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BASEBALL VS. LSU | EUGENE REGIONAL | NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS EUGENE, ORE. | PK PARK WESTGAME COAST CENTER CONFERENCE | Live video/stats: TOURNAMENT GoZags.com SCHEDULE (O: 33-17; C: 20-7 H: 15-5; A: 16-10; N:2-2) February 19 (Fri) New Mexico ! W, 4-3 February 20 (Sat) Kansas State University ! W, 17-5 February 21 (Sun) Oregon State ! L, 4-20 February 22 (Mon) Kansas State University ! L, 1-6 (2) GONZAGA (33-17) (3) LSU (34-22) February 25 (Thur) at Dallas Baptist W, 10-7 Head Coach: Mark Machtolf Head Coach: Paul Mainieri February 26 (Fri) at Dallas Baptist L, 2-13 February 27 (Sat) at Dallas Baptist W, 19-7 February 28 (Sun) at Dallas Baptist L, 7-8 March 5 (Fri) vs Portland L, 0-2 Probables March 6 (Sat) vs Portland W, 7-0 June 4 | 7 p.m. PT March 7 (Sun) vs Portland W, 8-1 RHP Alek Jacob (7-1, 2.82 ERA, 76.2 IP, 103 K) vs. RHP Landon Marceaux (6-5, 2.26 ERA, 91.2 IP, 107 K) March 9 (Tue) at #7 Texas Tech L, 4-5 March 10 (Wed) at #7 Texas Tech L, 4-5 Series Review March 12 (Fri) at #11 TCU W, 13-8 Friday will be the first time in program history that the Zags have faced LSU. Gonzaga carries a 12-15 March 13 (Sat) at #11 TCU L, 1-7 overall record against current SEC programs. Gonzaga has most often played Arkansas with a 5-7 March 14 (Sun) at TCU W, 10-7, 11 inn. overall mark; GU first faced off against the Razorbacks back in 1990. Arkansas is currently on a four- March 19 (Fri) at Santa Clara * W, 2-0 March 20 (Sat) at Santa Clara * W, 10-4, 13 inn. game win streak against the Bulldogs (all in 2020), but from 2013-2016 GU put together a four-game win March 21 (Fri) at Santa Clara * W, 5-2 streak over the Razorbacks, including three true road games. The other SEC opponent the Zags have March 23 (Tue) vs Washington W, 7-2 most often faced is Missouri; GU carries a 5-2 mark over the Tigers since 2007. March 26 (Fri) at Loyola Marymount * L, 1-7 March 27 (Sat) at Loyola Marymount * L, 4-8 About the Tigers March 28 (Sun) at Loyola Marymount * W, 14-2 LSU carries a 34-22 overall record and finished the regular season with a 13-17 mark in the SEC. LSU, April 1 (Thur) vs Pacific * W, 9-0 which secured a No. 9 seed, fell in the SEC tournament to No. 8 Georgia, 4-1. Four players earned all- April 2 (Fri) vs Pacific * W, 6-0 SEC honors, led by freshman first baseman Tre’ Morgan who earned Second Team All-SEC, Freshman April 3 (Sat) vs Pacific * W, 2-1 April 5 (Mon) at Oregon State L, 3-11 All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive Team honors. Dylan Crews and Landon Marceaux also earned Second April 6 (Tue) at Oregon State W, 5-2 Team All-SEC honors while Jordan Thompson and Crews were selected Freshman All-SEC. April 9 (Fri) vs Saint Mary’s * L, 6-10 April 10 (Sat) vs Saint Mary’s * W, 21-3 As a team, LSU carries a .273 batting average with 527 hits, 353 RBI and 378 runs on the year with 80 April 11 (Sun) vs Saint Mary’s * W, 2-1 homers on the season. Morgan leads the Tigers with a .370 batting average with 37 RBI and a team- April 13 (Tue) at Washington State W, 9-0, 5 inn. high 81 hits. April 16 (Fri) at Pepperdine * W, 10-0 April 17 (Sat) at Pepperdine * L, 3-4 On the mound, the Tigers carry a 4.44 ERA as a team, with RHP Marceaux leading the squad with a 2.26 April 18 (Sun) at Pepperdine * W, 11-6 April 20 (Tue) at Washington W, 3-0 ERA and a 6-5 overall record in 91.2 innings pitched and 107 strikeouts. April 22 (Thur) vs BYU * W, 12-1 April 23 (Fri) vs BYU * W, 2-1 This season LSU has six wins against Top 25 opponents, including No. 1 Arkansas. The Tigers squeezed April 24 (Sat) vs BYU * W, 7-3 out a 5-4 win over the Razorbacks on May 1 at home. LSU also claimed victories against: #2 Mississippi April 27 (Tue) vs Washington State W, 7-5 State, #10 South Carolina, No. 12 Ole Miss and #18 Louisiana Tech. April 30 (Fri) vs San Diego * Postponed May 1 (Sat) vs San Diego * Postponed Zags in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championships May 2 (Sun) vs San Diego * Postponed Including this season, Gonzaga has advanced to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championships 11 times May 3 (Mon) vs. Oregon Postponed May 7 (Fri) vs Seattle U Cancelled in program history. The Bulldogs made their first post-season NCAA appearance back in 1971 when May 8 (Sat) vs Seattle U Cancelled they advanced to the NCAA Districts; Gonzaga has appeared in three NCAA Districts in 1971, 1973 and May 9 (Sun) vs Seattle U Cancelled 1974. In 1976, Gonzaga advanced to its first-ever NCAA Regional. That year, the Bulldogs traveled to May 11 (Tue) at Oregon Postponed TEmpe, Ariz., and was eliminated after two losses--one to ASU and another to Minnesota. The Bulldogs May 12 (Wed) at Oregon Postponed also made appearances in an NCAA Regional in 1978, 1980, 1981, 2009, 2016 and 2018. May 14 (Fri) at Portland * W, 12-4 May 15 (Sat) at Portland * W, 6-3 The last time Gonzaga played in an NCAA Regional was in 2018. That year, the Bulldogs secured the May 16 (Sun) at Portland * W, 5-3, 10 Inn. No. 3 seed in the Minneapolis Regional and opened against No. 2 UCLA. GU fell 6-5 in the first game, May 18 (Tue) at Oregon L, 3-10 May 21 (Fri) vs San Francisco * W, 3-2 but stayed alive with an 8-2 win over Canisius. UCLA topped the Zags once more 10-4 to eliminate GU May 22 (Sat) vs San Francisco * W, 6-5 from the tournament. May 23 (Sun) vs San Francisco * L, 1-11 May 27 (Thur) vs. San Diego * W, 10-0 GU’s No. 2 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament is the highest in program history. Since 2009, Gonzaga May 28 (Fri) vs. San Diego * L, 0-9 has secured the No. 3 seed in three-consecutive appearances. May 29 (Sat) vs. San Diego * L, 2-10 June 4 (Fri) vs. LSU% 7 p.m. WCC Champs The Zags needed one win to clinch the WCC Regular-Season Title in their final regular-season title of All times Pacific * West Coast Conference game the year last weekend, and they secured it in commanding fashion with a 10-0 rout over visiting San Di- ! Sanderson Ford Baseball Classic (Surprise, Ariz.) ego on Thursday, May 27. RHP Alek Jacob pitched seven scoreless innings for GU with eight strikeouts % NCAA Eugene Regional (Eugene, Ore.) 1 @zagbaseball while Trystan Vrieling came in in relief, pitching National Rankings the final two innings allowing just two hits with This season, Gonzaga has continued to rise in the GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Spokane, Wash. one strikeout. The Bulldogs finished with 11 hits, national rankings. On May 24th, Gonzaga earned Founded: 1887 10 runs and 10 RBI, led by Brett Harris with five its highest ranking since 1980, coming in at No. 14 Enrollment: 7,501 RBI, three hits and one run. in the D1Baseball.com Top 25 poll. That week, the Nickname: Bulldogs Zags ranked No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches Colors: Blue (R-0 G-41 B-103), Red (R-179 G-25 B-52), White (R-255 G-255 B-255), and Gray (R-195, G-199, The title was Gonzaga fifth WCC Regular-Season Poll, No. 20 in the Baseball America Top 25 and B-203) Championship in program history, and the first 29th in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I Baseball Facility (Capacity): Patterson Baseball Complex and since 2017. Gonzaga had previously secured the Poll. Following back-to-back losses to San Diego Coach Steve Hertz Field Presented by Washington Trust (1,500) regular-season title in 2009, 2013, 2016, and 2017, to close the regular season, GU dropped to No. 22 Dimensions (L to R): 328, 370, 400, 370, 328 all of which have come under the direction of in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the Conference (Affiliation): West Coast (NCAA Div. I) current head coach Mark Machtolf. The Zags D1Baseball.com Top 25. Gonzaga earned its first President: Dr. Thayne M. McCulloh also have a WCC Tournament title to their name, national ranking of the season on April 26, earn- Athletic Director: Mike Roth Baseball Administrator: Chris Standiford which they won back in 2018. ing a No. 21 ranking from D1Baseball.com. The Faculty Athletic Representative: Peggy Sue Loroz Zags finished the week prior with an unblemished West Coast Conference Postseason Awards 4-0 record, starting with a Tuesday afternoon win TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach (Alma Mater, Year): Gonzaga collected nine all-conference player at Washington (April 20) and ending with a series Mark Machtolf (Stanford ‘87) awards and one coaching award, the most in a sweep over BYU at Patterson Baseball Complex Record at GU (Years): 492-402-2 (18th as head; single season in program history.