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This Week in Seahawk Baseball (April 20)

Golden Named CAA Player-of-the-Week
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Casey Golden hit .400 for the week and
knocked in the go-ahead runs in the opener and
series finale of UNCW's sweep at Hofstra.
The Seahawks continue their winning ways as they moved into the lead in the Colonial Athletic Association with a weekend sweep on the road at Hofstra. UNCW also extended its winning streak to 10 games with the sweep. It's the longest winning streak since the 2008 season when UNCW reeled of 21 consecutive wins on its way to a school-record 44 wins.

Casey Golden became the fifth Seahawk to earn CAA weekly honors after hitting .400 with four doubles and a home run over the weekend at Hofstra. Golden slammed a two-run shot that proved to be the difference in the opener and doubled home the go-ahead runs in the top of the ninth in the finale for a 5-3 Seahawk win.

In the national polls/rankings, the Seahawks moved up to 22nd in the D1Baseball poll and is one spot out of the top-25 in the USAToday/Coaches Poll. In the NCAA RPI report, UNCW improved four places to 24th following a 3-0 week.

UNCW host North Carolina on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in a non-conference game between a pair of nationally-ranked opponents. The Seahawks return to CAA play this weekend when they head to conference newcomer Elon for a three-game series opening at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

UNCW moved to the top of the CAA standings as preseason favorite College of Charleston dropped the finale at Delaware. The Seahawks lead the Cougars by percentage points. Elon and William & Mary are tied for third in the CAA followed by Northeastern and Towson to round out the top-six of the league. Only the top six make the CAA Championship tournament hosted by Charleston in late May.

Tickets for the CAA tournament may be pruchsed online here: http://goo.gl/wseZ4Q
Records: Overall: 28-8 | CAA: 8-1 | Home: 22-4 | Away: 6-4 | Week: 3-0
Last 10: 10-0 | Current Streak: Won 10
Last Week's Schedule
Mon. 13Tue. 14Wed. 15Thu. 16Fri. 17Sat. 18Sun. 19
at ECU
ccd.		at Hofstra
W 8-6		at Hofstra
W 8-7		at Hofstra
W 5-3

This Week's Schedule
Mon. 20Tue. 21Wed. 22Thu. 23Fri. 24Sat. 25Sun. 26
UNC
6 p.m.		at Elon
6:30 p.m.		at Elon
4 p.m.		at Elon
1:30 p.m.
Performer-of-the-Week
22046Casey Golden, OF, Soph., Siler City, N.C./Jordan-Matthews
Week's Stats: .400 (6-15) batting average, four doubles, one home run, five runs batted in
Season Stats: .275 batting average, 23 runs, 11 doubles, 4 home runs, 27 RBI's, 3 stolen bases
Notes: Golden helped the Seahawks to a road sweep at Hofstra by hitting .400 (6-15) with four doubles and a home run. He knocked in five runs, including the game-winning runs in the first and third games. In the opener, he launched a two-run homer to break at 6-all deadlock and in the finale, his double with two outs gave UNCW a 5-3 lead in the top of the ninth. He slugged .867 for the weekend.
Weekly Notes
USAToday/Coaches Poll | NCBWA Poll
The Seahawks extended their winning streak to 10 games, the longest since the 2008 club set a program record with a 21-game winning streak … This year's club is a half-game ahead of the 2008 club at 28-8, 2008 was 27-8-1 at the same time of the season … Gavin Stupienski extended his on-base streak to 25 games, reaching safely in all three games … The Seahawks have four pitchers with four wins … UNCW has 29 homers this season after hitting 27 last season ... Zack Canada went 3-for-6 with a double and a triple, scored four runs and drove in two as UNCW moved into first-place with a road sweep of Hofstra ... He started the opener and doubled in a run and scored twice, then came off the bench as a pinch hitter in game two and doubled in an insurance run in the eighth. In the finale he opened the ninth with a single and came around to score the go-ahead run on Golden's double later in the inning.
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Players Mentioned

Casey Golden

#6 Casey Golden

OF
6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
Gavin Stupienski

#16 Gavin Stupienski

C
6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
L/R

Players Mentioned

Casey Golden

#6 Casey Golden

6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Gavin Stupienski

#16 Gavin Stupienski

6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
L/R
C