DATE: February 13-15, 2015

Stats at a Glance PC LC Record 3-0 0-1 Conf. Record 3-0 0-0 Runs Per Game 9.3 3 Hits 13.3 8 Walks 5.3 2 Strikeouts, Batting 5 8 Strikeouts, Pitching 7.7 3

TIME: Friday 4 p.m. ET, Saturday 3 p.m. ET, Sunday 2 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Demorest, GA
FACILITY: Loudermilk Stadium
LAST SERIES: PC took 2 of 3 games (April 4-6, 2014 in Demorest)
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STORYLINES
-The Lions were picked to finish 3rd in the USA South Conference Pre-Season Poll
- Senior CHRIS GOERSHEL for the Lions picked up the USA South Pitcher of the Week Award in the first week of the season
- This will be LaGrange College's first taste of USA South Competition in the 2015 season.
- All but one year (2010) these two teams have faced each other in a conference tournament up until 2014 when the conference tournament was eliminated

GAME FACTS
- Last season when the two teams met, a total of 48 runs were scored in the series as Piedmont picked up the first two games, and LaGrange claimed a victory in the third
- Both teams have a significant amount of returning and experienced players
- The two teams share an even 5-5 record since 2007 when facing each other in a conference tournament setting

THE COACHES
David Kelton enters his second year coaching the Panthers. Kelton was an assistant for LaGrange for four seasons before being named the head coach last year. Before coming to LaGrange, Kelton was drafted in 1998 out of high school by the Chicago Cubs in the second round. When Sammy Sosa was surrounded by a corked bat scandal, Kelton got the call up and saw his first action in the bigs. Selected as the 2002 minor league player of the year, Kelton also earned a spot on a minor league All-Star team eight out of his nine seasons.
 
Now in his 14th year at the helm of the Lions baseball program, Jim Peeples has helped establish one of the most consistent programs in the South Region, if not the country, with 10 of his previous 13 seasons featuring 21 wins or more including a current streak of five straight.  Since 2008, Piedmont has made two appearances in the NCAA National Tournament as the 2014 version posted 25 wins and finished in the top four of the USA South Regular Season standings for a second straight year.

SCOUTING LAGRANGE
The Panthers were selected to finish 7th in the USA South this season, matching their finish in the 2014 season where the Panthers were 10-14 in conference play and 14-23 overall. In their 2015 opener in Rome, GA the Panthers picked up 8 hits against the Berry Vikings but dropped the contest. Leading the way for LaGrange was sophomore Alec Redden who went 2-4, and also scored one of the team's three runs.

SERIES RECORDS
Since joining the USA South in the fall of 2012, the Lions and Panthers are tied at an even 4-4 with 6 of the 8 games being decided by three runs or less. The Lions, however, hold the overall advantage with a one game lead over the Panthers sitting at 22-21 since the start of the NCAA era in 2005.

USA SOUTH PITCHER OF THE WEEK
On Monday, CHRIS GOERSHEL earned Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the first time in his career after a stellar outing against the Scots of Maryville College the previous Friday. The senior tossed six shutout innings in an 11-0 season opening win over USA South foe Maryville on the road.

Goershel allowed just two hits over those six innings of play while giving up just three walks and earning six strikeouts. His masterful work on the mound led the Lions to a season opening win en route to a sweep of Maryville College as the Lions are now 3-0 this year.

LAST TIME OUT: V. MARYVILLE COLLEGE (3-0)
The Piedmont College baseball team could not have asked for a better start in its season opener with a dominant pitching performance and the offense clicking on all cylinders in a 11-0 shutout of Maryville College on the road.  

The contest was also the USA South opener for PC, the first time in the Jim Peeples era at Piedmont that the Lions have opened in league play. 

In game two, the offensive powerhouse in green and gold prevailing once again, 10-6. The Lions would scatter 15 hits over nine innings with senior AUSTIN BRICK leading the charge as he went a perfect 4-for-4 picking up 2 RBI. 

In the series finale, the Lions left no doubt with a 7-3 victory over the Scots, tallying nine more hits bringing their series total to a massive 40, while only conceding 19.

NEXT UP FOR PIEDMONT
Next up the Lions will host Covenant College on February 20-21 inside Loudermilk Stadium. Friday's contest is scheduled for first pitch at 7 p.m. with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.