Marshall University Athletics
Baseball Home For Weekend Series Against Cleveland State
3/18/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Baseball Home For Weekend Series Against Cleveland State
3/18/2004
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. - After a 1-3 weekend road swing, the Thundering Herd baseball team returns home for a three-game weekend series against the Cleveland State Vikings.
The Herd took the first game of last weekend's series against Liberty, but the Flames came back to take the final two games of the series. On Tuesday, the Herd was on the losing end of an 8-2 decision at No. 18 East Carolina.
Marshall will try to remain undefeated at home when Cleveland State comes to town. MU went 5-0 to open up the home schedule. The Herd leads the all-time series against CSU, 11-7. The two teams last met in 1998 when Marshall defeated the Vikings, 7-4.
Cleveland State enters the weekend with a 1-5 record. After being swept by Indiana to open the season, the Vikings went 1-2 in a weekend series against George Washington.
Sophomore Adam Frederick (Franklin, PA) leads the Herd with a .386 batting average. He is followed by Francois Larmore (Magnolia, NJ) with an average of .357. Senior Mike Koitsopoulos (Markham, Ont.) is third on the team with a .340 average. Junior Chris Monaco (Tucson, AZ), the MAC leader in stolen bases with 16, is fourth with an average of .311.
The action starts on Friday at 3 p.m. at University Heights. The games on Saturday and Sunday start at 1 p.m. Admission to all home games is free.
