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UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE BASEBALL Baseball SID: Lizzie Barlow / [email protected] / (C) 812-484-2762 / (O) 812-488-1152 2012 STATE FARM MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT 2012 EVANSVILLE SCHEDULE NO. 5 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE PURPLE ACES (31-25, 10-11 MVC) 2/17 at Belmont 2-0, L 2/18 at Lipscomb 4-3, W MAY 22-26, 2012 2/19 at Middle Tennessee cancelled SPRINGFIELD, MO. (HAMMONS FIELD) 2/24 at Arkansas State 4-2, L 2/25 at Arkansas State 5-4, L #5 EVANSVILLE #4 ILLINOIS STATE at Arkansas State 5-1, W Head Coach: Wes Carroll Head Coach: Mark Kingston 2/26 at Arkansas State 3-2, L Asst. Coach: Marc Wagner Asst. Coach: Bo Durkac 2/29 at UT-Martin 9-5, W Asst. Coach: Mike Gilner Asst. Coach: Bill Mohl THE DUNN HOSPITALITY DIAMOND CLASSIC Vol. Asst. Coach: Andy Pascoe Vol. Asst.: Mike Current 3/2 IPFW 4-2, W 3/3 EASTERN ILLINOIS 9-3, L Overall Record: ...........................................31-25 Overall Record: ...........................................31-17 3/3 IPFW 9-1, W Missouri Valley Conference Record: .......10-11 Missouri Valley Conference Record: .........10-9 3/4 EASTERN ILLINOIS 5-1, W Current Streak: .................................................L1 Current Streak: ................................................W1 3/7 at Western Kentucky 7-2, W Last Five Games: ............................................2-3 Last Five Games: ............................................4-1 3/9 at Tennessee Tech 4-1, W Last 10 Games: ...............................................4-6 Last 10 Games: ...............................................9-1 3/10 at Tennessee Tech 11-6, W 3/11 at Tennessee Tech 10-2, L MEDIA CENTER 3/13 UT-MARTIN 6-5, W 3/14 at Austin Peay 7-3, W Radio: 91.5 FM WUEV (Tom Benson, play-by-play) 3/16 WESTERN MICHIGAN 11-10, W (10) Internet - Audio: wuev.org 3/17 WESTERN MICHIGAN 5-1, L Internet - Video: ESPN3 3/18 WESTERN MICHIGAN 8-7, W 3/20 at Vanderbilt 5-3, W LEADING OFF 3/23 INDIANA STATE * 2-0, L The University of Evansville baseball team travels to Springfield, Mo. this week with hopes of 3/24 INDIANA STATE * 3-2, W earning the program’s fourth bid to the NCAA Tournament and second MVC Tournament title in 3/25 INDIANA STATE * 6-0, L school history, as the Purple Aces compete in the 2012 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tour- 3/28 LIPSCOMB 5-0, W nament. With the No. 5 seed, UE will play in the very first game of the double-elimination clash, 3/30 at Creighton * 8-4, W starting at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday at Hammons Field. The Aces will face off against the No. 4 Illinois 3/31 at Creighton * 3-2, L (10) State University Redbirds. 4/1 at Creighton * 1-0, W 4/3 at SIUE 8-6, W PROJECTED STARTERS 4/6 at Southern Illinois * 9-1, L 4/7 at Southern Illinois * 11-6, L 15 – Jason Hockemeyer 4 – Kevin Kaczmarski 12 – Tim Bodine 4/8 at Southern Illinois * 6-2, W Jr. • L/R • 6-1 • 200 Fr. • L/R • 5-11 • 190 So. • R/R • 6-1 • 175 4/11 at Murray State 3-1, L 4/13 WICHITA STATE * 4-1, W 4/14 WICHITA STATE * 5-4, W 4/15 WICHITA STATE * 14-9, L 8 – Eric Stamets 14 – Trentt Copeland 4/18 SIUE 10-2, W Jr. • R/R • 6-0 • 185 Sr. • R/R • 6-0 • 180 4/20 DAYTON 7-6, W (11) 4/21 DAYTON 4-3, L 4/22 DAYTON 9-5, L 25 – Jake Mahon 16 – John Day 4/25 MURRAY STATE 13-2, W So. • R/R • 5-11 • 180 So. • S/R • 5-10 • 195 4/27 BRADLEY * 7-2, L 4/28 BRADLEY * 4-2, W 4/29 BRADLEY * 6-5, L 5/2 BELMONT 1-0, W (11) 5 – Kyle Pollock 5/4 at Dallas Baptist 10-4, L (8) Fr. • R/R • 5-11 • 205 5/5 at Dallas Baptist (DH) 14-1, L 20 – Chris Pearson 5-2, L Jr. • R/R • 6-1 • 205 5/9 AUSTIN PEAY 12-1, W 5/11 at Missouri State * 2-0, L PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION 5/12 at Missouri State * 3-1, W 5/13 at Missouri State * 1-0, W Evansville Evansville Evansville 5/15 at Indiana 5-4, L Cole Isom (So., LHP) Kyle Lloyd (Jr., RHP) Kyle Freeland (Fr., LHP) 5/17 ILLINOIS STATE * 5-4, L (2-8, 4.96 ERA, 90.2 IP, 34 BB, 64 K) (5-3, 3.01 ERA, 80.2 IP, 23 BB, 51 K) (4-5, 4.57 ERA, 82.2 IP, 21 BB, 63 K) 5/18 ILLINOIS STATE * 3-2, W Illinois State Indiana State/Creighton TBD 5/19 ILLINOIS STATE * 8-7, L (12) Chris Razo (Jr., RHP) TBD MVC Tournament (6-4, 4.72 ERA, 80.0 IP, 37 BB, 70 K) 5/22 vs. Illinois State 9:00 a.m. 2012 ROSTER CLASS NUMERICAL SENIORS (3) NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. B/T YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Trentt Copeland 1 Michael Eckstein OF 5-10 170 L/L Fr. Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles Prep Jordan Chavis 2 Kyle Schwinghamer OF 6-1 180 R/R Fr. Ferdinand, Ind./Forest Park Zach Taylor 4 Kevin Kaczmarski OF 5-11 190 L/R Fr. Cary, Ill./Prairie Ridge 5 Kyle Pollock C 5-11 205 R/R Fr. Clinton, Ohio/Westerville Central JUNIORS (9) Josh Biggs 7 Andy Lasher OF 6-2 181 R/R Jr. Newburgh, Ind./Olney Central CC Adam Culiver 8 Eric Stamets IF 6-0 185 R/R Jr. Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Scioto Nick Hathcoat 9 Conor Gilligan INF 6-3 177 R/R Fr. Loveland, Ohio/St. Xavier Jason Hockemeyer 10 Josh Biggs LHP/OF 6-4 195 L/R Jr. Valparaiso, Ind./Washington Township Andy Lasher 11 Cole Isom LHP 6-0 160 L/L So. Hopkinsville, Ky./Christian County Kyle Lloyd 12 Tim Bodine OF 6-1 175 R/R So. Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township Jake Naumann Chris Pearson 13 Nick Hathcoat INF 5-11 180 R/R Jr. Pendleton, Ind./Highland CC Eric Stamets 14 Trentt Copeland IF 6-0 180 R/R Sr. Guelph, Ontario/John F. Ross CVI 15 Jason Hockemeyer OF 6-1 200 L/R Jr. Sanford, Mich./Grand Rapids CC SOPHOMORES (11) 16 John Day C/OF 5-11 180 L/R So. Barrington, Ill./Barrington Ryan Billo 17 Peter Spear RHP/IF 6-0 195 R/R So. Itasca, Ill./Lake Park Tim Bodine 18 Kameron Wright RHP 6-3 195 R/R Fr. Lockbourne, Ohio/Hamilton Township Sam Bohon John Day 19 Sam Johns RHP 6-3 210 R/R R-So. Bethalto, Ill./Civic Memorial Cole Isom 20 Chris Pearson C 6-1 205 R/R Jr. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove Sam Johns 21 Kyle Freeland LHP 6-3 171 L/L Fr. Denver, Colo./Thomas Jefferson James Kohler 23 David Patton IF/OF 5-10 175 R/R So. Wolcottville, Ind./East Noble Jacob Mahon 25 Jake Mahon C/1B 5-11 195 S/R So. Plain City, Ohio/Jonathon Alder Tyler Miller 26 Jordan Chavis OF 5-10 200 R/R Sr. Evansville, Ind./Harrison Peter Spear David Patton 27 Nate Snellgrove C 6-0 205 L/R Fr. Hamilton, Ohio/Badin 28 Adam Culiver RHP 6-3 195 R/R Jr. Newburgh, Ind./Castle FRESHMEN (10) 29 Ryan Billo RHP 6-3 190 R/R So. Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg Chris Berry 31 Tyler Miller RHP 6-1 195 R/R So. Plain City, Ohio/Jonathon Alder Michael Eckstein 32 Jake Naumann RHP 6-2 215 R/R Jr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville North Kyle Freeland 33 Kyle Spencer LHP 6-2 180 L/L Fr. Hopkinsville, Ky./Christian County Conor Gilligan Kevin Kaczmarski 34 Sam Bohon LHP 5-9 185 L/L So. Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington Kyle Pollock 35 Kyle Lloyd RHP 6-5 210 R/R Jr. Sacramento, Calif./Carmel Kyle Schwinghamer 39 Chris Berry OF 5-11 170 R/R Fr. Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly Nate Snellgrove 40 James Kohler RHP 6-8 230 R/R So. Ames, Iowa/Ames Kyle Spencer 44 Zach Taylor RHP 6-5 235 R/R Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll Kameron Wright COACHING STAFF 22 Wes Carroll Head Coach 3 Marc Wagner Asst. Coach 24 Mike Gilner Asst. Coach 42 Andy Pascoe Vol. Asst. Coach PRONUNCIATIONS 1 Michael Eckstein eck-STINE 15 Jason Hockemeyer HOCK-eh-my-er 2 Kyle Schwinghamer Shwing-hammer 25 Jake Mahon MAY-hahn 4 Kevin Kaczmarski Kaz-MAR-skee 26 Jordan Chavis CHAY-vis 8 Eric Stamets STAY-mets 40 James Kohler COE-ler 11 Cole Isom ICE-um 12 Tim Bodine BO-deen UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE BASEBALL 2 NOTES WHERE IT’S HAPPENING EVANSVILLE QUICK FACTS Missouri State will serve as host for the 2012 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship for the third time in school history, from May 22-26. The 2012 event will take place at Hammons Field, an 8,000- seat, natural grass stadium, which also serves as the home of the St. Louis Cardinals AA affiliate, the Springfield THE UNIVERSITY Cardinals. Name ...................................University of Evansville Founded ................................................................ 1854 TOURNAMENT HISTORY Enrollment .......................................................... 2,471 Evansville enters this week’s action 20-25 (.444) all-time in 13 previous trips to the State Farm MVC Tournament. Nickname .................................................Purple Aces UE has reached the final game three times (1998, 2000 and 2006), winning the 2006 tournament title after rallying from the loser’s bracket to win. The last time the State Farm MVC Tournament was hosted by Missouri State was Colors .....................................Purple, White, Orange 2007, when UE went 1-2 at Hammons Field in Springfield, Mo.