• Rose-Hulman has clinched hosting rights for the 2019 HCAC Tournament.  The tournament begins Thursday May 9.  
• Rose-Hulman will face the winner of the No. 4 vs. No. 5 seed game in its first game on Thursday.  Times will be announced early this week.
• The 2019 HCAC Tournament is a double elimination event that includes the top five finishing teams.  
• Luke Buehler is a three-time HCAC Pitcher of the Week and one-time D3baseball.com National Team of the Week honoree in 2019.  Buehler is currently 7-0 with a 0.87 earned run average, including 49 strikeouts in 52 innings of work.
• The team's four primary starting pitchers have also included Trevor Dallio (1-2, 3.98 ERA, 33 K, 31.2 IP), Trever Bruno (2-2, 4.89, 15 K, 35 IP) and Clayton Mayfield (4-1, 1 save, 5.06, 34 K, 48.0 IP)
• Rose-Hulman's bullpen features seven pitchers with at least one save, led by freshman Brian Pershing with five saves and freshman Adam Taylor with two.
• Matthew Rouse had perhaps the best relief appearance in school history in Wednesday's 3-2 win over Hanover.  Rouse retired the first 21 batters he faced, including 11 strikeouts, to pick the win.  
• Brian Pershing and Zach Witonsky have made the most of their playing time with batting averages of .459 and .429, respectively, this season.  Shaine Mitchell is also hitting .375 and appeared in 25 games in the outfield.
• Starters hitting above .300 include Davis Robeson (.350, 6 2B); Harris Camp (.346, 3 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR); Conner Helbling (.340, 7 2B, 1 HR); Conner Shipley (.333, 6 2B); David Burnside (.329, 10 2B, 3 HR); Luke Kluemper (.317, 1 2B); Ryan Stachowski (.317, 11 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR); and Luke Calabrese (.306, 3 2B, 1 3B).
• Rose-Hulman has won four HCAC Tournament titles, two regular season HCAC championships and made two appearances in the NCAA Division III Regional Championship Round since 2009. 

Anderson (19-13, 9-7 HCAC) News & Notes:

• Anderson currently stands third in the HCAC standings with a 9-7 overall record. 
• The Ravens have clinched a bid to the HCAC Tournament.  Anderson could be seeded as high as No. 3 and as low as No. 5 depending on Sunday's results.