This Week: The Notre Dame College baseball team will travel to Fairmont State University on Saturday and Sunday Apr. 13-14. NDC and FSU will play a doubleheader each day, with first pitch slated for 3pm on Saturday and noon on Sunday.
 
Records: NDC enters the week at 8-23 (5-11 MEC), as FSU is 7-21 (5-7 MEC).
 
Coaches Corner: Len Barker enters his 13^th season as head coach of Notre Dame College, holding a 246-333-1 career record. Matt Yurish is in his second season as head coach of Fairmont State University.
 
Rankings: Neither team is ranked according to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (WBCA).
 
Series History: The NDC Falcons are 20-16 all-time against the FSU Falcons, dating back to their first meeting in 2014 and including the four-game set played at Mercy Health Stadium last season. Notre Dame took three of four games during that series, 3-2, 2-1 (8 inn.) and 4-3, while Fairmont State stole one game, 11-2.
 
Noting the NDC Falcons: Last weekend, Notre Dame hosted Wheeling for four games at Mercy Health Stadium, as the two sides dueled to a split. In game one, Danny Brammer tossed 5.2 innings of shutout baseball, as the Falcons defeated the Cardinals 1-0. WU responded in games two and three 8-0 and 4-3, before Matthew Brown twirled a complete game victory for Notre Dame 2-1.
 
Four Falcons boast batting averages north of .300 in Caden Gomes (.337), Carson Petrecca (.326), Alexander Jones (.315) and Aaron Miranda (.302). Both Petrecca (26) and Jones (20), alongside Aaron Miranda (14) drive home the runs for NDC, while Gomes owns a team-high 10 doubles.
 
On the bump, Guy Young leads the pitching staff with three wins, while Johnny Anservitz has punched out a team-best 37 batters. Danny Brammer has seen the most action for the Falcons, appearing in 12 contests. Johnathan Cook limits the opposition to a .250 batting average to go with a 1.59 ERA.
 
As a unit, Notre Dame slashes .245/.367/.341 (BA/OBP/SLG), to go with 38 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs and 144 runs scored. The Falcons allow a 9.32 ERA, .348 batting average, to go with 168 strikeouts and 170 walks allowed.
 
Noting the FSU Falcons: Last weekend, Fairmont State dropped three of four games to Salem University. The Falcons snatched game one 2-0, before falling 4-3, 8-4 and 7-6 to the Tigers. On Tuesday, FSU lost a non-conference bout to Seton Hill 11-0.
 
On the year, Fairmont State posts a slash line of .259/.369/.363, to go with 29 doubles, four triples, 15 home runs and 116 runs scored. On the mound, FSU owns a 7.99 ERA, .296 opponent batting average, to go with 138 strikeouts and 130 base on balls.