LINDENWOOD LIONS BASEBALL 2010 GAME NOTES GAMES NO. 1-4

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# 12 LADY LIONS (45-12,32-8 HAAC) VS. 2010 SCHEDULE FAULKNER UNIVERSITY EAGLES (33-22, 16-11 SSAC) Date Opponent Time/Result 1/30 at Faulkner (Ala.)# 1:00 p.m. JAN. 30, 2010 1:00 P.M. (DH) MONTGOMERY, ALA. 1/30 at Faulkner (Ala.)# 3:00 p.m 1/31 at Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.)# 12:00 p.m. 1/31 at Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.)# 2:00 p.m. # 12 LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY LADY LIONS (45-12, 32-8 HAAC) VS. 2/6 at Bacone (Okla.) 1:00 p.m. #23 AUBURN MONTGOMERY SENATORS (37-23, 18-9 SSAC) 2/6 at Bacone (Okla.) 3:00 p.m. 2/7 at Bacone (Okla.) 1:00 p.m. JAN. 31, 2010 12:00 P.M. (DH) MONTGOMERY, ALA. 2/13 at Lubbock Christian (Texas) 2:00 p.m. 2/13 at Lubbock Christian (Texas) 4:00 p.m. 2/14 at Lubbock Christian (Texas) 1:00 p.m. TORYLINE OAD ARRIORS 2/14 at Lubbock Christian (Texas) 3:00 p.m. S R W 2/20 at Tennessee Wesleyan 1:00 p.m. The two-time defending Heart The Lions will begin their season 2/20 at Tennessee Wesleyan 3:00 p.m. of America Athletic Conference with a long 15 game road trip away 2/21 at Tennessee Wesleyan 2:00 p.m. Champions, Lindenwood Lions baseball from the Sports Complex. 2/21 at Tennessee Wesleyan 4:00 p.m. 2/27 Indiana Southeast 1:00 p.m. team will begin its title defense During the 2009 campaign road games 2/27 Indiana Southeast 3:00 p.m. and 2010 season with a road trip to were very friendly to the Lions. The 2/28 Indiana Southeast 1:00 p.m. Montgomery, Alabama to take part in team would go 27-4 which was the best 2/28 Indiana Southeast 3:00 p.m. 3/6 Benedictine (Kan.)* 1:00 p.m. the Auburn Montgomery Tournament. road record in the conference and one 3/6 Benedictine (Kan.)* 3:00 p.m. A year ago the Lions fi nished the of the best in the country. 3/7 Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) 6:00 p.m. season with a 45-12 record and hosted a 3/7 Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) 8:00 p.m. 3/9 at Graceland (Iowa)* 1:00 p.m. NAIA Opening Round Tournament. The 3/9 at Graceland (Iowa)* 3:00 p.m. Lions would go 2-2 in the tourney and TOEING THE SLAB 3/10 Mid-Continent (Ky.) 4:00 p.m. would just miss moving onto the NAIA A year ago Lindenwood had one of 3/10 Mid-Continent (Ky.) 6:00 p.m. the best pitching staffs in the conference 3/13 Baker (Kan.)* 1:00 p.m. World Series. 3/13 Baker (Kan.)* 3:00 p.m. Now in 2010 the team will try to and the country. The staff compiled 3/16 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)* 4:00 p.m. improve on a season from a year ago an ERA of 3.38 which ranked them on 3/16 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)* 6:00 p.m. top of the HAAC and 18th in the entire 3/20 at William Jewell (Mo.)* 1:00 p.m. that was one of the best in recent years. 3/20 at William Jewell (Mo.)* 3:00 p.m. This year’s squad has numerous country. To go along with the stellar 3/21 McKendree (Ill.) 2:00 p.m. returners, a few youngsters and you can ERA, opponents hit only .275 against 3/23 at Avila (Mo.)* 1:00 p.m. Lion pitchers. 3/23 at Avila (Mo.)* 3:00 p.m. sprinkle in a couple transfers for head 3/26 Evangel (Mo.)* 4:00 p.m. coach Doug Bletcher. 3/26 Evangel (Mo.)* 6:00 p.m. Up fi rst for the squad will be a 3/27 Evangel (Mo.)* 1:00 p.m. STINGY WITH RUNS 3/28 at McKendree (Ill.) 2:00 p.m. doubleheader against the Faulkner A season ago the team only allowed 4/2 Missouri Valley* 4:00 p.m. Eagles. A year ago the Eagles were 31- 4.2 runs a game which was the best in 4/2 Missouri Valley* 6:00 p.m. 22. The trip to Alabama will conclude 4/3 Missouri Valley* 1:00 p.m. the conference and ranked 13th in the 4/3 Missouri Valley* 3:00 p.m. with a pair of games against the 23rd entire country. In 57 games Lindenwood 4/10 at Central Methodist (Mo.)* 1:00 p.m. ranked Auburn Montgomery Senators. surrendered one or less runs nine times 4/10 at Central Methodist (Mo.)* 3:00 p.m. 4/11 at Central Methodist (Mo.)* 1:00 p.m. including four shutouts. 4/11 at Central Methodist (Mo.)* 3:00 p.m. 4/17 at Saint Ambrose (Iowa) 2:00 p.m. HAAC CHAMPS 4/17 at Saint Ambrose (Iowa) 4:00 p.m. For the second consecutive year the STREAKING LIONS 4/18 at Saint Ambrose (Iowa) 12:00 p.m. Three times a year ago the Lions 4/24 at Culver-Stockton (Mo.)* 1:00 p.m. Lions were the HAAC Champs. In 2009 4/24 at Culver-Stockton (Mo.)* 3:00 p.m. they complied a 32-8 conference record compiled winning streaks of at least 4/25 at Culver-Stockton (Mo.)* 1:00 p.m. and also won four straight games in the 11 games. At one point in time during 4/25 at Culver-Stockton (Mo.)* 31:00 p.m. the season the team won 27 out of 29 4/27 Iowa Wesleyan 4:00 p.m. conference tournament to be crowned Home Games in BOLD the tourney champs. games. * - HAAC Game # Auburn Montgomery Tournament RANKINGS STARTING OFF WELL The 2009 season ended with the In 21 doubleheaders last season the Lions being ranked 15th and at the Lions were 18-3 in the fi rst game. Against start of the 2010 season they are ranked non-conference opponents the team was 12th which is the highest of any HAAC 4-0 in game ones. school. LINDENWOOD BASEBALL GAME NOTES, PAGE 2 was the most in a game. At one point in LINDENWOOD QUICK FACTS THAT WAS OFFENSIVE Location ...... St. Charles, Mo. Not only was the pitching staff the season the squad scored 10+ runs Founded ...... 1827 dominate a season ago, but the in seven straight games. Total Enrollment ...... 14,940 offense was almost as dominate. Lion Full-Time Enrollment ...... 4,528 hitters ranked fi rst in the HAAC in GOING THE DISTANCE Affi liation ...... NAIA six different categories starting with In 2009 the Lindenwood starting Conference ...... Heart of America Athletic batting average (.335), slugging Nickname ...... Lions pitchers combined for nine complete Colors ...... Black and Gold percentage (.496), runs scored (7.88), games. Departed senior Kyle Boschert led Stadium ...... Lou Brock Sports Complex hits per game (9.9) doubles (123) and the way with four. Capacity ...... 3,000 homeruns (45). President ...... Dr. James D. Evans KEEPING TEAMS IN THE PARK Dean of Athletics ...... John Creer The Lion offense hit 17 more PILING UP THE RUNS homeruns than their opponents during the Head Coach ...... Doug Bletcher Scoring runs was not a problem for season. The pitching staff’s 28 homeruns Career Record ..444-216-2 (12th Year) the team a year ago, outscoring their surrendered was the fewest of any team in School Record ...... 85-34-1 (3rd Year) opponents 449-239. The team scored the HAAC. Assistant Coach ...... Graham Johnson more overall runs than their opponents Assistant Coach ...... Ruben Noriega in every inning but one. The fi fth Assistant Coach ...... Raul Corrales inning was especially good for the SCOUTING FAULKNER A year ago the Eagles were 33-22 2009 Record ...... 45-12 Lions as they outscored opponents 67- 2009 HAAC Record ...... 32-8 14 in the inning. overall and were 16-11 in SSAC play. During the 2009 season Faulkner ranked Sports Information Director Daniel Newton 7th in the country in homeruns per game RANK ORPUS S ACK Baseball Contact ...... Mike Morgan F C I B (1.72) and were ninth in batting average Offi ce Phone ...... (636) 949-4368 The senior from West Covina, (.356). At the helm of the program is fi rst Cell Phone ...... (636) 578-6484 California is back for his fi nal season year head coach Patrick McCarthy who Fax ...... (636) 949-4636 after being named to the fi rst team was previously the head coach at Freed- Email ...... [email protected] all-conference in 2009. Corpus hit .317 Hardeman. Website ...... www.lindenwoodlions.com with fi ve homeruns and 39 RBIs last season. COUTING UBURN ONTGOMERY HAAC STANDINGS (2009-10) S A -M HAAC Overall In 2009 the Auburn Montgomery Lindenwood (12) 32-8 45-12 RETURNING ALL-HAAC Senators fi nished with a 37-23 overall William Jewell (RV) 28-12 45-19 The Lions return three members of record and fi nished fourth in the SSAC Culver-Stockton 27-13 33-22 Benedictine 19-21 25-31 all-conference teams from last season. with a record of 18-9. The Senators are Avila 19-21 25-31 Corpus was named to the fi rst team led by head coach Q.V. Lowe who is Evangel 18-22 26-31 and Cristobal Rodriguez (SS) and entering his 24th season at the helm. Baker 18-22 21-29 Graceland 16-22 18-29 Justin Lamar (2B) were named to the Missouri Valley 15-25 17-34 honorable mention squad. Rodriguez MidAmerica Nazarene 14-24 22-29 hit .301 and Lamar hit .372 in 2009. UP NEXT Central Methodist 12-28 15-29 After a four game trip to Alabama the ( ) - NAIA National Rankings Lions will travel once again, this time to DOUBLING DIGITS Oklahoma. Bacone College will be the In 18 games last season they scored opponent for a three game series. double digit runs. In a game against Avila the Lions piled up 18 runs which

HEAD COACH DOUG BLETCHER Doug Bletcher is entering his third Round Tournament. Over his two seasons regional coach of the year in 2000, 2002 and season as the head baseball coach of he has coached numerous all-conference 2006. Lindenwood and his 12th season as perofrmers and gold glove winners. Before becoming a head coach he was an a collegiate head coach. Bletcher has Before his time at Lindenwood Bletcher associate coach at Culver-Stockton. amassed an overall record of 444-216-2, was the head coach at Culver-Stockton from From 1990-1996, Bletcher was the six conference titles, 11 NAIA postseason 1999 to 2006. There, he had a record of 359- associate head baseball coach at Pomona appearances, two conference coach of the 182-1 as the head coach for the Wildcats, College in Claremont, Calif. In his fi nal year awards and a regional coach of the year and he averaged nearly 40 wins a season. three seasons at Pomona, the program had honor. Bletcher led Culver-Stockton to four HAAC its best three records in school history up In two seasons at Lindenwood Bletcher’s titles and nine NAIA regional tournaments. to that point. Bletcher was also an assistant teams have one two consecutive HAAC He was named the HAAC coach of coach from 1988-1989 at Citrus Junior titles and hosted the NAIA Opening the year in 2000 and 2005, and he was the College in Glendora, Calif..