The Owls hit the road for their sixth road game this season, traveling to Cullowhee, N.C., to take on Western Carolina at Hennon Stadium Thursday afternoon. Kennesaw State then returns home for a three-game series with #12 Oklahoma at Stillwell Stadium, which will air on ESPN3.  

ON DECK

1. Kennesaw State continues its non-conference slate, traveling to Cullowhee, N.C., to take on Western Carolina Thursday evening before taking on #12 Oklahoma for three games at Stillwell Stadium. The Owls are 2-3 on the road  and 5-5 at home.
2. Head Coach Mike Sansing is back for his 26th season with the Black and Gold. He is the second-youngest coach on the 1,000-win list, and is one of 13 active coaches with 1,000 victories who have coaches at least 10 seasons of D-I baseball. 
3. The Owls' seven wins has Sansing sitting at 949 career victories at Kennesaw State, and sits one shy of the 950 mark, and 51 wins away from reaching 1,000 career wins as the Black & Gold's skipper. 
4. Taylor Allum continues to be KSU's hottest hitter at the plate, going 6-for-14 (.429) with two home runs, three RBI and scoring two runs over four games last week. 
5. Allum leads the team in batting average (.429), hits (21), home runs (7), RBI (19) and slugging percentage (.857). His seven HR is a career-best, as Allum totaled a combined four long balls in his first two seasons (2015-16).
6. The one-two punch of Allum and junior Austin Upshaw has been a boast for the Owls' lineup, as the first baseman has helped Allum by totaling a .328 (20-for-61) BA, 20 hits, a team-high six doubles, four HR and 17 RBI. The two have combined to drive in 36 of KSU's 91 runs (40 percent). 
7. Freshman reliever Taylor Wilkes made his sixth appearance on the mound Sunday afternoon, working 3.0 innings and allowed just one hit. The Owls pulled away to win 5-4 and Wilkes picked up his first collegiate victory. He also is tied for second on the roster in appearances (6) and trails just Will Bice (7 app.) for most on the staff. 
8. KSU plays a total of 56 games in the regular season, 33 of them coming at home and 23 on the road. The Owls take on 16 (eight home, eight away) midweek tilts and opens ASUN action on the road at North Florida on March 31.
9. The Owls return 26 members from 2016, a team that won 17 games in the ASUN and became the first team since 2010 (FGCU) to win each regular-season conference series. 

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