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GAME 45/46/47 BASEBALL QUICK HITS INSIDE THE SERIES QUOTING NEISIUS: “The guys are very confident right Overall FRU leads 34-19 now. We hope they continue to play well.” Home 21-9 Away 13-10 LAST TIME OUT: Junior shortstop Elerie Rivera Neutral Site 0-0 swiped a school-record six bases Tuesday (Apr. 27) Current Streak FRU, 1W at as the Falcons downed the Central Christian College Longest FRU Winning Streak OT TAWA FRIENDS UNIV. Tigers 7-2 at West Side Athletic Field for their fifth Longest OU Winning Streak • April 30 - May 2, 2021 • straight win. Wes Kuzminsky hit a solo shot off the Last Meeting 3/17/19 Twitter: @FriendsFalcons scoreboard in the first inning. LAST MEETING: Down to their last strike, Emilio Instagram: @FriendsFalcons Navarro deposited a three-run homer to left field Facebook: @FriendsFalcons CAREER WEEK: Shortstop Elerie Rivera had a series to propel the Falcons to a 5-3 victory over Ottawa RECORD BREAKDOWN to remember last weekend at Saint Mary. Rivera hit in the rubber game of the series on Mar. 17, 2019. Overall Conf. Overall Conf. three triples in as many games, including two triples in The Falcons routed Ottawa 15-5 in game one of the 30-16 20-10 Overall 25-19 12-18 the second game which is the most by any Falcon since series, but the Braves rebounded to pull out a 5-4 19-9 12-6 Home 17-9 4-8 accurate records began in 2006. He now has a team- win in the second game. 10-6 8-4 Away 8-10 8-10 1-1 0-0 Neutral — — high six triples on the season while the rest of the team — — Rank — — has six combined. He is tops on the team with a batting 2021 SCHEDULE STATISTICAL COMPARISON average of 0.394. Date Opponent Location Time Jan. 22 Peru State West Side Athletic Field W, 5-4 Rank* Total Category Total Rank* Rivera continued his career week with a school-record six stolen bases in Tuesday’s non-conference tilt Jan. 23 Peru State West Side Athletic Field W, 2-1 7-32 Win/Loss 25-19 Jan. 23 Peru State West Side Athletic Field W, 4-1 3rd .325 Batting Average .272 8th against Central Christian. His 26 stolen bases is the Jan. 29 TX A&M-Texarkana West Side Athletic Field W, 3-2 5th 86 Doubles 72 9th third most in a season by a Falcon since 2006 when Jan. 29 TX A&M-Texarkana West Side Athletic Field W, 5-1 8th 9 Triples 12 T-5th accurate records began. Jan. 30 TX A&M-Texarkana West Side Athletic Field L, 6-25 3rd 64 Home Runs 24 10th Feb. 5 St. Mary West Side Athletic Field W, 12-2 4th 314 RBIs 198 10th VS OTTAWA: Since the Falcons have not squared off Feb. 5 St. Mary West Side Athletic Field W, 15-0 3rd .525 Slugging % .397 9th against the Braves since 2019, very few Falcons have Feb. 23 Mid America Christian West Side Athletic Field W, 5-0 Feb. 23 Mid America Christian West Side Athletic Field W, 4-2 181 Walks 178 seen them. Pitcher Austin Eggleston had a career- 301 Strikeouts 302 Feb. 27 Mid America Nazarene West Side Athletic Field W, 1-0 3rd 95 Stolen Bases 53 10th high 12 strikeouts against the Braves in 2019, while Feb. 27 Mid America Nazarene West Side Athletic Field W, 2-0 T-6th .955 Fielding % .978 1st Jordan Burnett is 4-for-11 in his career against Mar. 2 at Oklahoma Wesleyan* Bartlesville, Okla. L, 4-10 Mar. 5 at Kansas Wesleyan* Salina, Kan L, 3-6 3rd 4.86 ERA 5.17 4th Ottawa with an RBI, a walk, and a hit by pitch. Burnett Mar. 6 at Kansas Wesleyan* Salina, Kan L,3-6 5 Shutouts 5 also has one stolen base in his only attempt against Mar. 6 at Kansas Wesleyan* Salina, Kan W, 8-4 5 Saves 11 the Braves. Mar. 9 Southwestern* West Side Athletic Field W, 8-2 5th 3.5 Walks/Game 3.5 T-3rd Mar. 11 Bethany* West Side Athletic Field W, 4-3 (16) T-3rd 8.3 Strikeouts/Game 6.7 9th FIELDING %: The Falcons have been elite in the field Mar. 14 Bethany* West Side Athletic Field W, 1-0 * Out of 12 KCAC Teams this season as they rank third in the NAIA in fielding Mar. 15 Bethany* West Side Athletic Field L, 6-7 percentage with .978. Mar. 16 USAO West Side Athletic Field W, 6-2 Mar. 19 at York* York, Neb. L, 3-4 CLOSER: Senior pitcher Austin Eggleston has been Mar. 20 at York* York, Neb. L, 3-13 Mar. 20 at York* York, Neb. L, 3-6 a force for the Falcons this season. Eggleston is tied Mar. 23 Oklahoma Wesleyan* West Side Athletic Field L, 0-10 for third in the country in saves with nine. He also has Mar. 26 at Sterling* Sterling, Kan. L, 1-2 Overall Conf. Home Away Neutral 28 strikeouts in 34.0 innings pitched, and is holding Mar. 27 at Sterling* Sterling, Kan. W, 3-1 Oklahoma Wesleyan 40-6 25-4 22-0 17-5 1-1 Mar. 27 at Sterling* Sterling, Kan. W, 4-3 Tabor 31-15 22-8 6-5 20-4 5-6 his opponents to a batting average of .167. Mar. 30 at Southwestern* Winfield, Kan. L, 4-8 McPherson 33-9 21-9 23-4 10-5 0-0 Apr. 2 Tabor* West Side Athletic Field L, 0-11 Kansas Wesleyan 29-15 21-9 13-8 14-3 2-4 POLLS: The Falcons were picked to finish sixth in the Apr. 3 Tabor* West Side Athletic Field L, 5-7 Ottawa 30-16 20-10 19-9 10-6 1-1 KCAC Coaches Poll. Prior to last season’s cancellation, Apr. 3 Tabor* West Side Athletic Field L, 3-7 Bethany 25-19 16-14 15-10 8-9 2-0 the Falcons enjoyed a nine-game winning streak during Apr. 9 at Avila* Kansas City, Mo. L, 4-9 Southwestern 18-20 13-16 10-7 6-13 2-0 the campaign. Apr. 10 at Avila* Kansas City, Mo. W, 7-4 Friends 25-19 12-18 17-9 8-10 0-0 Apr. 10 at Avila* Kansas City, Mo. W, 10-4 Sterling 20-26 10-20 12-12 8-14 0-0 Apr. 13 Oklahoma Wesleyan* Bartlesville, Okla. L, 1-11 York 13-30 9-21 5-7 7-19 1-4 UP NEXT: Apr. 17 McPherson* West Side Athletic Field L, 3-8 Saint Mary 7-39 6-24 3-16 4-18 0-5 Apr. 17 McPherson* West Side Athletic Field L, 0-17 Avila 6-33 4-26 5-16 1-14 0-3 Apr. 18 McPherson* West Side Athletic Field L, 2-9 Apr. 20 Southwestern* West Side Athletic Field W, 11-1 Apr. 23 at St. Mary* Leavenworth, Kan. W, 16-6 Apr. 24 at St. Mary* Leavenworth, Kan. W, 12-2 Apr. 24 at St. Mary* Leavenworth, Kan. W, 17-2 Apr. 27 Central Christian West Side Athletic Field W, 7-2 Friends University Athletics is excited to have Home2 Apr. 30 Ottawa* West Side Athletic Field 3:00 PM Suites by Hilton as an official sponsor this season! Apr. 30 Ottawa* West Side Athletic Field Game 2 For more on what they can offer, click HERE to visit May 2 Ottawa* West Side Athletic Field 12:00 PM their official webpage. * KCAC Conference Game FRIENDS FALCONS (25-19, 12-18 KCAC) Head Coach: Adam Neisius (Dakota Wesleyan) Assistant Coaches: Mark Carvalho, Scot Palmer, Brian Yount Record at Friends: 260-283-1 (11th Season) / Career: 522-491-1 (18th Season) Graduate Assistants: Zach Biery, Joe Pedlowe No. Name Pos. HT YR Hometown COACHING BIO 2 JOHN COOGAN OF 5'9 SO Broomfield, Colo. Adam Neisus is entering his 11th season as head coach of the Friends University 3 SAM ENGBERG OF 5'8 FR Kearney, Neb. Baseball program and his 23rd season overall in College Baseball, including 18 of 4 ELERIE RIVERA INF 5'9 JR Patillas, Puerto Rico those as head coach. 6 DAKOTA HARDING INF 5'10 FR Wichita, Kan. 7 PRYCE ANDERSON CAT 6'1 SO Coffeyville, Kan. A highlight of his tenure came in the 2017 campaign, when Neisus guided the 8 BRANDON FARNSWORTH RHP 6'1 SO Canon City, Colo. Falcons to a 33-22 overall record, their most wins since the 2013-14 season. The 9 ERIC ESCAMILLA INF 5'10 JR Wichita, Kan. season included a berth in the NAIA National Tournament, where they went 2-2 in 10 MAX COYT INF 6'0 JR Hanford, Calif. the Oklahoma City Region for their first NAIA Opening Round victory since the format 11 AUSTIN EGGLESTON RHP 5'11 SR Arlington, Texas began in 2009. 12 CARSON SMITH UTIL 5'10 SO Larned, Kan. Then in 2018, Neisius’s Falcons equaled that mark with another 33 win season, while 13 BRETT WESTERMAN INF 5'7 SO Derby, Kan. winning their most KCAC games (22) in at least the past 15 years. 14 JORDAN BURNETT INF 5'8 SR Goodyear, Ariz. 15 VaLENNY DE LOS SANTOS RHP 6'1 JR Santo Domingo, DR Under Coach Neisius, thirteen players have moved on to play professionally, including 16 KYLE LANDWEHR RHP 6'1 FR Wichita, Kan. the Oakland A’s 2006 13th round draft pick, Ben Jukich.