPN+

First Pitch

• The Saint Peter's University baseball team is on the road for another series, this time against The Citadel.
• Saint Peter's is coming off a loss against Lehigh on Wednesday.
• This will be games number 14-16 of 21 straight games on the road to open the season.

Slowing Down

• The Peacocks won their first three games of the series with Coppin State, marking their longest winning streak since the 2014 season.
• Saint Peter's swept the doubleheader with the Eagles, marking their first doubleheader sweep since 2015.
• The team has already won as many non-conference games as they had in the last five years combined.
• Saint Peter's is already one win away from matching last year's total.
• The team has lost nine straight games since the finale against Coppin State.
• The Peacocks have been outscored 128-23 on the nine game losing streak.

Leaders

• Sophomore outfielder Collin Jensen has been on fire from the plate. He leads the team in batting average (.300), hits (12), total bases (21), and home runs (2).
• Junior infielder Sam Haney and graduate infielder Chris Marquart each have one home run on the season.
• Jensen and senior outfielder Anthony Abbatine lead the team in runs scored with seven.
• Haney has nine RBI's to lead the team.
• Junior pitcher Nick Markantonatos has a team low 3.09 ERA and has a 1-1 record on the season.

Up Next

• The Peacocks have another midweek game in Pennsylvania on the schedule, this time against Lafayette. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23.

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