South Alabama Jaguars (1-2)
                     vs.
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (3-0)
Feb. 22-24  • Stanky Field • Mobile, Ala.

Game 1 - Fri., Feb. 22 • 6:30 PM
Game 2 - Sat., Feb. 23 • 2 PM  
Game 3 - Sun., Feb. 24 • 1 PM

Media Information
Live Stream:  All three games of the series will be broadcast live and available for free through JagNationTV.com.

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Probable Starting Pitchers
Fri., Feb. 22
USA - RHP Drake Nightengale (0-0, 2.08 ERA)
TTU - RHP Caleb Morgan (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

Sat., Feb. 23
USA - RHP JoJo Booker (0-1, 6.23 ERA)
TTU - LHP Nic Dye (0-0, 9.00 ERA)

Sun., Feb. 24
USA - LHP Caleb Yarborough (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
TTU - LHP Connor Adams (0-0, 7.36 ERA)

 All-Time Series
South Alabama holds a 5-3 all-time lead over Tennessee Tech in a series that began in 1986. The schools last met in 2014, in a three-game series at Stanky Field to open the season in which the Golden Eagle won by taking the series opener and the rubber match in bookend 5-4 victories. USA and TTU split a pair of games at Stanky Field in 2010. The Jaguars are 1-2 against Tennessee Tech under head coach Mark Calvi. 

Last Meeting
Tennessee Tech won the 2014 season opener over the Jaguars at Stanky Field with a 5-4 decision in 11 innings, scoring the winning run in the top of the 11th on a bases-loaded walk. The Jags scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in game two of the 2014 series to earn a 6-3 win before a five-run fourth inning lifted the Golden Eagles to a series-clinching 5-4 win in the series finale.

Jag Notes
• South Alabama leads the Sun Belt Conference in fielding percentage (.989) after the opening week of the season. The Jaguars committed just one error in 27 total innings in their three-game series at No. 14 Clemson last weekend, and turned one double play. USA posted a .978 fielding percentage last season, which marked the fourth consecutive year it has fielded .978 or higher as a team. The Jaguars ranked 20th nationally in fielding percentage in 2018, and led the Sun Belt Conference with a .983 fielding percentage in league contests.

• First baseman Wells Davis enters the weekend with a 22-game on-base streak after closing the 2018 season by reaching safely in 19 straight contests, and reaching safely in each game of the Jags' three-game set at No. 14 Clemson last weekend. Davis enters the weekend tied for the league lead in home runs (2), and tied for third in slugging percentage (.800).

• Freshman left fielder Ethan Wilson leads the Sun Belt in batting average (.636), slugging percentage (1.000) and on-base percentage (.667), tied for second in total bases (11) and tied for third in hits (7). Wilson homered in his first game and second career at-bat as a Jaguar in last weekend's season opener at No. 14 Clemson.

• The Jaguars must replace four position players and one pitcher from 2018 who were lost to the Major League Baseball Draft:  Tyler Carr (RHP), Brendan Donovan (3B), Dylan Hardy (LF), Drew LaBounty (SS) and  Travis Swaggerty (CF). Swaggerty was a first-round selection (10th overall) by the Pittsburgh Pirates, making him just the fifth Jaguar (Glenn Borgmann, [9th pick] 1971; Alex Pastore [13th pick] 1973; [18th pick] 1974; Pat Putnam [23rd pick] 1975; Mike Zimmerman [27th pick] 1990) in program history to earn the distinction as a first-round pick.


Jaguar Hitter Quick Notes
2 - Nick Lewis (Jr., IF/OF)
• Earned Alabama Community College Conference All-South honors as a sophomore at Wallace-Dothan (Ala.) CC after hitting .332 with 15 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 51 RBIs, 52 runs scored, two stolen bases and .411 on-base percentage in 59 games played.
• Batted .338 with 19 doubles, one home run, 38 RBI, 46 runs scored and 15 stolen bases in 63 games played as a freshman in 2017, while posting a .403 on-base percentage.
• Helped the Governors capture the Alabama Community Colleges Conference state title and a JUCO World Series appearance as a freshman.

6 - Santi Montiel (Fr., IF)
• Hit safely in all three games at No. 14 Clemson. Batted .333 with one double, one triple and one RBI.
• Ranks tied for 10th in the Sun Belt in slugging percentage (.667). 
• Hit .390 with 10 doubles, 12 home runs, 48 RBIs and 28 stolen bases as a senior at Alpharetta (Ga.) HS in 2018 to earn Metro Atlanta High School All-Star honors.

9 - Dakota Dailey (Jr., IF)
• Appeared in all three games at No. 14 Clemson, and earned his first start at second base in the series finale. 
•  Batted .314 with seven doubles, one triple, five home runs, 17 RBIs, 45 runs scored, a .486 slugging percentage, .443 on-base percentage and 13 stolen bases in 41 games played as a sophmore last year at Northwest (Miss.) CC.
• Named Google Cloud Academic First Team All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as a sophomore.
• Also played basketball at Northwest CC for the 2016-17 season, where he led the team in scoring with an average of 12.8 points per game and set a school single-season record in free-throw percentage (.845).

14 - Carter Perkins (Sr., C)
• 2018 First-Team All-South Central Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings and Second-Team All-Sun Belt at catcher.
• Named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on April 24, 2018.
• Ranked 10th in the Sun Belt Conference in home runs (9) and slugging percentage (.543) in league games last season.
•  Batted .301 with nine doubles, nine home runs, 43 RBIs, 38 runs scored, .410 on-base percentage and .506 slugging percentage in 53 games in 2018.
•  Hit .326 with five doubles, five home runs, 21 RBIs, 21 runs scored, .427 OBP and .543 slugging percentage in league games. 
• Recorded 17 multiple-hit and 10 multi-RBI games last year, and hit safely in 32 of 53 games played.

15 - Kaleb DeLaTorre (Jr., IF)
• Batted .360 with 17 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs, 71 RBIs, 66 runs scored, a .645 slugging percentage and .454 on-base percentage in 58 games played as a sophomore last year at Neosho County (Kan.) CC en route to Second-Team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference honors at third base. 
• Named National Junior College Athletic Association Academic All-America as a sophomore.
• Earned all-conference honorable mention at second base as a freshman after batting .335 with 11 doubles, three triples, six home runs, 29 RBIs, 56 runs scored and a .440 OBP.
• Helped lead NCCC to a Central District championship appearance in 2017.

20 - Reid Powers (So., C)
• Appeared in 13 games with four starts as a freshman last season. 
• Played in four Sun Belt Conference games with one start.
• Made his Jaguar debut in a pinch-hit appearance against Kansas State (Feb. 16). • Made his first career start against Virginia Tech (Feb. 17).

22 - Hunter Stokes (Jr., IF)
• Appeared in 53 games with 46 starts last season, and batted .222 with seven doubles, three home runs, 29 RBIs and 29 runs scored.
• Hit .250 with three doubles, one home run, 17 RBIs, 17 runs scored and a .421 on-base percentage in 26 Sun Belt Conference contests.
• Recorded 11 multiple-hit and eight multi-RBI games, and hit safely in 26 of 53 contests.

23 - Colton Thomas (R-Sr., OF)
• Recorded a hit in the series opener at No. 14 Clemson in his first game since 2017.
• Missed the 2018 season due to a medical redshirt.
• Appeared in 39 games with 25 starts as a junior in 2017, and batted .327 with six doubles, four home runs, 18 RBIs, 30 runs scored, .505 slugging percentage, .444 on-base percentage and five stolen bases.
• Hit .333 with three doubles, three home runs, 11 RBIs, 17 runs scored, .583 slugging percentage, .450 OBP and one stolen base in 20 Sun Belt Conference contests in 2017. 
• Recorded 10 multiple-hit games and five multi-RBI contests in 2017, while hitting safely in 21 of 39 contests.

24 - Eddie Paparella (R-Sr., OF)
• Missed the 2018 season due to a medical redshirt.
• Will miss the first month of the 2019 season due to a hand injury.
• Appeared in 46 games with 35 starts as a junior in 2017, and batted .268 with six doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 34 RBIs, 24 runs scored, a .504 slugging percentage and three stolen bases.
• Recorded six multiple-hit and six multi-RBI games while hitting safely in 22 of 46 contests in 2017.
• Tied a school record and set a career high in RBIs (9), and also recorded career highs in hits (5) and runs scored (4) against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 18, 2017). 

25 - Michael Sandle (R-So., OF)
• Tripled and scored the Jags' final run in a 4-3 win in the series finale at No. 14 Clemson.
• Appeared in 53 games with 52 starts as a redshirt freshman last season, and batted .225 with eight doubles, three triples, three home runs, 32 RBIs, 28 runs scored and five stolen bases.
• Recorded 12 multiple-hit and six multi-RBI contests, while hitting safely in 28 of 53 games played.
• Drove in a career-high five runs at Arkansas State on April 29, 2018.

31 - Felix Aberouette (Sr., C)
• Recorded the first multiple-hit game of his career in the series finale at No. 14 Clemson, finishing 2-for-4 with a double, one home run, a career-high three RBIs and one run scored.
• Appeared in 32 games with four starts as a junior last season, and recorded two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored.
• Committed just one error behind the plate in 104 total chances.
• Made his Jaguar debut against Kansas State on Feb. 16, 2018.
• Recorded his first career RBI and run scored against Hartford on Feb. 23, 2018, and recorded his first career hit against Appalachian State on March 31, 2018.

34 - Ethan Wilson (Fr., OF)
• Leads the Sun Belt in batting average (.636), slugging percentage (1.000) and on-base percentage (.667), tied for second in total bases (11) and tied for third in hits (7).
• Hit safely in all three games at No. 14 Clemson, including three hits in each of the first two contests. Batted .636 (7-for-11) with a double, one home run, one RBI, three runs scored, a 1.000 slugging percentage and .667 OBP.
• Batted .529 with 10 home runs, 41 RBIs and 51 runs scored as a senior at Andalusia HS.
• Named MaxPreps Medium School First-Team All-America, 2018 Alabama Baseball Coaches Association 4A Player of the Year, 2018 Class 4A Player of the Year and Hitter of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA), and also earned First-Team All-State honors as a senior.
• 2018 Super All-State selection by AL.com.
• Ranked second on The AL.com High School 100 list.

37 - Bennett Shell (Fr., OF)
• Made his Jaguar debut in the season opener at No. 14 Clemson.
• Named 2018 High School Second-Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball, and also earned all-state honors as a senior after batting .447 with 37 RBIs and a .623 on-base percentage at Pace (Fla.) HS. 
• Helped lead the Patriots to a state runner-up finish in 2018 .
• Named Class 7A first-team all-state as a junior in 2017 after batting .473 with three home runs, 19 RBI, 41 runs scored and 13 stolen bases while posting a .604 on-base percentage and .716 slugging percentage in 26 games.

38 - Wells Davis (Sr., 1B)
• Ranks tied for the league lead in home runs (2), and tied for third in slugging percentage (.800).
• Homered in each of the first two games of the season-opening series at No. 14 Clemson, and finished with three RBIs, three runs scored and an .800 slugging percentage in three games.
• Ranked third in the Sun Belt in walks (53), tied for fourth in sacrifice flies (5), seventh in on-base percentage (.451) and 11th in home runs (8) in 57 games last season. 
• In league contests, ranked third in OBP (.476), fourth in walks (25), tied for fourth in sacrifice flies (3), sixth in slugging percentage (.574) and RBIs (30), and 10th in batting average (.340).
• Recorded 17 multiple-hit games and 15 multi-RBI contests, and hit safely in 35 of 56 games.
• Reached base in 19 consecutive games to end the season.
• His 53 walks in 2018 ranks eighth on the Jaguar single-season record list
• Named Second-Team All-SBC at first base last season in 2017.
• Finished as one of three finalists for the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Gold Glove Award at first base after committing just one error in 477 total chances in 2017.

44 - Brandon Auerbach (Fr., IF)
•  Lettered four years in baseball at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
• Helped the Eagles capture the 2016 Class 9A state championship, and was also named Baseball America's national high school Team of the Year.
 

Jaguar Pitcher Quick Notes
10 - Nick DeSantis (R-Sr., RHP)
• Struck out four and issued one walk in 2 1/3 relief innings at No. 14 Clemson.
• Appeared in 11 games, all in relief, as a redshirt junior last season.
• Went 3-0 with one save while combining for one shutout.
• Recorded 24 strikeouts against nine walks in 18 2/3 innings pitched in 2018.
• Made six relief appearances in 2017 before undergoing Tommy John surgery.

11 - JoJo Booker (So., RHP)
• Made his first start of the season in game two of the series at No. 14 Clemson, and tossed 4 1/3 innings.
• Appeared in 17 games with one start as a freshman last season, and went 2-1 with one save and a 7.15 ERA while combining for one shutout.
• Struck out 40 batters against 19 walks in 34 innings pitched, and not allow a run in six of his 16 relief appearances.
• Finished 1-0 with one save and a 4.43 ERA and 29 strikeouts against nine walks in 20 1/3 innings pitched against league opponents.
• Struck out a career-high eight batters in a career-best 4 2/3 scoreless innings pitched against Georgia Southern (April 13)
• Was a fifth-round selection by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

13 - Zach Greene (Sr., RHP)
• Tossed 3 1/3 scoreless relief innings in the series finale at No. 14 Clemson, and allowed just one hit while striking out eight without issuing a walk to earn his first save of the season. 
• Ranks second in the Sun Belt in strikeouts (8). 
• Named to 2019 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List.
• Appeared in 23 games with two starts last season, and went 2-4 with a 3.79 ERA and five saves while combining for one shutout.
• Struck out 80 batters against 13 walks in 57 innings pitched.
• Recorded three saves along with 35 strikeouts and four walks in 25 2/3 innings pitched in Sun Belt Conference contests.
• Drafted in the 15th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft by the Miami Marlins.

16 - Michael Marra (Jr., RHP)
• Appeared in one game last season before sitting out the remainder of the season due to injury.
• His lone appearance came in game one of a doubleheader at No. 1 Texas Tech on March 3, 2018, in which he threw 11 pitches before exiting the game with an injury.

17 - Caleb Yarborough (R-Jr., LHP)
• Earned his first start in the series finale at No. 14 Clemson since returning from an injury that cost him most of the 2018 season, and tossed three shutout innings while allowing one hit with three strikeouts against one walk. 
• Appeared in three games with two starts as a sophomore last season, and went 1-1 with a 2.53 ERA, six strikeouts and seven walks in 10 2/3 innings pitched.
• Tossed a career-high four innings, and struck out a career-best three batters against a pair of walks in his first career start against No. 23 Indiana on Feb. 18, 2018, in his Jaguar debut. • Pitched 3 1/3 scoreless relief innings against Hartford on Feb. 24, 2018, and allowed just two hits with one strikeout and two walks to earn his first career win,
• Tossed 3 1/3 innings in a start at No. 16 LSU on March 14, 2018, and struck out two before exiting the game due to injury. The LSU appearance marked his final outing of the season before being sidelined due to injury.

18 - Jase Dalton (R-So., RHP)
• Tossed two relief innings and struck out two against one walk in the series finale at No. 14 Clemson to earn his first career win. 
• Earned Second-Team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges in 2018 at Hinds (Miss.) CC after finishing 4-3 with two saves and a 2.68 ERA in 19 appearances with 52 strikeouts against 11 walks in 40 1/3 innings pitched.
• Named to the 2016-17 Dean's List as a freshman at Hinds (Miss.) CC.
• A member of the Eagles' 2017 squad which advanced to the JUCO World Series.

19 - Andy Arguelles (Jr., LHP)
• Appeared in six games with five starts as a sophomore last season. 
• Went 1-1 with a 5.50 ERA while combining for one shutout, and struck out 17 batters against 15 walks in 18 innings pitched.
• Tossed a season-high five innings and allowed one run on three hits against Southeastern Louisiana on March 20, 2018.
• Recorded a season-high seven strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings pitched against Appalachian State on March 30, 2018.
• Tossed two innings and struck out three in a start at No. 18 Coastal Carolina on April 8, 2018, before missing the remainder of the season due to injury.

21 - Hunter Phillips (Jr., RHP)
• Went 0-1 with a 2.31 ERA in 12 relief appearances last season at Chattahoochee Valley (Ala.) CC.
• Struck out 21 batters against six walks in 11 2/3 innings pitched, while helping lead CVCC to a 2018 JUCO World Series appearance.
• Played his first two years collegiately at Georgia Southern, where he received a medical redshirt in 2016.

28 - Tyler Trussell (R-Jr., RHP)
• Pitched 2 1/3 relief innings and struck out three against two walks in his Jaguar debut in the second game of the series at No. 14 Clemson. 
• Appeared in 10 games as a reliever as a sophomore in 2018 at Hinds (Miss.) CC, and struck out 17 batters and issued one walk in 13 innings pitched.
• Named 2018 NJCAA Second-Team Academic All-America.
• Earned Second-Team All-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges honors as a freshman after recording two saves in 23 appearances, along with a 3.40 ERA and 48 strikeouts against 11 walks in 47 2/3 innings pitched.
• Helped lead the Eagles to a 2017 NJCAA Division II World Series appearance.

30 - Jared Proctor (Sr., LHP)
• Tossed one relief inning in the season opener at No. 14 Clemson in his season debut.
• Appeared in 19 games with nine starts, and ranked second on the team in wins (5).
• Finished 5-1 with a 3.11 ERA with one complete game, one shutout and one combined shutout, and struck out 49 batters against 27 walks in 55 innings pitched.
• Went 3-1 with a 4.46 ERA in 10 Sun Belt Conference appearances, eight of which were starts, and recorded 32 strikeouts with 22 walks in 38 1/3 innings pitched.
• Did not allow an earned run in his first seven appearances, all of which were in relief and covered a span of 7 2/3 innings.
• As a reliever, went 1-0 with a 2.19 ERA in 10 appearances, and struck out 13 batters against six walks in 12 1/3 innings.

32 - Patrick McBride (Sr., RHP)
• Made eight appearances with four starts, and went 1-2 with a 4.95 ERA while combining for one shutout.
• Recorded nine strikeouts against seven walks in 20 innings pitched.
• Finished 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in four Sun Belt Conference appearances, two of which were starts, and struck out eight batters and issued two walks in 13 1/3 innings pitched.

33 - Tyler Perez (Jr., RHP)
• Recorded two strikeouts in two appearances at No. 14 Clemson, which covered a span of one inning, in the 2019 season-opening series.
• Appeared in eight games with three starts, and posted a 5.40 ERA and combined for one shutout while striking out nine batters against 14 walks in 13 1/3 innings pitched.
• Made two Sun Belt Conference appearances, and struck out three batters against two walks without allowing a run in two innings.

36 - Zach Young (Fr., RHP)
• Struck out two in one inning pitched in the second game of the season-opening series at No. 14 Clemson in his Jaguar debut. 
• Lettered in baseball four years at Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, Fla.
• Helped SRHS capture the district championship three straight seasons.
• Also named the team's most valuable player in each of those seasons.

39 - Noah Michael (R-So., RHP)
• Appeared in eight games with four starts, and finished 1-4 with 19 strikeouts against 18 walks in 25 2/3 innings pitched.
• Went 1-2 in four Sun Belt Conference appearances, three of which were starts, and posted nine strikeouts and nine walks in 14 1/3 innings

40 - Chase Lambert (Sr., RHP)
• Made 18 relief appearances, and went 1-0 with two saves and a 2.67 ERA .
• Struck out 22 batters against 10 walks in 30 1/3 innings pitched, and limited opponents to a .211 batting average.
• Finished 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA in eight Sun Belt appearances, and recorded seven strikeouts and issued six walks in 11 2/3 innings pitched.
• Did not allow a run in his first four career appearances, which spanned seven innings, and struck out six without issuing a walk in that stretch.

43 - Joel Cheatwood (Jr., RHP)
• Made his Jaguar debut in game two of the season-opening series at No. 14 Clemson.
• Finished 3-3 with 55 strikeouts in 14 appearances as a sophomore in 2018 at Snead State (Ala.) CC.
• Recorded 55 strikeouts against 27 walks in 54 1/3 innings pitched.
• Won two games in 14 appearances, and struck out 44 batters in 45 innings pitched as a freshman in 2017 while also tossing one complete game.

46 - Herndon Akridge (Fr., RHP)
• Went 9-2 with a 2.36 ERA with 115 strikeouts and a 0.89 WHIP in 65 1/3 innings pitched as a junior in 2017 at St. Paul's Episcopal (Ala.) School en route to class 5A all-state honorable mention.
• Also named to the Mobile Press-Register's Coastal All-Region team in 2017.
• Finished 5-3 with a 2.11 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 71 strikeouts in 49 2/3 innings pitched as a sophomore.

47 - Zach Harlan (R-Fr., RHP)
• Recorded a 2.23 ERA and 50 strikeouts against 14 walks in 44 innings pitched as a junior, and also batted .282 with 14 RBIs, at Daphne (Ala.) HS.
• Earned Coastal All-Region honorable mention as a senior.


Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 19    Connor Reich, Texas State (Sr., RHP)

Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week
Feb. 19    Kyle Skeels, Coastal Carolina (Jr., C)

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