GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (0-0, 0-0 PSAC West)
at UNC Pembroke (3-0, 0-0 PBC)
Friday (1 p.m.) & Saturday (1 p.m.), Feb. 9-10
Pembroke, NC | Sammy Cox Field
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

ON DECK
Dinwiddie Challenge, Feb. 23-25, Dinwiddie, Va.

WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
IUP baseball (0-0 0-0 PSAC West) opens its 2018 season in North Carolina this weekend with a three-game series at UNC Pembroke. In a rescheduled weekend due to predicted rain in the area, the first two games are set for Friday, Feb. 9 with the final game scheduled for Saturday. 

NOTES
>> The Crimson Hawks were picked to finish fourth in the Western Division as the PSAC released its preseason coaches' poll on Feb. 2; It's the highest prediction for IUP in nearly a decade
>> IUP finished second in last year's PSAC West regular season standings and advanced to the conference tournament for the first time since 2011
>> IUP HC Anthony Rebyanski enters his second year on the bench of his alma mater; He welcomes back seven positional starters, four starting pitchers, and two top relievers from his 2017 postseason team
>> Sr. C Wes Carson (Woodstock, Md./Marriots Ridge) headlines the returning positional players, earning All-PSAC honors while hitting .350 with eight doubles and 30 RBI – all team-highs
>> Jr. RHP Jeff Allen (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg Area) was the Crimson Hawks No. 1 starter last year, going 4-2 in nine starts with a 4.72 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 47.2 innings
>> Sr. RHP Christian McClure (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) and Gr. LHP Dan Roan (Bellefonte, PA/Bellefonte) combined for 35 relief appearances, a 7-3 record, 57.2 innings pitched and 45 strikeouts last year