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Gonzaga University Baseball Weekly Notes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 14, 2003 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS SPORTS INFORMATION 502 E.

gonzaga.edu SID FAX (509) 323-5730 PRESS BOX PHONE (509) 323-4224 ZAGS RETURN TO LOS ANGELES FOR EASTER WEEKEND SERIES AT LMU THURSDAY - April 17 Gonzaga at Loyola Marymo

SATURDAY - April 19 (DH) Gonzaga at Loyola Marymo

1 Gonzaga University Baseball Weekly Notes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 14, 2003 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS SPORTS INFORMATION 502 E. Boone Spokane, WA Oliver Pierce Sports Information Director (509) pierce@athletics.gonzaga.edu Rich Moser Assistant SID Baseball Contact (509) moser@athletics.gonzaga.edu Chelsea Fine Graduate Assistant SID (509) fine@athletics.gonzaga.edu SID FAX (509) PRESS BOX PHONE (509) ZAGS RETURN TO LOS ANGELES FOR EASTER WEEKEND SERIES AT LMU THURSDAY - April 17 Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 3 p.m. SATURDAY - April 19 (DH) Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 11 a.m. MONDAY - April 21 Whitworth vs. Gonzaga, 3 p.m. (site TBD) 2003 Record , 4-11 WCC GONZAGA HEADS TO LOS ANGELES FOR EASTER SERIES: The Bulldogs head to the Los Angeles area for the second time this season as they visit West Division leader Loyola Marymount for an Easter weekend series. The Bulldogs made an earlier trip to the Los Angeles area when bad weather forced Gonzaga and Pepperdine to flip-flop their WCC series with GU going South in early March and Pepperdine coming to Spokane in late May. Last season Gonzaga swept their series with the Lions in Spokane and two seasons ago the Bulldogs won two of three in Los Angeles when the schools were in the same division. Loyola Marymount later won three games in Spokane that season but the Bulldogs still won their first-ever WCC Coast Division title. The series will take place with one game on Thursday and two games on Saturday. LMU does not permit games to be played on Good Friday or Easter Sunday. Following the weekend trip Gonzaga will face Whitworth in their first home game not at August/A.R.T. Stadium. The school will announce later this week where the remaining home games will be played for the 2003 season. BASEBALL ACTION ENDS AT AUGUST/A.R.T. STADIUM: Opened on April 7, 1967 as Pecarovich Field, Gonzaga played its final baseball games over the weekend at August/A.R.T. Stadium. The Bulldogs will now play the remainder of their home schedule at a local site as the Gonzaga University Board of Trustees voted on Friday to begin construction on a new basketball arena and baseball complex. The basketball arena will be located on the site of the current baseball diamond with the new baseball complex scheduled to be built on the site of the old U.S. Postal Annex, located on the south side of the Gonzaga campus adjacent to Trent Avenue. In their final week of competition as August/A.R.T. Stadium the Bulldogs posted a 2-3 record to end 2003 home action at 5-5 overall. GU won non-conference games against Washington State and Lewis-Clark State before losing a WCC series against San Francisco. Highlighting the week of action was senior Eric Rodland who became the school s career hits leader on Tuesday with two hits against Washington State. Rodland now has 247 career hits at Gonzaga as he broke the school record held by Jim Carnell during the seasons.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 14, 2003 2003 Gonzaga Baseball Schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Feb. 14 # Arizona State (#5) L 4-8 Feb. 15 # Oregon State L 1-5 Feb. 16 # Oklahoma State L 1-3 Feb.

2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 14, Gonzaga Baseball Schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Feb. 14 # Arizona State (#5) L 4-8 Feb. 15 # Oregon State L 1-5 Feb. 16 # Oklahoma State L 1-3 Feb. 17 Arizona State (#4) L 5-17 Feb. 21 Washington W 13-2 Feb. 22 Washington W 16-1 Feb. 23 Washington L 3-7 Feb. 28 $ Lewis-Clark State Rained Out Mar. 1 $ Portland W 9-5 Mar. 1 $ Brigham Young L 1-10 Mar. 2 $ Washington State W 10-0 Mar. 7 * Pepperdine L 0-8 Mar. 8 * Pepperdine (1) L 3-5 Mar. 8 * Pepperdine (2) L 1-2 Mar Bowling Green W 1-0 Mar UNC Asheville W 11-3 Mar Cal Poly T 8-8 Mar Illinois State W 7-4 Mar Penn State W 6-5 Mar Fresno State L 3-4 (11) Mar. 23 * SANTA CLARA (1) W 9-7 Mar. 23 * SANTA CLARA (2) L 0-10 Mar. 24 * SANTA CLARA W 5-4 (11) Mar. 25 * WHITWORTH W 10-5 Mar. 28 * Saint Mary s L 3-9 Mar. 29 * Saint Mary s L 5-6 Mar. 30 * Saint Mary s W 13-6 Apr. 1 WASHINGTON STATE L 8-6 Apr. 4 * Portland L 5-1 Apr. 6 * Portland (1) W 9-6 (16) Apr. 6 * Portland (2) L 3-4 (13) Apr. 8 WASHINGTON STATE W 10-1 Apr. 9 LEWIS-CLARK STATE W 7-3 Apr. 11 * SAN FRANCISCO L 3-4 Apr. 12 * SAN FRANCISCO L 5-7 Apr. 13 * SAN FRANCISCO L 3-8 Apr. 17 * Loyola Marymount 3 p.m. Apr. 19 * Loyola Marymount (1) Noon Apr. 19 * Loyola Marymount (2) TBA Apr. 21 WHITWORTH 3 p.m. Apr. 25 * SAN DIEGO 3 p.m. Apr. 26 * SAN DIEGO 1 p.m. Apr. 27 * SAN DIEGO 1 p.m. Apr. 29 Washington State 6 p.m. May 2 * SAINT MARY S 3 p.m. May 3 * SAINT MARY S 1 p.m. May 4 * SAINT MARY S 1 p.m. May 10 * Santa Clara 1 p.m. May 11 * Santa Clara 1 p.m. May 12 * Santa Clara 2:30 p.m. May 16 * PEPPERDINE 3 p.m. May 17 * PEPPERDINE 1 p.m. May 18 * PEPPERDINE 1 p.m. May 20 OREGON STATE 3 p.m. May 21 OREGON STATE 3 p.m. May WCC Championships TBA * West Coast Conference Game # Coca-Cola Baseball Classic (Surprise, AZ) $ Banana Belt Tournament (Lewiston, ID) + Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic (Fresno, CA) HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS ALL TIMES PACIFIC TIME ZONE ALL TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE LOYOLA MARYMOUNT LIONS: Gonzaga enters its third week of WCC 2003 Record: cross-divisional action with a series at Loyola 21-16, 8-7 WCC Marymount. The Lions enter the weekend with a Series Record half-game lead over San Francisco and San Diego for LMU the West Division lead after being swept at Pepperdine. With three loses in that series LMU has now lost four games in a row including a 22-6 loss at No. 2 Cal State Fullerton. Josh Whitesell paces an LMU offense which is hitting.317 as a team. Whitesell has 10 home runs and is hitting.360 for the season. All nine LMU starters are currently hitting over.300 with Carl Stoeber owning the lowest average at.306. The Lions also have four starting pitchers with ERA s under The Bulldogs won two of three in their last visit to Page Stadium in WHITWORTH PIRATES: Gonzaga entertains Whitworth for the second 2003 Record: time this season on the Monday after Easter. The Pirates are led by Jake Krummel with a.354 batting Series Record average. Earlier this season Gonzaga defeated GU Whitworth 10-5 as freshman Josh Monroe picked up his first collegiate win. The game will be played at a site still to be determined after Gonzaga approved construction of a new basketball arena and baseball complex. UNLIKELY HERO GETS WIN: Freshman Nate Williams put himself into the spotlight on Wednesday afternoon as he made his first collegiate start and picked up his first win against Lewis-Clark State. Williams held the NAIA s No. 2 team in check for five innings as he left the contest with a 4-3 lead, Gonzaga winning the game 7-3. Williams has now worked in seven games this season with a 4.15 ERA. REDING GETS A WEEKDAY CALL: Junior pitcher Matt Reding also got a call to the starting rotation this week as he worked Tuesday s game against Washington State. Reding no-hit the Cougars until the sixth inning as Gonzaga scored eight runs in the third inning for a 10-1 win. Reding finished off the seventh allowing only the one earned run on three hits. On Saturday Reding also got the call to the Bulldogs offensive line-up and he delivered with a two-run home run going 1-for-3. RODLAND NEW HITS KING: Senior Eric Rodland now ranks as the Gonzaga career hits leader after breaking the record on Tuesday against Washington State. Rodland collected both hits in the Bulldogs eight-run third inning as he doubled early in the inning to tie the record before a single through the infield gave him the new school mark. Rodland now has 247 career hits as Gonzaga has 19 games remaining on the 2003 schedule. The West Coast Conference career record for hits is 314 held by Pepperdine s Paul Faires ( ). Rodland does have a chance of catching the bottom half of the WCC career Top 10 as Kris Zacuto (LMU) and Travis Tarchione (LMU) both stand tied for 10th with 265 career hits. OREGON STATE GAME CHANGE: Fans are advised that Gonzaga s two game series with Oregon State has been moved from May 13 and 14 to May 20 and 21 in Spokane. The change is to accommodate OSU s Pac-10 schedule.

3 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 14, WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS (THRU APRIL 13) COAST DIVISION WCC GAMES OVERALL GAMES TEAM W L GB W L T PCT Pepperdine Santa Clara Saint Mary s GONZAGA WEST DIVISION WCC GAMES OVERALL GAMES TEAM W L GB W L T PCT Loyola Marymount San Diego San Francisco Portland WEST COAST CONFERENCE PRESEASON PREDICTIONS COACHES POLL Coast Division Votes Pepperdine (3) 45 Santa Clara 33 Gonzaga 26 Saint Mary s 12 West Division Votes Loyola Marymount (3) 40 San Diego (2) 40 Portland 14 San Francisco 14 OTHER GONZAGA BASEBALL NEWS BULLDOGS SIGN TWO DURING EARLY PERIOD: Gonzaga University signed two players to national letters of intent during the early period as junior college players Jason Pohl and Geoff Wagner both committed to Gonzaga. Pohl is a switch-hitting catcher as Lower Columbia (WA) Community College. Wagner is an outfielder at Citrus College in California. THREE FORMER GU PLAYERS IN TRIPLE-A: As minor league baseball opened for the 2003 season, three former Gonzaga players start the campaign one step away from the Major Leagues. Scott Morgan (Chicago White Sox), Bo Hart (St. Louis) and Jason Bay (San Diego) all opened the season in the Triple-A, Morgan and Bay spending the spring in Major League Spring Training camp. Also starting play was Steve Bennett (AA - New York Mets), Nate Gold and Kevin Richardson (A - Texas) and Brian Munhall (A - San Francisco). HEAD COACH STEVE HERTZ: Gonzaga head coach Steve Hertz enters his 24th season as skipper of the Bulldogs and his 26th year overall as a college head coach. A threeyear member of the Gonzaga baseball team, Hertz compiled a 19-8 record as a pitcher prior to graduating from GU in Hertz went on to play three years in the Minnesota Twins organization prior to returning to Gonzaga, starting his collegiate coaching career as a Bulldogs assistant in Hertz took over the program in 1978 and led Gonzaga to a record and NCAA Regional appearance. Following a two-year stint at UC Irvine, Hertz returned to Gonzaga in 1981 and guided the Bulldogs to their best season with a record and NCAA Regional appearance. During his coaching career Hertz has earned five Coach of the Year honors the most recent coming in 2001 when he guided the Bulldogs to the WCC Coast Division crown. Hertz has compiled a record as a Division I head coach including a record at Gonzaga. WELKER HAS A STRONG WEEKEND: Junior Brad Welker had a solid weekend at the plate as he was called to action in a pinch-hitting role on Saturday and delivered a run scoring double. Welker followed that performance up on Sunday as he collected three more hits including two more two baggers. Welker is now hitting.314 on the season. WHITE GETS SOME WORK: Junior Kris White got some good work in on the mound this week as he appeared in three games allowing only two hits to Washington State. White lowered his ERA to 6.10 on the season after the three shutout innings. BRATTON BIG IN MID-WEEK GAMES: Junior Marshall Bratton was big for the Bulldogs during their two mid-week wins over Washington State and Lewis-Clark State. Bratton drove home six of Gonzaga s 17 runs in those two games with two doubles against the Cougars and his first career home run against the Warriors. ZAGS AMONG WCC LEADERS: Several Gonzaga Bulldogs continue to rank among the WCC leaders at the mid-point of the WCC season. Danny Evans ranks 11th in WCC with a.333 batting average, tops on the GU squad. On the pitching side Gonzaga has two players in the Top 11 as John Gonzalez ranks fourth in ERA with a 2.54 clip and Eric Dworkis is 11th at First baseman Gordon Corder ranks second in the league with 35 RBI and is tied for 4th in the league with 9 home runs. Despite not pitching over the weekend Errol Simonitsch ranks second in the league in strike outs. The junior left-hander has 58 strike outs on the season in 49 innings pitched.

4 2003 GONZAGA BULLDOGS BASEBALL Overall Statistics for GONZAGA BULLDOGS (as of Apr 13, 2003) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: 5-5 Away: 4-10 Neutral: WCC: 4-11 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% 25 BRENNAN, Jackson EVANS, Danny CORDER, Gordon CULPEPPER, Jeff WELKER, Brad JOHNSON, David RODLAND, Eric QUACKENBUSH, Kemp SINNER, Chris BRATTON, Marshall FROMAN, Nick HESS, Sam REDING, Matt ZURMELY, Grant THIBAULT, Kiel EVERSON, Eric DONOVAN, Patrick Totals Opponents LOB - Team (309), Opp (285). DPs turned - Team (40), Opp (53). CI - Team (1), HESS, S. 1. IBB - Team (8), CORDER, G 3, CULPEPPER, J 2, RODLAND, E. 2, SINNER, C. 1, Opp (10). Picked off - FROMAN, N. 2, JOHNSON, D. 1, SINNER, C. 1, CULPEPPER, J 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 16 EVERSON, Eric / GONZALEZ, John / DWORKIS, Eric / CLELLAND, Ed / WILLIAMS, Nate / DONOVAN, Patrick / REDING, Matt / SIMONITSCH, Errol / LICHTER, Sean / WHITE, Kris / MONROE, Josh / TRAUTMANN, Darrin / HARE, Steve / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (8), HESS, S. 6, THIBAULT, K 2, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (1), DWORKIS, E 1, Opp (5). SBA/ATT - HESS, S. (20-33), DWORKIS, E (3-7), GONZALEZ, J. (4-5), LICHTER, S (2-5), SIMONITSCH (4-5), REDING, M. (1-4), MONROE, J. (1-3), DONOVAN, P (1-3), WHITE, K (2-3), CLELLAND, E. (2-3), WILLIAMS, N (0-1), EVERSON, E. (0-1), THIBAULT, K (0-1).

5 2003 GONZAGA BULLDOGS BASEBALL Overall Statistics for GONZAGA BULLDOGS (as of Apr 13, 2003) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct) Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI 26 BRATTON, Marshall THIBAULT, Kiel DWORKIS, Eric SIMONITSCH, Errol DONOVAN, Patrick WILLIAMS, Nate MONROE, Josh WHITE, Kris RODLAND, Eric SINNER, Chris HESS, Sam CORDER, Gordon JOHNSON, David LICHTER, Sean CLELLAND, Ed CULPEPPER, Jeff EVANS, Danny WELKER, Brad GONZALEZ, John ZURMELY, Grant FROMAN, Nick REDING, Matt EVERSON, Eric HARE, Steve QUACKENBUSH, Kemp BRENNAN, Jackson TRAUTMANN, Darrin Totals Opponents

6 2003 GONZAGA BULLDOGS BASEBALL Game Results for GONZAGA BULLDOGS (as of Apr 13, 2003) (All games) Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall WCC Pitcher of record Attend Time / #Feb 14, 2003 vs #5 ARIZONA STATE 4-8 L 4 8 0/ GONZALEZ, J. (L 0-1) 467 2:59 #Feb 15, 2003 vs OREGON STATE BEAVERS 1-5 L 1 9 3/ SIMONITSCH (L 0-1) 233 2:40 #Feb 16, 2003 vs OKLAHOMA STATE 1-3 L 1 7 0/ MONROE, J. (L 0-1) 346 2:40 Feb 17, 2003 at #4 ARIZONA STATE 5-17 L / LICHTER, S (L 0-1) :22 Feb 21, 2003 at WASHINGTON HUSKIES W / SIMONITSCH (W 1-1) 396 2:55 Feb 22, 2003 at WASHINGTON HUSKIES W / DWORKIS, E (W 1-0) 593 2:48 Feb 23, 2003 at WASHINGTON HUSKIES 3-7 L 3 7 1/ DONOVAN, P (L 0-1) 732 3:15 &Mar 01, 2003 vs PORTLAND PILOTS W / SIMONITSCH (W 2-1) 75 2:34 &Mar 01, 2003 vs BRIGHAM YOUNG 1-10 L 1 4 1/ LICHTER, S (L 0-2) 70 2:45 &Mar 02, 2003 vs WASHINGTON STATE W / DWORKIS, E (W 2-0) 125 2:45 *Mar 07, 2003 at PEPPERDINE WAVES 0-8 L 0 2 1/ SIMONITSCH (L 2-2) 117 2:15 *Mar 08, 2003 at PEPPERDINE WAVES 3-5 L 3 9 1/ DWORKIS, E (L 2-1) 314 1:56 *Mar 08, 2003 at PEPPERDINE WAVES 1-2 L / GONZALEZ, J. (L 0-2) 314 2:37 +Mar 10, 2003 vs BOWLING GREEN W / CLELLAND, E. (W 1-0) 100 1:53 +Mar 11, 2003 vs NC ASHEVILLE W / DONOVAN, P (W 1-1) 100 2:55 +Mar 12, 2003 vs CAL POLY MUSTANGS 8-8 T / None 100 3:00 +Mar 13, 2003 vs ILLINOIS STATE W / DWORKIS, E (W 3-1) 100 2:29 +Mar 14, 2003 vs PENN STATE W / SIMONITSCH (W 3-2) 100 2:42 +Mar 15, 2003 at FRESNO STATE 3-4 L / (11) DONOVAN, P (L 1-2) :35 *Mar 23, 2003 SANTA CLARA BRONCOS W / SIMONITSCH (W 4-2) 150 2:51 *Mar 23, 2003 SANTA CLARA BRONCOS 0-10 L 0 6 2/ DWORKIS, E (L 3-2) 150 2:36 *Mar 24, 2003 SANTA CLARA BRONCOS W / (11) CLELLAND, E. (W 2-0) 115 3:29 Mar 25, 2003 WHITWORTH PIRATES W / MONROE, J. (W 1-1) 138 2:46 *Mar 28, 2003 at SAINT MARY'S GAELS 3-9 L 3 9 4/ CLELLAND, E. (L 2-1) 144 2:40 *Mar 29, 2003 at SAINT MARY'S GAELS 5-6 L / DWORKIS, E (L 3-3) 307 3:06 *Mar 30, 2003 at SAINT MARY'S GAELS W / GONZALEZ, J. (W 1-2) 288 3:30 Apr 01, 2003 WASHINGTON STATE 6-8 L / CLELLAND, E. (L 2-2) 185 2:37 *Apr 04, 2003 at PORTLAND PILOTS 1-5 L 1 7 1/ SIMONITSCH (L 4-3) 257 2:11 *Apr 06, 2003 at PORTLAND PILOTS W / (16) DWORKIS, E (W 4-3) 313 4:37 *Apr 06, 2003 at PORTLAND PILOTS 3-4 L / (13) DONOVAN, P (L 1-3) 313 3:12 Apr 08, 2003 WASHINGTON STATE W / REDING, M. (W 1-0) 361 2:21 Apr 09, 2003 LEWIS-CLARK STATE W / WILLIAMS, N (W 1-0) 279 2:20 *Apr 11, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO DONS 3-4 L 3 8 1/ MONROE, J. (L 1-2) 408 2:48 *Apr 12, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO DONS 5-7 L 5 8 4/ CLELLAND, E. (L 2-3) 386 2:42 *Apr 13, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO DONS 3-8 L / DWORKIS, E (L 4-4) 489 2:54 * = West Coast Conference game # = Surprise Coca-Cola Baseball Classic (Surprise, AZ) & = Cellular 2-Way Banana Belt Classic (Lewiston, ID) + = Pepsi/Johnny Quik Baseball Classic (Fresno, CA) () extra inning game

Gonzaga University Baseball Weekly Notes

Gonzaga University Baseball Weekly Notes GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS SPORTS INFORMATION 502 E. Boone Spokane, WA 99258-0066 Oliver Pierce Sports Information Director (509) 323-6373 pierce@athletics.gonzaga.edu