After one of their more complete outings of the season in an 8-0 shutout victory against in-state rival Elon on Tuesday night, the 23rd ranked Diamond Bucs will host another in-state rival tonight when UNCW visits Clark-LeClair Stadium.
The D-Bucs (17-8), who are riding an eight-game win streak, will start freshman righty Joseph Hughes (1-0, 3.77 era). Hughes, who has appeared in four games, has made mid-week starts versus Gardner Webb and High Point. He has allowed 17 hits in 14.1 innings of work. Opponents are batting .293 against him.
UNCW (13-10), who has already captured mid-week victories over NC State (9-6) and Wake Forest (10-3), is coming off a series win over Towson.
The Seahawks will be sending 6'3, 203, redshirt junior Daniel Cropper to the mound. Cropper (1-1, 3.49) has split time between a starting and relieving role this season. He has started four games and was excellent in his last start at Elon. The Phoenix mustered just a single run on three hits in seven innings off the Maryland native. However, Cropper has allowed two runs and six hits in his last 1.1 innings of action. That work came in relief appearances versus Rhode Island and Towson.
Offensively, UNCW has five regulars hitting .300 or better. Hunter Ridge leads the team with his .378 mark while Grayson Evans tops the team in four different offensive categories: hits (35), runs (23), doubles (9) and total bases (50). Evans is hitting .376 on the year and brings a 16-game hitting streak into tonight's contest. Robbie Monday and Cody Stanley have combined to hit over half of UNCW's home runs, as they have seven and six, respectively.
The Pirates took two of three from UNCW last season and are 9-2 against the Seahawks under fifth year head coach Billy Godwin.
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