GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Niagara (0-3 • 2024: 38-17, 20-4 MAAC) vs. Purdue (4-0 • 2024: 33-24, 13-11 B1G)
4-Game Series / Friday to Sunday, Feb. 21 to Feb. 23
Ting Stadium / Holly Springs, North Carolina
Series Opener: Friday, Feb. 21 at 4 or 5 p.m. ET
Doubleheader: Saturday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. ET
All-Time Series: First Meetings
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. NU's Gage Wheaton (So, RHP)
Game 1 Saturday: Cole Van Assen (So, RHP) vs. NU's Evan Wilde (Grad, LHP)
Game 2 Saturday: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. NU's Matthew DelVecchio (Jr, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Purdue vs. NU's Nate Bennett (Fr, RHP)
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. – For the second year in a row, weekend No. 2 of the season finds Purdue Baseball back at Ting Stadium to take on an NCAA Regional qualifier – reigning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament champion Niagara.
First pitch is slated for 4 or 5 p.m. ET on Friday, 1 p.m. for a Saturday doubleheader and 1 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free all weekend at Ting Stadium, the home of the Holly Springs Salamanders of the Costal Plain League.
It's a full artificial turf field and that proved important this week as the Raleigh area received multiple inches of snow and flurries were ongoing as Purdue landed Thursday. Friday's start time will be contingent on how efficiently/quickly the ice and snow can be cleared Friday.
The Boilermakers have compiled a 15-4 record at Ting Stadium since making their debut there during the second weekend of the 2022 season. Five of those 15 victories have come in walk-off fashion, including four in 2022 during the program-record 15-0 start. Besides its home state of Indiana, Purdue has played more games in North Carolina since both 2019 (29) and 2022 (23) than any other state. The Boilermakers return to Ting Stadium next weekend for a four-game series vs. Akron.
PURDUE RECORDS OF NOTE
• In North Carolina Since 2019: 23-6
…Teams Purdue has played: NJIT (7 games), Campbell (1), Villanova (1), Maine (1), Princeton (4), Charlotte (1), Longwood (3), Akron (4), George Mason (4), East Carolina (1), Southeastern Louisiana (1), Cal State Fullerton (1)
• At Ting Stadium Since 2022: 15-4
…Teams Purdue has played: Princeton (4 games), Longwood (3), NJIT (4), Akron (4), George Mason (4)
• Neutral-Site Games in North Carolina Since 2018: 22-7
…Teams Purdue has played: Houston (2 games), North Carolina A&T (1), NJIT (7), Villanova (1), Maine (1), Princeton (4), Longwood (3), Akron (4), George Mason (4), Southeastern Louisiana (1), Cal State Fullerton (1)
A year ago in Holly Springs, the Boilermakers won three of four vs. a George Mason team that had represented the Atlantic-10 Conference in an NCAA Regional in 2023. Niagara won 38 games, including 20 in MAAC play, last season, sharing the regular-season conference title with Fairfield and later defeating the Stags in the championship game of the conference tournament. Niagara won its first conference title since 1997 and made its first-ever NCAA Regional appearance, losing to host Oklahoma State and Big Ten Tournament champion Nebraska in Stillwater. The Huskers had also ended Purdue's season a week earlier to ignite a run through the loser's bracket in Omaha.
Former Niagara head coach Rob McCoy was hired by William & Mary in June and replaced by longtime NU assistant Matt Spatafora. The Purple Eagles are the first of five 2024 NCAA Regional qualifiers on the Boilermakers' schedule this season.
2024 NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIERS ON PURDUE'S SCHEDULE
• Niagara (MAAC) – Feb. 21-23 in Holly Springs
• Indiana State (MVC) – March 4 in Terre Haute, April 8 at Alexnader Field
• Illinois (Big Ten) – April 25-27 in Champaign
• Indiana (Big Ten) – May 9-11 in Bloomington
• Nebraska (Big Ten) – May 15-17 at Alexnader Field
Eight of Purdue's active players have seen action at Ting Stadium. Additionally, Albert Choi – a graduate transfer from NJIT – enjoyed a nine-hit weekend against the Boilermakers in a 2023 series in Holly Springs. Newcomer Aaron Manias also played at Ting Stadium in the summer of 2023 while he was member of the Peninsula Pilots of the Costal Plain League.
Meanwhile, another grad transfer for Purdue – pitcher Justin Guiliano – is quite familiar with Niagara. The lefty played his first four seasons in the MAAC at Canisius and faced Niagara each of the last two seasons. In 2023, he struck out eight over three innings of relief against NU in an April matchup and earned the win in relief when the teams squared off in the opening round of the MAAC Tournament. Niagara was also the opponent for Guiliano's final home start as member of the Golden Griffins in May 2024.
PURDUE LEADERS IN HOLLY SPRINGS
Active Boilermakers
• Camden Gasser: 7-for-14 (.500/.588/.643), 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 6 R, SB
• Keenan Spence: 6-for-13 (.462/.529/.769), 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, Sac Fly, 6 R, SB
• Logan Sutter: 5-for-14 (.357/.471/.714), 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, 5 R, SB
• Carter Doorn: 4 app, 6 2/3 IP, 7 H, R, 0 BB, 8 K
• Albert Choi (in 2023 for NJIT vs Purdue): 9-for-16, 3 3B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 R, 3 SB
DOUBLEHEADER SWEEPS SINCE OPENING DAY 2022
• Feb. 14, 2025 vs. Stephen F. Austin – W, 4-1 & 4-2 (in Sugar Land, Texas)
• March 16, 2024 vs. Samford – W, 6-1 & 13-12 (10)
• March 10, 2024 vs. UAlbany – W, 16-6 & 12-1
• March 9, 2024 vs. UAlbany – W, 11-3 & 6-1
• April 15, 2023 vs. Penn State – W, 9-8 & 4-3
• March 4, 2023 vs. Akron – W, 17-9 & 13-0 (in Holly Springs, N.C.)
• March 20, 2022 vs. Illinois State – W, 9-2 & 7-6 (10)
• Feb. 26, 2022 vs. Princeton – W, 4-3 & 5-4 (in Holly Springs, N.C.)
• Feb. 25, 2022 vs. Princeton – W, 9-3 & 8-3 (in Holly Springs, N.C.)
• Feb. 19, 2022 vs. South Dakota State – W, 11-1 & 14-3 (in Sugar Land, Texas)
Niagara (0-3 • 2024: 38-17, 20-4 MAAC) vs. Purdue (4-0 • 2024: 33-24, 13-11 B1G)
4-Game Series / Friday to Sunday, Feb. 21 to Feb. 23
Ting Stadium / Holly Springs, North Carolina
Series Opener: Friday, Feb. 21 at 4 or 5 p.m. ET
Doubleheader: Saturday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. ET
All-Time Series: First Meetings
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. NU's Gage Wheaton (So, RHP)
Game 1 Saturday: Cole Van Assen (So, RHP) vs. NU's Evan Wilde (Grad, LHP)
Game 2 Saturday: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. NU's Matthew DelVecchio (Jr, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Purdue vs. NU's Nate Bennett (Fr, RHP)
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. – For the second year in a row, weekend No. 2 of the season finds Purdue Baseball back at Ting Stadium to take on an NCAA Regional qualifier – reigning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament champion Niagara.
First pitch is slated for 4 or 5 p.m. ET on Friday, 1 p.m. for a Saturday doubleheader and 1 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free all weekend at Ting Stadium, the home of the Holly Springs Salamanders of the Costal Plain League.
It's a full artificial turf field and that proved important this week as the Raleigh area received multiple inches of snow and flurries were ongoing as Purdue landed Thursday. Friday's start time will be contingent on how efficiently/quickly the ice and snow can be cleared Friday.
The Boilermakers have compiled a 15-4 record at Ting Stadium since making their debut there during the second weekend of the 2022 season. Five of those 15 victories have come in walk-off fashion, including four in 2022 during the program-record 15-0 start. Besides its home state of Indiana, Purdue has played more games in North Carolina since both 2019 (29) and 2022 (23) than any other state. The Boilermakers return to Ting Stadium next weekend for a four-game series vs. Akron.
PURDUE RECORDS OF NOTE
• In North Carolina Since 2019: 23-6
…Teams Purdue has played: NJIT (7 games), Campbell (1), Villanova (1), Maine (1), Princeton (4), Charlotte (1), Longwood (3), Akron (4), George Mason (4), East Carolina (1), Southeastern Louisiana (1), Cal State Fullerton (1)
• At Ting Stadium Since 2022: 15-4
…Teams Purdue has played: Princeton (4 games), Longwood (3), NJIT (4), Akron (4), George Mason (4)
• Neutral-Site Games in North Carolina Since 2018: 22-7
…Teams Purdue has played: Houston (2 games), North Carolina A&T (1), NJIT (7), Villanova (1), Maine (1), Princeton (4), Longwood (3), Akron (4), George Mason (4), Southeastern Louisiana (1), Cal State Fullerton (1)
A year ago in Holly Springs, the Boilermakers won three of four vs. a George Mason team that had represented the Atlantic-10 Conference in an NCAA Regional in 2023. Niagara won 38 games, including 20 in MAAC play, last season, sharing the regular-season conference title with Fairfield and later defeating the Stags in the championship game of the conference tournament. Niagara won its first conference title since 1997 and made its first-ever NCAA Regional appearance, losing to host Oklahoma State and Big Ten Tournament champion Nebraska in Stillwater. The Huskers had also ended Purdue's season a week earlier to ignite a run through the loser's bracket in Omaha.
Former Niagara head coach Rob McCoy was hired by William & Mary in June and replaced by longtime NU assistant Matt Spatafora. The Purple Eagles are the first of five 2024 NCAA Regional qualifiers on the Boilermakers' schedule this season.
2024 NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIERS ON PURDUE'S SCHEDULE
• Niagara (MAAC) – Feb. 21-23 in Holly Springs
• Indiana State (MVC) – March 4 in Terre Haute, April 8 at Alexnader Field
• Illinois (Big Ten) – April 25-27 in Champaign
• Indiana (Big Ten) – May 9-11 in Bloomington
• Nebraska (Big Ten) – May 15-17 at Alexnader Field
Eight of Purdue's active players have seen action at Ting Stadium. Additionally, Albert Choi – a graduate transfer from NJIT – enjoyed a nine-hit weekend against the Boilermakers in a 2023 series in Holly Springs. Newcomer Aaron Manias also played at Ting Stadium in the summer of 2023 while he was member of the Peninsula Pilots of the Costal Plain League.
Meanwhile, another grad transfer for Purdue – pitcher Justin Guiliano – is quite familiar with Niagara. The lefty played his first four seasons in the MAAC at Canisius and faced Niagara each of the last two seasons. In 2023, he struck out eight over three innings of relief against NU in an April matchup and earned the win in relief when the teams squared off in the opening round of the MAAC Tournament. Niagara was also the opponent for Guiliano's final home start as member of the Golden Griffins in May 2024.
PURDUE LEADERS IN HOLLY SPRINGS
Active Boilermakers
• Camden Gasser: 7-for-14 (.500/.588/.643), 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 6 R, SB
• Keenan Spence: 6-for-13 (.462/.529/.769), 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, Sac Fly, 6 R, SB
• Logan Sutter: 5-for-14 (.357/.471/.714), 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, 5 R, SB
• Carter Doorn: 4 app, 6 2/3 IP, 7 H, R, 0 BB, 8 K
• Albert Choi (in 2023 for NJIT vs Purdue): 9-for-16, 3 3B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 R, 3 SB
DOUBLEHEADER SWEEPS SINCE OPENING DAY 2022
• Feb. 14, 2025 vs. Stephen F. Austin – W, 4-1 & 4-2 (in Sugar Land, Texas)
• March 16, 2024 vs. Samford – W, 6-1 & 13-12 (10)
• March 10, 2024 vs. UAlbany – W, 16-6 & 12-1
• March 9, 2024 vs. UAlbany – W, 11-3 & 6-1
• April 15, 2023 vs. Penn State – W, 9-8 & 4-3
• March 4, 2023 vs. Akron – W, 17-9 & 13-0 (in Holly Springs, N.C.)
• March 20, 2022 vs. Illinois State – W, 9-2 & 7-6 (10)
• Feb. 26, 2022 vs. Princeton – W, 4-3 & 5-4 (in Holly Springs, N.C.)
• Feb. 25, 2022 vs. Princeton – W, 9-3 & 8-3 (in Holly Springs, N.C.)
• Feb. 19, 2022 vs. South Dakota State – W, 11-1 & 14-3 (in Sugar Land, Texas)
| WALK-OFF WINS IN HOLLY SPRINGS | |||||
| Date | Opponent | Location | Score (Innings) | GW RBI | GW Run |
| 2/24/2023 | NJIT | Holly Springs, N.C. | 6-5 (9) | Jake Parr | Paul Toetz |
| 3/06/2022 | Longwood | Holly Springs, N.C. | 6-5 (11) | Cam Thompson | Cam Thompson |
| 3/05/2022 | Longwood | Holly Springs, N.C. | 6-5 (13) | Jake Stadler | Jake Jarvis |
| 2/26/2022 | Princeton (G2) | Holly Springs, N.C. | 5-4 (9) | Cam Thompson | Curtis Washington Jr. |
| 2/26/2022 | Princeton (G1) | Holly Springs, N.C. | 4-3 (9) | CJ Valdez | Curtis Washington Jr. |
| 3-DOUBLE GAMES BY BOILERMAKERS (Since 2001) | |||
| Date | Boilermaker | Opponent | Full Stat Line |
| 2/16/2025 | Logan Sutter | vs Stephen F. Austin (Sugar Land, TX) | 3-for-4, 3 2B, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, R |
| 2/17/2024 | Luke Gaffney | vs Stony Brook (Sugar Land, TX) | 3-for-5, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 2 R |
| 3/04/2023 | CJ Valdez | vs Akron (Holly Springs, NC) | 3-for-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R |
| 2/15/2019 | Owen Jansen | at Southern Miss | 4-for-4, 3 2B, BB, RBI, R |
| 5/11/2016 | Daniel Sander | at Valparaiso | 5-for-5, 3 2B, 5 RBI |
| 4/24/2016 | Brett Carlson | at Maryland | 3-for-4, 3 2B, RBI, R |
| 5/08/2011 | Kevin Plawecki | at Michigan State | 3-for-4, 3 2B, BB, RBI, R |
| 2/27/2009 | Nick Overmyer | at Southeast Missouri St. | 3-for-4, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R |
| 3/02/2007 | Spencer Ingaldson | at Western Kentucky | 5-for-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R |
| 4/04/2004 | Mike Coles | at Penn State | 5-for-7, 3 2B, 5 R |
| 5/11/2003 | Ben Fritz | at Indiana | 4-for-6, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R |
| 5/11/2003 | Simon Klink | at Indiana | 3-for-4, 3 2B, BB, RBI, 4 R |
| 4/08/2003 | John Manuel | Purdue Fort Wayne | 4-for-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R |
| 3/30/2001 | Nate Sickler | at Michigan State | 3-for-3, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, SB |