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MOREHEAD, Ky. – For the final time in the 2021 regular season, Morehead State baseball faces an Ohio Valley Conference weekend series as the team fights for a berth in the OVC Baseball Championship.

The Eagles (23-19; 12-9 OVC) travel to Nashville, Tenn. for a three-game series with Belmont (20-29; 12-15 OVC) Friday and Saturday. Morehead State enters off a series loss at Tennessee Tech on May 8-9 while Belmont enters having dropped its midweek contest at No. 4 Tennessee on Tuesday.

Morehead State enters the weekend third in the conference standings with the top four teams following the weekend's action qualifying for the 2021 OVC Baseball Championship in Jackson, Tenn.

All three games in the pivotal OVC series air on ESPN+ with the series featuring a single-game Friday (5 p.m. ET) before concluding with a doubleheader Saturday (2 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.).

INSIDE THE SERIES
Records: Morehead State (23-19; 12-9 OVC) | Belmont (20-29; 12-15 OVC)
Series: Belmont leads 39-15
Last Five Meetings: March 8, 2020 (BEL 10, MOR 4) | March 7, 2020 (BEL 17, MOR 3) | March 7, 2020 (BEL 10, MOR 9 [10 inn.]) | March 10, 2019 (MOR 4, BEL 3) | March 10, 2019 (BEL 2, MOR 0)

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Morehead State | Belmont
Game One: RHP Jason Goe (3-5; 4.46 ERA) | RHP Joshua South (4-6; 4.92 ERA)
Game Two: RHP Luke Helton (3-2; 5.33 ERA) | LHP Andy Bean (5-2; 4.33 ERA)
Game Three: RHP John Sherman (1-1; 7.71 ERA) | To Be Announced
Note: Subject to change, based on previous weekends' rotations

NOTABLE

• In the final regular-season series, Morehead State travels to Belmont for a three-game set with its Ohio Valley Conference rival. Since Belmont transitioned to Division I in 1998, the two programs have met 54 times, including each season from 1998 to 2005 and each season since 2013. Overall, the Bruins lead the series over the Eagles 39-15.
• In a streak encompassing his last three starts, redshirt senior right-hander Jason Goe hasn't permitted a walk. Over those same three starts, he's struck out 24 batters and owns a streak of 25 consecutive strikeouts since his last walk, a streak that dates back to his start versus Eastern Illinois on April 16.
• Hitting two home runs in the series at Tennessee Tech, freshman first baseman Jackson Feltner became the fifth freshman in program history to hit double-digit home runs in a season. He is the first since Taylor Davis in 2009 to reach double-figure homers and is currently tied for the fourth-most freshman homers in a single season in program history.
• Picking up a hit in each game at Tennessee Tech, Feltner also extended his Ohio Valley Conference-leading reached base and hitting streaks to 32 and 23 games, respectively. His 32 game reached base streak is the longest for an Eagle since Jake Hammon authored a 36-game streak in 2018-19 and the longest hitting streak since Reid Leonard closed the 2019 season with a 22-game streak.
• Feltner's .394 batting average (56-for-142) in 2021 ranks third in the OVC entering the weekend's games, ranking 24^th in the country. Amongst NCAA freshman, his average ranks fourth while amongst true freshman his average ranks second behind only Richmond's Jared Sprague-Lott (.432; 32-for-74).
• Enter the weekend's series, a pair of Eagles rank top-50 in the NCAA in run production and run production per game. Senior catcher Jack Gardner ranks 44^th in the nation in runs batted in and 15^th in runs batted in per game, driving home 49 runs in 38 games while redshirt junior second baseman Bryce Hensor ranks 39^th in the NCAA in runs and 22^nd in runs per game, scoring 49 times in 42 games.
• Redshirt junior lefthander John Bakke enters the weekend's games ranked 28^th in the NCAA in total pitching appearances, making 24 on the season. He also ranks 37^th in the nation in saves with seven with his saves total tying for fifth-most in a single season in program history and the most in a single season for a left-handed pitcher.
• With eight victories on the season, redshirt senior southpaw Cory Conway leads the OVC and is tied for 13th in the NCAA in wins this season. Earning each victory in relief, Conway is tied for second in the nation in relief victories, behind only Arkansas's Kevin Kopps' nine relief wins.
• Conway's eight victories in 2021 tie for fifth-most in a single season in Morehead State baseball history—the second time in his career Conway has reached that mark in a season (2018)—with his 18 career victories also tying for fifth-most all-time. His eight single-season wins in 2018 and 2021 are the most single-season relief victories in program history while his 17 career relief wins are the most in program history.
• With two doubles in the series finale at Tennessee Tech, redshirt senior third baseman Stephen Hill upped his season total to 15 two-baggers, ranking fourth in the OVC in the category. He also ranks 38th in the NCAA in doubles per game and has produced three two double games (April 30 [DH game two], May 2, & May 8 [DH game two]) over his last six games, producing four such games this season.
• Collecting a sacrifice in game two of the Eagles' series with Tennessee Tech, freshman centerfielder Ryley Preece totals eight sacrifice bunts on the season, tying for eight-most in a single season in program history. His eight sacrifices rank 26^th in the NCAA in the category while his average of 0.23 sacrifices per game ranks 14^th in the country.