Bulls Welcome UNF Tuesday Night
MATCHUP: USF vs. North Florida
SCHEDULE: Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Tampa, USF Baseball Stadium
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TAMPA, April 15, 2019 – The USF baseball team hosts North Florida Tuesday in the first of four home games this week.
The Bulls (15-19, 2-10 The American) are looking to gain some momentum heading into the last month of conference play with the first of four non-league games this week. USF dropped all three at Tulane over the weekend in New Orleans.
Nota-Bulls
- Senior first baseman Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) hit two homers in NOLA and is now in third on USF's all-time list with 42 for his career. He's hitting a team best .342 with 11 home runs and 32 RBI.
- Freshman Alex Bello (Miami) has a nine game hitting streak.
- USF has been bashing during midweek games this year, hitting .319 as a team in seven contests.
- Genord is clubbing .640 with three doubles, five homers, 11 runs and 12 RBI, slugging an absurd 1.360 in those games. Classmate Kyle Phillips (Orlando) is hitting .469 in those games and .322 on the year.
- Redshirt sophomore Jake Sullivan (Tampa) is batting .355 over the last 10 games and junior Jordan Santos (Tampa) is batting .361.
The Matchup
The Bulls lead the series with the Ospreys, 10-8. The Bulls are 7-4 against UNF in Tampa and had won four-straight meetings in the series prior to March 19, when UNF won 7-2 in Jacksonville. Phillips, senior
Garrett Zech (Naples, Fla.) and junior
Austin Bodrato (Northvale, N.J.) all had two hits in the game.
Know the Foe
The Ospreys (21-16, 7-5 ASUN) have won five of their last six games. Jay Prather leads the ASUN with a .395 average and the team with 35 runs and 25 RBI. Trace Norkus got the start against USF on March 19, allowing just two hits with five strikeouts in 4.0 scoreless innings. Prather and Tanner Murphy each had three hits.
Bulls Bits
- DID YOU KNOW?: USF has the only Division I coaching staff in the state of Florida in which every member was selected in the MLB Draft – head coach Billy Mohl (2006, Philadelphia); assistants Chuck Jeroloman (2004, Boston), Chris Cates (2007, Minnesota), Brian Jeroloman(2006, Toronto). The Bulls' coaching staff has a combined 25 years of playing experience in pro baseball.
About USF Baseball
The University of South Florida baseball team is one of the fastest rising programs in the country. The Bulls reached the NCAA Regionals in 2015 for the first time in 13 years and followed that success with a 42-19 record and second NCAA regional trip in three years in 2017. The Bulls continued the success under first-year head coach Billy Mohl in 2018, reaching 36 wins and advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament for the first time since 2012, while being ranked in multiple polls for the final two months. USF earned its third NCAA Regional berth in the last four seasons and had six all-conference selections in 2018. The team had four players drafted in the 2018 MLB Draft, including the program's fourth first rounder, Shane McClanahan. Junior third baseman David Villar was taken in the 11th round after tallying 24 doubles and hitting better than .370, being named first team all-conference and an All-American. The USF Baseball program has won five conference titles and the Bulls have made 13 NCAA appearances.
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