Baseball. w w w. h o r i z o n l e a g u e. o r g. On the Horizon This Week: Tuesday, March 14, * - Horizon League Games (ALL TIMES EASTERN)

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1 Baseball w w w. h o r i z o n l e a g u e. o r g 201 S. Capitol Ave., Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN / (317) / Fax (317) Weekly Release #5 Tuesday, 14, 2006 Current Team Standings Contact: Robert Hester rhester@horizonleague.org Player of the Week Erich Diedrich League Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. H A N L-10 Strk Wright State W-3 Butler W-1 UW-Milwaukee W-1 UIC L-4 Cleveland State L-3 Youngstown State L-1 Last Week s Games: Tuesday, 7 Cleveland State 6, Ohio 4 Dayton 7, Butler 6 Wednesday, 8 Taylor at Butler, ccd. Wright State at Miami (Ohio), ccd. Friday, 10 The Citadel 11, Butler 2 Cincinnati 8, Cleveland State 1 Saint Louis 3, UIC 2 Wright State 9, Air Force 3 Saturday, 11 Austin Peay 11-4, Youngstown State 9-6 The Citadel 4, Butler 3 (11 innings) Cincinnati 7, Cleveland State 5 Saint Louis 11, UIC 0 Wright State 1-9, Air Force 0-0 Sunday, 12 Austin Peay 11, Youngstown State 2 Butler 10, The Citadel 6 (11 innings) Cincinnat 5, Cleveland State 1 UIC at Saint Louis, ccd. Horizon League Championship 24-28, 2006 at Dayton, Ohio / Nischwitz Stadium (Wright State University, host) On the Horizon This Week: Tuesday, 14 Bowling Green at Wright State, 3 p.m. Youngstown State at Morehead State, 3 p.m. Butler at Vanderbilt, 5 p.m. Cleveland State at Kentucky, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 15 Youngstown State at Morehead State, 3 p.m. Cleveland State at Kentucky, 3 p.m. Butler at Vanderbilt, 5 p.m. Thursday, 16 Youngstown State at Morehead State, 1 p.m. Friday, 17 Cleveland State at Marshall, 3 p.m. Youngstown State at Xavier, 3 p.m. UIC vs. Eastern Illinois, 3:30 p.m. (at Bradenton, Fla.) Butler at Wright State, 6 p.m. - * Saturday, 18 Butler at Wright State, 1 p.m. (DH) - * Cleveland State at Marshall, 1 p.m. Youngstown State at Xavier, 1 p.m. UW-Milwaukee vs. Akron, 6 p.m. (at Bowling Green, Ky.) UIC vs. Indiana, 7 p.m. (at Bradenton, Fla.) Sunday, 19 UIC vs. Illinois, 11 a.m. (at Bradenton, Fla.) Cleveland State at Marshall, 12 p.m. UW-Milwaukee vs. Akron, 12 p.m. (at Bowling Green, Ky.) Youngstown State at Xavier, 1 p.m. UW-Milwaukee at Western Kentucky, 3 p.m. * - Horizon League Games (ALL TIMES EASTERN) 2006 Preseason Coaches Poll School (First-place votes)...pts. UIC (5)...25 UW-Milwaukee...19 Youngstown State (1)...17 Wright State...14 Butler...10 Cleveland State...5 Soph. Catcher/DH Bay Village, Ohio Diedrich hit.556 with five hits in nine atbats, posting a slugging percentage of and a.692 on-base percentage in the Penguins three games versus Austin Peay. The sophomore hit safely in all three contests, including a two-for-four outing with a double, two runs scored and an RBI in the series opener, plus a tworun homer in the finale. He leads YSU with a.379 batting average, two homers and nine RBI. Pitcher of the Week Josh Vollmer Sophomore Left-hander Westfield, Ind. Vollmer pitched seven shutout innings of relief at The Citadel, helping Butler rally to come back from a 6-1 deficit for a 10-6, 11-inning victory. He allowed just four hits in that outing, striking out four to pick up the victory and snap BU s six-game losing streak. He also pitched three scoreless innings in relief against Dayton, not allowing a hit in the Bulldogs 7-6 loss.

2 Horizon League Baseball Weekly Release #5 14, 2006 Page 2 Horizon League Final 2005 Standings League Overall UIC-* Youngstown State UW-Milwaukee Wright State Cleveland State Butler * - UIC s overall record also included a tie 2005 All-Horizon League Teams First-Team C Bryan Vickers WSU Sr. 1B Mark Hallberg UIC Fr. 2B Charlie Reschke UWM Sr. 3B Justin Banks YSU Jr. SS Travis Migliorini WSU Jr. OF Dale Mueller BU Sr. OF Larry Gempp UIC So. OF Joe Nowicki UWM Jr. DH Zak Rivera UWM Jr. UT Brandon Caipen YSU Jr. P Justin Thomas YSU Jr. P Zach Peterson UIC So. Second-Team C Bryan Nolte UIC Jr. 1B Dominic Erney CSU Sr. 2B Joe Pauley BU Fr. 3B Brian Shoup WSU So. SS Grant Berkovitz UWM Fr. OF Jim Phillips YSU Sr. OF Shane Crowder UIC Sr. OF Bart Babineaux UIC Jr. DH Ted Rosinski UIC Jr. UT Gary Ball CSU Jr. P Aaron Sorenson UWM Jr. P Ryan Zink UIC So. All-Newcomer Team C Erich Diedrich YSU Fr. 1B Mark Hallberg UIC Fr. 1B Alex Rinearson BU Fr. 2B Bobby Cash CSU Fr. OF Larry Gempp UIC Jr. OF Mike Goetz UWM Jr. OF Amin Abusaleh WSU Jr. OF Bart Babineaux UIC Jr. UT Brendan Rubenstein WSU Jr. P Aaron Sorenson UWM Jr. P Scott Saling UIC Jr. Player of the Year: Dale Mueller, Butler Pitcher of the Year: Justin Thomas, Youngstown State Newcomer of the Year: Aaron Sorenson, UW-Milwaukee Coach of the Year: Mike Dee, UIC Note: Years listed are for the 2005 season. The All-League teams are voted on by position; the All-Newcomer Team includes eight position players, one utility player and two pitchers. Other Top Performances for the Week Ending 12 Steve Chinn, Cleveland State Senior * 2B Valley City, Ohio Chinn continued his hot hitting in the early going, collecting five hits and four RBI in four games to push his team-best batting average to.400. He has hit safely in all seven games this season. Mark Hallberg, UIC Sophomore * 2B Barron, Wis. Hallberg hit.375 with three hits in eight at-bats at Saint Louis, highlighted by a two-for-four performance on Friday night. The sophomore was also perfect in 13 chances in the field. Amin Abusaleh, Wright State Senior * OF West Hills, Calif. Abusaleh helped lead the Raiders to three victories, hitting.400 with a hit in each game. He drove in the decisive run with a game-ending single Friday. He has three multi-hit games in Gian Testa, Cleveland State Junior * RHP Tallmadge, Ohio Testa posted a victory in his first outing of 2006, pitching 2.2 innings of hitless relief with fi ve strikeouts. Testa missed the fi nal two months of the 2005 season due to injury. Zach Peterson, UIC Junior * RHP Minnetonka, Minn. Peterson pitched a career-high 8.2 innings at Saint Louis, matching his personal-best with fi ve strikeouts. He allowed just two earned runs in a complete-game, 3-2 loss to the Billikens. Garret Holleran, Wright State Junior * RHP Phoenix, Ariz. Holleran threw a seven-inning shutout Air Force, allowing only two hits while striking out six. He faced 24 batters, only three over the minimum, and retired 18 in a row in one span. Eric Shaffer, Youngstown State Senior * LHP Akron, Ohio Shaffer was the winning pitcher in YSU s victory over Austin Peay on Saturday. He pitched six innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits while striking out five batters. Horizon League Players of the Week Date Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Feb. 21 Bart Babineaux, UIC Robert Michalkiewicz, UW-Milwaukee Feb. 28 Brian Shoup, Wright State Joe Smith, Wright State Mar. 7 Mike Goetz, UW-Milwaukee Zach Peterson, UIC Mar. 14 Erich Diedrich, Youngstown State Josh Vollmer, Butler Horizon League Champions Through the Years Year Regular-Season Tourn. (Seed) 1981 Oral Roberts Oral Roberts (1) 1982 Oral Roberts Oral Roberts (1) 1983 Oral Roberts Oral Roberts (1) 1984 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1) 1985 Oral Roberts Oral Roberts (1) 1986 Oral Roberts Oral Roberts (1) 1987 Oral Roberts Oral Roberts (1) 1988 Evansville Evansville (1) 1989 Evansville Notre Dame (3) 1990 Notre Dame Evansville (2) 1991 Evansville Notre Dame (2) 1992 Notre Dame Notre Dame (1) 1993 Notre Dame Notre Dame (1) 1994 Notre Dame Notre Dame (1) 1995 Detroit Wright State (3) Year Regular-Season Tourn. (Seed) 1996 Butler Northern Illinois (4) 1997 Wright State Detroit (2) 1998 Butler Butler (1) 1999 Butler UW-Milwaukee (2) 2000 UIC, UWM (tie) Butler (4) 2001 UW-Milwaukee UW-Milwaukee (1) 2002 UIC UW-Milwaukee (2) 2003 UIC UIC (1) 2004 UIC Youngstown St. (7) 2005 UIC UIC (1)

3 Horizon League Baseball Weekly Release #5 14, 2006 Page 3 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr All-Horizon League Players of the Week Jim Phillips, Youngstown State Brian Shoup, Wright State Pat Masters, Wright State Jeff Gremley, UIC Amin Abusalah, Wright State Mike Bruszer, UIC Joe Dempsey, Butler Joe Nowicki, UW-Milwaukee Zak Rivera, UW-Milwaukee Dominic Erney, Cleveland State Bryan Nolte, UIC Justin Banks, Youngstown State Shane Crowder, UIC Mike Ochwat, Cleveland State 2005 All-Horizon League Pitchers of the Week Robert Barrett, Wright State Robert Barrett, Wright State Aaron Sorenson, UW-Milwaukee Matt Crawford, Wright State Ryan Zink, UIC Aaron Sorenson, UW-Milwaukee Jim Knytych, Butler Justin Thomas, Youngstown State Zach Peterson, UIC Rick Cavaiani, UW-Milwaukee Justin Thomas, Youngstown State Aaron Sorenson, UW-Milwaukee Ryan Zink, UIC Matt Kaltenbach, Cleveland State 2005 Horizon League Championship Results (#4) Wright State 5, (#5) Cleveland State 2 (#3) UW-Milwaukee 7, (#6) Butler 5 Cleveland State 9, Butler 5 (BU eliminated) (#2) Youngstown St. 4, UW-Milwaukee 3 (11) (#1) UIC 5, Wright State 4 Wright St. 11, Cleveland St. 10 (CSU elim.) UW-Milwaukee 4, Wright St. 0 (WSU elim.) UIC 4, Youngstown State 0 UW-Milwaukee 12, Youngstown State 10 (YSU elim.) UW-Milwaukee 8, UIC 4 UIC 9, UW-Milwaukee 6 (UIC wins title) 2005 Horizon League All-Tournament Team Ryan Zink (MVP) P UIC Zach Peterson P UIC Bryan Nolte C UIC Blake Kangas 1B UWM Bobby Cash 2B CSU Justin Banks 3B YSU Charles Schultz SS YSU Bart Babineaux OF UIC Mike Goetz OF UWM Joe Nowicki OF UWM Zak Rivera DH UWM Raiders sweep Air Force, open League slate Wright State improved to 5-6 with a threegame sweep of Air Force, outscoring the Cadets The Raiders snapped a three-game skid, allowing only seven hits while posting a 1.17 ERA over the weekend. WSU opens the 30-game Horizon League schedule with a three-game series against Butler this weekend. Wright State closes out the month of with ten games (eight at home), but then plays only ten of its last 32 contests in Nischwitz Staidum, home of this year s Horizon League Championship ( 24-27). Senior catcher Aaron Garcia and sophomore third baseman Brian Shoup pace the WSU offense, hitting.419 and.343, respectively. Shoup tops the Raider charts with nine RBI, while Garcia has four doubles and four runs batted in. On the mound, junior right-hander Garret Holleran lowered his season ERA from 9.31 to 5.40 with his complete-game shutout Saturday, allowing only two hits in seven innings. Bulldogs end losing streak Butler broke a six-game skid with Sunday s 10-6, 11-inning victory overr The Citadel. BU is now 5-7, after playing back-to-back 11-inning games in South Carolina. Junior outfielder Tony Barnes and junior catcher Joe Dempsey each posted a.429 batting average in four games last week. Barnes six hits included a double and a triple, while Dempsey now leads the team with ten runs batted in. Sophomore left-hander Josh Vollmer pitched ten shutout innings last week, allowing only four hits. The rest of the BU pitching staff posted a 5.72 ERA, yielding 18 earned runs in 28.1 innings. The Bulldogs concludes its spring break trip at Vanderbilt before heading to Dayton for a three-game set at Wright State to begin Horizon League play. Panthers return to action UW-Milwaukee carries a 3-7 record into the week, traveling to Bowling Green, Ky., for two games versus Akron before closing the weekend against host Western Kentucky. The Panthers were idle last week. Senior outfi elder Mke Goetz has hit safely in all ten games this season and boasts a streak of 18 in a row going back to last season. He leads the Horizon League in hitting with a.472 average, while his.604 on-base percentage and.528 slugging mark also top the UWM charts. Sophomore infielders Grant Berkovitz and Jesse Hart have combined for only one error in 82 chances so far in 2006, while Berkovitz boasts a.351 average and Hart stands at.316. Senior first baseman Joe Nowicki hit just.250 in the first seven games of the year, but raised that mark by 101 points with a seven-for-13 showing against #20 Missouri. Around the Horizon League Flames slide continues UIC slipped to 3-9 with a pair of losses at Saint Louis, falling 3-2 and The latter loss marked the fourth shutout suffered by the Flames, with three of those featuring double-digit scoring margins. The Flames have lost four in a row and eight of their last nine overall entering a spring-break set which includes three Big Ten Conference teams among four opponents in Bradenton, Fla. Junior right-hander Zach Peterson took the tough-luck loss in the opener at SLU, throwing a 8.2-inning complete game and allowing three runs (two earned) while striking out five. He leads the team with a 1.98 ERA in almost 28 innings of work this year. Senior outfi elder Ted Rosinski raised his average to.306 with a pair of hits in Saint Louis. Freshman first baseman Jake Carr tops the UIC hitting charts at.320 but is the only other Flame above.300 in the early portion of the season. Vikings gain first win but get swept at Cincy Cleveland State stands at 1-6 prior to two games at Kentucky and three at Marshall this week. The Vikings broke into the win column with a 6-4 victory over Ohio but were outscored 20-7 in a three-game sweep by Cincinnati. Junior right-hander Gian Testa was the winning pitcher against OU, tossing 2.2 perfect innings. Testa missed most of the 2005 campaign due to injury, but struck out five of the eight batters he faced in his first appearance of Sophomore right-hander Nathan Schaefer also sports a perfect 0.00 ERA through two outings, giving up four hits and two unearned runs over 4.2 innings. Junior second baseman Steve Chinn tops the Cleveland State hitting charts with a.400 average (10-for-25) and a.464 on-base percentage. He has hit safely in all seven games this spring. Penguin bats power way to victory Youngstown State also gained its first win of 2006, beginning the week at 1-8 after a weekend set at Austin Peay. The Penguins scored 17 runs in the three games and currently lead the League with a.280 batting average. Five Penguin regulars are above.300 for the season. Sophomore catcher Erich Diedrich led the way at APSU with five hits in nine at-bats, including a double and a home run. He has hit safely in seven consecutive games and leads the League in slugging percentage (.690), while topping the Penguins in batting average (.379), hits (11), RBI (nine) and home runs (two). The average is fi fthbest in the League, while his RBI count is third. Senior outfi elder/catcher Dustin Thomas adds a.321 average, with two doubles and two homers among his nine hits for a.607 slugging mark. Penguin pitchers have struck out 69 batters in 68.1 innings this season, but have a composite ERA of 6.98.

4 Horizon League Baseball Weekly Release #5 14, 2006 Page 4 Butler Bulldogs Cleveland State Vikings UIC Flames (5-7, 0-0 Horizon League) (1-6, 0-0 Horizon League) (3-9, 0-0 Horizon League) 19 at Western Carolina...(10) W, at Western Carolina... L, Marian...W, IPFW...W, Anderson...W, at Western Kentucky... L, at Western Kentucky... L, at Western Kentucky... L, Dayton... L, at The Citadel... L, at The Citadel...(11) L, at The Citadel...(11) W, at Vanderbilt... 5:00 15 at Vanderbilt... 5:00 17 at Wright State... 6:00 18 at Wright State (DH)... 1:00 21 at IPFW... 4:00 22 Marian... 4:00 25 Youngstown State (DH)... 12:00 26 Youngstown State... 12:00 29 Indiana... 3:00 1 Cleveland State (DH)... 12:00 2 Cleveland State... 12:00 4 Xavier... 4:00 5 at Marian... 4:00 8 at UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 2:00 9 at UW-Milwaukee... 2:00 11 Wright State (DH)... 1:00 15 at Cleveland State (DH)... 1:00 16 at Cleveland State... 12:00 18 Wright State... 4:00 22 UIC (DH)... 1:00 23 UIC... 1:00 26 at Ball State... 4:00 29 at Youngstown State (DH)... 1:00 30 at Youngstown State... 1:00 2 Indianapolis... 4:00 10 Evansville... 4:00 12 at UIC... 8:35 13 at UIC (DH)... 2:05 17 at Indiana State... 7:00 19 UW-Milwaukee... 4:00 20 UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 1:00 3 at UNC Charlotte... L, at UNC Charlotte... L, at UNC Charlotte... L, at Ohio...W, at Cincinnati... L, at Cincinnati... L, at Cincinnati... L, at Kentucky... 6:30 15 at Kentucky... 3:00 17 at Marshall... 3:00 18 at Marshall... 1:00 19 at Marshall... 12:00 21 at Pittsburgh... 3:00 25 at Wright State (DH)... 1:00 26 at Wright State... 1:00 28 at Kent State... 3:00 29 at Duquesne... 3:00 1 at Butler (DH)... 12:00 2 at Butler... 12:00 5 at Akron... 3:00 8 UIC (DH)... 1:00 9 UIC... 12:00 11 at Youngstown State (DH)... 3:00 12 Niagara... 3:00 15 Butler (DH)... 1:00 16 Butler... 12:00 18 at Youngstown State... 3:00 19 at Bowling Green... 3:00 22 UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 1:00 23 UW-Milwaukee... 12:00 25 Kent State... 3:00 26 at Ohio State... 12:05 29 at UIC (DH)... 1:05 30 at UIC... 1:05 2 at Notre Dame... 6:05 3 Pittsburgh... 3:00 6 at UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 2:00 7 at UW-Milwaukee... 1:00 9 Duquesne... 3:00 10 Toledo... 3:00 13 Wright State (DH)... 1:00 14 Wright State... 12:00 16 Ohio... 6:00 17 Akron... 6:00 19 Youngstown State... 6:00 20 Youngstown State (DH)... 1:00 17 vs. Air Force (at Phoenix, Ariz.)... L, vs. Creighton (at Phoenix, Ariz.)...(10) W, vs. Air Force (at Phoenix, Ariz.)...W vs. Creighton (at Phoenix, Ariz.)... L, at #17 Long Beach State... L, at #17 Long Beach State... L, at #17 Long Beach State... L, at #18 Mississippi...W, at #18 Mississippi... L, at #18 Mississippi... L, at Saint Louis... L, at Saint Louis... L, vs. Eastern Illinois (at Bradenton, Fla.)... 3:30 18 vs. Indiana (at Bradenton, Fla.)... 7:00 19 vs. Illinois (at Bradenton, Fla.)...11:00am 20 vs. Ohio State (at Bradenton, Fla.)...11:00am 24 UW-Milwaukee... 4:05 25 UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 1:05 29 at Valparaiso... 3:00 1 Youngstown State (DH)... 1:05 2 Youngstown State... 1:05 5 at Bradley... 4:00 8 at Cleveland State (DH)... 1:00 9 at Cleveland State... 12:00 11 at UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 4:00 14 Wright State... 8:05 15 Wright State (DH)... 2:05 18 at UW-Milwaukee... 4:00 22 at Butler (DH)... 1:00 23 at Butler... 1:00 25 at Northern Illinois... 4:00 29 Cleveland State (DH)... 1:05 30 Cleveland State... 1:05 2 Chicago State... 7:35 5 at Youngstown State... 7:00 6 at Youngstown State (DH)... 1:00 9 Northwestern... 8:35 12 Butler... 8:35 13 Butler (DH)... 2:05 17 at Toledo... 1:00 19 at Wright State... 6:00 20 at Wright State (DH)... 1:00 Location: Indianapolis, Ind. Home Field: Bulldog Park (500) Press Box Phone: (317) Head Coach: Steve Farley Record at BU: (15th season) Overall Record: (18th season) Baseball SID: Jim McGrath Phone: (317) / Fax: (317) jmcgrath@butler.edu Location: Cleveland, Ohio Home Field: Forest Hill Park (500) Press Box Phone: To Be Announced Head Coach: Jay Murphy Record at CSU: (ninth season) Overall Record: (15th season) Baseball SID: Chris Urban Phone: (216) / Fax: (216) curban37@msn.com Location: Chicago, Ill. Home Field: Les Miller Field (1,000) Press Box Phone: (312) Head Coach: Mike Dee Record at UIC: (eighth season) Overall Record: (eighth season) Baseball SID: John Jaramillo Phone: (312) / Fax: (312) jjar@uic.edu

5 Horizon League Baseball Weekly Release #5 14, 2006 Page 5 UW-Milwaukee Panthers Wright State Raiders Youngstown State Penguins (3-7, 0-0 Horizon League) (5-6, 0-0 Horizon League) (1-8, 0-0 Horizon League) 10 at St. Mary s (Calif.)...W, at St. Mary s (Calif.)... L, at St. Mary s (Calif.)... L, at St. Mary s (Calif.)... L, at Evansville...(10) L, vs. Eastern Illinois (at Evansville, Ind.)... L, vs. Northern Illinois (at Evansville, Ind.)...W, at #20 Missouri... L, at #20 Missouri... L, at #20 Missouri...W, vs. Akron (at Bowling Green, Ky.)... 6:00 19 vs. Akron (at Bowling Green, Ky.)... 12:00 19 at Western Kentucky... 3:00 21 at Kansas State... 8:00 22 at Kansas State... 4:00 24 at UIC... 4:05 25 at UIC (DH)... 1:05 28 at Northern Iowa... 3:00 31 at Wright State... 6:00 1 at Wright State (DH)... 1:00 4 at Indiana State (DH)... 4:00 8 Butler (DH)-*... 6:00 9 Butler... 2:00 11 UIC (DH)... 4:00 12 at Chicago State... 4:00 15 Youngstown State (DH)... 2:00 16 Youngstown State... 2:00 18 UIC... 4:00 22 at Cleveland State (DH)... 1:00 23 at Cleveland State... 12:00 25 at Northwestern... 2:00 28 Wright State... 5:00 29 Wright State (DH)... 2:00 2 Northern Illinois... 4:00 6 Cleveland State (DH)... 2:00 7 Cleveland State... 1:00 10 Bradley (DH)... 6:00 12 at Youngstown State... 7:00 13 at Youngstown State (DH)... 1:00 16 Chicago State... 6:00 19 at Butler... 4:00 20 at Butler (DH)... 1:00 * - at Miller Park 21 IPFW...(10) L, Urbana...W, at #21 Texas Christian...W, at #21 Texas Christian... L, at #21 Texas Christian... L, at Wake Forest... L, at Wake Forest... L, at Wake Forest... L, Air Force...W, Air Force...W, Air Force...W, Bowling Green... 3:00 17 Butler... 6:00 18 Butler (DH)... 1:00 21 at Notre Dame... 5:05 25 Cleveland State (DH)... 1:00 26 Cleveland State... 1:00 28 at Ball State... 3:00 31 UW-Milwaukee... 6:00 1 UW-Milwaukee... 1:00 4 at Toledo... 3:00 7 at Youngstown State... 7:00 8 at Youngstown State (DH)... 1:00 11 at Butler (DH)... 1:00 14 at UIC... 8:05 15 at UIC (DH)... 2:05 18 at Butler... 4:00 19 Kent State... 6:00 21 Youngstown State... 6:00 22 Youngstown State (DH)... 1:00 25 at Dayton... 3:00 26 Miami (Ohio)... 6:00 28 at UW-Milwaukee... 5:00 29 at UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 2:00 2 Dayton... 6:00 5 at Miami (Fla.)... 7:00 6 at Miami (Fla.)... 7:00 7 at Miami (Fla.)... 1:00 10 at Bowling Green... 3:00 13 at Cleveland State (DH)... 1:00 14 at Cleveland State... 12:00 17 at Kent State... 3:00 19 UIC... 6:00 20 UIC (DH)... 1:00 24 at East Tennessee State... L, at East Tennessee State... L, at East Tennessee State... L, at Wofford... L, at Wofford... L, at Wofford... L, at Austin Peay... L, at Austin Peay...W, at Morehead State... L, at Morehead State... 3:00 16 at Morehead State... 1:00 17 at Xavier... 3:00 18 at Xavier... 1:00 19 at Xavier... 1:00 21 Bowling Green... 3:00 22 West Liberty... 3:00 25 at Butler (DH)... 12:00 26 at Butler... 12:00 28 at Toledo... 2:00 29 at Ohio... 6:00 1 at UIC (DH)... 1:05 2 at UIC... 1:05 4 at Akron... 3:00 5 at Duquesne... 3:00 7 Wright State... 7:00 8 Wright State (DH)... 1:00 11 Cleveland State (DH)... 3:00 12 at Kent State... 3:00 15 at UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 2:00 16 at UW-Milwaukee... 2:00 18 Cleveland State... 3:00 19 Malone... 7:00 21 at Wright State... 6:00 22 at Wright State (DH)... 1:00 25 Akron... 7:00 29 Butler (DH)... 1:00 30 Butler... 1:00 2 Ohio... 6:00 3 Kent State... 7:00 5 UIC... 7:00 6 UIC (DH)... 1:00 12 UW-Milwaukee... 7:00 13 UW-Milwaukee (DH)... 1:00 19 at Cleveland State... 6:00 20 at Cleveland State (DH)... 1:00 Location: Milwaukee, Wis. Home Field: Henry Aaron Field (500) Press Box Phone: (414) Head Coach: Jerry Augustine Record at UWM: (12th season) Overall Record: (12th season) Baseball SID: Chris Zills Phone: (414) / Fax: (414) czills@uwm.edu Location: Dayton, Ohio Home Field: Nischwitz Stadium (500) Press Box Phone: (937) Head Coach: Rob Cooper Record at WSU: (second season) Overall Record: (second season) Baseball SID: Greg Campbell Phone: (937) / Fax: (937) campbell.77@wright.edu Location: Youngstown, Ohio Home Field: Eastwood Field (6,000) Press Box Phone: (330) ext. 229 Head Coach: Mike Florak Record at YSU: (eighth season) Overall Record: (tenth season) Baseball SID: John Vogel Phone: (330) / Fax: (330) javogel@student.ysu.edu

6 2006 Horizon League Baseball Unknown Statistics as of Mar 14, 2006 (All games) TEAM BATTING G Avg OBpct Slug AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB SBA S SF Youngstown State UW-Milwaukee Wright State Butler UIC Cleveland State TEAM PITCHING G ERA BAvg W L IP H R ER BB SO CG HR ShO SV BB/9 SO/ Butler UIC Wright State UW-Milwaukee Youngstown State Cleveland State INDIVIDUAL BATTING Min 2.5 AB/Team game CL G Avg OBpct Slug AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB SBA S SF GOETZ, Mike UWM... SR GARCIA, Aaron WSU... SR CHINN, Steve CSU... SR GILL, Stephen BU... SR DIEDRICH, Erich YSU... SO NOWICKI, Joe UWM... SR BERKOVITZ, Grant UWM... SO SHOUP, Brian WSU... JR PAGE, Josh YSU... SO THOMAS, Dustin YSU... SR INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Min 1.0 IP/Team game CL G GS ERA BAvg W-L IP H R ER BB SO CG HR ShO SV BB/9 SO/ VOLLMER, Josh BU... SO PETERSON, Zach UIC... JR MICHALKIEWICZ,Robert UWM.. JR RAUWERDINK, Mike UWM... JR BOKOWY, Bryan BU... SO VAGEDES, Ross WSU... JR SHAFFER, Eric YSU... SR DAGES, Jon BU... SO HOLLERAN, Garret WSU... JR SNYDER, Chris WSU... SR

7 2006 Horizon League Baseball Unknown Statistics as of Mar 14, 2006 (All games) HITS CL G H H/G RUNS SCORED CL G R R/G GOETZ, Mike UWM... SR NOWICKI, Joe UWM... SR BERKOVITZ, Grant UWM... SO OEDER, Ross WSU... JR NOWICKI, Joe UWM... SR GOETZ, Mike UWM... SR GARCIA, Aaron WSU... SR THOMAS, Dustin YSU... SR PAULEY, Joe BU... SO GILL, Stephen BU... SR DEMPSEY, Joe BU... JR BARNES, Tony BU... JR HART, Jesse UWM... SO HART, Jesse UWM... SO SHOUP, Brian WSU... JR DIEDRICH, Erich YSU... SO GILL, Stephen BU... SR GEMPP JR, Larry UIC... JR tied with 11 hit(s) 6 tied with 6 run(s) scored HOME RUNS CL G HR HR/G DOUBLES CL G 2B 2B/G SIKORA, Marc CSU... JR BROCKEL, Rob UWM... JR THOMAS, Dustin YSU... SR KOPILCHACK, John WSU... SO DIEDRICH, Erich YSU... SO BUCALO, Dustin BU... JR BARNES, Tony BU... JR GEMPP JR, Larry UIC... JR tied with 1 home run(s) GARCIA, Aaron WSU... SR tied with 3 double(s) TRIPLES CL G 3B 3B/G RUNS BATTED IN CL G RBI RBI/G BROCKEL, Rob UWM... JR BARNES, Tony BU... JR SIKORA, Marc CSU... JR BROCKEL, Rob UWM... JR JOHNSON, Justin UIC... SR DIEDRICH, Erich YSU... SO ROSINSKI, Ted UIC... SR SHOUP, Brian WSU... JR OEDER, Ross WSU... JR ABUSALEH, Amin WSU... SR BARNES, Tony BU... JR BABINEAUX, Bart UIC... SR BERKOVITZ, Grant UWM... SO tied with 6 RBI(s) STOLEN BASES CL G SB SB/G TOTAL BASES CL G TB TB/G NOWICKI, Joe UWM... SR BARNES, Tony BU... JR GOETZ, Mike UWM... SR BROCKEL, Rob UWM... JR HART, Jesse UWM... SO DIEDRICH, Erich YSU... SO OEDER, Ross WSU... JR GOETZ, Mike UWM... SR PARKER, Justin WSU... FR BERKOVITZ, Grant UWM... SO tied with 2 stolen base(s) 6. SHOUP, Brian WSU... JR tied with 17 total base(s) WALKS CL G BB BB/G ON BASE PERCENTAGE CL G AB H BB HBP SF OB% GOETZ, Mike UWM... SR GOETZ, Mike UWM... SR WILSON, Justin WSU... SR DIEDRICH, Erich YSU... SO HAMILTON, Jeremy WSU... FR GARCIA, Aaron WSU... SR CAIPEN, Brandon YSU... SR SHOUP, Brian WSU... JR SHOUP, Brian WSU... JR OEDER, Ross WSU... JR OEDER, Ross WSU... JR CHINN, Steve CSU... SR DIEDRICH, Erich YSU... SO GILL, Stephen BU... SR BABINEAUX, Bart UIC... SR THOMAS, Dustin YSU... SR tied with 5 walk(s) 9. CAIPEN, Brandon YSU... SR BERKOVITZ, Grant UWM... SO SLUGGING PERCENTAGE CL G AB H 2B 3B HR SLUG% DIEDRICH, Erich YSU... SO BARNES, Tony BU... JR THOMAS, Dustin YSU... SR GARCIA, Aaron WSU... SR SIKORA, Marc CSU... JR GOETZ, Mike UWM... SR BROCKEL, Rob UWM... JR CHINN, Steve CSU... SR SHOUP, Brian WSU... JR BERKOVITZ, Grant UWM... SO

8 2006 Horizon League Baseball Unknown Statistics as of Mar 14, 2006 (All games) WINS CL G W-L INNINGS PITCHED CL G IP IP/G tied with 1 victory(s) 1. PETERSON, Zach UIC... JR RAUWERDINK, Mike UWM... JR MICHALKIEWICZ,Robert UWM.. JR BOKOWY, Bryan BU... SO DAGES, Jon BU... SO ENGLE, Lucas YSU... SO VAGEDES, Ross WSU... JR HOLLERAN, Garret WSU... JR SHAFFER, Eric YSU... SR PHILLIS, Don UIC... FR STRIKEOUTS CL G SO SO/G APPEARANCES CL App GS W L Sv DAGES, Jon BU... SO KRICK, Randy UIC... JR ENGLE, Lucas YSU... SO WORTHINGTON, Adam UIC... FR RAUWERDINK, Mike UWM... JR MACK, Kelby UWM... JR SHAFFER, Eric YSU... SR FOSTER, Jason UIC... SR DENNIS, Chris YSU... SR BENNION, Jason WSU... JR PETERSON, Zach UIC... JR DOLSKE, Jed UWM... SR HOLLERAN, Garret WSU... JR SMITH, Joe WSU... JR BOKOWY, Bryan BU... SO SKINNER, Joe UIC... JR SORENSON, Aaron UWM... SR tied with 4 appearance(s) 3 tied with 10 strikeout(s) SAVES CL G Sv GAMES STARTED CL App GS W L Sv DOLSKE, Jed UWM... SR HOLLERAN, Garret WSU... JR WORTHINGTON, Adam UIC... FR 7 1 DAGES, Jon BU... SO SMITH, Joe WSU... JR 5 1 PHILLIS, Don UIC... FR DEPOTTER, Evan BU... FR 2 1 PETERSON, Zach UIC... JR SELLMAN, Ryan YSU... SO tied with 3 game(s) started OCHS, Joe BU... FR 4 1 SHUTOUTS CL G ShO COMPLETE GAMES CL App GS CG W L HOLLERAN, Garret WSU... JR HOLLERAN, Garret WSU... JR PETERSON, Zach UIC... JR PHILLIS, Don UIC... FR SNYDER, Chris WSU... SR VAGEDES, Ross WSU... JR DETER, Brian BU... SO SORENSON, Aaron UWM... SR SHAFFER, Eric YSU... SR RAUWERDINK, Mike UWM... JR ENGLE, Lucas YSU... SO OPP. BATTING AVERAGE CL G AB H AVG. TEAM FIELDING PO A E Pct DP SBA-ATT VOLLMER, Josh BU... SO UW-Milwaukee VAGEDES, Ross WSU... JR Wright State RAUWERDINK, Mike UWM... JR UIC HOLLERAN, Garret WSU... JR Cleveland State PETERSON, Zach UIC... JR Butler MICHALKIEWICZ,Robert UWM.. JR Youngstown State SORENSON, Aaron UWM... SR SNYDER, Chris WSU... SR BOKOWY, Bryan BU... SO DAGES, Jon BU... SO