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Oakland (10-31, 5-18) vs. UIC (22-20-1, 16-8) Games 42-44 - May 8-9 Rochester, Mich. Oakland Baseball Field (500) Game Notes: Oakland
Coverage
Game 1 - Friday, May 8 - Noon ET: Game 2 - Friday, May 8 - 3 p.m. ET: Game 3 - Saturday, May 9 - 1 p.m. ET:

ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland baseball team will play its final home games of the season this weekend as they host UIC for a three-game Horizon League series Friday and Saturday at the Oakland Baseball Field. Saturday will be Alumni and Senior Day as all returning alumni will be celebrated before the game, while the seven graduating seniors will be honored after the game.

SENIOR DAY
After Saturday's game, Jason Hager, Jake Morton, Trent Drumheller, Spencer Marentette, Robby Enslen, Doug Beath and Andrew Sopena will be honored for all of their contributions to the baseball program and Oakland University as they play their final home game.

SERIES
Oakland is 4-5 all-time against the Flames as UIC took two out of three games earlier this season.

SCOUTING UIC
The Flames are a half of game behind Wright State for first place in the Horizon League standings. Offensively, UIC is led by Jeff Boehm hitting a team-best .352 and leading the team with eight home runs and 48 RBIs. On the mound, Jake Dahlberg is the front runner for Horizon League Pitcher of the Year with a 6-1 record and a 1.65 ERA in league play.

CAREER RECORDS
LHP Jason Hager became Oakland's all-time leader in innings pitched after tossing 6.0 innings at Valparaiso on April 10th and now has thrown 310.1 innings in his career. He ranks second in program history strikeouts (227) and is 40 K's away from becoming the all-time leader. OF Robby Enslen ranks in the top-10 all-time in school history in hits surpassing the 200 mark on Sunday, April 26 (4th), at-bats (5th), doubles (4th), RBIs (8th) and games played (6th).

VETERAN ACE
Jason Hager returns after being granted a sixth-year of eligibility to be the ace of Oakland's pitching staff. He was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on April 6 after tossing a complete game to earn the win against Youngstown State. He was in the top-10 in the Horizon League last season in ERA, innings pitched, strikeouts and opposing batting average.

NCAA AND HORIZON LEAGUE RANKINGS
As a team, Oakland ranks 95th in NCAA in doubles, 47th in doubles per game, and is one of 13 Division I teams to turn a triple play. RHP Aaron Dehn is eighth in the Horizon League in ERA at 3.67. Overall, Enslen is seventh in batting at .337 and hits with 56, while in league play he is tied for sixth in hits with 33 and tied for fourth in doubles with nine, while SS Mike Brosseau is second in home runs with three and seventh in slugging at .500. C/INF Ian Yetsko is tied for first in doubles in the league at 17, while ranking 37th in doubles and 22nd in doubles per game. He is also top-10 in Horizon League play in total bases (T7th). Hager is 10th this season in league play with 26 strikeouts and fourth in innings pitched with 52.1

PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Robby Enslen was named the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year, while Mike Brosseau was selected to the preseason all-league team on Wednesday. Enslen was an All-Region second team and All-Horizon League first team selection last season leading the league in hitting (.378) and was third in slugging (.432) and on-base percentage (.440). He also closed the season ranked in the top-10 in hits, RBIs, home runs and doubles. Enslen snapped his school-record 32-game hitting streak in the series finale at Southern Miss. Brosseau closed 2014 ranked in the top-10 in the Horizon League in hitting (.321), slugging (.432) and doubles (12) to be named to the All-Horizon League First Team.

Both Enslen and Brosseau were named to the College Sports Madness Preseason All-Horizon League first team, while Zach Sterry was selected to the second team. The 2014 Horizon League All-Freshman Team honoree, Sterry will look to improve on his rookie campaign that saw him finish second on the team in home runs and extra-base hits.

COACH MOOSE AT THE HELM Head coach John Musachio enters his eighth season as the head coach and 10th overall with the program. He became the all-time winningest coach in program history last season and currently sits at 146 for his career. He was named The Summit League Coach of the Year in 2013. He has had four players drafted under his tenure, Jake Paulson in the 27th round and Jake Morton in the 39th round last season, Hayden Fox in the 21st round in 2012 and Shane McCatty in the 34th round in 2009.

GAME 1 PITCHING PROBABLES
Oakland - LHP Jason Hager
UIC - TBA

GAME 2 PITCHING PROBABLES
Oakland - RHP Aaron Dehn
UIC - TBA

GAME 3 PITCHING PROBABLES
Oakland - RHP Nate Green
UIC - TBA

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