2007 NOTRE DAME BASEBALL (Baseball at the Beach
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2007 SCHEDULE (1-2) 2007 NOTRE DAME BASEBALL (Baseball at the Beach ... Feb. 23-25 ... Myrtle Beach, S.C.) FEBRUARY * – BIG EAST game in San Antonio, TX (Wolff Stadium) GOIN’ TO CAROLINA – The Notre Dame baseball program continues its challenging Sat. 17 vs. Prairie View A&M W, 15-8 start to the 2007 season this weekend with a rare trip to South Carolina, to play in the Sat. 17 vs. Texas State L, 1-2 Baseball at the Beach tournament (hosted by Coastal Carolina) .... the six-team event Sun. 18 vs. Texas State L, 0-6 is to be played at two sites, with all of the ND games in Myrtle Beach at Coastal Federal Baseball at the Beach (Myrtle Beach, SC) Field (home of the minor-league Myrtle Beach Pelicans) ... Dave Schrage last week Fri. 23 vs. UNC-Wilmington 4:00 p.m. became just the second ND baseball coach since 1924 to win his debut game with the Sat. 24 vs. TCU 4:00 p.m. Irish (the 15-8 win over Prairie View A&M was the most runs in an ND coach’s debut Sun. 25 vs. Coastal Carolina 12:30 p.m. since 1908) ... the Irish face UNC Wilmington (3-4) and #12 TCU (6-1) to open the MARCH tournament (Feb. 23 and 24, both at 4:00 EST) before facing the host Coastal Carolina Stetson Invitational (Deland, FL) team on the 25th at 12:30 ... LHP Wade Korpi and RHPs David Phelps and Brett Graffy Fri. 2 at Stetson 7:00 p.m. comprise the starting rotation for the Irish (the opponents each are slated to start RHPs) Sat. 3 vs. Nebraska 3:00 p.m. ... note that additional gameday notes will be released prior to each game, with those Sun. 4 vs. Iowa noon notes including updated bio. capsules. Clearwater (FL) Invitational (Jack Russell Stadium) Sat. 10 vs. Sacred Heart 10:00 a.m. PLENTY OF WAYS TO FOLLOW THE IRISH – Notre Dame baseball fans will have Sun. 11 vs. Duquesne 10:00 a.m. several options for tracking the 2007 season on a game-by-game basis, through Sun. 11 vs. Harvard 2:15 p.m. live-audio broadcasts, GameTracker live stats, free Irish Alert text messages and the FGCU Classic (Fort Myers, FL) ND Sports Hotline (plus potential live streaming video): Wed. 14 vs. Dayton 6:00 p.m. Thur. 15 vs. New York Tech 1:00 p.m. • Sean Stires returns as the primary radio play-by-play voice for Notre Dame baseball, Fri. 16 vs. Florida Gulf Coast 7:30 p.m. to be aired live on ESPN Radio 1490 AM, with some broadcasts on 1620 (ND baseball is Sat. 17 vs. Harvard 4:00 p.m. part of a small percentage of programs in the nation with its entire season airing live on Tues. 20 Cleveland State 5:05 p.m. a commercial station) ... all games are streamed live on und.com, with the links posted Wed. 21 Western Michigan 5:05 p.m. on the lower left corner of the und.com main page ... the online broadcasts are free of Fri. 23 South Florida* 5:05 p.m. charge, as part of Fighting Irish All-Access (which includes archives or all audio and video Sat. 24 South Florida* 1:05 p.m. content) ... see All-Access signup link via the multimedia gold button at the top of each Sun. 25 South Florida* 1:05 p.m. und.com page. Tues. 27 Central Michigan 5:05 p.m. Wed. 28 Chicago State 5:05 p.m. • Irish ALERT free text-message updates are available to your cell phone or other mo- Fri. 30 at Pittsburgh* 6:00 p.m. bile device ... updates typically are sent three times a game ... see link on the rightside Sat. 31 at Pittsburgh* 3:00 p.m. blue sidebar on the baseball page at und.com. APRIL • GameTracker live stats are provided for all home games and most road games (based Sun. 1 at Pittsburgh* noon on phone-line availability) ... when Notre Dame is on the road, the home team typically Tues. 3 Oakland 5:05 p.m. provides the live stats – with bonus GameTracker stats also provided by the Notre Dame Thur. 5 at Cincinnati* 6:30 p.m. Fri. 6 at Cincinnati* 6:30 p.m. SID office for select road games (including all three in Myrtle Beach). Sat. 7 at Cincinnati* 1:00 p.m. • The Notre Dame Sports Hotline provides a recap of each game and often will include Tues. 10 IPFW 6:05 p.m. special in-game updates for postseason action (or for doubleheader days) ... to access Wed. 11 Bowling Green 6:05 p.m. the hotline, call 574-631-3000, choose option 4 (for baseball/softball) and then press “1” Fri. 13 Georgetown* 6:05 p.m. for the baseball recap ... the hotline will be realigned for the winter/spring format later this Sat. 14 Georgetown* 1:05 p.m. Sun. 15 Georgetown* 1:05 p.m. week, prior to the season opener. Tues. 15 Toledo 6:05 p.m. • In-game/postgame video offerings (details still are being finalized – stay tuned to und. Wed. 17 Purdue 6:05 p.m. com for possible video options). Fri. 18 West Virginia* 6:05 p.m. Sat. 20 West Virginia* 3:05 p.m. Sun. 21 West Virginia* 1:05 p.m. COUNTDOWN REACHES ITS END – The Notre Dame baseball program’s first Tues. 24 Ball State 6:05 p.m. games of the Dave Schrage era are in the books and und.com has been the place Wed. 25 Valparaiso 6:05 p.m. to be over the past few weeks, providing a series of offerings that counted down to Sat. 28 at Rutgers (DH)* noon opening day ... see the Countown release at und.com for convenient links to check Sun. 29 at Rutgers* noon out items you might have missed. MAY Tues. 1 Illinois-Chicago 6:05 p.m. Fri. 4 Seton Hall* 6:05 p.m. WINNINGEST DIVISION I TEAMS OF THE DECADE Sat. 5 Seton Hall* 1:05 p.m. Sun. 6 Seton Hall* 12:05 p.m. 2000-06 2007 Decade (’00-’07) Sat. 12 at Louisville (DH)* noon Team W L T W L T W L T Pct. Sun. 13 at Louisville* 1:00 p.m. Tues. 15 vs. Michigan 7:00 p.m. _______________________________________________________________Rice 348 115 0 6 4 0 354 119 0 .748 (5th/3rd Park; Comstock Park, MI) _______________________________________________________________Florida State 356 129 1 10 0 0 366 129 1 .737 Thur. 17 Connecticut* 6:05 p.m. Fri. 18 Connecticut* (CSTV-live) 6:05 p.m. _______________________________________________________________Oral Roberts 319 114 0 2 3 0 321 117 0 .733 Sat. 19 Connecticut* (CSTV-live) 1:05 p.m. Notre Dame 324 118 2 1 2 0 325 120 2 .729 BIG EAST Conference Tournament _______________________________________________________________ Tues.- 22- at Keyspan Ballpark (Brooklyn, NY) _______________________________________________________________Nebraska 330 127 0 3 1 0 334 128 0 .722 Sun. 26 pairings and times TBA Texas 344 134 0 7 5 0 351 139 0 .716 NCAA Tournament: _______________________________________________________________ Regionals (June 1-4; campus sites) ... _______________________________________________________________Georgia Tech 326 128 0 3 3 0 329 131 0 .715 Super Regionals (June 8-11; campus sites) ... College World Series (June 15-25; Omaha, NE) South Carolina 342 137 0 5 1 0 347 138 0 .715 IRISH SET FOR RARE TRIP TO THE PALMETTO STATE – The Notre Dame THE ND-TCU SERIES – The teams have baseball team will be making just its second all-time trip to the state of South met just twice previously, with TCU winning Carolina and first in the regular season ... the 1994 Irish squad had an impres- at home in 1985 (9-3) and in a 2002 game sive performance at the 1994 NCAA East Regional that was played at Clem- played in Round Rock, Texas (7-3). son, bouncing back from a 9-5 loss to Old Dominion by beating the host Tigers (8-1) and The Citadel (5-1) before losing to Auburn (0-8) ... ND also has limited GASTON UNDERGOES SEASON-END- playing experience in North Carolina, with previous trips to Duke and Elon ... ING SHOULDER SURGERY – Notre Dame the previous trip to N.C. came in a two-game series at Duke to open the 1988 senior catcher Sean Gaston (Brownsburg, season. Ind.) underwent shoulder surgery on Feb. 9 and is expected to miss the entire 2007 col- ALL-TIME MONOGRAM WINNERS MISSING S.C. – Some 830 all-time lege baseball season ... Gaston was poised Noter Dame baseball monogram winners include players from 44 states (plus to direct the young Irish pitching staff but Canada and Panama) ... the only states not represented among the ND base- now must shift his focus to the rehabilitation ball monogram winners are Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, New Hampshire, South process, in hopes of returning for a fifth year Carolina and Vermont ... former ND executive vice-president Rev. Edmund of eligibility in 2008 .. .a .307 career batter P. Joyce – a legend in the history of collegiate athletics – was the first Notre with the Irish, Gaston struck out just 11 times Dame student who was a native of South Carolina. in his junior season and would have been a leading candidate for 2007 Academic All- UNCW AND COASTAL SET TO BECOME OPPONENTS #288, 289 – Prai- America honors due to his 3.38 cumulative rie View A&M last weel become the 287th different opponent faced by Notre GPA, as a double major in political science Dame in 115 seasons of Division I baseball, with UNC Wilmington and Coastal and history ..