Friday, May 9
Davidson, NC
3 p.m.
Davidson College
vs
George Mason
Photo by: Tim Cowie/DavidsonPhotos.com
Wildcats Host Patriots in Final Home Series
5/8/2025 1:47:00 PM | Baseball
Davidson's final home baseball series of the season commences Friday when Atlantic 10 Conference co-leader George Mason visits Wilson Field for a three-game series.
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It marks the ninth of 10 conference weekends and will begin at 3 p.m. Friday, with 1 p.m. contests to follow on Saturday and Sunday.
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Senior Day is set for Saturday's pregame, as the Wildcats will honor their eight-member class of 2025: Jack Cotrone, Isaac Fix, Noah Jouras, Eli Putnam, Landon Reeves, Chris Schuchart, Matt Weber and JD Woodall.
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LATEST ON THE 'CATS
• Davidson enters the weekend 22-24 overall and 15-9 in A-10 play, which has the Wildcats in fourth place in the conference standings and two games out of first.
• The Wildcats have won four of their previous five games, including two of three against George Washington in A-10 play last weekend.
• A series win would be Davidson's seventh this year. The Wildcats have 2-1 series wins over Lafayette, UMass, St. Bonaventure and George Washington and swept VCU and Fordham.
• Davidson leads the league and ranks 13th nationally with 84 home runs and a .536 slugging percentage. The Wildcats set a single-game school record with nine home runs at Saint Joseph's (4/19).
• Outfielder Cider Canon was named A-10 Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .733 (11-for-15) with a 1.943 OPS in four games last week.
• Canon leads the A-10 with an .805 slugging percentage and a 1.294 OPS and ranks third in batting average (.403) and home runs (15). He tied a single-game school record by hitting four home runs at Saint Joseph's (4/19) and leads the Wildcats with 23 multi-hit games.Â
• Infielder Eli Putnam has also belted 15 home runs and is batting .350 with a 1.054 OPS, 15 doubles and 52 RBIs.
• Infielder Michael O'Shaughnessy is hitting .354 with 15 doubles, 14 home runs and a team-best 59 RBIs. He leads Davidson with 15 multi-RBI games and is three RBIs off the single-season school record set by Trevor Candelaria (62 in 2022). He drove in nine runs in a game at Dayton (3/29).
• Designated hitter Anthony Torreso (.344) and outfielder Jamie Daly (.321) are also hitting north of .300. Torreso enters Friday on a 26-game reached-base streak.
• On the mound, the Wildcats are second in the A-10 with 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Righthander Wilson Perkins is fifth in the A-10 with 67 strikeouts.
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SCOUTING THE PATRIOTS
• George Mason is 33-16 overall and 17-7 in the A-10. The Patriots are tied for first with Rhode Island, a team they defeated 2-1 in a late-April series.
• The Patriots are on a four-game winning streak, including an A-10 sweep of Saint Joseph's last weekend and an 8-7 non-conference victory over William & Mary on Wednesday. Â
• Statistically, Mason is the top hitting (.332 average, 4th nationally) and pitching (4.65 ERA) team in the A-10.
• The Patriots also lead the A-10 with 54 sacrifice bunts (3rd nationally), 136 stolen bases (6th) and a .438 on-base percentage (7th).
• Outfielder James Quinn-Irons and infielder Owen Hull lead the offense with .415 and .400 averages, respectively.
• Quinn-Irons is the league leader with 81 hits (5th nationally), 143 total bases (8th) and a .513 on-base percentage. He ranks second in the league and fourth in the country with 70 RBIs and is the Patriots' leader with 19 doubles and 13 home runs. He has stolen 25 bases.
• Hull leads the A-10 with 70 runs scored (4th nationally), 12 sacrifice bunts (5th) and 37 stolen bases (6th).
• On the mound, righthander Connor O'Hara (7-2) is the A-10 leader with a 2.18 ERA in 74.1 innings and ranks second with 72 strikeouts.
• Righthander Brandon Cassedy is 6-1 with a 3.43 ERA (4th) in 65.2 innings.
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SERIES HISTORY
• Davidson and George Mason first met in 1969.
• The Wildcats lead the series 12-8, which includes winning two of three games in Fairfax, Va., last year.
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PITCHING PROBABLES
• Game 1: RHP Wilson Perkins (Dav) vs. RHP Connor Knox (GM)
• Game 2: LHP Isaac Fix (Dav) vs. RHP Connor O'Hara (GM)
• Game 3: LHP Cooper Cavanaugh (Dav) vs. RHP Brandon Cassedy (GM)
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It marks the ninth of 10 conference weekends and will begin at 3 p.m. Friday, with 1 p.m. contests to follow on Saturday and Sunday.
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Senior Day is set for Saturday's pregame, as the Wildcats will honor their eight-member class of 2025: Jack Cotrone, Isaac Fix, Noah Jouras, Eli Putnam, Landon Reeves, Chris Schuchart, Matt Weber and JD Woodall.
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LATEST ON THE 'CATS
• Davidson enters the weekend 22-24 overall and 15-9 in A-10 play, which has the Wildcats in fourth place in the conference standings and two games out of first.
• The Wildcats have won four of their previous five games, including two of three against George Washington in A-10 play last weekend.
• A series win would be Davidson's seventh this year. The Wildcats have 2-1 series wins over Lafayette, UMass, St. Bonaventure and George Washington and swept VCU and Fordham.
• Davidson leads the league and ranks 13th nationally with 84 home runs and a .536 slugging percentage. The Wildcats set a single-game school record with nine home runs at Saint Joseph's (4/19).
• Outfielder Cider Canon was named A-10 Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .733 (11-for-15) with a 1.943 OPS in four games last week.
• Canon leads the A-10 with an .805 slugging percentage and a 1.294 OPS and ranks third in batting average (.403) and home runs (15). He tied a single-game school record by hitting four home runs at Saint Joseph's (4/19) and leads the Wildcats with 23 multi-hit games.Â
• Infielder Eli Putnam has also belted 15 home runs and is batting .350 with a 1.054 OPS, 15 doubles and 52 RBIs.
• Infielder Michael O'Shaughnessy is hitting .354 with 15 doubles, 14 home runs and a team-best 59 RBIs. He leads Davidson with 15 multi-RBI games and is three RBIs off the single-season school record set by Trevor Candelaria (62 in 2022). He drove in nine runs in a game at Dayton (3/29).
• Designated hitter Anthony Torreso (.344) and outfielder Jamie Daly (.321) are also hitting north of .300. Torreso enters Friday on a 26-game reached-base streak.
• On the mound, the Wildcats are second in the A-10 with 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Righthander Wilson Perkins is fifth in the A-10 with 67 strikeouts.
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SCOUTING THE PATRIOTS
• George Mason is 33-16 overall and 17-7 in the A-10. The Patriots are tied for first with Rhode Island, a team they defeated 2-1 in a late-April series.
• The Patriots are on a four-game winning streak, including an A-10 sweep of Saint Joseph's last weekend and an 8-7 non-conference victory over William & Mary on Wednesday. Â
• Statistically, Mason is the top hitting (.332 average, 4th nationally) and pitching (4.65 ERA) team in the A-10.
• The Patriots also lead the A-10 with 54 sacrifice bunts (3rd nationally), 136 stolen bases (6th) and a .438 on-base percentage (7th).
• Outfielder James Quinn-Irons and infielder Owen Hull lead the offense with .415 and .400 averages, respectively.
• Quinn-Irons is the league leader with 81 hits (5th nationally), 143 total bases (8th) and a .513 on-base percentage. He ranks second in the league and fourth in the country with 70 RBIs and is the Patriots' leader with 19 doubles and 13 home runs. He has stolen 25 bases.
• Hull leads the A-10 with 70 runs scored (4th nationally), 12 sacrifice bunts (5th) and 37 stolen bases (6th).
• On the mound, righthander Connor O'Hara (7-2) is the A-10 leader with a 2.18 ERA in 74.1 innings and ranks second with 72 strikeouts.
• Righthander Brandon Cassedy is 6-1 with a 3.43 ERA (4th) in 65.2 innings.
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SERIES HISTORY
• Davidson and George Mason first met in 1969.
• The Wildcats lead the series 12-8, which includes winning two of three games in Fairfax, Va., last year.
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PITCHING PROBABLES
• Game 1: RHP Wilson Perkins (Dav) vs. RHP Connor Knox (GM)
• Game 2: LHP Isaac Fix (Dav) vs. RHP Connor O'Hara (GM)
• Game 3: LHP Cooper Cavanaugh (Dav) vs. RHP Brandon Cassedy (GM)
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