Weekend Preview: BC Hosts Niagara and Honors Senior Class

THE FACTS
MATCHUP: Niagara (16-30-1) at Boston College (27-18)
WHERE: Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
WHEN: Saturday, May 14 at 4 p.m. | Sunday, May 15 at 1 p.m.

THE MATCHUP
Pitching Matchups
Saturday: RHP Mike King (6-3, 3.19 ERA) vs. RHP Zachary Kolodziejski (3-6, 4.67 ERA)
Sunday: RHP Brian Rapp (1-2, 3.74 ERA) vs. TBA

BC Pitching Notes:

King, RHP Justin Dunn and RHP Jacob Stevens will pitch on Saturday.
Rapp will start on Sunday and share time with the BC bullpen.

Scouting the Purple Eagles

Niagara enters the weekend with a 16-30-1 overall record and are 12-19-1 away from home.
The last time out, the Purple Eagles dropped a doubleheader to Buffalo on Tuesday.
In his last start, Saturday starter RHP Zachary Kolodziejski went eight innings, allowing three runs on nine hits, two walks and struck out eight in a 3-1 loss to Manhattan College on May 7.
The Purple Eagles are led by Michael Fuhrman with a .364 batting average. Tanner Kirwer leads the team with 33 hits, 29 RBIs and 19 stolen bases.
Niagara lost, 10-1, to common opponent Ohio State, whom the Eagles beat, 6-2. Both played back in the early part of the season. The Purple Eagles also fell to Pittsburgh and Notre Dame early in the year, both ACC opponents.

THE SERIES
This is the first-ever meeting between the two squads.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EAGLES

The Eagles currently have 27 overall wins, which ties a high under head coach Mike Gambino, set last season.
BC has won nine of its last 13 games.
Junior Johnny Adams is on a career-long, 10-game hit streak, which ties a season long for the Eagles. He has 27 hits in the last 18 games and has reached base in the last 15 games.
Sophomore Jake Palomaki has reached base in 38 of the Eagles' 45 games.
Junior Michael Strem has record at least one hit in 13 of the last 19 games. He also has eight outfield assists on the year, tied for fourth in the nation. The Eagles' 13 total outfield assists is tied for ninth.
Junior Nick Sciortino has reached base in the last 14 games while his 15 runners caught stealing is first in the ACC.
Freshman Jacob Stevens has allowed just 12 earned runs over 61.1 innings in his early BC career. His 1.76 ERA is fourth in the ACC and 24^th in the nation.

WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE HEIGHTS
Before Sunday's contest the Eagles' seven members of the senior class – Jesse Adams, Joe Cronin, Luke Fernandes, Gabriel Hernandez, Logan Hoggarth, John Nicklas and Stephen Sauter – will be honored for their contributions to the BC baseball program.

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Players Mentioned

Jesse Adams

Johnny Adams

Joe Cronin

Justin Dunn

Luke Fernandes

Gabriel Hernandez

Logan Hoggarth

Mike King

John Nicklas

Jake Palomaki

Brian Rapp

Stephen Sauter

Nick Sciortino

Jacob Stevens

Michael Strem