UIW BASEBALL Contact: Alma Solis | 210-683-1386 | [email protected] Secondary: Cari Gold | 210-829-6041 | [email protected]
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UIW BASEBALL Contact: Alma Solis | 210-683-1386 | [email protected] Secondary: Cari Gold | 210-829-6041 | [email protected] 2020 Schedule Date Opponent Time W/L UIW Oral Roberts February 2020 Record 4-3 2020 Record 4-4 2/14/20 Bradley W, 5-0 Head Coach Ryan Shotzberger Head Coach Ryan Folmar 2/15/20 Bradley W, 11-4 2/16/20 Bradley W, 19-9 Career Record 4-3 (1st) Career Record 248-161 (7) 2/20/20 Notre Dame Cancelled UIW Record Same School Record Same 2/21/20 Notre Dame L, 15-1 UIW vs. TAMU 0-1 2/22/20 Toledo L, 11-10 2/23/20 UTSA W, 7-3 2/26/20 at Texas A&M L, 4-0 2/28/20 at Oral Roberts 3pm HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST WEEK 2/29/20 at Oral Roberts 2pm • The Cardinals participated in the annual Alamo Irish Classic on Feb. 21-23, falling to March Notre Dame (12-1) and Toledo (11-10) before closing out the tournament with a 7-3 3/1/20 at Oral Roberts 1pm victory over crosstown rival UTSA. 3/3/20 Stephen F. Austin 6:30pm 3/6/20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 6:30pm • Luke Taggart struck out six batters in five innings in the contest against Notre Dame on 3/7/20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 4pm Feb. 21. 3/8/20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 1pm • Landon Etzel led the UIW against Toledo (Feb. 22) with a 2-for-6 outing, including two 3/10/20 New Mexico 6:30pm runs, two RBI, a double and a stolen base. 3/11/20 New Mexico 6:30pm • Aaron Celestino guided the Cardinals to a 7-3 victory over UTSA on Feb. 23. He retired all 3/13/20 Sam Houston State* 6:30pm 3/14/20 Sam Houston State* 6:30pm 14 batters he faced while recording three strikeouts in 4.2 scoreless innings. 3/15/20 Sam Houston State* 1pm • UIW fell, 4-0, to No. 18 Texas A&M on Wednesday. 3/17/20 at Texas 6:30pm 3/20/20 McNeese* 6:30pm HISTORY VS ORU 3/21/20 McNeese* 6:30pm • Oral Roberts has a 1-0 record over UIW in the all-time series. 3/22/20 McNeese* 1pm 3/24/20 UTRGV 6:30pm • The Cardinals and the Golden Eagles went head-to-head on March 19, 2014, when UIW 3/27/20 at University of New Orleans* 7pm fell, 2-0, to Oral Roberts. 3/38/20 at University of New Orleans* 2pm 3/29/20 at University of New Orleans* 1pm SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES 3/31/20 at Stephen F. Austin 6pm • Oral Roberts holds a 4-4 record this season after falling, 6-3, to Missouri State on Tuesday. April 4/3/20 Abilene Christian* 6:30pm • Ryan Cash leads the Golden Eagles with a .313 batting average, including 10 hits and 4/4/20 Abilene Christian* 6:30pm four runs. 4/5/20 Abilene Christian* 1pm • ORU’s senior outfielder Jordan Wiley was named Summit League Player of the Week this 4/7/20 at Texas State 6pm week after hitting .400 with three home runs in the Golden Eagles’ series win against 4/9/20 Nicholls* 6:30pm Baylor last weekend. 4/10/20 Nicholls* 6:30pm 4/11/20 Nicholls* 1pm 4/14/20 at UTRGV 7pm HOT STREAKS 4/17/20 at Houston Baptist* 2pm • Lee Thomas is on a seven-game hitting streak and a 13-game reached-base streak 4/18/20 at Houston Baptist* 1pm dating back to the 2019 season. 4/19/20 at Houston Baptist* 2pm • Ridge Rogers is currently on an eight-game reached-base streak that started in 2019. 4/21/20 Texas Southern 6:30pm 4/22/20 Texas Southern 4pm • Grant Smith has reached base in all seven games as a Cardinal. 4/28/20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6:30pm • Ryan Flores and Kyle Bergeron are both on six-game reached-base streaks. May 5/1/20 Northwestern State* 6:30pm 5/2/20 Northwestern State* 6:30pm 5/3/20 Northwestern State* 1pm PROJECTED ROTATION vs ORU 5/5/20 at UTSA 6:30pm 5/6/20 Houston 6:30pm FRIDAY: RHP Luke Taggart (1-1, 2.08 ERA) vs RHP A.J. Archambo (1-0, 1.80 ERA) 5/8/20 at Southeastern Louisiana* 6pm SATURDAY: RHP Isaiah Zavala (0-0, 7.88 ERA) vs RHP Tanner Rogen (0-2, 7.71 ERA) 5/9/20 at Southeastern Louisiana* 2pm SUNDAY: TBD vs RHP James Notary (1-1, 2.13 ERA) 5/10/20 at Southeastern Louisiana* 1pm 5/12/20 at TCU 6:30pm 5/14/20 at Central Arkansas* 6pm 5/15/20 at Central Arkansas* 4pm 5/16/20 at Central Arkansas* 1pm MEDIA RELATIONS FOLLOW ALONG *Southland Conference game; Contact: Alma Solis Radio: Cardinals Sports Network All times central and subject to change Cell: 210-683-1386 Talent: Scott Mandziara Email: [email protected] Live Stats: oruathletics.com Secondary: Cari Gold Office: 210-829-6041 Email: [email protected] UIWCARDINALS.COM 1 UIW BASEBALL STYLE GUIDE AND MEDIA PROTOCOL 2020 GAME NOTES UIW STYLE GUIDE Interviews with Coach Student-Athlete Interviews Interviews with head coach Ryan Shotzberger All interviews with student-athletes must be or any UIW assistant baseball coach must be arranged through Media Relations Student coordinated through Media Relations Student Assistant Alma Solis. Student-athletes have Assistant Alma Solis. Interviews must be after been instructed not to grant any interview, practice on designated days, unless arranged either in person or by telephone, unless in advance through Alma Solis at alsolis@ previously arranged by the media relations student.uiwtx.edu. staff. Student-athlete telephone numbers are private and will not be released. No interviews will be granted before games unless the player Postgame Interviews is not playing (Ex: Saturday interview with Coach Shotzberger will be available for Friday’s pitcher, etc.). interviews following a 10-minute cooling off period at the conclusion of each game. Please make requests to Alma Solis by the ninth Postgame Interviews inning. Postgame interviews following home Select student-athletes will be available upon games will be on the field or in the pressbox. request for postgame interviews following a 10-minute cooling off period. Please make requests to Alma Solis by the ninth inning. Postgame interviews following home games will be on the field or in the pressbox. UIW NAME USAGE Please note that there are two primary versions of our institution’s name: Upon first reference, we are the University of the Incarnate Word. After that, UIW is the preferred name. Any other reference, including Incarnate Word University or Incarnate Word College, is incorrect. Additionally, all teams, including women’s athletic teams, are known as Cardinals. 2 @uiwbaseball STANDINGS AND QUICK FACTS UIW BASEBALL 2020 GAME NOTES 2020 SLC STANDINGS AROUND THE CONFERENCE SCHOOL SLC OVERALL • The Cardinals lead the Southland Conference in double plays (eight). Northwestern State 0-0 7-1 • The Cardinals are second in the conference with 42 walks, a .981 fielding percentage, Sam Houston State 0-0 5-2 a .406 on-base percentage and 53 runs. McNeese 0-0 6-3 • UIW ranks third in the SLC with four sacrifice bunts, a .383 slugging percentage and Abilene Christian 0-0 5-3 a 2.60 strikeout-to-walk ratio. UIW 0-0 4-3 • Ryan Flores is second in the conference with three sacrifice flies. New Orleans 0-0 5-4 • Drew Minter has the second-most RBI per game in the conference (1.57). Lamar 0-0 3-5 • Aaron Celestino has the second-most victories in the conference with two wins. Nicholls 0-0 3-5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0-0 3-5 IN THE NATION Central Arkansas 0-0 3-5 • UIW ranks 15th in the nation with eight double plays and eighth in the nation with Southeastern La. 0-0 3-5 1.14 double plays per game. Stephen F. Austin 0-0 3-5 • Ryan Flores is third in the nation with three sacrifice flies. Houston Baptist 0-0 2-7 • Aaron Celestino has two wins to rank fourth in the nation. PRESEASON HONORS UIW QUICK FACTS • UIW placed four student-athletes on the Preseason All-Southland Conference team. Ryan Flores and Sean Arnold earned first team honors, while Lee Thomas and Luke OVERVIEW Taggart were selected for the second team. Name _______ University of the Incarnate Word • Flores and Ridge Rogers were named to the prestigious Bobby Bragan Collegiate Address ___________________ 4301 Broadway Slugger Award Watch List. The annual honor is based on performance, personal _____________________ San Antonio, TX 78209 integrity and academics. UIW is one of four schools (Baylor, California and New University Telephone ________ (210) 829-6000 Orleans) to have more than one student-athlete on the list. Ath. Dept. Telephone ________ (210) 829-2722 Sports Inf. Telephone ________ (210) 829-6041 HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST SEASON President ________________ Dr. Thomas Evans • UIW earned 37 wins overall and 18 wins in conference (the most in both categories Enrollment ________________________ 10,389 since 2011) in 2019. Founded ____________________________1881 • The Cardinals defeated two ranked teams (Texas A&M and Texas). Mascot _________________________ Cardinals • UIW defeated three Power 5 opponents for the first time in a season (Notre Dame, Colors ___ Red (Pantone 1797), Black and White Texas A&M and Texas). Affiliation _____________ NCAA Division I - FCS • The Cardinals led the conference with eight Southland All-Conference selections in Conference ____________________ Southland 2019, including Sean Arnold, Ryan Flores and Lee Thomas.