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CLINTON, S.C. \u2013 The Presbyterian College baseball team continues its road trip this weekend, facing North Florida in a three-game set beginning on Friday (Feb. 27) at Harmon Stadium in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
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GAMEDAY CENTRAL
MATCHUP: Presbyterian (2-7) vs. North Florida (5-5)<\/p>\n
LOCATION: Harmon Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)<\/p>\n
DATE: Friday-Sunday, February 27 – March 1<\/p>\n
GAME TIMES: Friday (6:00 pm), Saturday (2:00 pm), Sunday (1:00 pm)<\/p>\n
LIVE STATS: GoBlueHose.com<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n BLUE HOSE NOTES – Tucker Meredith<\/a> made his first career start on the mound for the Blue Hose. Jonathan Williams<\/a> made his first career pitching appearance against the Tigers.<\/p>\n – Amman Dewberry<\/a> and Matthew Rollison<\/a> lead the Blue Hose offense. Both are hitting above .400 and rank among the top hitters in the Big South.\u00a0<\/p>\n – Sammy Vander Hill<\/a> has had a great start to the season on the mound, pitching a total of 4.2 innings in two appearances for the Blue Hose. He has only given up three hits as well.<\/p>\n – Jonathan Williams<\/a> is third on the team in hits this season with eight.<\/p>\n – Emory Guilford<\/a> is tied for the team-lead in home runs this season with three.<\/p>\n – Bauer Burkart<\/a> boasts a 2.45 ERA going into the weekend in 7.1 innings pitched. Eli Bowery<\/a> holds a 2.08 ERA in innings as well to help lead PC on the mound.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n DEWBERRY DOING THINGS \u00a0<\/p>\n ROCKIN’ ROLLISON \u00a0<\/p>\n INCOMING TRANSFERS \u00a0<\/p>\n NEW FRESHMAN \u00a0<\/p>\n COACH POLLOCK \u00a0<\/p>\n SCOUTING THE OSPREYS – The Ospreys enter the weekend with a 5-5 record. North Florida fell at home to USC Upstate (7-3) on Tuesday before dropping a road contest at Florida State on Wednesday (14-9).<\/p>\n – Matthew Farner powers the Osprey offense, slugging five home runs to begin the season. He boasts a .371 batting average and leads the team in RBIs with 12. As a team, North Florida averages 7.9 runs per game.<\/p>\n – Joe Mercadante leads the Ospreys in his third season as head coach.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 2026 SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN \u00a0<\/p>\n
– Presbyterian suffered a road defeat in its midweek game on Tuesday at No. 11 Clemson, falling 6-2.<\/p>\n
Dewberry has been on fire to begin the year for Presbyterian, spearheading the Blue Hose offense. He is hitting .417 with 15 total hits and three home runs. His 14 hits are the most on the team (third in the conference), and he also paces the Blue Hose in RBIs and slugging percentage (.750). His 14 RBIs are tied for the most in the Big South. He has five multi-hits games this season.<\/p>\n
Matthew Rollison<\/a> continues to have an excellent start to his sophomore campaign. He is second in the conference in batting average, batting .522 (12-of-23). He is also second in the conference in on-base percentage (.633) and has scored four runs on the season.<\/p>\n
Head coach Elton Pollock<\/a> added eight transfers to this year’s squad. James Green<\/a>, Sammy Vander Hill<\/a>, Caden Mason<\/a>, Bauer Burkart<\/a>, Emory Guilford<\/a>, Ian Lindsay<\/a>, Braiden Eagen<\/a>, and Matthew Cannon<\/a> are the new transfer additions for the Blue Hose.<\/p>\n
Nine freshmen join the Blue Hose this season. Domaine Vann<\/a>, Bo Moody<\/a>, Tucker Meredith<\/a>, Jonathan Williams<\/a>, Cole Morgan<\/a>, Landon Nichols<\/a>, Nathan Sofield<\/a>, Jayden Adams<\/a>, and Aidan Taylor<\/a> join Coach Pollock’s squad as incoming freshmen.<\/p>\n
Head coach Elton Pollock<\/a> enters his 22nd season at the helm of the Blue Hose. In 2025, Coach Pollock guided a young roster through one of the toughest non-conference schedules to date, earning a key win over No. 23 Alabama, halting their undefeated season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
– North Florida leads the all-time series with Presbyterian going into the weekend, winning three of the five meetings. They last faced off in 2022, where the Blue Hose took two out of three. All five games have been played in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
56 games: 24 home games | 31 away games | one neutral site game<\/p>\n