• Ryan Lauk is making his second start of the season. The Mullica Hill, NJ native struck out six batters in the season opener against Lafayette. 
• Game two's starter, Pat Gallagher allowed two in the nightcap against the Leopards in his first start of the 2021 campaign. 
• Josh Casado is making his first collegiate start for the Seahawks in Sunday's series finale. Casado made his Wagner debut in Wagner's 14-12 triumph over the Leopards, as he pitched 1.2 innings with two strikeouts. 
• Kevin Wiseman picked up his first save of the year and third of his Seahawk tenure, as he pitched the final two innings of game two, while recording two strikeouts. 

• Tyler Sanfilippo was named Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Week for the second time in his career after going 3 for 5 in the second game of the doubleheader against Lafayette. 
• All three of the Wayne, NJ native's hits came via the long ball as he finished with 7 RBI on the night. 
• Freddy Sabido, Johnny Kampes and newcomer Caleb Ward each had multi-RBI games across the doubleheader. 
• Sanfilippo and Sabido pace the club with three hits apiece. 

• Wagner finished the 2020 season with a 6-8 record; the season was cut short in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Henry Martinez and Cody Bey batted .292 and .291, respectively, were among the top-15 in the Northeast Conference (NEC).
• As a team, the Seahawks led the NEC in walks (67) and finished second in hits (101) and RBI (51). 
• The Green & White hurlers combined to strike out a league-best (131). In 2020, three Seahawks finished among the top-15 in strikeouts, led by McCae Allen (28). Fifth-year Seahawk, Ryan Lauk, finished fourth with 24 strikeouts while junior John LaPointe rounded out the top-15 with 14 strikeouts. 
•  In relief, Kevin Wiseman earned two saves in 2020, which tied him for the fourth-most in the conference. 

• Wagner head coach, Jim Carone, needs three wins for 200 in his career.
• He would be just the second Seahawk bench boss to achieve the feat, joining Joe Litterio, who amassed 240 wins in his 12-year tenure on Grymes Hill.
• The Seahawks were picked third in the NEC Preseason Coaches' Poll. 

⚾We were picked to finish 3️⃣rd in the @necbaseball Preseason Poll!⚾

#️⃣#DYJ
#️⃣#NECBASE pic.twitter.com/YHCwKjPOPF

— Wagner Baseball (@WagBaseball) February 17, 2021

• Wagner returns 34 players from the 2020 squad while welcoming eight newcomers. 
• Among the returners, Freddy Sabido is vying to become the 12th Seahawks all-time to reach 200 career hits as he enters the 2021 season with 192 career hits. Additionally, he ranks eighth all-time in program history in both home runs and RBI, with 22 and 118 RBI. 
• Under coach Carone, Wagner is 3-6 all-time on Opening Day, after picking up an 11-10 triumph over Norfolk State last season. 

• The Seahawk program has seven alums (five players; two coaches) represented across seven different Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations. 
  • Ben Ruta – San Diego Padres

Former Seahawk @benJAMINruta was selected by the @Padres in today's Rule 5 draft! pic.twitter.com/DFy3eCBgJh

— Wagner Baseball (@WagBaseball) December 11, 2020

• Mike Adams – Philadelphia Phillies

Former Seahawk @Mike_Adams3 has signed a contract with the @Phillies pic.twitter.com/Z5i0cn1MGr

— Wagner Baseball (@WagBaseball) January 21, 2021

• Nick Dini – Kansas City Royals

Excited for @nickdini11 as Spring Training gets underway next week in AZ! Good luck Nick! 🌵 https://t.co/brdJklsAqh

— Wagner Baseball (@WagBaseball) February 5, 2021

• Nolan Long – Los Angeles Dodgers

Congrats to @NolanLong32 on the @MLB Spring Training invite with the World Champion @Dodgers 🌵 ☀️ ⚾️ https://t.co/ERJmf4OyJZ

— Wagner Baseball (@WagBaseball) February 22, 2021

• Ian Miller – Chicago Cubs

Looking forward to watching our guy @8rellimnai have another great MLB Spring Training with @Cubs ⚾️ 🌵 💨 https://t.co/XYQdBpHncu

— Wagner Baseball (@WagBaseball) February 14, 2021

• Andrew Bailey – San Francisco Giants | Pitching Coach
• Bill Murphy – Houston Astros | Assistant Pitching Coach

• The all-time series between these two teams is tied at 5-5. 
• The last time they met, back in 2009, Wagner took two-of-three from the Black Bears. 

• Maine comes into this weekend's contest at 3-2 after dropping its most recent contest at #13 Boston College, 10-5, back on Tuesday. 
• The Black Bears were projected to finish eighth in the America East Baseball Preseason Poll.
• Ryan Turenne leads the team with a .455 batting average while Connor Goodman and Sean Lawlor have scored five runs. 
• Jeff Mejia is the team's RBI leader with six on the young season. 

• Wagner opens Northeast Conference (NEC) with a three-game set at Fairleigh Dickinson, beginning on Friday, March 19.