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Baseball Tom Riordan

Diamond Hawks Continue Homestand With Iona


WILMINGTON, North Carolina – UNCW hosts Iona in a three-game series beginning on Friday as the Seahawks continue an eight-game homestand with a 4 p.m. start.

Both teams are looking to return to the win column after Iona topped, 11-2, at Stony Brook and UNCW dropped a 6-4 decision to visiting Coastal Carolina on Wednesday.

The Gaels (4-9) fell behind early at Stony Brook, allowing six runs in the bottom of the first inning to the Seawolves. Freshman infielder Sean Breen led the IC lineup with two hits.

The Seahawks (9-5), meanwhile, fought back from a 4-1 deficit to tie Coastal Carolina in the fifth inning at four-all. Coastal, though, was able to take advantage of a leadoff walk in the sixth inning to plate the go-ahead run.

The series continues on Saturday and concludes on Sunday. Both days are slated for 2 p.m. starts. All three games will be streamed for free at portal.stretchinternet.com/UNCW. Live stats are available at UNCWstats.com.

STARTING ROTATION
Friday
Iona – Jared Finkel, RHP (0-1, 6.43 ERA)
UNCW – Ryan Foster, RHP (3-0, 1.38 ERA)

Saturday
Iona – Bill Maier, RHP (0-2, 9.64 ERA)
UNCW – Alex Royalty, RHP (3-1, 4.12 ERA)

Sunday
Iona – Patrick Ryan, RHP (2-0, 3.45 ERA)
UNCW – Cory Gantz, RHP (0-0, 6.75 ERA)

5 THINGS TO KNOW
  1. The Gaels are a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and have played 10 games in the state of North Carolina already this season (Gardner0Webb 0-4; NC A&T 1-2; UNCA 3-0)
  2. Iona was picked to finish ninth in the 11-team MAAC
  3. The Seahawks suffered just their second home loss of the season against Coastal Carolina
  4. UNCW is looking to halt a four-game losing skid
  5. Steven Linkous needs two stolen bases to enter UNCW's all-time top-10, he has 55 career steals

PLAYERS TO WATCH
Iona's Travis Mistretta and Sean Breen were named MAAC Player and Rookie-of-the-Wee, respectively, earlier this week … Mistretta leads the lineup with 19 RBI's while Breen has a team-high two home runs and is second behind Mistretta with 13 RBI's … Matt Bryne is hitting a team-high .417 through 13 games for the Gaels.
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Players Mentioned

Ryan Foster

#15 Ryan Foster

RHP
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Cory Gantz

#39 Cory Gantz

RHP
5' 11"
Junior
L/R
Steven Linkous

#7 Steven Linkous

OF/IF
6' 0"
Senior
L/R
Alex Royalty

#21 Alex Royalty

RHP
6' 2"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Ryan Foster

#15 Ryan Foster

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Cory Gantz

#39 Cory Gantz

5' 11"
Junior
L/R
RHP
Steven Linkous

#7 Steven Linkous

6' 0"
Senior
L/R
OF/IF
Alex Royalty

#21 Alex Royalty

6' 2"
Freshman
R/R
RHP