Friday, May 08, 2009

DeLand, Fla. (May 8, 2009) - The ETSU baseball team is set to take on Stetson at Melching Field in DeLand, Fla. in a three game series starting Friday at 6:30 p.m.

The Bucs and Hatters will play game two Saturday at 6:30 p.m., while the first pitch for game three is slated for 1 p.m. Sunday.

ETSU (23-22, 9-15 A-Sun) comes into the series having dropped its last three games after being swept by Florida Gulf Coast. The Bucs are led offensively by Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.) as he leads the team hitting .392 on the season. ETSU is 3-7 all-time against Stetson.

The Hatters (23-26, 12-12 A-Sun) have won six of their last eight games, but were defeated by UCF on Wednesday night, 14-9. Stetson is led by sophomore Sean Emory who is hitting .386 on the year.

All three games can be heard live on ETSUBucs.com. Friday and Saturday's games can be heard live on the radio on the Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation's family of stations, which include WKPT-AM (1400) and WKPT-FM (94.3) in Kingsport, WOPI-AM (1490) and WOPI-FM (97.9) in Bristol, and WKTP-AM (1590) and WKTP-FM (97.7) in Johnson City. Tune in one half hour before the game to catch all analysis on the Atmos Energy Dugout show, and don't forget to stay with us after the game on the 10th Inning Show presented by General Shale.

Live audio is available by clicking the link above. Please visit www.ETSUBucs.com for more information on ETSU baseball and all other Buccaneer athletic news.