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Belmont (13-5) vs. Wofford (11-7)

Friday, March 17 | 2pm

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Saturday, March 18 | 2pm

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Sunday, March 19 | 1pm

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E.S. Rose Park | Nashville, Tenn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Off their most dramatic win of the season on Tuesday, the Belmont University baseball team welcomes Wofford to the Music City this weekend for a three-game series. 

The Bruins and Terriers will face off at E.S. Rose Park on Friday at 2 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. Admission is free.

Saturday and Sunday's games will be streamed live on ESPN+, with Rich Tiner on the radio call for Friday and the ESPN+ call on Sunday, and Noah Syverson on the call for Saturday's contest. Live audio play-by-play will also be simulcast on the Bruin Sports Network, live stats will be available at BelmontBruins.com, and in-game Twitter updates will be posted to @BelmontBaseball. 

What's Bruin 

• Trailing WKU 7-3 with two outs in the ninth inning on Tuesday, Belmont rattled off three straight hits and four runs to send the game into extras, where Drew Lowry drew a bases-loaded walk to secure the walk-off win 

• The game marked the first walk-off win for Belmont since 2020, and was the first extra-innings game of the season for the Bruins 

• Belmont is now 4-0 in midweek games (Middle Tennessee, Lipscomb, Evansville, WKU) 

• The projected weekend rotation for Belmont will be Joshua South (Friday), Andy Bean (Saturday), and Jalen Borders (Sunday) 

• Sophomore center fielder Guy Lipscomb had a career-high four hits in the win on Tuesday, including a clutch RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning before scoring the tying run from second base on an infield single 

• Lipscomb is currently second in the country in stolen bases (17) 

• Senior closer Kyle Brennan leads the country in saves (8), and is one shy of tying the all-time career saves record at Belmont, held by Jon Ivie (26, 2008-11) 

• Belmont is 11-3 at home this season 

• Junior right-handed pitcher Joshua South is out to a stellar start to his 2022 campaign. The native of Cookeville, Tenn., is 2-0 in four starts with a 2.74 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 23 innings pitched 

• Sophomore lefty Jalen Borders is 1-0 in four starts with a 2.18 ERA. The Alexandria, Ala., native was ranked the No. 4 prospect in the OVC by Perfect Game prior to the start of the season 

• Belmont pitchers have only given up nine home runs in 18 games 

• Belmont is currently tied for third in the country in fielding percentage (.989), having only committed seven errors all season 

About the Terriers 

• Wofford has won five in a row and seven of their last eight 

• The Terriers are coming off an 8-1 win over Cincinnati on Tuesday 

• Wofford won the SoCon regular season title last year, going 21-9 in league play 

• Wofford is led by head coach Todd Interdonato (15th season) 

• Wofford is second in the country in stolen bases, with 68 in 77 attempts this season 

• The Terriers lead the country in sacrifice bunts (22) 

• Wofford is 16th in the country in walks drawn (96) 

• Jack Renwick is third in the country with 16 stolen bases this season, one fewer than Belmont's Guy Lipscomb (17) 

• The Terriers have six players with at least six stolen bases 

Series History 

• Belmont and Wofford have met four times, Belmont leads the all-time series, 3-1 

• The teams first met in a three-game series in 1998, with Belmont winning 6-3, losing 0-12, and winning 7-5 in Spartanburg, South Carolina 

• They last met in 1999, with Belmont winning 5-2 on the road 

• This weekend marks the first time Wofford will play at E.S. Rose Park 

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