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New Orleans Privateer Baseball 1984 NCAA Div I World Series • 1974 NCAA Div II World Series NCAA Tournament • 73, 74, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 96, 00, 07, 08 Conference Champions • 1978 & 2007 Sun Belt, 1989 American South Games 6-8 ● # South Alabama ● Feb. 22-24, 2013 New Orleans Privateers (0-5) vs. South Alabama (4-0X) Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 •6:30 p.m. Radio | None Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 • 2 p.m. Live Video & Stats | USAJaguars.com Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 • 1 p.m. Twitter | @UNOPrivateers 2013 UNO Baseball Schedule/Results SERIES PREVIEW Date Opponent Result/Time • New Orleans continues its current 13-game road swing with a trio of games at for- 2.15 Southeast Missouri St L, 4-7 mer Sun Belt rival South Alabama, starting with Friday at 6:30 p.m. 2.16 Southeast Missouri St L, 1-6. • LHP Stone Speer (0-0, 4.50) on Friday, RHP Alex Smith (0-1, 6.43 ERA) on Sat- 2.17 Southeast Missouri St L, 2-11. urday and Blake Preset (0-0, 2.16 ERA) on Sunday. Speer and Smith were part of 2.19 at #3 Arkansas L, 0-14 2.20 at #3 Arkansas L, 0-3 last weekend’s rotation. 2.22 at South Alabama 6:30 p.m. • UNO was swept at home by SE Missouri State and then lost two games on the 2.23 at South Alabama 2 p.m. road to No. 3 Arkansas. South Alabama swept Stephen F. Austin before besting Ala- 2.24 at South Alabama 1 p.m. bama State on Wednesday. 2.27 at Tulane 3 p.m. • South Alabama's Logan Kirkland, Whitt Dorsey and Jordan Patterson were named All-Sun Belt preseason selections. The Jaguars were picked third in the league 3.1 at Central Arkansas 6:30 p.m. standings, behind favorites Florida Atlantic and Florida International. 3.2 at Central Arkansas 2 p.m. 3.3 at Central Arkansas 1 p.m. 3.8 at McNeese State 6:30 p.m. THE SERIES 3.9 at McNeese State (DH) 1 p.m. • South Alabama leads the all-time series 84-58 over UNO. The series dates back 3.10 at McNeese State 1 p.m. to the Privateers’ first season of 1970 and includes games when both schools were 3.12 Alcorn State 6:30 p.m. members of the Sun Belt Conference. 3.13 Alcorn State 6:30 p.m. 3.15 vs. Baylor (at Houston) 2 p.m. WESLEY BARROW STADIUM at Houston 6:30 p.m. • UNO will play its 2013 home games at Wesley Barrow Stadium, a Major League 3.16 vs. Baylor (at Houston) 2 p.m. Baseball Urban Youth Academy facility while Maestri Field undergoes renovation 3.17 at Houston 1 p.m. 3.19 at Tulane 6:30 p.m. (see page 4). 3.23 at Grambling (DH) 12 p.m. • Opened in late 2012, the facility has a 655-seat capacity. It is 325 feet to left field, 3.24 at Grambling 1 p.m. 386 to center field and 319 to right field. The field is artificial turf. 3.26 at Nicholls State 6:30 p.m. 3.28 at West Virginia 2 p.m. BROADCAST INFORMATION 3.29 at West Virginia 2 p.m. • South Alabama will have live video and stats on USAJaguars.com. Radio calls of 3.30 at West Virginia 1 p.m. the game can be accessed at www.wnsp.com 3.31 at West Virginia 12 p.m. 4.2 Jackson State 6:30 p.m. NEXT WEEK 4.9 Southern Miss 6:30 p.m. • The Privateers will renew its rivalry against Tulane in the First NBC Bank Cup with 4.10 at Southern Miss 6 p.m. a 3 p.m. first pitch on Feb. 27. 4.12 Georgia State 6:30 p.m. 4.13 Georgia State 2 p.m. 4.14 Georgia State 1 p.m. 4.16 at Southeastern La. 6:30 p.m. Projected Privateer Starters 4.17 at Tulane 6:30 p.m. IN THE FIELD 4.19 at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. 4.20 at Oklahoma 2 p.m. Pos. # Name Class 4.21 at Oklahoma 1 p.m. C 38 Brian Dixon Jr-Tr. 4.23 Nicholls State 6:30 p.m. 1B 12 Zacary Hawkins Jr-Tr. 4.24 at Jackson State 6 p.m. 2B 3 Trevor McCarthy Jr-Tr. 4.26 Hofstra 6:30 p.m. 3B 34 Seth Laigast So-1L 4.27 Hofstra (DH) 12 p.m. SS 4 Zach Liberto Sr-2L 4.30 (S) Mississippi Valley St (DH) 12 p.m. LF 31 Dan Perkins Sr-1L CF 36 Chaz Boyer Fr-HS 5.1 at Tulane 6:30 p.m. 5.14 at LSU 6:30 p.m. RF 27 Morgan Barger Jr-Tr 5.16 at Campbell 5 p.m. DH 8 Reese Kanter Jr-Tr. 5.17 at Campbell 5 p.m. 5.18 at Campbell 12 p.m. ROTATION Day L/R # Name W/L ERA IP BB/K All times Central and subject to change. Fri. LHP 10 Stone Speer 0-0 4.50 6.0 1/7 Home contests at Wesley Barrow Stadium. Sat. RHP 18 Alex Smith 0-1 6.43 7.0 3/8 (S) contest to be held in Summit, Miss. Sun. RHP 15 Blake Prest 0-1 2.16 8.1 3/2 General Information Quick Glance - Privateer Probable Starters School. .University of New Orleans Location . .New Orleans, La. Friday - LHP #10 Stone Speer Founded . .1958 Making second start... Originally slated to start Weds vs Arkansas, but game Enrollment . .9,825 was moved up, rendering Speer unavailable... No decision against SEMO after President . .Dr. Peter J. Fos Athletic Director . .Derek Morel throwing six innings, allowing three runs on five hits... Posted a 4-4 record in 18 F.A.R . .Dr. James Lowry appearances, 12 starts in 2012... threw 68.2 innings, allowing 45 runs - 31 Nickname . .Privateers earned - on 67 hits... Struck out 62 while walking 44... Brother, Hunter is a School Colors . .Royal Blue and Silver 2013 signee and will join Privateers in 2014. Affiliation . .NCAA Division I Conference . .Independent Last Start vs Southeast Missouri (2/15) Facility IP H R ER BB K Home Field . .Maestri Field N/D 6.0 5 3 3 1 7 Capacity . .4,200 Dimensions . 330 feet (lines) Saturday - RHP #18 Alex Smith . .370 feet (power alleys) Making second start.of season.. Made seven appearances and two starts in . .405 (center field) 2013 Home Field .Wesley Barrow Stadium 2012... Went 1-1 with 5.87 ERA... Threw 15.1 innings... Win came in first ca- Capacity . .650 reer start against William Carey, allowing an unearned run on two hits in five in- Dimensions . .325 (left field) nings on 4/11. .319 (right field) . .386 (center field) Last Start vs SE Missouri (2/16/) Coaching Staff IP H R ER BB K L 7.0 3 5 5 3 8 Head Coach . .Bruce Peddie Alma Mater . .Mansfield, 1987 Phone . .(504) 280-6102 E-mail . [email protected] Saturday - RHP #15 Blake Prest Record (Overall) . .371-351-2 (14 yrs) Record (at UNO) . .34-116 (3 yrs) Making second start... Came out of bullpen against SEMO in collegiate debut Assistant Coaches . before becoming last minute starter vs Arkansas... Held #3 Razorbacks to a . .James Jurries (1st yr) single run on five hits in five innings... Attended Holy Cross and played for for- . .Justin Garcia (3rd yr) mer Privateer Greg Battistella... Selected to the All-District squad on a team Student Assistant . that was state runner-up. .Kal Bonura (2nd yr) Head Athletic Trainer . .Chris Young (2nd yr) Last Start vs Arkansas (2/19) Baseball Athletic Trainer . IP H R ER BB K . .Jordan Blough (2nd yr) L 5.0 5 1 1 2 1 Administrative Asst . .Paula Picker (5th yr) Equipment Manager . .Mike Hill (5th yr) Strength & Conditioning . .TBA UNO Game Notes UNO Baseball History LEFTOVERS FROM LAST TIME First Season . .1970 All-Time Record . .1333-1072-1 QUICK RECAP OF TWO GAMES VS ARKANSAS Conference Championships . .3 • UNO dropped both games at Arkansas (14-0 in 7 seven innings, 3-0). The games NCAA Appearances . .16 took place in a Tuesday doubleheader due to threat of rain on Wednesday. Div I College World Series . .1 (1984) Div II College World Series . .1 (1974) • The top hitter for UNO against the Razorbacks was Chaz Boyer (2-for-7) with a .286 batting average. The only other batter to reach base at least twice were Jonathan Coco 2013 Team Information (1-for-3 with a walk) . • The pitchers of note were Blake Prest (5 IP, 1 ER) in addition to Garrett Manning (2.1 2012 Record . .17-27 IP, 0.00 ERA), Raymond Winter (1 IP, 0.00 ERA) and Jordan Nelson (0.2 IP, 0.00 League Record . .N/A League Finish . .N/A ERA). Final RPI . .N/A • As a team, UNO hit .096 for the series compared to .297 for Arkansas. The Razor- Starters (Pos.) R/L . .3/6 backs left 23 runners stranded while UNO stranded 11. The Privateers had a 9.00 ERA Starters (Pitch) R/L . .2/1 with 17 walks and three strikeouts, compared to seven walks and 15 strikeouts for the Letterwinners R/L . .17/13 Hogs. Media Relations BOYER’S OPENING SPLASH Dir of Media Relations . .Jason Plotkin • Chaz Boyer continues to be productive for the Privateers at the leadoff position in the Phone .