Baseball heads back to North Carolina for a three-game set with Campbell

Friday, February 27

Buies Creek, NC

5 PM

Wright State University

Campbell

Photo by: Alexis Sherman

Baseball heads back to North Carolina for a three-game set with Campbell

2/26/2026 6:00:00 PM | Baseball

DAYTON- The Wright State baseball team (2-5) will travel down to North Carolina for the second consecutive weekend, this time traveling down to Buies Creek for a three-game set against Campbell. The Raiders and the Camels will meet at 5 p.m. on Friday, 3 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday. Live stats will be available for all three games, with Saturday and Sunday's match available to stream on FLOCOLLEGE.

GAME INFORMATION
Friday, Feb. 27 – LIVE STATS
Saturday, Feb. 28 - WATCH (FLOCOLLEGE ($)) | LIVE STATS
Sunday, Mar. 1 – WATCH (FLOCOLLEGE ($)) | LIVE STATS

PROJECTED ROTATION
Friday- Cam Allen, RHP
Saturday- Griffen Paige, LHP
Sunday- Warren Hartzell, RHP

HISTORY VS. CAMPBELL
Friday evening's game will mark the first all-time meeting between Wright State and Campbell.

SCOUTING THE CAMELS
Campbell enters the weekend at 3-5 with wins over Cal Poly, East Carolina, and Troy to open its 2026 campaign. The Camels are coming off a 25-win campaign a season ago, making the CAA tournament for the first time in program history after moving from the Big South.

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State opened the home portion of its 2026 campaign with a big 8-1 win over Kent State on Wednesday afternoon at Nischwitz Stadium. The Raiders broke through in the second inning when Patrick Fultz belted his first homer of the game, a two-run shot to left center that scored JP Peltier, giving the Raiders a lead they would not relinquish.

Wright State put up a crooked four-spot in the third. Peltier delivered the big blow with a two-run double down the left field line, scoring Hunter Warren and Gus Gregory. Braylen Blomquist later scored on a fielder's choice by Andrew Duncan, and Peltier crossed the plate on a bases-loaded walk by Nate Manley to push the lead to 6-0.

Fultz added insurance in the fifth inning with his second home run of the game, a solo shot, making it 7-0. The Golden Flashes (5-3) finally broke through in the seventh when Sawyer Solitaria drew a bases-loaded walk to score Brody Williams, but Wright State answered immediately in the bottom half when Cy Turner singled home Duncan to cap the scoring.

Chet Lax earned the win for the Raiders, tossing three scoreless innings while allowing just two hits and striking out four. The Wright State bullpen was equally effective, with Michael Bilo and Michael Zielinski throwing solid middle relief. J.J. Thompson closed out the final two innings with four strikeouts.

SCOUTING THE 2026 SQUAD
The Raidergang returns 20 players from a season ago while adding 19 newcomers (10 transfers and nine true freshmen). The squad consists of five seniors, nine juniors, nine sophomores, and 16 freshmen.

The roster features a strong in-state contingent with 54% (21 players) coming from the state of Ohio. But the Raiders also recruit well nationally, with 13 other states being represented in the roster. The other 13 states include California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

RAIDERS RUNNING IT BACK
In the era of the transfer portal, where many teams lose so much talent year-to-year, Wright State has recruited talent and kept them in Dayton. The Raiders returned 65% of their total production from a season ago, when factored by total points (fantasy baseball points calculation done by D1Baseball), the Raiders rank ninth in total returning production. The Raidergang return 56% of their roster from a season ago, 64% of their plate appearances, and 55% of their innings pitched. Wright State has brought back six lineup mainstays from a season ago, as well as two of its three weekend starters.

IRON SHARPENS IRON
Wright State will challenge itself in its non-conference schedule, with eight of its 12 opponents winning 30-plus games a season ago. The Raiders will also face off against four teams that made the NCAA Tournament in 2025, with Georgia and Tennessee each hosting a regional.

PRESEASON HYPE
D1Baseball placed four Raiders in its annual preseason positional rankings. Patrick Fultz led the bunch coming in as the 17^th-ranked third baseman. JP Peltier joined Fultz in the top 50, coming in as the 39^th-ranked first baseman. Cam Allen enters his junior campaign as the 115^th-ranked starting pitcher, and Cam Gilkerson rounds out the bunch as the #149^th-ranked outfielder.

BUY STOCK NOW
In its conference preview, D1Baseball selected a pair of Raiders to take home specialty awards in the Horizon League. JP Peltier was selected as the preseason Player of the Year, while Cam Allen was selected as the preseason Pitcher of the Year.

D1Baseball also identified 10 Raiders as top draft prospects out of the Horizon League for the 2025 and 2026 MLB Draft. Cam Allen was selected as the top prospect for the 2026 draft, along with Andrew Duncan, Griffen Paige, JP Peltier, Warren Hartzell, and Cam Gilkerson. Sophomores JJ Thompson, Abe Crall, and Malachi Paplanus were identified as top prospects for the 2027 draft.

HORIZON LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL
Wright State was picked atop the Horizon League preseason poll for the sixth consecutive year, receiving 24 points and four first-place votes. Milwaukee followed, voted to finish second with 18 points. Coming in third was Northern Kentucky with 12 points, closely trailed by Youngstown State with 11 points. Rounding out the poll is Oakland with 10 points and one first-place vote.

LAST SEASON REWIND
Wright State is coming off a very successful 2025 campaign. The Raiders went 40-21 en route to capturing their seventh consecutive Horizon League regular season title and fourth trip to an NCAA regional in the last five seasons. Wright State made some noise on the national stage, knocking off #1 Vanderbilt on its way to a regional final appearance before falling to Louisville.

The Raiders set a new program record in 2025, earning 16 honors in last season's Horizon League All-League Awards, headlined by Freshman of the Year Hunter Warren and Coach of the Year Alex Sogard. Warren was also named to the All-League first team and the All-Freshman team. Wright State returns four Raiders selected to the All-League first team, two selected to the second team, and all four selected to the All-Freshman team.

UP NEXT
Wright State will return home to Nischwitz Stadium to face Miami (OH) in the opening round of the Joe Nuxhall Classic on Tuesday, March 3. First pitch is currently slated for 3 p.m.