OVERALL: 22-11
LAST WEEK: 2-2
THE AMERICAN: 4-5
NON-CONFERENCE: 18-6
STREAK: L2
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Tuesday – vs. #16 Stetson, W, 4-1
Saturday – at UConn, W, 10-8 (11)
Sunday – at UConn, L, 6-2 (7)
Sunday – at UConn, L, 7-6
THIS WEEK'S GAMES
Wednesday, April 11 – at Miami, 6 p.m.
Friday, April 13 – vs. Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 14 – vs. Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 15 – vs. Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
TOP PERFORMERS
JJ Montgomery, Jr., RHP, 6'1, 200, Indianapolis, Ind.
1 GP, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 7 K, 8 H, 6 R, 1 ER
• Took a loss in a 6-2 decision, despite giving up just one earned run.
• Struck out seven batters, third highest total this season.
• Posted the first complete game by a UCF starter this season.
Thad Ward, Jr., RHP, 6'3, 182, Fort Myers, Fla.
2 GP, 4.1 IP, 8 K, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 R, 4 BB
• Picked up his fourth win of the year with a 2 1/3-inning performance in the series opener against UConn.
• Has not given up an earned run in last eight innings.
• Fanned six two innings of work against No. 16 Stetson.
• Worked out of a bases-loaded walk in against the Hatters.
Ray Alejo, R-So., INF, 6'0, 170, Orlando, Fla.
4 GP, 4 GS, .588/.706/.611, 1 RBI, 2 2B, 2 SB
• Notched three multi-hit games this week.
• Matched a career-high with four hits against UConn in the series opener.
• Drove in a run on a single in the fourth inning against No. 16 Stetson.
• Scored five times against the Huskies, including UCF's lone two runs in the first game on Sunday.
• Hit .615 on the weekend with a pair of doubles.
TEAM NOTES
• The Knights went 2-2 on the weekend with a 1-2 mark in The American.
• UCF scored four runs against Stetson pitcher Joey Gonzalez, who was one of seven players with a sub-1.00 ERA in the country. Griffin Bernardo's three-run home run proved to be the difference, which was just the fourth homer given up by the Hatters.
• The Knights needed extra innings to down UConn in the series opener on Saturday. The Black and Gold scored four in the ninth to send the game to extras, before plating a pair of runs in the 11th.
• UCF committed seven errors against the Huskies in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader, the most by the Knights in the last 20 years. JJ Montgomery took the loss after a complete game with just one earned run against.
• The Black and Gold rallied with a pair of scores in the ninth to square up the series finale at 6-6. With time constraints due to UCF's travel, the game would have ended in a tie, if it were not for a bases-loaded wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth to give UConn the series.
• The Knights are now 1-2 in American Athletic Conference series.
• UCF is 3-1 this season in walk-offs and 5-3 in the Greg Lovelady era.
• Rylan Thomas extended his on-base streak to 41 games.
• Matthew Mika matched his season high with nine straight games on base.
• The Black and Gold is 5-4 this year against ranked opponents.
