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CHARLESTON, S.C. – After clinching a series victory over SoCon foe Western Carolina, The Citadel baseball team will head north Tuesday for a midweek tilt at Charlotte.
 
The Citadel took the series over Western Carolina with a 6-4 win on Sunday, marking the first time this season that the Catamounts have dropped a SoCon series and the first time since 2010 that the Bulldogs have earned a series win over WCU.
 
Tuesday's contest will mark the first time since 2005 that the Bulldogs will travel to the Queen City to take on the 49ers and the first time dating back to 1965 that the two schools will play in a month other than February.
 
Charlotte comes into the game with a 17-24 record and a 7-11 record in Conference USA action.
 
First pitch between the two schools is set for 6 p.m. inside Hayes Stadium. Live stats and video will be available at CitadelSports.com for the game.
 
Notes:
• The Bulldogs handed Western Carolina its third and fourth SoCon losses of the season over the weekend, bumping the Catamounts to second place in the conference.
• JP Sears got the start on the mound Friday and allowed just one run in the first inning and then proceeded to hold Western Carolina scoreless for the next five innings, giving up three hits and fanning five. Kyle Smith and Zach Lavery followed the trend set by Sears, as the duo combined to throw the last three innings and give up just one hit. The Catamounts were hitless from the third through the sixth inning.
• Jacob Watcher tossed 5.0 effective innings against the Catamounts on Sunday en route to his fifth win this season. The sophomore allowed just one hit in the first four innings of the game.
• The Bulldogs turned a double play in each game of the series over the weekend, marking the first time this year that The Citadel has turned a double play in every game of a three-game series.
• The Bulldogs have won the last two games between the two schools, with the last loss coming in February of 2005.
• This will be the first time the Bulldogs have traveled to the Queen City to take on Charlotte since 2005 when the two teams split a two-game series.
• Dating back to 1965, this will be the first time the Bulldogs and 49ers have met in a month other than February.
• 2016 marks the 20th year of The Citadel playing along the banks of the Ashley River at Joseph P. Riley Park.
• The first game at the Joe came on April 6, 1997, against Western Carolina and the first pitch was fouled into the marsh. The Bulldogs eventually went on to win the game thanks to a walkoff home run by Ryan Butler.
• Head coach Fred Jordan is the only Citadel skipper to have ever coached at Joe Riley and has amassed a 426-240 (.642) record during his 20 seasons there.
• Including this season, The Citadel has played 666 games at the Joe.
• The largest crowd to ever take in a Citadel game was on April 16, 2014, when the Bulldogs hosted South Carolina in front of 6,500 fans. Earlier this season, 6,298 fans were in attendance for The Citadel's game against the Gamecocks on March 1.
• The Bulldogs have now recorded 10 double-digit hit games this season after smoking 10 hits against Western Carolina on Sunday.
• The Citadel continues to do its damage in the latter half of the game, scoring 90 of its 172 runs after the 5th inning.
• Mike Deese leads the team with 10 multiple-hit games this season.
• Stephen Windham's reached-base-safely streak was halted this weekend at a team-best 17 games. The senior had a hit in Friday's contest but was then unable to connect in Saturday's matchup.
• The Citadel pitching staff has allowed the fewest home runs in the Southern Conference this season with 20. They also rank fourth in the conference in ERA (5.87) and opposing batting average (.290) and fifth with 317 batters struck out. The Bulldogs' pitching staff has also allowed the third-fewest earned runs (232) and fourth-fewest runs (268).
• Zach Lavery picked up his sixth and seventh saves of the season on Friday and Sunday against Western Carolina, marking the second time this season that he has picked up two saves in one three-game series.
• Junior Chris Kellahan made his collegiate debut on the mound for the Bulldogs on Saturday against Western Carolina, striking out one in one inning of work.
• With 10 total strikeouts against Georgia Southern on April 20, The Bulldogs have now recorded 10 double-digit strikeout games in 2016.
 
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