2015 BASEBALL STANDINGS (Through Games of Feb
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CONFERENCE USA 5201 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 300, Irving, TX 75039 (214) 774-1300 Contact: Russell Anderson ([email protected]) February 23, 2015 2015 BASEBALL STANDINGS (Through games of Feb. 22) C-USA All Games W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N L-10 Streak UAB 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-0 1.000 6-0 0-0 0-0 6-0 W 6 Florida Atlantic 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-1 .857 6-1 0-0 0-0 6-1 W 2 Middle Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 0-0 4-1 W 2 UTSA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-2 .714 5-1 0-1 0-0 5-2 W 3 Rice 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-3 .625 3-2 2-1 0-0 5-3 W 1 FIU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-4 .500 2-1 0-1 2-2 4-4 W 2 Southern Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-3-1 .500 3-1 0-0 0-2-1 3-3-1 T 1 WKU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-3 .400 0-0 2-0 0-3 2-3 L 2 Louisiana Tech 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-5 .375 2-1 1-4 0-0 3-5 L 1 Charlotte 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-2 .333 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 L 1 Marshall 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-5 .286 0-0 2-3 0-2 2-4 L 4 Old Dominion 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-3 .000 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 L 3 RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK JOHN CLAY REEVES, RICE Sun., February 22 Mon., February 23 Senior, C, Monroe, La. (13) Rice 6, Arizona 4 (10 inn.) Western Illinois at Middle Tennessee.................. 3:00p Reeves went 10-for-18 (.556) at the plate to help the Florida Atlantic 2, Ohio State 1 Owls go 3-1 last week, including a key road series win UTSA 10, Bryant 4 Tue., February 24 for Conference USA at Pac-12 foe Arizona. He had at UAB 7, Savannah State 6 Middle Tennessee at Tennessee Tech ............... 3:00p least one hit in all four games and finished the week Caravelle Resorts Tournament (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Alabama A&M at UAB ......................................... 4:00p with six RBI and two runs scored. Reeves drew a walk (23) FIU 4, N.C. Central 1 Incarnate Word at UTSA ..................................... 4:00p for a .579 on-base average, and he had a home run (23) FIU 7, N.C. Central 5 (13 inn.) WKU at Belmont .................................................. 4:00p and a double for a .778 slugging percentage. On Feb. Middle Tennessee 16, Western Illinois 14 (30) Florida Atlantic vs. (2) Florida (Jupiter, Fla.) . 5:30p 17 against crosstown foe Houston Baptist, he blasted a Middle Tennessee 5, Western Illinois 4 Southern Miss at Louisiana-Monroe ................... 6:00p two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to Evansville 11, WKU 10 (10 inn.) break a 2-2 deadlock and lift Rice to an eventual 5-2 Evansville 9, WKU 8 Wed., February 25 win. In the series finale at Arizona, Reeves tied his Alabama A&M 8, Marshall 1 Old Dominion at East Carolina ............................ 2:00p career-high with five hits and finished the day with three Mississippi State 7, Marshall 4 WKU at (4) Vanderbilt .......................................... 4:00p RBI. Akron 5, Charlotte 4 Stephen F. Austin at (11) Rice ............................ 4:30p Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana Tech .................. 6:00p PITCHER OF THE WEEK Sat., February 21 UAB at Alabama State ......................................... 6:00p TYLER CLANCY, LOUISIANA TECH Florida Atlantic 7, Ohio State 0 Charlotte at College of Charleston (cancelled) Junior, LHP, Gilbert, Ariz. UAB 20, Savannah State 0 (7 inn.) Clancy helped Louisiana Tech clinch its first victory at WKU 5, Evansville 3 Fri., February 27 home on Friday in the first game of a doubleheader Caravelle Resorts Tournament (Conway, S.C.) Marshall vs. Towson (Winston-Salem, N.C.) ....... 12:00p against UAPB after tossing seven complete innings of (28) Georgia Tech 16, (23) FIU 9 Rutgers at Old Dominion ..................................... 2:00p one-hit baseball in his second outing of the season for NC State 3, (23) FIU 1 Marist at Charlotte ............................................... 3:00p the Bulldogs. Clancy held the Golden Lions scoreless Saint Louis 2, Southern Miss 1 WKU at Southern Illinois ...................................... 3:00p through seven innings, while walking just one batter and Southern Miss 1, Nicholls St. 1 (tie game; called after 7 Ohio State at UAB ............................................... 4:00p striking out five. Louisiana Tech hitters backed Clancy innings due to field conditions) Monmouth at (30) Florida Atlantic ....................... 5:30p up with nine runs of offense as the Bulldogs defeated Akron 2, Charlotte 1 Manhattan at FIU ................................................. 6:00p UAPB, 9-3, in the first game on Friday and the lefty Charlotte 1, Akron 0 Oral Roberts at Louisiana Tech ........................... 6:00p picked up his first collegiate win on the mound. Arizona 7, (13) Rice 6 Stanford at (11) Rice ........................................... 6:00p UTSA 5, Bryant 3 Troy at Southern Miss ......................................... 6:00p UAPB 5, Louisiana Tech 4 UTSA at McNeese State ..................................... 6:00p Middle Tennessee at New Orleans ..................... 6:30p Fri., February 20 (13) Rice 8, Arizona 5 UAB 2, Savannah State 1 All Times Central Louisiana Tech 9, UAPB 3 Louisiana Tech 3, UAPB 1 Ohio State 8, Florida Atlantic 2 UTSA 8, Bryant 6 North Florida 3, Southern Miss 2 Alabama A&M 8, Marshall 3 (14) Mississippi State 6, Marshall 2 C-USA NOTEBOOK OLD DOMINION The Monarchs had all four games cancelled last week due to inclement weather. Junior CHARLOTTE 2B Nick Lustrino, senior 1B Taylor Ostrich and freshman LF Matt Cogen each had two The 49ers went 1-2 in their season-opening series vs. Akron, dropping a pair of one-run hits in the team’s last outing on Feb. 15, with Ostrich driving in a pair of runs. Senior OF games to the Zips. Overall, the Charlotte pitching staff allowed just four earned runs in Josh Eldridge was 6-for-11 (.545) on opening weekend, notching a pair of hits vs. three games. Sophomore LHP J.D. Prochaska threw six scoreless innings, striking out Coastal Carolina and going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and a home run vs. No. 14 five and allowing just three hits in the Niners 1-0 win on game two Saturday. In game one, Maryland. sophomore LHP Sean Geoghegan received a no-decision after tossing six innings of six- hit, shutout baseball with a career-high five strikeouts. Sophomore IF T.J. Nichting had a pair of hits and an RBI in the season-opening 2-1 loss and finished with a pair of doubles RICE on the weekend. Senior IF Brad Elwood reached base safely five times in the series, The Owls were 3-1 last week, including a series victory at 2012 National Champion notching three hits and walking s twice. Arizona. Senior C John Clay Reeves went 10-for-18 (.556) at the plate last week, posting at least one hit in all four games and finished the week with six RBI and two runs scored. Senior OF Kirby Taylor batted .467 (7-for-15) last week, notching a hit in each FIU game with two RBI and four runs scored. He is batting a league-high .552 (16-for-29) on The Panthers were 2-3 on the road last week, dropping two of the games to ACC the season with a team-high four doubles, six RBI and seven runs scored. Freshman OF opponents. Freshman OF Eddie Silva finished the week hitting a team-best .400 in five Ryan Chandler notched five hits in the Arizona series, scoring at least one run in each games, recording a team-best eight hits with two double, three RBI and his first career game (four total) and driving in a pair of runs. With 16 hits in Sunday’s series finale, the home run. He had a career day vs. No. 28 Georgia Tech, going 4-for-5, including a Owls have recorded double digit hits in all 16 games this season. Rice is batting a C- double with two runs scored. Later that day, Silva blasted his first-career homer, scoring USA-best .345 on the season. FIU’s lone run versus N.C. State. Silva currently ranks No. 4 in the conference in runs scored (8). On the year, Silva is batting .333 (9-of-27) with three RBI and eight runs scored. Freshman OF Jack Schaaf drove a two-run home run off over the right field wall SOUTHERN MISS in the bottom of the 13th inning to complete a doubleheader sweep of N.C. Central on The Golden Eagles were 0-2-1 in three neutral site games in Pensacola, Fla. Last Sunday with a 7-5 win in game two. Senior OF Brian Portelli had five hits in the weekend, dropping both games by a single run. Southern Miss had a game end in a tie doubleheader sweep, notching a pair of doubles and driving in four runs. The Panthers for the first time in almost 31 years on Saturday when their Nicholls State contest was won game one, as freshman RHP Andres Nunez picked up his first collegiate win.