GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian Blue Hose (26-25) vs Western Carolina Catamounts (26-23)
WHEN: Tuesday, May 14 at 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Hennon Stadium (Cullowhee, N.C.)
THE SERIES (Since 2008): Western Carolina Leads 6-4
 
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ABOUT THE BLUE HOSE
- PC has tallied a 26-25 record so far this season with wins over St. Peter's (x4), St. Joseph's, St. Bonaventure (x2), Jackson State, Memphis, Longwood (x2), Gardner-Webb (x2), Radford (x3), Winthrop (x3), Georgia State, USC Upstate (x2), Charleston Southern (x3), and The Citadel.
- The team has recorded a .257 batting average and a 5.53 ERA over their 51 games this season.
- Joel Dragoo leads the Blue Hose offense with a .408 batting average over his 179 at bats so far this season. He has tallied 73 hits, 53 runs, 58 RBIs, and a .799 slugging percentage (18 doubles, two triples, and 16 home runs).
- Brody Fahr plays a key role for the Blue Hose as well. He has put up a .332 batting average over his 184 at bats while taking 54 runs, 61 hits, 37 RBIs, and a .473 slugging percentage (12 doubles, four triples, and two home runs).
- RHP Daniel Eagen leads the team with his impressive 103 strikeouts while throwing at a 2.90 ERA. Over his 62.0 innings on the mound, he has also tallied a 5-1 record and a 1.06 WHIP, while holding opponents to a .188 batting average.
- LHP Charlie McDaniel has recorded a 3.42 ERA over his 79.0 innings pitched. He has also tallied 75 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .250 batting average.
 
SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS
- Western Carolina enters the weekend with a 26-23 record with Big South wins over UNC Asheville (x2), Gardner-Webb, and Presbyterian.
- The Catamounts have recorded a .288 batting average and a 6.82 ERA over their 49 competitions this season.
- Senior infielder Zach Ketterman leads the Catamount's offense with his .352 batting average over 176 at bats. He has also tallied 62 hits, 48 runs, 44 RBIs, and 12 home runs.
- Senior RHP Todd Jonathan leads the pitching staff with a 3.55 ERA over 22 appearances and 33.0 innings pitched. He has thrown 44 strikeouts, while holding opponents to a .203 batting average with 25 hits and 13 earned runs.
- Western Carolina is under the direction of head coach Alan Beck.
 
PRESBYTERIAN – WESTERN CAROLINA SERIES
Tuesday's game will mark the 11^th time that these two teams will have faced off since Presbyterian joined Division I in 2008. PC fell to Western Carolina earlier this season at home and look to change the outcome on the road. The last time that the Blue Hose defeated the Catamounts was in the 2023 season where the team won 3-0 in Clinton. Western Carolina leads the all-time series between the two teams 6-4.
 
A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON
- Joel Dragoo leads the team with his 16 home runs on the season. His pair of dingers against Wofford put him at the top of the program's Division I leaderboards for most homers in a single season. He is also two homers away from tying the school's all-time record which is held by Kevin White who hit 18 in 2002.
- Dragoo is also just one double away from signing his name in the record book again. He has totaled 18 doubles so far this season and he is tied for ninth place all-time and will be in third place in Division I history if he is able to get to 19.
- Another stat to look out for is the single season RBI records. Kevin White holds the all-time single season RBI record with 72 in the 2002 season. Dragoo is currently at 58 himself which makes him the Division I record holder and puts him at sixth all-time.
- Additionally, Dragoo has drawn 37 walks this year which surpassed the previous Division I record of 36 held by Nick Guimbarda in the 2019 season.
- Dragoo has also hit seven sacrifice flies this season which tied the Divison I single season record. He needs one more to hold the title alone.
- Daniel Eagen has already taken the program's record for most strikeouts in a single game when he threw 14 punches against Radford earlier this season. He has also put up an impressive 103 strikeouts this year which will make him the all-time record holder for single season strikeouts after he passed Richard Barkley's record from the 2003 season with 99 K's.
 
MCDANIEL ALL THE TIME
Charlie McDaniel has excelled as a Saturday pitcher this season, significantly enhancing his career statistics as a four-year starter for PC. His start against Charleston Southern marked his 53rd appearance on the mound for the Blue Hose, a milestone that gave him the record for the most starts ever by a pitcher at Presbyterian College. McDaniel will continue to extend that record as we watch him play throughout the rest of the 2024 season.
 
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.
- Daniel Eagen was named Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week after his performance in Presbyterian's 6-2 victory over Gardner-Webb on March 28. He pitched for 5.0 innings while throwing 11 strikeouts and holding batters to no runs and just one hit.
- Joel Dragoo was named Big South Player of the Week for the second time this season on April 8 after his performance in Presbyterian's conference sweep over the Radford Highlanders.
- Daniel Eagen went back to back weeks with the Starting Pitcher of the Week title after tailing a new career-best of 14 strikeouts in PC's first win over the Highlanders.
- Eagen made history the following week, being the first player in program history to earn three consecutive and four total Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week Accolades.
- Once again, Dragoo's name was called as the Big South Player of the Week on April 29. His extraordinary performance on the diamond that week helped the Blue Hose secure a win over the Georgia State Panthers and beat the USC Upstate Spartans in their conference series.
- Eagen continues to dominate for the Blue Hose's defense week-by-week as he earned his fifth Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week Title continuing to show that he is one of the top pitchers in the conference.