WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Towson University baseball team is set for its second road CAA weekend in a row, heading south to UNCW for a three-game series from April 15-17.  Game times are 6 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
 
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Towson was swept in its last CAA series to one of the league's first-place teams, William & Mary, on the road to stand at 9-23 overall and 0-6 in the CAA.  UNCW is coming off a mid-week defeat to N.C. State 7-6 on Tuesday to be 18-13 overall and 3-3 in the CAA.
 
Towson and UNCW will play for the first time since 2019.  UNCW has won the last four games of the series and leads 46-19 all-time.
 
Projected Starting Rotation - Towson:
Nate Nabholz, RHP (1-3, 7.71 ERA, 27.2 IP, 30/10 K-BB)
Nick Ramanjulu, RHP (2-3, 6.75 ERA, 33.1 IP, 23/11 K-BB)
Nick Janowicz, RHP (0-4, 8.10 ERA, 26.1 IP, 26/24 K-BB)
 
Projected Starting Rotation - UNCW:
RJ Sales, RHP (4-1, 3.08 ERA, 38.0 IP, 30/16 K-BB)
Cyle Phelan, LHP (2-0, 1.95 ERA, 32.1 IP, 34/17 K-BB)
Zane Taylor, RHP (2-0, 3.37 ERA, 26.2 IP, 15/5 K-BB)
 
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 IN THREE AT W&M
Towson had late runs in games two and three against William & Mary but got swept by its opponent in the three-game series.
Key stat:
--First CAA road series for Towson
Top Towson batter:
--#4 Jack McLaughlin: .300, HR in game 2
Top Towson pitcher:
--#40 Andalo Santangelo: 2 IP, 0 R, 1 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.
 
JACK ATTACK
Jack McLaughlin stands as one of the top hitters in the CAA with a .380 batting average, standing third in the league.  He is on pace to have the highest batting average for a Towson player since Gary Helmick hit .430 in 2009.  McLaughlin can get into the top-10 in Towson single season history if he bats above .390 this season.
 
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:
UNCW, the 2018 and 2019 CAA champion, won the CAA South in 2021.  Being third in the CAA with a 4.11 ERA, freshman righty RJ Sales leads the rotation, being 4-1 with a 3.08 ERA in 38 innings, striking out 30 batters.  Redshirt junior Brooks Baldwin is the top hitter of the Seahawk lineup, hitting .360 with six home runs, 11 doubles and 28 RBI.