THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (14-10, 7-3 PSAC East) vs. #21 Millersville (19-8, 6-2 PSAC East)
Saturday  /  Sunday, April 5-6 – 1 p.m.
Bloomsburg, PA (Saturday)  /  Millersville (Sunday)
Online Coverage  - Live Stats (Saturday) /  Live Stats | Audio  (Sunday) 
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STORYLINE
The Huskies begin a four-game series with Millersville in a battle for first place atop the PSAC Eastern Division standings on Saturday at Danny Litwhiler Field before traveling to Millersville on Sunday. The series was originally slated to start at Millersville on Friday, but those games were postponed due to wet grounds. Bloomsburg and Millersville have each been atop the PSAC East standings along with Shippensburg in the early going of conference play. The Huskies split at West Chester their last time out to earn their second series victory of the year. Bloomsburg has won three out of four games in its two completed PSAC East series thus far, defeating West Chester and Lock Haven.
 
SCOUTING MILLERSVILLE
The Marauders are one of the top teams in the region, boasting a 19-8 overall record while holding a spot in multiple national rankings. Ranked second in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Atlantic Region poll, Millersville is also No. 21 in the NCBWA national rankings as well as in the College Baseball Lineup Poll. The Marauders are also receiving votes in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll.
 
Millersville entered the week with a 2.98 team ERA while ranking ninth in the nation in hits allowed per nine innings (7.21) and 20th in WHIP (1.20). Millersville is also dangerous on the bases, ranking second in Division II with 75 stolen bases in 23 games.
 
Redshirt senior first baseman Dan Johnson leads the team in batting with a .387 average along with one home run and 24 RBIs. Freshman outfielder Chas McCormick (.351, 19 RBIs) and redshirt freshman outfielder Dan Neff (.351, nine RBIs) also add potent bats in the Marauder lineup. The pitching staff is anchored by ace junior right-hander Chris Murphy (6-1, 1.13 ERA) who has three complete games in seven starts this year, allowing opponents to bat only .194 against him. Senior right-hander Tad Barton (3-2, 3.02), redshirt sophomore righty Jim McDade (3-0, 2.97) and freshman righty Brandon Miller (2-2, 2.84) complete an extremely strong rotation.

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FRAIN EARNS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Junior third baseman Eric Frain (Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan) was honored as the PSAC East Athlete of the Week this past Monday after helping the Huskies to a doubleheader sweep of West Chester in their only competition last week. Frain went 4-for-6 at the plate, doubled, scored five runs, had an RBI and stole a base during the doubleheader sweep of West Chester last Thursday. The Huskies leadoff man is batting .345 with a .412 on-base percentage entering this weekend. Bloomsburg has won back-to-back PSAC Athlete of the Week awards as senior Brad Smith (Morgantown/Twin Valley) earned the honor the previous week.
 
PITCHING STAFF CONTINUES TO IMPRESS
Bloomsburg entered the week with a 2.80 team ERA, a figure that ranked 16th in all of Division II. Junior southpaw Tyler Hill (Lehighton/Lehighton) leads the staff statistically with a 4-1 record and a 1.78 ERA including a save picked up at No. 11 Shippensburg on Tuesday. Senior Casey Cooperman (Allentown/Parkland) (3-3, 2.16), sophomore Matt Jaskolka (Warren/Warren Area) (4-1, 3.18) and senior Kyle Hunter (Lehighton/Lehighton) (0-1, 2.93) have all been strong in the rotation. Sophomore Sean McCloskey (Warminster/Archbishop Wood) (1-1, 2.38) and senior Eric Geedey (Elverson/Twin Valley) (1-0, 2.16) as well as junior Cody Heane (McClure/Indian Valley) (1-1, 2.55) have added strong depth to the staff as regular contributors. Sophomore Alex Carpenter (South Williamsport/South Williamsport) was strong Wednesday at West Chester in his second appearance of the year, working two hitless innings.
 
RISING UP THE RANKS
Three current Huskies are rising up the Bloomsburg career record books. Redshirt junior Tim Ravel (Sinking Spring/Wilson) has 38 career stolen bases, including nine this year, to rank seventh in school history. Next up is the 45 recorded by Mike Reinking from 1997-2000. Senior Casey Cooperman (Allentown/Parkland) stands tied for fifth in wins (14), fourth in innings pitched (208.1), tied seventh in strikeouts (144) and tied eighth in complete games (11). With his save earlier this week, Tyler Hill (Lehighton/Lehighton) is now tied fourth in school history with seven saves.

PLAYING THEM CLOSE
Entering Saturday, the Huskies have played four straight one-run games. Bloomsburg is 2-2 in those contests, first splitting a doubleheader at No. 11 Shippensburg on Tuesday, dropping a 3-2 score in game one before rallying for a 7-6 win in the nightcap. The next day, the Huskies won, 2-1, in eight innings in the opener at West Chester before falling, 1-0, in game two. For the season the Huskies are 4-3 in one-run games.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
1.78 – Tyler Hill (Lehighton/Lehighton)'s ERA is good for sixth in the PSAC thus far on the year. Millersville's Chris Murphy leads the way at 1.13.
.324 – Bloomsburg is hitting .298 as a team this season, but is getting the job done with runners in scoring position, hitting .324 in such situations.
.429 – Damin Muth (Breinigsville/Parkland) ranks second in the PSAC in batting average behind only ESU's Chris Knott (.430). Muth was ninth in the nation in batting average entering this week's games.
8 – The Huskies enter this weekend's series only one win away from tying last year's PSAC East win total of eight. Bloomsburg won seven of its first 10 divisional games this season. The conference schedule is just over a third of the way through with 18 PSAC East games remaining on the schedule entering this weekend.
1.000 – Joey Casselberry (Eagleville/Methacton) has had the most chances without an error of any player in the PSAC this season (192), good for a perfect fielding percentage. Casselberry did not make an error at first base all of last season.