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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Purdue (3-1, 20-34 in 2019) at the Campbell Invitational
Friday, Feb. 21 to Sunday, Feb. 23
Jim Perry Stadium / Buies Creek, North Carolina
Friday vs. Campbell (2-2, 37-21 in 2019) at 5 p.m. ET / ESPN+
Saturday vs. Maine (0-3, 15-34 in 2019) at 2 p.m. ET
Sunday vs. Villanova (1-2, 13-38 in 2019) at 10 a.m. ET
Friday: Trent Johnson (Jr, RHP) vs. Campbell's Cam Cowan (Jr, RHP)
Saturday: Cory Brooks (R-So, RHP) vs. Maine's Matt Pushard (R-Jr, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Purdue and Villanova
SERIES HISTORY
vs. Campbell: First Meeting
vs. Maine: Maine leads 1-0 / Last Meeting: Maine 8, Purdue 1 (1991 in Boca Raton, Fla.)
vs. Villanova: Villanova leads 1-0 / Last Meeting: Villanova 13, Purdue 5 (Feb. 2010 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Weekend No. 2 of the season sets up as a homecoming for two members of the Purdue baseball coaching staff, with Greg Goff and Chris Marx returning to North Carolina as the Boilermakers take on Campbell, Maine and Villanova at the Campbell Invitational.
It's Purdue's first non-conference tournament since winning two of three at Stetson's four-team invitational in March 2018. The Boilermakers play the host Camels on Friday at 4 p.m. ET. It's a 2 p.m. first pitch Saturday vs. Maine and a Sunday brunch ballgame vs. Villanova with an early 10 a.m. ET.
Goff was the head coach at Campbell from 2008 to 2014, winning 224 games and leading the Camels to the 2013 Big South regular-season title as well as the 2014 Big South Tournament championship. Campbell won 141 games from 2012 to 2014, highlighted by an impressive 49-10 mark (.831) in 2013. It was Goff's first head coaching job at the NCAA Division I level. When he left in the summer of 2014 to become the head coach at Louisiana Tech, assistant Justin Haire was promoted to head coach. Haire completed his staff with the addition of Marx, who joined Purdue as its new pitching coach shortly after Goff was elevated to head coach in June 2019.
Campbell entered 2020 as the two-time defending Big South regular-season and tournament champion. The Camels made it to the championship round of East Carolina's Greenville Regional last year. They have wins vs. top-25 opponents South Alabama and ECU early this season.
The Boilermakers are visiting the state of North Carolina for the third year in a row, playing at UNC's NCAA Regional in 2018 and squaring off against NJIT in Marion last season. Prior to the 2018 Regional, Purdue made just one trip to the Tar Heel State from 2013 to 2017 – opening the 2015 season with a three-game set at Western Carolina.
During their season-opening series vs. Hofstra, the Boilermakers posted all three of their victories in comeback fashion. It marked the first time since a March 2012 sweep at Murray State that Purdue won three times in the same weekend after trailing in all three games. Coincidentally, the 2012 Big Ten championship team outscored Murray 40-5 in that series.
Villanova scored a big win last weekend in Phoenix, knocking off No. 8 Arizona State 2-1 in the middle game of the season-opening series. Maine is playing in the Carolinas for the second straight weekend, dropping all three at Winthrop (Rock Hill, South Carolina) to open the new campaign.
PURDUE'S RECENT NON-CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS
• March 2018 – Won 2 of 3 at Stetson Invitational
• February 2018 – Won 3 of 4 as champions of Notre Dame's Alamo Classic (in San Antonio)
• March 2016 – Lost 2 of 3 at Kansas Classic
• February 2015 – Lost 3 of 4 at Arizona State's Phoenix Municipal Classic
• February 2015 – Went 2-2 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's College Classic
• February 2013 – Lost 3 of 4 at Mississippi State's Dudy Noble Classic
• February 2013 – Went 2-2 at Big East/Big Ten Challenge
• March 2012 – Went 3-0 as champions of Auburn's tournament
• February 2012 – Won 2 of 3 at ECU's Keith LeClair Classic
• February 2012 – Went 3-0 at Big East/Big Ten Challenge
HOFSTRA VS. HOFSTRA – ADVANTAGE PURDUE
• Bo Hofstra entered the week as one of only six relievers nationally with multiple saves and no hits allowed on the season. Just one of the other five pitchers has faced more batters than Hofstra (11). Hofstra was the only pitcher in the Big Ten to record multiple saves during the opening weekend.
• Hofstra retired 9 of 10 batters faced, striking out four, while closing out the Friday and Sunday wins. The 11th batter he was credited with facing was an intentional walk to whom he did not deliver a pitch.
• Hofstra became the eighth Boilermaker with 10 career saves. He earned two saves in the same weekend for the second time, also accomplishing the feat in a March 2019 series win at Northwestern.
FAST START FOR FASCIA
• Entering the week, Zac Fascia was one of seven catchers nationally, and one of only two Big Ten players total, batting .500 with an OPS of at least 1.250 (minimum 15 plate appearances). He leads Big Ten catchers with six runs scored.
• Fascia hit safely in all four games vs. Hofstra, becoming the first Boilermaker to accomplish the feat in a four-game set since Ben Nisle at Texas in February 2019. Skyler Hunter has hit safely in every game of a four-game weekend five times in his career. Fascia finished the series 7-for-14 with 11 productive plate appearances, registering three extra-base hits, two hit by pitch and two sacrifice flies.
• The senior delivered the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning of Saturday's comeback win.
• For the weekend, he threw out four base runners at second base. Fascia also played some first base, too.
IMPRESSIVE DEBUT SERIES AT THE PLATE FOR LaPLANTE
• Kyle LaPlante batted in the 2-hole in all four games vs. Hofstra during his debut weekend as a Boilermaker. He had a big impact for Purdue offensively, finishing the series 6-for-15 with 10 productive plate appearances.
• He was the only Boilermaker to record an RBI in all four games of the series, highlighted by his two-out, three-run double to break a 6-6 tie in the eighth inning of the season-opening win. The infielder drove in a run or scored a run in the big innings of all four victories.
• LaPlante hit Purdue's first home run of the season in the game 3 win vs. Hofstra. Fellow newcomer Miles Simington later hit a grand slam in the same game, helping Purdue score nine unanswered runs over the seventh and eighth innings. LaPlante and Simington both joined Ben Nisle (2018 season opener) as the last Boilermaker to accomplish unique home run feats. Nisle homered in his second collegiate at-bat as the last newcomer to hit Purdue's first home run of a season and the last Boilermaker whose first hit was a homer.
DID YOU KNOW
• Ben Nisle reached base safely and scored a run in all four games vs. Hofstra. He leads the Big Ten with seven runs scored entering weekend No. 2 of the season.
• Purdue hitters off the bench enjoyed a very productive weekend and were a big reason why the Boilermakers won the four-game series. Reserves finished the weekend a combined 5-for-7 with a .727 on-base percentage, nine RBI and nine total productive plate appearances. Miles Simington's grand slam, Purdue's first since April 2017, headlined the big hits. Bryce Bonner's two pinch-hit, RBI singles were both timely knocks in close games. Tyler Powers and Bonner also delivered doubles in games they did not start.
• Middle infielders Evan Albrecht (2-for-7, 2B, 3 BB, 5 RBI) and Powers (3-for-7, 2B, BB, 4 R) were both very productive at the bottom of the lineup while also playing flawless defense. Albrecht delivered a game-tying two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning of Purdue's comeback win Saturday evening. He reached base safely and drove in a run in all three games in which he played.
• Andrew Bohm and Kyle Wade both escaped bases-loaded jams, but Purdue relievers otherwise struggled with preventing inherited runners from scoring – with 14 of 24 coming around to score. Bo Hofstra stranded the potential tying run at second base as an inherited runner in the eighth inning of the series finale. Yet six of the 10 runners Purdue relievers kept from scoring came in those two innings that Bohm (Friday) and Wade (Sunday) finished.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Purdue (3-1, 20-34 in 2019) at the Campbell Invitational
Friday, Feb. 21 to Sunday, Feb. 23
Jim Perry Stadium / Buies Creek, North Carolina
Friday vs. Campbell (2-2, 37-21 in 2019) at 5 p.m. ET / ESPN+
Saturday vs. Maine (0-3, 15-34 in 2019) at 2 p.m. ET
Sunday vs. Villanova (1-2, 13-38 in 2019) at 10 a.m. ET
UPDATED TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
Purdue vs. Campbell at 4 p.m.
SATURDAY
Maine vs. Villanova at 10 a.m.
Purdue vs. Maine at 2 p.m.
Villanova vs. Campbell at 6 p.m.
SUNDAY
Villanova vs. Purdue at 10 a.m.
Maine vs. Campbell at 2 p.m.
Friday: Trent Johnson (Jr, RHP) vs. Campbell's Cam Cowan (Jr, RHP)
Saturday: Cory Brooks (R-So, RHP) vs. Maine's Matt Pushard (R-Jr, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Purdue and Villanova
SERIES HISTORY
vs. Campbell: First Meeting
vs. Maine: Maine leads 1-0 / Last Meeting: Maine 8, Purdue 1 (1991 in Boca Raton, Fla.)
vs. Villanova: Villanova leads 1-0 / Last Meeting: Villanova 13, Purdue 5 (Feb. 2010 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Weekend No. 2 of the season sets up as a homecoming for two members of the Purdue baseball coaching staff, with Greg Goff and Chris Marx returning to North Carolina as the Boilermakers take on Campbell, Maine and Villanova at the Campbell Invitational.
It's Purdue's first non-conference tournament since winning two of three at Stetson's four-team invitational in March 2018. The Boilermakers play the host Camels on Friday at 4 p.m. ET. It's a 2 p.m. first pitch Saturday vs. Maine and a Sunday brunch ballgame vs. Villanova with an early 10 a.m. ET.
Goff was the head coach at Campbell from 2008 to 2014, winning 224 games and leading the Camels to the 2013 Big South regular-season title as well as the 2014 Big South Tournament championship. Campbell won 141 games from 2012 to 2014, highlighted by an impressive 49-10 mark (.831) in 2013. It was Goff's first head coaching job at the NCAA Division I level. When he left in the summer of 2014 to become the head coach at Louisiana Tech, assistant Justin Haire was promoted to head coach. Haire completed his staff with the addition of Marx, who joined Purdue as its new pitching coach shortly after Goff was elevated to head coach in June 2019.
Campbell entered 2020 as the two-time defending Big South regular-season and tournament champion. The Camels made it to the championship round of East Carolina's Greenville Regional last year. They have wins vs. top-25 opponents South Alabama and ECU early this season.
The Boilermakers are visiting the state of North Carolina for the third year in a row, playing at UNC's NCAA Regional in 2018 and squaring off against NJIT in Marion last season. Prior to the 2018 Regional, Purdue made just one trip to the Tar Heel State from 2013 to 2017 – opening the 2015 season with a three-game set at Western Carolina.
During their season-opening series vs. Hofstra, the Boilermakers posted all three of their victories in comeback fashion. It marked the first time since a March 2012 sweep at Murray State that Purdue won three times in the same weekend after trailing in all three games. Coincidentally, the 2012 Big Ten championship team outscored Murray 40-5 in that series.
Villanova scored a big win last weekend in Phoenix, knocking off No. 8 Arizona State 2-1 in the middle game of the season-opening series. Maine is playing in the Carolinas for the second straight weekend, dropping all three at Winthrop (Rock Hill, South Carolina) to open the new campaign.
PURDUE'S RECENT NON-CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS
• March 2018 – Won 2 of 3 at Stetson Invitational
• February 2018 – Won 3 of 4 as champions of Notre Dame's Alamo Classic (in San Antonio)
• March 2016 – Lost 2 of 3 at Kansas Classic
• February 2015 – Lost 3 of 4 at Arizona State's Phoenix Municipal Classic
• February 2015 – Went 2-2 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's College Classic
• February 2013 – Lost 3 of 4 at Mississippi State's Dudy Noble Classic
• February 2013 – Went 2-2 at Big East/Big Ten Challenge
• March 2012 – Went 3-0 as champions of Auburn's tournament
• February 2012 – Won 2 of 3 at ECU's Keith LeClair Classic
• February 2012 – Went 3-0 at Big East/Big Ten Challenge
| PURDUE SURRENDERED 5+ RUNS IN AN INNING & STILL WON (SINCE 2008) | |||
| Date | Opponent | Big Inning | Final Score |
| 2/16/20 | vs. Hofstra | 8 | 10-9 |
| 5/04/18 | Northwestern | 5 | 8-7 |
| 2/18/17 | at Texas St. | 6 | 12-8 |
| 5/12/13 | at Michigan | 5 | 12-9 |
| 2/26/11 | at Morehead St. | 5 | 11-8 |
| 5/10/09 | at Michigan St. | 5 | 9-8 |
| 5/26/08 | at Illinois | 5 | 13-8 |
| 4/26/08 | Minnesota | 5 | 7-5 |
| PURDUE SCORED 4+ RUNS IN AN INNING 4 TIMES IN SAME WEEKEND (SINCE 2008) | |||
| Season | Opponent | Big Innings | Notable |
| 2020 | vs. Hofstra | 4 (5-4-6-4) | Won 3 of 4 |
| 2017 | at Texas St. | 4 (4-4-4-6) | Split 4-Game Set |
| 2015 | vs. Northern Illinois | 4 (4-5-5-4) | Won 2 of 3 |
| 2013 | at Michigan | 4 (4-5-5-4) | Rallied to Avoid Sweep |
| 2011 | at Morehead St. | 6 (5-4-5-4-6-6) | Won 3 of 4 |
| 2010 | Chicago St. | 4 (9-4-4-5) | Swept 4-Game Set |
| 2008 | at Illinois | 5 (5-5-5-5-4) | Won 3 of 4 |
HOFSTRA VS. HOFSTRA – ADVANTAGE PURDUE
• Bo Hofstra entered the week as one of only six relievers nationally with multiple saves and no hits allowed on the season. Just one of the other five pitchers has faced more batters than Hofstra (11). Hofstra was the only pitcher in the Big Ten to record multiple saves during the opening weekend.
• Hofstra retired 9 of 10 batters faced, striking out four, while closing out the Friday and Sunday wins. The 11th batter he was credited with facing was an intentional walk to whom he did not deliver a pitch.
• Hofstra became the eighth Boilermaker with 10 career saves. He earned two saves in the same weekend for the second time, also accomplishing the feat in a March 2019 series win at Northwestern.
FAST START FOR FASCIA
• Entering the week, Zac Fascia was one of seven catchers nationally, and one of only two Big Ten players total, batting .500 with an OPS of at least 1.250 (minimum 15 plate appearances). He leads Big Ten catchers with six runs scored.
• Fascia hit safely in all four games vs. Hofstra, becoming the first Boilermaker to accomplish the feat in a four-game set since Ben Nisle at Texas in February 2019. Skyler Hunter has hit safely in every game of a four-game weekend five times in his career. Fascia finished the series 7-for-14 with 11 productive plate appearances, registering three extra-base hits, two hit by pitch and two sacrifice flies.
• The senior delivered the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning of Saturday's comeback win.
• For the weekend, he threw out four base runners at second base. Fascia also played some first base, too.
IMPRESSIVE DEBUT SERIES AT THE PLATE FOR LaPLANTE
• Kyle LaPlante batted in the 2-hole in all four games vs. Hofstra during his debut weekend as a Boilermaker. He had a big impact for Purdue offensively, finishing the series 6-for-15 with 10 productive plate appearances.
• He was the only Boilermaker to record an RBI in all four games of the series, highlighted by his two-out, three-run double to break a 6-6 tie in the eighth inning of the season-opening win. The infielder drove in a run or scored a run in the big innings of all four victories.
• LaPlante hit Purdue's first home run of the season in the game 3 win vs. Hofstra. Fellow newcomer Miles Simington later hit a grand slam in the same game, helping Purdue score nine unanswered runs over the seventh and eighth innings. LaPlante and Simington both joined Ben Nisle (2018 season opener) as the last Boilermaker to accomplish unique home run feats. Nisle homered in his second collegiate at-bat as the last newcomer to hit Purdue's first home run of a season and the last Boilermaker whose first hit was a homer.
DID YOU KNOW
• Ben Nisle reached base safely and scored a run in all four games vs. Hofstra. He leads the Big Ten with seven runs scored entering weekend No. 2 of the season.
• Purdue hitters off the bench enjoyed a very productive weekend and were a big reason why the Boilermakers won the four-game series. Reserves finished the weekend a combined 5-for-7 with a .727 on-base percentage, nine RBI and nine total productive plate appearances. Miles Simington's grand slam, Purdue's first since April 2017, headlined the big hits. Bryce Bonner's two pinch-hit, RBI singles were both timely knocks in close games. Tyler Powers and Bonner also delivered doubles in games they did not start.
• Middle infielders Evan Albrecht (2-for-7, 2B, 3 BB, 5 RBI) and Powers (3-for-7, 2B, BB, 4 R) were both very productive at the bottom of the lineup while also playing flawless defense. Albrecht delivered a game-tying two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning of Purdue's comeback win Saturday evening. He reached base safely and drove in a run in all three games in which he played.
• Andrew Bohm and Kyle Wade both escaped bases-loaded jams, but Purdue relievers otherwise struggled with preventing inherited runners from scoring – with 14 of 24 coming around to score. Bo Hofstra stranded the potential tying run at second base as an inherited runner in the eighth inning of the series finale. Yet six of the 10 runners Purdue relievers kept from scoring came in those two innings that Bohm (Friday) and Wade (Sunday) finished.