Baseball | 4/10/2018 3:41:00 PM

THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (16-6, 8-2 PSAC East) at Kutztown (10-10, 4-6 PSAC East)
Wednesday, April 11 - 1:00 PM (DH)
Kutztown, Pa. | North Campus Field

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RELATED LINKS
Bloomsburg - Roster | Schedule | Statistics
Kutztown - Roster | Schedule | Statistics

STORYLINE
Bloomsburg, off to the best start through 22 games in program history, heads to Kutztown University on Wednesday afternoon to make-up its conference doubleheader that was postponed earlier in the season. The Huskies are 16-6 overall, surpassing the 1998 squad that had a 15-6-1 overall record through the first 22 games that season. Bloomsburg has won 11 of its last 14 games and is ranked sixth in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Atlantic Regional poll. The Golden Bears, meanwhile, are 10-10 overall and have earned four-game splits against Millersville and Lock Haven in each of the last two weekends.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Kutztown leads the all-time series against Bloomsburg, 111-108-1. The Huskies, however, have narrowed the gap this season as Bloomsburg has gone 4-0 against the Golden Bears in 2018. The teams met twice in Newport News, Virginia, back on February 23 and February 24 with the Huskies winning by the finals of 9-8 and 11-5. Then, on Sunday, March 25, Bloomsburg swept a doubleheader to open league play at Danny Litwhiler Field, taking game one, 6-1, before winning the nightcap, 9-1.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
Offensively, the Huskies are fourth in the PSAC with a .314 team batting average. Redshirt senior Austin Edgette (Exton, Pa./Downingtown East), the reigning PSAC East Athlete of the Week, leads the team with a .429 average (27-of-63) which puts him fifth in the league. Edgette also leads the team in on-base percentage (.538), slugging percentage (.651), and stolen bases (7). His .538 on-base percentage is tops in the conference. He is also tied for second in doubles (6) and home runs (2) and third in runs scored (22). Redshirt junior Shane Woelfel (Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah) is second on the team, sixth in the PSAC, with a .411 average (30-of-73). He leads the team with three home runs and is tied for tops on the team with 23 runs scored. Sophomore Cole Swiger (Maple Glen, Pa./Upper Dublin) has posted a .398 average (33-of-83) which has him third on the team and tenth in the league. He leads the team in hits (33) and doubles (11) and is tied for the team lead with 23 runs scored. Freshman Ben Newbert (Bala Cynwyd, Pa./Harriton), sophomore Chad Cooperman (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury), and junior Ryan Shiffer (Toms River, N.J./Toms River South) also have batting averages north of .300 on the season. Newbert is hitting .358 (19-of-53) and belted his first collegiate home run on Sunday at East Stroudsburg. He ranks third on the team with 17 runs batted in. Cooperman his hitting .311 (14-of-45) with a dozen RBI in only 45 at bats as he splits time in the field and on the mound. Shiffer, meanwhile, is at .309 (25-of-81) with a team-leading 26 runs batted in.

On the mound, the Huskies are fourth in the PSAC with a 4.60 team earned run average. Freshman Nick Stoner (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) leads the team with a 2.15 ERA while sporting a 3-0 record on the season. In six appearances (five starts), Stoner has allowed only 15 hits in 29.1 innings (.144 opponent average) while striking out 31. Junior Ashton Raines (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) is 5-0 on the season with a 2.61 ERA. He has limited the opposition to a .185 average and has struck out 31 batters in a team-high 38 innings. Cooperman has a 3.24 ERA in five starts and has struck out 28 batters in 25 innings. Meanwhile, sophomore JJ Spehrley (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville Area) has emerged as the other weekend starter and is 5-0 with a 3.52 ERA in eight appearances (two starts). He has 20 strikeouts in 23 innings. Out of the bullpen, junior Trey Hinkle (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) has been the savior as of late. He had a win and two saves in four appearances against East Stroudsburg last weekend and is now 1-0 with four saves and a 3.65 ERA in eight appearances this season. He has struck out 14 batters in 12.1 innings.

SCOUTING KUTZTOWN
Kutztown is ninth in the PSAC with a .294 team batting average. The Golden Bears are led by Nick Lafferty, who leads the PSAC with a .452 batting average (28-of-62). He leads the team in hits (28), on-base percentage (.479), and slugging percentage (.581) and is second in runs batted in with 18. Bo Rottet is also having a fine season at the plate as he sports a .371 average (26-of-70) with team-highs in runs scored (18) and doubles (10). Ryan Cox is hitting .353 (24-of-68) with a team-high 20 RBI while Mitch Pinder is the other Golden Bear above .300 as he enters with a .305 average (18-of-59) with 13 runs driven in. Dariel Richardson has hit three of the team's six home runs on the year.

On the mound, the Golden Bears are eighth in the league with a 5.18 ERA. The staff has allowed opponents to hit .291 off of them on the season. Michael Hunter, the reigning PSAC East Pitcher of the Week, is 4-0 with a 1.44 ERA. He has struck out 18 batters in 25 innings. Mike Kammerer has started four times for the Golden Bears and is 3-2 with a 4.70 ERA. He has punched out 25 batters in 23 innings. Kutztown has used eight different starters this season. Out of the bullpen, Gavilan Fogarty-Harnish has developed into the closer and has three saves in six appearances. He is 1-1 with a 4.85 ERA.

UP NEXT
Bloomsburg will return to conference action Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14, as it will battle PSAC East-rival, Mansfield University. The teams will begin the four-game series in Mansfield on Friday before heading to Bloomsburg on Saturday. Both doubleheaders are slated to begin at 1:00 p.m. Stay tuned for buhuskies.com for any schedule changes.