2015 BASEBALL STANDINGS (Through Games of Apr
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CONFERENCE USA 5201 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 300, Irving, TX 75039 (214) 774-1300 Contact: Russell Anderson ([email protected]) April 2, 2015 2015 BASEBALL STANDINGS (Through games of Apr. 1) C-USA All Games W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N L-10 Streak Middle Tennessee 8-1 .889 6-0 2-1 16-11 .593 11-5 5-6 0-0 6-4 L 1 Rice 9-3 .750 5-1 4-2 20-11 .645 13-5 6-6 0-0 6-4 W 1 Florida Atlantic 6-3 .667 1-2 5-1 23-6 .793 16-4 7-1 0-1 7-3 W 2 UAB 5-4 .556 2-1 3-3 17-10 .629 10-5 6-5 0-0 6-4 L 1 UTSA 5-4 .556 2-4 3-0 16-13 .551 12-8 4-5 0-0 5-5 W 1 FIU 5-4 .556 2-1 3-3 13-16 .449 8-6 3-6 2-4 4-6 L 1 Southern Miss 4-4 .500 2-1 2-3 15-10-1 .596 8-4 6-4 1-2-1 6-4 W 1 WKU 4-5 .444 2-4 2-1 13-13 .500 8-6 5-4 0-3 6-4 L 3 Old Dominion 3-6 .333 2-1 1-5 14-12 .538 9-1 3-7 2-3 5-5 W 1 Charlotte 4-8 .333 3-6 1-2 10-13 .435 7-10 1-3 2-0 5-5 L 1 Marshall 2-7 .222 1-5 1-2 9-18 .333 1-6 4-9 4-3 3-7 W 1 Louisiana Tech 1-7 .125 1-1 0-6 12-13 .480 9-3 3-10 0-0 4-6 W 2 RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES HITTER OF THE WEEK RONNIE JEBAVY, MIDDLE TENNESSEE Wed., April 1 Thu., April 2 Junior, OF, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Marshall 16, Miami (Ohio) 3 UAB at Southern Miss ...................................... 6:00p Jebavy had another impressive showing at the plate, Old Dominion 4, William & Mary 0 posting a weekly batting average of .476 (10-for-21) Louisiana Tech 3, Louisiana-Monroe 2 Fri., April 3 and hitting safely in all five games with four multi-hit Charlotte at Old Dominion ............................... 5:00p efforts. Jebavy started the week with a solo HR against Tue., March 31 Marshall at (22) Florida Atlantic ...................... 5:30p No. 2 Vanderbilt and finished the sweep of ODU with a (22) Florida Atlantic 11, (6) UCF 5 UAB at Southern Miss ...................................... 6:00p .500 batting average (6-for-12) over the weekend. His (13) Rice 4, Lamar 3 UTSA at FIU ....................................................... 6:00p go ahead RBI triple Friday night led to a series opening Louisiana Tech 17, Grambling State 12 WKU at Louisiana Tech .................................... 6:00p win, and he tied his career high with three hits (one UTSA 5, Texas State 4 Middle Tennessee at (13) Rice ........................ 6:30p double) on Saturday. He extended his hitting streak to NC State 10, Charlotte 6 eight games on Sunday with two more hits. Jebavy also Alabama 7, UAB 2 Sat., April 4 stole his league-leading 14th and 15th bases over the Liberty 9, Old Dominion 7 Marshall at (22) Florida Atlantic .................... 12:00p weekend. Austin Peay 10, Middle Tennessee 0 Charlotte at Old Dominion ............................... 2:00p Bethune Cookman 7, FIU 4 Middle Tennessee at (13) Rice ........................ 2:00p PITCHER OF THE WEEK UAB at Southern Miss ...................................... 2:00p JAMES McMAHON, SOUTHERN MISS Sun., March 29 WKU at Louisiana Tech .................................... 3:00p Senior, RHP, Hattiesburg, Miss. Charlotte 5, Louisiana Tech 3 UTSA at FIU ....................................................... 3:30p McMahon made two starts during the week and FIU 3, Marshall 1 registered a win against No. 14 Rice. He did not record (25) Florida Atlantic 9, UTSA 5 Sun., April 5 a decision in a short start against No. 29 Mississippi Middle Tennessee 5, Old Dominion 4 Marshall at (22) Florida Atlantic .................... 11:00a State due to being on a pitch count. McMahon did not Southern Miss 5, Rice 1 Charlotte at Old Dominion ............................. 12:00p allow a run over 11 innings of work and fanned five, UAB 7, WKU 1 UTSA at FIU ..................................................... 12:00p while walking just one over that span. He improved to WKU at Louisiana Tech .................................... 1:00p 5-0 on the year and saw his ERA drop to 0.99 following Sat., March 28 Middle Tennessee at (13) Rice ........................ 1:00p his Rice outing. Against Mississippi State, he pitched to Charlotte 5, Louisiana Tech 0 one batter over the minimum in his start and pitched to Charlotte 9, Louisiana Tech 5 the minimum amount of hitters through the first four UTSA 14, (25) Florida Atlantic 3 Conference games in bold frames against Rice. He retired nine batters in a row at (14) Rice 11, Southern Miss 4 All Times Central one point against the Owls. He was part of a 3-0 UAB 6, WKU 5 shutout victory over MSU, which was the team’s fourth shutout of the year as he has pitched in three of those. Marshall 5, FIU 4 Middle Tennessee 8, Old Dominion 2 Fri., March 27 UAB 2, WKU 1 FIU 7, Marshall 2 Middle Tennessee 7, Old Dominion 2 (25) Florida Atlantic 10, UTSA 4 (14) Rice 6, Southern Miss 3 C-USA NOTEBOOK OLD DOMINION The Monarchs dropped all three games at Middle Tennessee this past weekend after posting an 11-1 midweek victory over VMI. Junior 2B P.J. Higgins was 4-for-5 with two CHARLOTTE doubles and two runs scored against VMI and then went 2-for-5 with a run scored in the The 49ers swept a Saturday doubleheader from Louisiana Tech, 5-0 and 9-5, and then series opener at Middle Tennessee. Junior OF Connor Myers had five hits in the MT finished a sweep of the Bulldogs for the second straight year with a 5-3 victory on Sunday. series, doubling in the opener and scoring one run in each games. After producing three In game one, sophomore LHP Sean Geoghegan threw 7.2 innings of shutout ball, hits in the series finale he is batting a team-best .357 on the season. He has also scattering six hits with six strikeouts to win his second-straight decision. Geoghegan extended his hitting streak to 11 games. tossed 107 pitches on Saturday in game one hitting the strike zone 73 times. Freshman 3B Hunter Jones posted a .500 batting average (7-for-14) in four games last week, playing in his first full week as a starter. Jones opened his week with a career-high three (14) RICE hits, double and run scored in a narrow 8-6 loss at Wake Forest before leading the Niners The Owls were 3-2 last week, splitting a pair of midweek games with Sam Houston State to the sweep over Louisiana Tech hitting .400 in the three-game set. Junior OF Zach and earning a series win over Southern Miss. Senior DH Kirby Taylor went a combined Jarrett hit three home runs in four games this week, including two in the three-game 8-for-20 (.400) at the plate last week. He had a hit in all five games to extend his current series vs. Louisiana Tech. Charlotte will play N.C. State on Tuesday night at BB&T hit streak to 10 games, including his sixth three-hit game of the season at Sam Houston Ballpark in the first-ever collegiate game in Uptown Charlotte. Close to 5,000 tickets have State last Wednesday night. He drove in a total of four runs in three of the games. Junior been pre-sold for the historic event. RHP Kevin McCanna earned his third victory Friday over Southern Miss, firing a season- long 7.0 innings, allowing just three runs on seven hits. He did not issue any walks and tied a career-high with eight strikeouts. Sophomore RF Charlie Warren extended his FIU hitting streak to a team-best 18 games on Sunday. Warren is batting .347 overall and The Panthers took two-of-three games at Marshall, its second straight C-USA series belted his first career home run Saturday against USM. In five games last week the Rice victory. Sophomore RHP Chris Mourelle posted his second straight victory with a 3-1 win pitching staff combined to register 54 strikeouts in 44.0 innings of work. The Owl hurlers in the series finale. He held a four-hit shutout through eight innings, striking out five, also maintained a strikeouts-to-walks ratio of 4.5-to-1. Rice ranks among the NCAA finishing with one run on six hits in 8.1 IP. The five strikeouts tied a season high for leaders in hits. The Owls average 11.1 hits per game and are batting .310 as a team. Mourelle, who has done so two other times. On the year, Mourelle owns a 5-2 record with a 3.40 ERA in 45 innings pitched. He has tallied 26 strikeouts and is holding the opposition to a .222 batting average. Senior IF Brian Portelli had a double and four RBI SOUTHERN MISS in the Panthers 7-2 win Friday night and had a pair of hits in Sunday’s 3-1 victory. He has Southern Miss was 2-2 against ranked opponents last week, posting a 3-0 win over No. a team-high 12 multiple-hit games on the season. Sophomore C JC Escarra has 29 Mississippi State before going 1-2 at No.