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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team continues their 2024 spring trip on Friday as they take on the Grove City Wolverines in a Friday doubleheader at 10:30 AM at the Northeast Regional Park in Davenport, Florida.

ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
» Rose-Hulman baseball continues their eight game spring trip with three games in Orlando in the next two days.
» The Fightin' Engineers finished their season opening series with Emory with a 1-2 overall record. Rose-Hulman won the first game on Saturday by a score of 11-9, but they fell 11-6 and 16-4 in the final two games.
» Rose-Hulman started their 2024 Russ Matt Invitational run with a pair of one-run victories over Dubuque (6-5) and Moravian (8-7 in 10 inn.).
» The Fightin' Engineers finish their Southern trip in Orlando, Florida with games in the 2024 RussMatt Invitational against Grove City (DH on Mar. 1) and Houghton (Mar. 2).
» Rose-Hulman opens their third season under head coach Adam Rosen as the Fightin' Engineers look to bounce back from a 23-21 season in 2023 that included a 13-9 record in the HCAC.
» Mark Serdinak leads the team in batting this year with a .444 batting average. He has recorded four hits including two against Moravian on Wednesday. He also leads the team in on-base percentage at .500 and slugging percentage at .667.
» Kade Kline has a .500 on-base percentage this season, and he has ridden his 2-home run and 5 RBI game in the season opener to a team-best .667 slugging percentage.
» Josh Erpenbeck completed the Rose-Hulman comeback on Tuesday with a two-out, two-RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Fightin' Engineers their first and last lead of the game.
» Brady Strawmyer leads the team on the hill with 6.0 innings in two appearances with 8 strikeouts.
» Jonathan Oliger is one of four pitchers with a 0.000 ERA this season, and the closer leads the team with a 0.182 opponent batting average this year in his two saves.
» Rose-Hulman was selected fourth overall in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference preseason poll. The Fightin' Engineers received 62 poll points.

GROVE CITY NOTES:
» Grove City enters Friday's game with a 4-3 overall record to open the 2024 season.
» After winning four consecutive games to start the year, the Wolverines have dropped three consecutive games to Wartburg, Dubuque, and Alma.
» The Wolverines have hit the ball very well this season with a on-base percentage of .432 and a batting average of .312. They are also averaging 10 runs and 11 hits per game on the year.
» Grove City has shown off their gap to gap power this season with 22 doubles, over 3 per game. Four different Wolverines' players have at least 3 doubles on the season.
» Markus Williams has been dominating at the plate this season with a .467 / .500 / .667 slash line. He has 14 hits and 6 doubles in 7 games.
» Luke Vittone is also hitting over .400 this season with 13 hits and 4 doubles. He also leads the team with 4 stolen bases in 5 attempts.
» Evan Umland has been absolutely lights out on the mound for Grove City this season. He has pitched 9 innings in two appearances and one start, and he has struck out 17 batters while allowing just one run.
» The Wolverines have done a great job at limiting damage this season as they have allowed just 13 extra base hits, less than two per game.
» Opposing players are hitting just 0.206 on the year against the Grove City pitching staff which has allowed less than 6.5 hits per game in 2024.
» Grove City will continue its time in the RussMatt Invitational with their final game on Saturday, March 2 against Buena Vista.

2024 TEAM HITTING LEADERS (Min. 1.5 AB/Game):
BATTING AVERAGE - Mark Serdinak (0.444)
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE - Kade Kline / Mark Serdinak (0.500)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Mark Serdinak (0.667)
HITS - Connor O'Connell (7)
DOUBLES - Colton Brown / Josh Erpenbeck / Ryland Hixon / Connor O'Connell / Peter Rogers (1)
TRIPLES - Connor O'Connell / Tyler Otroszko / Mark Serdinak (1)
HOME RUNS - Kade Kline (2)
RUNS - Colton Brown (8)
EXTRA BASE HITS - Kade Kline / Connor O'Connell (2)
RBI - Kade Kline (8)
STOLEN BASES - Kade Kline (5)
WALKS - Kade Kline (7)
HIT BY PITCHES - Josh Erpenbeck / Kade Kline / Tyler Otroszko (1)
LONGEST ACTIVE HIT STREAK - Mason Rasmussen (3 games) 
LONGEST ACTIVE REACHED BASE STREAK - Dalton Busboom (31 games)

TEAM PITCHING LEADERS (Min. 0.5 IP/Game)
GAMES - Zacheus Carr / Warren Goik / Brad Nardi / Jonathan Oliger / Tyler Orr / Brady Strawmyer / Schuyler Wilcox (2)
STARTS - Brett Borcherding / Ian Kline / Alec Lewandowski / Brady Strawmyer / Michael Yager (1)
INNINGS - Brady Strawmyer (6.0)
WINS - Schuyler Wilcox (2)
ERA - Jonathan Oliger (0.00)
WHIP - Jonathan Oliger (1.00)
SAVES - Jonathan Oliger (2)
STRIKEOUTS - Brady Strawmyer (8)
K/BB - Brady Strawmyer (4.00)
K/9 - Michael Yager (12.46)
BB/9 - Jonathan Oliger / Brady Strawmyer (3.00)
OBA - Jonathan Oliger (0.182)

SERIES HISTORY:
» Grove City leads the all-time series between the two teams with a 2-0 mark against the Fightin' Engineers.
» Both games between the Wolverines and the Fightin' Engineers have been played in Florida at a neutral site.
» The teams played their inaugural contest back in the 2018 season with Grove City winning 4-3.
» Grove City also won the last matchup in 2022 with a 2-0 victory.
» Head Coach Adam Rosen is 0-1 all-time against the Wolverines with the lone meeting coming in 2022.

ROSE-HULMAN CAREER RECORDS:
» Dalton Busboom - 9th in school history with a 0.986 fielding percentage
» Colter Couillard-Rodak - 11th in school history with 69 walks and 12th with 2 intentional walks
» Ian Kline - 12th in school history with 140 strikeouts and 12th with 38 strikeouts looking
» Kade Kline - 8th in school history with 34 stolen bases
» Jonathan Oliger - 5th in school history with 7 saves
» Schuyler Wilcox - 7th in school history with 6 career saves

HCAC STANDINGS / NEXT GAME:
Transylvania - 0-0 (3-0) - Mar. 2 vs. DePauw (DH)
Anderson - 0-0 (4-2) - Mar. 2 vs. Knox (DH)
Hanover - 0-0 (4-2) - Mar. 1 vs. Bridgewater
Earlham - 0-0 (2-1) - Mar. 2 vs. Kalamazoo (DH)
Rose-Hulman - 0-0 (3-2) - Mar. 1 vs. Grove City
Manchester - 0-0 (1-1) - Mar. 2 vs. Keystone
Franklin - 0-0 (1-2) - Mar. 1 vs. Hope
Mount St. Joseph - 0-0 (1-2) - Mar. 2 vs. Ohio Wesleyan (DH)
Bluffton - 0-0 (0-0) - Mar. 3 vs. Baldwin Wallace
Defiance - 0-0 (0-0) - Mar. 4 vs. Alvernia