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Athletic Media Relations 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-9769 • fax 801-422-0633 ASEBALL Weekly Release - March 7, 2005 B BYU to Host Utah Valley St. Before Playing at New Mexico St. Media Relations Information After going 3-2 in Oklahoma against two ranked opponents, including a series Baseball contact: Ralph Zobell win over No. 30 Oral Roberts and a split with No. 25 Oklahoma State, BYU (5-4-1) E-Mail: [email protected] will play its home opener Tuesday against Utah Valley State before traveling to Date Opp/Event Time at site of game Las Cruces, N.M. for a three-game weekend series to start Thursday. 2/17 UC Irvine Irvine, CA + W, 5-1 2/18 UC Irvine Irvine, CA +% L, 6-9 Probable Pitching Rotation 2/25 San Jose St. San Jose, CA L, 4-5 (10 inn) 2/25 San Jose St. San Jose, CA W, 13-5 Mar. 8 Utah Valley St. Matt Jensen (1-0, 2,70) Provo 3 p.m. 2/26 San Jose St. San Jose, CA T, 3-3 Mar. 10@ N.M. St. Dave Horlacher (1-1, 4.50) Las Cruces, N.M. 1 p.m. 3/1 Oklahoma St. Stillwater, OK +%= L, 4-5 Mar. 11 @ N.M. St. Brandon Christiansen(1-0,2.13) Las Cruces, N.M. 1 p.m. 3/2 Oklahoma St. Stillwater, OK +%= W, 9-8 Mar. 12 @ N.M. St. Blake Torgerson (1-1, 4.96) Las Cruces, N.M. 1 p.m. 3/3-4 Oral Roberts Tulsa, OK % L, 5-6 Probable Lineup 3/3-4 Oral Roberts Tulsa, OK % W, 6-2 3/5 Oral Roberts Tulsa, OK ∑W, 7-4 1B–#16 Jeff Hiestand 2B–#15 Sean McNaughton SS–#10 Marcos Villezcas 3/8 Utah Valley St. Provo +% 3 p.m. 3B–#13 Brandon Taylor RF–#25 Ben Saylor CF–#22 Ryan Chambers 3/10-12 New Mexico St. Las Cruces, NM+$ 1,1,1 p.m. LF–#12 Kory Knell C–#8 Casey Nelson or #9 Casey Cloward 3/14-15 Colo. St. -Pueblo Provo + 4, 4 p.m. DH–#24 Apana Nakayama or #5 Bryce Ayoso 3/17-18 New Mexico * Albuquerque $ 6,6 pm 3/19 New Mexico * Albuquerque % 1 pm Radio Coverage 3/22 Utah Valley St. Provo +% 7 p.m. 3/24-26 Utah * Provo +% 7,7,1 p.m. KOVO 960 AM, with veteran broadcaster Brent Norton calling the play-by-play, 3/28-29 Oregon St. Corvallis, OR $ 5,1 p.m. will only broadcast BYU’s league games live. These broadcasts are also available 3/31-4/1 Air Force * Provo + 7, 7 p.m. on the Dish Network as well as over the Internet. Live stats are available for all 4/2 Air Force * Provo +% 8 p.m. home games. Links to the webcasts and audiocast are on the BYU baseball's sched- 4/4 Utah Valley St. Orem % 7 p.m. ule page at www.byucougars.com. 4/7-9 UNLV * Las Vegas +% 6:30, 6:30, 2 p.m. Paid Radio Available 4/12 Lewis & Clark St. Provo + 3 p.m. 4/14 San Diego St. * Provo + 7 p.m. At select games during the month of March, audio for the BYU baseball 4/15 San Diego St. * Provo +# 7 p.m. games is available on a pay-for baseball via the Internet. The games that 4/16 San Diego St. * Provo +% 1 p.m. 4/18 Utah Valley St. Orem 7 p.m. will be covered include New Mexico State, New Mexico and Oregon State. 4/21-23 Utah * Salt Lake City % 6,6,12 pm The games can be accessed through a Yahoo Sports system. Links can be 4/26-27 No. Colorado Greeley, CO + 2, 2 p.m. found on the game day story and schedule page on 4/28-29 Air Force * Colo. Springs 2,2 p.m. www.byucougars.com. 4/30 Air Force * Colo. Springs % 12 p.m. 5/2 Utah Valley St. Orem % 7 p.m. A total of eight games can be accessed using this program. Fans can sub- 5/5-6 New Mexico * Provo + 7, 7 p.m. scribe to the “College Pack” for $9.95 a month. The Oklahoma State games 5/7 New Mexico * Provo +% 1 p.m. also offer video on the Internet also for $9.95 through the Cowboy MVP at: 5/12 UNLV * Provo + 7 p.m. http://www.okstate.com/PromoPage.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=200&KEY=. 5/13 UNLV * Provo +# 7 p.m. 5/14 UNLV * Provo +% 1 p.m. Chambers Named to 2005 Wallace Watch 5/18-20 San Diego St.* San Diego +% 6, 6, 1 p.m. 5/25-28 MWC Tourney Salt Lake City % Ryan Chambers is getting some national attention. The senior centerfielder was 6/3-5 NCAA Regionals TBA named to the Brooks Wallace Award watch list given to the national player of the 6/8-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA year. Chambers is one of only 58 college players to be recognized on the presea- 6/17-27 College World Series Omaha, NE son watch list. * MWC Games, %Internet Audio, +web cast #BYUTV, $Pay Audio, =Pay Internet Video Noted for his versatility and athletic ability, Chambers brings a lot to the field for 2005 MWC Preseason Poll Vance Law’s 2005 squad. Chambers had a stellar year at the plate batting .290 PL. Team (1st Votes)Points with four home runs and 41 RBI. He also showed good range and dependability 1. San Diego State (8) 78 in center field committing only two errors all year while netting a .987 fielding 2. New Mexico (4) 22 percentage. 3. UNLV (2) 61 Knell, Bergeron 2005 Team Co-Captains 4. BYU 49 Outfielder Kory Knell and pitcher Michel Bergeron have been named this year’s 5. Utah 27 team co-captains. Last year Knell, a senior from Salt Lake City, led a good-hit- 6. Air Force 15 ting Cougar squad with a .340 average and was second on the team in doubles with 13. Knell earned National Player of the Week honors from Collegiate www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 2 BYU Quick Facts Baseball magazine for his torrid series vs. Air Force. In a six game series,he hit Location: Provo, Utah 84602 .619 with five home runs, 15 RBI and a slugging percentage of 1.476. Enrollment: 33,278 (Daytime) Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Bergeron, a senior from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is back after missing last sea- Christ of Latter-day Saints son due to arm surgery. In 2003, Bergeron appeared in 16 games, striking out Colors: Navy, Tan and White 45 in just 53.2 innings. He led the team in saves (two), while going 6-3 with a 5.37 ERA during his junior campaign. Nickname: Cougars The Catch Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation: NCAA Division I Ben Saylor’s game-ending catch in right field with two outs and the bases loaded Conference: Mountain West in the 17th inning could go down in history as “the catch.” The Cougar junior Field: Larry H. Miller Field (2,300) tripped, stumbled and fell down as he gloved what would have been the game- President: Cecil O. Samuelson winning hit in a 5-4 victory at Utah last year. “The Catch,” is usually a phrase at Men’s AD: TBA BYU associated with football’s Hail Mary 41-yard completion from quarterback Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 or Jim McMahon to Clay Brown in the 1980 miracle Holiday Bowl with no time remaining to set up a 46-45 victory in one of the greatest comebacks in collegiate 1-800-322-BYU1 history. Baseball Staff: A Quick Look at the Cougars Head Coach: Vance Law (BYU, 1978) Office Phone: (801) 422-5049 Sixth year coach Vance Law returns five position starters including three pre- Record: 156-136-1, sixth season season All-Mountain West Conference selections: Brandon Taylor, Ben Saylor Assistant Coaches: and Kory Knell. Players to watch include centerfielder/pitcher Ryan Ryan Roberts (BYU, 1998) Chambers, Jeff Hiestand and newcomers Marcos Villezcas and Casey Nelson. Bobby Applegate (U of Southern Colorado, 1996) Pitchers to watch are Patrick Wells and co-captain Michel Bergeron. Andrew Zinniger (Oklahoma City University) Coach Vance Law and staff Trainer: Daisuke (Dice) Uematsu Vance Law played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six Baseball Facts: different teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain 2004 Record: 28-30 (10-5 home, 13-19 away) West Conference. The 48-year-old coach is in his sixth year at BYU and has a Conference Finish: 18-14, Fourth place in MWC 156-136-1 (.534) record coming into the 2005 season. He is assisted by Ryan Final National Ranking: NA Roberts, in his third year at BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his sec- Starters Returning (5): ond year with BYU, having last coached at the Air Force Academy. Volunteer Ryan Chambers, 6-0, Sr., OF assistant Andrew Zinniger is in his first year on the BYU staff. Jeff Hiestand, 5-11, Jr., 1B/OF Travel Plans Kory Knell, 6-0, Sr., OF BYU departs Wednesday afternoon, busing to Las Cruces, N.M. The team will Brandon Taylor, 6-2, Jr., SS headquarter at the Hilton in Las Cruces (505) 522-4300. The team is scheduled to Ben Saylor, 6-4, Jr., OF bus home after its game on the afternoon of March 12.