ANDERSON, S.C. - After capturing a wire-to-wire win over Augusta in the final game of a three-game series last Sunday and facing Emmanuel later today, the Anderson University baseball team wraps up a five-game road swing by visiting Conference Carolinas-foe Limestone on Wednesday. First-pitch versus the Saints at Founders FCU Stadium in Gaffney, S.C. is set for 2 p.m.

The Trojans
Anderson (2-3) snapped an early-season three-game skid with Sunday's road win and are looking to build momentum as they open a three-game series by playing host to Winston-Salem State this weekend at Memorial Stadium.

Heading into this afternoon's contest in Franklin Springs, Ga., a trio of Trojans are hitting above .400 on the season, while two more are over .300 at the plate. Junior Xavier Peralta is leading the way at the plate with a .462 batting average, while sophomore Zach McIlroy is hitting .455, with a team-high .727 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base average. Senior first baseman Steven Cooper is 9-for-21 (.429) at the plate, while ripping a team-high five doubles and driving home seven runs. Cooper and junior Matthew Powell are each 3-for-7 at the plate with runners in scoring position.

Senior LJ Newman has five RBI in five games and is hitting .368, with senior Kyle Bailey posting a .316 batting average.

On the hill, juniors Ryan Owens and Chris Ayers have collected the Trojans' wins on the season, while senior Brock Goodling earned a save in AU's 6-2 win over the Jaguars. Ayers gave up just one hit, while striking out seven in five innings of work at Augusta. Goodling has tossed four innings in three relief appearances and has notched five strikeouts with one walk and has limited opponents to a 0.83 batting average.

The Saints
Limestone, which is in the midst of playing 17-of-18 games at home in February, is 7-3 overall and is a stellar 7-1 at home on the young season after reeling off seven straight wins following two season-opening losses at Francis Marion.

Redshirt sophomore Anders DeShields became the first Saints pitcher in nearly two years to earn Conference Carolinas Pitcher of the Week accolades a week ago, while freshman third baseman Chase Allen was selected Monday as the league's Player of the Week following a solid weekend series against LIU Post. Allen batted .385 in the four-game series sweep over the Pioneers and finished with a home run, two doubles, seven RBIs, and five runs scored to help guide the Blue and Gold to its best start since 2013. The freshman leads the Saints with a pair of home runs, six doubles and 13 RBI over the first 10 games.

DeShields tossed seven scoreless frames with eight strikeouts while only surrendering two base hits over a seven-day span.

The Series vs. Limestone
The Trojans claimed a pair of wins over Limestone a year ago, winning 12-3 in mid-February at Memorial Stadium and following up a month later with a 4-2 victory in Gaffney.

Outfielder Garrett Bernardo had three extra-base hits in AU's home win, while shortstop Kyle Bailey added two hits on the day, including an RBI single. Catcher Travis Smith clubbed AU's lone home run for the game and finished the game 2-for-4 with four RBI and a run scored.

The contest in Gaffney saw third baseman McIlroy lead AU with a 3-for-4 performance with a run scored and a pair of stolen bases. Bernardo, Steven Cooper and LJ Newman all posted two hits in the win