Mar. 8, 2018 Week 6 GNACSports.com @GNACSports 2018 GNAC Baseball Standings GNAC Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Central Washington 4 0 1.000 9 5.643 0-0 9-5 0-0 Won 6 Western Oregon 4 0 1.000 4 7.364 2-0 2-6 0-1 Won 4 Montana State Billings 3 1.750 8 6.571 2-0 5-6 1-0 Lost 1 Concordia 1 3.250 2 12.143 1-3 1-9 0-0 Won 1 Northwest Nazarene 0 4.000 2 12.143 0-4 2-8 0-0 Lost 10 Saint Martin s 0 4.000 2 12.143 0-4 2-8 0-0 Lost 7 LAST WEEK S GAMES Fri., Mar. 2 at Western Oregon 10, Saint Martin s 3* at Western Oregon 9, Saint Martin s 3* Sat., Mar. 3 Central Washington 12, at Northwest Nazarene 5* MSU Billings 4, at Concordia 2* Central Washington 12, at Northwest Nazarene 2* MSU Billings 8, at Concordia 2* Sun., Mar. 4 MSU Billings 4, at Concordia 0* at Concordia 2, MSU Billings 0* Western Oregon 15, at Saint Martin s 8* Western Oregon 5, at Saint Martin s 2* THIS WEEK S GAMES Mon., Mar. 5 Central Washington 6, at Northwest Nazarene 4* Central Washington 10, at Northwest Nazarene 7* Fri., Mar. 9 MSU Billings at Western Oregon, Noon* (2) Sat., Mar. 10 Concordia at Central Washington, Noon* (2) Northwest Nazarene at Saint Martin s, Noon* (2) MSU Billings at Western Oregon, 1 p.m.* (2) Sun., Mar. 11 Concordia at Central Washington, Noon* (2) * - denotes GNAC contest (2) - Doubleheader All Times Local To Game Site Contact: Rhys Lendio, Media Relations Assistant 503-305-8756 rlendio@gnacsports.com #GNACBaseball in 140 @GNACSports #SeriesSweeps Central Washington and Western Oregon opened the GNAC schedule strong with sweeps of Northwest Nazarene and Saint Martin s. #NylesAhead Western Oregon s Nyles Nygaard was named the GNAC Player of the Week after going 8 for 14 with six runs, three home runs and 11 RBIs in the Wolves four-game sweep of Saint Martin s. #TirelessTrevor Concordia s Trevor Huddleston was named the GNAC Pitcher of the Week after leading the Cavs to its first conference win on Sunday against Montana State Billings. He allowed just two hits and two walks and struck out eight for the 2-0 win. #WolvesRepeat After capturing both the regular season title and GNAC championship last year, Western Oregon is picked yet again to win the conference in the 2018 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll. #InTheRankings In the latest NCBWA West Region Rankings, Montana State Billings improved three spots to enter a two-way tie for seventh with Hawaii Pacific. Get Social Twitter Accounts/Hashtags For GNAC Baseball Programs GNAC @GNACSports #GNACBaseball Central Wash. @CWUAthletics #ClawsOut Concordia @gocugo #ProtectTheShield MSU Billings @MSUBSports NW Nazarene @NNUSports Saint Martin s @SMUSaints #SaintsAlive Western Ore. @WOUWolves #WOUWolves Tourism Burnaby Is A Proud Sponsor Of The Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Player Nyles Nygaard, Western Oregon IF 6-1 Sr. Torrance, Calif. Nygaard went 8 for 14 with six runs, three home runs and 11 RBIs as the Wolves opened GNAC play with a four-game sweep of Saint Martin s. He opened the series by going 2 for 5 with four RBIs, three of which came on a three-run homer, in a 10-3 win on Saturday. Nygaard then opened Sunday s twinbill by going 4 for 6 with three runs and five RBIs and another three-run homer in a 15-8 win. GNAC Baseball Player of the Week Past GNAC Players of the Week Date Player Pitcher Jan. 30 - Feb. 5 Haden Keller, NNU None Feb. 6-12 Andrew Schleusner, MSUB Steen Fredrickson, MSUB Feb. 13-19 Casey Sheehan, NNU Sam Wong, MSUB Feb. 20-26 Isaiah Hatch, CU Steen Fredderickson, MSUB Feb. 27 - Mar. 5 Nyles Nygaard, WOU Trevoe Huddleston, CU Also Nominated: Dustin Braun (Central Washington), Jalen Garcia (Montana State Billings). Complete Player of the Week releases are available online at GNACSports.com. Pitcher Trevor Huddleston, Concordia P/OF 5-10 Jr. Woodland, Wash. Huddleston went the distance in the Cavaliers 2-0 series-ending victory over Montana State Billings on Sunday. He allowed just two hits and two walks and struck out eight to earn his first victory of the season. In the process, Huddleston did not allow an MSUB runner past first base. Also Nominated: Griffin Davis (Central Washington), Adam Cox (Montana State Billings), Craig Grubbe (Western Oregon). GNAC News & Notes WILDCATS, YELLOWJACKETS & WOLVES START GNAC STRONG: In the opening week of GNAC play, Central Washington, Montana State Billings and Western Oregon earned series victories to start its conference slate off strong. The Wildcats swept Northwest Nazarene 12-5, 12-2, 6-4 and 10-7 while Western Oregon took care of Saint Martin s 10-3, 9-3, 15-8 and 5-2. Meanwhile, the Yellowjackets captured a 3-1 series win over Concordia after taking the opening three games 4-2, 8-3 and 4-0. YELLOWJACKETS IN THE RANKINGS: In the latest edition of the NCBWA Division II West Region Poll, Montana State Billings is the lone GNAC team included at No. 7 with 19 points. In the preseason edition of the poll, the Yellowjackets were one of three GNAC teams receiving votes (3). Montana State Billings currently in third place at 3-1 and is one of two GNAC teams with an overall record over.500. The Yellowjackets visit Western Oregon this weekend for a four-game series that will be split between Portland and Newberg, Ore. WESTERN OREGON PICKED TO REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS: After capturing both the regular season title and GNAC championship last year, Western Oregon is picked yet again to win the conference in the 2018 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll. The Wolves received two first-place votes to finish with 30 points in the poll. Western Oregon clinched the regular season by 4.5 games and outscored opponents 26-10 in the GNAC Championships to claim its 14th conference title in program history. Closely behind the Wolves is Montana State Billings, a team that won 23 games under first-year head coach Aaron Sutton. Picked second with 29 points, the Yellowjackets are one of four teams to receive a first-place vote. Montana State Billings tied for third last season and went 0-2 in the conference tournament. Central Washington is picked third with 24 points while Northwest Nazarene is picked fourth (21 points). Rounding out the coaches poll was Saint Martin s (fifth, 16 pts.) and Concordia (sixth, 7 pts.). For the second season in a row, the GNAC Championships will include four teams after being a three-team tournament up until the 2017 season. The GNAC Championships will be hosted by Central Washington on May 10-11 in Ellensburg, Wash. This will be the first time in the tournament s six-year history that the Wildcats will host the event. 2 GNAC Baseball Weekly Report Mar. 8, 2018 GNACSports.com @GNACSports #GNACBaseball
Around The GNAC CENTRAL WASHINGTON CONCORDIA Central Washington earned a sweep against Northwest Nazarene in the opening week of GNAC play. The Wildcats took 12-5 and 12-2 wins on Saturday before taking 6-4 and 10-7 victories on Monday. Senior Dustin Braun paced the Wildcats offense by batting.500 over the four games. Braun went 3 for 4 in game two and helped the Wildcats to a five-run second inning with a grand slam to left center. The junior recorded seven hits for seven runs batted in and scored three runs. Braun is tied for first in the GNAC with a.396 batting average and is fourth in the league with 13 RBIs. Sophomore Justin Hampton had himself a week at the plate after batting.357. In the series opener, Hampton went 3 for 5 and recorded two RBIs in the first inning after smashing a two-run double to right center. Hampton improves his batting average to.244 on the season and has yet to commit an error this year. Junior Connor Stevenson tossed seven innings and allowed just two runs in game two Friday night. Stevenson allowed nine hits and struck out six. He leads the GNAC with a 1.46 earned run average and has pitched 24.2 innings. He is also tied for fourth in the league with 17 strikeouts. The Wildcats are second in the GNAC with a.283 batting average and have scored 92 runs on 136 hits. Their pitching staff leads the conference with a 5.23 ERA and has compiled 84 strikeouts this season. Central Washington has five of the GNAC s top-15 hitters in terms of batting percentage with all five hitting better than.343. Central Washington returns home for its first GNAC home series of the season as it takes on Concordia. Concordia dropped its opening GNAC series to Montana State Billings. The Cavaliers fell in the opening doubleheader on Saturday, 4-2 and 8-3, before winning the second game of Sunday s twinbill 2-0. Junior Trevor Huddleston was named the GNAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week after he went the distance in the Cavaliers 2-0 series-ending victory over Montana State Billings. He allowed just two hits and two walks and struck out eight to earn his first victory of the season. In the process, Huddleston did not allow an MSUB runner past first base. He is second in the GNAC with 19 strikeouts. Senior Andrew Barrera led Concordia with a.267 batting average for four hits and a run batted in. Barrera is third in the GNAC batting.386 this season and is tied for first with 22 hits. The Cavaliers pitching staff performed well on Sunday as they allowed just four runs in the two games. Freshman Dylan Diaz allowed four runs in the opening game while Junior Wyatt Wentz and Huddleston combined for 9.1 scoreless innings in the series finale. Concordia is hitting.221 this season and has recorded 98 hits, 18 of which have been doubles. Its pitching staff is second in the GNAC with a 5.40 earned run average and has struck out 81 batters. Concordia begins its GNAC road schedule with a trip to Central Washington this weekend for a four-game series. MONTANA STATE BILLINGS NORTHWEST NAZARENE Montana State Billings earned a 3-1 series win over Concordia last weekend as it took Saturday s doubleheader 4-2 and 8-2 before splitting Sunday s contests. The Yellowjackets took game three using an allaround pitching performance for the 4-0 win. Over the four games, the Yellowjackets pitching staff shined. They led the GNAC with a 1.74 earned run average last week to go along with 36 strikeouts. Senior Tristan Shockley earned his first win of the year after going 5.2 innings in MSUB s win on Sunday. Shockley allowed just two hits and no runs. He improves to fifth in the GNAC with a 4.50 ERA and has allowed just seven runs in four appearances. Senior Kade Hall paced the Yellowjackets offense by batting.462 over the four contests with six hits and four RBIs. Hall went 2 for 4 and accounted for two runs in the 8-3 win and followed it up with another 2 for 4 outing and two RBIs Sunday afternoon to lead MSUB to the 4-0 victory. The senior has a.344 batting average and is third in the GNAC with 14 runs batted in. Sophomore Hayden Humphrey averaged a.333 batting average over the series and accounted for two RBIs and two doubles. He also drew four walks. He led the Yellowjackets with two hits and three RBIs in the 8-3 win and reached base four times. Humphrey is fifth in the GNAC batting.364 with eight RBIs and seven walks. Montana State Billings leads the GNAC in batting average (.298), runs (111), hits (145), doubles (30) and triples (4). Its pitching staff owns a 6.05 earned run average and leads the league with three saves and 125 strikeouts. The Yellowjackets continue their 22-game road trip against Western Oregon this week. Saturday s opening doubleheader will take place in Newberg, Ore., while Sunday s twinbill will be played in Portland, Ore. Northwest Nazarene continues to search for its first GNAC win after being swept by Central Washington last weekend. The Nighthawks took 12-5 and 12-2 losses on Friday before losing the doubleheader on Monday, 6-4 and 10-7. Junior Zach Penrod led the Nighthawks at the plate after batting.400 with six hits, three runs batted in and three doubles. In the series opener, Penrod drove in two runs in the third inning and finished the day 2 for 5. Penrod ended the series with a hit, run and RBI in the 10-7 loss. Senior Casey Sheehan was second on the team in batting with a.353 average over the four games. Sheehan tallied six hits, two RBIs and recorded his fifth home run of the season. Batting leadoff in game two, Sheehan blasted a solo home run in the third inning to bring NNU back within 5-1. He leads the GNAC in home runs and is tied for second with 14 runs batted in. Sheehan is also second in the league with 39 total bases. Starting game three of the series, sophomore Brennan Patterson allowed two hits in five innings and no runs. Patterson has pitched 10.2 innings this year and has struck out five batters, two of which came in the series against Central Washington. The Nighthawks are third in the GNAC batting.274 and have hit a leagueleading 19 home runs. Northwest Nazarene visits Saint Martin s this weekend for a four-game series in Lacey, Wash. Both teams are looking for its first conference win. 3 GNAC Baseball Weekly Report Mar. 8, 2018 GNACSports.com @GNACSports #GNACBaseball
Around The GNAC SAINT MARTIN S Due to inclement weather, the opening doubleheader against Western Oregon was moved to Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer, Ore., while the final two games were played at Edmonds Community College in Edmonds, Wash. Western Oregon swept the series by the scores of 10-3, 9-3, 15-8 and 5-2. Sophomore Ryan Colvin paced the Saints offense by batting.286. Colvin s best outing at the plate came in game three when the sophomore went 3 for 4 with an RBI and two runs. Down by four in the first inning, Colvin singled up the middle to drive in the Saints first run of the afternoon. He leads the team with a.297 batting average and has recorded six RBIs and two home runs. In one appearance, freshman Ritter Garrison tossed five innings of three-hit ball and allowed just two runs. Down 13-1 in the fourth inning of game three, Garrison entered in relief and finished the final five innings with four strikeouts. The appearance was just his third of the season and now has now pitched seven innings this year. As a team, Saint Martin s is hitting.229 and is one of three GNAC teams with three triples. The Saints also have the least amount of strikeouts with 90. Saint Martin s hosts a four-game series against Northwest Nazarene this weekend with both teams looking for its first GNAC win of the season. WESTERN OREGON Western Oregon opened its GNAC campaign strong with a four-game sweep of Saint Martin s. Due to inclement weather, the opening doubleheader against Saint Martin s was moved to Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer, Ore., while the final two games were played at Edmonds Community College in Edmonds, Wash. The Wolves took Friday s series opener 10-3 before taking the nightcap 9-3. In the twinbill on Sunday, Western Oregon earned 15-8 and 5-2 wins to capture its first series win of the season. Senior Nyles Nygaard was named the GNAC Player of the Week after he went 8 for 14 with six runs, three home runs and 11 RBIs. He opened the series by going 2 for 5 with four RBIs, three of which came on a three-run homer. Nygaard then opened Sunday s doubleheader by going 4 for 6 with three runs and five RBIs and another three-run homer in a 15-8 win. In 11 games this season, Nygaard has a.366 batting average and a.829 slugging percentage. Senior Jacob Martinez was second on the team as he hit.400. Martinez had a career day in the series opener as he went 5 for 6 and scored four of the Wolves 10 runs. Senior Cody Dykstra hit. 385 over the four games and recorded five hits, five runs and two runs batted in. Dykstra went 2 for 4 in the series finale and added an RBI. Freshman Kolby Bales made two relief appearances, allowing two hits in 4.1 innings. He allowed just one hit in two innings during the series opener and closed game three with one hit allowed in 2.1 innings. Western Oregon is fourth in the GNAC with a.271 batting average. Fielding has been a strength this season as the Wolves lead the GNAC with a.972 fielding percentage, committing just 11 errors all season. The Wolves return to Oregon to take on Montana State Billings this weekend. Friday s doubleheader will be played in Newberg, Ore., while Saturday s twinbill will take place in Portland, Ore.
NCBWA DIVISION II RANKINGS Week 4 - Mar. 7, 2018 Rk School Record Points Last 1 Azusa Pacific (16) 17-0 424 1 2 Delta State (Miss.) (1) 14-1 409 2 3 Florida Southern 16-1 363 4 4 Mercyhurst (Pa.) 5-0 354 8 5 West Texas A&M 15-2 348 14 6 Mount Olive (N.C.) 13-3 335 19 7 Central Missouri 11-3 293 17 8 Tampa (Fla.) 12-3 284 10 9 Flagler (Fla.) 16-2 261 21 10 California Baptist 10-3 250 13 11 Colorado Mesa 11-5 244 6 12 St. Thomas Aquinas (NY) 6-2 239 5 13 West Chester (Pa.) 5-2 198 15 14 Indianapolis 7-2 195 NR 15 Augustana (S.D.) 9-0 193 NR 16 Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 17-4 179 3 17 Saint Leo (Fla.) 13-2 169 18 18 Southern New Hampshire 7-2 162 11 19 Texas A&M Kingsville 12-2 114 NR 20 Cal State Monterey Bay 11-3 94 NR 21 St. Cloud State 5-1 92 24 22 Wingate (N.C.) 15-4 83 9 23 New Haven 6-0 67 23 24 Mississippi College 13-2 41 NR 25 Seton Hill 4-1 35 25 Also Receiving Votes: Southern Indiana (5-4) 27 points; Columbus State, Ga. (14-2) 25 points; Missouri Southern (13-2) 24 points; Chico State, Calif. (10-4) 13 points; Ohio Dominican (7-3) 5 points; North Greenville, S.C. (14-4) 2 points; Franklin Pierce, N.H. (5-2-1) 1 point; Lubbock Christian, Texas (10-4) 1 point; UC San Diego (11-6) 1 point. National & Regional Polls D2BASEBALLNEWS.COM NATIONAL POLL Preseason - Dec. 20, 2017 Rk School Record Points 1. Delta State 45-13 629 2. Tampa 41-10 626 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 44-17 624 4. Colorado Mesa 50-12 622 5. West Chester 44-11 618 6. Cal Baptist 35-18 616 7. UC San Diego 44-19 613 8. Southern New Hampshire 43-11 611 9. Chico State 45-11 605 10. Mercyhurst 38-8 602 11. Northwood (Minn.) 46-13 597 12. Nova Southeastern 35-18 594 13. Southern Indiana 32-21 590 14. Cal. Poly Pomona 34-22 589 15. Dixie State 39-14-1 586 16. Quincy 37-23 583 17. Lindenwood 40-20 580 18. Catawba 40-17 577 19. Florida Southern 35-17 574 20. Mount Olive 48-10 572 21. UNC Pembroke 41-17 568 22. Georgia College 35-15 565 23. North Georgia 46-12 562 24. Point Loma Nazarene 32-17 559 25. Azusa Pacific 42-12 557 26. Minnesota St. 46-11 554 27. Millersville 33-19 552 Seton Hill 36-20 552 28. Central Oklahoma 37-21-1 549 29. Emporia St. 42-13 547 30. Angelo St. 43-15 545 31. St. Cloud St. 41-18 542 32. Lubbock Christian 38-16 539 33. Belmont Abbey 37-17 537 34. S.C.-Aiken 40-15 534 35. Southern Arkansas 39-16 527 West Texas A&M 36-18 527 36. New Haven 31-13 525 37. Winston Salem State 39-19 523 38. Wayne State (Minn.) 34-21 520 39. Drury 37-20 517 40. Arkansas-Ft. Smith 35-22 514 NCBWA WEST REGION RANKINGS Week 3 - Mar. 5, 2018 Rk School (1st) Record Pts. Prev. 1. Azusa Pacific (7) 17-0 79 1 2. Cal Baptist (1) 10-3 70 2 3. Cal State Monterey Bay 11-3 58 4 4. Chico State 10-4 54 5 5. UC San Diego 11-6 53 3 6. Cal Poly Pomona 8-6 37 7 T7. Hawaii Pacific 9-5 19 8 T7. Montana State Billings 8-6 19 T10 9. Cal State San Marcos 9-5 18 RV 10. Stanislaus State 8-6 12 6 Receiving Votes: None Complete Poll Online GNAC IN THE NCBWA WEST REGION POLL Date CWU MSUB NNU WOU Pre* RV(6) RV(3) RV(2) 7th Week 1 -- 7th -- -- Week 2 -- 10th -- -- Week 3 -- T7th -- -- Top-50 Through Games 3/5/18 TEAM Category Institution Avg./Total Rank Runs Montana State Billings 7.90 90th Doubles Montana State Billings 30.0 46th Triples Montana State Billings 4.00 49th Home Runs Northwest Nazarene 19.0 24th Stolen Bases Northwest Nazarene 25.0 34th Sacrifice Bunts Central Washington 11.0 27th Sacrifice Flies Montana State Billings 9.00 29th Fielding Percentage Western Oregon 0.97 40th Double Plays Saint Martin s 14.0 26th Shutouts Central Washington 1.00 42nd Concordia 1.00 42nd Montana State Billings 1.00 42nd GNAC in NCAA Division II Stats INDIVIDUALS Category Team Player Avg./Total Rank Doubles CWU James Smith III 8.00 13th Triples MSUB Jalen Garcia 2.00 23rd Home Runs WOU Nyles Nygaard 5.00 38th NNU Casey Sheehan 5.00 38th RBIs Per Game WOU Nyles Nygaard 1.64 28th Stolen Bases MSUB Jalen Garcia 9.00 17th Hit by Pitch MSUB Chase Teter 8.00 13th Sacrifice Bunts CWU Ty Deckwa 4.00 13th CWU Yi-Fan Pan 3.00 33rd Sacrifice Flies MSUB Kade Hall 3.00 11th Victories MSUB Steen Fredrickson 3.00 26th Saves MSUB Adam Cox 2.00 40th SO-to-Walk Ratio CWU Connor Stevenson 8.50 21st Complete Games CWU Connor Stevenson 2.00 8th 5 GNAC Baseball Weekly Report Mar. 8, 2018 GNACSports.com @GNACSports #GNACBaseball
GNAC Baseball Statistics TEAM BATTING G Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB-ATT MSU Billings 14.298 487 111 145 30 4 12 67 108 15-19 Central Washington 14.283 480 92 136 25 3 7 58 93 11-14 Northwest Nazarene 14.274 470 76 129 20 2 19 47 129 25-30 Western Oregon 11.271 369 69 100 29 0 14 40 93 10-19 Saint Martin s 12.229 389 56 89 18 3 3 40 90 13-16 Concordia (Ore.) 14.221 444 42 98 18 3 0 44 120 14-16 TEAM PITCHING G ERA W L Sv IP H R ER BB SO Central Washington 14 5.23 9 5 0 117.0 114 78 68 57 84 Concordia (Ore.) 14 5.40 2 12 1 111.2 112 86 67 66 81 MSU Billings 14 6.05 8 6 3 116.0 114 93 78 67 125 Western Oregon 11 6.15 4 7 1 89.1 96 73 61 61 70 Saint Martin s 12 7.11 1 11 0 93.2 123 94 74 51 72 Northwest Nazarene 14 7.68 2 12 1 109.0 124 109 93 91 89 TEAM FIELDING G PO A E Pct DP PB SBA-ATT Western Oregon 11 268 111 11.972 5 3 9-14 Central Washington 14 351 129 19.962 10 5 20-27 Northwest Nazarene 14 327 117 20.957 3 8 13-18 MSU Billings 14 348 121 24.951 10 6 13-21 Concordia (Ore.) 14 335 117 27.944 8 6 17-24 Saint Martin s 12 281 121 28.935 14 8 14-19 INDIVIDUAL BATTING G Avg AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB Braun,Dustin-CWU 14.396 48 7 19 13 2 0 2 6 Penrod,Zach-NNU 12.396 48 10 19 10 7 0 3 0 Barrera,Andrew-CU 14.386 57 7 22 4 1 0 0 6 Jalen Garcia-MSUB 14.373 59 17 22 19 6 2 3 2 Hayden Humphrey-MSUB 14.364 44 11 16 8 3 0 0 7 Heinevetter,Michae-CWU 14.359 39 8 14 8 3 1 0 9 Sheehan,Casey-NNU 14.356 59 8 21 14 3 0 5 3 Smith,James-CWU 14.345 55 16 19 11 8 1 1 9 Kade Hall-MSUB 14.344 61 12 21 14 3 0 2 6 Lesmeister,Mitch-CWU 11.343 35 8 12 2 1 0 1 2 Andrew Schleusner-MSUB 13.341 44 7 15 12 3 0 1 8 Price,Parker-NNU 14.340 53 11 18 6 2 0 0 7 Conner Linebarger-MSUB 13.304 46 15 14 6 4 1 1 12 Colvin, Ryan-SMU 12.297 37 7 11 6 1 1 0 5 Folz,Justin-NNU 14.289 45 9 13 6 2 1 2 6 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING App ERA W-L Sv IP H R ER BB SO Stevenson,Connor-CWU 4 1.46 2-1 0 24.2 26 7 4 2 17 Gaul,Mackenzie-CWU 4 3.38 0-1 0 16.0 17 9 6 11 10 Sam Wong-MSUB 4 3.72 2-1 0 19.1 20 14 8 5 10 Steen Fredrickson-MSUB 4 4.05 3-0 0 20.0 15 10 9 8 24 Tristan Shockley-MSUB 4 4.50 1-1 0 14.0 12 7 7 8 14 Diaz,Dylan-CU 4 4.70 0-2 0 15.1 14 13 8 9 9 Sam Muskat-MSUB 5 4.91 0-1 0 18.1 24 12 10 3 18 Roes,Jake-CU 4 5.21 0-2 0 19.0 20 17 11 11 11 Davis,Griffin-CWU 4 5.23 2-2 0 20.2 13 14 12 11 17 Huddleston,Trevor-CU 4 5.31 1-2 0 20.1 21 13 12 9 19 Benavides-WOU 2 5.73 0-1 0 11.0 9 7 7 5 7 Jones,Kaleb-CU 4 5.89 1-3 0 18.1 24 12 12 9 12 Shoup, Aaron-SMU 3 7.11 0-3 0 12.2 23 16 10 7 2 Walker, Mickey-SMU 3 7.20 0-3 0 15.0 14 13 12 6 16 Asinas,JJ-CWU 4 9.77 1-0 0 15.2 19 19 17 8 13 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS HITS Jalen Garcia-MSUB 22 Barrera,Andrew-CU 22 Kade Hall-MSUB 21 Sheehan,Casey-NNU 21 3 tied with 19 RUNS SCORED Jalen Garcia-MSUB 17 Smith,James-CWU 16 Deckwa,Ty-CWU 15 Conner Linebarger-MSUB 15 Kade Hall-MSUB 12 RUNS BATTED IN Jalen Garcia-MSUB 19 Sheehan,Casey-NNU 14 Kade Hall-MSUB 14 Braun,Dustin-CWU 13 Andrew Schleusner-MSUB 12 DOUBLES Smith,James-CWU 8 Penrod,Zach-NNU 7 Jalen Garcia-MSUB 6 Dalto,Christopher-CWU 5 4 tied with 4 TRIPLES Jalen Garcia-MSUB 2 13 tied with 1 HOME RUNS Sheehan,Casey-NNU 5 Ryan Myers-MSUB 4 Hilyard,Jesse-NNU 4 4 tied with 3 home run(s) TOTAL BASES Jalen Garcia-MSUB 41 Sheehan,Casey-NNU 39 Penrod,Zach-NNU 35 Smith,James-CWU 32 Kade Hall-MSUB 30 STOLEN BASES SB-ATT Jalen Garcia-MSUB 9-10 Folz,Justin-NNU 8-9 Barrera,Andrew-CU 6-6 Deckwa,Ty-CWU 6-7 Redford,Kyle-NNU 5-7 STRIKEOUTS SO Steen Fredrickson-MSUB 20.0 24 Huddleston,Trevor-CU 20.1 19 Sam Muskat-MSUB 18.1 18 Stevenson,Connor-CWU 24.2 17 Davis,Griffin-CWU 20.2 17 6 GNAC Baseball Weekly Report Mar. 8, 2018 GNACSports.com @GNACSports #GNACBaseball
GNAC Individual Statistical Leaders Batting avg Braun,Dustin, CWU.396 Penrod,Zach, NNU.396 Barrera,Andrew, CU.386 Jalen Garcia, MSUB.373 Hayden Humphrey, MSUB.364 Home runs Sheehan,Casey, NNU 5 Hilyard,Jesse, NNU 4 Ryan Myers, MSUB 4 Jalen Garcia, MSUB 3 Penrod,Zach, NNU 3 Earned run avg Stevenson,Connor, CWU 1.46 Gaul,Mackenzie, CWU 3.38 Sam Wong, MSUB 3.72 Steen Fredrickson, MSUB 4.05 Tristan Shockley, MSUB 4.50 Chances Andrew Schleusner, MSUB 110 Johnson,Ben, NNU 88 Redford,Kyle, NNU 87 Conner Linebarger, MSUB 79 Hirano, Kahi, SMU 76 Slugging pct Penrod,Zach, NNU.729 Jalen Garcia, MSUB.695 Sheehan,Casey, NNU.661 Smith,James, CWU.582 Braun,Dustin, CWU.563 Total bases Jalen Garcia, MSUB 41 Sheehan,Casey, NNU 39 Penrod,Zach, NNU 35 Smith,James, CWU 32 Kade Hall, MSUB 30 Opposing bat avg Davis,Griffin, CWU.183 Steen Fredrickson, MSUB.208 Benavides, WOU.214 Tristan Shockley, MSUB.231 Walker, Mickey, SMU.246 Putouts Andrew Schleusner, MSUB 98 Redford,Kyle, NNU 83 Johnson,Ben, NNU 75 Padukiewicz,Gabe, CU 63 Colvin, Ryan, SMU 59 On base pct Heinevetter,Michae, CWU.490 Andrew Schleusner, MSUB.473 Conner Linebarger, MSUB.467 Braun,Dustin, CWU.463 Hayden Humphrey, MSUB.453 Runs scored Jalen Garcia, MSUB 17 Smith,James, CWU 16 Conner Linebarger, MSUB 15 Deckwa,Ty, CWU 15 Kade Hall, MSUB 12 Hits Jalen Garcia, MSUB 22 Barrera,Andrew, CU 22 Kade Hall, MSUB 21 Sheehan,Casey, NNU 21 Smith,James, CWU 19 Runs batted in Jalen Garcia, MSUB 19 Sheehan,Casey, NNU 14 Kade Hall, MSUB 14 Braun,Dustin, CWU 13 Andrew Schleusner, MSUB 12 Doubles Smith,James, CWU 8 Penrod,Zach, NNU 7 Jalen Garcia, MSUB 6 Dalto,Christopher, CWU 5 Conner Linebarger, MSUB 4 Triples Jalen Garcia, MSUB 2 Ryan Myers, MSUB 1 Conner Linebarger, MSUB 1 Enbody,Dominic, CU 1 Keller,Haden, NNU 1 Walks Conner Linebarger, MSUB 12 Ryan Myers, MSUB 11 Smith,James, CWU 9 Redford,Kyle, NNU 9 Heinevetter,Michae, CWU 9 Hit by pitch Chase Teter, MSUB 8 Dykstra,Cody, WOU 3 Andrew Schleusner, MSUB 3 Matt Dillon, MSUB 3 Reese,Todd, CU 3 Sac bunts Deckwa,Ty, CWU 4 Pan,Yi-Fan, CWU 3 Farhat,Jordan, CU 2 Wakem,Justin, WOU 2 Williams,Tanner, CU 2 Sac flies Kade Hall, MSUB 3 Jalen Garcia, MSUB 2 Dalto,Christopher, CWU 2 Stolen bases Jalen Garcia, MSUB 9 Folz,Justin, NNU 8 Barrera,Andrew, CU 6 Deckwa,Ty, CWU 6 Redford,Kyle, NNU 5 Total plate appearances Kade Hall, MSUB 70 Deckwa,Ty, CWU 67 Smith,James, CWU 66 Jalen Garcia, MSUB 64 Barrera,Andrew, CU 63 Innings pitched Stevenson,Connor, CWU 24.2 Davis,Griffin, CWU 20.2 Huddleston,Trevor, CU 20.1 Steen Fredrickson, MSUB 20.0 Sam Wong, MSUB 19.1 Batters struck out Steen Fredrickson, MSUB 24 Huddleston,Trevor, CU 19 Sam Muskat, MSUB 18 Davis,Griffin, CWU 17 Stevenson,Connor, CWU 17 Batters SO out looking Davis,Griffin, CWU 6 Steen Fredrickson, MSUB 6 Sam Muskat, MSUB 5 Walker, Mickey, SMU 5 Huddleston,Trevor, CU 5 Casper,Greg, NNU 5 Penrod,Zach, NNU 5 Wins Adam Cox, MSUB 2 Wilmon,Andrew, CU 1 Carson Woolery, MSUB 1 Hilyard,Jesse, NNU 1 Parr,Nick, WOU 1 Saves Adam Cox, MSUB 1 Carson Woolery, MSUB 1 Hilyard,Jesse, NNU 1 Games started Gaul,Mackenzie, CWU 4 Steen Fredrickson, MSUB 4 Clevenger,Ross, NNU 4 Mets,Ryan, NNU 4 Davis,Griffin, CWU 4 Roes,Jake, CU 4 Sam Wong, MSUB 4 Penrod,Zach, NNU 4 Assists Oshiro, Ryne, SMU 39 Hirano, Kahi, SMU 34 Dalto,Christopher, CWU 33 Barrera,Andrew, CU 32 Price,Parker, NNU 26 Deckwa,Ty, CWU 26 Fielding Double Plays Colvin, Ryan, SMU 10 Oshiro, Ryne, SMU 9 Hirano, Kahi, SMU 8 Conner Linebarger, MSUB 8 Dalto,Christopher, CWU 7 Errors Barrera,Andrew, CU 8 Hirano, Kahi, SMU 8 Dalto,Christopher, CWU 6 Oshiro, Ryne, SMU 6 Colvin, Ryan, SMU 6 Complete statistics at GNACsports. com 7 GNAC Baseball Weekly Report Mar. 8, 2018 GNACSports.com @GNACSports #GNACBaseball
GNAC Single Game Highs TEAM HIGHS BATTING At Bats 45 Saint Martin s vs Hawaii Pacific (02/16/18) Runs 16 Saint Martin s vs Hawaii Hilo (02/12/18) Hits 18 Saint Martin s vs Hawaii Pacific (02/16/18) RBIs 14 MSU Billings vs Dixie State (02/10/18) 14 Western Oregon vs Saint Martin s (0304/18) Doubles 7 Western Oregon vs Cal St. Monterey Bay (02/17/18) Triples 1 7 games tied with Home Runs 5 Northwest Nazarene vs CSU Pueblo (02/15/18) Total Bases 30 Northwest Nazarene vs CSU Pueblo (02/15/18) Walks 10 Northwest Nazarene vs Stanislaus State (2/02/18) MSU Billings vs Dixie State (02/09/18) Strikeouts 17 Western Oregon vs Azusa Pacific (02/09/18) Sacrifice Flies 2 Four teams tied with Stolen Bases 4 MSU Billings vs College of Idaho (02/17/18) Northwest Nazarene vs CSU Pueblo (02/15/18) Northwest Nazarene vs CSU Pueblo (02/17/18) Caught Stealing 2 Six games tied with Hit By Pitch 6 MSU Billings vs College of Idaho (02/17/18) Runners LOB 13 Central Washington vs Corban (02/17/18) MSU Billings vs College of Idaho (02/17/18) Hit into DP 3 Central Washington vs Academy of Art (02/10/18) MSU Billings vs College of Idaho (02/18/18) Northwest Nazarene vs CSU Pueblo (02/16/18) FIELDING Putouts 30 Four teams tied with Assists 17 Saint Martin s vs Hawaii Pacific (02/17/18) Errors 7 Concordia vs Lewis-Clark State (02/10/18) Passed Balls 3 Saint Martin s vs Hawaii Pacific (02/17/18) Northwest Nazarene vs Central Washington (03/03/18) DPs Turned 3 Central Washington vs Academy of Art (02/10/18) Saint Martin s vs Hawaii Hilo (02/11/18) Saint Martin s vs Hawaii Pacific (02/17/18) INDIVIDUAL HIGHS BATTING At Bats 6 15 players tied Runs 4 Martinez, WOU (vs SMU, 03/02/18) 4 Linebarger, MSUB (vs NCU, Hits Hits 5 Martinez, WOU (vs SMU, 03/02/18) RBIs 6 Schleusner, MSU Billings (vs DSU, 02/09/18) Doubles 2 15 players tied with Triples 1 15 players tied with Home runs 4 Four players tied with Total bases 10 Sheehan, NNU (CSU Pueblo, 02/17/18) Walks 3 4 players tied Strikeouts 4 Johnson, NW Nazarene (vs CSUS, 02/02/18) Hilyard, Northwest Nazarene (vs CSUC, 0210/18) Sacrifice Hits 2 Deckwa, CWU (vs NNU, 03/03/18) 2 Linebarger, MSUB (vs CU, 03/05/18) 2 Dalto, CWU (vs NNU, 03/05/18) Sacrifice Flies 2 Dalto, CWU (vs NNU, 03/05/18) Stolen Bases 3 Folz, NNU (vs CSU Pueblo, 02/117/18) Caught stealing 1 26 players tied with Hit by pitch 2 Six players tied with Runners LOB 7 Oshiro, SMU (vs HPU, 02/17/18) FIELDING Putouts 15 Schleusner, MSUB (vs NCU, 02/25/18) 15 McCord, WOU (vs SMU, 03/04/18) Assists 9 Oshiro, SMU (vs WOU, 03/02/18) Errors 3 Barrera, Concordia (vs LCSC, 02/10/18) Passed balls 3 Nakagawa, SMU (vs HPU, 02/17/18) PITCHING Innings pitched 7.0 9 players tied with Strikeouts 9 Dorney, SMU (vs HPU, 02/17/18) Wild pitches 3 9 tied with Hit batters 3 8 tied with PITCHING Innings Pitched 10.0 Four teams with Walks Allowed 1 Central Washington vs Academy of Art (02/09/18) Strikeouts 12 Western Oregon at Azusa Pacific (02/09/18) Saint Martin s vs Hawaii Pacific (02/17/18) MSU Billings vs College of Idaho (02/18/18) Hits allowed 3 Central Washington vs Academy of Art (02/09/18) Wild Pitches 6 MSU Billings vs Dixie State (02/10/18) Hit Batters 7 Concordia vs Lewis-Clark State (02/10/18) 8 GNAC Baseball Weekly Report Mar. 8, 2018 GNACSports.com @GNACSports #GNACBaseball