UPDATE (March 16, 2018): Due to the anticipated cold weather and low wind chill forecast at Friedman Diamond, Saturday's baseball game between Northeastern and Holy Cross has been canceled by the Northeastern athletic department.

UPDATE (March 17, 2018): Due to Saturday's canceled game, the Northeastern green hat giveaway will take place during Sunday's game at Friedman Diamond.
 

Northeastern (9-5, 0-0 CAA) Schedule
Gameday	Sunday, March 18 1 p.m.	Monday, March 19 2:30 p.m.	Tuesday, March 20 3 p.m.
Opponent
Record	5-8, 0-0 Patriot	1-10, 0-0 Am. East	6-8, 1-2 ACC
Venue	Brookline, Mass. Friedman Diamond	Brookline, Mass. Friedman Diamond	Brighton, Mass. Brighton Field
Coverage	Stats  |  Audio	Stats  |  Audio	Stats  |  Audio (BC)
Probables	Brian Christian (1-3, 9.00 ERA) vs. Pat McGowan (1-2, 2.53 ERA)	TBA vs. TBA	TBA vs. TBA
Media Center
Game Information	2018 Northeastern Quick Facts
Social Media	Twitter: @GoNUbaseball Instagram: GoNUbaseball Facebook: GoNUbaseball Use #GoNU #RedBlackOnePack

BOSTON – After beginning the regular season with 14 consecutive games away from home – all of which took place within the warmer winter climates of Florida and Alabama – the Northeastern baseball team will battle the elements during a four-game, four-day stretch against New England competition, beginning on Saturday, March 17, and featuring the Huskies' first three home games of the 2018 campaign.
 
NU will make its Friedman Diamond debut when it hosts a pair of 1 p.m. games against Holy Cross on Saturday, March 17, and Sunday, March 18. The Huskies will then play a rescheduled home game against Hartford on Monday, March 19, at 2:30 p.m., before concluding action at Boston College on Tuesday, March 20, at 3 p.m.
 
PROMOTIONS
 
• Northeastern Green Hat Giveaway: All fans in attendance of the Huskies' Saturday, March 17, game at Friedman Diamond will receive a free green Northeastern hat, while supplies last.

ADMISSION & PARKING
 
Entry to all Northeastern home games at Friedman Diamond is free and seating at the John "Tinker" Connelly Pavilion is general admission. Fans should be advised that there is limited first-come, first-serve parking available at Friedman Diamond.

HEAR THE #HowlinHuskies
 
Audio-only broadcasts of Northeastern's home games against Holy Cross and Hartford will be available via GoNUxstream.

WHILE WE WERE AWAY
 
Northeastern is off to its best regular-season start since the 2009 season, when NU had also attained a 9-5 record through its first 14 games. Here's a look at the Huskies' early-season highlights:
 
• Northeastern ranks as the No. 4 team in the March 14 RPI rankings, trailing (in order) Clemson, Texas Tech, and Auburn. The Huskies are 5-5 against teams currently ranked within the top 20 of the RPI, having gone 1-2 against Auburn (No. 3), 2-2 against Missouri (No. 16), and 2-1 against Creighton (No. 17).
 
• As of March 14, the Huskies have been responsible for generating three of the combined four losses that appear on Auburn and Missouri's overall record. Northeastern's 2-1 victory against No. 17 Auburn on March 10 snapped the Tigers' 15-game winning streak to begin the season.
 
• NU is 4-1 against BIG EAST opponents this year and 3-4 against SEC competition. Sophomore starting pitcher Sean Mellen boasts a perfect, 4-0 record against these two conferences, in addition to possessing a team high, 36 strikeouts, and team low, 1.33 ERA (27 innings pitched).
 
• The Huskies swept their four-game stay at the 2018 Snowbird Classic (Port Charlotte, Florida), picking up wins against Presbyterian (6-1), Dartmouth (10-8), Villanova (1-0), and Georgetown (9-5). Northeastern's 2018 sweep marked its first at the Snowbird Classic since 2013.

NOTEWORTHY

• Junior outfielder Charlie McConnell, senior shortstop Max Burt, and junior first baseman Jake Farrell are each hitting above .380 this season through 14 regular-season starts. McConnell leads the squad in batting average (.393) and stolen bases (10), while Farrell paces NU in extra-base hits (nine), RBIs (14), and slugging percentage (.636).
 
• Sophomore second baseman Scott Holzwasser has also made 14 starts for Northeastern and is hitting .298. He leads the Huskies in runs scored (12) and has belted two doubles, two triples, and two home runs this season.
 
• Among NCAA Division I pitchers, sophomore left-hander Sean Mellen ranks in a tie for 23rd in strikeouts (36) and among the top 100 in ERA (1.33) and hits allowed per nine innings (5.53). His 27 innings pitched rank as the third most among those with 4-0 records.
 
• Northeastern leads the CAA in batting average (.284) and ranks 67th among NCAA Division I programs in the same category – one position higher than Boston College (.283).

LOOKING AHEAD
 
Northeastern will contest a four-game series against No. 5 Texas Tech in Lubbock, beginning on Friday, March 23. Both the Huskies and the Red Raiders rank among the top four programs in the latest RPI (per March 14).