Miami Hosts No. 4 Louisville in Top-10 Matchup
| SERIES INFORMATION | |
| Friday: | March 18 | 7 p.m. |
| Saturday: | March 19 | 8 p.m. |
| Sunday: | March 20 | 12:30 p.m. |
| Site: | Mark Light Field |
| Tickets: | $8 – General Admission |
| Series Notes | Season Stats | |
| SPECIAL EVENTS | |
| Friday |
Breast Cancer Awareness Night |
| Saturday |
‘Bark at the Park’ |
| Sunday | Kids Run the Bases |
| BROADCAST INFORMATION | |
| TV |
ESPN3 (Friday) ESPNU (Saturday, Sunday) |
| Flagship Radio |
560 WQAM (Sunday only) |
| Student Radio | WVUM 90.5 FM (all games) |
| Live Stats | HurricaneSports.com |
| PROJECTED STARTERS | ||
| Game | Miami | Louisville |
| Friday: | LHP Thomas Woodrey | RHP Kyle Funkhouser |
| Saturday: | LHP Michael Mediavilla | LHP Brendan McKay |
| Sunday: | LHP Danny Garcia | LHP Drew Harrington |
CANES OPEN ACC HOME SCHEDULE
• Sixth-ranked Miami welcomes fourth-ranked Louisville to Mark Light Field for an ACC series for the first time March 18-20; the Hurricanes trail the all time series 5-2, and lost two of three in the 2015 regular season series in Louisville, Ky.
• The Hurricanes have won nine of their last 10 games overall and six straight home games heading into Friday’s series opener. Louisville has won 10 games in a row, and swept their opening ACC weekend against Notre Dame.
• This weekend’s series will pit the two ACC division champions from a season ago; Louisville captured the ACC Atlantic Division crown in 2015 with a 25-5 record, while UM won the Coastal at 22-8.
MILESTONES IN SIGHT FOR MORRIS
• With one more victory in 2016, head coach Jim Morris will become just the sixth coach in the history of Division I baseball to reach the 1,500-win milestone (1,499).
• Morris, who has won 995 games during his illustrious 22-year-plus tenure, is five wins away from becoming the second coach in Miami history to reach 1,000 wins at the helm (Ron Fraser – 1,267).
• With 10 more wins, Morris will move past Larry Hays (1,508) as the fifth-winningest coach in Division I baseball history by victories.
• Since his arrival in 1994, Miami’s 994 wins are sixth-most in D1.
LOOKING FOR A THREE-PEAT
• Miami won its second straight ACC Coastal Division title in 2015, posting a 22-8 record in ACC play to earn the division crown.
• The Hurricanes, who were picked to win the ACC Coastal Division once again in 2016, have won 46 ACC games over the 2014 and 2015 seasons – the second-best two-year stretch by any program since ACC expanded to a 30-game conference schedule prior to 2005.
• Miami has won the ACC Regular Season Championship twice, most recently in 2014 when the Canes finished 24-6.
• Miami opens ACC play next Friday (March 11) with a trip to Blacksburg, Va. for a three-game series against host Virginia Tech.
HEATING UP
• Miami has won nine of its last 10 games – key to that stretch has been junior Zack Collins (.483, 5 HR, 15 RBI), redshirt junior Edgar Michelangeli (.457, 9 RBI) and junior Carl Chester (.421, 11 runs, four doubles, 5-7 SB).
• Leaders on the hill over that 9-1 stretch include junior Danny Garcia (0.00 ERA, 13.0 IP, 0 ER, 10 Ks), junior Bryan Garcia (1.12 ERA, 8.0 IP, 15 Ks, 3 saves) and sophomore Jesse Lepore (3-0, 2.70 ERA, 16.2 IP, 16 Ks).
