University of Notre Dame Sports Information 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-7516 21-Time NCAA Tournament Participant 574-631-7941 (fax) Assistant Director,Sports Information: Michael Bertsch • Email: [email protected] www.UND.com Office: 574.631.8642 • Cell: 574.532.4154 WINS & LOSSES IN THE BATTERS BOX — Notre 2008 Overall 1-2 Dame returns to the state of Florida to At Eck Stadium 0-0 On the Road 0-0 open its spring break trip with the Papa Neutral Sites 1-2 John’s Classic in West Palm Beach.The 2008 BIG EAST 0-0 Irish will play Mount St.Mary’s (Sat.,6:00 1-2 2-1 4-0 At Eck Stadium 0-0 p. m . ) , S t . B o n ave n t u re (Sun., 1 1 : 3 0 On the Road 0-0 THE MATCHUP Neutral Sites 0-0 a.m.), Boston College (Sun., 4:00 p.m.), Papa John’s Classic Streak L-1 Maine (Tues., 2:00 p.m.) and Lehigh March 1-5 Longest Winning Streak 1 (Wed., 3:00 p.m.).All five games can be Santaluces Sports Complex Longest Losing Streak 1 h e a r d on ESPN Radio 1490 and West Palm Beach,Fla. Last Five Games - 2.22 Liberty! L, 2-6 UND.com. 2.23 Iowa! W, 14-13 (10) 2.24 Albany! L,4-12 PAPA JOHN’S CLASSIC INSID- 3.1 Mount St.Mary's@ 6:00 ER — In addition to Notre Dame, the 3.2 St.Bonaventure@ 11:30 a.m. Boston College@ 4:00 rest of the field includes Mount St. 3.4 Maine@ 2:00 Mary’s, St. Bonaventure, Boston College, 0-2 2-4 2-2 3.5 Lehigh@ 3:00 Maine and Lehigh.The Irish are making Pitching Matchup 3.7 Texas A&M-CC# 3:00 CT an appearance in Clearwater,Fla.for the 3.8 South Alabama# 3:00 CT Mount St. Mary’s, Saturday (6 p.m.) 3.9 Arizona# 12:00 CT third consecutive year and will return RHP David Phelps (0-1,11.57) vs.RHP Andrew Germuth (0-1, 10.38) 3.14 Buffalo$ 1:00 CT for the 2008 BIG EAST Tournament in St. Bonaventure, Sunday (11:30 a.m.) 3.15 Southern Illinois$ 1:00 CT May. RHP Brian Dupra (0-1,21.00) vs. LHP Michael Proctor (1-0, 1.80) 3.16 Texas-Pan American$ 12:00 CT Boston College, Sunday (4 p.m.) 3.17 Central Michigan 5:05 LHP Wade Korpi (0-0,10.12) vs.RHP Terry Doyle (0-0,15.75) 3.18 Xavier 5:05 THE STA RTING PITCHERS — 3.20 at Georgetown* 3:00 Notre Dame will start junior right-han- Maine, Tuesday (2 p.m.) 3.21 at Georgetown* 3:00 der David Phelps (0-1, 11.57 ERA) RHP Evan Danieli (0-0, 8.10) vs.TBA 3.22 at Georgetown* 12:00 against Mount St. Mary’s in the opening Lehigh,Wednesday (3 p.m.) 3.25 Ball State 5:05 RHP Ryan Sharpely (0-0, 0.00) vs.TBA 3.26 UW-Milwaukee 5:05 game of the Papa John’s Classic. The 3.28 Cincinnati* 5:05 Hazelwood, Missouri native has made Live Game Coverage 3.29 Cincinnati* 1:05 one start for a total of 4.2 innings Audio: ESPN Radio 1490 AM (Sean Stires, p-b-p); UND.com 3.30 Cincinnati* 1:05 pitched. He has allowed eight hits and 4.1 Western Michigan 5:05 Gametracker: UND.com t h r ee walks while striking out two. 4.2 at South Bend Silverhawks 5:30 Series History 4.4 Rutgers* 5:05 Phelps has not allowed a home run and 4.5 Rutgers* 1:05 opponents are batting .381 against him. All-Time Series: Notre Dame leads the series with Boston College, 4.6 Rutgers* 12:05 He struggled in the season-opening loss 23-8, and will face the Eagles for the first time since they departed 4.8 Valparaiso 5:05 the BIG EAST Conference for the ACC.The Irish and Maine will meet 4.11 at Villanova* 3:15 to Liberty on Feb.22.The starting outing for the fifth time in program history. Notre Dame and the Black 4.12 at Villanova* 12:15 was his shortest since March 22, 2006 4.13 at Villanova* 12:15 when he lasted just 3.2 innings against Bears have split the previous four meetings (all came during 1985 season).The Irish will play Mount St.Mary’s,Lehigh and St. 4.15 Toledo 6:05 Central Michigan (Phelps had gone at 4.16 Oakland 6:05 Bonaventure for the first time in program history. 4.18 at West Virginia* 7:05 least 5.0 innings in 16 consecutive Series Notes: Notre Dame and Boston College met 29 times as 4.19 at West Virginia* 3:00 starts). members of the BIG EAST.The Irish took 22 of those meetings, 4.20 at West Virginia* 1:00 including three of the five matchups in the BIG EAST Tournament. 4.22 Chicago State 6:05 The Irish will turn to freshman righty 4.23 vs.IPFW^ 7:30 4.25 St. John's* 6:05 Brian Dupra (0-1,21.00 ERA) for their match-up with St.Bonaventure.The Rochester, New York has made one 4.26 St. John's* 3:30 start for a total of 3.0 innings. Dupra, who made his collegiate debut in a start against Albany on Feb. 24, has 4.27 St. John's* 12:05 allowed nine hits and three walks with one strikeout.He has allowed two home runs and opponents are bat- 4.29 Miss. Valley State 6:05 ting .500 against him. 4.30 Miss. Valley State TBA 5.2 at Connecticut* 3:00 5.3 at Connecticut* 12:00 Senior southpaw Wade Korpi (0-0, 10.12 ERA) will take the mound against Boston College. Korpi has made 5.4 at Connecticut* 12:00 one start for a total of 5.1 innings pitched.The Santulucces,Florida native has allowed five hits and five walks 5.9 Pittsburgh* 6:05 with four strikeouts. He has not allowed a home run and opponents are batting .250 against him. Korpi, who 5.10 Pittsburgh* 1:05 5.11 Pittsburgh* 1:05 went 7-2 in 2006 with a 2.00 earned run average, is still looking for his first victory since Feb. 17,2007 (a span 5.13 vs.Michigan 7:00 of 10 starts and 14 appearances). 5.15 at South Florida* 7:00 5.16 at South Florida* 7:00 Freshman right-handed hurler Evan Danieli (0-0, 8.10 ERA) will start the fourth game of the tournament 5.17 at South Florida* 1:00 5.20-24 BIG EAST Championship against Maine. The East Hanover, New Jersey native has made one appearance out of the Irish bullpen and tossed 3.1 innings.He has yielded three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.He has not allowed a home Home Games in Bold run and opponents are batting .300 against him. ! Clearwater Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.) @ Papa John’s Classic (W. Palm Beach,Fla.) # Whataburger Classic (Corpus Christie,Texas) Notre Dame will turn to freshman right-hander Ryan Sharpley (0-0, 0.00 ERA) for its final game of the Papa $ Irish Baseball Classic (San Antonio,Texas) ^ Memorial Stadium (Fort Wayne, Ind.) John’s Classic. He has made one appearance out of the Irish bullpen and tossed 2.0 scoreless and hitless & 5th/3rd Bank Ballpark (Comstock Park, Mich.) innings against Albany. He struckout three and did not walk a batter. * BIG EAST Games PAGE 2 - IRISH NOTES 2008 NOTRE DAME BASEBALL WARMING UP IN FLORIDA – The Irish baseball team owns a 64-51-1 all-time record (.556) NOTRE DAME Record: 1-2 (0-0 BIG EAST) in the state of Florida, but found the Sunshine State to be an especially welcome home-away- Rankings: Baseball America (nr) from-home over the previous nine seasons,racking up a 42-16 record (.724) in Florida during that Collegiate Baseball (nr) 2000-08 span. Notre Dame opened the season in Florida for just the third time over the last 30 ESPN/Sports Weekly (nr) years. NCBWA (nr) Head Coach: Dave Schrage Career Record: 505-583 (.464/21st year) NOTRE DAME IN THE SUNSHINE STATE – The Notre Dame baseball team has made reg- ND Record: 29-30 (.492/2nd year) ular visits to Florida, totaling a 64-51-1 record against various top teams in games played in Boca Raton, Ft. Myers, DeLand, Gainesville, Homestead, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, MOUNT ST. MARY’S Tallahassee, Winter Park, Tampa and Clearwater … in addition to last week’s Clearwater Record: 0-2 (0-0 NEC) Rankings: Baseball America (nr) Invitational, the Irish will travel to West Palm Beach this week for the Papa John’s Classic before Collegiate Baseball (nr) returning to Clearwater and Brighthouse Networks Field for the 2008 BIG EAST Tournament in ESPN/Sports Weekly (nr) May. NCBWA (nr) The Irish went 1-2 last weekend at the Winning Inning Clearwater Classic. Notre Dame Head Coach: Scott Thomson Career Record: 182-281 (.393/11th year) opened the season on the losing end of a 6-2 decision to Liberty before rallying past Iowa,14-13, Mount Record: 182-281 (.393/11th year) in a 10-inning thriller.The Irish closed the weekend with a 12-4 defeat against Albany.