Baseball Set for Top-25 Showdown with UCF
| THE CANES | ||||||||||||
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| Miami Hurricanes 28-9 (14-4 ACC) | ||||||||||||
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| THE GAME | ||||||||||||
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| Miami Hurricanes vs. UCF Knights | ||||||||||||
| When: April 15, 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Where: Mark Light Field (4,999) Coral Gables, Fla. |
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| Miami against UCF: 18-5 all-time series lead | ||||||||||||
| WATCH & CONNECT | ||||||||||||
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| Radio | WVUM 90.5 FM (all games) | |||||||||||
| @CanesBaseball | ||||||||||||
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| @TheUBaseball | ||||||||||||
| PROJECTED STARTERS | ||||||||||||
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| Game | Miami | UCF | ||||||||||
| Tuesday | LHP Danny Garcia | TBD | ||||||||||
Wrapping Things Up
• After sweeping its ACC weekend series against Virginia Tech, #11 Miami wraps up its nine-game homestand Wednesday with a midweek game against UCF. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Mark Light Field.
• The Hurricanes hold a 18-5 all-time series lead against the Knights, but split its pair of games in 2014 – falling 9-2 at home on March 14 but winning on the road 6-5 on April 10.
• Miami is 21-2 in games played at Mark Light Field this season, and has won nine straight home series dating back to March 2014.
• UCF is 25-12 overall this season with a 4-5 record in American Athletic Conference play. Baseball America ranked FAU #19 in its top 25 released Monday.
Milestones for Morris
• After leading his team to a 44-19 record in 2014, head coach Jim Morris moved into ninth place all-time in college baseball history (regardless of Division, four-year colleges) with 1,435 wins.
• Morris wasted little time in moving up that list in 2015, taking over sole possession of eighth place when Miami topped Rutgers 25-4 on Feb. 15, 2015 – his 1,439th win as head coach. He moved into seventh place (1,445) when Miami beat Louisville on March 7.
• Morris ranks as the fourth-winningest among active Division I coaches by career victories (1,463) and fifth in winning percentage (.694). He is also the second-winningest coach in ACC history.
• Morris became just the eighth coach in the history of Division I baseball to accumulate 1,400 wins when Miami beat Boston College 5-2 on March 8, 2014.
Higher and Higher
• Miami was ranked in the top 10 of every major baseball poll released Monday, including a high ranking of No. 6 from both Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Perfect Game.
• The Hurricanes used a 4-0 week that included an ACC sweep of Virginia Tech to move to No. 10 in D1Baseball.com‘s poll and No. 9 by Baseball America, NCBWA and the USA TODAY Coaches Poll.
• Miami is 21-2 at home this season, and carries an eight-game winning streak into Wednesday’s game. The Hurricanes sit atop the Coastal Division with a 14-4 ACC record, carrying a five-game lead over both North Carolina (9-9) and Georgia Tech (9-9).
