2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL

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1 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL A-10 BASEBALL CONTACT: MELISSA KRISTOFAK O: A-10 BASEBALL STANDINGS AS OF MAY 21, ATLANTIC OVERALL A-10 TEAM W L PCT W L PCT HOME AWAY NEU LAST 10 STRK Saint Louis W1 Dayton W3 Rhode Island W3 Richmond W3 Massachusetts W3 Saint Joseph s L1 Xavier W1 Fordham L4 St. Bonaventure L1 Charlotte W1 La Salle L4 Temple L4 George Washington L4 RECENT RESULTS MON, MAY 14 Rhode Island 8, Northeastern 3 TUE, MAY 15 Rhode Island 2, Connecticut 2 (8) Buffalo 6, St. Bonaventure 1 St. Bonaventure 11, Buffalo 4 West Virginia 5, La Salle 1 Ohio 7, Dayton 2 Wake Forest 18, Charlotte 2 William & Mary 1, George Washington 0 Saint Louis 8, Southern Illinois 5 THU, MAY 17 Rhode Island 15, Temple 5 Dayton 3, La Salle 2 Massachusetts 10, George Washington 3 Richmond 10, Fordham 2 Xavier 7, Saint Joseph s 3 Saint Louis 6, Northwestern 4 FRI, MAY 18 Massachusetts 6, George Washington 3 Saint Joseph s 5, Xavier 1 Rhode Island 17, Temple 3 Richmond 8, Fordham 5 Dayton 4, La Salle 3 (10) St. Bonaventure 4, Charlotte 2 (12) Northwestern 3, Saint Louis 1 St. Bonaventure 6, Charlotte 3 SAT, MAY 19 Massachusetts 11, George Washington 1 Richmond 3, Fordham 2 Xavier 5, Saint Joseph s 4 Dayton 5, La Salle 2 Rhode Island 12, Temple 6 Charlotte 5, St. Bonaventure 3 Saint Louis 4, Northwestern 0 UPCOMING GAMES 2012 A-10 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MAY HOULIHAN PARK BRONX, NY HOSTED BY FORDHAM UNIVERSITY WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 G1 #5 Richmond vs. #4 Massachusetts 12:00PM atlantic10.com G2 #6 Saint Joseph s vs. #3 Rhode Island 3:30PM atlantic10.com G3 G1 vs. Loser of G2 7:00PM atlantic10.com THURSDAY, MAY 24TH G4 #1 Saint Louis vs. Winner G1 12:00PM atlantic10.com G5 #2 Dayton vs. Winner G2 3:30PM atlantic10.com G6 Winner G8 vs. Lower Seed G4 & 5 Losers 7:00PM atlantic10.com FRIDAY, MAY 25TH G7 Winner G4 vs. Winner G5 12:00PM atlantic10.com G8 Winner G6 vs. Higher Seed G4 & 5 Losers 3:30PM atlantic10.com G9 Winner G8 vs. Loser of G7 7:00PM atlantic10.com SATURDAY, MAY 26TH G10 Winner G7 vs. Winner G9 12:00PM CBSSN G11 If Necessary Game 3:30PM atlantic10.com All times EASTERN & subject to change /ATLANTIC10 A10CONFERENCE.BLOGSPOT.COM

2 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL A-10 BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP HEADS TO FORDHAM S HOULIHAN PARK After spending the past five seasons at a neutral facility, the six-team, double-elimination A-10 Baseball Championship will return to campus in This year s event will be played May at Houlihan Park on the campus of Fordham University in Bronx, N.Y. The Championship game will be televised live on CBS Sports Network on Saturday, May 26 at 12:00PM ET. The A-10 Baseball Championship is on a three-year rotation beginning in 2012 with Fordham University and Houlihan Park. Charlotte will follow and serve as host in 2013, while Saint Louis University will welcome the Championship to its park in A-10 ANNOUNCES BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS Rhode Island sophomore outfielder Jeff Roy has been named the Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Player of the Year, in voting conducted among the league s head coaches. Massachusetts senior right-hander Joe Popielarczyk was honored as the Conference s Pitcher of the Year, while Richmond pitcher Zak Sterling was tabbed Rookie of the Year. In the same vote, Darin Hendrickson of Saint Louis was selected as the league s Coach of the Year. Roy enters this week s Baseball Championship as the league-leader in hits (82), runs (59) and triples (5), while ranking second in batting average (.364) and third in on-base percentage (.449). During the week of April 2, the Cranston, R.I., native was honored as College Baseball Insider National Player of the Week A-10 Player of the Week. Roy reached base in a Conference-best 41 consecutive games, registered 26 multiple-hit games and had eight multiple-rbi outings during the spring. He is the third Ram in program history to earn the Atlantic 10 s top baseball honor, joining URI alums Dan Batz (2004) and Dan Rhault (2009). Popielarczyk has posted a Conference-best 1.24 ERA and 6-1 overall record in his 79.2 innings of work, including 62 strikeouts and one complete-game in his 11 starts on the mound this season. He allowed only 11 earned runs this spring and 26 total walks. Additionally, the Florence, Mass., native registered a 1.16 ERA, along with a 5-1 record in 62.1 innings pitched during Conference play, allowing just eight earned runs with 48 strikeouts. He is the third UMass hurler to earn Pitcher of the Year honors, including former Minutemen Jay Murphy (1995) and Matt Torra (2005). Sterling recorded a 2.91 ERA during the 2012 campaign, including a 6-1 overall record in his 68.0 innings pitched, and 55 strikeouts. The Salisbury, Md., native limited batters to a leaguebest.188 average at the plate, while allowing a Conference-low 45 hits on the year. Sterling ranked second in the A-10 in league games with his 1.77 ERA, while posting a perfect 4-0 record with nine earned runs in 45.2 inning of work. He is only the second Spider to be tabbed Rookie of the Year, joining former UR standout Matt Zielinski (2007). After leading the Billikens to a 17-7 mark in conference play and the program s first No. 1 seed in the upcoming Conference Championship, Saint Louis head coach Darin Hendrickson was named A-10 Coach of the Year. SLU is making its third trip to the A-10 Championship, winning the event in its last two appearances (2009, 2006). Under Hendrickson s guidance, the Billikens won a program-record 40 games during the regular season. A-10 WEEKLY BASEBALL AWARDS ARCHIVES PLAYER OF THE WEEK PITCHER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK 02/20 Shane Basen Charlotte Jon Richard, Xavier Derek Hasenbeck, Xavier 02/27 Alex Kelly, Saint Louis Anthony Pisani, Rhode Island A.J. Ryan, Dayton 03/05 Jacob Mayers, Richmond Alex Alemann, Saint Louis Brad Elwood, Charlotte 03/12 Steve Nikorak, Temple Alex Alemann, Saint Louis Zak Sterling, Richmond 03/19 Own Beightol, George Washington Pat Christensen, La Salle Stefan Kancylarz, Saint Joseph s 03/26 Dan Kelm, La Salle Joe Popielarczyk, Massachusetts Patrick Peterson, Saint Louis 04/02 Jeff Roy, Rhode Island John Hamilton, Charlotte Matthew Cianci, Fordham Eddie Gray, St. Bonaventure 04/09 Kevin Taylor, Saint Joseph s Jacob Mayers, Richmond A.J. Ryan, Dayton 04/16 Dan Haverstick, Rhode Island Kyle Mullen, Saint Joseph s LeLand Clemmons, Charlotte Conor LeBlanc, Massachusetts 04/23 Mike Mauri, Fordham Daniel Munday, Fordham Tim Caputo, Rhode Island 04/30 Shane Base, Charlotte Tim Bury, Dayton Brad Elwood, Charlotte 05/07 Ryan Phelan, Fordham Leif Sorenson, Massachusetts Mike Vigliarolo, Saint Louis Alex Pracher, Saint Joseph s 05/14 Matt Elko, Temple Andrew Brockett, Richmond Tim Caputo, Rhode Island 05/21 Rob McLam, Massachusetts Kyle Mullen, Saint Joseph s Tim Caputo, Rhode Island A-10 BASEBALL WEEKLY AWARDS The Atlantic 10 names a Player, Pitcher and Rookie of the Week each Monday during the regular season. Winners are chosen from nominations provided by the A-10 media relations contacts for baseball The information will be released from the Atlantic 10 office and will be listed in the conference release and on the league website. /ATLANTIC10 A10CONFERENCE.BLOGSPOT.COM

3 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL A-10 BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES FIRST TEAM POS CL HOMETOWN AVG R 2B 3B HR RBI FPCT Chris Cowell (UR) C SR Devon, PA Kevin Taylor (SJU) 1B SR Catonsville, MD Pat Fortunato (URI) 2B R-JR Stratford, CT Steve Nikorak (TU) 3B SR Stroudsburg, PA Brian Blasik (UD) SS SR Germantown, OH Jacob Mayers (UR) DH JR Mechanicsville, VA Jeff Roy (URI) OF SO Cranston, RI Bobby Glover (UD) OF SR Fort Wayne, IN Shane Brown (CHA) OF R-SR Davidson, NC ERA W-L S IP ER K BB Joe Popielarczyk (UM) SP SR Florence, MA Kyle Mullen (SJU) SP JR Berwyn, PA Travis Parker (SLU) RP SR Lincoln, NE SECOND TEAM POS CL HOMETOWN AVG R 2B 3B HR RBI FPCT Milan Adams (URI) C SR Exeter, RI Jeff Cammans (URI) 1B R-SR Jamestown, RI Adam Forrer (UR) 2B SO Alexandria, VA Shane Basen (CHA) 3B JR Waxhaw, NC Ryan Maghini (FOR) SS SR Madison, CT Pat Quinn (URI) DH SO Sutton, MA C.J. Gillman (UD) OF SR Littleton, CO Zach Stewart (UD) OF SR Huber Heights, OH Alex Kelly (SLU) OF JR Fort Collins, CO ERA W-L S IP ER K BB Tim Bury (UD) SP SR Overland Park, KS Alex Alemann (SLU) SP JR Weston, FL Seth Willoughby (XU) RP JR Columbus, OH ALL-ROOKIE HOMETOWN AVG R 2B 3B HR RBI FPCT Leland Clemmons (CHA) Chesapeake, VA A.J. Ryan (UD) La Grange Park, IL Matthew Cianci (FOR) Far Hills, NJ Tim Caputo (URI) Greenlawn, NY Ryan Pater (SJU) Doylestown, PA Alex Sole (SLU) Holbrook, NY ERA W-L S IP ER K BB Mike McLeod (LAS) Croyden, PA Conor LeBlanc (UM) Glastonbury, CT Zak Sterling (UR) Salisbury, MD James Norwood (SLU) Bronx, NY Patrick Peterson (TU) Bear, DE Alex Westrick (XU) Zionsville, IN ACADEMIC POS CL HOMETOWN MAJOR Shane Basen (CHA) 3B JR Waxhaw, NC Accounting Pat Christensen (LAS) RP SR La Jolla, CA Business Administration C.J. Gillman (UD) RF/1B SR Littleton, CO Leadership Dan Haverstick (URI) 3B R-SR Marlton, NJ Kinesiology Bryce Lahrman (UD) RHP JR Wauconda, IL Economics & Marketing Brendan Norton (LAS) OF SR Lanesboro, MA Accounting Kenny O Brien (GW) LHP JR Yonkers, NY Economics Joe Popielarczyk (UM) SP SR Florence, MA Civil Engineering Corbin Shive (CHA) 1B/DH JR Salisbury, NC Accounting Robby Sunderman (UD) 3B SO Cincinnati, OH Pre-Medicine Billy Urban (SBU) 3B JR Cleveland, OH Business Administration/Marketing Seth Willoughby (XU) RHP JR Columbus, OH Management Information Systems THIS IS THE A-10 On March 2, 1975, the idea of what is now the Atlantic 10 Conference was conceived. What started as an eight-school, men s basketball-only affiliation has grown into a 14-university, 21-sport league that is universally hailed as one of the best conferences in the country. That growth and prominence is a direct result of the ideals and commitments of the member institutions of the Atlantic 10. The 14 member institutions of the A-10 are united and strengthened by their diversity. Each is extraordinary in its educational mission, whether of a Catholic faith, a private university or a land grant institution. The varied pursuits of each member prove that there are many threads that weave the fabric for a great conference. The A-10, with a total population of nearly 74 million people within its geographic footprint of eight states and the District of Columbia, will crown champions in 21 sports this year: baseball, men s and women s basketball, men s and women s cross country, field hockey, men s golf, women s lacrosse, men s and women s indoor and outdoor track & field, women s rowing, men s and women s soccer, softball, men s and women s swimming & diving, men s and women s tennis, and women s volleyball. SCHOOL JOINED YEARS IN Charlotte Dayton Duquesne* ^ Fordham George Washington* La Salle Massachusetts* Rhode Island Richmond St. Bonaventure Saint Joseph s Saint Louis Temple Xavier FORMER MEMBERS YEARS Penn State* ; Pittsburgh* Rutgers* Villanova* Virginia Tech West Virginia* * founding members of the A-10 ^ Duquesne left the A-10 for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference during the academic year. /ATLANTIC10 A10CONFERENCE.BLOGSPOT.COM

4 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL A-10 BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES #1 SAINT LOUIS (40-16/17-7 A-10) // After capturing a share of its first regular season title, Saint Louis is the top seed for the 2012 A-10 Baseball Championship... The Billikens and Dayton Flyers finished atop the league standings with identical 17-7 A-10 records...by virtue of the Conference tie-breaking procedures, SLU is seeded first and UD is seeded second...slu claimed the regular season series between the two teams, Both teams will receive a first-round bye and begin play on Thursday, May 24...SLU will face the winner of the #4 Massachusetts/#5 Richmond contest. // SLU received the program s first No. 1 seed in the upcoming Conference Championship. // The Billikens are making the program s third trip to the A-10 Championship, winning the event in its last two appearances (2009, 2006). // Under A-10 Coach of the Year Darin Hendrickson s guidance, the Billikens won a program-record 40 games during the regular season. BILLIKEN TO WATCH: SENIOR PITCHER TRAVIS PARKER Parker holds SLU s all-time mark in career saves with 22...Also broke his own single-season save record with his 11th save on May Was recently named First Team All-Conference as a relief pitcher... Arguably the top closer in the A-10 this season...has not allowed an earned run all year while compiling 12 saves and 21 strikeouts. #2 DAYTON (28-28/17-7 A-10) // With Saturday s win against La Salle, Dayton finished 17-7 in conference play to share the Atlantic 10 regular season title with Saint Louis. The Billkens own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Flyers and are the No. 1 seed in the tournament. // The Flyers are the No. 2 seed in this week s Atlantic 10 Championship... With a first-round bye, UD will begin tournament play on Thursday, May 24 against the winner of the #3 Rhode Island (16-8) and #6 Saint Joseph s (13-10) outing. // It is Dayton s second A-10 regular season title. The last was in 2009 when UD won a program-record 38 games to win its first league title in program history. // After starting the season 2-9, the Flyers finish the regular season with a.500 record (28-28)...The Flyers played a full 56-game schedule the maximum allowed by NCAA regulations. FLYER TO WATCH: SENIOR SHORTSTOP BRIAN BLASIK Blasik earned first-team honors for the third time after setting a program-record 34 stolen bases, leading the A-10 in hits (82) and recording the A-10 s third-best batting average (.347)...34 stolen bases ranks 14th nationally...currently tied for UD s career stolen bases record (63)...Has the second-most doubles in the A-10 (21) and has only been struck out 14 times in 236 at-bats. #3 RHODE ISLAND ( /16-8 A-10) // The third-seeded Rams open play at the 2012 Atlantic 10 Championship on Wednesday May 23 against sixth-seeded Saint Joseph s at 3:30 pm. // URI is making its league-leading 10th consecutive appearance at the Championship. // The Rams are looking to claim their second A-10 Baseball title and first since RAM TO WATCH: SOPHOMORE OUTFIELDER JEFF ROY Roy finished the regular season leading the A-10 in hits (82), runs (59) and triples (5)...Also batted.421 in conference games (40-95) and reached base in an A-10 best 41 consecutive games in addition to leading the Rams with 22 infield singles (13 bunts), seven outfield assists, a.498 slugging percentage and a.449 on-base percentage... Currently ranks second on the team with 21 stolen bases. #4 MASSACHUSETTS // UMass is making its 16th appearance in the Atlantic 10 Tournament this week as the squad opens up championship action as the fourth seed against fifth-seeded Richmond on Wednesday, May 23. // The Minutemen are all-time in the A-10 Tournament and have won the tournament title four times, last in // Against the 2012 tournament field, UMass is 0-3 all-time in the postseason...the Minutemen dropped their second game in 2009 to Dayton (9-5) and a pair of contests to Richmond in 2003 (8-0 & 7-4). // UMass has trailed in 10 of its 22 wins on the season and has won six games when either trailing or tied after the seventh inning...the Minutemen have scored the winning run in their last at bat six times this year, including three walk-off victories. // Pitching has been the Minutemen s biggest strength this season... The staff earned run average of 3.64 ranks third among all Atlantic 10 teams...in conference play, UMass posted a 3.23 ERA through 223 innings with just 72 walks to 146 strikeouts. MINUTEMAN TO WATCH: SENIOR PITCHER JOE POPIELARCZYK Popielarczyk was recently named A-10 Pitcher of the Year...Finished the regular season with a 1.24 ERA, which ranks third in the nation and leads the league...through 11 starts, has allowed just 11 earned runs on 64 hits over 79.2 innings of work, en-route to a 6-1 record... Combined for two shutouts and one complete game...limited opponent batters to just nine extra base hits (eight doubles, one home run) and a.220 batting average...umass is 8-3 when he starts... Finished conference play with an A-10-best 1.16 ERA. #5 RICHMOND (27-24/14-10) // The Spiders clinched a spot in the Championship after redshirt junior Adam McConnell hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 14th inning on Saturday, May 19 against Fordham. // UR is the fifth seed and will play the #4 Massachusetts on Wednesday, May 23...The Minutemen and Spiders concluded the regular season with league marks...umass, however, collected the series win during the regular season, 2-1, thus garnering the fourth seed. // Richmond is making its second straight appearance in the A-10 Baseball Championship...UR is making back-to-back trips to the Tournament for the first time since the team advanced four-straight years from // UR is seeking its second A-10 title (2003). // The Spiders have reached the A-10 Championship seven times since joining the league during the campaign (missed 2006, ). SPIDER TO WATCH: JUNIOR DESIGNATED HITTER JACOB MAYERS Mayers earned All-Atlantic 10 honors for the first time in his career... Had a terrific season at the plate to be named first-team designated hitter...on the year, Mayers is hitting.329 with nine home runs, 14 doubles, and 44 RBIs...Excelled in conference play, hitting.408 with two homers, nine doubles, and 16 RBIs...Tallied an impressive 18 multi-hit and 12 multi-rbi games. #6 SAINT JOSEPH S (23-30/13-10) /ATLANTIC10 A10CONFERENCE.BLOGSPOT.COM

5 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL AROUND THE HORN // A-10 BASEBALL TEAM NOTES // Saint Joseph s will begin the quest for its first Atlantic 10 championship on Wednesday, May 23 at 3:30 p.m. as the Hawks take on #3 Rhode Island...The sixth-seeded Hawks are playing in the double elimination tournament for the first time in program history. // The Hawks notched their first winning season in league play since 1984, their second year in the conference, and posted a 6-3 record against teams playing in the 2012 Championship...SJU lost the season series to URI, but took two of three from Massachusetts at home and swept Saint Louis on the road. HAWK TO WATCH: KEVIN TAYLOR Taylor and fellow Hawk Kyle Mullen are Saint Joseph s first All- Atlantic 10 First Team honorees since Mike Walls received the honor in Led the Atlantic 10 in home runs in conference play, hitting six of his seven in league games...finished the regular season with a.270 average and led the Hawks with 31 runs batted in...set a new SJU record with 480 putouts on the season and has posted a fielding percentage of.990, making just five errors in 510 chances. FOUR STANDOUTS GARNER ACADEMIC RECOGNITION Four Atlantic 10 Baseball student-athletes were recently named to their respective CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District teams, including Charlotte s Shane Basen (District 3), La Salle s Pat Christensen and Adam Kammler (District 2), along with Marco DiRoma of Saint Louis (District 6). First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month. POPIELARCZYK & ALEMANN NAMED TO PITCHER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST Massachusetts senior right-hander Joe Popielarczyk and Saint Louis junior right-hander Alex Alemann have been named to the initial watch list for national Pitcher of the Year, the College Baseball Hall of Fame announced. Popielarczyk and Alemann are among the 51 players on the list. The list contains pitchers from 16 conferences, including nine from the SEC, seven from the Big 12 and six from the ACC. CBI NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Rhode Island sophomore Jeff Roy was named College Baseball Insider s National Player of the Week on April 5. Roy batted.667 (10-15) with four extra-base hits and a slugging percentage over four games last week. He also scored seven runs, drove in three and was walked six times for a.727 on-base percentage. URI S MIKE LEBEL A CANDIDATE FOR 2012 LOWE S SENIOR CLASS AWARD Rhode Island baseball co-captain Mike LeBel was named a candidate for the 2012 Lowe s Senior CLASS Award. LeBel is one of 30 NCAA Division I student-athletes - and the only Atlantic 10 player - in the running for this year s award. platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. A Finance major, LeBel is a four-time Dean s List honoree and threetime member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner s Honor Roll (semester GPA of 3.50 or better). In 2011, he received URI s Scholar-Athlete Award and was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team. This year, he was selected to be one of College Baseball Daily s featured bloggers for the 2012 season. PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN Charlotte redshirt senior Andrew Smith was named a Third-Team Preseason Louisville Slugger/TPX All-American, as selected by College Baseball News, the nation s oldest national college baseball poll, since Smith was also selected a Preseason Third-Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. CHARLOTTE PICKED TO REPEAT AS A-10 CHAMPS Charlotte was tabbed to claim its third-straight Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball title in 2012, according to a vote of the league s 13 head coaches. Rhode Island and Dayton rounded out the top three, respectively. TEAM (2011 OVERALL/A-10 RECORD) - POINTS 1. Charlotte (43-16/17-7) points 2. Rhode Island (31-22/16-8) points 3. Dayton (32-27/15-9) points 4. Xavier (30-27/14-10) points 5. Richmond (29-27/13-11) points 6. Saint Louis (29-26/10-14) - 95 points 7. Fordham (31-23/12-11) - 80 points 8. La Salle (28-26/13-11) - 74 points 8. Saint Joseph s (21-31/11-13) - 74 points 10. St. Bonaventure (23-23/13-11) -57 points 11. George Washington (19-36/9-15) - 55 points 12. Massachusetts (17-29/8-15) - 38 points 13. Temple (24-29/4-20) - 27 points FOLLOWING THE A-10 The A-10 maintains a blog, a Facebook page and a Twitter account (@ Atlantic10) in addition to A-10 All Access, all of which are available through the league s official online home at DISTRIBUTION Media may contact the Atlantic 10 Conference office by phone ( ) or to be included on the league s lists for releases and information for any sport. Please contact Melissa Kristofak in the conference office (mkristofak@atlantic10.org) with requests or questions. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their /ATLANTIC10 A10CONFERENCE.BLOGSPOT.COM

6 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL AROUND THE HORN // A-10 BASEBALL TEAM NOTES A-10 AMONG THE NCAA TOP 25 (as of 5/21) TEAM RANK ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL RANK ACTUAL HITS RUNS Dayton 14th Jeff Roy, URI 16th 59.0 Bobby Glover, UD 20th 58.0 TRIPLES PER GAME Charlotte 21st 0.40 TRIPLES Charlotte 18th 21.0 HOME RUNS PER GAME Richmond 5th 1.10 HOME RUNS Richmond 10th 56.0 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Richmond 22nd STOLEN BASES PER GAME Dayton 2nd 2.79 Rhode Island 6th 2.11 Massachusetts 23rd 1.64 STOLEN BASES Dayton 1st Rhode Island 5th WALKS Rhode Island 16th Saint Louis 18th SACRIFICE BUNTS Xavier 4th 78.0 Massachusetts 5th 76.0 SACRIFICE FLIES Rhode Island 14th 33.0 EARNED RUN AVERAGE Saint Louis 24th 3.12 DOUBLE PLAYS Rhode Island 20th 54.0 W-L PCT Saint Louis 21st WHIP Saint Louis 12th 1.19 DOUBLES PER GAME Jeff Cammans, URI 17th 0.41 DOUBLES Jeff Cammans, URI 7th 23.0 Brian Blasik, UD 15th 21.0 HOME RUNS PER GAME Chris Cowell, UR 4th 0.35 HOME RUNS Chris Cowell, UR 4th 18.0 RBI PER GAME C.J. Gillman, UD 18th 1.09 RBI C.J. Gillman, UD 10th 61.0 STOLEN BASES PER GAME Shane Brown, CHA 11th 0.63 Brian Blasik, UD 14th 0.61 Ryan Cusick, UM 17th 0.59 STOLEN BASES Brian Blasik, UD 8th 34.0 Shane Brown, CHA 15th 31.0 WALKS PER GAME Brendan Norton, LAS 2nd 1.10 WALKS Brendan Norton, LAS 3rd 55.0 EARNED RUN AVERAGE Joe Popielarczyk, UM 3rd 1.24 SAVES Travis Parker, SLU 15th 12.0 Seth Willoughby, LAS 15th ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Dates: May 23-36, 2012 Site: Houlihan Park Fordham University Bronx, NY Championship Format: Double-Elimination Media Contact: Melissa Kristofak CHARLOTTE Contact Ryan Rose Office Press Box Phone DAYTON Contact Brian Karst Office Press Box Phone FORDHAM Contact Scott Kwiatkowski Office Press Box Phone GEORGE WASHINGTON Contact Dan DiVeglio Office LA SALLE Contact Kevin Bonner Office MASSACHUSETTS Contact Jillian Jakuba Office Press Box Phone RHODE ISLAND Contact Jodi Pontbriand Office Press Box Phone RICHMOND Contact Scott Burns Office Press Box Phone ST. BONAVENTURE Contact Jason MacBain Office SAINT JOSEPH S Contact Joe Greenwich jgreenwi@sju.edu Office Press Box Phone SAINT LOUIS Contact Brian Kunderman bkunderm@slu.edu Office TEMPLE Contact Steve Helm steve.helm@temple.edu Office Press Box Phone XAVIER Contact Jason Ashcraft ashcraftj@xavier.edu Office Press Box Phone /ATLANTIC10 A10CONFERENCE.BLOGSPOT.COM

7 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL A-10 BASEBALL COACHES CHARLOTTE LOREN HIBBS DAYTON TONY VITTORIO FORDHAM KEVIN LEIGHTON GEORGE WASHINGTON STEVE MROWKA LA SALLE MIKE LAKE MASSACHUSETTS MIKE STONE RHODE ISLAND JIM FOSTER RICHMOND MARK MCQUEEN ST. BONAVENTURE LARRY SUDBROOK SAINT JOSEPH S FRITZ HAMBURG SAINT LOUIS DARIN HENDRICKSON TEMPLE RYAN WHEELER XAVIER SCOTT GOOGINS /ATLANTIC10 A10CONFERENCE.BLOGSPOT.COM

8 2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL NATIONAL POLLS AS OF MAY 22, 2012 NCBWA DIVISION I POLL RK SCHOOL CONFERENCE RECORD WEEK PREV 1. Florida State Atlantic Coast Florida Southeastern Baylor Big Rice Conference USA South Carolina Southeastern Texas A&M Big LSU Southeastern North Carolina Atlantic Coast Oregon Pac UCLA Pac Stanford Pac Kentucky Southeastern Arizona Pac Arkansas Southeastern Purdue Big Ten UCF Conference USA N.C. State Atlantic Coast Virginia Atlantic Coast Cal State Fullerton Big West Oregon State Pac Miami Atlantic Coast Arizona State Pac Louisville Big East TCU Mountain West San Diego West Coast Mississippi State Southeastern Utah Valley Great West Oklahoma Big Ole Miss Southeastern Stony Brook America East OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY): Appalachian State (38-14), Army (40-13), Cal Poly (33-20), Campbell (40-16), Clemson (32-24), Coastal Carolina (37-17), College of Charleston (37-18), Dallas Baptist (39-17), East Carolina ( ), Indiana State (41-15), Kent State (37-17), Missouri State (37-18), New Mexico (33-22), New Mexico State (35-20), Pepperdine (32-20), Sam Houston State (36-18), Saint Louis (40-16), Texas (30-20), Tulane (37-18), UNC Wilmington (35-20), Vanderbilt (29-25). BASEBALL AMERICA RK TEAM RECORD LAST WEEK PREV 1. Florida State Louisiana State Florida Rice Oregon Baylor South Carolina Texas A&M UCLA North Carolina Kentucky Cal State Fullerton Arizona Stanford North Carolina State Arizona State Virginia Purdue Central Florida Texas Christian San Diego Louisville Oregon State Mississippi State NR 25. Arkansas NR DROPPED OUT: Appalachian State (24), Mississippi (25). COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPERS RK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREV 1. Oregon LSU South Carolina Florida Florida State Baylor North Carolina Arizona Rice UCLA Texas A&M Stanford Kentucky Arkansas Cal State Fullerton N.C. State Arizona St Purdue Central Florida San Diego Mississippi St Texas Miami, Fla Virginia Oklahoma Louisville Kent St Oregon St Texas Christian Utah Valley USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 COACHES BASEBALL POLL RK SCHOOL (1ST PL VOTES) RECORD POINTS PREV 1 Florida State (17) Florida (5) Baylor (3) South Carolina t North Carolina (1) t LSU (2) Rice Texas A&M (2) Oregon UCLA (1) Stanford Kentucky Arizona t Arkansas t North Carolina State Purdue Central Florida Cal State Fullerton Virginia Oregon State Miami (Fla.) Louisville San Diego TCU Mississippi State NR OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Oklahoma (35-21) 20; Mississippi (34-22) 17; Coastal Carolina (37-17) 15; Texas (30-20) 14; Indiana State (41-15) 13; Dallas Baptist (39-17) 11; Clemson (32-24) 9; New Mexico State (35-20) 9; Utah Valley State (43-12) 9; Missouri State (37-18) 8; Stony Brook (43-11) 8; North Carolina-Wilmington (35-20) 5; Pepperdine (32-20) 5; Tulane (37-18) 5; Vanderbilt (29-25) 5; Appalachian State (38-14) 1; Wake Forest (32-22) 1. /ATLANTIC10 A10CONFERENCE.BLOGSPOT.COM

9 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Conference Leaders Summary as of May 19, 2012 (All games) TEAM BATTING g avg ab r h 2b 3b hr bb so sb-att Dayton Charlotte Rhode Island Richmond Saint Louis St. Bonaventure Temple Massachusetts Xavier La Salle George Washington Fordham Saint Joseph's Totals TEAM PITCHING g era w l sv ip h r er bb so Saint Louis Saint Joseph's Massachusetts Xavier La Salle Rhode Island Charlotte Richmond St. Bonaventure Dayton George Washington Fordham Temple Totals TEAM FIELDING g po a e pct dp pb sba-att Saint Louis Saint Joseph's St. Bonaventure Rhode Island Xavier Richmond George Washington La Salle Charlotte Massachusetts Temple Fordham Dayton Totals INDIVIDUAL BATTING Min 2.0 AB/Team game g avg ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb BROWN, Shane-CHA ROY, Jeff-URI BLASIK, Brian-UD URBAN, Billy-SBU GLOVER, Bobby-UD KELLY, Alex-SLU RADWAN, Jason-SBU McLAM, Rob-UM RUZBARSKY, Phil-UR MAYERS, Jacob-UR ELWELL-XU GRAEF, Rich-UM BASEN, Shane-CHA MAURI, Mike-FOR NELSON, Grant-SLU HITS BLASIK, Brian-UD 82 ROY, Jeff-URI 82 GLOVER, Bobby-UD 80 CAMMANS, Jeff-URI 75 KELLY, Alex-SLU 74 RUNS SCORED ROY, Jeff-URI 59 GLOVER, Bobby-UD 58 BROWN, Shane-CHA 46 NIKORAK, Steve-TU 46 BLASIK, Brian-UD 46 RUNS BATTED IN GILLMAN, C.J.-UD 61 CAMMANS, Jeff-URI 57 COWELL, Chris-UR 53 BASEN, Shane-CHA 45 MAYERS, Jacob-UR 44 DOUBLES CAMMANS, Jeff-URI 23 BLASIK, Brian-UD 21 COWELL, Chris-UR 17 GLOVER, Bobby-UD 16 CONWAY, Bryan-UR 15 TRIPLES BASEN, Shane-CHA 5 ROY, Jeff-URI 5 5 tied with 4 triple(s) HOME RUNS COWELL, Chris-UR 18 MAYERS, Jacob-UR 9 GLOVER, Bobby-UD 9 RUZBARSKY, Phil-UR 8 KELLY, Alex-SLU 8 TOTAL BASES GLOVER, Bobby-UD 129 COWELL, Chris-UR 124 BLASIK, Brian-UD 115 ROY, Jeff-URI 112 KELLY, Alex-SLU 110 STOLEN BASES sb-att BLASIK, Brian-UD BROWN, Shane-CHA CUSICK, Ryan-UM GLOVER, Bobby-UD FAMIGLIETTI, Chris-URI STRIKEOUTS ip so CHRISTY, Kevin-LAS MAYERS, Jacob-UR HAUSCHILD, Mike-UD MULLEN, Kyle-SJU PRACHER, Alex-SJU INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Min 1.0 IP/Team game app era w-l sv ip h r er bb so POPIELARCZYK, Joe-UM ALEMANN, Alex-SLU O'BRIEN, Kenny-GW FURNEY, Sean-URI SMITH, Clay-SLU DONAHUE, Ryan-LAS STERLING, Zak-UR CHRISTY, Kevin-LAS BURY, Tim-UD TORRES, Dennis-UM

10 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Conference Leaders Summary as of May 19, 2012 (Conference games only) TEAM BATTING g avg ab r h 2b 3b hr bb so sb-att Rhode Island Dayton Charlotte Massachusetts Richmond Xavier Saint Louis Temple Fordham St. Bonaventure La Salle Saint Joseph's George Washington Totals TEAM PITCHING g era w l sv ip h r er bb so La Salle Saint Louis Massachusetts Rhode Island Fordham Saint Joseph's Xavier Richmond Dayton Charlotte George Washington St. Bonaventure Temple Totals TEAM FIELDING g po a e pct dp pb sba-att Richmond Saint Louis Rhode Island Xavier Charlotte St. Bonaventure Fordham La Salle Massachusetts Dayton George Washington Saint Joseph's Temple Totals INDIVIDUAL BATTING Min 2.0 AB/Team game g avg ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb STENHOUSE, Kevin-URI ROY, Jeff-URI MAYERS, Jacob-UR QUINN, Pat-URI STEWART, Zach-UD BLASIK, Brian-UD CAPUTO, Tim-URI GRAEF, Rich-UM MAGHINI, Ryan-FOR SERINO, Anthony-UM ELWELL-XU BRUENING-XU TAYLOR, Kevin-SJU GLOVER, Bobby-UD CLEMMONS, Leland-CHA HITS ROY, Jeff-URI 40 BLASIK, Brian-UD 36 SERINO, Anthony-UM 35 MAGHINI, Ryan-FOR 35 2 tied with 33 hit(s) RUNS SCORED ROY, Jeff-URI 26 GLOVER, Bobby-UD 23 CAPUTO, Tim-URI 22 RADWAN, Jason-SBU 20 FAMIGLIETTI, Chris-URI 20 RUNS BATTED IN CAMMANS, Jeff-URI 24 BASEN, Shane-CHA 23 GILLMAN, C.J.-UD 22 3 tied with 21 RBI(s) DOUBLES BEGIN, Dylan-UM 10 5 tied with 9 double(s) TRIPLES ROY, Jeff-URI 5 FORRER, Adam-UR 4 STILES, Allen-TU 4 3 tied with 3 triple(s) HOME RUNS TAYLOR, Kevin-SJU 6 COWELL, Chris-UR 5 NIKORAK, Steve-TU 5 OSWALD, Stephen-GW 4 GLOVER, Bobby-UD 4 TOTAL BASES ROY, Jeff-URI 59 GLOVER, Bobby-UD 54 NIKORAK, Steve-TU 53 3 tied with 50 total base(s) STOLEN BASES sb-att FAMIGLIETTI, Chris-URI BLASIK, Brian-UD SERINO, Anthony-UM CUSICK, Ryan-UM ROY, Jeff-URI 9-13 STRIKEOUTS ip so MULLEN, Kyle-SJU BURY, Tim-UD POPIELARCZYK, Joe-UM GRAY, Eddie-SBU PRACHER, Alex-SJU INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Min 1.0 IP/Team game app era w-l sv ip h r er bb so POPIELARCZYK, Joe-UM STERLING, Zak-UR BURY, Tim-UD MULLEN, Kyle-SJU FURNEY, Sean-URI O'BRIEN, Kenny-GW CHAREST, Joseph-FOR MAYERS, Jacob-UR DONAHUE, Ryan-LAS NITTOLI-XU

11 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Conference Batting Leaders (as of May 19, 2012) (All games) Hitting minimums - 1 Games 2.0 AB/Game Pitching minimums - 1 Games 1.0 IP/Game Batting avg 1. Dayton Charlotte Rhode Island Richmond Saint Louis St. Bonaventure Temple Massachusetts Xavier La Salle.262 Runs scored 1. Rhode Island Dayton Saint Louis Richmond Charlotte Temple St. Bonaventure Xavier Fordham tied at Doubles 1. Rhode Island Dayton Richmond Saint Louis La Salle Temple Fordham Charlotte Xavier 72 George Washington 72 Total bases 1. Dayton Richmond Rhode Island Saint Louis Charlotte Temple La Salle Fordham George Washington Xavier 605 Walks 1. Rhode Island Saint Louis Richmond Charlotte La Salle Xavier St. Bonaventure Dayton Saint Joseph's Fordham 177 Slugging pct 1. Richmond Dayton Charlotte Rhode Island Saint Louis Temple St. Bonaventure La Salle George Washington Fordham.336 Hits 1. Dayton Rhode Island Saint Louis Charlotte Richmond Temple Xavier La Salle George Washington Fordham 459 Triples 1. Charlotte St. Bonaventure 16 Rhode Island Temple Richmond Dayton 11 Fordham La Salle 10 Saint Louis tied atis 8 Total plate appearances 1. Rhode Island Dayton Saint Louis Xavier Richmond La Salle Temple Charlotte Fordham George Washington 2089 Hit by pitch 1. Dayton Saint Louis Richmond Rhode Island Xavier La Salle Temple Fordham Saint Joseph's Charlotte 38 On base pct 1. Saint Louis Rhode Island Richmond Dayton Charlotte St. Bonaventure Xavier La Salle Temple Massachusetts.347 Runs batted in 1. Rhode Island Dayton Richmond Saint Louis Charlotte Temple St. Bonaventure Xavier Fordham George Washington 206 Home runs 1. Richmond Dayton Saint Louis George Washington Charlotte Temple 17 Fordham La Salle Rhode Island Saint Joseph's 14 At bats 1. Dayton Rhode Island Saint Louis Xavier Temple Fordham George Washington La Salle Charlotte Richmond 1783 Strikeouts 1. George Washington 418 Fordham Richmond Rhode Island La Salle Xavier Dayton Temple Saint Joseph's Saint Louis 312

12 Sac bunts 1. Xavier Massachusetts Charlotte Rhode Island La Salle Temple Fordham 45 St. Bonaventure George Washington Saint Joseph's 38 Caught stealing 1. Xavier Fordham Dayton Rhode Island La Salle Saint Louis Charlotte Massachusetts Temple Saint Joseph's 20 Sac flies 1. Rhode Island Richmond Dayton Saint Louis Temple St. Bonaventure Charlotte La Salle Massachusetts tied at Steal attempts 1. Dayton Rhode Island Charlotte Fordham Massachusetts Xavier Saint Louis Temple George Washington Saint Joseph's 62 Stolen bases 1. Dayton Rhode Island Charlotte Fordham Massachusetts Saint Louis Xavier Temple George Washington Richmond 44 Grounded into DP 1. Xavier Saint Louis Charlotte Saint Joseph's 31 La Salle 31 St. Bonaventure George Washington Rhode Island Richmond Fordham 23

13 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Conference Pitching Leaders (as of May 19, 2012) (All games) Hitting minimums - 1 Games 2.0 AB/Game Pitching minimums - 1 Games 1.0 IP/Game Earned run avg 1. Saint Louis Saint Joseph's Massachusetts Xavier La Salle Rhode Island Charlotte Richmond St. Bonaventure Dayton 4.94 Batters struck out 1. La Salle 376 Richmond Saint Louis Dayton Temple Saint Joseph's 333 Rhode Island Xavier Fordham 307 Charlotte 307 Losses 1. Temple 34 George Washington 34 Fordham La Salle Charlotte Saint Joseph's Dayton 28 Xavier St. Bonaventure Richmond 24 Sac bunts allowed 1. George Washington La Salle Saint Joseph's Richmond Dayton Rhode Island 48 Charlotte St. Bonaventure Saint Louis Temple 38 Runs allowed 1. Massachusetts Saint Louis Saint Joseph's Xavier 255 La Salle St. Bonaventure Rhode Island Charlotte Richmond Fordham 333 Opposing bat avg 1. Saint Louis Rhode Island Charlotte Richmond Xavier Massachusetts Saint Joseph's La Salle Temple George Washington.285 Batters SO out looking 1. Dayton Richmond Saint Louis Rhode Island 114 George Washington 114 La Salle Saint Joseph's Charlotte Fordham Temple 94 Saves 1. Xavier Saint Louis Charlotte 12 Rhode Island La Salle 11 Massachusetts Richmond 10 Fordham 10 Temple tied at... 9 Sac flies allowed 1. Temple George Washington St. Bonaventure 27 Xavier Richmond 25 Charlotte Saint Joseph's Dayton 23 Fordham Saint Louis 19 Earned runs allowed 1. Massachusetts Saint Louis Saint Joseph's La Salle Xavier St. Bonaventure Rhode Island Charlotte Richmond George Washington 268 Innings pitched 1. Saint Louis Dayton Xavier Rhode Island Fordham George Washington Temple La Salle Charlotte Saint Joseph's Wins 1. Saint Louis Rhode Island Xavier 28 Dayton Richmond St. Bonaventure 23 Saint Joseph's Massachusetts 22 Fordham Charlotte 21 Runners picked off 1. Dayton Charlotte Xavier Saint Joseph's Rhode Island 10 La Salle Fordham 9 Saint Louis 9 Temple Richmond 8 Hits allowed 1. Massachusetts Charlotte Richmond Rhode Island Saint Louis 466 St. Bonaventure Saint Joseph's La Salle Xavier Temple 525 Walks allowed 1. Saint Louis Massachusetts La Salle Saint Joseph's Xavier St. Bonaventure Dayton Richmond Fordham Charlotte 214

14 Doubles allowed 1. Massachusetts St. Bonaventure Richmond Saint Joseph's 83 Saint Louis George Washington Dayton 90 Charlotte Rhode Island Temple 92 Wild pitches 1. Rhode Island Richmond Charlotte Temple George Washington Dayton Fordham Xavier La Salle Saint Louis 33 Intentional BB allowed 1. Saint Louis 2 2. Rhode Island 5 3. George Washington Saint Joseph's 5 5. Charlotte 7 6. Fordham 3 7. La Salle St. Bonaventure Xavier Dayton 3 Triples allowed 1. Dayton 7 Xavier 7 3. Charlotte 8 4. Saint Louis 9 5. Massachusetts Saint Joseph's Richmond Fordham 15 La Salle tied at 19 Balks 1. Rhode Island Dayton 9 3. Saint Joseph's 8 George Washington 8 5. La Salle 7 6. Xavier 6 Fordham tied at 4 Home runs allowed 1. Saint Joseph's Massachusetts St. Bonaventure 20 Fordham George Washington 22 Saint Louis Xavier 24 Temple Charlotte Rhode Island 26 Hit batters 1. Charlotte Rhode Island George Washington Temple Richmond La Salle Massachusetts 54 Dayton Xavier St. Bonaventure 44