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Irish Set to Take on Trio of Teams in Tennessee

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team is back on the road this weekend as they are set to face Alabama A&M, UIC and host Tennessee Tech for three games from Friday through Sunday.

Date

Time (ET)

Opponent

Location

Probable Starters

Broadcast

Feb. 27

12:00 PM

Alabama A&M

Bush Stadium – Cookeville, Tenn.

RHP Jack Radel vs. RHP Edyn Barber

Feb. 28

12:00 PM

UIC

Bush Stadium – Cookeville, Tenn.

LHP Caden Crowell vs. LHP Brandon Bak

Mar. 1

3:00 PM

Tennessee Tech

Bush Stadium – Cookeville, Tenn.

RHP Ty Uber vs. RHP Logan Moller

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THE MATCHUPS

  • This marks the first meeting between Notre Dame and Alabama A&M.
  • The Irish hold a 31-10 lead over UIC all-time. It will be the first neutral-site matchup between the teams.
  • Notre Dame holds a 3-0 lead all-time against host Tennessee Tech.

LAST TIME OUT

The Irish bounced back to take a 9-8 extra-innings win to cap off the Live Like Lou Jax Baseball Classic.

  • UCF – Jack Radel used 68 pitches to strikeout nine batters and retire all 18 batters he faced in a perfect 6.0 innings of work. UCF tied the game in the ninth before taking the game by a 4-2 score in 10 innings. Dylan Passo belted the first home run of his collegiate career
  • LSU – The No. 2 Tigers took a lead early in a 9-4 final. The Irish outscored LSU 4-3 over the final five innings of play as Jayce Lee notched a home run. Mark Quatrani and Noah Coy both went 2-for-4 at the plate and scored a run for the Irish.
  • INDIANA – Trailing 8-3 midway through the seventh inning, the Irish plated five runs in the bottom half of the inning before walking off a 9-8 win in 11 innings. Mark Quatrani went 4-for-6 at the dish with two home runs on the day. Drew Berkland added a 4-for-6 effort of his own with three RBIs, which included the game-tying and game-winning runs.

TOP TALENT

The Irish have six players listed in the D1baseball.com Preseason rankings by position.

  • Sophomore Bino Watters was the 17th ranked first baseman.
  • Junior Jack Radel was 29th on the  starting pitchers list.
  • Junior Mark Quatrani was 49th on the catchers list.
  • Graduate student Drew Berkland was 63rd on the outfielders report.
  • Sophomore Oisin Lee came in at 74th on the relief pitchers list.
  • Junior Davis Johnson was listed at 132nd in the outfielder rankings.

Additionally, Notre Dame had representation on the D1Baseball Impact Freshman List as Caden Crowell came in at No. 9 on the ranking.