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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman will now HOST Defiance College in an HCAC doubleheader on Sunday at 2 pm at Art Nehf Field. Defiance will be home on the scoreboard but Rose-Hulman will be the host site for the games.
ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers come in to this weekend with a 7-6 record.
* Rose-Hulman was swept by Wisconsin-Oshkosh this past weekend to snap their six-game winning streak.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won six straight games with wins over Ferrum, Bridgewater, and Greenville as well as a three-game sweep of Alma prior to this past weekend.
* Rose-Hulman enters the season with a 44-player roster under the direction of second-year head coach
Adam Rosen.
* The Fightin' Engineers finished last season 28-13 and 12-6 in the HCAC which was enough for a 3rd place finish. The Fightin' Engineers fell to Earlham in the HCAC Championship.
* Rose-Hulman was picked to finish 2nd in the HCAC this season, in a preseason poll of league coaches released in February.
* Rose-Hulman has received preseason notice from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as they received votes in the NCAA Division III national poll.
* Rose-Hulman will return to their home field on Wednesday for a single game with Wabash College at 6 PM.
TEAM HITTING LEADERS:
BATTING AVERAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.417)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.472)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE -
Andy Krajecki (.646)
HITS -
Andy Krajecki (20)
DOUBLES -
Peter Rogers (3)
TRIPLES -
Dalton Busboom /
Kade Kline (1)
HOME RUNS -
Colter Couillard-Rodak /
Andy Krajecki (3)
RBIs -
Kade Kline (10)
RUNS -
Andy Krajecki (14)
WALKS -
Colter Couillard-Rodak (13)
STEALS -
Kade Kline (6)
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS:
ERA -
Warren Goik (1.00)
WHIP -
Josh Erpenbeck (0.63)
WINS -
Zacheus Carr (2)
SAVES -
Jonathan Oliger (2)
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE -
Josh Erpenbeck (0.77)
STRIKEOUTS -
Ian Kline (17)
INNINGS -
Ian Kline (15.0)
DEFIANCE NOTES:
* Defiance comes into the game with a 3-10 record.
* The Yellow Jackets opened the season just 1-8 with a win over St. Elizabeth.
* Defiance picked up a win over WestConn and another over St. Elizabeth last Friday as well.
* Austin Horning and Hunter Bostater lead the team in hitting with averages of over .300.
* Murdock also leads the team in RBIs with 7.
* Bostater leads the team in extra base hits with five doubles and a home run.
* Senior pitcher Cohen Nies leads the Yellow Jackets in pitching. In three starts, Nies is 2-0 with 6 innings pitched per game and an ERA of 3.00.
* After this weekend, the Yellow Jackets will host rival Bluffton in a three-game series to continue HCAC play.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 33-12 over Defiance.
* The Yellow Jackets won the last meeting last season with a 5-3 win at Art Nehf Field.
* The Fightin' Engineers had won 10 straight games over the Yellow Jackets going back to 2017 prior to that loss.
* Rose-Hulman is 15-4 all-time at Defiance.
ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
*
Andy Krajecki - 14th in school history with a career 0.543 slugging percentage
*
Schuyler Wilcox - 6th in school history with 6 career saves
