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2016 Northern Colorado Baseball Ryan Pfeifer | Ast. Dir. of Athletic Comm. | O: 970-351-3645 | C: 720-290-8886 | E: [email protected] 10 College World Series Appearances: ‘52, ‘53, ‘55, ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61, ‘62, ‘74 2016 Schedule/Results 3-11, 0-0 WAC Date Opponent Time/Score 2/19 at Wichita State L, 0-11 VS 2/20 at Wichita State L, 2-17 2/21 at Wichita State W, 4-3 Series Information 2/22 at Kansas L, 4-5 Game 1: Mar. 11, 2 PM 2/23 at Kansas L, 1-2 Game 2: Mar. 12, 1 PM 2/26 at Cal State Northridge L, 3-5 Game 3: Mar. 13, 12 PM 2/27 at Cal State Northridge L, 2-4 Northern Colorado Jackson Field South Dakota State 2/27 at Cal State Northridge L, 0-6 Bears Greeley, Colorado Jackrabbits 2/28 at Cal State Northridge W, 3-2 3/4 at Pacific L, 3-4 3-11 (0-0) 0-13 (0-0) 3/5 at Pacific Cannceled 3/6 at Pacific L, 5-8 Probable Starters 3/6 at Pacific W, 8-1 Game 1: RHP Connor Leedholm (0-3, 7.30 ERA) vs RHP Andrew Clemen (0-3, 5.50 ERA) 3/8 at Nebraska L, 0-8 Game 2: RHP Alex Werbach (0-0, 4.72 ERA) vs RHP Ryan Froom (0-3, 8.40 ERA) 3/9 at Nebraska L,1-7 Game 3: LHP Nick Tanner (1-0, 0.51 ERA) vs TBD 3/11 South Dakota State 2:00 p.m. 3/12 South Dakota State 1:00 p.m. 3/13 South Dakota State 12:00 p.m. Gameday Coverage 3/15 at Colorado Mesa 6:00 p.m. 3/16 at Colorado Mesa 2:00 p.m. UNCBears.com UNCBears.com 3/22 Regis 2:00 p.m. (Free) 3/24 UT Rio Grande Valley* 3:00 p.m. 3/25 UT Rio Grande Valley* 2:00 p.m. 3/26 UT Rio Grande Valley* 12:00 p.m. Leading Off 3/29 at Air Force 3:00 p.m. 4/1 at Sacramento State* 4:00 p.m. • Northern Colorado comes home for the first time this year after beginning the 4/2 at Sacramento State* 2:00 p.m. season with 14 straight road games. During that stretch the Bears went 3-11. 4/3 at Sacramento State* 1:00 p.m. 4/5 Air Force 3:00 p.m. • The Bears played a pair of games in Nebraska earlier this week going 0-2 against 4/8 at Utah Valley* 6:00 p.m. the Huskers. 4/9 at Utah Valley* 6:00 p.m. • Nick Tanner has been the team’s ace so far, putting up a 0.51 ERA over three out- 4/10 at Utah Valley* 12:00 p.m. ings with a 1-0 record. When he has been on the mound this year, UNC is 2-1. 4/15 CSU-Bakersfield* 3:00 p.m. 4/16 CSU-Bakersfield* 2:00 p.m. • Northern Colorado’s pitchers have been very sly with their pick-off moves this 4/17 CSU-Bakersfield* 12:00 p.m. year, leading the WAC in runners picked off with seven. 4/19 at Air Force 3:00 p.m. • Sophomore Justin Mulvaney has been a constant out of the bullpen for UNC, 4/22 at Chicago State* 5:00 p.m. making six appearances with a 1.93 ERA. He has picked up one save in 9 1/3 in- 4/23 at Chicago State* 2:00 p.m. 4/24 at Chicago State* 11:00 a.m. nings allowing just five hits while striking out six. 4/29 at North Dakota* 4:00 p.m. • Cole Maltese and Jake Ek are neck in neck in leading the Bears in batting aver- 4/30 at North Dakota* 3:00 p.m. age, Maltese is hitting .241 for the year while Ek is at .240 5/1 at North Dakota* 11:00 a.m. 5/6 Grand Canyon* 3:00 p.m. • Cole Maltese and Dan Reese were named to College Sports Madness Preseason 5/7 Grand Canyon* 2:00 p.m. All-WAC team. Maltese on the first team and Reese on the second. 5/8 Grand Canyon* 12:00 p.m. • Northern Colorado was picked eighth by the WAC coaches in the Preseason 5/10 Air Force 3:00 p.m. Poll. The Bears are used to out playing their expectations after making it to Mesa, 5/13 at Seattle* 1:00 p.m. 5/14 at Seattle* 1:00 p.m. Arizona last season for the conference tournament after being picked last in the 5/15 at Seattle* 3:00 p.m. preseason. 5/16 at Washington 6:00 p.m. 5/19 New Mexico State* 3:00 p.m. 5/20 New Mexico State* 2:00 p.m. 5/21 New Mexico State* 12:00 p.m. Follow The Bears on Social Media 5/25-5/29 WAC Tournament (Mesa, Ariz.) All times Mountain time and subject to change /NorthernColoradoBaseball @NCBearsBaseball Bear Notes QUICK FACTS Scouting South Dakota State All Arms in First year: ................................................................. 1924 South Dakota State will make a pit stop in Greeley as they start Playing five straight games can take a toll on any pitching staff, All-time record (years): ..................... 1570-1277-4 (91) their way back to Brookings after spending the past week on the for UNC they were able to string together a staff in the final game First year in WAC: .................................................... 2014 West Coast taking on three different schools in six days. at Kansas. The Bears used eight pitchers lasting no more than 1 All-time WAC record (years): ........................... 16-38 (2) 2/3 of an inning, but did see positive results. The eight pitchers Wac Tournament Record ...........................................0-2 At the dish, SDSU is led by utility player Anthony Schneider and combined to allow just two runs and six hits in the game. College World Series Appearances ............................ 10 his .350 batting average including two doubles while scoring six (1952, ‘53, ‘55, ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61, ‘62, ‘74) times for the Jacks. Overall, they are hitting .245 as a team. Moving runners over 2014 record: ........................................................... 16-32 Senior Jake Ek moved plenty of runners over last year, finishing 2014 WAC record (finish): .............................12-15 (7th) On the mound, South Dakota State has struggled with some the season ranked 18th in the nation with 15 sacrifice bunts. Northern Colorado founded: ................................. 1889 tough competition compiling a staff ERA of 8.61 in their first 13 Those 15 bunts helped produce nine runs for the team last year. Enrollment: ...................................................... 12,000 games of the year. President: .................................................. Kay Norton Following the Bears Director of Athletics: ............................. Darren Dunn Nickname: .......................................................... Bears The Jacks are just like the Bears having been on the road during Want to stay up to date with all things UNC Bears Baseball? There Colors: .................................................... Blue and Gold the first month of the season, and will continue to be on it until are a few ways to. During all games this year there will be live Ballpark: ..................................................Jackson Field the end of the month. updates on the team’s Twitter account @NCBearsBaseball. Conference: .................... Western Athletic Conference Series History vs the Jacks For home games there will also be a live audio broadcast of the MEDIA SERVICES Northern Colorado and South Dakota State have a long history of games as well as live stats on UNCBears.com. Finally after all of RYAN PFEIFER- BASEBALL CONTACT playing each other dating back to 1959 when the teams first met. the team’s home games make sure to get on Facebook and look Office: 970.351.3645 UNC would win that game 12-3 in Greeley. Overall SDSU leads the for the update on the live look at the postgame press conference. Cell: 720.290.8886 series with a 29-21 record. The previous meeting between the E-Mail: [email protected] two team came back in 2013 with the Bears and Jacks splitting Bear in the Big Leagues the four game series. For the first time since 2011, Northern Colorado had a player The University of Northern Colorado sports information drafted in the MLB draft last June. Senior Jensen Park was department is located in Rooms 270A-C, Butler-Hancock Turning Two selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 32nd round. Before Park Athletic Center on the main campus of the University of UNC has been doing a good job of getting two outs in one play was drafted last year, Jarod Berggren was the last UNC player Northern Colorado. Its chief aim is to assist local and national this season. The Bears have turned 13 double plays already for drafted back in 2011. media in the coverage of Northern Colorado athletics and to the year. Those 13 double plays rank 24th overall in the NCAA and help fans follow the many Bears programs. second in the WAC behind New Mexico State’s 18. Making the grades For information regarding credentials, interviews, statis- Northern Colorado baseball had seven players earn their spot on tics, press conferences, etc., contact Ryan Pfeifer or Kobee Yamane The Man the WAC All-Academic team for 2015. Those players were Allen Stalder, athletic communications director, at 970.351.1065 After missing last year with a foot injury, Ryan Yamane has a Cook, Caleb Kirkman, Cole Maltese, Dan Reese, Reyn Sugai, Zach or [email protected]. few different UNC baseball records within reach.