University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, February 18
Chapel Hill
4 p.m.
North Carolina
vs
Seton Hall
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Baseball Welcomes Seton Hall To Open The 2022 Season
February 18, 2022 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina welcomes Big East Conference foe Seton Hall to Boshamer Stadium to open the 2022 season this weekend. Opening day is Friday, Feb. 18, with the first pitch scheduled for be thrown at approximately 4 p.m. Game two is slated for Saturday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. and the series finale Sunday, Feb. 20, at 1 p.m. All three games of the season opening series will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.
The Tar Heels will be looking for fifth consecutive opening day win Friday against their most common opening day opponent. UNC and Seton Hall will be going head-to-head to start the season for the seventh time with Carolina having won each of the six previous opening day games.
This will be the first time the Diamond Heels and Pirates have opened the season against one another since 2015.
Carolina has a record of 58-11 against Seton Hall dating back to the first meeting between the East Coast foes in 1988. The Pirates won the first meeting in the series before the Diamond Heels won 11 games in a row.
Since losing two of three to Seton Hall to open the 2002 campaign, the Tar Heels have won 25 of the past 26 games in the series.
Charged with continuing the Heels' opening day streaks is junior left-handed pitcher Brandon Schaeffer, who will make his Carolina debut on Friday. Schaeffer spent the previous three seasons at WVU Potomac State College, where he compiled a 14-3 record with a 1.88 ERA and struck out 169 batters in 112.2 innings pitched. The last pitcher to make his UNC debut as the opening day starter was Ryan Snare as a freshman in 1998.
Sophomore right-handed pitcher Max Carlson will get the ball on Saturday, while Coastal Carolina transfer Shaddon Peavyhouse will be on the Mound Sunday.
SCOUTING SETON HALL
The Tar Heels will be looking for fifth consecutive opening day win Friday against their most common opening day opponent. UNC and Seton Hall will be going head-to-head to start the season for the seventh time with Carolina having won each of the six previous opening day games.
This will be the first time the Diamond Heels and Pirates have opened the season against one another since 2015.
Carolina has a record of 58-11 against Seton Hall dating back to the first meeting between the East Coast foes in 1988. The Pirates won the first meeting in the series before the Diamond Heels won 11 games in a row.
Since losing two of three to Seton Hall to open the 2002 campaign, the Tar Heels have won 25 of the past 26 games in the series.
Charged with continuing the Heels' opening day streaks is junior left-handed pitcher Brandon Schaeffer, who will make his Carolina debut on Friday. Schaeffer spent the previous three seasons at WVU Potomac State College, where he compiled a 14-3 record with a 1.88 ERA and struck out 169 batters in 112.2 innings pitched. The last pitcher to make his UNC debut as the opening day starter was Ryan Snare as a freshman in 1998.
Sophomore right-handed pitcher Max Carlson will get the ball on Saturday, while Coastal Carolina transfer Shaddon Peavyhouse will be on the Mound Sunday.
| Pitching Matchups | Friday | 4 p.m. (ACCNX) | Saturday | 2 p.m. (ACCNX) | Sunday | 1 p.m. (ACCNX) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seton Hall | RHP Nick Payero | RHP Hunter Waldis | RHP Brennan O'Neill |
| North Carolina | LHP Brandon Schaeffer | RHP Max Carlson | RHP Shaddon Peavyhouse |
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SCOUTING SETON HALL
Seton Hall is coming off of a 2021 campaign where it went 16-11 in the BIG EAST ... The Pirates are led by sophomore Will Gale, was arguably Seton Hall's top performer against BIG EAST teams last season in getting on base, stealing bases and hitting for average ... Gale stole 10 of his 16 bases and hit a team-best .381 in conference play and his overall batting average of .317 was the seventh-highest in the conference ... The Pirates also return veteran infielders Steve Grober and Alex Clyde as well as junior outfielder Devin Hack and graduate student Collin Sheehan behind the plate.The Pirates' rotation this weekend features two seniors and graduate student in Hunter Waldis, who tied for second on the team with 15 appearances and struck out 20 batters in 15.2 innings pitched last season ... Head coach Rob Sheppard enters his 19th season at the helm of the Seton Hall baseball program where he has registered 471 career victories.
SEASON 133
The Tar Heels will begin their 133rd season in school history this weekend vs. Seton Hall at Boshamer Stadium ... North Carolina has an all-time record of 2,917-1,702-37 (.630) and ranks eighth all-time among NCAA Division I institutions in wins and 18th in winning percentage ... Carolina is seeking its 24th consecutive winning season and fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2022 ... UNC is coming off a 28-27 season in which it received an at-large bid to the NCAA Lubbock Regional... Head Coach Scott Forbes is in his second season at the helm of the program after serving as an assistant on the coaching staff for 19 years.
OPENING DAY TIDBITS
North Carolina owns an all-time record of 86-44-2 on opening day ... UNC will be seeking its fourth straight opening day win on Friday ... The Tar Heels have won 22 of their last 24 opening day games which included 16 straight from 1998-2013 ... Seton Hall is the Tar Heels' most common opening day opponent (in the College World Series Era, 1947-present) ... This will be the seventh all-time opening day meeting between Carolina and SHU (Coastal Carolina is the Tar Heels' second-most common opening day opponent with six games) ... UNC is 6-0 all-time against Seton Hall on opening day (2002, '04, '06, '07, '13, '15).
ACTIVE STREAKS
Angel Zarate enters the 2022 season with a 23-game on base streak, while Mac Horvath brings a six-game on base streak and four-game hitting streak into the new year ... Danny Serretti has started 107 consecutive games at shortstop and made 121 consecutive starts overall. His first game as the starting shortstop was versus UNCG on April 9, 2019. Prior to that he had made 27 starts at second base ... Tomas Frick has made 43 consecutive starts, including 21 straight at catcher. His streak was interrupted after 21 consecutive starts behind the plate when he started at DH at Pittsburgh (4/18/21) after catching both ends of a doubleheader the day before.
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Opening day marks the first of 14 consecutive day games to start the season with nine of those games slated for a 4 p.m. first pitch. The Tar Heels are slated to play 39 games this season under the sun.
SEEKING A STRONG START
The Tar Heels started last season off with five straight wins were 12-6 through their first 18 games ... UNC opened the 2020 season with six straight victories and the 2019 campaign eight consecutive wins ... Carolina haw posted a winning February in each of the previous three seasons.
CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE
Eight players remain from Carolina's 2019 ACC Championship team: Clemente Inclan, Caden O'Brien, Connor Ollio, Davis Palermo, Nik Pry, Will Sandy, Danny Serretti and Angel Zarate ... Inclan, O'Brien and Zarate were also part of the Tar Heels' 2018 College World Series squad ... Shaddon Peavyhouse was a part of two conference championship teams at Coastal Carolina.
SEASON 133
The Tar Heels will begin their 133rd season in school history this weekend vs. Seton Hall at Boshamer Stadium ... North Carolina has an all-time record of 2,917-1,702-37 (.630) and ranks eighth all-time among NCAA Division I institutions in wins and 18th in winning percentage ... Carolina is seeking its 24th consecutive winning season and fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2022 ... UNC is coming off a 28-27 season in which it received an at-large bid to the NCAA Lubbock Regional... Head Coach Scott Forbes is in his second season at the helm of the program after serving as an assistant on the coaching staff for 19 years.
OPENING DAY TIDBITS
North Carolina owns an all-time record of 86-44-2 on opening day ... UNC will be seeking its fourth straight opening day win on Friday ... The Tar Heels have won 22 of their last 24 opening day games which included 16 straight from 1998-2013 ... Seton Hall is the Tar Heels' most common opening day opponent (in the College World Series Era, 1947-present) ... This will be the seventh all-time opening day meeting between Carolina and SHU (Coastal Carolina is the Tar Heels' second-most common opening day opponent with six games) ... UNC is 6-0 all-time against Seton Hall on opening day (2002, '04, '06, '07, '13, '15).
ACTIVE STREAKS
Angel Zarate enters the 2022 season with a 23-game on base streak, while Mac Horvath brings a six-game on base streak and four-game hitting streak into the new year ... Danny Serretti has started 107 consecutive games at shortstop and made 121 consecutive starts overall. His first game as the starting shortstop was versus UNCG on April 9, 2019. Prior to that he had made 27 starts at second base ... Tomas Frick has made 43 consecutive starts, including 21 straight at catcher. His streak was interrupted after 21 consecutive starts behind the plate when he started at DH at Pittsburgh (4/18/21) after catching both ends of a doubleheader the day before.
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Opening day marks the first of 14 consecutive day games to start the season with nine of those games slated for a 4 p.m. first pitch. The Tar Heels are slated to play 39 games this season under the sun.
SEEKING A STRONG START
The Tar Heels started last season off with five straight wins were 12-6 through their first 18 games ... UNC opened the 2020 season with six straight victories and the 2019 campaign eight consecutive wins ... Carolina haw posted a winning February in each of the previous three seasons.
CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE
Eight players remain from Carolina's 2019 ACC Championship team: Clemente Inclan, Caden O'Brien, Connor Ollio, Davis Palermo, Nik Pry, Will Sandy, Danny Serretti and Angel Zarate ... Inclan, O'Brien and Zarate were also part of the Tar Heels' 2018 College World Series squad ... Shaddon Peavyhouse was a part of two conference championship teams at Coastal Carolina.
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