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2021 Baseball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Valparaiso (11-23, 6-10 MVC) 2021 Schedule and Results at Bradley (14-15, 6-5 MVC) Date Opponent Time/Result Dozer Park | Peoria, Ill. Feb. 19 at UAB W 6-2 Friday, May 7, 6 p.m. – RHP Ryan Mintz Feb. 20 at UAB L 8-2 Saturday, May 8, 1 p.m. (Game 1) – TBD Feb. 21 at UAB L 4-1 Saturday, May 8, to follow (Game 2) – RHP Colin Fields Feb. 26 at Jacksonville State L 5-4 Sunday, May 9, 1 p.m. CT – RHP Zach Fricke Feb. 27 at Jacksonville State (DH) L 10-2 Feb. 27 at Jacksonville State (DH) L 13-3 March 12 at Middle Tennessee State L 5-2 Next Up in Valpo Baseball: The Valparaiso University baseball team will look to contin- March 13 at Middle Tennessee State (DH) W 5-0 (7) ue its recent hot streak as it vies for a third consecutive series win this weekend against March 13 at Middle Tennessee State (DH) W 3-2 (8) Bradley. However, this time the team will have to do it on the road, where Valpo is seeking March 14 at Middle Tennessee State L 5-0 its first conference win of the season. The Brown & Gold have collected home series March 19 at Western Kentucky L 8-4. March 20 at Western Kentucky W 8-6 (11) victories in Missouri Valley Conference play each of the last two weekends, taking three March 21 at Western Kentucky L 11-1 of four from both Southern Illinois and Illinois State. Valpo hopes to sustain the success March 23 at #14 Notre Dame L 6-3 against teams that call the Land of Lincoln home over Mother’s Day weekend in Peoria. March 26 at Butler L 5-4 (10) March 27 at Butler (DH) W 7-1 Last Time Out: Valpo batted .336 and averaged 7.5 runs per game during a four-game March 27 at Butler (DH) L 13-10 series against Illinois State last weekend at Emory G. Bauer Field. After riding a quality April 1 at DBU* L 6-1 April 2 at DBU* (DH) L 8-4 start by Ryan Mintz to a 3-2 victory on Friday, Valpo split Saturday’s doubleheader thanks April 2 at DBU* (DH) L 9-8 to a 17-13 triumph in a zany nightcap. The hosts held an 11-0 lead through two innings April 3 at DBU* L 5-2 and launched five home runs on a day where the wind was howling out at Emory G. April 7 Eastern Illinois CCD Bauer Field. The series finale saw Valpo hold on for a 7-6 victory with help from Riley April 9 at Oakland CCD Dent’s third home run of the weekend, solidifying a series win over the team picked April 10 at Oakland (DH) CCD April 10 at Oakland (DH) CCD second in the MVC preseason poll. April 11 at Oakland CCD April 16 at #23 Indiana State* L 5-0 On the Air: The series will be bookended by ESPN3 appearances as the Friday and April 17 at #23 Indiana State* (DH) L 11-2 Sunday games will air on the digital platform. There will be no video coverage of Sat- April 17 at #23 Indiana State* (DH) L 6-2 urday’s doubleheader. Links to live video and stats can be found on ValpoAthletics.com. April 18 at #23 Indiana State* L 12-1 April 23 Southern Illinois* (DH) W 7-6 April 23 Southern Illinois* (DH) W 4-3 Series Notes: Valpo holds a 13-18 all-time record against Bradley in a series that dates April 24 Southern Illinois* L 10-4 back to 1991. Valpo is 2-5 against the Braves since joining The Valley including an 11-9 April 25 Southern Illinois* W 4-2 setback that ended at 1:32 a.m. in a 2018 MVC Tournament game at Horner Ballpark in April 27 at #8 Notre Dame L 8-7 Dallas. The most recent series occurred at Dozer Park and saw Valpo drop two of three April 30 Illinois State* W 3-2 despite taking the middle game 5-2. May 1 Illinois State* (DH) L 12-3 May 1 Illinois State* (DH) W 17-13 May 2 Illinois State* W 7-6 Schmack in the Record Book: Valpo head coach Brian Schmack enters this weekend May 7 at Bradley* 6 p.m. at Bradley needing one victory to move into sole possession of fourth place in the Valpo May 8 at Bradley* (DH) 1 p.m. record book for career wins by a skipper. He is currently tied with Rick Ferchen (1982- May 8 at Bradley* (DH) 4 p.m. 1987) for fourth with 147 victories apiece. With a series win this weekend, Schmack May 9 at Bradley* 1 p.m. May 11 Notre Dame 3 p.m. would join Paul Twenge (1988-2006), Emory G. Bauer (1954-1981) and Tracy Woodson May 14 Evansville* 3 p.m. (2007-2013) as the only head coaches in Valpo history to reach the 150-win milestone. May 15 Evansville* (DH) Noon May 15 Evansville* (DH) 3 p.m. Head Coach Brian Schmack: Brian Schmack, the 17th head baseball coach in Val- May 16 Evansville* 1 p.m. paraiso University history, is in his eighth season in charge of the program. Entering the May 20 at Missouri State* 11:30 a.m. May 21 at Missouri State* (DH) 10 a.m. 2021 season, he has served as the head coach for 336 games at Valpo, the fourth-most in May 21 at Missouri State* (DH) 1 p.m. program history with Tracy Woodson third at 397. This year, he moves into a tie for third May 22 at Missouri State* 11:30 a.m. in program history for number of seasons coached with eight, matching Donald Warnke May 25-29 at MVC Tournament (Carbondale, Ill.) (1946-1953). Schmack has now been at Valpo longer than his predecessor Woodson, All Times Central whose seven-year run lasted from 2007-2013. Entering the season, Schmack’s win total * - MVC Game of 136 ranks fifth in program history, with Rick Ferchen fourth at 147. The former big- Home games in bold and played at Emory G. Bauer league pitcher led Valparaiso to 25 wins in his inaugural campaign in 2014, a school record *** REFERENCING VALPO *** for victories by a first-year skipper. He followed that up with a 22-win season in 2015, Please refer to our team as Valparaiso or Valpo. The then guided the team to its first winning record since 2013 in 2016. In 2017, Schmack University has voted to retire the Crusader mascot continued his success despite managing a youthful roster that featured 11 freshmen and name, effective February 2021. 15 total newcomers. He led his team to 24 wins, including a strong finish to the regular 2021 Baseball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 season that saw them win eight of their last 11. The 2018 season saw Valpo transition to the Missouri Valley Conference. The Brown & Gold made an immediate splash in the 2021 Valley Standings highly-respected baseball league, putting together a strong showing in the 2018 MVC Entering 5/5 Tournament, including a 13-10 victory over host Dallas Baptist, a team that went on to Team MVC Pct. Overall Pct. receive an at-large NCAA Regional berth. During the 2019 season, Schmack’s squad DBU 10-2 .833 25-11 .694 equaled its win total from the year prior despite playing in a conference that was ranked Indiana State 8-4 .667 21-11 .656 sixth nationally in RPI and sent three teams to NCAA Regionals. Schmack, a member Bradley 6-5 .545 14-15 .483 of the 2003 Detroit Tigers, served as pitching coach/associate head coach at Valpo for Southern Illinois 10-10 .500 31-12 .721 seven seasons prior to his promotion. Illinois State 8-8 .500 18-25 .419 Hannahs Honored as MVC Player of the Week Missouri State 5-7 .417 15-15 .500 - Freshman infielder Kaleb Hannahs was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player Valpo 6-10 .375 11-23 .324 of the Week on Monday, May 3 after helping Valpo to its best offensive weekend of the Evansville 6-13 .316 21-21 .500 season and a series victory over Illinois State. - Hannahs posted a slash line of .556/.636/.667 over five games during the week, leading the team in both batting average and on-base percentage in that stretch. He upped his Around The Valley season average to a team-best .306 and also leads the squad in OBP at .396. Saturday, May 1 - Hannahs started his week with a 3-for-4 performance in a near upset of a top-10 foe as Illinois State 12, Valpo 3 Valpo fell 8-7 at No. 8 Notre Dame. He became the second Valpo player with a four-hit Evansville 4, DBU 3 game this season by putting together a 4-for-4 effort in Game 1 of the May 1 doubleheader Southern Illinois 6, Missouri State 5 vs. Illinois State. He added two more hits and three runs scored in the second game of Valpo 17, Illinois State 13 the twin bill.