Navy Baseball - Entering the Series
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Navy at Raleigh Regional NAVY 2016 NCAA Championship June 3-6 • Raleigh, N.C. BASEBALL Doak Field at Dail Park 2016 Schedule #1 North Carolina State #2 Coastal Carolina #3 Saint Mary’s #4 Navy February 19 at North Carolina A&T W, 6-1 20 at North Carolina A&T W, 14-8 21 at North Carolina A&T W, 11-4 24 Coppin State Ccd. No. 4 Navy (42-14-1) at 26 vs. Air Force [1] W, 3-1 NCAA Baseball Championship 27 vs. Air Force [1] W, 5-0 28 vs. Air Force [1] L, 10-5 Friday, June 3 - 7 p.m. ~ vs. #1 North Carolina State March Saturday, June 4 - 2 or 7 p.m. 2 Delaware State W, 20-4 5 Central Connecticut (DH) L, 3-2 / L, 9-2 Sunday, June 5 - 1 or 6 p.m. 6 Central Connecticut L, 8-1 Monday, June 6 - 7 p.m. 9 Maryland Eastern Shore W, 11-2 12 Yale (DH) W, 8-2 / W, 3-2 13 Yale (DH) W, 11-4 / T, 2-2 Coverage 16 Buffalo W, 6-2 Entire regional will be stream on WatchESPN/ESPN3.com 17 at Towson W, 6-5 Navy Baseball - Entering the Series... 18 Rutgers W, 3-2 • Navy will continue its winningiest season in program history 20 NJIT (DH) W, 7-3 / W, 4-0 Navy Probable Defensive Lineup (2016 stats) this weekend with action in the Raleigh Regional of the 2016 23 at UMBC L, 5-4 Pos. Player (Cl.) GP-GS Avg. 2B/3B HR RBI NCAA Baseball Championship Tournament ... Hosted by 26 Princeton (DH) W, 1-0 / W, 7-0 C Adrian Chinnery (Jr.) 44-42 .307 7 2 21 number one seed, North Carolina State, the regional consists 1B Leland Saile (Jr.) 44-34 .392 15 4 29 27 Princeton (DH) L, 4-1 / W, 1-0 30 at Maryland Eastern Shore W, 16-4 of second seed Coastal Carolina, third-seeded Saint Mary’s 2B Matthew Wilcox (Fr.) 57-56 .247 6 0 16 and Navy ... Play begins on Friday at 7 p.m. for the Mids as SS Travis Blue (Jr.) 57-57 .266 17 1 39 April they will go head-to-head with the Wolfpack 3B Logan Knowles (So.) 55-55 .301 6 1 24 2 Holy Cross * (DH) L, 3-1 / L, 4-2 LF Sean Trent (Sr.) 57-57 .317 21 3 49 • Seven All-Patriot League players lead the Midshipmen into CF Robert Currie (Sr.) 56-56 .351 17 0 26 3 Holy Cross * (DH) W, 9-0 / W, 4-2 the postseason with Pitcher of the Year Luke Gillingham 5 at Georgetown W, 6-5 RF Connor Deneen (Sr.) 48-44 .302 13 1 27 and Rookie of the Year Noah Song headlining the pitching DH Stephen Born (So.) 55-52 .318 16 2 36 9 at Lafayette * (DH) W, 7-0 / W, 8-4 effort ... C Adrian Chinnery, CF Robert Currie, RF Connor 10 at Lafayette * (DH) W, 19-6 / L, 7-5 Deneen, DH Stephen Born and reliever Sam Sorenson all Navy Probable Pitching Rotation (2016 stats) 13 at Delaware State W, 16-4 earned frst team honors. Pos. Player (Cl.) GP-GS ERA W-L IP K 16 Lehigh * (DH) W, 3-0 / L, 9-2 LHP Luke Gillingham (Sr.) 13-13 1.96 8-3 87.1 86 17 Lehigh * (DH) W, 3-0 / W, 10-3 • This series will also give the Mids a chance to keep per- RHP Noah Song (Fr.) 16-12 2.47 9-3 73.0 55 19 UMBC L, 6-4 forming a high-level and turning out quality results as they’ve RHP George Coughlin (Jr.) 14-13 2.65 3-3 68.0 62 23 Army West Point * (DH) W, 3-2 / W, 6-2 gone 23-6 over their last 29 games dating back to April 3 RHP Kyle Condry (Jr.) 13-10 3.30 6-1 60.0 57 24 Army West Point * (DH) W, 7-3 / W, 3-1 • During the Patriot League tournament, Navy got strong ef- 27 at George Mason W, 13-9 Navy Bullpen (2016 stats) 30 at Bucknell * (DH) W, 2-0 / W, 7-4 forts from the middle of its lineup as the 3-4-6 hitters, Born, Trent and Saile all hit over .333 with Saile leading the way Pos. Player (Cl.) GP-GS ERA W-L IP K RHP Sam Sorenson (Sr.) 24-0 1.77 5-2 40.2 40 May with a .478 (11-23) average and two home runs and seven RBIs ... Trent compiled a .458 (11-24) average and six RBIs, RHP Jett Meenach (Jr.) 22-0 2.78 1-0 32.1 22 1 at Bucknell * (DH) W, 15-0 / L, 6-4 RHP Andrew Bartek (Sr.) 18-0 3.26 6-2 38.2 36 8 Chestnut Hill College W, 13-1 while Born hit .333 (8-24) with a home run and two RBIs ... 14 #4 Bucknell - PL Semis L, 9-3 On the mound, George Coughlin (10.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 8 K) led Navy’s Active Career Leaders 15 #4 Bucknell - PL Semis W, 5-3 / W, 13-6 the starting cast, while Sam Sorenson (4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 6 K) Runs: Robert Currie, 149 22 #2 Holy Cross - PL Finals W, 2-1 (10) and Andrew Bartek (6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 K) were stalwarts in Hits: Robert Currie, 255 23 #2 Holy Cross - PL Finals L, 3-2 / W, 1-0 the bullpen over the two-week tournament. 2B: Robert Currie, 31 • What to Watch For ... Navy’s pitching staff is number two in 3B: Robert Currie, 19 June the nation with 12 shutouts ... The California duo of Gilling- HR: Leland Saile, 6 3 at #1 North Carolina State [2] 7 p.m. ham and Song, have dominated opposition this season with RBI: Robert Currie, 103 4 vs. #2 Coastal Carolina/Saint Mary’s TBA a combined 2.19 ERA over 160.1 innings ... A tell-tale sign of SB: Robert Currie, 62 5 NCAA Regionals [2] TBA a potential Midshipmen win is scoring six runs; Navy is 26-0 Games: Robert Currie, 202 6 NCAA Regionals [2] TBA when scoring six or more runs ... They’re also 29-3-1 when holding their opponent to three runs or less ... Navy is one of Wins: Luke Gillingham, 22 * Patriot League game only six schools with a 50 % or better ratio of caught stealings Appearances: Sam Sorenson, 86 [1] at Kinston, N.C. versus stolen bases against (24 SBA - 28 CS) ... Gillingham, Starts: Luke Gillingham, 45 [2] NCAA Regionals, Raleigh, N.C. a Golden Spikes Watch List honoree, is 16th in the nation Innings Pitched: Luke Gillingham, 291.1 with a 0.94 WHIP ... Robert Currie is two triples and three Saves: Sam Sorenson, 14 All home games played at Terwilliger Brothers stolen bases away from setting the school record; he’s al- Strikeouts: Luke Gillingham, 301 Field at Max Bishop Stadium ready become the frst Midshipmen with 250 career hits. 2016 Navy Baseball Roster No. Name Pos. Cl. B/T Ht./Wt. Hometown/High School No. Name Pos. 1 Andrew Sauer RHP Fr. R/R 6-0/185 Johns Creek, Ga./Wesleyan 45 Bartek, Andrew RHP 2 Robert Currie OF Sr. R/R 5-9/160 Atlanta, Ga./The Lovett School 7 Blue, Travis IF 3 Rece Goodman LHP Fr. R/L 6-2/195 Irvine, Calif./Mater Dei 28 Born, Stephen OF 5 J.P. Colton RHP Fr. R/R 6-1/175 Maitland, Fla./Winter Park 23 Brady, Colin RHP 6 Jett Meenach RHP Jr. R/R 6-2/200 Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound 38 Chinnery, Adrian C 7 Travis Blue IF Jr. R/R 5-11/160 Orange, Calif./Orange Lutheran 5 Colton, J.P. RHP 8 Matthew Wilcox IF Fr. R/R 6-2/175 Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos 51 Condry, Kyle RHP 9 Kyle Stewart 1B Fr. R/R 6-0/205 Ladera Ranch, Calif./JSerra Catholic 29 Coughlin, George RHP 10 Jackson Zoch RHP Fr. R/R 6-1/180 San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Dana Hills 2 Currie, Robert OF 11 Sam Sorenson RHP Sr. R/R 5-11/185 Etters, Pa./Red Land 13 Deneen, Connor OF 13 Connor Deneen OF Sr. L/R 6-1/195 Tustin, Calif./Beckman 18 Garbo, Hill LHP 14 Leland Saile 1B/OF Jr. R/R 6-0/200 Land O’ Lakes, Fla./Jesuit 17 Gillingham, Luke LHP 16 Nick Paglialonga C Jr. R/R 6-0/190 Lake Forest, Calif./El Toro 3 Goodman, Rece LHP 17 Luke Gillingham LHP Sr. L/L 6-3/200 Coronado, Calif./Coronado 33 Hodge, Christian C 18 Hill Garbo LHP Fr. L/L 6-1/180 Madison, Miss./Southlake Carroll (TX) 42 Johnson, Adam RHP 19 Logan Knowles IF So. L/R 6-1/175 Port Orchard, Wash./South Kitsap 32 Kamhoot, Sean OF 20 Noah Song RHP Fr. R/R 6-4/195 Claremont, Calif./Claremont 19 Knowles, Logan IF 21 Liam Lowery OF Fr. L/R 6-1/205 Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown 26 Koscho, Scott C/OF 22 Shane Peisker IF/OF Fr. L/R 5-10/185 Highland, Ind./St. Rita (IL) 37 Lowe, Ben IF 23 Colin Brady RHP So. R/R 6-4/195 Seneca, S.C./Pendleton 21 Lowery, Liam OF 24 Ben McGrath 1B So. S/L 6-0/185 Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Oxbridge Academy 55 Lowry, Andrew OF 26 Scott Koscho C/OF Fr.