HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Lincoln Memorial University baseball team (21-10, 7-8 SAC) resumes its 11-game homestand looking to move up in the South Atlantic Conference standings when it hosts Lenoir-Rhyne (21-12, 9-6 SAC) for a three-game series beginning Friday at 4 p.m. at Lamar Hennon Field. The Railsplitters have won all three home SAC series on the year after taking two out of three over Carson-Newman last weekend while the Bears dropped their first SAC series of the year by losing two of three at Wingate. Both teams most recently won at home on Tuesday with the Railsplitters topping Lee 6-4 and Lenoir-Rhyne beating Augusta 15-4.

Schedule/Game Day Links:

Friday, March 30 (4 p.m.) - Live Stats
Saturday, March 31 (1 p.m.) - Live Stats
Saturday, March 31 (4 p.m.) - Live Stats

Quick Hits:

- The Railsplitters kicked off the Carson-Newman series with a 2-1 walk-off victory Friday evening. Dalton Dedas delivered the game-winning base hit with two out in the bottom of the ninth. Ethan Elliott carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and went the full nine with a career high-tying 12 strikeouts—eight of which were looking. He only faced one batter over the minimum and improved to 4-2 on the year with one earned run allowed on two hits.

- Timmy Wages walked off the Railsplitters to a 12-11 win in game one of Sunday's doubleheader after LMU fell behind 10-1 in the seventh inning. The Railsplitters were down 10-2 before a nine-run bottom of the eighth put the team up 11-10. Carson-Newman tied the score in the top of the ninth, but Wages delivered a 2-2 pitch through the right side on the ninth pitch of his at-bat to drive in the winning run. Justin Shaw made his first start of the season and finished 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and RBI. Logan Augustine went 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBI. Joe Stucky also notched three hits while Wages went 2-for-6 with three RBI.

- The Railsplitter bats were held mostly in check in the series finale. Joe Stucky went 3-for-3, but the rest of the lineup was held to just four hits. Chris Salvey and Dedas each hit two-run home runs to left in the second inning to account for the team's scoring output. LMU went hitless (0-for-7) with runners in scoring position.

- Augustine went 5-for-8 in the Carson-Newman series and is second in the SAC in batting average at .413 after a 3-for-5 performance Tuesday. He leads the team outright in hits (45) and stolen bases (10) and has reached safely in 29 of 31 games on the year.

- Augustine recorded the 231^st hit of his career to become the program's all-time hits leader Sunday afternoon. He tied the record with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning in game one of Sunday's doubleheader against the Eagles and took over sole possession with a one-out double in the bottom of the third inning in game two.

- Tyler Adams only went 2-for-11 in the Carson-Newman series to fall out of the SAC lead in batting average but rebounded with a solo home run Tuesday. He now sits in eighth at .373. The sophomore shortstop ranks second in the conference with 14 doubles and is tied for third with 37 runs scored. He has reached base safely in 29 of 30 games.

- Wages has connected for seven of the team's 26 home runs. Augustine (5) and Salvey (3) are the only other Railsplitters with more than two.

- Lincoln Memorial averages 8.58 runs and 11.03 hits per game for the season. Those totals increase to 9.95 runs and 12.21 hits at home. The Railsplitters have totaled at least 10 hits in 17 of 31 games overall and 11 of 19 at home.

- LMU pitching has been solid for the most part and is second in the SAC with a 3.98 ERA, though the team is third with a 4.69 mark in SAC play.

- The pitching staff has a collective 3.30 ERA at home and 5.09 on the road.

- Elliott leads the conference with 71 strikeouts and 54.1 innings pitched. Dominic Morabito has 38 in 28 innings.

Notes on Lenoir-Rhyne:

- Will Jones recorded four hits and three RBI in the Bears' 15-4 win over Augusta on Tuesday while Justin Dean and Alex Reynolds each went 3-for-5. Zack Shoemaker hit his second home run of the year. Lenoir-Rhyne scored in every inning but one in the win.

- Wingate starter Hunter Morgan shut down the Bears in the SAC series opener with one run allowed in 7.2 innings. Caleb Beatty drove in Lenoir-Rhyne's only run with a double in the sixth. Hunter Martin fell to 1-3 on the year with four runs allowed—three earned—in 5.1 innings.

- Matt Sullivan tossed a gem in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader to improve to 4-1 on the year as the Bears evened the series with a 4-0 win. The righty allowed just one hit over seven innings and struck out nine batters but also walked seven. Landon Whitson threw two scoreless innings to earn his school-record eighth save of the year. Beatty hit a pair of solo home runs, and Cole Fowler added a two-run single.

- Wingate's Bradley Brown broke a scoreless tie with a walk-off single with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Bulldogs the 1-0 win. John Grigg pitched all 7.1 innings and took the hard-luck loss to fall to 5-1 after allowing just the one earned run with seven strikeouts. The Bears' offense was held to just three hits.

- The Bears are one win away from tying last year's victory total.

- Beatty is batting .455 with two home runs and seven RBI since being inserted into the starting lineup seven games ago.

- Dean ranks sixth in the SAC with 46 hits and second in runs scored with 41. He is also a perfect 11-for-11 stealing bases.

- Lenoir-Rhyne boasts the best pitching staff in the SAC with a 3.90 ERA. The team has also accumulated a conference-most 295 strikeouts. The Bears are second in the SAC with a 3.68 ERA in league play behind Newberry's 3.41.

- Grigg is tied for the second-most wins in the conference with a 5-1 record. He is 4-1 in SAC play with a 2.56 ERA and pair of complete games. Overall, the righty sports a 2.62 ERA with 50 strikeouts in 44.2 innings.

- Whitson leads the SAC with five saves in league play. The closer has a sparkling 1.53 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 17.2 innings across 15 appearances.

Series History:

- The Railsplitters improved to 23-13 against Lenoir-Rhyne after last year's three-game sweep in Hickory, North Carolina.

- LMU is 13-7 at home. Lenoir-Rhyne took two of three games the last time the teams met in Harrogate in 2016.

- Lincoln Memorial has won 10 of the last 12 matchups dating back to 2014.