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1 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS UNI PANTHERS Upper NW UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa Josh Lehman ( ) Colin McDonough ( ) Kara Moran ( ) Fax ( ) 2008 UNI Baseball May 6, 2008; Release # UNI Baseball Schedule/Results Overall: MVC: 11-7 Home: 9-5 Neutral: 6-4 Away: 10-6 Feb. 22 at Centenary L, 6-2 Feb. 23 at Centenary L, 6-4 Feb. 23 at Centenary W, 5-2 Feb. 24 at Centenary L, 4-3 Feb. 28 at Arkansas-Little Rock W, 14-1 Feb. 29 at Arkansas-Little Rock L, 6-5 March 1 at Arkansas-Little Rock W, 8-1 March 2 at Arkansas-Little Rock W, 7-4 March 7 No. 18 California L, 11-3 March 8 New Mexico! L, 10-2 March 9 Minnesota! L, 11-9 March 14 Eastern Illinois# L, 8-6 March 15 Harvard# W, 5-3 March 16 Miami (Ohio)# W, 17-8 March 17 Ohio State# W, 12-8 March 18 Central Connecticut# W, 13-8 March 21 Northwestern# W, 6-0 March 21 Northwestern# W, 2-1 March 26 UW-Platteville L, 9-4 March 28 Evansville* W, 3-0 March 29 Evansville* W, 5-4 March 29 Evansville* W, 14-4 April 2 Grand View W, 17-3 April 4 at Indiana State* L, 6-2 April 5 at Indiana State* W, 12-4 April 6 at Indiana State* W, 6-2 April 9 at Minnesota W, April 11 at Illinois State* W, 2-1 April 12 at Illinois State* W, 11-7 April 13 at Illinois State* W, 24-7 April 16 Minnesota W, 9-8 April 19 Creighton* L, 3-2 April 19 Creighton* W, 4-2 April 20 Creighton* W, 9-7 April 22 Clarke W, 10-0 April 23 Iowa L, 5-2 April 25 Southern Illinois* W, April 26 Southern Illinois* L, 7-5 April 26 Southern Illinois* L, 11-7 April 30 Iowa^ L, 10-6 May 2 at Wichita State* L, 6-1 May 3 at Wichita State* L, 5-3 May 4 at Wichita State* L, 6-5 May 7 UW-Milwaukee 6:30 p.m. May 9 at Bradley* 7 p.m. May 10 at Bradley* 7 p.m. May 11 at Bradley* 1 p.m. May 12 at Northern Illinois 2 p.m. May 15 Missouri State* 6:30 p.m. May 16 Missouri State* 6:30 p.m. May 17 Missouri State 2 p.m. THIS WEEK IN PANTHER BASEBALL The University of Northern Iowa will look to get back on the winning track when it hosts UW-Milwaukee before playing starting a three-game series at Bradley Friday night. UNI will also play at Northern Illinois in non-conference play on Monday. The Panthers have lost their last six contests, the longest losing streak of the season. In its last Missouri Valley Conference action, UNI dropped a three-game series at No. 8 Wichita State. The Panthers, who have spent the season as one of the top offensive teams in the Valley, were held to just nine runs in the series. UNI hit.214 as a team on the week, 100 points lower than the team s average of.320 going into the series. UNI has five batters with an average of.300 or better, including Brandon Douglas who is hitting.395 on the season. Douglas is hitting.430 in conference action, and Dane Embury is hitting.400 against MVC teams. As a team, UNI ranks second in the MVC with a.310 average. The Panther pitching staff holds a 4.83 ERA on the season, and it is holding league opponents to 4.41 earned runs per game. Nick Kirk has the lowest ERA from the starting rotation, holding a 3.88 mark on the season. Relievers Tim Flattery and Derek Ott have 2.77 and 3.18 ERAs on the year. THIS WEEK S SCHEDULE Date Opponent Place Time May 7 UW-Milwaukee Riverfront Stadium 6:30 p.m. May 9 Bradley Peoria, Ill. 7 p.m. May 10 Bradley Peoria, Ill. 7 p.m. May 11 Bradley Peoria, Ill. 2 p.m. May 12 Northern Illinois DeKalb, Ill. 2 p.m. LEADING OFF... Brett Featheston drew his 41st and 42nd walk in Sunday s game against Wichita State, giving him the UNI record for walks in a season. Featherston broke his own record of 40, which was tied with the mark set by Tom Bach in Featherston has the career record for walks, tallying 122 in his four seasons with the Panthers. Brandon Douglas hit his 22nd double of the season on Sunday, putting him just one shy of the UNI single-season mark set by Tom Owen in He has 52 career doubles, five short of the record set by Todd Rima from Tim Flattery and Derek Ott have combined to give up just two earned runs over the Panthers last eight contests. Flattery and Ott have each pitched nine innings over that span. Flattery has struck out nine and walked three in his last five appearances, while Ott has also struck out nine and walked two in his last four outings. * Missouri Valley Conference Game! at the Metrodome -- Minneapolis, Minn. # Bradenton, Fla. ^ Corridor Classic, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1 UNI Baseball

2 Head Coach Rick Heller 9th Season UNI Record Career Record Upper Iowa, 1986 Rick Heller is in his ninth season as the head baseball coach at the University of Northern Iowa. During his tenure, he has recorded more than 200 victories, one MVC championship and an NCAA Regional berth. Heller has developed the program into a conference contender while coaching two MVC Most Valuable Players and one MVC Pitcher of the Year. Since Heller s arrival in 2000, the school record books virtually have been rewritten. Fifty team and individual records have been set in the past eight years. The Panthers have accquired a strong tradition as one of the best offensive teams in the conference as well as the country since Heller signed on. In Heller s eight years, UNI has led the league in hitting three times, including being ranked 10th nationally in 2001 with a.333 average. The Panthers were sixth in the nation in stolen bases with 130 in The team has averaged more than seven runs per game in three of the eight years he has been at the helm. In 2003, Adam Boeve led the league in RBI and home runs and finished second in batting en route to becoming the second MVC Player of the Year during Heller s tenure. Team hitting is not the only thing that has improved since Heller s arrival. UNI s earned run average has lowered in five of Heller s years with the 2006 ERA being the best in school history. The club s strikeout to walk ratio has improved nearly every season since The 2003 and 2004 Panther squads also put together the top two defensive teams in school history with an overall fielding percentage of.964 both seasons. Heller s Highlights (9-22) 2-2 against #15 Creighton (17-15) MVC Tournament Champion (14-18) 10-2 record to close the season (16-15) 4-0 against Creighton (12-20) 2-0 against Iowa (9-15) 2-1 series win over #29 Creighton (10-14) Five batters over.300 avg Earned 500th career and 200th UNI victory The Panther coaching staff: Pitching Coach: Scott Brickman (UNI, 1998) Assistant Coach: Marty Sutherland (UNI, 2002) Volunteer Assistant: Brock Sabers (UNI, 2004) 2008 UNI Baseball Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht./Wt B/T. Hometown 2 Cory Ege Fr. SS/2B 6-3/175 R/R Cherokee, Iowa/Washington 3 Deric Manrique Jr. OF 5-10/188 R/R Sioux City, Iowa/North/Nebraska 4 Nick Kirk Jr. LHP 6-0/185 L/L Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert 5 Eddie Almonte Sr. C 5-11/220 R/R Santo Domingo, DR/East L.A. 6 Matt Davis Jr 3B/2B 6-0/190 R/R Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo West/Kirkwood 7 Jason Smith Jr. RHP/C 6-4/190 R/R Sioux Falls, SD/O Gorman 8 Gabe Schultz So. SS/2B 6-1/150 R/R Lansing, Iowa/Lansing Kee 9 Zach Zirbel Jr. RHP 6-0/190 R/R Ventura, Iowa/Clear Lake 10 Mike O Leary Sr. LHP 6-2/200 L/L Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Coll. of Lake County/ Trinity 11 Brett Douglas Jr. OF 5-11/175 R/R St Charles, Iowa/I Taylor Sinclair Sr. LHP 6-3/180 L/L Indianola, Iowa/Indianola 13 Tim Flattery Sr. RHP 5-11/175 R/R Fort Dodge, Iowa/St. Edmond/Iowa Central 16 Levi Ferguson Fr. OF 6-0/205 R/R Searsboro, Iowa/North Mahaska 17 Travis Hendrix Sr. SS/2B 5-10/175 R/R Sonora, Calif./Sonora/Merced CC 18 Andy Steichen Fr. 3B/1B 6-0/225 R/R Remsen, Iowa/Remsen St. Mary s 19 Corvin Kieger Fr. 1B/3B 6-0/218 R/R Roseville, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall 20 Guido Fonseca Sr. RHP 6-1/250 R/R West Covina, Calif./East L.A. CC 21 Derek Ott So. RHP 6-2/195 R/R Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo East/Kirkwood 22 Keith Worner Fr. RHP 6-6/210 R/R Denver, Iowa/Denver 23 Brandon Douglas Jr. INF 6-0/171 R/R St Charles, Iowa/I Bryant Koval Fr. RHP 6-4/210 R/R Brooklyn Park, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret s 25 Brett Featherston Sr. IF 6-2/250 L/R Epworth, Iowa/West Dubuque 26 Joe Gonzalez Sr. RHP 5-10/165 R/R Montebello, Calif./Montebello/Alcorn St. 28 Chris Macek Fr. LHP 6-0/180 L/L Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East 29 Tyler Marburger Fr. OF 6-1/190 R/R Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk HS 30 Dane Embury Sr. OF 6-3/205 R/R Kelowna, British Columbia/Kelowna/Porterville 31 Kalvin Johnson So. 1B 6-3/200 L/L Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny/Iowa Western CC 34 Nick Lauver Sr. RHP 6-2/190 R/R Grundy Center, Iowa/NIACC/ Nebraska-Omaha 35 Chris Lopez Sr. OF 6-3/245 R/R West Covina, Calif./East L.A./ Long Beach State 36 Shuhei Fujiya So. RHP 6-3/180 R/R Irvine, Calif./Irvine/Orange Coast College Jeremy Weih So. C 6-0/200 R/R Wilton, Iowa/Wilton HS Will Gleinke Fr. RHP 5-11/180 L/R Spencer/Spencer Scott Airey Jr. RHP 6-2/200 R/L Pierrefonds, Quebec/Riverdale/DMACC PANTHERS ON THE RADIO UNI baseball games can be heard on Brite 95.3 KQMG. The broadcasts will also be streamed on the home of UNI sports, Gary Rima will handle play-by-play duties. PRESS LUNCHEON Each Monday, UNI s in-season coaches speak at noon in the back room of Pepper s Sports Bar and Grill, located on 18th Street in Cedar Falls. The public and media are invited to attend and hear what Rick Heller and the other coaches have to say about their teams. SCOREBOARD PHONE By calling the MVC scoreboard phone at (314) , fans and media can obtain scores from team sports seasons. Audio scores also may be obtained by visiting UNI ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Baseball Contact Kara Moran, Assistant Media Kara.Moran@uni.edu Office (319) Cell (319) Mailing Address NW Upper, UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa Press Box Phone: or UNI Baseball

3 UNI BASEBALL QUICKFACTS Location...Cedar Falls, Iowa Founded Enrollment... 12,609 Nickname... Panthers School Colors...Purple and Old Gold President...Dr. Benjamin Allen Conference... Missouri Valley Conference Affiliation...NCAA Division I Interim Athletic Director... Mark Farley First Year of Baseball Overall All-Time Record...1,198-1, No. yrs. in CWS/last... None Yrs. in NCAA Regionals/last...1/2001 Last post-season opponent...missouri State Result... Lost 11-6 in 2003 MVC Tourney WATERLOO RIVERFRONT STADIUM Capacity... 4,277 Surface...Grass Dimension... L-335, LC-360, C-380, RC-360, R-335 Press Box Phone ) TEAM HIGHS Batting At bats: vs Grand View (4-2-08) Runs scored: vs Illinois State ( ) Hits: 20...vs UALR ( ) vs Grand View (4-2-08) vs Illinois State ( ) RBIs: vs Illinois State ( ) Doubles: 5... vs Miami (Ohio) ( ) 5...vs Evansville ( ) 5... vs Grand View (4-2-08) Triples: 2... vs Illinois State ( ) Home runs: 5... vs Grand View (4-2-08) Total bases: vs Grand View (4-2-08) Walks: 10...vs Indiana State (4-5-08) Strikeouts: 13...vs Ohio State ( ) Sac hits: 3... vs Miami (Ohio) ( ) Sac flies: 2...(4 games ) Stolen bases: 7... vs Central Connecticut ( ) Hit by pitch: 5...vs Indiana State (4-5-08) Caught stealing: 3...vs Northwestern ( ) Runners LOB: 14...vs Indiana State (4-5-08) Hit into DP: 2...(4 games ) Pitching Runs allowed: vs California ( ) 11...vs Minnesota ( ) 11...vs Minnesota (4-9-08) Earned runs: 10...vs Minnesota ( ) 10...vs Minnesota (4-9-08) Walks allowed: 8...vs UW-Platteville ( ) 8...vs Indiana State (4-4-08) Strikeouts: 15...vs Evansville ( ) Hits allowed: 21...vs Minnesota (4-9-08) Doubles allowed: 6...vs Minnesota (4-9-08) Triples allowed: 1...(7 games ) Homers allowed: 2... vs Illinois State ( ) 2... vs Illinois State ( ) Wild pitches: 3...vs Indiana State (4-4-08) Hit batters: 5... vs California ( ) SCOUTING UW-MILWAUKEE Members of the Horizon League, the UWM Panthers are 7-12 in conference play and overall (records will change as of Tuesday). Recently, the Panthers lost a three-game series to conference opponent Valparaiso 1-2 and the Panthers face Chicago State in conference action on Tuesday. Some notable wins for Milwaukee include a 3-2 series lead over Cleveland State, a two-game sweep of MVC opponent Bradley, and a 13-5 victory over Iowa. The Panther offense is led by senior outfielder Nick Wichser who is within the top 10 of nearly every batting statistical category in the Horizon League with more than 60 hits and 100 total bases. As a team, UWM is second in the Horizon in runs scored, hits, and RBIs. Defensively, the Panthers have struggled, leading the Horizon in errors and pitching losses. Their team ERA is Junior right-hander Brad Lusti leads the pitching attack with an ERA of Head coach Scott Doffek is in his second season with the Panthers. SCOUTING BRADLEY Bradley enters the weekend series coming off a 2-1 series loss against in-state and MVC foe Illinois State. The Braves hold a overall mark, and their 9-9 conference record put them in fifth place in the MVC standings, two games back of the Panthers. The Braves are hitting.279 as a team, led by Colby Luttrell s.376 average. Dan Brewer is hitting.357 on the year, and Luttrell and Brewer each have six home runs on the season to lead the Braves. Starting pitcher Rob Scahill has a 4.74 ERA in 68.1 innings of work. He owns a 4-3 record, and he has struck out 66 while walking 29. As a team, the Braves hold a 5.65 ERA. Dewey Kalmer is in his 29th season as the head coach at Bradley. SCOUTING NORTHERN ILLINOIS Northern Illinois enters the week after dropping both games of a doubleheader against Central Michigan on Sunday. The losses ended a four-game winning streak for the Huskies. NIU is on the year. NIU is hitting.285 as a team and has five regular players hitting.300 or better. Senior outfielders Jeff Thomas and Danny Reed are leading the Husky offense, hitting.346 and.329, respectively. The Husky pitching staff holds an ERA of Reliever Dan Atkenson is 3-1 in 25 appearances, holding an ERA of He has struck out 39 in 41.2 innings. As a team, NIU is giving up 9.7 hits per game. Ed Mathey is in his sixth season at NIU. In March he earned his 144th win at the school, giving him the most career wins in school history. 3 UNI Baseball

4 QUICK HITS The Panthers have had four different players have 10-game hitting streaks this season. Eddie Almonte, Brandon Douglas, Brett Douglas and Dane Embury have each hit safely in 10 or more contests for UNI this year. Eddie Almonte has served as the Panthers catcher for of UNI s innings this season. The bottom half of the Panthers lineup gave the Panthers the most offensive production at Wichita State. UNI s six, seven, eight and nine hitters (Brett Douglas, Travis Hendrix, Eddie Almonte and Cory Ege) combined for 14 of UNI s 21 hits in the series. YOU ONLY GET ONE UNI junior Nick Kirk has a knack for denying hitters extra-base hits. In his career, he has allowed 141 hits, and only 22 of those have been for extra bases. He has thrown innings in his career, and he has yet to allow a home run. This season, in 55.2 innings he has given up 46 hits, just 11 of those 10 doubles and one triple for extra bases. BICENTENNIAL MAN Junior shortstop Brandon Douglas collected his 200th hit on April 22, becoming the sixth Panther to record reach that milestone. He is just the second Panther to reach the 200-hit mark in his third season. Travis Welsch, who holds the UNI career hit record with 295, recorded 210 hits through the end of his junior campaign. SHUTTING THE DOOR Senior reliever Joe Gonzalez has recorded seven saves on the year, tying him for third in the school record books for saves in a season. Gonzalez s seven saves also put him in a tie for fifth in career saves. Matt Cobb, who recorded 10 saves in his career (all of them in 1999), holds the record for both saves in a season and in a career. GETTING THE CYCLE Brandon Douglas became the first player since Aaron McEachran in 2001 to hit for the cycle when he accomplished the feat against Illinois State on April 13. The junior shortstop doubled in the first inning, hit a home run and a single in the third, then reached on a triple in the sixth. EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE Chris Lopez hit three home runs in the Panthers 17-3 win over Grand View on Wednesday. The senior hit the first two in back-to-back at-bats in the first and second innings. It was the first time a Panther has had three home runs in one game since Ryan Brunner accomplished the feat at Air Force in Lopez was one of three Panthers to hit a home run in the contest. PANTHER HITTING STREAKS (as of 5/6/08) Longest Current 23 Douglas, Brandon Embury, Dane Douglas, Brett Almonte, Eddie Manrique, Deric 8-35 Lopez, Chris 8-25 Featherston, Bret 6-17 Hendrix, Travis Davis, Matt Ferguson, Levi 5-2 Ege, Cory Steichen, Andy Kieger, Corvin 1 - BEAN COUNTER When Taylor Sinclair hit David Brumagin with a pitch in the fifth inning Sunday afternoon it was his 33rd batter hit by a pitch, giving him the career record at UNI. He passed the mark of 32 HBP set by Mike Irvine from Sinclair ranks sixth in the UNI career record books with innings pitched. MAKING HISTORY Nick Kirk pitched the fifth no-hitter in school history when he blanked Evansville March 28 in the Panthers MVC opener. Kirk struck out 15 in the win. It was the first no-hitter for the Panthers since 1995, and the first nine-inning nohitter in the Missouri Valley Conference since PANTHER PROMOTIONS Tickets to UNI s Missouri Valley Conference games can be purchased for $3. Tickets are available for this price at the UNI ticket office or at the gate. TAKE FIVE Brandon Douglas tallied five hits in the Panthers win over Evansville on March 29. It was the first five-hit game for a Panther since Douglas finished the day with three doubles, a triple and a single, and he drove in four and scored four runs. Douglas was 5-of-5 on the day with 10 total bases for a slugging percentage. MULTIPLE HIT GAMES Tot 23 Douglas, Brandon Lopez, Chris Embury, Dane Featherston, Bret Manrique, Deric Douglas, Brett Hendrix, Travis Ege, Cory Almonte, Eddie Ferguson, Levi Steichen, Andy Davis, Matt TEAM MULTIPLE RBI GAMES Tot 25 Featherston, Bret Douglas, Brandon Embury, Dane Lopez, Chris Douglas, Brett Manrique, Deric Almonte, Eddie Ege, Cory Hendrix, Travis Ferguson, Levi Davis, Matt TEAM UNI Baseball

5 2008 PRESEASON POLL No. Team (first-place)... Pts. 1. Wichita State (8) Creighton (1) Southern Illinois Missouri State UNI Evansville T-7. Bradley T-7. Indiana State Illinois State First-place votes in parentheses MVC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM C Mark Kelly Southern Illinois 1B Darin Ruf Creighton 2B Ryan Strausborger Indiana State SS Brandon Douglas UNI 3B Conor Gillaspie Wichita State OF Deric Manrique UNI OF Jim Viscomi Evansville OF Aaron Roberts Southern Illinois DH Kevin Dubler Illinois State UT Dan Brewer Bradley SP Aaron Shafer Wichita State SP Ben Mancuso Creighton RP Pat Venditte Creighton RP Anthony Capra Wichita State HONORS FOR KIRK After throwing a 15-strikeout no-hitter against Evansville, Nick Kirk was named the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of th Week on March 31. He was also selected as a Louisville Slugger s National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball. InsidePitching.com selected Kirk s win as the Performance of the Week. FUN IN THE SUN UNI had a successful trip on its annual spring break trip to Florida. While playing seven games in eight days, UNI finished 6-1 on the trip. UNI dropped its first game, 8-6 to Eastern Illinois, but came back to win six straight, the Panthers longest win streak since winning seven straight to open the 2006 season. UNI hit.342 as a team during the trip and averaged 8.7 runs per game. PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE UNI slugger Brett Featherston is leading the Missouri Valley Conference in walks, drawing 39 so far this season. Fellow senior Dane Embury has drawn 20 walks this season, ranking ninth in The Valley. NOT ONE, BUT TWO GEMS Nick Kirk and Guido Fonseca combined to allow just six hits and one run in 14 innings two sweep Northwestern in a doubleheader on Good Friday. Kirk pitched seven-innings of shutout baseball in the first game, allowing just two hits while striking out seven in seven innings. Fonseca allowed four hits and one unearned run while pitching all seven innings of the second contest. A NICE RETURN After sitting out 12 games with an injury, junior center fielder Deric Manrique returned to the starting lineup against Central Connecticut State on Thursday. Playing as the designated hitter that game, he hit 3-of-4 with three runs scored, five RBIs, two doubles and a home run. He hit.500 on the week, going 5-of-10 from the plate with six RBIs. BREAKING OUT Chris Lopez had a break-out weekend at UALR, tallying seven hits, six of them for extra bases. Lopez hit six doubles in the series and two home runs, finishing the weekend with a slugging percentage. FAST START Brandon Douglas got his junior season off to a blistering start. The preseason All-Valley shortstop went 11-of-16 in the series against Centenary, including four doubles. Douglas collected three three-hit games in that series. OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT The first play of the season proved to be a costly one for the Panthers. Preseason All-MVC selection Deric Manrique was able to run out an infield single, but he turned his ankle in the process. Manrique sat out the remainder of the Centenary series and will likely be out of action this weekend. FILLING IN After the injury to Manrique, redshirt freshman Levi Ferguson moved into center field and the leadoff spot for UNI. In his first game as the leadoff man, Ferguson went 3-of-4 from the plate and scored three runs. He hit.375 in the opening series for UNI, and he collected a hit in each of the Panthers four games. PRESEASON HONORS UNI s Deric Manrique and Brandon Douglas were each tabbed to the preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference team. Manrique and Douglas were each named to the All-MVC first team last season. In 2007, Manrique led the Panthers with a.351 average, and he stole a league-high 30 bases. Douglas is a two-time All-Valley first-team selection. He led the Panthers with 19 doubles a year ago. 5 UNI Baseball

6 MVC STANDINGS Team MVC Overall Wichita St Missouri State Creighton UNI Bradley Southern Illinois Indiana State Illinois St Evansville THIS WEEK IN THE VALLEY May 6 Creighton at Missouri 4:00 p.m. May 6 Eastern Illinois at Indiana State 6:00 p.m. May 6 Central Arkansas at Wichita State 7:00 p.m. May 7 Evansville at Austin Peay State 6:00 p.m. May 7 Purdue at Indiana State 6:00 p.m. May 7 Missouri State at Missouri 6:30 p.m. May 7 UW-Milwaukee at Northern Iowa 6:30 p.m. May 7 Arizona State at Wichita State 7:00 p.m. May 9 *Northern Iowa at Bradley 7:00 p.m. May 9 *Indiana State at Creighton 4:00 p.m. May 9 *Southern Illinois at Illinois State 6:00 p.m. May 9 *Wichita State at Evansville 6:00 p.m. May 9 Middle Tennessee at Missouri State 7:00 p.m. May 10 *Northern Iowa at Bradley 7:00 p.m. May 10 *Indiana State at Creighton 2:00 p.m. May 10 *Wichita State at Evansville 2:00 p.m. May 10 *Southern Illinois at Illinois State 2:00 p.m. May 10 Middle Tennessee at Missouri State 2:00 p.m. May 11 *Northern Iowa at Bradley 1:00 p.m. May 11 *Indiana State at Creighton 1:00 p.m. May 11 *Wichita State at Evansville 1:00 p.m. May 11 *Southern Illinois at Illinois State 1:00 p.m. May 11 Middle Tennessee at Missouri State 1:00 p.m. May 12 Northern Iowa at Northern Illinois 3:00 p.m. Win-Loss Summary Total Conference Non-Conf Home Away Neutral Day Night vs Left vs Right Run games Run games Run games Extra inns Shutouts Scoring 0-2 runs Scoring 3-5 runs Scoring 6-9 runs Scoring 10+ runs Opponent 0-2 runs Opponent 3-5 runs Opponent 6-9 runs Opponent 10+ runs Scored in 1st inning Scores first UNI s Record When... Opp. scores first After 6 leading After 6 trailing After 6 tied After 7 leading After 7 trailing After 7 tied After 8 leading After 8 trailing After 8 tied Hit 0 home runs Hit 1 home run Hit 2+ home runs Opponent 0 home runs Opponent 1 home run Opponent 2+ HRs Made 0 errors Made 1 error Made 2+ errors Opp. made 0 errors Opp. made 1 error Opp. made 2+ errors Out-hit opponent Out-hit by opponent Hits are tied UNI scores: Runs W-L Opponent scores: Runs W-L Leading after: Inn W-L Trailing after: Inn W-L Tied after: Inn W-L UNI Baseball

7 THE LAST TIME... TEAM UNI team turned a triple play 9-6-5, vs. Northern Illinois (3/29/05) UNI beat a top 10 team 10-4 over #7 Wichita State (3/31/02) UNI beat a top 5 team 5-1 over #5 Nebraska (5/10/06) UNI beat a ranked team 9-5 over #29 Creighton (5/7/05) UNI played in a 13 inning or more game Northern Illinois (3/29/05) UNI scored in every inning vs. Clarke College (3/23/05) UNI gave up a run in every inning vs. Wilmington (3/9/01) UNI had 10 or more doubles in a game 11 at Air Force (3/2/01) UNI had 4 or more triples in a game 5 vs. Lehigh (3/11/99) UNI had 5 or more HR in a game 5 vs.grand View (4/2/08) UNI had 25 hits or more in a game 31 vs. Rockhurst (4/29/01) UNI team stole 10 bases in a game 16 vs. Wartburg (4/6/87) UNI team scored 20 runs in a game 24 vs. Illinois State (4/13/08) UNI team gave up 20 runs in a game 37, vs. New Mexico State (3/4/06) UNI team won 10 straight 10, 1997 UNI team lost 10 straight 10, 1991 UNI team swept an MVC series at Illinois State (April , 2008) UNI team scored 9 runs in an inning 13 at Illinois State (April 13, 2008) UNI team got 8 hits in an inning 10 at Illinois State (April 13, 2008) UNI hit back-to-back homers Alex Dvorsky & Gary Lane vs. Evansville (5/5/02) UNI team threw consecutive shutouts 3 in a row, 1964 Both teams combined for 35 runs or more in a game 48, New Mexico State (37), UNI (11), (3/04/06) UNI team won by 20 runs or more in a game 21, UNI vs. Clarke College (3/23/05) UNI team lost by 20 runs or more in a game 26, vs. New Mexico State (3/04/06) UNI team had 15 or more bases on balls 19, vs. New Mexico State (3/04/06) UNI team had 7 or more errors 8, vs. Illinois (3/18/06) Both teams scored in every half inning UNI (20) vs. Wilmington (9) (3/9/01) INDIVIDUAL UNI player hit for the cycle Brandon Douglas at Illinois State (4/13/08) UNI player had 5 hits in a game 5, Brandon Douglas (3/29/08) UNI player had 3 doubles in a game 3, Brandon Douglas (3/29/08) UNI player had 3 triples in a game 3, Kevin Sawatzky vs. Augsburg (3/2/94) UNI player had 2 HR in a game 2, Deric Manrique vs. Bradley (5/19/07) UNI player had 3 HR in a game 3, Chris Lopez vs. Grand View (4/2/08) UNI player HR in 3 straight innings Ryan Brunner at Air Force (3/2/01) (6-7-8th inn.) UNI player had 7 or more RBI 7, Aaron McEachran vs. Western Illinois (3/28/01) UNI player stole 5 bases Tom Potts vs. Mt. Mercy (4/17/85) UNI player stole home Adam Boeve vs. Wisconsin-Milwuakee (3/30/03) UNI player had 5 or more runs 5, Chris Lopez vs. Grand View (4/2/08) UNI player had three errors in a game 3, Brandon Douglas, at Minnesota (3/28/07) UNI player had 8 or more at-bats in a game Tom Owen and Matt Paulsen vs. Bradley (5/1/94) UNI player hit a grand slam Brett Featherston vs. Illinois State (4/7/07) UNI player hit two grand slams in a game Al Kane vs. Truman State (5/10/39) UNI player hit a walk-off home run Armando Lara vs. Evansville (14-3, 7th inning)(5/16/04) UNI player had a pinch-hit home run Jamie Ballesteros at Missouri State (3/25/07) UNI pitcher hit five batters or more in a game 5, Matt Cobb vs. Iowa State (4/11/99) UNI pitcher hit four batters or more in an inning 4, Matt Cobb vs. Iowa State (4/11/99) UNI pitcher threw a 9-inning complete-game shutout Nick Kirk vs. Evansville (3/27/08) UNI pitcher threw a 8-inning complete-game shutout Victor Saldana vs. Bradley (3/31/01) UNI pitcher threw a 7-inning complete-game shutout Nick Kirk vs. Northwestern (3/21/08) UNI pitcher threw a perfect game Chuck Burns vs. South Dakota (4/14/73) UNI opponent threw a perfect game Frank Overmire, Western Michigan (6/1/40) UNI player threw a no-hitter Nick Kirk vs. Evansville (3/27/08) UNI opponent threw a no-hitter against UNI Fred Jones vs. Evansville (5/09/05) UNI player threw a one-hitter Aaron Jenkins at Bradley (5/7/06) UNI pitcher threw 11 or more innings in a game 12.0, Duane Usher vs. Augustana (5/15/71) UNI pitcher had 10 or more strikeouts in a game 10, Guido Fonseca at Illinois State (4/13/08) UNI pitcher had 15 or more strikeouts in a game 15, Nick Kirk vs. Evansville (3/28/08) 7 UNI Baseball

8 2008 UNI Baseball Overall Statistics for UNI (as of May 05, 2008) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: 9-5 Away: 10-9 Neutral: 6-4 MVC: 11-7 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 23 Douglas, Brandon Manrique, Deric Embury, Dane Featherston, Bret Douglas, Brett Lopez, Chris Ege, Cory Steichen, Andy Ferguson, Levi Almonte, Eddie Hendrix, Travis Davis, Matt Marshall, Ben Kieger, Corvin Johnson, Kalvin Totals Opponents LOB - Team (349), Opp (338). DPs turned - Team (36), Opp (25). IBB - Team (8), Featherston 4, Embury 1, Manrique 1, Douglas, Bra 1, Lopez 1, Opp (13). Picked off - Featherston 2, Embury 1, Manrique 1, Douglas, Bra 1, Lopez 1, Almonte 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 13 Flattery, Tim / Ott, Derek / Kirk, Nick / Gonzalez, Joe / Fonseca, Guido / O'Leary, Mike / Sinclair, Taylor / Smith, Jason / Fujiya, Shuhei / Worner, Keith / Lauver, Nick / Zirbel, Zach / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (20), Almonte 19, Marshall 1, Opp (7). Pickoffs - Team (9), Fonseca 4, O'Leary 3, Almonte 1, Sinclair 1, Opp (7). SBA/ATT - Almonte (41-52), Sinclair (10-14), Fonseca (6-11), O'Leary (9-11), Zirbel (4-5), Marshall (3-5), Kirk (4-5), Flattery (2-4), Gonzalez (3-4), Fujiya (3-3), Lauver (2-2), Ott (0-1), Smith (1-1).

9 2008 UNI Baseball Overall Statistics for UNI (as of May 05, 2008) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct) Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI 3 Manrique, Deric Davis, Matt Flattery, Tim Johnson, Kalvin O'Leary, Mike Marshall, Ben Smith, Jason Fujiya, Shuhei Lauver, Nick Kieger, Corvin Worner, Keith Featherston, Bret Almonte, Eddie Ferguson, Levi Embury, Dane Douglas, Brandon Douglas, Brett Ege, Cory Lopez, Chris Sinclair, Taylor Steichen, Andy Hendrix, Travis Kirk, Nick Ott, Derek Zirbel, Zach Fonseca, Guido Gonzalez, Joe Totals Opponents

10 2008 UNI Baseball Conference statistics for UNI (as of May 06, 2008) (MVC games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 11-7 Home: 6-3 Away: 5-4 MVC: 11-7 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 6 Davis, Matt Douglas, Brandon Embury, Dane Manrique, Deric Douglas, Brett Featherston, Bret Lopez, Chris Ege, Cory Hendrix, Travis Almonte, Eddie Steichen, Andy Ferguson, Levi Johnson, Kalvin Totals Opponents LOB - Team (142), Opp (157). DPs turned - Team (12), Opp (13). IBB - Team (6), Featherston 3, Douglas, Bra 1, Lopez 1, Embury 1, Opp (8). Picked off - Embury 1, Almonte 1, Lopez 1, Featherston 1, Manrique 1. (MVC games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 36 Fujiya, Shuhei / Kirk, Nick / Flattery, Tim / Ott, Derek / Fonseca, Guido / Sinclair, Taylor / Gonzalez, Joe / O'Leary, Mike / Smith, Jason / Zirbel, Zach / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (11), Almonte 11. Pickoffs - Team (3), Fonseca 3, Opp (5). SBA/ATT - Almonte (15-19), Sinclair (3-6), Fonseca (4-6), O'Leary (3-4), Gonzalez (1-1), Zirbel (1-1), Smith (1-1), Flattery (1-1), Kirk (0-1), Fujiya (1-1).

11 2008 UNI Baseball Conference statistics for UNI (as of May 06, 2008) (MVC games only Sorted by Fielding pct) Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI 5 Almonte, Eddie Manrique, Deric Lopez, Chris Ferguson, Levi Flattery, Tim O'Leary, Mike Ott, Derek Smith, Jason Fujiya, Shuhei Featherston, Bret Embury, Dane Douglas, Brett Douglas, Brandon Ege, Cory Sinclair, Taylor Hendrix, Travis Fonseca, Guido Kirk, Nick Gonzalez, Joe Zirbel, Zach Davis, Matt Steichen, Andy Johnson, Kalvin Totals Opponents