2013 SoCon Baseball Championship Brackets

Armed Forces Day - 2013

Saturday's WCU Games

SATURDAY, MAY 18
Sport	Opponent	Time	Coverage
Baseball	at App State	12:00 PM	Listen LIVE
Men's Golf	vs NCAA Tallahassee Regional (18 holes)	All Day	Live Scoring

Schedule Courtesy WCU Media Relations

Cats race past ASU, 9-1

For the second night, the Catamounts raced to an early lead and defeated the Mountaineers, 9-1, on Friday evening in Boone. With the win, the Cats take the series win over the Mountaineers for the second straight year. 

The Cats are now 38-17 overall and 23-6 in league play, setting a new school record for conference wins in a single-season. Friday's win is the 16th-straight SoCon win this season, also setting a new mark for the most consecutive conference wins in a season.

The win was WCU's 11th-straight victory overall, and its 21st in its last 23 games dating back to April 6.

Western's starter Jordan Smith won his sixth straight victory, striking out three against one walk. Freshman right-hander Jonathan Waszak secured his first career save, tossing four scoreless innings.

With Friday's loss, ASU fell to sixth place in the SoCon standings, behind fifth-place Furman and a half-game ahead of Georgia Southern. Depending on Saturday's games, ASU can land anywhere from 5th to 7th seed in next week's tournament.  Should the Mountaineers beat the Cats in Saturday's game, they can clinch the fifth seed. If the Cats sweep the series, and Georgia Southern loses to Charleston, the Mountaineers land in the sixth seed position. If ASU loses and GSU beats Charleston, the Mountaineers fall to the seventh seed.

The Cats and Mountaineers will meet for the series finale on Saturday, at 12 noon, due to impending rain forecasts in Boone.

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2014 Football Prospect - Gregory Phillips

Gregory Phillips
Position: Wide Receiver
Home town: Lithonia, GA
High School: Arabia Mountain HS
Class:  2014
Height: 6-0,
Weight: 181

Rivals:  2 stars

Phillips has offers from Western Carolina and approximately 16 other schools

Friday's WCU Games

FRIDAY, MAY 17
Sport	Opponent	Time	Coverage
Baseball	at App State	6:30 PM	Listen LIVE
Men's Golf	vs NCAA Tallahassee Regional (18 holes)	All Day	Live Scoring

Schedule courtesy WCU Media Relations

Cats romp over ASU, 23-5

Western Carolina, the 2013 SoCon Baseball Regular Season Champions traveled to Boone to meet the defending SoCon Baseball Champions in final conference series of the season, and left the diamond on the winning side of a 23-5 final score.

The Catamount had 21 hits on the night, scoring 9 runs in the seventh, 6 runs in the first, and 4 runs in the third.   Jeremy Null (8-2) pitched 6 innings, striking out 6 and giving up 2 runs.  Jamie Nunn is the losing pitcher for Appalachian State,  he pitched only two innings. In those first two innings of the ball game, Null gave up 8 hits for 8 runs, striking out only 1 and walking only 1.

The same two teams meet on Saturday at 6:30 pm for game #2.


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Thursday's WCU Games

THURSDAY, MAY 16
Sport	Opponent	Time	Coverage
Baseball	at App  State	6:30 PM	Listen LIVE
Men's Golf	vs NCAA Tallahassee Regional (18 holes)	All Day	Live Scoring

Schedule courtesy WCU Media Relations

2014 Football Prospect - Zach Duncan

Zach Duncan

Kernersville, North Carolina
Position: DE, TE
Ht/Wt: 6'3"/215
Class: 2014
School: East Forsyth Eagles





Has offers from Western Carolina and Ball State

Zach Duncan highlights

2014 Football Prospect - Hasaan Klugh

Hasaan Klugh 
Dual-threat quarterback
Concord, North Carolina
Central Cabarrus High School
Ht:6'3" Wt:185 lbs
Class:2014 (High School)

Has offers from Western Carolina and the Charlotte 49ers.



Hasaan Klugh highlights


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ASU - final conference series

Appalachian State Mountaineers
Location: Smith Stadium, Boone, NC
Date: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 16th - 18th
Time: Thur - 6:30 pm, Fri - 6:30 pm, Sat - 3:00 pm
Radio: Catamount Sports Network
Live Stats: ASU Live Stats
Live Video: ASU Live Video (fee)
ASU's Record: 27 - 19 Overall, 12 - 12 in conference
Series:  The Cats are 75-44-1 against the Mountaineers overall





The newly crowned 2013 Southern Conference Regular Season Champs travel to Boone, NC for the final conference series of the season for both Western Carolina and Appalachian State.

The Mountaineers are currently 12-12 in SoCon play, placing them in fifth place going into this weekends game, 7 and one-half games out of first place.  ASU is 13-8 at home this season,  and are 6-4 in their last 10 games.  The Mountaineers are on a current 2 game win streak overall, but are on a one game losing streak at home.

App State's RPI is currently 96, and the Mountaineers are 6-7 against team with an RPI of 100 and below.

The Mountaineers have one mid-week game against #4 UNC-Chapel Hill, the Catamounts do not have a mid-week game.

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Cats sweep Terriers, win Regular Season Championship

Today, the Catamounts swept the Wofford Terriers in a double header in Cullowhee,

At the end of the double header, the Catamounts became the 2013 Baseball Regular Season Champions.

The Bat Cats won game #1 by a final score of 3-0, shutting out the Terriers.  In game  #2, the Catamounts won the regular season title by winning the second game of the double header by a final score of 10-7.



Congratulations to the 2013 Southern Conference Regular Season Champions - the WCU Catamounts !

Saturday's WCU Games

SUNDAY, MAY 12
Sport	Opponent	Time	Coverage
Baseball Track	vs Wofford at NC A&T Qualifier	1:00 PM All Day	Listen LIVE

Baseball: Saturday game postponed, double header Sunday

Due to inclement weather, Saturday's game with Wofford was postponed.

WCU and Wofford will play a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon beginning at 1:00 pm at Childress Field / Hennon Stadium.

WCU will honor the senior members of its baseball team in a special pregame ceremony prior to first pitch of game one of the twinbill.. Both games of Sunday's doubleheader will be broadcast on the Catamount Sports Network with live streaming audio (free) online at CatamountSports.com with streaming video (subscription) available through Catamount All-Access. Fans can also follow the game with live GameTracker.

Courtesy CatamounSports.com

Saturday's WCU Games

SATURDAY, MAY 11
Sport	Opponent	Time	Coverage
Baseball	vs Wofford	6:30 PM	Listen LIVE

Cats over Wofford in game one

The Catamounts defeated Wofford 6-1 Friday night at Hennon Stadium.

Cats starter Jeremy Null (7-2) went 8.1 innings and allowed one run on two hits with ten strikeouts. Preston Hatcher recorded the final two outs.

The series will continue with game #2 on Saturday at 6:30 pm, the last start time is due to WCU graduation ceremonies on Saturday.

Saturday's Pitchers
WCU:  LHP  Morgan McKinney (3-2, 4.06 ERA) vs. WOF:  RHP  Jesse Morris (7-4, 4.28 ERA)

  

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Thursday's WCU Games

THURSDAY, MAY 9
Sport	Opponent	Time	Coverage
Softball	vs #3 Seed Georgia Southern	2:00 PM	LIVE Blog

Schedule Courtesy WCU Media Relations

Softball: Cats win on Day 1, upset #2 CofC

The No. 7 seeded Catamount softball team defeated No. 2 seeded Charleston, by a final score of 3-1 in the first round of the Southern Conference Softball Championships on Wednesday afternoon at the Greensboro Softball Field.

Western Carolina rode the arm of Catamount hurler Jordan Garrett and the bat of senior Amber Steinhardt to earn the victory over the Cougars.

Garrett improves to 13-12 on the season giving up one run on five hits and striking out five.

Article Courtesy WCU Media Relations

Softball: @ the SoCon Tournament

Good luck today to the Softball team 

as they start day 1 of the 

Southern Conference tournament 

verses Charleston

J.T. Poston Earns At-Large Bid to NCAA Regional

Video courtesy WCU Media Relations

Finally, some movement in the SoCon

According to sources familiar with the Southern Conference's membership search, VMI, Mercer and ETSU were agreed on by the current voting members of the SoCon and will receive visits by the membership committee prior to the president's meeting at the end of May. 

Both VMI (1924-2003) and ETSU (1978-2005) are former members of the conference, while Mercer, a private school has no past association with the SoCon.

Will the SoCon's additions stop at three?

“As we looked at options, we decided to look at replacing the three schools we’re losing, and then see what the landscape looks like before we continue.” said SoCon commissioner John Iamarino.

So, the SoCon may not be through adding to it's membership.

If the visits go as expected, Iamarino said the conference could extend formal invitations by the end of June.

"The potential for that is there, yes," Iamarino said. "That's a possible outcome. ... When you decide to go visit a campus, that indicates there's some genuine interest on both parts."

In looking at the first group of possible new members, VMI already plays football at the scholarship FCS level, while ETSU is restarting its program at the FCS scholarship level and Mercer will play in the non scholarship Pioneer League this fall. However, Mercer's invitation is contingent on committing to becoming a scholarship program per the Macon Telegraph.

Is this a group of schools that WCU wants to be associated with?  Is the new SoCon, comprised of mostly small enrollment schools where the Catamounts, Mocs, and Bucs belong?  Maybe it's time for WCU to explore it's options as far as a new conference home is concerned.


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Baseball: Wofford Terriers

Wofford Terriers
Location: Hennon Stadium, Cullowhee, NC
Date: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May 10th - 12th
Time: Fri - 6:00 pm, Sat - 6:30 pm, Sun - 1:00 pm
Radio: none
Live Stats: GameTracker
Live Video: Catamount All Access
Wofford;s Record: 20-30 Overall, 10-17 in conference
Series: The Cats are 37-7 against Wofford overall, in Cullowhee the Catamounts are 20-4 against the Terriers



Western Carolina is idle mid-week for final exams.

Starting on Friday, the Catamounts host the Wofford College Terriers for three games during "Senior Weekend"

Prior to Friday night's game,  WCU will recognize the senior members of both the men's and women's golf teams, then on Saturday, first pitch will be at 6:30 pm to accommodate WCU graduation ceremonies.

Prior to Sunday's game, the seven senior baseball players will be honored in a pre-game ceremony.

The Cats dropped 2 out of 3 games a season ago to the Terriers, which was the first time the Cats had ever lost a SoCon series to Wofford.   This season's Terriers come to Cullowhee with a 10-17 conference record (tied for 9th place) and a 20-30 overall record.

The Terriers are just 4-15 in road games this season, and are 5-5 overall in their last 10 games.


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SoCon Baseball Standings - May 5, 2013

SoCon Baseball	SoCon					Overall
Team	Record	Pct	Home	Away	Neutral	Record	Pct	Home	Away	Neutral
Western Carolina	18-6	.750	9-3	9-3	0-0	33-17	.660	21-7	12-7	0-3
Citadel	15-9	.625	7-5	8-4	0-0	28-21	.571	18-9	10-12	0-0
Elon	16-10	.615	7-5	9-5	0-0	24-26	.480	13-11	11-14	0-1
College of Charleston	14-9	.609	5-6	9-3	0-0	26-20	.565	15-11	11-7	0-2
Appalachian State	12-12	.500	6-4	6-8	0-0	25-18	.581	14-8	11-9	0-1
Georgia Southern	13-14	.481	9-6	4-8	0-0	25-23	.521	16-13	9-10	0-0
Furman	12-15	.444	4-8	8-7	0-0	26-20	.565	13-11	13-9	0-0
Samford	10-13	.435	5-7	5-6	0-0	25-23	.521	17-11	7-11	1-1
Wofford	10-17	.370	8-7	2-10	0-0	20-30	.400	15-14	4-15	1-1
Davidson	10-17	.370	7-8	3-9	0-0	15-30	.333	12-12	3-18	0-0
UNCG	8-16	.333	3-9	5-7	0-0	21-27	.438	14-16	6-11	1-0

If it ended today - May 5th

Bracket #1

Game #1 Wed, May 22 @ 10 am
Seed #2 - The Citadel vs. Seed #7 - Furman

Game #2 Wed, May 22 @ 1:30 pm
Seed #3 - Elon vs. Seed #6 - Georgia Southern

Bracket #2

Game #3 Wed, May 22 @ 5 pm
Seed #1 - Western Carolina vs. Seed #8 - Samford

Game #4 Wed, May 22 @ 8:30 pm
Seed #4 - Charleston vs. Seed #5 - App State


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Track and Field - SoCon Season Sweep

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Cats Sweep Tennessee Tech

The Catamounts picked up win number 33 on Saturday, with a 6-1 win that sweep the two game series with Tennessee Tech.

Jordan Smith is the winning pitcher, going seven innings, while striking out 6.  Today's win upped Smith's overall all record to 4-3 on the season.

The Catamounts will now break for exams, returning to the baseball field next Friday for the final home series of the season, vs. Wofford.

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Saturday's WCU Games

SATURDAY, MAY 4
Sport	Opponent	Time	Coverage
Baseball Track	vs Tennessee Tech at Bob Pollock Invitational	6:00 PM All Day

Schedule Courtesy WCU Media Relations

Hairston and Bradshaw sweep T&F honors

Hairston

Bradshaw

The Southern Conference announced its April athletes of the month with Brandon Hairston honored as men's track athlete of the month and Alisha Bradshaw named women's field athlete of the month. 

Hairston won four events en route to being named Most Outstanding Track Performer at the SoCon Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

He won the 100-meter dash and the 200m and was part of winning 4x100m and 4x400m relays. Hairson was part of the 4x400m relay that turned in top league time of the season at the Penn Relays last week.

Bradshaw was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the SoCon Outdoor Track and Field Championships in April.

Bradshaw won the shot put with a throw of 14.20 meters (46'7.25") and set a new meet record with a throw of 46.68m (153'2") to win the discus. She finished second in the hammer throw to help the Catamounts claim the team title.


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Catamounts overwhelm TTU, 18-7

The Catamounts scored 18 runs off 17 hits in route to a 18-7 non-conference victory over the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech.   The Cats now have 32 wins on the season.

Jeremy Null collected his fifth win of the season, striking out 8 and walking none.  Overall, Catamount pitchers struck out 15, and walked only 5 for the game. The top bat for the Cats was outfielder Cody Jones, who drove in five runs off two hits, including a three-run home run.

The Cats have moved up in RPI to 59.

The Cats face the Golden Eagles in game two on Saturday, at 10:30 am due to possible rain.

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Saturday's WCU Games

FRIDAY, MAY 4
Sport	Opponent	Time	Coverage
Baseball Track	vs Tennessee Tech at Bob Pollock Invitational	11:00 PM All Day

Schedule Courtesy WCU Media Relations

Catamount Golf Tour Events

The 2013 slate runs from mid-April through late September with six different tournaments scheduled. The
2013 Catamount Golf Tour teed off on Friday, April 12th with the Catamount Shootout at the Marion Lake Club and runs through the Bob Waters Memorial held at the High Vista Country Club in Mills River, N.C. in September.

For more information on the Catamount Club and the Catamount Golf Tour, contact Catamount Club Associate Director Julie Miller at (828) 227-3084 or by email at jamiller@email.wcu.edu.

Courtesy WCU Media Relations

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