2021 BASEBALL 4 Conference Championships 6 NCAA Regional Appearances 3 All-Americans
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2021 BASEBALL 4 Conference Championships 6 NCAA Regional Appearances 3 All-Americans 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Dixie State Trailblazers (0-7/0-0 WAC) Overall: 0-7 WAC: 0-0 Home: 0-4 Home: 0-0 Games #8-11 Away: 0-3 Away: 0-0 Ranking (USAT/CBN/NCBWA): NA/NA/NA Neutral: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Chris Pfatenhauer (UNLV, 2000) Record at Dixie State: 254-135-1 (9th season) Date Opponent Stream Time/Result Career Record: 306-194-1 (11th season) February 25 WASHINGTON STATE WDN L, 3-6 26 WASHINGTON STATE WDN L, 5-19 New Mexico State Aggies (1-6/0-0 WAC) 27 WASHINGTON STATE WDN L, 1-15 Ranking (USAT/CBN/NCBWA): NA/NA/NA 28 WASHINGTON STATE WDN L, 3-10 Head Coach: Mike Kirby (Cal State Fullerton, 1994) March Record at NMSU: 13-10 (2nd season) 5 at Wichita State ESPN+ L, 1-2 Career Record: Same 6 at Wichita State N/A L, 3-15 7 at Wichita State ESPN+ L, 7-15 12 at New Mexico State* WDN 3 p.m. Pitching Probables 13 at New Mexico State* (DH) WDN 1 p.m. 14 at New Mexico State* WDN 12 noon Game #1 (3/12) 16 BYU WDN 6:05 p.m. DSU - RHP #40 Jimmy Borzone (0-1, 1.35 ERA) 19 UTRGV* WDN 6:05 p.m. NMSU - RHP #23 Chris Barraza (0-1, 8.00 ERA) 20 UTRGV* (DH) WDN 2:05 p.m. 21 UTRGV* WDN 12:05 p.m. 23 at Utah N/A 4 p.m. Game #2 (3/13) 26 at Sacramento State* WDN 3 p.m. DSU - RHP #21 Ryan Hardman (0-0, 4.91 ERA) 27 at Sacramento State* (DH) WDN 1 p.m. NMSU - RHP #12 Chris Jefferson (1-1, 3.55 ERA) 28 at Sacramento State* WDN 12 noon April Game #3 (3/13) 1 at Tarleton State* WDN 3 p.m. DSU - LHP #15 Ben Hart (0-1, 23.14 ERA) 2 at Tarleton State* (DH) WDN 1 p.m. NMSU - RHP #44 Josh Laukkanen (0-3, 6.00 ERA) 3 at Tarleton State* WDN 12 noon 6 UTAH WDN 6:05 p.m. 9 at USC N/A 6 p.m. Game #4 (3/14) 10 at USC N/A 2 p.m. DSU - TBA 11 at USC N/A 1 p.m. NMSU - TBA 16 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* WDN 6:05 p.m. 17 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* (DH) WDN 2:05 p.m. Probable Starters (not in batting order) 18 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST* WDN 12:05 p.m. No. Name Pos. Yr. B/T Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% OB% 24 at San Diego State (DH) N/A TBA 27 Kaden Hollow C Fr. L/R .300 1 6 2 0 0 2 .400 .348 25 at San Diego State N/A 1 p.m. 30 UTAH VALLEY* WDN 6:05 p.m. 17 Tanner Harper 1B RJr. R/R .250 2 6 1 0 0 1 .292 .250 May 24 Tyler Hollow 2B Jr. L/R .286 1 8 2 0 0 1 .357 .375 1 UTAH VALLEY* (DH) WDN 2:05 p.m. 2 UTAH VALLEY* WDN 12:05 p.m. 12 Jake Schulz 3B Fr. R/R .125 1 2 0 0 0 2 .125 .222 7 at Grand Canyon* WDN 6 p.m. 8 at Grand Canyon* (DH) WDN 5 p.m. 28 Mathew Ivancich SS Jr. R/R .071 0 0 1 0 0 0 .071 .278 9 at Grand Canyon* WDN 1 p.m. 14 SEATTLE U* WDN 6:05 p.m. 34 Jake Engel LF Sr. R/R .318 5 7 0 0 2 4 .591 .464 15 SEATTLE U* (DH) WDN 2:05 p.m. 7 Lane Pritchard CF Sr. L/R .053 0 1 1 0 0 1 .105 .100 16 SEATTLE U* WDN 12:05 p.m. 20 NORTHERN COLORADO* WDN 6:05 p.m. 46 Tyson Fisher RF So. R/R .067 4 1 0 0 1 1 .267 .300 21 NORTHERN COLORADO* (DH) WDN 2:05 p.m. 22 NORTHERN COLORADO* WDN 12:05 p.m. 33 Cade Spurlin DH Sr. L/R .133 2 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .316 27 at Arizona N/A 6 p.m. 28 at Arizona N/A 6 p.m. 29 at Arizona N/A 6 p.m. Online Video: WACDigitalNetwork.com/nmstate * - Western Athletic Conference Game Live Stats: nmstatesports.com/sports/baseball/schedule All home games are listed in BOLD All times site of game and subject to change Twitter: @DixieAthletics; @Dixie_Baseball; #DixieBlazers; #WeAreONE; #WACbsb DIXIESTATEATHLETICS.COM ABOUT DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY FIRST PITCH: Dixie State (0-7/0-0 WAC) makes its Western Athletic Conference debut this weekend with a four-game series at New Mexico State (1-6/0-0 WAC). The series University Information opener will take place Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. (MT), followed by a doubleheader Location ...................................... St. George, Utah on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. (MT), and Sunday’s series finale will start at 12 noon Founded ............................ 1911 (Four-Year 2000) (MT). Enrollment .................................................. 12,044 All four games will be played at Presley Askew Field (1,000) on the NMSU cam- Nickname.............................................Trailblazers pus in Las Cruces. The series will also mark the first home athletic events for NMSU Mascot .......................................Brooks The Bison since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the entire sports landscape one year ago School Colors .............Red, Navy Blue and White this weekend. Affiliation ......................................NCAA Division I Live stats and streaming video information for this weekend’s series can be found Conference .................................. Western Athletic online at www.dixiestateathletics.com. ............... ** First year of NCAA Division I transition President .......................... Dr. Richard B. Williams ALL-TIME SERIES: This weekend’s series at New Mexico State will be the first-ever Athletic Director........................ Dr. Jason Boothe meeting between the Trailblazers and Aggies on the diamond. Senior Assc. AD/SWA ................Maureen Eckroth Arena (Capacity) ...........Bruce Hurst Field (2,500) HI, MY NAME IS ....: After 14 years as a competing member of the NCAA at the Year Opened.................................................. 1994 Division II level, Dixie State has embarked on its first season transitioning to Division I NCAA Record at Bruce Hurst Field ..... 270-105 (.720) status as one of two new members (along with Tarleton State) of the Western Athletic Website ..............................dixiestateathletics.com Conference. During their 14-year Division II era, the Trailblazers played to a 435-243-1 (.641) Baseball Information overall record. Dixie State won four conference regular season championships (4 Head Coach ............. Chris Pfatenhauer (9th Year) Pacific West Conference), and made six-straight NCAA D-II Baseball Tournament Alma Mater ......................................... UNLV, 2000 regional appearances from 2012-17 (9-12 record in NCAA Tournament games). Record at Dixie State................. 254-135-1 (.652) WAC Record at Dixie State .................. 0-0 (.000) DIXIE STATE ON THE WEB: All Dixie State home games, along with all WAC away Career Record .............................306-194-1 (.611) games, this season will be streamed live online on the WAC Digital Network (wacdigi- Best Time to Contact Coach Pfatenhauer: ..Contact SID talnetwork.com). The WDN is also available on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, and Roku Pitching Coach ............... Zach Wilkins (2nd Year) TV, while the WDN app is available for iOS in the Apple Store and Android on Google Alma Mater ......................................Nevada, 2016 Play. Assistant Coach .............Bobby Rinard (7th Year) Alma Mater ......................................Arizona, 2014 LAST TIME OUT: Dixie State began the road portion of its 2021 schedule on the Volunteeer Assistant Coach .. Matt Hill (7th Year) wrong end of a three-game series sweep at Wichita State last weekend. The Trail- Alma Mater .................................Dixie State, 2015 blazers opened the series with a hard-fought 2-1 loss last Friday night in a game that Athletic Trainer .................................... Eli Kassab saw junior RHP Jimmy Borzone pitch a gem, but DSU could not get the timely hit it needed offensively as the offense stranded nine base runners Team Information DSU were then outscored 30-10 (15-3; 15-7) over the final two games of the se- 2020 Overall Record ......................................15-3 ries and the Trailblazers left Wichita still in search of their first D-I win. .. (COVID-19 Pandemic ended season on 3/13/20) 2020 RMAC Record/Finish ............................. N/A COACHING STAFF: Two-time Pacific West Conference Coach of the YearChris 2020 Postseason ............................................ N/A Pfatenhauer is in his ninth season as head coach of the Dixie State Baseball program. Final 2020 National Ranking/Poll ... #9 NCBWA D-2 Since his arrival in summer of 2012, Pfatenhauer has never had a losing season at ................................... #24 Collegiate Baseball D-2 Dixie State, and in the process, led the Trailblazers to consecutive PacWest titles in 2020 Starters Returning/Lost ......................... 6/3 2014 and 2015, and to five-straight trips to the NCAA West Regionals from 2013-17, 2020 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost .......... 3/0 including serving as the host institution in 2013. 2020 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............. 24/8 Pfatenhauer, who picked up his 200th victory as DSU skipper in the series opener 2020 Redshirts Returning/Lost ...................... 1/3 at Concordia-Irvine (8-1; 4/26/18), owns a 254-135-1 (.652) overall record at DSU, and a 306-194-1 (.611) career mark. Sports Information Joining Pfatenhauer (UNLV, 2000) in the Trailblazer dugout this season is sec- Associate AD/Media Relations .... Steve Johnson ond-year pitching coach Zach Wilkins (Nevada, 2016), along with seventh-year assis- Office Phone ...................................435-652-7524 tant coaches Bobby Rinard (Arizona, 2014) and Matt Hill (Dixie State 2015). Cell Phone .......................................435-668-3938 Email [email protected] MILESTONE MOMENTS FOR PFATENHAUER: Before the COVID-19 pandemic halt- Press Row Phone ...........................435-668-3938 ed the 2020 season after 18 games, Head Coach Chris Pfatenhauer surpassed two Mailing Address ......225 South University Avenue career milestones, and last weekend, the Blazer skipper passed another.