North Carolina A&T (6-6) vs. Lehigh (3-8)
Date: Friday, March 6 – Sunday, March 8    
Facility: War Memorial Stadium
Place: East Greensboro, N.C.
Live Stats: https://ncataggies.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary
 
EAST GREENSBORO – The North Carolina A&T baseball team is riding a four-game winning streak as they prepare to host the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in a three-game weekend series beginning on Friday, March 6 at 4 p.m.

PROBABLE STARTERS:  
LF Justin Rodriguez (.286, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 4 runs); CF Donte Wade (.161, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 8 runs); RF Camden Williamson (.348, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 10 runs); 3B Justin Williams (.200, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 5 runs); SS Dustin Baber (.250, 0 HR, 10 RBI, 9 runs); 2B Tony Mack (.294, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 3 runs); 1B Connor Knapp (.421, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 4 runs); C Ryne Stanley (.200, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 6 runs); DH Alex Bibb (.342, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 4 runs)
 
PROBABLE WEEKEND ROTATION:
Friday (4 p.m.) – RHP Michael Johnson (1-2, 1.42 ERA, 15 K)
Saturday Sunday (3 p.m.) – LHP Ethan Chavis (2-0, 1.53 ERA, 19 K)
 Sunday (1 p.m.) – RHP Cole Parks (1-1, 7.20 ERA, 13 K)

WHO'S ON FIRE: Senior outfielder Camden Williamson is riding a 11-game hitting streak and has a .348 batting average, good for second-best on the team. He also has a team-high 24 total bases this season.
 
AGGIES OVERVIEW:  The Aggies picked up their first midweek win last time out against Elon, 9-8, and have now won four games in a row. The Aggies were picked as the favorites to win the MEAC in the conference's preseason poll. A&T also landed the preseason pitcher of the year in senior RHP Michael Johnson, as well as three other all-MEAC selections in first-teamers Baber, Johnson, senior RHP Leon Davidson and second-teamer Stanley. The Aggies are led offensively by Williamson, who has a team-high 16 hits and 10 runs scored. Fifth-year head coach Ben Hall is 118-157 overall at the helm of the program, but 89-74 over the last three years. 
 
MOUNTAIN HAWKS OVERVIEW:  The Mountain Hawks are coming off a midweek loss at the hands of Coppin State, 5-4. Lehigh posted a 21-28 record last season. In the 2020 Patriot League preseason poll, Lehigh was picked to finish sixth and received one all-conference honor in senior infielder Tony Gallo. Baseball America named Mountain Hawk sophomore right-hander Mason Black the preseason Patriot League pitcher of the year while Perfect Game nominated freshman catcher Adam Retzbach as the preseason rookie of the year. Head coach Sean Leary is entering his 25^th season as the skipper for the Mountain Hawks and 29^th year overall with the program. He has an overall record of 497-639-7.
 
News & Notes:

• The Aggies are projected to win the MEAC this year
• A&T is 4-0 at home so far this season.
• Lehigh is 1-5 on the road this season.
• A&T has outscored their opponents 27-16 over the last four games.
• An Aggie has earned conference weekly honors twice so far this season (Chavis – Pitcher of the Week, Knapp – Rookie of the Week)