No. 4 Hurricanes Host No. 17 Clemson at The Light
| SERIES INFORMATION | |
| Friday: | March 25 | 7 p.m. |
| Saturday: | March 26 | 7 p.m. |
| Sunday: | March 27 | 1 p.m. |
| Site: | Mark Light Field |
| Tickets: | $8 – General Admission |
| Series Notes | Season Stats | |
| BROADCAST INFORMATION | |
| TV |
ESPN3 (all three games) |
| Flagship Radio |
560 WQAM (Sunday only) |
| Student Radio | WVUM 90.5 FM (all games) |
| Live Stats | HurricaneSports.com |
| PROJECTED STARTERS | ||
| Game | Miami | Clemson |
| Friday: | LHP Thomas Woodrey | RHP Clate Schmidt |
| Saturday: | LHP Michael Mediavilla | LHP Charlie Barnes |
| Sunday: | LHP Danny Garcia | TBA |
HOMESTAND ENDS WITH TIGERS
• Miami wraps a seven-game homestand with an ACC series against visiting Clemson from March 25-27. All three games will be shown on ESPN3 (7 p.m., 7 p.m., 1 p.m.)
• The Hurricanes carry a 35-28-1 all-time lead in the head-to-head series against the Tigers, including a 16-1-0-1 lead in games played in Coral Gables. Miami has won seven of the last 10 matchups.
• Miami has posted back-to-back series wins against Clemson, sweeping the Tigers at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in 2014 and winning two of three at The Light in 2013.
• The Tigers are off to a 17-3 start including a 5-1 record in ACC play under first-year head coach Monte Lee.
MORRIS EARNS #1500 IN STYLE
• With a walk-off grand slam by junior Willie Abreu vs. Louisville on March 18, Miami head coach Jim Morris became just the sixth coach in history of Division I baseball to reach the 1,500-win milestone.
• Morris, who has won 998 games during his illustrious 22-year-plus tenure at Miami, is two wins away from becoming the second coach in Miami history to reach 1,000 wins at the helm (Ron Fraser – 1,267).
• With sevenmore 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 997 wins are sixth-most in Division I.
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.
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD BOOKS
• Closer Bryan Garcia entered the year with the fifth-most saves in Miami history (25), and has gotten off to a hot start in 2016. His eighth save of 2016 came last time out vs. Bethune-Cookman (3/23).
• Garcia is chasing the all-time record for saves in a career, which is 39 – held by George Huguet (2001-2004). Garcia’s 15 saves as a freshman in 2014 tied for the seventh-most in a single season.
• Garcia moved past Danny Graves (1992-94) for sole possession of fourth place (29), and needs one more to tie Robbie Morrison (1996-98) for third (34), four more to tie Rick Raether (1984-86) for second (37) and is six behind Huguet for first (39).
