BSB: Owls Host Lipscomb for Big Weekend at Stillwell

4/19/2018 12:53:00 PM

By: By Joseph Feldman

GAMES 38-41 | APRIL 20-22 | STILLWELL STADIUM

The Owls will go for their seventh straight series victory at Stillwell Stadium against Lipscomb beginning Friday, April 20 at 6 p.m.

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Kennesaw State (21-16) will go for their seventh straight series victory at home against the Lipscomb Bisons starting this Friday, April 20 at 6 p.m. The overall series with Lipscomb is a close one with the Owls holding a small edge at 21-17.
Kennesaw State leads the ASUN with a 7-2 record winning all three series of conference play so far. The Owls have comeback to win in 6 of the 9 games so far to give them the conference leading 7-2 record.
A big part of KSU's strong start in conference play has been its success on Friday nights led by RHP AJ Moore. The Owls are 7-2 this season on Friday's and are a perfect 3-0 so far in ASUN play. Moore is sixth in the conference with a 2.17 ERA on the season.
The Owls are coming off of a weekend where they completed a series sweep over North Florida making a comeback in every game. On the Saturday doubleheader, Kennesaw State scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth in both games to seal the sweep over the Ospreys.
Jake Franklin had a massive series against North Florida. On Saturday in the two games, the junior outfielder went 6-9 with 3 home runs and 6 RBI. He nearly doubled his team-leading home run output from four to seven on the season.
The Owls lead the ASUN in extra base hits with 77 doubles, 6 triples and 33 home runs. The 77 doubles and 33 home runs lead the conference on their own as well.
In the first two games against Grambling State, Kennesaw State scored over 20 runs. Counting those two games, the Owls have posted 20-plus runs four times in the DI era. It was the first time that KSU has scored over 20 runs two games in a row since 1994.
With the three wins over North Florida, head coach Mike Sansing sits 12 wins away from winning 1,000 career games as a member of the KSU family. Sansing holds a 988-565 (.634) record at Kennesaw State and a 1,090-592 (.642) all-time in 30 seasons. He is in his 27th season with the Owls.

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