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USF BU LL S BA S E B ALL [email protected] Baseball Media Contact: Amy Woodruff (w) 813-974-4087, (c) 813-410-1194 HOME AW A Y T ON CA T ch 47 TV FEBRUARY Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. MIDWEEK GA M E FOR USF (15-15) 17 18 19 20 21 ISU ISU Won Won at UCF | Tuesday, April 8, 2008 | Jay Bergman Field | Orlando, Fla. | 7 p.m. 4-2 6-5 (12) ISU 25 26 27 OSUT NYY NU Lost Lost Lost Won 6-4 7-2 11-4 9-8 MARCH Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. OSU 3 FGC B-CU 6 SSU SSU Lost Lost Lost Won Won 14-3 5-4 8-4 12-6 9-0 SSU 10 FAU UNF 13 SHU SHU The University of South Florida baseball team travels to Orlando Tuesday, April 8 to battle the UCF Knights Won Won Won Won Won at 7 p.m. 9-8 (10) 7-6 7-1 6-4 7-6 A pair of freshman right-handed pitchers will face off in the midweek non-conference matchup, as Matt Stull SHU 17 OU OU 20 UC UC (2) Lost Lost Lost Win L, 6-1 (2-0, 1.93 ERA) will get the start for USF and Cody Allen (1-0, 2.84 ERA) gets the nod for the Knights. 2-3 6-1 7-5 14-10 L, 5-4 The game can be heard live on 1010 Sports and USF Press Pass Baseball Radio with Garrett Walvoord han- 23 24 FGC UNF 27 GU T GU T dling the call. Won Lost Won Lost 3-2 4-3 (10) 2-1 6-3 GU 31 The Series Lost 8-7 With a 15-15 overall record, the Bulls look to continue where they left off last week in Orlando, beating the Knights 17-4 in non-conference action. In the first of four meetings of the season, USF handed then-ranked No. APRIL 25 UCF a 13-run loss, out-hitting the Knights 17-7. Five Bulls had a multiple-hit game and every starter for USF Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. connected on at least one hit. UCF B-CU 3 WVU WVU Won ppd. Lost Lost USF Bulls (15-15) 17-4 10-8 15-14 Four USF batters are hitting better than .300, led by Ryan Lockwood’s .375. USF has 20 home runs, 54 doubles WVU 7 8 @ 9 10 11 T 12 Won UCF UofL UofL and a pair of triples for a .402 slugging percentage in 30 games overall this year. In four games last week, 5-2 (11) 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm the Bulls batted .308 as a team with 49 hits, 18 of which were extra-base knocks. USF outscored its opponents 13 14 15 @ 16 @ 17 18 @ 19 @ 44-31 last week, and had 41 free passes from 24 walks and 17 hit by pitches. The pitching staff struck out 28 UofL SU B-CU RU RU 1 pm 7 pm 6 pm 3:30 1 pm opponents in 37.1 innings, and allowed only 23 free passes – 14 walks and nine HBP. 20 @ 21 22 @ 23 24 25 T 26 RU FAU SU VU VU UCF Knights (22-11) Noon 6:30 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm After starting the season 19-1 and earning recognition in national polls, the Knights are 3-10 since March 21. As 27 28 29 30 VU UCF B-CU a team, UCF is hitting .310 with five players batting above .300. The Knights have connected on 20 home runs 1 pm 7 pm 7 pm this season as well as 55 doubles and 10 triples for a .425 slugging percentage. UCF pitchers have struck out 344 opponents in 296.0 IP. MAY Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. On Deck 1 2 3 The Bulls return to Red McEwen Field this weekend for a three-game BIG EAST series with the Louisville Cardi- nals. Friday night’s game, which starts at 7 p.m., can be seen on Catch 47 as well as heard live on XM Satellite 4 5 6 7 8 9 @ 10 @ Radio, 1010 Sports and USF Press Pass Baseball Radio. UCF STJ STJ 7 pm 6 pm 2 pm 11 @ 12 13 @ 14 15 T 16 T 17 STJ UF ND ND ND Noon 6:30 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm PRO B A B LE PITCHING STARTER S 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 USF BU LL S UCF KNI G HT S BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST Fr. Matt Stull, RHP Tuesday Fr. Cody Allen, RHP May 20-24 BIG EAST Tournament, Clearwater, Fla. May 30 - June 2 NCAA Regionals, sites tba June 6-9 NCAA Super Regionals, sites tba June 14-24 College World Series, Omaha, Neb. USF BU LL S BA S E B ALL son record in both categories. On Saturday, the Bulls upped that season hit record to 18 in the second loss 2008 HONORS AND AWARDS at WVU. The Bulls continued to hold the top spot in the Team Picked third in preseason BIG EAST poll country in batters hit by a pitch, collecting 17 this week, Chosen third in Rivals.com preseason BIG EAST poll TEAM BIG EAST OVERALL to increase their season total to 76. Five batters hit NCBWA Preseason Poll - received votes St. John’s 7-2 .778 22-6 .786 better than .400 this week for USF, led by freshman CBN Preseason Poll - received votes Notre Dame 7-2 .778 16-9 -1 .635 Ryan Lockwood with an 8-for-18 week with five RBI, five Recruiting class ranked 43rd by CBN Cincinnati 7-2 .778 15-11 .577 doubles and a .722 slugging percentage. Seton Hall 8-4 .667 18-12 .600 Randy Fontanez BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week - March 10 West Virginia 6-3 .667 24-7 .774 Lockwood on BIG EAST Honor Roll BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll - March 31 Louisville 4-5 .444 16-12 .571 Freshman outfielder Ryan Lockwood has been selected Addison Maruszak Villanova 4-5 .444 13-15 .464 to the BIG EAST Baseball Weekly Honor Roll, the confer- BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll - Feb. 25 Connecticut 5-7 .417 15-15 .500 ence announced on April 7. Lockwood, who is currently BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll - March 17 USF 5-7 .417 15-15 .500 on a 13-game hitting streak, batted .444 this week with Shawn Sanford Georgetown 3-9 .250 11-17 .393 five doubles, collecting five RBI and slugging .722. In his Roger Clemens Award Preseason Watch List Pittsburgh 2-7 .222 8-17 .320 8-for-18 week, he scored six runs and tallied 13 total Brooks Wallace Award Preseason Watch List Rutgers 2-7 .222 8-18 .308 bases while drawing four walks. He also had one stolen NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List base and was perfect in the field, making 11 put outs. Rivals.com 2008 Preseason All-Conference Team BIG EAST PRESEASON COA ch ES POLL The first-year player for USF Brandon Smith 1. St. John’s leads the team this season with BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll - March 10 2. Louisville his .375 average, 45 hits, 12 dou- Daniel Thomas 3. USF bles, one triple, 25 RBI, 27 runs BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll - Feb. 25 4. Rutgers scored and five stolen bases. 5. Notre Dame diving catches, with no errors in those 13 outings. 6. Connecticut Scoring Double-Digit Runs 7. Pittsburgh USF outscored its oppo- Take One for the Team 8. Villanova nents 44-31 this week, USF batters have been hit by 76 pitches in 30 games 9. Cincinnati but only earned two this season, which is the second-most in school his- 10. West Virginia wins. Against UCF tory. The 2007 Bulls set the school record last season 11. Seton Hall on Tuesday, the with 99 plunks in 60 games. The previous record was 12. Georgetown Bulls outscored 64 in 2005. the Knights 17-4 Prado’s Progress USF’s Hit By Pitch Records and despite Head coach Lelo Prado 1. 99 2007 7. 53 2000 dropping two is in his second cam- 2. 76 2008 8. 47 2001 games over the paign with the Bulls and 3. 64 2005 9. 40 2004 weekend, USF his 20th collegiate season 4. 62 1999 10. 39 1993 tied WVU 27-27 overall. Prado is 48-41 at USF 5. 61 2002 39 1995 overall on the and 646-466-2 in 19 years 6. 60 2003 scoreboard. as a head coach. Prado has also spent time at Louisville A Three-Run and a Slam Lockwood Streaks (320-301-1, 11 years) and won On April 5 at WVU, the Bulls had a five-batter stretch Through 13 Games two Division II National Cham- that saw a three-run homer and a grand slam in the In his 13-game hitting pionships with the University of eighth inning. With two outs, USF junior Cory Johnson streak, which began Tampa (278-124-1, 7 years). sent his first USF-career home run over the right field March 19 against Oklaho- ma, freshman Ryan Lock- April 1-6 in Review wood has batted .442 with 23 LON G ES T WI NN I N G ST REAKS The University of South Florida hits, including eight doubles baseball team was 2-2 this and three triples.