GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian Blue Hose (11-13) vs No. 18 South Carolina Gamecocks (19-5)
WHERE: Founders Park (Columbia, S.C.)
WHEN: Tuesday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m.
THE SERIES (Since 2008): South Carolina Leads 11-3
 
FOLLOW THE ACTION
WATCH: SEC Network
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast
TWITTER: @BlueHoseBSB
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Blue Hose finished their first conference series of the season against the Longwood Lancers, coming out on top with a 2-1 record. On Friday, the series opened with a doubleheader where the Blue Hose took game one 5-4 after 10 exciting innings. In the second game Presby won with a score of 6-2. Sunday's game closed out the series when Longwood won a nail biter 4-3.

ABOUT THE BLUE HOSE
- PC has tallied a 11-13 record so far this season with wins over St. Peter's (x4), St. Joseph's, St. Bonaventure (x2), Jackson State, Memphis, and Longwood (x2).
- The team has recorded a .244 batting average and a 4.02 ERA.
- Joel Dragoo leads the Blue Hose offense with a .423 batting average over his 78 at bats so far this season. He has tallied 33 hits, 21 runs, 34 RBIs, and a .821 slugging percentage (eight doubles, a triple, and seven home runs).
- Brody Fahr plays a key role for the Blue Hose as well. He has put up a .395 batting average over his 81 at bats while earning 25 runs, 32 hits, 18 RBIs, and a .580 slugging percentage (six doubles, three triples, and 1 homer).
 
SCOUTING THE GAMECOCKS
- South Carolina enters Tuesday's game with a 19-5 record with six wins over Big South teams and a three-game sweep over Vanderbilt, who was ranked No. 3 at the time.
- The team has a batting average of .276 and an ERA of 2.96.
- Dylan Brewer leads the Gamecocks offense with a .346 batting average and 28 hits. He has also recorded 25 runs and 17 RBIs this season.
- RHP Eddie Cooper is predicted to start on the mound for the Gamecocks. He has made six appearances so far this season where he has pitched a totaled of 20.0 innings. Cooper has recorded a 1-0 record, a 2.70 ERA, a 1.15 WHIP, with 21 strikeouts.
- The Gamecocks are under the direction of seventh year head coach Mark Kingston.
 
PRESBYTERIAN – SOUTH CAROLINA SERIES
Tuesday will mark the 15^th time that these two teams have met since Presbyterian joined Division I in 2008. The last time that these two teams met was last season when South Carolina won 5-0. In the 2022 season, the Blue Hose took down the Gamecocks with a score of 9-6. South Carolina leads the all-time series between the two teams 11-3.
 
BIG SOUTH WEEKLY AWARDS
- The Presbyterian College Blue Hose baseball player's Joel Dragoo, Daniel Eagen, and Tristan McGregor all earned Big South honors for their performances throughout the first week of the 2024 baseball season. Dragoo was awarded with Player of the Week, Eagen was named Starting Pitcher of the Week, and McGregor earned Freshman of the Week.
- Tristan McGregor earned his second Big South Freshman of the Week award on March 4 following his efforts against St. Bonaventure.
 
OPENING SERIES SWEEP
The Blue Hose swept their season opening four game series against the St. Peter's Peacocks. PC's home opener was on Friday, February 16 where they beat the Peacocks 10-2. The following day, the series continued with a double header containing two seven inning games. In the first game the Blue Hose won 16-6 before winning game number two 16-1. The final game of the series was played on that Sunday where Presby won 16-3.
 
2024 PRESEASON HONORS
- Infielder Brody Fahr and RHP Tanner Smith were named to the league's preseason all-conference team as selected by the league's coaches.
- After his performance last season, Fahr was named to the second-team all-conference as an infielder where he capped off one of the best seasons in the Blue Hose DI program history.
- Smith earned an honorable mention award from the coaches around the league for his efforts last season.
- Smith was also named to the NCBWA Preseason Stopper of the Year Watchlist.
- Daniel Eagen is the No. 1 Big South top prospect for the 2024 draft.
 
NEWCOMERS JOIN THE BLUE HOSE FAMILY
- Head Coach Elton Pollock was busy in the offseason with the addition of 15 new faces to the Blue Hose family.
-  The incoming players include Aaron Hobson, Jackson Hugus, Robbie Boykin, Rhogue Wallace, Adam Featherstone, Jeffrey Hays, Holden Baker, Tristan McGregor, Christian Charalambous, Carter Payne, Mikah Conner, Tyrell Williams, Caden Barnett, Boone Cartee, and Brooks Chamberlin.
 
A LOOK AT THE 2024 SLATE
- The Blue Hose close out March with a trip up to North Carolina to battle Gardner-Webb from March 28-30.
- In the month of April, after traveling to Atlanta, Ga. to face Georgia Tech, PC will spend a majority of their time at home with games against Radford (April 5-7), Western Carolina University (April 9), Winthrop (April 12-14), and USC Upstate (April 26-28).
- Presbyterian also has contests at Wofford (April 16) and High Point (April 19-21).
- PC will travel to Charleston, S.C. for a trio of games against Charleston Southern from May 3-5, before returning home for a game against Wofford on May 7.
- The Blue Hose will play against the Citadel in a three-game series, starting in Clinton on May 10-11 and then moving to Charleston, S.C. for the final game on May 12.
- The final road match of the regular season will be on May 14 against Western Carolina followed by the final home series against UNC Asheville from May 16-18.
- The 2024 Big South Baseball Tournament will be played at Truist Point in High Point, N.C. The four-team tournament will determine the Big South's automatic bid recipient to the NCAA Championship which will be held Thursday-Saturday, May 22-26.