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Utah Valley University 2021 BASEBALL UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY JAMES WARNICK | ASSISTANT SID | E: [email protected] | C: 801-376-0814 | O: 801-863-6231 2021 SCHEDULE UTAH VALLEY FEBRUARY (2-2) OVER: 5-20 | WAC: 3-9 | H: 1-8 | A: 4-12 | Streak: L2 Fri 19 at Saint Mary's W, 2-1 HC: Eric Madsen, 13th Season (307-352) Sat 20 at Saint Mary's (DH) W, 3-2/L, 2-5 FRI: RHP Jesse Schmit (1-4, 9.26) | SAT 1: RHP Nick Sims (1-4, 4.78) Sun 21 at Saint Mary's L, 0-2 SAT 2: RHP Bobby Voortmeyer (2-3, 3.58) | SUN: RHP Mason Gray (1-4, 5.64) Fri 26 at CSU Bakersfield Canceled Live Video: WAC Digital Network Sat 27 at CSU Bakersfield Canceled Live Stats: GoUTRGV.com Sun 28 at CSU Bakersfield Canceled MARCH (2-14) Fri 5 at Cal Poly L, 3-17 at UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY Sat 6 at Cal Poly L, 1-5 OVER: 13-16 | WAC: 5-7 | H: 7-5 | A: 6-11 | Streak: L1 Sun 7 at Cal Poly L, 0-6 FRI-SUN, Apr. 9-11 | 6/1 (DH)/12 pm CT Fri 12 at Portland L, 6-10 UTRGV Baseball Stadium | Edinburg, Texas Sat 13 at Portland (DH) L, 0-3/L, 5-6 FRI: RHP Kevin Stevens (2-4, 4.24) | SAT 1: RHP Max Balderrama Jr. (3-1, 3.60) Sun 14 at Portland L, 1-5 SAT 2: RHP Colten Davis (4-0, 2.20) | SUN: RHP J.C. Ariza (0-2, 3.13) Fri 19 SACRAMENTO ST. (DH)* L, 3-8, L, 5-8 UVU series record: 23-12 UVU win streak: L3 Sun 21 SACRAMENTO ST. (DH)* L, 4-10/L, 7-11 Tue 23 at BYU L, 7-11 Fri 26 at Northern Colorado* L, 0-10 • UVU will enter the series with a 5-20 diving catch from Jake Plecas in center in Sat 27 at Northern Colorado (DH)* L, 1-8/W, 7-3 overall record and a 3-9 clip in WAC the ninth to help preserve the victory. Sun 28 at Northern Colorado* W, 7-6 play after dropping a midweek non- conference contest to Washington • Junior second baseman Mitch Moralez APRIL (1-4) State of the Pac-12 Conference at home leads Utah Valley offensively on the year Thu 1 GRAND CANYON* L, 2-8 on Wednesday by a score of 5-3. The with a .283 batting average, 28 total Fri 2 GRAND CANYON (DH)* L, 1-4/W, 4-3 Cougars struck first with a trio of runs in hits, 11 runs scored and three stolen Sat 3 GRAND CANYON* L, 2-7 the opening inning to take an early lead. bases. Senior outfielder Alexander Wed 7 WASHINGTON STATE L, 3-5 UVU then responded with a pair of runs Marco is next with a .267 clip. He also in the second thanks to a two-run triple leads the team in doubles with 12 and Fri 9 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 5pm from freshman Tavyn Lords to make it is tied atop the squad in home runs with Sat 10 at UT Rio Grande Valley (DH)* 12/3pm 3-2. Washington State later two runs in three. Marco’s 12 doubles are also good Sun 11 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 11am the sixth via a two-run homer from Kyle enough to lead the WAC and rank him Fri 16 TARLETON* 6pm Manzardo to put the game away. second in the nation in total two-bag- Sat 17 TARLETON (DH)* 1/4pm gers. Senior infielder Kade Poulsen leads Sun 18 TARLETON* 12pm • Garrett Broussard led UVU offensively the team in RBIs with 14 and is tied with Tue 20 UTAH 6pm in the game by going 2-for-4 with a Marco with three home runs. Junior RHP Fri 23 at California Baptist* 7pm walk while Lords went 1-for-4 with a Voortmeyer leads UVU’s pitching staff Sat 24 at California Baptist (DH)* 2/5pm two RBIs and a triple, and Drew Sims with a 2-3 win-loss record, a 3.58 ERA Sun 25 at California Baptist* 1pm finished 1-for-4 with an RBI. Carson and a team-high 32.2 innings pitched. Fri 30 at Dixie State* 6pm Brown, Tevin Hall, Blake Zeleny, Devin Sophomore righty Mason Gray tops the Smith and Spenser Triplett all pitched team in strikeouts with 34 k’s in 30.1 scoreless outings of relief for the Wol- innings pitched. MAY (0-0) verines during Wednesday’s ballgame Sat 1 at Dixie State (DH)* 2/5:30pm against Washington State. • Friday’s opener will mark the 36th all- Sun 2 at Dixie State* 12pm time meeting between the Wolverines Tue 4 BYU 6pm • Prior to Wednesday’s contest, UVU took and Vaqueros on the baseball diamond. Fri 7 NEW MEXICO STATE* 6pm one of four games against the third- UVU will enter play with a 23-12 series Sat 8 NEW MEXICO STATE (DH)* 1/4pm place Grand Canyon Lopes at home advantage and a 9-8 record in Edinburg. Sun 9 NEW MEXICO STATE* 12pm last weekend. GCU took the first two UTRGV did sweep the season series in Wed 12 at Utah 6pm games of the series, 8-2 and 4-1, before 2019 in Edinburg, however, but prior to Fri 14 at New Mexico 6pm the Wolverines responded to take the that, UVU had won three straight series Sat 15 at New Mexico 6pm nightcap of Friday's doubleheader by a (2016, 2017, 2018). score of 4-3. The Lopes then went on to Sun 16 at New Mexico 12pm take Saturday's finale, 7-2, to claim the • UVU was picked to finish seventh in Thu 20 at Seattle U* 5pm WAC series. the 2021 WAC Preseason Coaches Poll. Fri 21 at Seattle U (DH)* 1/4pm Fifth-year senior right-handed pitcher Sat 22 at Seattle U* 1pm • In UVU's 4-3 victory over the Lopes, Jesse Schmit also earned Preseason 26-30 2021 WAC Tournament # TBA junior right-hander Bobby Voortmeyer All-WAC accolades for the Wolverines had a strong start for the Wolverines by after leading the league in ERA last All times listed in MT | *WAC game allowing just one unearned run on four season with a 1.08 clip. Schmit is one of Home games bolded and played at UCCU Ballpark hits over 6.0 solid innings of work on his four 2020 seniors that are back for UVU #WAC Tournament - Mesa, Arizona way to earning his second straight win. this season after getting an extra year Voortmeyer also struck out four and of eligibility due to COVID. The righty exited the game with UVU holding to a was UVU’s top starter last season after 4-1 lead. Fellow junior righty Jaxson Otis going 2-0 with 27 strikeouts in 25.0 in- then came on and pitched the final three nings of work. He also limited opposing innings to earn his first save of the year. batters to just a .153 average and held a GCU scored a pair of runs in the seventh 0.80 WHIP. UVU’s other three returning to make things interesting, but Otis and seniors are outfielder Alexander Marco, the UVU defense responded with a big infielder Kade Poulsen and relief pitcher double play in the eighth along with a Spenser Triplett. 2021 UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY BASEBALL ABOUT THE OPPOSITION 2021 MISCELLANEOUS STATS UTRGV, who was picked in a three-way tie to win the WAC this season, is currently 13-16 overall and in sixth place in the conference standings with a 5-7 league record. MULTIPLE HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot The Vaqueros last lost three of four to the first-place California Baptist Lancers last 8 Moralez, Mitch 5 2 1 - 8 weekend at home before dropping a midweek contest to in-state foe Texas State on 10 Broussard, Garret 6 1 - - 7 Tuesday, 7-4. Prior to last weekend’s series, UTRGV had split each of its first two WAC 3 Marco, Alexander 5 1 - - 6 series against Dixie State and GCU. UT Rio Grande Valley also holds wins on the season 2 Arens, Jeff 4 - - - 4 over Baylor (two), Washington (one), Dallas Baptist (one) and Northern Illinois (four). 20 Poulsen, Kade 2 1 - - 3 The Vaqueros went 11-7 overall last year and won a share of the WAC title in 2019 7 Madsen, Mick 2 - - - 2 with a 34-21 overall record and a 19-8 conference clip. 24 Hayes, Pacen 2 - - - 2 1 Plecas, Jake 1 - - - 1 Freddy Rojas Jr. paces UTRGV offensively with a .357 average, six home runs and 18 44 Luna, Brandon 1 - - - 1 RBIs. Diego Ramirez is next with a .340 clip while Preseason All-WAC selection Chris- 13 Lords, Tavyn 1 - - - 1 tian Sepulveda is batting .320 with 10 extra-base hits and leads the team with 22 runs TEAM 29 5 1 0 35 scored and is tied atop the squad in RBIs (with 18) and stolen bases (with three). The right-handed pitcher Davis is UTRGV top starting pitcher, as he’ll enter the weekend MULTIPLE RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot 20 Poulsen, Kade 4 - 1 - 5 with an unblemished 4-0 record and a 2.20 ERA. Friday’s scheduled starter Stevens 3 Marco, Alexander 1 2 - - 3 leads the way in strikeouts with 40 k’s in 40.1 innings.
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