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Upcoming in Gray Wolves Baseball: Lourdes is set to play eight games over four doubleheader in five days this week, including six contests at Mercy Field.  The Gray Wolves entertain Point Park on Wednesday before playing home-and-home doubleheaders against Indiana-South Bend on Friday and Saturday, beginning at Mercy Field.  On Sunday, Lourdes wraps up the week entertaining Cincinnati-Clermont.

Head Coach Josh Bradford: In his second season in the Lourdes dugout, Josh Bradford has a 9-10 (.474) record at the helm of the Gray Wolves, as well as in his career as a collegiate head coach.  He is the third head coach in Lourdes program's history.

Probable Starters: Kolby Rogge (RHP, 1-0, 5.00) is scheduled to take the mound for the Gray Wolves in the opener of Wednesday's doubleheader against Point Park while Jagger Geck (LHP, 0-1, 9.00) will be handed the baseball in game two.  On Friday, Anderson Strunk (LHP, 0-1, 10.80) and Jacob Nastally (LHP, 0-1, 18.00) will take the mound for the Gray Wolves at home against Indiana-South Bend.  In Saturday's twinbill at Indiana-South Bend, Max Lojko (RHP, 0-0, 3.00) and Joey Oehlers (LHP, 0-0, 23.14) are slated to pitch for Lourdes.  Rogge and Geck are then tentatively slated to return to the hill on Sunday against Cincinnati-Clermont.

Series Notes: Point Park is 5-0 all-time against the Gray Wolves dating back to March 4, 2012.  The Pioneers swept a doubleheader at Mercy Field in their only previous trip to Lourdes for the last meeting, winning 6-4, and 9-3 on April 9, 2019.  The Gray Wolves and Indiana-South Bend will be meeting for the first time ever on the diamond Friday and Saturday.  Lourdes will also be facing Cincinnati-Clermont for the first time on Sunday.

Wrapping Up Last Week: Kolby Rogge went six strong innings, allowing just one earned run and five hits while striking out six in game one of a doubleheader last Wednesday (March 10) in a 5-2 victory at home against Saint Ambrose.  In game two of the twinbill, Noah Childress homered twice and Devin Rooks went 3-for-5 with four RBI, driving in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh as Lourdes completed the sweep of the twinbill with a 14-13 victory.

Scouting Point Park: The Pioneers were swept by Asbury in identical 3-0 scores on Saturday in their last appearance.  Jouseph Renovales is batting a team-leading .366 while Ty Andrews has three home runs and 12 runs batted in already.  Point Park is hitting .295 as a team while opponents are batting just .245 against their pitchers.  Pioneer hurlers sport a 3.17 earned run average this season.

Scouting Indiana-South Bend: The Titans dropped both ends of a doubleheader, 10-5 and 3-2, on Saturday at Georgetown (Ky.) and travel to Indiana Wesleyan on Wednesday before the series with the Gray Wolves.  Taj Abdur-rahmanis hitting a team-high .250 with three RBI.  Indiana-South Bend is batting just .167 on the season while the pitching staff sports a 7.87 ERA with opponents hitting .307 against them.

Scouting Cincinnati-Clermont: The Cougars remained perfect on the season after a 5-0 and 9-8 sweep of Clark State on Sunday.  Cincinnati-Clermont travels to Mount Vernon Nazarene on Tuesday and hosts Wright State-Lake on Saturday before visiting Lourdes.

Childress Earns WHAC Honors: Noah Childress was named the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Player of the Week after batting .500 (3-for-6) with two home runs, five RBI, and four runs scored in the doubleheader sweep against Saint Ambrose.  The senior also drew a pair of walks.

Hitting Streaks: Brad Ammons and Gabe Scott have both hit safely in each of the five games this season.  In addition, Noah Childress and Jay Denman have reached base in the five games.  Ammons has extended his on base streak to 11 consecutive games dating back to last season.

Quite a Debut: Devin Rooks made his first career start in game two of the doubleheader against Saint Ambrose, going 3-for-5 with a triple and four runs batted in.  He delivered the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh to give the Gray Wolves the walk-off victory.

Rogge Solid in Start: Kolby Rogge picked up his first victory of the season in game one against Saint Ambrose.  He went six innings, allowing just five hits and two runs, only one of which was earned.  He walked one and struck out six.

Gray Wolves Tabbed Seventh in WHAC Preseason Poll: Lourdes was picked to finish seventh in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference in the 2021 preseason poll conducted of the league's head coaches.  The Gray Wolves were slotted just behind Aquinas and just ahead of Michigan-Dearborn.  Indiana Tech was picked as the preseason favorite.

This and That: Braxton McKart earned his first collegiate save in the game one win against  Saint Ambrose ... Cord Noble, Devin Rooks, Brad Ammons, and Noah Childress all had three-hit games in the nightcap of the doubleheader ... Ammons has a team-leading 10 hits on the year and is batting .476.