2007 Issue No. 8: Navy Midshipmen April 6-12 Baseball Media Notes (Games 32-37) Baseball Contact: Jonathan Maggart N E-Mail: [email protected] N Office: (410) 293-8771 N Cell: (410) 507-5873 N Press Box: (410) 293-5430 Schedule & Results (22-9, 4-0) A Look Ahead... February Game 32 April 7 Lafayette (13-10, 4-0 PL) at Navy (22-9, 4-0 PL) 12 p.m. 9 at Florida A&M W, 12-3 GameTracker Stadium: Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium (1,500); Annapolis, Md. 10 at Florida A&M L, 6-5 GameTracker 11 at Florida A&M W, 5-1 GameTracker Head Coaches: Lafayette - Joe Kinney (142-191, eighth year at Lafayette) 17 Iona (DH) W, 7-1 / W, 4-2 Navy - Paul Kostacopoulos (54-30-1, second year at Navy; 558-359-1, 18th year overall) 18 Iona W, 5-4 GameTracker Probable Starters: Lafayette - LHP Ted Gjeldum (1-1, 3.60 ERA) 20 Delaware State W, 7-4 GameTracker Navy - RHP Mitch Harris (6-2, 2.17 ERA) 23 vs. Air Force# W, 7-1 / W, 7-5 GameTracker All-Time Series: Navy leads, 51-25-2 25 vs. Missouri# L, 5-0 GameTracker Last Year: Navy split four-game set against Lafayette (April 9-10; Easton, Pa.) 28 Georgetown W, 2-1 GameTracker Radio: Navy All-Access will have all four games - Pete Medhurst (Sat.) and Joe Miller (Sun.) March Game 33 April 7 Lafayette at Navy TBD 3 Central Conn. St. (DH) L, 9-1 / L, 5-2 GameTracker Probable Starters: Lafayette - LHP Matt Kamine (3-3, 2.84 ERA) 4 Central Conn. St. W, 1-0 GameTracker Navy - RHP Mark McCoy (4-3, 5.40 ERA) 10 Monmouth (DH) L, 9-1 / L, 5-2 GameTracker 11 Monmouth W, 2-1 GameTracker Game 34 April 8 Lafayette at Navy 12 p.m. 12 Buffalo W, 7-0 GameTracker Probable Starters: Lafayette - RHP Kevin Reese (2-1, 1.83 ERA) 14 Mount St. Mary’s L, 18-3 GameTracker Navy - RHP Oliver Drake (1-0, 2.79 ERA) 15 Buffalo W, 9-7 GameTracker Game 35 April 8 Lafayette at Navy TBD 18 Duquesne (DH) W, 6-1 / L, 16-0 GameTracker Probable Starters: Lafayette - RHP Jeremy Atkins (3-1, 3.81 ERA) 20 at George Mason L, 12-10 Navy - LHP Yale Eckert (2-1, 3.44 ERA) 23 Yale W, 4-3 GameTracker 24 Yale L, 2-1 GameTracker Game 36 April 10 Navy (22-9) at UMBC (8-13) 7 p.m. 25 Yale W, 6-5 (11) GameTracker Stadium: The Baseball Factory Field (1,000); Baltimore, Md. 27 at Mount St. Mary’s W, 16-3 All-Time Series: UMBC leads, 16-12 31 at Holy Cross* (DH) W, 7-6 / W, 12-8 GameTracker Last Year: Navy split two games against UMBC April Game 37 April 11 Navy (22-9) at Coppin State (0-25) 6 p.m. 1 at Holy Cross* (DH) W, 8-1 / W, 11-7 GameTracker Stadium: Joe Cannon Stadium (1,500); Severn, Md. 7 Lafayette* (DH) 12 p.m. All-Access All-Time Series: Navy leads, 6-3-1 8 Lafayette* (DH) 12 p.m. All-Access Last Year: Navy went 3-1-1 against Coppin State 10 at UMBC 7 p.m. 11 at Coppin State 6 p.m. 14 at Lehigh* (DH) 12 p.m. Navy Probable Starters 15 at Lehigh* (DH) 12 p.m. 18 at Georgetown 6 p.m. Pos. No. Name Cl. B/T Ht./Wt. Avg. 2B 3B HR RBI SB 19 George Mason 4 p.m. GameTracker C 8 Steven Soares Fr. R/R 5’10”/195 .229 3 0 0 10 0 21 at Army* (DH) 12 p.m. 1B 7 Thomas Hamilton Jr. R/R 6’2”/195 .261 4 0 1 13 0 22 at Army* (DH) 1 p.m. or 29 Jonathan Berkowitz Fr. L/R 5’10”/176 .250 1 1 1 11 0 25 at Delaware State 3 p.m. 28 Bucknell* (DH) 12 p.m. GameTracker 2B 16 Michael Garcia Sr. R/R 5’11”/190 .350 3 2 0 13 2 29 Bucknell* (DH) 12 p.m. GameTracker or 1 B.J. Bickel Sr. L/R 5’6”/155 .094 0 0 0 1 1 May 3B 12 Drew Lydon Fr. R/R 6’0”/180 .310 2 1 1 13 1 5 UMES 4 p.m. GameTracker or 16 Michael Garcia Sr. R/R 5’11”/190 .350 3 2 0 13 2 6 UMES 12 p.m. GameTracker SS 23 Kendall Bolt Fr. R/R 6’0”/180 .208 2 0 1 10 4 12-13Patriot League Tourn. TBA or 6 Matthew Curley Fr. R/R 5’10”/172 .167 1 0 0 1 0 June LF 9 Michael Speciale Fr. R/R 6’1”/220 .284 2 0 0 6 1 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA or 18 Mike Hoosier Fr. L/R 5’11”/200 .250 4 0 0 14 0 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBA CF 2 Renaldo Hollins Jr. R/R 5’9”/170 .287 7 2 0 9 12 15-25College World Series TBA RF 11 Dominic Lopez Sr. R/R 5’10”/185 .227 0 0 0 3 1 or 5 Bill Maugeri Jr. R/R 5’10”/187 .233 0 0 0 6 0 # Service Academy Spring Classic DH 14 Mitch Harris Jr. R/R 6’4”/215 .327 4 2 7 33 1 * Patriot League game or 32 Joshua Martinez So. R/R 5’10”/200 .280 3 0 0 5 0 All times Eastern, subject to change All home games played at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium Head Coach: Paul Kostacopoulos, second season (Providence ‘87) Assistant Coach: Lt. j.g. Jason Ronai, USN, third season (UNC-Asheville ‘01) Assistant Coach: Scott Friedholm, second season (Providence ‘98) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Buddy Custer, first season (Villanova ‘92) 2007 Navy Baseball Media Notes N Page 1 2007 Navy Midshipmen Roster No. Name Pos. Cl. B / T Ht. / Wt. Hometown / High School / Last School No. Name Pos. 1 B.J. Bickel INF Sr. L / R 5'6" / 155 Benson, N.C. / South Johnston 20 Ridge Alkonis LHP 2 Renaldo Hollins OF Jr. R / R 5'9" / 170 Virginia Beach, Va. / Ocean Lakes 29 Jonathan Berkowitz INF 3 Matt Sweisthal OF Fr. L / L 5'9" / 170 Spring, Texas / Kleinoak 1 B.J. Bickel INF 4 Jordan Rash C So. R / R 5'8" / 180 Nederland, Texas / Nederland 23 Kendall Bolt INF 5 Bill Maugeri OF Jr. R / R 5'10" / 187 Edgewater, Md. / Riverdale Baptist 6 Matthew Curley INF 6 Matthew Curley INF Fr. R / R 5'10" / 172 Boston, Mass. / Boston College 25 Chris Donnelly C 7 Thomas Hamilton INF Jr. R / R 6'2" / 195 Houston, Texas / Lamar 34 Oliver Drake RHP 8 Steven Soares C Fr. R / R 5'10" / 195 Coral Springs, Fla. / Taravella 40 Yale Eckert LHP 9 Michael Speciale OF Fr. R / R 6’1” / 220 Pearland, Texas / Pearland 17 Jack Ferrick INF 11 Dominic Lopez INF Sr. R / R 5'10" / 185 Quincy, Mich. / Quincy 24 Mark Foris RHP 12 Drew Lydon UT Fr. R / R 6'0" / 180 White Plains, Md. / Riverdale Baptist 16 Michael Garcia INF 14 Mitch Harris RHP/OF Jr. R / R 6'4" / 215 Mt. Holly, N.C. / South Point 35 Mark Guadagnini RHP 16 Michael Garcia INF Sr. R / R 5'11" / 190 Kailua, Hawai'i / Kalaheo 7 Thomas Hamilton INF 17 Jack Ferrick INF So. R / R 6'1" / 205 Stafford, Va. / Colonial Forge 33 Tim Hammond RHP 18 Mike Hoosier OF Fr. L / R 5'11" / 200 Pomona, N.Y. / Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) 14 Mitch Harris RHP/OF 19 JD Melton RHP Fr. R / R 6'0" / 180 Myrtle Beach, S.C. / Myrtle Beach / Wofford (S.C.) 21 Kevin Heasley LHP 20 Ridge Alkonis LHP Fr. L / L 6'1" / 175 Claremont, Calif. / Claremont 2 Renaldo Hollins OF 21 Kevin Heasley LHP Jr. L / L 6'2" / 215 Cincinnati, Ohio / Turpin 18 Mike Hoosier OF 22 Matt White RHP So. R / R 6'2" / 185 Yorba Linda, Calif. / Esperanza 38 Daniel Kovalcik LHP 23 Kendall Bolt INF Fr. R / R 6'0" / 180 Stockton, Calif. / Lincoln 27 James Lee RHP 24 Mark Foris RHP Jr. R / R 6'0" / 185 Maspeth, N.Y. / St. Francis Prep 11 Dominic Lopez INF 25 Chris Donnelly C So. R / R 5'8" / 170 Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Mechanicsburg 12 Drew Lydon UT 26 Mark McCoy RHP Jr. R / R 5'11" / 190 Parkland, Fla. / Douglas Parkland 32 Joshua Martinez C/DH 27 James Lee RHP Sr. R / R 5'11" / 215 Asheville, N.C. / A.C. Reynolds 5 Bill Maugeri OF 28 Alec Thomas RHP Fr. R / R 6'2" / 185 Kernersville, N.C. / Bishop McGuinness Catholic 26 Mark McCoy RHP 29 Jonathan Berkowitz INF Fr. L / R 5'10" / 176 Parkland, Fla. / North Broward Prep 19 JD Melton RHP 30 Jeff Murdza LHP Fr. L / L 6'0" / 185 Hamilton, N.J. / The Lawrenceville School 36 Kyle Millerd RHP 31 Chris Murray LHP Fr. L / L 5'11" / 185 Navarre, Fla. / Navarre / South Alabama 30 Jeff Murdza LHP 32 Joshua Martinez C/DH So. R / R 5'10" / 200 Denver, Colo. / Regis Jesuit 31 Chris Murray LHP 33 Tim Hammond RHP So. R / R 6'1" / 205 Woodbine, Md. / Dematha Catholic 4 Jordan Rash C 34 Oliver Drake RHP Fr. R / R 6'4" / 194 Gardner, Mass. / Northfield Mount Hermon 8 Steven Soares C 35 Mark Guadagnini RHP Jr.