Kent State University
Penn State University
Kent State Set to Host Penn State Wednesday
4/19/2016 8:55:00 PM | Baseball
Kent State (26-10) will host Penn State (22-14) on Wednesday night in a 6 p.m. game at Schoonover Stadium.
COVERAGE
• The game will be aired live on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/kent/baseball
THE MATCHUP
• Kent State is 7-8 all-time against Penn State
• Last season, the two teams split the series. The Golden Flashes won 9-7 on the road then lost 15-5 at home
• The Flashes took the only meeting in 2014, a 4-1 contest at home
• Penn State hosts Bucknell at home on Tuesday night
• Heading in to the midweek games, the Nittany Lions are hitting .266 as a club and have a team ERA of 3.14
MAC AWARDS
• Kent State swept this week's Mid-American Conference East Division awards with Andy Ravel being named Pitcher of the Week and Conner Simonetti being named Player of the Week for helping the Flashes to a perfect 4-0 week
• Ravel allowed just two runs in 7.0 innings of work on Saturday while striking out eight to earn the win at Eastern Michigan
• Simonetti hit over .400 through the four games with a team-high three homeruns and nine RBI
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• The Golden Flashes continue to rank highly in some statistical categories across Division I baseball
• The team is 70th in batting average, 33rd in doubles, 29th in ERA, 70th in hits, 33rd in hits allowed per nine innings, 66th in homeruns, 74th in on-base percentage, 58th in runs, 57th in sacrifice bunts, 44th in sacrifice flies, 66th in scoring, 56th in shutouts, 67th in slugging percentage, 73rd in stolen bases, 71st in strikeouts per nine innings, 49th in WHIP and 22nd in win-loss percentage
• Individually, Eric Lauer is 4th in the nation in ERA, 6th in hits allowed per nine innings 14th in strikeouts, 39th in strikeouts per nine innings, 24th in victories and 15th in WHIP
• Zarley Zalewski ranks 24th in doubles, 62nd in runs, 68th in RBI
• Dylan Rosa is 34th in homeruns, 44th in RBI, 81st in slugging percentage and 71st in total bases
• Conner Simonetti also ranks 34th in homeruns and 56th in sacrifice flies
• Luke Burch is 35th in stolen bases
• Zach Willeman is 19th in the nation in saves
• Eli Kraus is 24th in victories
ENTERING THE RECORD BOOKS
• Zarley Zalewski currently sits 9th all-time in career hits at Kent State
• Alex Miklos is tied for the career lead in triples and is currently 7th all-time in stolen bases
• Eric Lauer sits 3rd in the record books in career strikeouts and is two innings and one win away from entering the top ten in both categories
• Zach Willeman's 15 career saves is tied for the 4th most in a Golden Flashes' career
