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2021 Baseball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Valparaiso (5-12, 0-0 MVC) 2021 Schedule and Results at DBU (14-7, 0-0 MVC) Date Opponent Time/Result Horner Ballpark | Dallas, Texas Feb. 19 at UAB W 6-2 Thursday, April 1, 6:30 p.m. CT – RHP Easton Rhodehouse vs. RHP Kyle Rich Feb. 20 at UAB L 8-2 Feb. 21 at UAB L 4-1 Friday, April 2, 1 p.m. CT (Game 1) – RHP Colin Fields vs. RHP Dominic Hamel Feb. 26 at Jacksonville State L 5-4 Friday, April 2, to follow (Game 2) – RHP Trent Turzenski vs. RHP Ray Gaither Feb. 27 at Jacksonville State (DH) L 10-2 Saturday, April 3, 1 p.m. – RHP Zach Fricke vs. RHP Luke Eldred Feb. 27 at Jacksonville State (DH) L 13-3 March 12 at Middle Tennessee State L 5-2 Next Up in Valpo Baseball: The Valparaiso University baseball team will open up March 13 at Middle Tennessee State (DH) W 5-0 (7) Missouri Valley Conference play this weekend with a trip to Dallas to match up with March 13 at Middle Tennessee State (DH) W 3-2 (8) March 14 at Middle Tennessee State L 5-0 Dallas Baptist University in a four-game, holiday-weekend series. The set will commence March 19 at Western Kentucky L 8-4. on Thursday evening with sunshine and high 60s anticipated throughout the weekend March 20 at Western Kentucky W 8-6 (11) in the Lone Star State. March 21 at Western Kentucky L 11-1 March 23 at #14 Notre Dame L 6-3 Last Time Out: Valpo dropped two of three at Butler in the final weekend series prior March 26 at Butler L 5-4 (10) March 27 at Butler (DH) W 7-1 to the start of Valley action (March 26-27). The Brown & Gold fell 5-4 in 10 innings in March 27 at Butler (DH) L 13-10 Friday’s opener before prevailing 7-1 in the first game of Saturday’s twinbill. The series April 1 at DBU* 6:30 p.m. finale and nightcap of Saturday’s double dip resulted in Butler outslugging Valpo 13-10. April 2 at DBU* (DH) 2 p.m. Colin Fields pitched a gem to earn the win in the middle game of the series, while Kaleb April 2 at DBU* (DH) 5 p.m. Hannahs led the way in the doubleheader with five hits, three runs scored, three walks April 3 at DBU* 1 p.m. and three RBIs over the two games. April 7 Eastern Illinois 3 p.m. April 9 at Oakland 2 p.m. April 10 at Oakland (DH) 11 a.m. On the Air: A live video broadcast of all four games this weekend with be available on April 10 at Oakland (DH) 2 p.m. the Patriot Broadcasting Network courtesy of DBU Athletics. Links to live video, audio April 11 at Oakland 11 a.m. and stats will be available on ValpoAthletics.com. April 16 at Indiana State* 2 p.m. April 17 at Indiana State* (DH) Noon April 17 at Indiana State* (DH) 3 p.m. Series Notes: Valpo dropped all three in its most recent series with DBU, which took April 18 at Indiana State* Noon place in March 2019 at Horner Ballpark. Valpo has lost four straight matchups to slip April 23 Southern Illinois* 3 p.m. to 3-9 in the head-to-head series, but the all-time set with the Patriots does feature some April 24 Southern Illinois* (DH) 1 p.m. memorable moments for the Brown & Gold. Valpo’s most recent win over DBU came April 24 Southern Illinois* (DH) 4 p.m. in the first round of the 2018 MVC Tournament, a 13-10 Valpo triumph on the Patriots’ April 25 Southern Illinois* 1 p.m. April 27 at Notre Dame 5 p.m. home field. The two teams met again on May 25 in the double-elimination tournament, April 30 Illinois State* 3 p.m. and DBU edged Valpo 7-5 as the Patriots went on to earn an NCAA at-large berth. The May 1 Illinois State* (DH) 1 p.m. two teams also met in 2016 in a nonconference series prior to Valpo’s arrival in The May 1 Illinois State* (DH) 4 p.m. Valley, and Valpo did pick up a win against a DBU club that was nationally ranked at May 2 Illinois State* 1 p.m. the time of those matchups. May 7 at Bradley* 6 p.m. May 8 at Bradley* (DH) 2 p.m. May 8 at Bradley* (DH) 5 p.m. Head Coach Brian Schmack: Brian Schmack, the 17th head baseball coach in Val- May 9 at Bradley* 1 p.m. paraiso University history, is in his eighth season in charge of the program. Entering the May 11 Notre Dame 3 p.m. 2021 season, he has served as the head coach for 336 games at Valpo, the fourth-most May 14 Evansville* 3 p.m. in program history with Tracy Woodson third at 397. This year, he moves into a tie for May 15 Evansville* (DH) 1 p.m. third in program history for number of seasons coached with eight, matching Donald May 15 Evansville* (DH) 4 p.m. May 16 Evansville* 1 p.m. Warnke (1946-1953). Schmack has now been at Valpo longer than his predecessor May 20 at Missouri State* 11:30 a.m. Woodson, whose seven-year run lasted from 2007-2013. Schmack’s win total of 137 May 21 at Missouri State* (DH) 10 a.m. ranks fifth in program history, with Rick Ferchen fourth at 147. The former big-league May 21 at Missouri State* (DH) 1 p.m. pitcher led Valparaiso to 25 wins in his inaugural campaign in 2014, a school record May 22 at Missouri State* 11:30 a.m. for victories by a first-year skipper. He followed that up with a 22-win season in 2015, May 25-29 at MVC Tournament (Carbondale, Ill.) All Times Central then guided the team to its first winning record since 2013 in 2016. In 2017, Schmack * - MVC Game continued his success despite managing a youthful roster that featured 11 freshmen and Home games in bold and played at Emory G. Bauer 15 total newcomers. He led his team to 24 wins, including a strong finish to the regular season that saw them win eight of their last 11. The 2018 season saw Valpo transition to *** REFERENCING VALPO *** the Missouri Valley Conference. The Brown & Gold made an immediate splash in the Please refer to our team as Valparaiso or Valpo. The highly-respected baseball league, putting together a strong showing in the 2018 MVC University has voted to retire the Crusader mascot name, effective February 2021. Tournament, including a 13-10 victory over host Dallas Baptist, a team that went on to 2021 Baseball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 receive an at-large NCAA Regional berth. During the 2019 season, Schmack’s squad equaled its win total from the year prior despite playing in a conference that was ranked 2021 Valley Standings sixth nationally in RPI and sent three teams to NCAA Regionals. Schmack, a member Entering 3/30 of the 2003 Detroit Tigers, served as pitching coach/associate head coach at Valpo for Team MVC Pct. Overall Pct. seven seasons prior to his promotion. Southern Illinois 3-1 .750 19-3 .864 DBU 0-0 --- 14-7 .667 Twice is Nice Indiana State 0-0 --- 11-6 .647 - Valpo pitcher Colin Fields was named the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Missouri State 0-0 --- 7-8 .467 Week for the second time in a three-week span on March 29. Bradley 0-0 --- 5-9 .357 - Fields became the first Valpo player to win two MVC weekly honors in the same season since the program joined The Valley. In addition, he became the first MVC player to win Illinois State 0-0 --- 7-14 .333 two weekly honors this season. Valpo 0-0 --- 5-12 .294 - The most recent accolade came after the junior yielded just two hits over seven shutout Evansville 1-3 .250 12-11 .522 innings to propel Valpo to a 7-1 victory over Butler in Game 1 of a doubleheader on March 27. Fields scattered three walks and racked up 11 strikeouts, a total that set a season high and tied a career high. Coincidentally, his previous career high of 11 also Around The Valley came in a game against Butler during the 2019 season. Sunday, March 28 - Fields struck out the side in both the first and fifth innings and retired the first 10 men Illinois State 10, Arkansas State 9 he faced. Creighton 9, Bradley 5 - The righty is up to 36 strikeouts this season, fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference. UT Rio Grande Valley 5, DBU 4 He crossed the 100-career strikeout mark in the win at Butler as he has fanned 105 in Little Rock 11, Southern Illinois 5 92 1/3 career innings. Opponents are hitting just .141 this season against Fields, who Evansville 9, Xavier 2 has reached double figures in strikeouts in two of his last three starts.