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Gonzaga University Baseball Weekly Notes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - FEBRUARY 17, 2004 ZAGS PREPARE FOR NORTHWEST BATTLE, GONZAGA FACE NO. 23 WASHINGTON THIS WEEKEND UNIVERSITY FRIDAY - February 20 BULLDOGS Gonzaga at No. 23 Washington, 3 p.m. SPORTS INFORMATION SATURDAY - February 21 2004 Record 502 E. Boone Gonzaga at No. 23 Washington, 1 p.m. 2-2, 0-0 WCC Projected Starters Spokane, WA 99258-0066 SUNDAY - February 22 Friday Gonzaga at No. 23 Washington, 1 p.m. Eric Dworkis - RHP Oliver Pierce (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5K) Sports Information Director ZAGS ARE SEATTLE BOUND: The Bulldogs will (509) 323-6373 once again hit the road this weekend as they travel to Saturday [email protected] Seattle to face No. 23 Washington for a three-game Ed Clelland - LHP (0-0, 3.60 ERA, 3K) series. This will be a short week for the Bulldogs after Rich Moser playing on Monday night at No. 7 Arizona State, Sunday Assistant SID Gonzaga travels home on Tuesday before busing over to Matt Reding - LHP Baseball Contact Seattle on Thursday night. This will be the first of two (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 4K) (509) 323-5484 series between the schools with Washington returning a [email protected] two-game series to Spokane in late March. After this weekend trip to Seattle, Gonzaga will fly to Southern Sara Rathbun California for a weekend series at UC Irvine on Feb. 27- Graduate Assistant SID 29. 2004 Record (509) 323-4227 2-1, 0-0 Pac-10 [email protected] HEAD COACH MARK MACHTOLF: Considered one of the Top 10 rising starts in the Division I coaching Projected Starters ranks by Baseball America in its 2000 publication, Mark Friday Richie Lentz - RHP SID FAX Machtolf gets his first head coaching opportunity this (0-1, 6.75 ERA, 4K) (509) 323-5730 season. Machtolf, an 11-year assistant at Gonzaga, was officially handed the coaching reigns on August 7, 2003, Saturday from 24-year head coach Steve Hertz who moved into an Tim Lincecum - RHP PRESS BOX PHONE administrative position at the school. During his 11 (0-0, 3.86 ERA, 5K) (509) 279-1005 years at Gonzaga, Machtolf has coached the Bulldogs Sunday hitters and outfielders as well as serving as the Bulldogs Keaton Everitt - RHP recruiting coordinator. Under his guidance Gonzaga has (1-0, 1.80 ERA, 2K) become one of the top power hitting teams in the nation setting a West Coast Conference and school record with GU Stat of the Week 92 home runs in 2002, the seventh best home run per game average in the nation. Machtolf also coached Sophomore catcher Kiel Bulldogs slugger Nate Gold who led the NCAA with 33 Thibault has two triples home runs in 2002 en route to All-American honors. A through the Bulldogs 1987 graduate of Stanford University, Machtolf was a first four games of the member of the Cardinal’s 1987 College World Series season. The highest Bulldog in 2003 was Jeff championship team and an All-CWS selection. A 4-year Culpepper with three baseball letterman and 2-year football letterman he grad- triples in 52 games. uated from Stanford in 1987. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - FEBRUARY 17, 2004 No. 23 WASHINGTON HUSKIES: Gonzaga faces its third Pacific-10 2004 Record: Conference opponent of the season this weekend as 2-1, 0-0 Pac-10 the Bulldogs travel across state to battle No. 23 2004 Gonzaga Baseball Schedule Series Record Washington. The Huskies are currently ranked in UW 55-49 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT two of the four collegiate baseball polls and are Feb. 13 # Oklahoma W 15-5 coming off a series win against WCC member San Diego. Shortstop Brent Feb. 14 # Oregon State L 8-6 Feb. 15 # Utah W 12-7 Lillibridge is early offensive leader for UW with a .462 average and two home Feb. 16 Arizona State (#7) L 10-7 runs. Gonzaga won two of three against the Huskies last year but the Bulldogs Feb. 20 Washington (#23) 3 p.m. trail the all-time series with Washington 55-49, the two schools formerly mem- Feb. 21 Washington (#23) 1 p.m. Feb. 22 Washington (#23) 1 p.m. bers of the Pacific-10 Conference North. Ken Knutson is in his 12th season as Feb. 27 UC Irvine 6 p.m. the Huskies head coach. Feb. 28 UC Irvine 1 p.m. Feb. 29 UC Irvine 1 p.m. Mar. 5 $ Utah Valley State 1 p.m. WEEKEND WRAP-UP: Gonzaga opened the 2004 season with a 2-2 record Mar. 5 $ Lewis-Clark State 4 p.m. including a 2-1 record at the Coca-Cola Baseball Classic in Surprise, Ariz. The Mar. 6 $ Portland 10 a.m. Mar. 7 $ Washington State 11 a.m. Bulldogs opened the year with a 15-5 win over Oklahoma, Kiel Thibault driv- Mar. 12 Oregon State 3 p.m. ing in five runs while going 3-for-4 at the plate. Eric Dworkis picked up the Mar. 13 Oregon State 1 p.m. win tossing 5.1 innings without allowing an earned run. On Saturday, Oregon Mar. 14 Oregon State 1 p.m. Mar. 20 * Saint Mary’s (DH) Noon State slipped by the Bulldogs with an 8-6 decision. Jackson Brennan led the Mar. 21 * Saint Mary’s 1 p.m. Zags 13 hit attack with a 4-for-6 day at the plate while David Johnson drove Mar. 22 WASHINGTON 2 p.m. Mar. 23 WASHINGTON 2 p.m. home two runs. The Bulldogs reached double-digit hits for the third straight Mar. 26 * Loyola Marymount 2 p.m. game on Sunday with a 12-7 decision over Utah. Matt Reding looked sharp Mar. 27 * Loyola Marymount 1 p.m. with six strong innings on the mound while Chris Sinner drove home a team- Mar. 28 * Loyola Marymount 1 p.m. Mar. 30 WASHINGTON STATE 2 p.m. high two runs. On Monday night Gonzaga gave up five unearned runs as No. Apr. 2 * SAN DIEGO 2 p.m. 7 Arizona State picked up a 10-7 over GU. Thibault again swung a hot bat with Apr. 3 * SAN DIEGO 1 p.m. a 5-for-5 effort at the plate. Chris Albrecht tossed three good innings in relief Apr. 4 * SAN DIEGO 1 p.m. Apr. 9 * San Francisco 3 p.m. allowing only two ASU hits. Apr. 10 * San Francisco (DH) 11 a.m. Apr. 13 Washington State 2 p.m. Apr. 16 * PORTLAND 3 p.m. CATCHING TRADITION: While the Gonzaga men’s basketball team has Apr. 17 * PORTLAND 1 p.m. established itself as Guard U., over the past several years, the Gonzaga baseball Apr. 18 * PORTLAND 1 p.m. team might be creating a reputation as Catcher U. The Bulldogs latest talent Apr. 20 WASHINGTON STATE 1 p.m. Apr. 23 * Pepperdine 3 p.m. behind the plate is sophomore catcher Kiel Thibault who has opened the season Apr. 24 * Pepperdine 1 p.m. at a blistering pace. Thibault, who only appeared in nine games last season, is Apr. 25 * Pepperdine 1 p.m. hitting .625 (10-for-16) over the first four games of the season. Thibault has Apr. 28 Washington State 6 p.m. Apr. 30 * SANTA CLARA 2 p.m. already had one 5 RBI game against Oklahoma and one 5-hit performance May 1 * SANTA CLARA 1 p.m. against No. 7 Arizona State. In addition the catcher from Jerome, Idaho, leads May 2 * SANTA CLARA 1 p.m. May 7 * San Diego 3 p.m. the team with 6 RBI and 5 runs scored. While Thibault has taken the team by May 8 * San Diego 1 p.m. storm, catching stars at GU have been the norm over the past several years with May 9 * San Diego 1 p.m. five catchers playing professional baseball in recent years. Currently the May 11 LEWIS-CLARK STATE 3 p.m. May 14 * SAINT MARY’S 1 p.m. Bulldogs last three catchers, Kevin Richardson (Texas Rangers - Single A), May 15 * SAINT MARY’S Noon Brian Munhall (San Francisco Giants - Single A) and Sam Hess (Anaheim May 16 * SAINT MARY’S 1 p.m. Angels - Single A) are all on minor league rosters. In addition former Bulldogs May 17 Lewis-Clark State 6:30 p.m. May 21 * LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 3 p.m. backstop Mike Redmond is in his sixth year with the World Champion Florida May 22 * LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 1 p.m. Marlins. Gonzaga has also placed former catcher Rick Sweet in the Major May 23 * LOYOLA MARYMOUNT Noon May 28-30 WCC Playoffs TBD Leagues and Sweet now manages the Triple-A franchise of the San Diego Padres. Two catchers from the Bulldogs early WCC teams, Scott Asan and * West Coast Conference Game George Arnott, have also been baseball successes with Arnott playing three # Coca-Cola Baseball Classic (Surprise, AZ) $ Banana Belt Tournament (Lewiston, ID) years of professional ball and Asan serving as the Bulldogs pitching coach this ALL TIMES PACIFIC TIME ZONE season. ALL TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS HOME OPENER STILL A MONTH AWAY: Gonzaga’s home opener is still ALL 2004 GONZAGA HOME GAMES TO BE PLAYED AT AVISTA STADIUM a month away as the Bulldogs will play their first home game on March 22 against Washington. The two-game series will take place at Avista Stadium, the Zags home for the 2004 baseball season. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - FEBRUARY 17, 2004 NOTES ON GONZAGA POSITION STARTERS JACKSON BRENNAN, Sophomore 1B: Brennan earned WCC Player of the Week honors after hitting .500 during the Bulldogs Coca-Cola Baseball Classic appearance.