Game Information Bucknell Tournament Notes When: Saturday, May 10, 2003 (3:30 pm) Bucknell, which ranked fifth in the pre-season poll, has Sunday, May 11, 2003 (noon) proven that a rare 15-35 season would not continue for another season. Where: Depew Field The Orange and Blue have advanced to the Patriot League Tournament Lewisburg, Pa. seven out of the last eight seasons and clinched the regular season title Radio: Bison Sports Network three times within the span. The Bison, unfortunately, drifted from the WMLP (1380-AM) trend during the 2002 season, however they posted the best single-sea- Doug Birdsong, play-by-play Internet Broadcast: www.BucknellBison.com son turnaround in PL history in 2003, winning 15 of 20 league contests after claiming just six Patriot League wins a year ago. This weekend, No. 1 Bucknell will face the winner of the first game between No. 2 Navy and Athletic Communications No. 3 Lehigh. The Bison took three of four games from both the Midship- Baseball Contact ...... Niki DeSantis men and the Mountain Hawks this season. The winner of the PL Tourna- Office Phone ...... (570) 577-3068 ment gets an automatic bid to the NCAA regionals. Fax ...... (570) 577-1660 E-Mail ...... [email protected] Ath. Comm. Director ...... Jon Terry BISON PROBABLE LINEUP Asst. Ath. Comm. Dir...... Kelli Sheesley On the Field Office Phone ...... (570) 577-1227 No. Name Cl. Pos. B/A 9 Ben Stoll Jr. SS .366 Bison Bites 2 Sam Moss Jr. 2B .337 Records 25 Pete Wolf Jr. DH .225 Overall ...... 25-13 15 Brian Hirschberg Jr. RF .306 Home ...... 10-4 24 Kyle Walter Fr. CF .324 Away ...... 11-6 23 Ben Krentzman Sr. LF .229 Neutral ...... 4-3 Patriot ...... 15-5 14 Brian Day So. 1B .258 5 Phil Bunting So. C .208 Baseball Coaching Staff 22 B.J. Batterson Sr. 3B .190 Head ...... Gene Depew Career Record ...... 390-467-5 (22 seasons) Starting Pitchers Assistant Coaches ...... Brian Hoyt No. Name Cl. W-L ERA IP Rick Ciccione 11 Zach Allen Sr. 6-2 1.90 42.2 Tom Thompson 13 Kevin Miller Jr. 7-0 2.26 51.2 28 Kevin Burns Sr. 5-1 2.92 40.0 Statisical Breakdown Team Batting Average ...... 272 31 R.J. Grant Sr. 5-3 4.22 49.0 Team Earned Run Average ...... 3.87 At Bats ...... 1,040 Bullpen Runs ...... 188 No. Name Cl. SV W-L ERA IP Hits ...... 283 7 Matt Daley Jr. 5 0-1 2.11 21.1 Doubles ...... 46 20 Phil Futrick Fr. 11 0-1 2.57 14.0 Triples ...... 14 Homeruns ...... 14 Runs Batted In ...... 165 Sacrifice Flies ...... 11 Bucknell in the National Ranking Summary Sacrifice Hits ...... 44* 5/04/03 Stolen Base ...... 48-59 Team On Base % ...... 360 Category Player Rank Actual Team Fielding % ...... 952 th * school record 2003 Triples per game Brian Hirschberg 4 0.17 Earned Run Average Kevin Miller 42nd 2.29 Saves Phil Futrick 5th 11 Bucknell Baseball Notes - 2

2003 Results (25-13, 15-5 PL) Best Bison Pitching Since 1975 February With a 3.87 team earned run average, the 2003 Bison pitching staff holds 15 at Coppin State (2) Cancelled its best team ERA since 1975 (2.38). Bucknell appeared as high as 11th 16 at Coppin State Cancelled on the NCAA national rankings on April 13 with a 3.12 ERA. Junior Kevin 21 at Virginia Comm. Univ. Cancelled Miller has matched his 2001 record of 7-0, while senior Zach Allen (6-2) 22 at Virginia Comm. Univ. Cancelled has recorded his career best 1.90 ERA. Starters R.J. Grant (5-3) and 23 at Virginia Comm. Univ. Cancelled Kevin Burns (5-1) also assisted the Bison while opening on the mound March during league play. Bucknell owns an impressive 2.59 ERA in league 1 CORNELL (2) Cancelled play. Navy’s pitching staff leads the PL with an ERA of 2.42 in PL compe- 2 CORNELL (2) Cancelled tition. 9-15 Spring Break Trip Bradenton, Fla. 9 vs. St. Bonaventure L 0-4 10 vs. Harvard W 4-0 11 vs. Rhode Island W 8-4 What if... 12 vs. Yale W 6-2 With superb pitching during the 2003 season, the Bison have ranked in 13 vs. Indiana Purdue-Ft. Wayne L 9-7 the top 30 nationally in three of four reporting weeks. What if the Bison 14 vs. Miami-Ohio W 4-2 did not play three disappointing games this season - Game one versus 15 vs. Vermont L 8-5 Duquesne (15-3), the Penn State match-up (19-6), and the season closer 18 at Temple L 5-3 (10) against George Washington (17-5)? The pitching staff would have an 22 BLOOMSBURG (2) W 10-6 W 16-7 even more impressive ERA of 2.88 versus their opponents 4.82 ERA. 23 LOCK HAVEN (2) W 9-3 Bucknell would rank eighth in the nation to date with a deep 0.28 ERA W 10-1 lead in front of No. 6 Mississippi State and only be missing the fourth 26 at Villanova L 4-2 (7) place mark by 0.02 (Cal. State Fullerton, 2.86). 29 *at Holy Cross (2) W 5-4 W 3-2 30 *at Holy Cross (2) W 8-6 Broken School and Patriot League Records L 5-1 Three individual records and one team record were placed in the books April during the regular season. Sam Moss’ 16 sacrifice hits this season broke 5 *at Navy (2) W 4-1 Bucknell and Patriot League season and career records. Phil Futrick W 3-2 (9) set a new school and PL record with 11 saves in 2003. Zach Allen threw 6 *at Navy (2) L 2-1 two one-hit games this season and placed his mark in the record books. W 2-0 8 at St. Bonaventure (2) Cancelled Allen is the first Bucknell pitcher to throw two one-hit games in a single 12 *at Lehigh (2) W 3-1 season. As a team, the Orange and Blue has recorded a school record L 4-0 44 sacrifice hits this season. The Bison blew past the old record of 29 13 *at Lehigh (2) W 1-0 sacrifice hits that the 1995 and 2001 teams held. W 6-3 16 DUQUESNE (2) L 15-3 W 6-4 All-League Honors 19 *ARMY (2) W 2-1 Along with receiving three major Patriot League awards, the Orange and L 5-1 Blue placed a league-best eight student athletes on the all-league teams, 20 *ARMY (2) W 9-0 including five on the second team. Head coach Gene Depew was named L 7-6 by his peers coach of the year, for the third time in the last 10 years. 22 at Penn State L 19-6 23 TOWSON W 9-0 Junior hurler Kevin Miller and freshman closer Phil Futrick were honored 27 *LAFAYETTE (2) W 2-1 as pitcher and rookie of the year, respectively. Junior shortstop Ben Stoll W 3-0 joined Miller and Futrick on the all-league first team. Five Bison were 28 *LAFAYETTE (2) W 3-1 named to the all-league second team, including senior pitcher Zach Allen, W 8-5 sophomore catcher Phil Bunting, junior second baseman Sam Moss, 29 GEORGE WASHINGTON L 17-5 junior outfielder Brian Hirschberg and freshman outfielder Kyle Walter. May 10-11 Patriot League Tournament Verizon Academic All-District Home contests in BOLD at Depew Field. * Patriot League contest. Shortstop Ben Stoll was named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-District II second-team on Thursday, May 8. Stoll, a management major, completed the fall semester with a 3.51 grade point average. The junior has made Dean’s List three semesters at Bucknell. He has been named to the Patriot League Honor Roll for four semesters and received All- Patriot League First Team honors in 2003. The three year member completed the regular season a top the Bison with a .366 batting average. The junior belted 41 hits, including eight doubles, to go along with his 23 runs scored, 12 runs batted in, and team-best 13 stolen bases. Bucknell Baseball Notes - 3

The Patriot League Best Turnaround in PL History After suffering from a 15-35 (6-14 PL) season, the Bison posted the best 2003 Patriot League Standings single-season turnaround in league history with a 25-13 overall record League Overall and 15-5 Patriot League finish in 2003. Bucknell took a +9 game turn- W-L Pct. W-L-T Pct. around in one year. Last season marked Bucknell’s first losing confer- # Bucknell 15-5 .750 25-13-0 .658 ence since 1995. * Navy 12-8 .600 19-22-0 .463 * Lehigh 9-11 .450 19-22-0 .463 Army 9-11 .450 17-25-1 .407 Holy Cross 8-12 .400 13-23-0 .361 Bucknell-Navy Series Lafayette 7-13 .350 16-24-0 .400 The Bucknell-Navy series dates back to 1904. Navy leads the series 47- 29, however the Bison have gone 3-1 with the Midshipmen the last two # - clinched regular-season title and #1 seed at PL Tourn. * - clinched PL Tournament berth consecutive seasons. www.patriotleague.com Bucknell-Lehigh Series Bucknell in PL Tournament have been battling with the for 1996 (at Bucknell) over 102 years. The series between the rivals began in 1901. The Herd Navy ...... W, 10-6 leads the on-going series, 63-57. Navy ...... L, 8-5 Navy ...... W, 12-7 1997 (at Army) Setting the Table Navy ...... W, 9-4 Head coach Gene Depew kept a constant two players at the top of the Army...... L, 16-14 line-up, juniors Ben Stoll and Sam Moss. The junior duo hold the top Army...... W, 6-5 Army...... L, 11-10 two batting averages for the Bison, Stoll (.366) and Moss (.337). The 1998 (at Navy) two highest on base percentages are marked by Moss (.464) and Stoll Army...... W, 9-1 (429). Moss leads the Patriot League with his on base percentage. Moss Navy ...... L, 11-3 (22) and Stoll (13) lead the team in walks. Between the two players, they Navy ...... L, 8-6 have recorded 22 of 48 Bison stolen bases. Stoll leads with 13 stolen 1999 (at Bucknell) bases and Moss has tagged nine. Navy ...... L, 10-7 Navy ...... W, 7-4 Navy ...... L, 13-9 Hometown Rookie 2000 (at Navy) The Bison added Kyle Walter (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) to the roster Army...... L, 5-4 this season and have seen extreme efforts from the local rookie. Walter, 2001 (at Navy) Holy Cross ...... W, 10-4 who has played an outstanding center field, owns the team’s third-high- Navy ...... W, 6-4 est batting average (.324). He leads the team with 36 hits and 25 runs Navy ...... W, 6-2 scored. The rookie has a perfect stolen base percentage (4-4). Walter Overall Tournament Record...... 9-8 received Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors on April 21. He also was named to the All-Patriot League second-team on Wednesday. Bucknell in NCAA Tournament 1996 (at Florida) Bison Stats Versus the Patriot League Florida ...... L, 7-0 Individual Batting Central Florida ...... L, 13-1 2001 (at Miami) Avg OB% Slg% Miami ...... L, 14-6 2. Ben Stoll .366 .429 .426 Stetson ...... L, 7-0 5. Sam Moss .337 .464 .449 Overall Tournament Record...... 0-4 Individual Pitching ERA BAvg W-L IP Saves Bucknell in NCAA Play-In Games 1. Zach Allen 1.90 .207 6-2 42.2 1. Phil Futrick - 11 1996 2. Kevin Miller 2.26 .235 7-0 51.2 2. Matt Daley - 5 Siena ...... W, 3-2 Siena ...... L, 13-2 Triples On Base Percentage Siena ...... W, 17-13 1. Brian Hirschberg - 6 1. Sam Moss - .464 Overall Tournament Record...... 2-1 Walks Slugging Percentage 2. Sam Moss - 25 2. Brian Hirschberg - .577