CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern will put a full week of rain and winter weather behind them and try to continue their home success this weekend. CSU hosts St. John's on Friday and North Florida on Saturday and Sunday to complete a three-game schedule at CSU Ballpark. 

North Florida will face St. John's on Friday and Saturday at noon to keep CSU Ballpark busy all weekend. 

CSU is 4-2 after dropping the longest game in school history last Sunday, a 9-8 loss to LaSalle in 15 innings. The Buccaneers' midweek affair against Furman was washed away and will be made up in April. 

The Bucs will lean on ace Andrew Tomasovich to get the weekend off to another strong start. Tomasovich has yet to allow an earned run in 13 innings this season and is 2-0. He is coming off a 4-0 shutout of LaSalle last Friday night, in which he had a career-high 13 strikeouts.

PITCHING MATCHUPS 

Game 1 (Fri.) 6 p.m. – Charleston Southern vs. St. John's

LHP Andrew Tomasovich (2-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Kalica (0-0, 6.23 ERA) 

Game 2 (Sat.) 6:30 p.m. – Charleston Southern vs. North Florida

RHP Evan Raynor (0-1, 1.13 ERA) vs. RHP Bryan Baker (0-1, 3.72 ERA)

Game 3 (Sun.) 2 p.m. - Charleston Southern vs. North Florida 

Denis Buckley (0-1, 4.35 ERA) vs. Evan Incinelli (0-1, 6.23 ERA) 

The Bucs lead the Big South with a team .313 average through six games. Senior and All-Big South DH Andrew Widell leads CSU with a .458 average and two home runs. Outfielder Brandon Burris is batting .375 and is third on the team with nine hits. 

Junior RHP Evan Raynor will get his first career start on Saturday against North Florida. He's allowed just one earned run in eight innings of work this season. He made two appearances last weekend, taking the hard-luck loss going the final four innings against LaSalle in Sunday's marathon. He also pitched the final two innings of Friday night's shutout. 

North Florida (5-4) after a 2-2 record last weekend in Pensacola, Fla. The Ospreys topped Southern Miss and St. Louis, falling to Troy and Nicholls State. UNF second baseman Trent Higginbothem leads the team with a .433 average and 13 hits. 

St. John's is 3-3 on the year with wins over Kennesaw State and Liberty, a pair of NCAA Tournament teams from last season. DH Zach Lauricella is batting .467 with seven hits for the Red Storm. 

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