This Week: The Notre Dame College baseball team hits the road for a non-conference bout against Ashland University on Wednesday Mar. 20 at 3 p.m. On Saturday Mar. 23, the Falcons head to Concord University, before turning around to face Glenville State University on Sunday Mar. 24. Both games this weekend are doubleheaders beginning at 1 p.m.
 
Records: NDC enters the week at 4-12 (2-2 MEC). AU sits at 12-2, while CU is 8-8 (1-3 MEC) and GSU maintains a 9-10 (3-1 MEC) mark.
 
Coaches Corner: Len Barker enters his 13^th season as head coach of Notre Dame College, holding a 238-310-1 career record. John Schaly is the head coach of Ashland in his 27^th season, amassing a 909-488-4 record. Kevin Garrett is at the helm of Concord, totaling 544 career wins. James Mullins is in his 11^th year with Glenville State with a career record of 183-263.
 
Rankings: Ashland is currently ranked No. 17 in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll.
 
Series History: The Falcons are 2-5 all-time when facing Ashland, dating back to their first meeting in 2005 and including the Golden Eagles 11-9 victory back on Mar. 4 in Florida. NDC is 11-16 all-time against Concord, dating back to their first meeting in 2012 and including the series split last season in Avon, Ohio. Lastly, Notre Dame maintains a 16-7 all-time record against Glenville State, dating back to their first meeting in 2014 and including the series split from a year ago.
 
Noting the Falcons: Last week, Notre Dame played five games totaling a 2-3 record. The Falcons began with a non-conference defeat at the hands of Walsh, before bouncing back to sweep Davis & Elkins to begin the conference season (11-3 and 25-6). In game two against the Senators, NDC registered a program record 25 runs scored and 14 walks drawn. On Sunday, NDC dropped a pair of games to WV Wesleyan, 8-6 and 14-5.
 
Four Falcons boast batting averages north of .300 in Caden Gomes (.396), Alexander Jones (.386), Carson Petrecca (.340) and Aaron Miranda (.319). The trio of Petrecca (20), Miranda (13) and Jones (13) drive home the runs for NDC, while Gomes owns a team-high seven doubles.
 
On the bump, Guy Young leads the pitching staff in strikeouts (22) and opponent batting average (.290), while appearing in a team-high six contests.
 
As a unit, Notre Dame slashes .274/.410/.413 (BA/OBP/SLG), to go with 29 doubles, five triples, nine home runs and 102 runs scored. The Falcons allow a 12.36 ERA, .376 batting average, to go with 112 strikeouts and 111 walks allowed.
 
Noting the Golden Eagles: Last week, Ashland defeated Davenport 4-1 and 7-5 at home, before falling in the series finale 10-8.
 
AU owns a .330/.417/.514 slash line, to go with 33 doubles, seven triples, 15 home runs and 124 runs scored. On the rubber, the Golden Eagles surrender a 4.29 ERA, .247 opponent batting average, to go with 175 strikeouts and 75 walks allowed.
 
Noting the Mountain Lions: Last week, Concord went 1-3 with a pair of losses to Frostburg State 12-5 and 11-0. The next day, CU defeated Fairmont State 7-6 in extra innings, before dropping game two 4-1.
 
As a squad, Concord slashes .290/.409/.371, to go with 22 doubles, one triple, six home runs and 119 runs scored. On the mound Concord carries a 7.73 ERA, .319 opponent batting average, to go with 108 strikeouts and 53 walks allowed.
 
Noting the Pioneers: Last weekend, Glenville State bested Fairmont State 8-3 and 6-3, before splitting their next series with Frostburg State 5-2 and 9-4.
 
As a team, Glenville State slashes .222/.379/.305, to go with 20 doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 95 runs scored. The Pioneers add a 7.42 ERA, .290 opponent batting averages, to go with 159 strikeouts and 141 walks allowed.