Game	Date/Time	Location	Media
vs. Stony Brook	Friday, Feb. 19 - 12 p.m. ET	at Wofford's Russell C. King Field Spartanburg, S.C.	Live Audio Live Stats
at USC-Upstate	Saturday, Feb. 20 - 4 p.m. ET	at USC-Upstate's Harley Park Spartanburg, S.C.	Live Audio Live Stats
vs. Kentucky	Sunday, Feb. 21 - 10 a.m. ET	at USC-Upstate's Harley Park Spartanburg, S.C.	Live Audio Live Stats

WEEKEND PREVIEW
• The University of Dayton baseball team will open up the 2016 season this weekend in Spartanburg, S.C. at the Spartanburg Classic. The Flyers will square off against Stony Brook on Friday at 12 p.m. at Wofford before facing USC-Upstate at its home field on Saturday at 4 p.m. The weekend ends with Dayton facing Kentucky at 11 a.m. on Sunday, again at USC-Upstate.
• The Flyers are coming off a 2015 season in which they went 16-38 overall and 5-19 in Atlantic 10 play. Dayton was 3-17 away from home and 4-5 in neutral site contests. Head coach Tony Vittorio is in his 17th year at the helm of UD.
• Stony Brook enters the season ranked No. 26 in the College Baseball poll after going 35-16-1 during the season last year and winning the America East Conference title. SBU finished 1-2 in their College World Series region at TCU. Head coach Matt Senk is in his 26th year with the Seavolves and has 21 returning letterwinners and seven field starters at his disposal.
• USC-Upstate had an up-and-down season last year with a 15-38 record overall and 4-17 Atlantic Sun mark. The Spartans won 11 of their games at home in 33 attempts as well. Head coach Matt Fincher is in his 19th season at USC-Upstate.
• Kentucky was another squad mentioned in College Baseball preseason poll, coming in at No. 29. The Wildcats finished the 2015 season with a 30-25 record overall and a 14-15 SEC record. UK was successful in neutral site games however, going 6-1. Head coach Gary Henderson is starting his eighth season in charge.

WHO TO WATCH - DAYTON
• Offensively, Dayton finished the 2015 season with a team batting average of .248 with 126 extra-base hits, 52 stolen bases, and 99 doubles. The Flyers added a .343 team slugging percentage and a .336 on-base percentage
• The top returning hitters for the Flyers are junior Mitch Coughlin, who finished with a team-high .340 average, junior Matt Poland, who returns with the most RBI at 21, and senior Aaron Huesman, who chipped in 19 RBI and eight doubles last season.
• The starting rotation for Dayton this weekend will be senior Sam Brunner (19 app, 5 saves, 34 k's) on Friday, sophomore lefty Mason Kutruff (5-2, 5.14 ERA, 7 starts) on Saturday, and senior transfer from Akron Zach Beaver (4.08 ERA, 21 apps, 22 k's) on Sunday.
• As a pitching staff, Dayton had a 5.55 ERA and 341 strikeouts compared to 238 walks in 475 innings in 2015.
• Defensively, the Flyers recorded a .958 fielding percentage with 88 errors and 36 double plays in 54 games.

WHO TO WATCH - THE OPPONENTS
• Stony Brook is coming off an outstanding 2015 campaign in which the Seawolves batted .294 with 6.2 runs per game and 9.7 hits each contest. Outfielder Jack Parenty returns for his senior year with 13 doubles, 47 RBI, 19 steals, and a .367 average last season.
• The Seawolves had a team ERA of 4.19 last season with 353 strikeouts compared to 199 walks in 442 innings of work. Senior starter Tyler Honahan is the ace of the staff with a 7-3 record, 4.13 ERA and 65 k's in 2015. Junior Cam Stone and sophomore Teddy Rodliff combined for 10 saves last season, both of whom had ERA's below 3.00.  

• USC-Upstate batted .274 as a squad last season, going with 20 steals, 14 home runs, and 14 triples. Junior infielder Daniel Fickas returns with 74 hits, eight doubles, and 47 runs in 2015 while junior Zach Krider had a .353 average, 28 RBI, and 27 runs.
• The Spartans will pitch Eric Birklund on Saturday against the Flyers. The junior righty went 1-4 in 21 appearances in 2015 with a 6.44 ERA, two saves, and 31 strikeouts in 36 1/3 innings of work.

• Kentucky is led by Collegiate Baseball Preseason Third Team All-American JaVon Shelby, who is coming off a junior campaign in which he batted .312 with 12 doubles, nine home runs, 44 RBI, and 106 total bases. Evan White chipped in with a .318 average and 12 doubles to go with 28 RBI as well.
• The Wildcats combined for a 4.36 ERA as a staff, totaling 407 stirkeouts and just 168 walks in 493 innings. Seniors Dustin Beggs and Kyle Cody anchor the rotation with 26 starts, 11 wins, and 159 2/3 innings combined last season.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST – Spartanburg, S.C.
Friday – Mostly Sunny, High of 58 degrees, low of 43 degrees. 0% chance of rain, Wind at 9 mph
Saturday – Partly Cloudy, High of 68 degrees, low of 44 degrees. 10% chance of rain, Wind at 11 mph
Sunday – Mostly Sunny, High of 68 degrees, low of 49 degrees. 20% chance of rain, Wind at 6 mph

LAST MEETING
Dayton and Stony Brook are meeting for the first time in program history.

The Flyers and USC-Upstate met at this same tournament last season with the host Spartans coming out on top, 11-4. Brian Boocock picked up the win on the mound for USC-Upstate while Glenn Jones scored for UD.

Dayton and Kentucky have faced eachother 18 times previously with the Wildcats winning 11 times, including the past five outings. The Flyers dropped a 7-1 decision to UK back in 2014 in Lexington.

FLYERS PICKED TO FINISH 11TH IN A-10
The Atlantic 10 released their 2016 preseason poll and picked Dayton to finish 11th in the conference this season. Saint Louis was tabbed to take home the regular season title with seven first-place votes, followed by VCU (four first-place votes), and Rhode Island (two first-place votes). The Flyers finished 12th last season.

COVERING THE NATION
The 2016 roster has players from across the United States with Flyers hailing from nine different states. Dayton has players from Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska, Indiana, Michigan, California,  Colorado, and New Mexico.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
At the Dayton OASSA Academic Awards banquet this February, Flyer baseball senior Mitch Coughlin was one of the finalists for the prestigious Presidential Scholar Athlete Award, due to his accomplishments in the classroom. He was also named to the All-cademic Team for recording the highest GPA on the baseball team.

FORMER FLYERS IN THE MINOR, MAJOR LEAGUES
Mike Hauschild - Fresno Grizzlies (Triple A) (Houston Astros)
Jerry Blevins - New York Mets (MLB)
Craig Stammen - Cleveland Indians (MLB)

HONORARY FLYER CAMERON NEAL
During the 2013 season, the Dayton Baseball program announced the addition of Cameron Neal to its family. Cameron was a local boy that battled a brain tumor. He was partnered up with the Flyers through the Friends of Jaclyn foundation. What started out as a young boy meeting with a few players has blossomed into a tight-knit relationship that not only benefitted Cameron, but the players.
as well. With his own locker and uniform, Cameron was seen at as many of the games as he could attend. He was not part of just a community service project, but truly a member of the Dayton Baseball team. Cameron lost his battle this past fall and is the inspiration behind the #Cam10 hashtag that the team is using as its motto this season.