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1 2015 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL March 20-22: Seattle U Redhawks (7-13) vs. Utah Valley University Wolverines (4-16) Bannerwood Park - Bellevue, Washington Live Stats/Video: GoSeattleU.com (Jake Eastman w/audio Broadcast) 2015 Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result 2/13 Saint Mary s W, /14 Saint Mary s (DH) L, 2-7/L, 4-7 2/15 Saint Mary s L, /17 at Portland L, 0-9 2/20 Cal State Northridge L, 0-1 2/21 Cal State Northridge (DH) L, 0-1/L, 3-8 2/22 Cal State Northridge L, 3-7 2/28 Fairleigh Dickinson (DH) W, 6-0/W, /1 Fairleigh Dickinson W, 9-1 3/3 Portland L, 1-2 3/6 UC Davis W, 8-3 3/7 UC Davis L, /8 UC Davis L, /10 at Washington L, 2-3 3/12 Northwestern L, 2-6 3/13 Northwestern (DH) W, 6-1/W, 3-2 3/20 Utah Valley* 5:00 p.m. 3/21 Utah Valley* 2:00 p.m. 3/22 Utah Valley* 12:00 p.m. 3/27 at Texas-Pan American* 7:00 p.m. 3/28 at Texas-Pan American* 6:00 p.m. 3/29 at Texas-Pan American* 12:00 p.m. 4/1 at Oregon (Hillsboro, Ore.) 6:00 p.m. 4/2 Sacramento State* 5:00 p.m. 4/3 Sacramento State* 5:00 p.m. 4/4 Sacramento State* 12:00 p.m. 4/8 Portland 4:00 p.m. 4/10 New Mexico State* 5:00 p.m. 4/11 New Mexico State* 2:00 p.m. 4/12 New Mexico State* 12:00 p.m. 4/14 at Washington 5:00 p.m. 4/17 North Dakota* 5:00 p.m. 4/18 North Dakota* 2:00 p.m. 4/19 North Dakota* 12:00 p.m. 4/21 Washington 5:00 p.m. 4/24 at Bakersfield* 6:00 p.m. 4/25 at Bakersfield* 2:00 p.m. 4/26 at Bakersfield* 12:00 p.m. 5/1 at Grand Canyon* 6:30 p.m. 5/2 at Grand Canyon* 6:30 p.m. 5/3 at Grand Canyon* 12:00 p.m. 5/6 at Portland 3:00 p.m. 5/8 Chicago State* 12:00 p.m. 5/9 Chicago State* (Bellevue College) 2:00 p.m. 5/10 Chicago State* 12:00 p.m. 5/11 Pacific (Bellevue College) 6:00 p.m. 5/14 at Northern Colorado* 3:00 p.m. 5/15 at Northern Colorado* 2:00 p.m. 5/16 at Northern Colorado* 12:00 p.m. 5/20-24 WAC Tournament (Mesa, Ariz.) TBA All times local to site * = Western Athletic Conference game CONFERENCE SEASON BEGINS: After a week of rest, Seattle University opens its conference schedule this weekend, hosting Utah Valley University at Bannerwood Park. Nine teams will be battling for six spots in the WAC Baseball Tournament in late May, plus Grand Canyon University will be gunning for the regular season conference title. Seattle U will look to maintain its momentum from the doubleheader sweep over Northwestern last week. This weekend ends a stretch in which Seattle U plays 21 of its first 23 games at home, with the two road games coming against Portland and Washington. THE NORTHWESTERN SERIES: Seattle University won two of three games over Northwestern University last weekend in its final non-conference weekend series of the season. In the first game, Northwestern was able to get off to a quick start and used its early advantage to defeat Seattle University, 6-2. The Wildcats scored two runs in the first inning, two runs in the second inning, and two runs in the fifth inning, all off Redhawk starter Will Dennis. Sheldon Stober got the Redhawks on the board in the sixth inning with a solo home run, and Colin Peterson led off the seventh with a triple and scored Seattle U s other run of the game. Skyler Genger became the stopper for the Redhawks, pitching a seven-inning complete game in the opener of Friday s doubleheader to help Seattle U earn a 6-1 victory. Genger struck out 11 batters, the most strikeouts in a single game by a Redhawk pitcher since the return of the program in In the nightcap, Seattle U jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but Northwestern tied the game with two runs in the fifth inning. Stober led off the sixth inning with a triple and scored the game-winning run on a single by Grant Newton. Ted Hammond pitched four innings of one-hit relief, striking out five batters along the way, to earn the victory. WEATHER FORECAST: Friday s forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies, with temperatures falling into the 50s as the game goes along. Showers are possible on Saturday with temperatures remaining in the 50s before the weather clears on Sunday, with sunshine possible and temperatures warming up into the low 60s. TICKETS: Single game tickets will cost $10 each for chairback seats, $7 apiece for adult bleacher seats, and $5 each for youth or senior citizens. For more information or to purchase baseball group tickets, contact the Seattle U Athletics Ticket Office at (206) 398-GOSU (4678).

2 2015 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 1 Cash McGuire INF R/R Jr. Kent, Wash./Kentwood HS 2 Landon Cray OF L/L Jr. Chimacum, Wash./Chimacum HS 5 Dalton Hurd UTL R/R Fr. Bend, Ore./Bend HS 6 TJ Byrne OF R/R Fr. Federal Way, Wash./Jefferson HS 7 Brock Carpenter INF R/R So. Milton, Wash./Fife HS 8 Griffin Andreychuk INF R/R So. Nanaimo, B.C./Dover Bay HS 9 Connor Moore LHP L/L Jr. West Richland, Wash./Richland HS 10 Colin Peterson UTL R/R Sr. Bellingham, Wash./Spokane Falls CC 11 Nelson Taylor OF R/R So. Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep 12 David Marshall LHP L/L Fr. Kennewick, Wash./Kamiakin HS 14 Curtis Perrin UTL L/R Fr. Vancouver, Wash./Skyview HS 16 Sheldon Stober INF R/R Jr. Kent, Wash./Bellevue College 18 Jack Reisinger C R/R Fr. San Juan Capistrano, Calif./San Juan Hills HS 20 Skyler Genger RHP R/R Jr. Kent, Wash./Kentwood HS 22 Austin Hansen RHP R/R So. Mukilteo, Wash./Kamiak HS 23 Grant Newton UTL L/R Sr. Bend, Ore./Bend HS 24 Michael McCann C/1B L/R So. Vancouver, Wash./Columbia River HS 25 Brian Olson C/1B R/R Sr. Black Diamond, Wash./Tahoma HS 26 Eric Koenig INF R/R Sr. Auburn, Wash./Enumclaw HS 27 Sean Sutton INF L/L Fr. Coeur d Alene, Idaho/Coeur d Alene HS 30 Tarik Skubal LHP L/L Fr. Kingman, Ariz./Kingman Academy 31 Anthony Gosline INF R/R Fr. Spokane, Wash./Gonzaga Prep 32 Will Dennis LHP L/L Jr. Saratoga, Calif./Saratoga HS 33 Garrett Anderson LHP L/L Sr. Kennewick, Wash./Kamiakin HS 34 Nick Meservey LHP L/L Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Saguaro HS 35 Chris Carns RHP R/R Fr. Federal Way, Wash./Decatur HS 36 Ryan Freitas RHP R/R Fr. Concorda, Calif./De La Salle HS 37 Janson Junk RHP R/R Fr. Federal Way, Wash./Decatur HS 38 Kyle Doyle LHP L/L Sr. Covington, Wash./Kentwood HS 40 Ted Hammond RHP R/R Jr. Shoreline, Wash./Shorecrest HS 43 Ky Dye RHP R/R Fr. Everett, Wash./Cascade HS 47 Grant Gunning RHP R/R RJr. Snohomish, Wash./Kings HS Coaching Staff #15 Donny Harrel Head Coach #19 Mike Nadeau Assistant Coach #42 Elliott Cribby Pitching Coach #17 Jeff James - Assistant Coach THIS WEEKEND S PROBABLE MATCHUPS Friday, March 20: Seattle U: #32 LHP Will Dennis (3-2, 2.38 ERA, 34.0 IP, 31 H, 9 R, 6 BB, 29 SO) Utah Valley: #20 RHP Danny Beddes (1-4, 5.46 ERA, 28.0 IP, 27 H, 18 R, 18 BB, 25 SO) Saturday, March 21: Seattle U: #20 RHP Skyler Genger (2-3, 2.73 ERA, 33.0 IP, 26 H, 14 R, 7 BB, 39 SO) Utah Valley: #26 LHP Jackson Cofer (0-3, 2.67 ERA, 27.0 IP, 28 H, 14 R, 13 BB, 19 SO) Sunday, March 22: Seattle U: TBA Utah Valley: TBA

3 SCOUTING UTAH VALLEY: The Wolverines enter the weekend with a 4-16 overall record after losing at Utah Tuesday, 9-3. As a team, Utah Valley has combined for a.228 batting average, a.952 fielding percentage, and a 6.18 earned run average. At the plate, Kade Andrus is batting.278 with 22 hits, 15 runs scored, two home runs, and 12 runs batted in. Mark Krueger is also batting.278 with 12 RBI, plus he leads the Wolverines with six doubles and 13 walks. On the mound, Saturday starter Jackson Cofer leads the way with a 2.67 earned run average, while Friday starter Danny Beddes is the team leader with 25 strikeouts. Logan Hold has made 11 appearances out of the bullpen, while Kyle Valgardson picked up a save in eight appearances. SERIES HISTORY: Seattle U and Utah Valley have met nine times since 2010, with the Redhawks holding a 5-4 series advantage. The two teams split a two-game series at Bannerwood Park in 2010, with Seattle U winning the first game, 11-9, before Utah Valley took the second game, 2-1. On May 4, 2011, Seattle U defeated Utah Valley, 14-8, in Orem before continuing its Utah road trip to BYU. In a three-game series at Bannerwood Park to open the 2012 campaign, Seattle U took the first game, 8-2, Utah Valley won the second contest, 15-2, and the Redhawks won the rubber game, 9-7. Last year, the teams faced each other for the first time as conference rivals in Orem. Seattle U won the first game, 10-9, rallying from a 9-7 deficit with single runs in each of the final three innings. Utah Valley recovered and swept a doubleheader the next day, winning 8-2 and 9-4. In the second game, Seattle U scored three in the top of the first, but Utah Valley scored five in the bottom of the first to take the lead for good. NEW GROUND TO PLAY ON: Thanks to a partnership between the Seattle University Athletics Department and the City of Bellevue, a new turf playing surface has been installed on the infield at Bannerwood Park, including the mound and the first- and third-base lines. In addition, more drainage has been added to the outfield, making it more likely that all Seattle U home baseball games will be played at Bannerwood Park no matter what the weather conditions are. Thanks to the efforts of everyone involved, the project moved quickly, with city approvals coming in October and the first shovels entering the dirt in November. LIGHT IT UP: Major League Baseball and the Seattle Mariners invited the Redhawk baseball team to hold a practice and scrimmage at Safeco Field on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in order to test the new LED lighting system, the first one of its kind to be installed at a MLB ballpark. The players raved about the new lights, telling MLB and Mariner officials that it was easier to see the ball both at the plate and in the field. THE LEADER OF THE REDHAWKS: Donny Harrel is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Seattle University baseball program. He led the team s continued improvement from 11 wins in 2010 to 21 wins in 2011 to 23 wins in Although the squad took a small step back in terms of victories in 2013, Harrel saw his first four-year class graduate that spring. Last year, the team won 26 games, the most since the program was reintstated in 2008 and the third-most all-time. Harrel earned his 100th victory as a head coach against Bakersfield May 15, At the University of Washington as an assistant coach for four seasons, Harrel was not only responsible for assisting in onfield coaching, but he also was responsible for the Huskies schedule and assisted with travel issues, budgeting, and helping student-athletes through the admissions process. He also oversaw the team s academic performance and was named Academic Coach of the Quarter in Winter 2007 when the team broke a 14-year record for highest cumulative grade point average. His head coaching experience comes from seven seasons at Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore., where he compiled a record and led the team to the NWAACC championship in Named NWAACC Southern Division Coach of the Year four times, he also led fundraising efforts to build a field, improve other facilities, buy equipment, and increase scholarship opportunities. RECAPPING THE 2014 SEASON: Seattle University finished the 2014 campaign with a record, the most victories for the Redhawks since baseball returned as a varsity sport and the third-highest single-season total in the history of the program. Seattle U qualified for the WAC Baseball Tournament, the first Division I postseason action for the team in 60 years. Landon Cray earned First Team All-WAC honors after once again leading the Redhawks in batting with a.350 average, while fellow First Team All-WAC honoree Brian Olson batted.320 with 47 runs batted in. On the mound, Will Dennis led the way with a 6-5 record and a 3.25 earned run average. Among Seattle U s victories were two wins over nationally-ranked Washington as well as a win over then-ninth ranked Cal Poly and intrastate rival Washington State. Seattle University Sports Information Director... Jason Behenna Office Phone... (206) Cell Phone... (206) behennaj@seattleu.edu Fax Number... (206) Website...

4 PRESEASON EXPECTATIONS: In the preseason coach s poll, Seattle U was picked to finish fourth in the WAC. Senior catcher Brian Olson and junior outfielder Landon Cray, First Team All-WAC honorees last season, were selected by the coaches as part of the Preseason All-WAC Team. Seattle U is one of four teams, along with Sacramento State, Grand Canyon, and Bakersfield, to have multiple representatives on the preseason squad. Defending WAC regular season and tournament champion Sacramento State received eight first-place votes and 80 total points as the Hornets were selected as the preseason favorite to win the conference in Grand Canyon received the other two first-place votes to finish in second place in the poll with 71 points, with Bakersfield collecting 60 points to come in third place. With 49 points, Seattle U finished just ahead of fifth place Utah Valley, who received 48 points in the poll. New Mexico State and Texas-Pan American ended up in a tie for sixth place with 45 points apiece. Chicago State (19 points), North Dakota (17 points), and Northern Colorado (16 points) rounded out the preseason poll results. Second baseman Chad De La Guerra of Grand Canyon was selected as the WAC Preseason Player of the Year, while Sacramento State s Brennan Leitao received WAC Preseason Pitcher of the Year honors. WAC STANDINGS As of March 17, 2015 Conference Overall Team W L T Strk W L T Strk Bakersfield T T1 New Mexico State T T1 UT Pan American W L1 Sacramento State W L2 Grand Canyon W L5 Seattle U L W2 North Dakota L L1 Chicago State L W2 Northern Colorado L W1 Utah Valley L L2 THIS WEEK S GAMES March 19 (Thursday) New Mexico State at Hawaii, 6:30 p.m. March 20 (Friday) *Chicago State at Northern Colorado, 3 p.m. *Texas-Pan American at Sacramento State, 3 p.m. *Utah Valley at Seattle U, 5 p.m. New Mexico State at Hawaii, 6:30 p.m. *North Dakota at Grand Canyon, 6:30 p.m. (WACDN) Bakersfield at UC Irvine, 6:30 p.m. March 21 (Saturday) *Texas-Pan American at Sacramento State, 1 p.m. Bakersfield at UC Irvine, 1 p.m. *North Dakota at Grand Canyon, 1:30 p.m. (WACDN) *Utah Valley at Seattle U, 2 p.m. *Chicago State at Northern Colorado, 2 p.m. New Mexico State at Hawaii, 6:30 p.m. March 22 (Sunday) *North Dakota at Grand Canyon, 12 p.m. (WACDN) *Chicago State at Northern Colorado, 12 p.m. *Texas-Pan American at Sacramento State, 12 p.m. *Utah Valley at Seattle U, 12 p.m. New Mexico State at Hawaii, 1 p.m. Bakersfield at UC Irvine, 1 p.m. * Indicates WAC Game All Times Local To Site

5 2015 PREVIEW FROM COACH DONNY HARREL I am truly looking forward to the start of this season. After taking positive steps over the past five years in the program, I feel we are upon a culture change this season where we top that 30-win mark. Our pitching is deeper than it has ever been, we return quite a bit of our offense, and our defense should be much better than last season. It all starts on the mound. We have a lot of guys competing for that weekend starting rotation. Will Dennis comes back as our Most Valuable Pitcher in 2014 as voted by his teammates and should find his way right back into the weekend rotation. Skyler Genger really came on in the 2nd half of 2014 and gave us consistent starts. Though Skyler is not overpowering he really knows how to pitch and keeps his defense in the game. Grant Gunning has a bunch of starts under his belt, so our ability to match up against right-handed or left-handed lineups is a nice option to have. Freshmen Tarik Skubal and Janson Junk showed their ability to throw three pitches for strikes and really progressed in the fall and winter, so they each will compete to get time up front in the rotations. Where I truly feel we are different this year is in our bullpen. Anyone of those potential starters provide us great guys in a long relief situation. We are also able to match up well against left-handed hitters with Kyle Doyle, David Marshall, and Nick Meservey showing they can spin the breaking ball against those types of hitters. Ky Dye, Ryan Freitas, and Ted Hammond have the ability to get right-handed hitters out, so we can match up well against lineups throughout the game. Our options at the end of the game match up better than ever as well. Garrett Anderson gives us experience, smarts, and maturity in a closing type roll, and newcomer Chris Carns provides a power arm with some of his pitches this fall reaching up to 94 mph. Run support should increase, as we return our batting average leader Landon Cray and our leading RBI man and team MVP Brian Olson. Both were 1st Team ALL-WAC selections. We also return starting shortstop Griffin Andreychuk, starting third baseman and Rookie of the Year Brock Carpenter, and utility players Grant Newton and Michael McCann. One early season loss comes with the surgery to second baseman Cash McGuire who has numerous starts in his first two seasons. McGuire will be out until April, so Shelton Stober, Curtis Perrin, and Anthony Gosline will compete to get innings. Freshman Sean Sutton will compete for time at first base and as a designated hitter. The outfield lost another tremendous center fielder to graduation in Chase Fields. Fields, who ended his career last spring going 7-7 in the WAC Tournament, followed previous graduates Marcelino Morales and Doug Buser, who combined over the last 5 years to have just 2 errors in center field. Cray will move to center field to start the season, but Nelson Taylor and TJ Byrne bring plenty of speed to the position and will fight for innings. Colin Peterson will return in right field and provide experience, while Eric Koenig, Dalton Hurd, Byrne, McCann and Taylor look to fill time in the outfield as well. All-WAC player Olson returns as the catcher, but time will also be competed for by McCann, Newton, and newcomer Jack Reisinger.

6 Seattle University Baseball Overall Statistics for Seattle University (as of Mar 15, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 7-13 Home: 7-11 Away: 0-2 WAC: 0-0 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 16 Stober, Sheldon Peterson, Colin Newton, Grant Andreychuk, Griffin McCann, Michael Olson, Brian Cray, Landon Gosline, Anthony Sutton, Sean Taylor, Nelson Reisinger, Jack Carpenter, Brock Hurd, Dalton Perrin, Curtis Byrne, TJ Koenig, Eric Totals Opponents LOB - Team (136), Opp (143). DPs turned - Team (9), Opp (18). IBB - Team (1), Peterson, C 1. Picked off - Sutton, S 1, Peterson, C 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 32 Dennis, Will / Genger, Skyler / Hammond, Ted / Skubal, Tarik / Meservey, Nick / Doyle, Kyle / Dye, Ky / Carns, Chris / Junk, Janson / Anderson, Garrett / Marshall, David / Gunning, Grant / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (3), Reisinger, J 2, Olson, B 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (2), Genger, S 1, Dennis, W 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Olson, B (14-20), Reisinger, J (5-10), Dennis, W (3-7), Genger, S (2-7), Hammond, T (4-5), Skubal, T (4-5), McCann, M (3-3), Junk, J (2-3), Marshall, D (2-2), Gunning, G (2-2), Dye, Ky (1-2), Anderson, G (1-1), Doyle, K (1-1).

7 Seattle University Baseball Game Results for Seattle University (as of Mar 15, 2015) (All games) Date Opponent Score Inns Overall WAC Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 13, 2015 SAINT MARY'S W Dennis, W (W 1-0) 246 2:58 Feb 14, 2015 SAINT MARY'S-1 L Genger, S (L 0-1) - 2:00 Feb 14, 2015 SAINT MARY'S-2 L Hammond, T (L 0-1) 242 2:48 Feb 15, 2015 SAINT MARY'S L Skubal, T (L 0-1) 233 3:07 Feb 17, 2015 at Portland L Gunning, G (L 0-1) 323 2:29 Feb 20, 2015 CSUN L Dennis, W (L 1-1) 153 2:15 Feb 21, 2015 CSUN-1 L Genger, S (L 0-2) - 1:56 Feb 21, 2015 CSUN-2 L Hammond, T (L 0-2) 180 3:05 Feb 22, 2015 CSUN L Skubal, T (L 0-2) 174 3:01 Feb 28, 2015 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON-1 W Dennis, W (W 2-1) - 2:13 Feb 28, 2015 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON-2 W Genger, S (W 1-2) 102 2:39 Mar 01, 2015 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W Hammond, T (W 1-2) 109 2:45 Mar 03, 2015 PORTLAND L Skubal, T (L 0-3) 108 2:24 Mar 06, 2015 UC DAVIS W Dennis, W (W 3-1) 163 2:48 Mar 07, 2015 UC DAVIS L Genger, S (L 1-3) 223 3:20 Mar 08, 2015 UC DAVIS L Hammond, T (L 1-3) 171 2:40 Mar 10, 2015 at Washington L Carns, C (L 0-1) 582 2:38 Mar 12, 2015 NORTHWESTERN L Dennis, W (L) 117 2:59 Mar 13, 2015 NORTHWESTERN-1 W Genger, S (W) - 1:50 Mar 13, 2015 NORTHWESTERN-2 W Hammond, T (W) - 1:57 () extra inning game

2015 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL Seattle University Redhawks (0-0) vs. Saint Mary s College Gaels (0-0) Bannerwood Park - Bellevue, Washington

2015 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL Seattle University Redhawks (0-0) vs. Saint Mary s College Gaels (0-0) Bannerwood Park - Bellevue, Washington Friday, Feb. 13: 5 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 14 (DH): 1:00 p.m.;