Preview: #3 Baseball opens home slate with three-game set vs Shippensburg
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Shippensburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
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#3 Catawba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Shippensburg | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
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#3 Catawba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Shippensburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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#3 Catawba | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 13 | 8 | 1 |
Salisbury, N.C. —- The 3rd-ranked Catawba College baseball team opens its home schedule in 2025 on Friday afternoon, hosting Shippensburg for the first game of a three-game set at Newman Park.
THE MATCHUP
- Who: Shippensburg (0-0, 0-0 PSAC) at #3 Catawba (2-2, 0-0 SAC)
- Where: Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
- When: Friday, Feb. 7 (1 p.m.), Saturday, Feb. 8 (1 p.m.) & Sun. Feb. 9 (12 p.m.)
- How to follow: FloSports ($) | Live stats (Friday) / FloSports ($) | Live stats (Saturday) / FloSports ($) | Live stats (Sunday)
THE HISTORY
- Catawba leads the all-time series 39-8
- The Catawba Indians and Raiders have played at least one game at Newman Park every year except one going back to 2015
- Catawba has won 14 of the last 15 matchups
PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF
- Reigning SAC Pitcher of the Year Payne Stolsworth was terrific in his 2025 season debut, tossing seven shutout innings in the 3-0 win at Lynn on Saturday, striking out 11 batters to just five hits and one walk allowed
- The Salisbury native picked up WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference Pitcher of the Week and NCBWA Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week honors
- He matched a career high in strikeouts, dating back to an 11-strikeout performance in an 8-inning, two-hit outing in a win over Mars Hill in April
NEWMAN PARK: NOT KIND TO VISITORS
- Catawba returns to Newman Park for the first time in 2025; the Catawba Indians were 32-4 at home during the 2024 season
- The mark earned Catawba the most home wins of any team in the country in 2024
- Catawba claimed the SAC regular season title, NCAA Super Regional berth and Southeast Regional championship at Newman Park in 2024
ANTICIPATED HOME DEBUTS
- Despite returning its entire starting weekend rotation and multiple all-conference bats, the weekend marks the anticipated home debuts for 12 Catawba Indians new to the team this year
- Nathan Chrismon, a shortstop transfer from East Carolina, went .333 with a double, a homer and four RBI in his first weekend of action with the team
- James Dunlap, Hunter Atkins and Matthew Connolly were other newcomers who earned a majority of the starts in the opening weekend for Jim Gantt's squad
SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
- Shippensburg makes its season debut on Friday
- The Raiders were 27-21 overall and 19-13 in PSAC play, earning them a fourth-place finish in the league's East Division
- Shippensburg picked up six ranked wins over nationally ranked opponents, including a four-game sweep of 13th-ranked West Chester
UP NEXT
- Catawba returns to Newman Park for five games next week, starting with a two-game set versus North Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday