2006 West Coast Conference Baseball 1250 Bayhill Drive; Suite 101 H San Bruno, CA 94066 WCCsports.com Tel: 650-873-8622 H Fax: 650-873-7846 For Immediate Release: Contact: William Kiss March 8, 2006 Email: [email protected] 2006 STANDINGS WCC GAMES OVERALL W L T PCT GB Home Away W L T Home Away Neut Last 5 Gonzaga 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 0-0 9 7 0 0-0 2-6 7-1 2-3 Saint Mary’s 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 0-0 9 7 0 8-2 0-3 1-2 3-2 Santa Clara 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 0-0 9 7 0 6-3 3-4 0-0 3-2 San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 0-0 9 8 0 3-1 4-7 2-0 2-3 #23 BA Pepperdine 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 0-0 10 9 0 6-3 4-6 0-0 2-3 LMU 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 0-0 6 12 0 3-8 3-4 0-0 2-3 San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 0-0 5 10 0 2-1 3-8 0-1 1-4 Portland 0 0 0 .000 0 0-0 0-0 2 10 0 0-0 1-8 1-2 1-4 BA=Baseball America Upcoming Games Last Week’s Results Mar. 8 Feb. 28 Santa Clara at Sacramento State 2:00 PM Cal State Fullerton def. Pepperdine 5-0 San Francisco at Fresno State 6:35 PM Pacific def. Saint Mary’s 4-1 San Francisco State at Saint Mary’s Postponed Nevada at Santa Clara Cancelled San Diego at Washington Cancelled Mar. 1 Mar. 10 Fresno State def. San Francisco 4-3 LMU at New Mexico State 1:00 PM Mar. 2 Oklahoma State at Pepperdine 2:00 PM Gonzaga def. Lewis-Clark State1 8-7 (15) Northern Illinois at Saint Mary’s 2:00 PM Mar. 3 San Diego State at San Diego 2:00 PM UC Santa Barbara def. LMU 4-3 Georgetown at San Francisco 2:30 PM Washington State def. Gonzaga1 18-10 Chicago State at Gonzaga 3:00 PM San Diego State def. Pepperdine 2-1 Santa Clara at Washington 3:00 PM Cal Poly def. San Diego 4-0 Portland at Nevada 6:00 PM Santa Clara def. San Jose State 4-2 Mar. 11 Mar. 4 LMU at New Mexico State 12:00 PM Saint Mary’s def. Georgetown 2-0 Chicago State at Gonzaga 1:00 PM Gonzaga def. Chicago State1 22-4 Oklahoma State at Pepperdine 1:00 PM LMU def. UC Santa Barbara 2-0 Portland at Nevada 1:00 PM San Diego State def. Pepperdine 13-3 Northern Illinois at Saint Mary’s 1:00 PM Cal Poly def. San Diego 8-5 Georgetown at San Francisco 1:00 PM San Jose State def. Santa Clara 11-5 Santa Clara at Washington 1:00 PM Fresno State def. Portland 3-0 San Diego at San Diego State 6:00 PM Fresno State def. Portland 7-1 Mar. 12 Saint Mary’s def. Georgetown 9-1 LMU at New Mexico State 12:00 PM Mar. 5 Georgetown at San Francisco 12:00 PM LMU def. UC Santa Barbara 9-4 Oklahoma State at Pepperdine 1:00 PM Pepperdine def. San Diego State 11-7 Portland at Nevada 1:00 PM Saint Mary’s def. Georgetown 15-2 Northern Illinois at Saint Mary’s 1:00 PM San Diego def. Cal Poly 5-4 San Diego State at San Diego 1:00 PM Santa Clara def. San Jose State 6-0 Santa Clara at Washington 1:00 PM Fresno State def. Portland 16-5 Gonzaga def. Washington State 7-0 Mar. 7 A Look Inside ... Pepperdine def. UCLA 6-1 San Diego def. Washington 8-4 H Gonzaga, LMU, Pepperdine, and Portland Team Notes Pg. 2 Long Beach State def. LMU 9-8 Oregon State def. Portland 3-1 San Francisco at Fresno State Cancelled H Saint Mary’s, San Diego, USF and Santa Clara Team Notes Pg. 3 Santa Clara at Sacramento State Postponed H WCC vs. Ranked Opposition Pg. 4 1 Banana Belt Classic (Lewiston, ID) 2006 WCC Baseball WCC Sports Info Gonzaga Bulldogs (9-7 / 0-0 WCC) Contacts H Gonzaga improved to 9-7 on the season and clinched a share of the (BB=Baseball) Banana Belt Classic title with wins over Lewis-Clark State, Chicago State, Gonzaga and Washington State over the weekend. Oliver Pierce 509-323-6373 [email protected] H Friday’s marathon 15-inning 8-7 win over host Lewis-Clark State will be recorded as an BB Rich Moser 509-323-5484 exhibition game and will not count towards Gonzaga’s overall record. [email protected] Office Fax: 509-323-5730 H Darin Holcomb set a school record with 10 RBI in Saturday’s 22-4 win over Chicago State. He clubbed three home runs and two grand slams in the win over CSU. Loyola Marymount John Shaffer 310-338-7643 H Patrick Donovan tossed a complete game, three-hit shutout in Sunday's 7-0 win over Wash- [email protected] ington State. Donovan improved to 2-1 on the season and lowered his ERA to 3.24. BB Alissa Zito 310-338-7638 [email protected] H GU will host Chicago State in its first home games of the 2006 season this weekend. Carolyn French 310-338-5798 [email protected] LMU Lions (6-12 / 0-0 WCC) Office Fax: 310-338-2703 H The Lions took two-of-three from UC Santa Barbara over the weekend Portland before falling to No. 22 ranked Long Beach State on Tuesday, 9-8. Jason Brough 503-943-7439 [email protected] H Brian Wilson continued to establish himself as one of the top two-way players in the league, BB Adam Linnman 503-943-7731 leading LMU to a 2-0 win on Saturday by driving in the winning run and tossing 2.1 shutout [email protected] innings to record the victory on the mound. Wilson is batting .343, and has posted a 2.75 ERA Office Fax: 503-943-7242 in 19.2 innings pitched so far this season. Saint Mary’s H Eric Farris and A.J. LaMonda each drove in a pair of runs in Sunday’s 9-4 win over the Rich Davi 925-631-4402 Gauchos. Farris, who leads the team with 20 hits so far this season, also paces the team with [email protected] 12 RBI. Ryan Reggiani 925-631-4950 [email protected] H The Lions travel to Las Cruces, NM for a three-game series with New Mexico State this BB Skip Powers 925-631-8562 weekend. [email protected] Office Fax: 925-631-4405 Pepperdine Waves (10-9 / 0-0 WCC) San Diego H Pepperdine dropped two-of-three on the road to San Diego State, but Ted Gosen 619-260-4745 rebounded to hand UCLA a 6-1 defeat on Tuesday. [email protected] BB Chris Loucks 619-260-7930 H David Uribes went 3-for-5 in Sunday’s win at San Diego State and added a hit in the win [email protected] over the Bruins to bring his season total to a team-high 25. Uribes has collected 268 base hits Ryan McCann 619-260-4803, ex. 2697 during his career in Malibu, and he needs just three more to move into a tie with Pepperdine [email protected] Head Coach Steve Rodriguez for 10th on the WCC career hits list with 271. Office Fax: 619-260-2990 H San Francisco James Johnson tossed eight innings of shutout ball and struck out a career-high seven Peter Simon 415-422-6161 batters to notch his first victory of the season against the Bruins onTuesday. [email protected] H BB Ryan McCrary 415-422-6162 Justin Tellam hit his first home run in a Pepperdine uniform in Sunday’s win at SDSU. [email protected] Office Fax: 415-422-2929 H The Waves welcome Oklahoma State to Malibu for three games this weekend. Portland Pilots (2-10 / 0-0 WCC) Santa Clara Richard Kilwien 408-554-2114 H Portland suffered a sweep at Fresno State over the weekend, and was [email protected] edged by No. 11 ranked Oregon State on the road on Tuesday, 3-1. BB Aaron Juarez 408-554-4661 [email protected] H Roland Hu 408-554-4670 Austin Dirkx allowed just one run over four innings in his first start as a Pilot against the [email protected] Beavers on Tuesday. Dirkx has been Portland’s most reliable arm so far this season, posting a Office Fax: 408-554-6942 0.64 ERA in seven appearances. West Coast Conference H A pair of freshmen have led the Pilots at the plate, with infielderSean Nicol leading the team Jae Wilson 650-873-8622 with a .333 batting average and DH Chase Powell hitting at a .297 clip to rank second. Nicol [email protected] is also tied for the team lead with a pair of stolen bases. BB William Kiss 650-873-8622 [email protected] H Portland continues its 20-game road stint to begin the 2006 campaign with a three-game Office Fax: 650-873-7846 series at Nevada this weekend. 2006 WCC Baseball Pg. 2 2006 WCC Players of the Saint Mary’s Gaels (9-7 / 0-0 WCC) Week H Saint Mary’s enjoyed an outstanding week, rebounding from a 4-1 loss at Pacific to sweep Georgetown at Luis Guisto Field over the weekend.