Troy University Athletics
Trojans Head North For Series With Belmont
3/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Troy Trojans (11-6, 2-1 A-Sun)
vs. Belmont Bruins (11-6, 1-2 A-Sun)
Greer Stadium (10,139) • Nashville, Tenn.
Friday, March 18 • 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 19 • 1 p.m.
Sunday, March 20 • 1 p.m.
The Trojans will make the first of five Atlantic Sun Conference road trips this weekend to face the always tough Belmont Bruins. Belmont is comig off an 8-5 victory over Tennessee on Tuesday night, but the Bruins dropped two of three in their opening conference series to Jacksonville.
Troy comes into the series riding a bit of a roller coaster. The Trojans have continued to get outstanding pitching, but, at times, the offense has sputtered, or the defense has let the team down. Over the last seven games the team has alternated wins and losses and over the last 10 games the Troy pitching staff has allowed more than three earned runs in a game only once.
Troy will send senior right-hander Landon Brazell (4-0, 2.75) to the mound on Friday against Belmont right-hander Ben Meador (3-1, 2.57). Senior right-hander Brent Adcock (2-1, 3.81) will pitch on Saturday against Belmont right-hander Cody Blackard (3-1, 2.60). Freshman left-hander Steve Morelock (3-2, 3.31) will get the call for the Trojans on Sunday to face Belmont right-hander Justin Jordan (1-1, 6.33).
Since joining the Atlantic Sun Conference in 1999, the Trojans have had just one winning season in conference road games. Troy was 3-12 on the road in 1999, 7-11 in 2000, 4-9 in 2001, 6-9 in 2002 and 7-8 in 2003. Last year's record of 9-8 in league road games gave Troy an overall record in A-Sun road games of 36-56.
No makeup date has been set as of yet for the Auburn game, which was postponed by rain on Tuesday.
The All-Time Series
The Bruins hold a 6-4 lead in the all-time series, which started in 1994. Over the last three seasons the teams have played three-game Atlantic Sun Conference series, and the Bruins have won the last two series 2-1. The Bruins hold a 3-1 series lead against Troy in Nashville.
The Coaches
Troy
- Bobby Pierce (Alabama, ?˜82) is in his third season at Troy and has a 74-55 record after guiding the Trojans to a 36-22 record a year ago. In Pierce's second season, Troy finished fifth in the A-Sun regular season race and then advanced to the championship round of the conference tournament. In his career as a head coach, Pierce has won 609 games in his 17 seasons as a collegiate head coach, including 259 at Chipola (Fla.) Junior College. His record at four-year schools stands at 350-163 and he is in his 10th season.Belmont - Dave Jarvis (Arkansas State, 1982) is in his sevent season as the Bruins head coach. His record at Belmont stands at 201-176-1. Prior to taking over at Belmont he served as an assistant coach at Murray State following nine seasons as head coach at Three Rivers Community College in Missouri.
On the Air
The Troy Network, with Barry McKnight providing play-by-play, will carry all three games of the Belmont series. The broadcasts can be heard on WTBF-FM 94.7 as well as at www.TroyTrojans.com.
