2013 Southland Tournament Notes

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1 2013 Schedule 36-18, SLC Northern Kentucky W, Northern Kentucky W, Northern Kentucky W, Northern Kentucky W, 14-4 (7) at No. 3 LSU L, Washington L, Washington W, Washington W, Washington W, Columbia W, Columbia W, Columbia W, Columbia W, Massachusetts W, Massachusetts W, Massachusetts W, Prairie View A&M W, Texas Southern W, at Texas-Pan American L, at Texas-Pan American W, at Texas-Pan American W, 6-0 (10) Houston Baptist W, Houston Baptist L, McNeese State * L, McNeese State * W, 1-0 (18) McNeese State * L, No. 19 Houston W, at Central Arkansas * L, 0-10 (7) at Central Arkansas * L, at Central Arkansas * W, 3-2 (11) at Southeastern Louisiana * W, at Southeastern Louisiana * L, at Southeastern Louisiana * W, 18-1 (7) No. 14 Rice L, Sam Houston State * W, 19-8 (7) Sam Houston State * L, Sam Houston State * W, UTSA W, at Northwestern State * W, at Northwestern State * W, 11-1 (7) at Northwestern State * W, 18-4 (7) Stephen F. Austin * W, Stephen F. Austin * W, Stephen F. Austin * W, at No. 18 Rice L, Oral Roberts * L, Oral Roberts * L, Oral Roberts * L, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi * L, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi * W, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi * L, Nicholls * L, Nicholls * W, Nicholls * W, Southland Tournament Notes Cards set for return to postseason After narrowly missing out on the Southland Conference Tournament a year ago, the Lamar baseball team will be looking to build on its proud conference legacy this week in Sugar Land. The Cards boast of the most conference tournament victories of any other active SLC school with 30, including 26 since re-joining the league in In that time, Lamar has secured three tournament crowns, trailing just Sam Houston State, which has four. Most recently, the Red and White rolled off four consecutive victories en route to the 2010 title. This season, Lamar comes into the tournament as the fifth-seed for the first time in school history. The Cards have a 7-4 record as a bottom-four seed in the conference tournament, including the tournament championship as the No. 6 seed in The Cards last made the conference tournament in 2011, bowing out after two games with losses to Stephen F. Austin and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. PROJECTED STARTERS Darian Johnson Sam Bumpers Aaron Olivas Garret Autrey Zach Luevanos V.J. Bunner Jude Vidrine Brad Picha #LUBaseball MEDIA INFORMATION Contact: Clay Trainum Cell: clay.trainum@lamar.edu Web: LamarCardinals.com Hashtags: #LUBaseball #GoCards WEDNESDAY S STARTER Jonathan Dziedzic #13 R-Jr. LHP Humble, Texas Finished season with a 6-4 record, holding opponents to a.234 batting average and putting up a 3.35 earned run average. Last time out: 7.1 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 K in loss to Nicholls Ranks second in Southland in strikeouts with 99 in 96.2 innings. Set school career strikeout record earlier this season in win at Southeastern Louisiana and now has 310 for his career. Pitched 10 innings of shutout baseball with 12 strikeouts in early season win over McNeese State. Named Second Team All-Southland. Struck out 10 in seven innings of work vs. McNeese in 2010 Southland Tournament... Also struck out final batter vs. Northwestern State to earn a save in the tournament. DH: Seth Dornak

2 SOUTHLAND BASEBALL 2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament May 22-25, 2013 Constellation Field Sugar Land, Texas No. 6 SFA No. 8 MCN Game 1 Winner Gm. 1 Loser Gm. 11 Loser Gm. 12 Winner Gm. 3 Game 3 4 p.m. No. 3 ORU No. 1 SHSU No. 7 UCA Game 7 4 p.m. Winner Gm. 7 Game 13*# Saturday Championship+ Saturday 1 or 5 p.m. ^#Game 14 Saturday 1 p.m. Winner Gm. 8 Game 8 7 p.m. No. 5 LU Game 2 Noon No. 2 TAMUCC Loser Gm. 1 Game 5 Winner Gm. 2 Loser Gm. 7 Game 9 Winner Gm. 5 Game 11 4 p.m. Winner Gm. 9 Winner Gm. 11 Winner Gm. 12 * Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11. ^ Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12. Game 12 7 p.m. Winner Gm. 10 # If only one of the two early games is necessary on Saturday, it will be played at, with the Championship Game starting at 1 p.m. Winner Gm. 4 Loser Gm. 8 Game 10 Noon Winner Gm. 6 Game 4 7 p.m. No. 4 SLU Loser Gm. 3 Game 6 Noon Loser Gm. 2 + If both bracket winners are undefeated, the championship game will be played on Saturday at 1 p.m. Loser Gm. 4 NOTE: There will be a minimum of 45 minutes between games on and 30 minutes the remainder of the weekwith no game starting prior to its scheduled start time Tournament Schedule, May 22 Game One: No. 6 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 3 Oral Roberts, Game Two: No. 7 Central Arkansas vs. No. 2 A&M-Corpus Christi, Noon Game Three: No. 8 McNeese St. vs. No. 1 Sam Houston St., 4 p.m. Game Four: No. 5 Lamar vs. No. 4 Southeastern La., 7 p.m., May 23 Game Five: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, Game Six: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, Noon Game Seven: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4 p.m. Game Eight: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m., May 24 Game Nine: Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 5, Game 10: Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 6, Noon Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 4 p.m. Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25 *#Game 13: Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 11, ^#Game 14: Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 12, 1 p.m. +Championship: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 1 or 5 p.m. The 2013 Southland Baseball Tournament will be streamed live for free on the Southland Conference Digital Network, including Southland.org and the league s iphone and Android Apps available at: Southland.org/mobile.aspx The championship game of the tournament will be available exclusively on ESPN3.

3 SOUTHLAND STANDINGS 1. Sam Houston State Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Oral Roberts Southeastern Louisiana Lamar Stephen F. Austin Central Arkansas McNeese State Nicholls Northwestern State SOUTHLAND HONORS FIRST TEAM 1B Brad Porras (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) 2B V.J. Bunner (Lamar) 3B Kevin Miller (Sam Houston State) SS Hunter Dozier (Stephen F. Austin) OF Darian Johnson (Lamar) OF Eric Weiss (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) OF Forrest Allday (Central Arkansas) C Anthony Azar (Sam Houston State) DH Jonathan Gonzales (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) P Alex Gonzalez (Oral Roberts) P Caleb McClanahan (Central Arkansas) P Eric Harrington (Lamar) SECOND TEAM 1B Brad Picha (Lamar) 2B Jessie Plumlee (Sam Houston State) 3B Aaron Olivas (Lamar) SS Sam Bumpers (Lamar) OF Luke Plucheck (Sam Houston State) OF Ricardo Sanchez (Stephen F. Austin) OF Jackson Gooch (McNeese State) C Michael Marietta (Central Arkansas) DH Seth Dornak (Lamar) P Caleb Smith (Sam Houston State) P Jonathan Dziedzic (Lamar) P Brett Higginbotham (Stephen F. Austin) THIRD TEAM 1B Chayse Marion (McNeese State) 2B Cody Stephens (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) 3B Jesse Buratt (Southeastern Louisiana) SS Ben Hernandez (Southeastern Louisiana) OF Harry Slade (Southeastern Louisiana) OF Matt Richard (Nicholls) OF Jonathan Davis (Central Arkansas) C Jose Trevino (Oral Roberts) P Trevor Foss (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) P Trevor Belicek (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) P Blake Ware (McNeese State) Player of the Year: Hunter Dozier, SFA Hitter of the Year: Hunter Dozier, SFA Pitcher of the Year: Alex Gonzalez, ORU Newcomer of the Year: Sam Bumpers, LU Freshman of the Year: Bryce Kingsley, MSU Coach of the Year: David Pierce, SHSU 2013 Season in Review The Lamar baseball team experienced a rollercoaster of a 2013 season, but after the dust settled, the team took two out of three from Nicholls last weekend to finish tied for the most regular season wins in the SLC with a record. Key in Lamar s early season surge was undoubtedly the play of the Cards within the friendly confines of Vincent-Beck Stadium. LU played 23 of the season s first 27 games in Beaumont, picking up just four losses in the process. Also during this time, the team ran off an impressive streak of 12 consecutive victories, the longest such run for a Cardinal team since 1980, helping LU to a 16-2 start, the best since However, the tides began to turn a little bit as conference season began with back-to-back series losses to McNeese State and Central Arkansas. The pain was short-lived, however, as the Red and White took home the next four SLC series, including taking victories from three teams that entered the weekend atop the conference standings (Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin and eventual champion Sam Houston State). Unfortunately, Oral Roberts brought the Cards regular season title dreams to a halt, becoming the first team to sweep LU all year, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi followed up by handing Lamar another series loss two weeks ago to knock the team from the top half of the league. In all, LU took home 15 of the 27 conference games in 2013, posting the first winning season for the program in Southland play since the 2009 season. Cards vs. Lions In many ways, this season s earlier meeting between Lamar and Southeastern Louisiana proved to be a turning point. The Lions came into the game with a peerless 6-0 Southland mark, and the Cards were on the heels of a 2-4 start to league season after an impressive opening to Lamar ultimately came out victorious in their visit to Hammond in March as Dziedzic tossed a strong eight innings, allowing one earned run and striking out five in the opening game to lead the visitors from Beaumont to a 6-2 victory. After dropping the second game in tight 7-5 fashion on Saturday, the Cards left little to chance on Sunday, racking up 19 hits in just seven innings to hand the Lions a decisive 18-1 decision. All-time, the Cards are vs. SLU, taking two out of three in each of the past two seasons. In SLC Tournament play, LU has lost just once to the Lions in four games. The two sides last met in the 2008 event, where the Cards opened up with a tight 8-7 victory, but fell 17-1 two days later. However, the Cards bounced back to expel the Lions from the tournament in 4-2 fashion in the ensuing game to earn a berth into the championship game, where they fell to Sam Houston State. Southland Tournament Year-by-Year 1967: : (No. 6): (No. 3): 4-0* 2003 (No. 1): (No. 1): 4-0* 2005 (No. 2): (No. 4): (No. 2): (No. 2): (No. 4): (No. 6): 4-0* 2011 (No. 7): Overall Record 3 Tournament Titles

4 QUICK HITTERS Lamar won 36 games this season, the most since The Cards also posted a mark in Southland Conference play, marking the first winning record for the program since The Cards got off to the best start since 1977, winning 16 of the first 18 games. In that timespan, LU also ran off 12 consecutive victories, which ranks as the longest win streak for the school since Lamar led the Southland Conference with eight all-conference selections. The total is the second-most in school history, and the most for a single team since Sam Bumpers was also honored by the league, becoming the first LU SLC Newcomer of the Year. Eric Harrington, who will miss the 2013 Southland Tournament due to injury, completed his LU career with innings pitched and 55 starts, the most in school history. His 257 career strikeouts and 28 victories rank second and third in their respective categories. He was 7-1 this year. Jonathan Dziedzic and Travis Moore combined for an impressive 18-inning display against McNeese State earlier this season. Dziedzic, a junior, tossed 10 scoreless frames and struck out 12, and Moore, a freshman, came on in relief and struck out 10 over eight to pick up the win. It marked the only game in the NCAA this season that featured two pitchers from the same team tossing eight innings as well as the only game that showcased double-digit strikeouts by two teammates ROSTER 2013 STAFF HEAD COACH JIM GILLIGAN 36th SEASON Alma Mater: Lamar, 1969 Record at Lamar: 1, (36) Overall Record: 1, (37) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH JIM RICKLEFSEN 15th SEASON Alma Mater: McNeese State, 1985 ASSISTANT COACH SCOTT HATTEN 13th SEASON Alma Mater: New York Tech, 1995 VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT NICK CAMP FIRST SEASON Alma Mater: Sam Houston State, 2011 DIRECTOR OF BASEBALL OPS COREY TROXELL FIRST SEASON Alma Mater: TCU, 2009 CLUBHOUSE MANAGER NOLAN FROST THIRD SEASON STUDENT ASSISTANT AARON LAVERGNE FIRST SEASON 1 Joe Arechiga OF L-L So. Pasadena, Texas (Memorial HS) 3 Andrew Dewey INF S-R R-Sr. Dayton, Texas (Angelina College) 5 Chase Angelle LHP L-L R-So. Orange, Texas (Orangefield HS) 6 Eric Harrington RHP R-R R-Sr. Groves, Texas (Port Neches-Groves HS) 7 Jude Vidrine OF L-R R-Jr. Nederland, Texas (Nederland HS) 8 Aaron Olivas INF L-R Sr. El Paso, Texas (Cisco College) 9 Sam Bumpers INF R-R Jr. Bourbonnais, Ill. (Iowa Western CC) 11 Kyle Tucker OF R-R Fr. Humble, Texas (Humble HS) 12 Ben Coram RHP R-R Sr. Lake Jackson, Texas (Alvin CC) 13 Jonathan Dziedzic LHP L-L R-Jr. Humble, Texas (Atascocita HS) 14 V.J. Bunner INF R-R Sr. Vidor, Texas (Vidor HS) 16 Darian Johnson INF S-R Sr. Chandler, Ariz. (Mesa CC) 17 Brandon Provost C R-R So. Port Neches, Texas (North Central Texas College) 18 Collin Chapman RHP R-R So. Leander, Texas (Leander HS) 20 Jake Sutton OF L-R Jr. Mesquite, Texas (Navarro College) 21 Zach Luevanos C L-R Sr. Corpus Christi, Texas (Seminole State College) 22 Garret Autrey OF L-R Sr. Stephenville, Texas (Navarro College) 23 Brad Picha INF L-R Sr. Stephenville, Texas (Paris JC) 24 Seth Dornak INF R-R Sr. Pearland, Texas (Galveston JC) 26 Hunter Perry RHP R-R Jr. Waco, Texas (McLennan CC) 28 Lance Warren LHP L-L Jr. Farmers Branch, Texas (Paris JC) 30 Ryan Mossakowski INF R-R Jr. Frisco, Texas (Northwest Mississippi JC) 31 Brett Brown RHP R-R Fr. Nederland, Texas (Nederland HS) 34 Trevor Swint RHP R-R Sr. Baytown, Texas (Alvin CC) 35 Travis Moore LHP L-L Fr. Pearland, Texas (Pearland HS) 36 Colby Holzapfel LHP L-L Fr. Kountze, Texas (Kountze HS) 37 David Carver LHP L-L Jr. Reseda, Calif. (Pierce College) 38 Tom Elsom RHP R-R Jr. Denton, Texas (North Lake College) 39 Holden Holsomback C R-R Fr. Kirbyville, Texas (Kirbyville HS) 41 Jayson McKinley RHP R-R Fr. Friendswood, Texas (Friendswood HS) 42 Jerin Spikes RHP R-R Jr. Village Mills, Texas (Angelina College) 46 Wade Konvicka LHP L-L R-So. Richmond, Texas (Alvin CC) 48 Will Hibbs RHP R-R Fr. Friendswood, Texas (Friendswood HS) 51 J.T. Autrey RHP R-R Jr. Stephenville, Texas (Navarro College)

5 Cards in the Rankings SOUTHLAND INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Hits (Leader: Darian Johnson, LU - 82) Darian Johnson 82 1st Sam Bumpers 73 4th Batting Average (Leader: Hunter Dozier, SFA -.394) Darian Johnson.369 3rd Sam Bumpers.341 6th V.J. Bunner.325 9th Walks (Leader: Forrest Allday, UCA - 42) Jude Vidrine 40 2nd On-Base Percentage (Leader: Forrest Allday, UCA -.514) Darian Johnson.439 3rd Jude Vidrine.414 9th V.J. Bunner th Doubles (Leader: Hunter Dozier, SFA - 23) Sam Bumpers 19 T2nd Seth Dornak 16 T5th Jude Vidrine 15 T7th Triples (Leader: Jonathan Davis, UCA - 5) Darian Johnson 3 T6th Home Runs (Leader: Hunter Dozier, SFA - 17) V.J. Bunner 6 T6th Total Bases (Leader: Hunter Dozier, SFA - 154) Sam Bumpers 105 2nd Darian Johnson 103 3rd Slugging Percentage (Leader: Hunter Dozier, SFA -.759) V.J. Bunner.515 3rd Sam Bumpers.491 7th Toughest to Strike Out (Leader: Darian Johnson, LU ) Darian Johnson st Runs Scored (Leader: Forrest Allday, UCA - 51) Jude Vidrine 49 2nd Sam Bumpers 46 4th V.J. Bunner 43 6th Darian Johnson 42 T7th Runs Batted In (Leader: Hunter Dozier, SFA - 50) Darian Johnson 44 T4th Aaron Olivas 39 T10th Brad Picha 39 T10th Wins (Leader: Trevor Doane, TAMUCC - 9) Eric Harrington 7 T7th Jonathan Dziedzic 6 T10th Innings Pitched (Leader: Alex Gonzalez, ORU ) Jonathan Dziedzic th Complete Games (Leader: Caleb McClanahan, UCA - 5) Eric Harrington 4 T2nd Opponent Batting Average (Leader: Cody Dickson, SHSU -.174) Jonathan Dziedzic.234 8th Earned Run Average (Leader: Alex Gonzalez, ORU ) Eric Harrington th Strikeouts (Leader: Alex Gonzalez, ORU - 125) Jonathan Dziedzic 99 2nd Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (Leader: Alex Gonzalez, ORU ) Jonathan Dziedzic rd Walks Per Nine Innings (Leader: Caleb McClanahan, UCA -.87) Eric Harrington th WHIP (Leader: Caleb McClanahan, CS Fullerton -.88) Eric Harrington th NCAA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Hits (Leader: Chesny Young, Mercer - 95) Darian Johnson 82 19th Sam Bumpers rd Batting Average (Leader: Mike Tauchman, Bradley -.427) Darian Johnson th Sam Bumpers th Walks (Leader: Pat Blair, Wake Forest/Kris Bryant, San Diego - 57) Jude Vidrine 40 33rd Doubles (Leader: Jimmy Yezzo, Delaware - 27) Sam Bumpers 19 32nd Seth Dornak th Total Bases (Leader: Kris Bryant, San Diego - 176) Sam Bumpers th Slugging Percentage (Leader: Kris Bryant, San Diego -.876) V.J. Bunner th Toughest to Strike Out (Leader: Nick Ratajczak, Louisville ) Darian Johnson th Runs Scored (Leader: Kris Bryant, San Diego - 72) Jude Vidrine 49 84th Sam Bumpers nd Runs Batted In (Leader: Colin Moran, North Carolina - 83) Darian Johnson th Complete Games (Leader: Kerry Doane, ETSU - 11) Eric Harrington 4 37th Earned Run Average (Leader: David Berg, UCLA ) Eric Harrington th Strikeouts (Leader: Carlos Rodon, N.C. State - 137) Jonathan Dziedzic 99 18th Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (Leader: Carlos Rodon, N.C. State ) Jonathan Dziedzic th Walks Per Nine Innings (Leader: Thomas Eshelman, CS Fullerton -.19) Eric Harrington th WHIP (Leader: Thomas Eshelman, CS Fullerton -.73) Eric Harrington th LU in the Rankings NCAA TEAM RANKINGS Hits nd Batting Average rd Walks rd On-Base Percentage th Doubles th Triples 6 256th Home Runs th Slugging Percentage th Stolen Bases th Runs th Runs Per Game th Earned Run Average nd Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings th Strikeouts Per Nine Innings th Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio th WHIP th Fielding Percentage.980 6th Double Plays 52 26th SLC TEAM RANKINGS Hits 560 1st Batting Average.299 1st Walks 207 T2nd On-Base Percentage.378 2nd Doubles 115 1st Triples 6 9th Home Runs 22 4th Slugging Percentage.402 3rd Stolen Bases 30 T9th Runs 351 2nd Runs Per Game 6.5 2nd Earned Run Average th Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings th Strikeouts Per Nine Innings 6.9 5th Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio th WHIP th Fielding Percentage.980 1st Double Plays 52 1st

6 OVERALL STATISTICS Record: Home: Away: 9-8 HITTING STATISTICS Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 16 Darian Johnson Sam Bumpers V.J. Bunner Seth Dornak Aaron Olivas Brad Picha Jude Vidrine Zach Luevanos Garret Autrey Jake Sutton Brandon Provost Joe Arechiga Andrew Dewey Ryan Mossakowski Totals Opponents LOB - Team (442), Opp (412). DPs turned - Team (52), Opp (40). IBB - Team (7), Johnson 3, Dornak 3, Luevanos 1, Opp (9). Picked off - Dewey 3, Olivas 2, Vidrine 1, Bumpers 1. PITCHING STATISTICS Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 6 Eric Harrington / Jonathan Dziedzic / David Carver / Jayson McKinley / Lance Warren / Hunter Perry / Collin Chapman / Chase Angelle / Ben Coram / Travis Moore / Jerin Spikes / Tom Elsom / Will Hibbs / J.T. Autrey / Brett Brown / Trevor Swint / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (8), Luevanos 5, Provost 3, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (7), Dziedzic 5, Elsom 1, Angelle 1, Opp (7). SBA/ATT - Luevanos (37-41), Provost (12-17), Carver (8-10), Dziedzic (7-8), Harrington (5-5), Perry (4-5), Chapman (3-5), Autrey, J.T. (5-5), Angelle (3-4), Moore (3-4), Brown (4-4), Hibbs (1-3), Spikes (1-3), McKinley (1-2), Warren (2-2), Swint (1-1), Coram (1-1).

7 HITTING STATISTICS SOUTHLAND STATISTICS Record: Home: 8-7 Away: 7-5 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 16 Darian Johnson Sam Bumpers V.J. Bunner Seth Dornak Aaron Olivas Garret Autrey Zach Luevanos Brad Picha Jude Vidrine Jake Sutton Brandon Provost Joe Arechiga Andrew Dewey Totals Opponents LOB - Team (217), Opp (232). DPs turned - Team (20), Opp (21). IBB - Team (5), Johnson 3, Dornak 1, Luevanos 1, Opp (7). Picked off - Olivas 1. PITCHING STATISTICS Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 6 Eric Harrington / Jonathan Dziedzic / Hunter Perry / Chase Angelle / Travis Moore / J.T. Autrey / Ben Coram / Lance Warren / Tom Elsom / Jerin Spikes / Will Hibbs / Brett Brown / David Carver / Jayson McKinley / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (3), Luevanos 3, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (4), Dziedzic 4, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Luevanos (23-24), Provost (4-5), Dziedzic (4-5), Carver (4-4), Angelle (3-4), Moore (3-3), Spikes (1-3), Autrey, J.T. (3-3), Harrington (2-2), Brown (2-2), Perry (2-2), Coram (1-1), Hibbs (1-1), McKinley (1-1).