HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Railsplitters will look to keep their longest winning streak since the 2017 season alive this weekend when the Queens Royals come to Lamar Hennon Field for a three-game South Atlantic Conference series. 
 
Lincoln Memorial (21-8, 10-2 SAC) extended its winning streak to 10 games earlier this week with a 9-2 win over Shorter and a 16-2 victory over Kentucky State. For the Railsplitters, the 10-game streak is the lengthiest since they reeled off 11 consecutive wins from April 1-22 during the 2017 campaign. Lincoln Memorial also enters the weekend riding a six-game SAC winning streak. 
 
It's been a different story for Queens (7-18, 1-8 SAC), which is in the first official season in program history. The Royals beat Winston-Salem State and Barton earlier this week, but had lost seven straight prior to that. Queens has dropped six straight SAC contests since picking up the first conference win in program history against Coker on March 3. 
 
Game one will be played at 4 p.m. on Friday evening, while the series will be completed with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday. 
 
Schedule / Game Day Links 
 
Friday, March 22 vs. Queens – 4pm 
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Saturday, March 23 vs. Queens – 1pm 
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Saturday, March 23 vs. Queens – 4pm 
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Quick Hits 
 
- Eleven different players had a hit while eight drove in at least one run in the Railsplitters' 16-2 win over Kentucky State, which was powered by a four-run seventh inning and a seven-run eighth inning. Alex Allen had two triples and four RBI, while Seth Hunt drove in three runs with a double and a triple. 
 
- Tyler Adams and Henry Moore had four RBI apiece in the Railsplitters' 9-2 win over Shorter. Lincoln Memorial led that game wire-to-wire, scoring three in the bottom of the first inning and pouring it on late. 
 
- The Railsplitters have swept three of the first four SAC series of the season, including back-to-back sweeps at Carson-Newman and Lenoir-Rhyne. During its six-game conference winning streak, Lincoln Memorial has trailed just one time when Lenoir-Rhyne took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. However, the Railsplitters took the lead for good that game with a six-run sixth. 
 
- Lincoln Memorial moved up to No. 7 in this week's NCBWA Southeast Region rankings. The Railsplitters trail only Newberry in the SAC standings, as the Wolves are off to an 8-1 conference start. 
 
- The Railsplitters have been on a tear offensively during the 10-game winning streak, scoring at least seven runs nine times while racking up double-digit hits six times over that span. Lincoln Memorial suddenly leads the league with a .311 batting average and ranks third in on-base percentage (.422) and slugging percentage (.470). 
 
- Nate Stinson's string of multiple-hit games ended at nine in the win over Kentucky State, but the junior has still hit safely in 10 consecutive games. Stinson now leads the team with 45 hits, including a team-high 13 doubles. His .385 batting average trails only Chris Salvey. 
 
- Salvey had multiple hits against both Shorter and Kentucky State to push his season batting average to .400. The senior first baseman leads the SAC with 37 RBI and ranks in the top seven in the league in batting average, on-base percentage (.500) and slugging (.645). 
 
- Moore's role in the offense has been unheralded, but the junior catcher has been producing at a high level all season. Moore has recorded a hit in eight of his last nine games with five multi-hit games over that span. Across 17 appearances, Moore is batting .400 with 17 RBI and boasts a .535 on-base percentage. 
 
- Ethan Elliott, Matt Mullenbach and Eli Wright are expected to be the starting pitchers for the Railsplitters this weekend. Elliott is in the midst of another sensational season with a 5-2 record, a 3.57 ERA and 13.6 strikeouts per nine innings. The lefty is fourth in the league in wins and second in strikeouts. 
 
- Mullenbach has been solid of late as well with a 2-2 season record, a 3.68 ERA and 44 punch outs across 36.2 innings. The senior righty ranks sixth in the SAC with 10.8 strikeouts per nine innings, and he is holding opponents to a .236 batting average. 
 
- Wright – a freshman right-hander – has tossed 23.0 innings, holding opponents to a .293 batting average while posting a 2-0 record and a 3.91 ERA. 
 
- The Railsplitters own the second-highest fielding percentage in the SAC with a .975 clip. On top of that, Lincoln Memorial has the third-best ERA as a team with a 4.27 mark. 
 
Notes on Queens 
 
- The Royals suffered their second straight SAC sweep last weekend at Tusculum, but were mostly competitive in 10-1, 7-6 and 6-4 losses. Prior to that, Queens was swept in a three-game series against Lenoir-Rhyne 4-1, 9-5 and 12-4. 
 
- In game one against Tusculum, Queens was the victim of one of the most prolific pitching performances in Division II history, as Charles Hall set a Division II record with 22 strikeouts in a complete-game win over the Royals. Queens mustered just three hits and scored its only run via a wild pitch. 
 
- The Royals were significantly better at the plate in game two, piling up 10 hits, including a pair of homers in a 7-6 loss. They accounted for only three hits in the series finale, though, and struck out 22 times total in the last two games against the Pioneers. 
 
- Offense has generally been hard to come by for the Royals, who are ranked last in the SAC with a .244 batting average and .346 on-base percentage. Queens also is at the bottom of the league in total hits with 193 and total runs with 130. 
 
- Three underclassmen are leading the way for the Royals at the plate. Freshman Noah Jones has a team-high 35 hits with six doubles, four homers, 13 RBI and a .412 batting average. Sophomore Dominic Ford has produced 27 hits with four doubles, two homers and a .287 average, while freshman Nick Melton has 24 hits with two triples and a team-leading 17 RBI. Melton is batting .261. 
 
- Other than Jones, no every day player is hitting higher than Ford's .287 mark for the Royals. 
 
- Queens has also struggled on the mound with a 6.10 team ERA and .272 batting average against. The Royals have the third-fewest strikeouts as a team in the SAC with 199 in 202 innings. 
 
- Queens is likely to roll out junior Jack Bergren and freshmen Zach Kelly and Nick Nelson as its weekend starters. Bergren leads the Royals with 28.2 innings pitched. Over that span, he has compiled a 3-3 record with a 6.91 ERA and 20 strikeouts. Kelly and Nelson are a combined 2-8. Kelly has a 3.81 ERA with 27 punch outs in 26 innings, while Nelson has a 5.96 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 25.2 innings.  
 
- The Royals are coached by three-time MLB All-Star and the 1993 American League Cy Young Award recipient, Jack McDowell. McDowell made 275 career starts in his MLB career, during which he played for the Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees, the Cleveland Indians and the Anaheim Angels. 
 
Series History 
 
- With it being the first official season of baseball for Queens, this weekend will serve as the first-ever meeting between the Railsplitters and Royals.