After being rained out on Wednesday, Kennesaw State Baseball returns to action this weekend at Stillwell Stadium hosting USC Upstate in its second ASUN series of the season. The Owls have won 10 of their last 11 games versus the Spartans since 2013, with the lone lost coming in 2015 in a one-run ballgame. Friday's game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., before a 2 p.m. tilt on Saturday and a 1 p.m. contest on Sunday. All three games are scheduled to air live on ASUN.TV.

ON DECK

1. Kennesaw State is coming off a tough loss to in-state rival Mercer Tuesday evening at Stillwell Stadium and enters the weekend with an overall record of 12-17 and a 1-2 mark in ASUN action.
2. The Owls welcome UCS Upstate to campus for their second ASUN weekend series this season, taking on the Spartans at The Shake. Kennesaw State is 10-1 against the Spartans since 2013, outscoring them 84-48 during that span.
3. Taylor Allum reached base Tuesday night on a walk, extending his streak to 23 games in which the junior outfielder has reached base safely in a game. The record is Max Pentecost's 36 games in 2014, and Allum recently snapped teammate Chris Erwin's mark of 22 games in 2015.
4. Grant Williams' RBI single in the second inning Tuesday night versus Mercer extended his hitting streak to 14 games. The junior second baseman is hitting .411 (23-for-56) during the stretch, driving in seven runs, tallying three doubles, one home run and nine walks.
5. Senior DH/OF Corey Greeson hit his second home run of the season last Tuesday evening, and has recently found his was in the lineup batting .308 (12-for-39) with 10 runs batted in, one double, a team-leading two triples and two home runs over his last 15 games.
6. RHP Tony Dibrell has made seven starts for the Owls –all being Friday—and ranks second in the ASUN in ERA (1.62), fourth in innings pitched (44.1), and fifth in strikeouts (52), averaging 10.56 strikeouts per nine –the KSU D-I record is 11.84 (Kenny Faulk, 76.0IP in 2008-09).
7. Junior 1B Austin Upshaw has started 16 games at first base this season and ranks first on the team with eight multi-hit games. He is hitting .347 (25-for-72) at home this season, leading the team with 25 hits and eight doubles in 19 starts at The Shake.
8. Head Coach Mike Sansing is the reigning ASUN Coach of the Year, winning his first honors since Kennesaw State joined the ASUN in 2006. 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.
9. The skipper won his 950^th game Thursday (March 16) at Western Carolina, taking a 12-3 non-conference tilt at Hennon Stadium. The win also snapped a three-game losing skid in Cullowhee, N.C. Sansing now sits 46 wins away from winning his 1,000^th career game in the Black and Gold uniform.

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