Game No. 34-36
San Francisco Dons (15-18, 8-4 WCC) vs. Portland Pilots (7-28, 2-10 WCC)
April 10-12 | 3 p.m., 1p.m., 1 p.m.
Benedetti Diamond | San Francisco, Calif.
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SAN FRANCISCO—Having won four straight games and three of their four West Coast Conference series, the Dons will play host to Portland for three beginning on Friday.
 
PROBABLE MATCHUPS

Friday	RHP Anthony Shew (3-3, 3.66)	RHP Billy Sahlinger (2-2, 3.82)
Saturday	LHP Christian Cecilio (2-1, 1.83)	RHP Kurt Yinger (1-5, 5.68)
Sunday	LHP Sam Granoff (1-2, 1.63)	RHP Jackson Lockwood (1-3, 4.17)

 
DONS BREAK OUT THE BATS
The Dons scored 28 runs in their three-game sweep of Santa Clara over the weekend. Dominic Mirolgio had a home run and six RBI, Nico Giarratano hit .500, and Connor Hofmann hit .400 with three RBI during the series. As a team, USF hit .347 against the Broncos and recorded a season-high 18 hits in Friday's 13-4 victory. They continued that success on Monday at No. 19 Nevada as USF pounded out 14 hits for the 8-3 victory.
 
IN THE HUNT
The Dons are tied with Loyola Marymount for second in the West Coast Conference with an 8-4 record and trail first place San Diego by one game. USF has won three of its four WCC series, including a three-game sweep at Santa Clara this past weekend. The Dons still have yet to play LMU, San Diego, or last year's WCC champion Pepperdine but play their last six games conference games at home.
 
CECILIO ON FIRE
Christian Cecilio has quickly turned into one of the better pitchers in the country. Over his last seven starts, he has an ERA of 1.41 in 57.1 innings and struck out 47. He has been even better over his last five starts where he has thrown 42.2 innings, including two complete game shutouts, and has an ERA of 1.26. The senior was named the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 30 after throwing a complete game shutout at AT&T Park against Saint Mary's.
 
MIROGLIO ON JOHNNY BENCH WATCH LIST
Sophomore catcher Dominic Miroglio has been a difference maker on offense and defense for the Dons this season and was honored by being named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List. The Johnny Bench Award is given to the best Division I catcher in the nation. Miroglio is hitting .336 with three home runs and 24 RBI and is throwing out 50 percent of runners. He leads all WCC catchers in batting average, RBI, and caught stealing percentage.
 
INNINGS EATERS
Christian Cecilio and Anthony Shew have thrown more innings than anyone in the conference. Cecilio (62.0 IP) and Shew (59.2) are first and second respectively in innings pitched in the WCC.
 
SMILING SAM GRANOFF
Redshirt freshman Sam Granoff has been a welcomed surprise for the Dons so far this season. He has a team-best 1.23 ERA, has thrown 33.2 innings over his last five starts with a 1.13 ERA. He has not allowed a run in his last 16.2 innings. Two of the starts have come against ranked teams (No. 8 Orgeon, No. 24 California).
 
CECILIO MOVING UP USF LISTS
Christian Cecilio has been a regular presence in the Dons' rotation since his freshman season. On Friday, Cecilio became the school's all-time leader in games started with his 50th start and moved into fifth place on the school's career innings list, passing former teammate Abe Bobb (282.0 IP).
 
DUCK SEASON
The Dons have played their best baseball of the season over the last few days and it resulted in two wins over No. 8 Oregon at PK Park in Eugene, Ore. Sheldon Lee went 5.1 shutout innings in the opener to pick up the 4-1 win. In the second game, Brendan Hendriks and Derek Atkinson both drove in two and Sam Granoff kept the Ducks off balance as he went 6.1 innings and allowed two earned runs as part of the 8-2 victory.
 
CAGING THE GOLDEN BEARS
Sam Granoff was masterful against No. 24 California on Tuesday and he went 7+ innings, allowing one run on eight hits. Nico Giarratano had the game-winning hit with a two-run double in the eighth inning to put the Dons on top 3-1.
 
SHEW'S ENDURANCE
Anthony Shew has quickly established himself as one of the better and more durable pitchers in the conference and showed it again on Thursday by allowing one run over eight innings against Santa Clara. It is the second straight start Shew has gone eight and allowed only one run. He has thrown at least eight innings in six of his eight starts this season.
 
#DonsOTR
San Francisco has a grueling schedule that will have the team away from home for 36 of the team's 55 games, including a stretch of 12 straight and 19 of 23 to start the season. It will include trips to Texas Tech, New Mexico, Oregon, and Gonzaga.
 
TOUGH NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
The Dons may have one of the tougher non-conference schedules in the country. They play eight games against teams that are ranked in the top 35 in the country (Texas Tech, Oregon, Stanford), according to the NCBWA, and an additional five games against teams receiving votes. All the games against ranked teams will also be on the road.
 
HENDRIKS NAMED TOP 100 SENIOR
After a season where he was second on the team in slugging at .493, Brendan Hendriks has been named to Baseball America's Top 100 Seniors list and came in at 91. The senior from Alberta, Canada hit a career-high six home runs with 39 RBI in 2014, including a game-winner in the 19th inning at No. 2 Cal State Fullerton and a two-home run game against California.
 
GIARRATANO MOVING UP THE CHARTS
Head coach Nino Giarratano enters his 17th season at USF and has accumulated 472 wins over that time, which is the most in school history and is the third most in West Coast Conference history. He sits behind only John Cunningham (524, San Diego) and current San Diego and former USF coach Rich Hill (691).