The Games: Towson (7-14, 0-0 CAA) vs. UMass (6-6-1, 0-0 Atlantic 10)
When: March 25 – 3 p.m. | March 26 – 1 p.m. | March 27 – 12 p.m.
Where: Schuerholz Park – Towson, Md.
Broadcast: FloSports ($)
Series: Tied 2-2
 
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University baseball team has one more non-conference weekend before the start of CAA play, hosting UMass from March 25-27 at Schuerholz Park.
 
Game times will be 3 p.m. on March 25, 1  p.m. on March 26 and noon on March 27.
 
Admission for Towson games is free for the public.  See the attached parking flyer for information on coming to campus for Friday's game.
 
Each game will be streamed online via FloSports.  Visit FloSports.tv/CAA to view the full Colonial Athletic Association schedule and sign up today.
 
CAA member Towson fell to #10 Virginia 15-3 on Tuesday during the mid-week to stand at 7-14 overall.  From the Atlantic-10, UMass lost to Holy Cross 17-6 at home on Tuesday to be 6-6-1 overall.  Each team is playing its final non-league weekend of the season.
 
This is the second straight season where Towson and UMass will meet at Schuerholz.  Towson won the first pair of games 8-7 and 4-0 on March 20, then UMass won the next two 3-1 and 10-1 on March 21, each in seven innings.
 
CAMPER EARNS CBN NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Burke Camper had a huge week from Mar. 14-20, hitting .545 with five home runs and 10 RBI in four games to be one of 10 players across the country to be named Collegiate Baseball News National Player of the Week.
 
Camper also had a 1.909 slugging percentage, four walks and seven runs scored.
 
TWO TIGERS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-CAA
A pair of Tigers were honored on preseason all-conference teams by different publications.
 
Nick Janowicz was selected as Preseason Honorable Mention All-CAA by the league's head coaches.  Janowicz was second on the team last season in each strikeouts with 53 and innings pitched with 66.2.
 
Danny Becerra was named Preseason CAA All-Conference by Perfect Game USA at shortstop.  He earned 19 multi-hit contests last year, finishing with 12 doubles, 24 RBI and 11 stolen bases.
 
COMING OFF CAA TOURNAMENT YEAR
Towson earned an important feat last season, making the CAA Tournament for the first time since 2013.  The Tigers finished second in the CAA North at 11-12, including two series victories over Delaware.  Towson picked up the 5-seed in the CAA Tournament.
 
LAST TIME: TOWSON FALLS TO #10 VIRGINIA
Towson scored two runs in the ninth inning but fell to #10 Virginia 15-3 on Tuesday.
Key stat:
--Seventh Towson game vs. a ranked foe this year
Top Towson batter:
--#14 Nick Brown: 1-for-1, 2B, RBI
Top Towson pitcher:
--#10 Justin Rebok: 1 IP, 0 R, 2 K
 
WELCOME NEW STAFF
Two new coaches joined the team for the 2022 season.  Blake Nation is the new pitching coach after three years at Hofstra, where he coached Jim Joyce, a 16th round pick in the 2021 MLB Draft. 
 
Also joining is volunteer assistant coach Paul Benoit, who coached four all-league players at Ottawa University.
 
In addition, head coach Matt Tyner elevated Tanner Biagini to associate head coach in his fifth year with the team.
 
INCREASE THE POWER!
Through games on March 21, Towson stands second among CAA teams with 23 home runs on the season.  Burke Camper is the league's leader in home runs with seven while Elijah Dickerson has four.  Dickerson also has three triples, tying for second in the league.
 
TIGERS IN THE PROS
Towson has two players in the minor leagues.  Richie Palacios, a third-round pick by Cleveland in 2018, is the #9 rated-prospect in the Guardians system, hitting .297 with 33 doubles in the minors.  Brady Policelli, a 13th round draft pick by the Detroit Tigers in 2016, was a spring training invite in 2019 and 2020 having spent five years in the minors. Gavin Weyman has pitched in independent league ball the past three years, throwing for the Ogden Raptors in the Pioneer League in 2021.
 
TOWSON PICKED SEVENTH IN CAA PRESEASON POLL
Towson has been predicted to finish seventh in the CAA preseason coaches poll as the league returns to a round robin format.  Reigning champion Northeastern is predicted to finish first followed by last year's southern division winner UNCW.  The rest of the poll is filled out by Charleston, Elon, James Madison, W&M, Towson, Delaware and Hofstra.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
As a team, the Minutemen bat .235.  Graduate student infielder Cole Hebble hits .292 with two home runs and seven RBI.  UMass as a team is fourth in the Atlantic 10 with a 4.99 earned run average.  Left-handed junior Daniel Livnat will throw in the rotation, being 1-1 with a 2.30 ERA in 15.2 innings, striking out 12.