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WARRIORS WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL GAME NOTES • MARCH 4-6, 2012 GAMES 1-4 WAYNE STATE BASEBALL 2012 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time Mar. 4 Wayne State (Neb.)% 12:00 PM Mar. 5 #10 Le Moyne (DH)% 11:00 AM WAYNE STATE WAYNE STATE #10 LE MOYNE URBANA Mar. 6 Urbana% 11:00 AM WARRIORS WILDCATS DOLPHINS BLUE KNIGHTS Mar. 8 at Rollins 6:00 PM (0-0) (2-0) (4-1) (3-1) Mar. 9 Rockhurst (DH)@ 11:00 AM Mar. 10 Minnesota-Duluth (DH)@ 12:00 PM ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC SAVANNAH INVITATIONAL • SAVANNAH, GA. Mar. 13 Indianapolis@ 4:00 PM Mar. 14 Winona State (DH)@ 11:00 AM GAME STORYLINES Mar. 15 at Rollins 6:00 PM The Wayne State University baseball team will begin the 2012 season at the Armstrong Atlantic Savannah Invitational, Mar. 16 Mount Vernon Nazarene@ 6:00 PM with four games scheduled over three days beginning Sunday afternoon. Mar. 24 Findlay (DH)* 1:00 PM Opening the season in Savannah for the second straight year, the Warriors will face three opponents which they have Mar. 25 Findlay (DH)* 1:00 PM never faced before, including Wayne State (Neb.) College on Sunday. The last Wayne State vs. Wayne State matchup in any Mar. 28 Hillsdale (DH)* 2:00 PM sport was a men’s basketball contest at the Matthaei on Nov. 25, 1998 (a 78-65 Tartar victory). Mar. 31 at Tiffin (DH)* 1:00 PM WSU will also face Le Moyne and Urbana before heading farther south to Florida for 10 games March 8-16. Apr. 1 at Tiffin (DH)* 12:00 PM Apr. 6 Northwood (DH)* 1:00 PM AT THE HELM Apr. 7 Northwood (DH)* 12:00 PM Ryan Kelley, the 2010 GLIAC Coach of the Year, enters his 10th season overall at WSU and fourth as the head baseball Apr. 11 Saginaw Valley State (DH)* 2:00 PM coach in 2012. The Warriors set a school record for wins (35) and advanced to the championship game of the NCAA Apr. 14 at Ohio Dominican (DH)* 1:00 PM Midwest Regional for the second time in program history last season. His 2010 squad won 32 games and earned the GLIAC Apr. 15 at Ohio Dominican (DH)* 12:00 PM regular-season and tournament championships, while in 2009 he set a program record for wins by a first-year head coach. Apr. 18 at Hillsdale (DH)* 2:00 PM WSC’s Brian Disch is in his third year as head baseball coach at his alma mater after previously serving five years as the Apr. 21 Ashland (DH)* 1:00 PM Wildcats’ hitting coach. He has a career record of 54-42. Apr. 22 Ashland (DH)* 12:00 PM Scott Cassidy is in his second season as Le Moyne’s head coach. Cassidy, who led the Dolphins to a 23-30 record in 2011, Apr. 28 at Grand Valley State (DH)* 1:00 PM played professionally for a decade including parts of three seasons at the major league level. Apr. 29 at Grand Valley State (DH)* 12:00 PM Mike Goldschmidt has an 87-90-1 record in five years as the head coach at Urbana. Goldschmidt, who helped guide May 2 at Saginaw Valley State (DH)* 2:00 PM the Blue Knights through their transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II in 2009, has a 10-year collegiate career record of May 5 Lake Erie (DH)* 1:00 PM 276-182-1. May 6 Lake Erie (DH)* 12:00 PM May 12-14 GLIAC Tournament TBA IN THE POLLS Chillicothe, Ohio Wayne State University was picked to finish second in the 2012 GLIAC preseason coaches’ poll. The Warriors were also May 19-22 NCAA Midwest Regional TBA ranked nationally in the first three polls released by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, and have received votes in each of Location TBA the last two. May 28-June 4 NCAA Championship TBA WSC was tabbed for fourth in the Northern Sun Conference preseason poll. The Wildcats also received a vote in this Cary, N.C. week’s CBN Division II national poll. Le Moyne, ranked 10th nationally by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in the Feb. 27 poll, was picked to finish second in %Armstrong Atlantic Savannah Invitational *GLIAC game @RussMatt Invitational (Winter Haven, Fla.) All times Eastern the Northeast-10 Conference Southwest Division. Home games at WSU Baseball Field Urbana competes as an independent team at the Division II level. 5101 John C. Lodge • 101 Matthaei • Detroit, MI 48202 • Fax: (313) 577-5997 JEFF WEISS TOM GORMAN TOM RITTER Associate A.D./Media Relations & Marketing Asst. Sports Information Director (BASEBALL CONTACT) Sports Information Intern (313) 577-7542 • [email protected] (313) 577-2299 • [email protected] (313) 577-7542 • [email protected] WWW.WSUATHLETICS.COM /wsuwarriors @waynestwarriors /waynestateathletics WAYNE STATE WARRIORS BASEBALL GAME NOTES • MARCH 4-6, 2012 THE 2012 WARRIORS QUICK FACTS Wayne State has 24 letterwinners returning from one of its most successful campaigns in program history. The 2011 Location .....................................Detroit, Michigan 48202 NCAA Midwest Regional runner-up, Wayne State has qualified for the postseason seven times in the last eight years and Founded ...................................................................1868 will look to return again in 2012. Among the 15 seniors on the squad is right-hander Josh Wedesky, an All-GLIAC Second Team selection who tied the Enrollment ......................32,564 (20,837 undergraduate) school record with 10 victories, second-most in the conference, last season. Centerfielder Kyle Vesey, the fourth-leading Colors .......................................................Green and Gold hitter on the team a year ago (.315, 52 H, 33 R), had a career-high 33 RBI and led the team with 13 stolen bases. Second Nickname ............................................................Warriors baseman Andrew Ciennik, one of two Warriors to play in all 56 games in 2011, is a two-time All-GLIAC selection and a Affiliation ................................................NCAA Division II 2010 All-Region honoree. This trio received Preseason All-Midwest Region honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Conference ..............................................................GLIAC Stadium .............................................WSU Baseball Field SCOUTING WAYNE STATE (NEB.) Dimensions ...............................310-379-420-370-320 The Wildcats went 26-19 last year including an 18-10 record in the Northern Sun Conference. WSC swept a doubleheader against Augustana last Sunday to start the 2012 campaign, and will face Flagler College in Savannah prior to the Wayne Capacity .................................................................500 State-Wayne State showdown on Sunday. President .................................................Allan D. Gilmour Senior outfielder Mike Bisenius was an All-American last season and attained Preseason All-America status in 2012. Faculty Athletic Representative ........Robert M. Ackerman He hit .41 with eight home runs, 48 RBI and 47 runs scored as a junior, and was subsequently drafted in the 48th round Director of Athletics......................................Rob Fournier by the Washington Nationals. Senior Pat Burkhart, an NCBWA Preseason Second Team All-Central Region selection, hit .363 last year with 13 stolen Associate Athletic Director (baseball) ..............Jason Clark bases and 39 runs scored. TEAM INFORMATION SCOUTING LE MOYNE 2011 Overall Record ................................................35-21 Having just reclassified its program to Division II, Le Moyne began 2012 with a two-game sweep at sixth-ranked Mount Olive, a national semifinalist last year, on Feb. 18. The 10th-ranked Dolphins come into this week with a 4-1 record, which Home ....................................................................10-6 also includes wins over Glenville State and Davis & Elkins. Road .....................................................................12-9 Leading an offense which is averaging 11.8 runs per game is senior outfielder Brett Botsford, a Tino Martinez Award Neutral .................................................................13-6 Watch List candidate. He is hitting .400 with six runs and eight walks over the first five games. 2011 GLIAC Record/Place ................................22-13/2nd Junior Derek Zielinski is off to a 2-0 start on the mound with a 2.77 ERA and 23 strikeouts. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................24/8 SCOUTING URBANA Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ................6/3 The Blue Knights finished the 2011 season with a 14-26 record, and had their first seven games of 2012 called due to Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost ............................3/3 rain and cold before splitting a doubleheader with Miami-Hamilton last Sunday. Urbana also swept a twinbill against Newcomers ....................................................................9 Ohio Christian on Wednesday. Drew Ryan, who started 40 games for UU at first base, was named the NCAA Division II Independent Freshman of the Freshmen...................................................................4 Year last season. He led the Blue Knights in most offensive categories, including batting average (.326), hits (42) and runs Transfers ....................................................................5 (29). HISTORY WARRIORS PICKED SECOND IN GLIAC WSU collected 68 points in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference preseason coaches’ poll, finishing second First Year of Baseball ................................................1941 to defending conference champion Grand Valley State (80). Ashland finished third in the poll (65) followed by Saginaw All-Time Varsity Record ...................1078-1201-15 (.473) Valley State (56). All-Time GLIAC Record ...........................444-401-1 (.525) The slotting of the top four teams in the poll reflects their