#13 Emporia State Hornets (13-3, 3-0 MIAA) vs Missouri Southern Lions (11-7, 4-2 MIAA) Friday, March 10 • 5:00 p.m. • Glennen Field/Trusler Sports Complex • Emporia, Kan. Saturday, March 11 • 3:00 p.m. • Glennen Field/Trusler Sports Complex • Emporia, Kan. Sunday, March 12 • 1:00 p.m. • Glennen Field/Trusler Sports Complex • Emporia, Kan. Series Record: ESU leads 61-29 Last Meeting: at MSSU 5, ESU 3 (March 14, 2016) Up Next: Newman University • March 15, 2017 Baseball Game Notes Glennen Field/Trusler Sports Complex • Emporia, Kan. 2017 Schedule and Results HOME SWEET HOME ABOUT THE HORNETS Date Opponent Time/Result The #13 Hornets return to Emporia for a Emporia State is 13-3 on the season, 3-0 in Feb. 3 at Colorado St. - Pueblo W 8-0 five game home stand beginning with a 5:00 MIAA play and are ranked 13th in the nation. Feb. 4 at Colorado St. - Pueblo W 27-14 p.m. game against Newman on Wednesday, The Hornets are second in Division II with a Feb. 5 at Colorado St. - Pueblo L 3-4 March 8 on Glennen Field at Trusler. .374 batting average. Emporia State is fourth Feb. 10 Metro St. - Denver W 22-6 in the nation with 190 runs, a .614 slugging Feb. 11 Metro St. - Denver W 10-5 LAST AT BAT percentage and a .467 on base percentage, Feb. 12 Metro St. - Denver W 3-0 The #13 Hornets claimed a 2-1 series win fifth with 224 hits, seventh with 98 walks, Feb. 17 #35 Missouri S&T W 22-8 over Quincy to improve to 13-3 on the year. eighth with 30 home runs and ninth with a Feb. 18 #35 Missouri S&T W 9-8 Emporia State dropped game one 7-8 and .978 fielding percentage. The Hornets lead Feb. 19 #35 Missouri S&T L 6-7 won game two, 19-7, and game three 14-2. the MIAA in batting average, runs, hits, Feb. 25 *Pittsburg State W 11-0 Over the three games, Alex White went home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, on Feb. 26 *Pittsburg State W 13-8 seven for 12 with five runs and five RBI. base percentage and fielding percentage. Feb. 27 *Pittsburg State W 8-6 Ryan McBroom had eight RBI and five runs Emporia State also leads the conference March 1 Newman University W 8-6 hitting four for 11. Levi Ashmore scored with five saves and three shut outs. March 4 Quincy (DH) L 7-8, W 19-7 seven runs and went four for ten. BJ Dean White was named MIAA Hitter of the Week March 5 Quincy University W 14-2 had seven RBI while Mason Brown hit six after hitting .667 with nine RBI and six March 10 *Missouri Southern 5:00 p.m. for 12. Daniel LaMunyon had five RBI, going runs through four road games. He leads March 11 *Missouri Southern 3:00 p.m. three for seven at the plate. Seth Holman the MIAA with a .676 on base percentage March 12 *Missouri Southern 1:00 p.m. had his first loss in game one, allowing and is second with a .577 batting average. March 15 Newman University 5:00 p.m. seven runs on nine hits through 4.2 innings McBroom is second with a .854 slugging March 17 *Fort Hays 5:00 p.m. with four strikeouts and a walk. In game two, percentage. March 18 *Fort Hays 1:00 p.m. Jordan Plank improved to 3-1, pitching 5.0 Cairns is second in the MIAA with a 1.96 March 19 *Fort Hays 12:00 p.m. innings with six strikeouts. Plank allowed four ERA. Plank is eighth with 24 strikeouts and March 21 *Missouri Western 4:00 p.m. runs on seven hits. Tanner Cairns threw 6.0 fifth with eight struck out looking. March 24 *Nebraska - Kearney 3:00 p.m. innings for his third win, allowing two runs March 25 *Nebraska - Kearney 1:00 p.m. on ten hits with no walks and two strikeouts. SCOUTING THE LIONS March 26 *Nebraska - Kearney 12:00 p.m. Missouri Southern is 11-7 on the season, March 29 *Missouri Western 4:00 p.m. THE COACHES 4-2 in MIAA play. They are second in the March 31 *Central Oklahoma 6:00 p.m. Bob Fornelli is 536-232 in his 14th season conference with a .334 batting average. Max April 1 *Central Oklahoma 2:00 p.m. at Emporia State and is 842-345 overall in Hogan leads the MIAA with a 1.167 slugging April 2 *Central Oklahoma 12:00 p.m. his 21st year as a four year head coach. percentage, 26 runs, 36 hits, nine home runs April 4 *Missouri Western 5:00 p.m. He is the fifth winningest active coach in and 27 RBI. April 7 *#3 Central Missouri 6:00 p.m. NCAA Division II and is 15th in total victories. Emporia State leads the all-time series 61-29 April 8 *#3 Central Missouri 1:00 p.m. Fornelli is the winningest active MIAA coach. over Missouri Southern. April 9 *#3 Central Missouri 12:00 p.m. He has led Emporia State to two Division The #19 Hornets dropped the final game of April 12 *Washburn 5:00 p.m. II World Series appearances in nine NCAA the series against #22 Missouri Southern April 14 *Northeastern State 3:00 p.m. Tournaments. Fornelli has taken teams to last season 5-3 to fall to 14-5. LaMunyon hit April 15 *Northeastern State 1:00 p.m. three for four with two RBI. Plank tossed 6.2 April 16 *Northeastern State 12:00 p.m. the NCAA Tournament 16 times, and was the national runner-up in 2009 with Emporia innings, giving up three runs on six hits with April 18 *Washburn 5:00 p.m. State and in 2000 while at Ft. Hays State. He three strikeouts and three walks. April 21 *Lindenwood 6:00 p.m. is 35-13 against the Lions. April 22 *Lindenwood 1:00 p.m. ON DECK Bryce Darnell has a careeer record of 236- April 23 *Lindenwood 12:00 p.m. The #13 Hornets jump back into MIAA play, April 26 *Washburn 5:00 p.m. 185 in his tenth season at Missouri Southern. He is 12-23 against the Hornets. hosting Missouri Southern from March 10-12. April 28 *Northwest Missouri 6:00 p.m. First pitch is at 5:00 p.m. at Glennen Field. April 29 *Northwest Missouri 1:00 p.m. April 30 *Northwest Missouri 12:00 p.m. Emporia State Probable Starters No Name Yr. B/T BA HR RBI 2B R SB Hometown May 5 *Southwest Baptist 3:00 p.m. C 9 Mason Brown Jr. R/R .473 5 22 5 19 3-3 Littleton, Colo. May 6 *Southwest Baptist 2:00 p.m. 1B 30 Kaden Shaffer Jr. R/R .375 4 25 4 18 6-8 Ottawa, Kan. May 7 *Southwest Baptist 12:00 p.m. 2B 3 Ryan McBroom Sr. L/R .438 4 15 6 16 2-2 Wichita, Kan. 3B 8 Alex White Sr. R/R .577 0 15 3 8 2-3 Colorado Springs, Colo. *= MIAA Game SS 2 Levi Ashmore Sr. R/R .316 2 5 3 21 8-8 Iola, Kan. Home games in Bold at Glennen Field LF 11 Mack Gowing Jr. L/R .400 1 11 3 16 3-4 Wichita, Kan. CF 10 Wade Hanna Sr. R/R .322 1 10 4 19 3-4 Shawnee, Kan. RF 23 BJ Dean Sr. R/R .359 5 22 4 21 2-2 Pratt, Kan. Media Contacts DH 22 Taylor Sanagorski Jr. S/R .282 2 11 2 9 0-1 Wichita, Kan. Emporia State: Don Weast, Asst. AD/Media Relations Starters Name Yr W-L ERA Sv AP/GS IP K BB Hometown (620) 344-6190 Cell LHP 7 Jordan Plank Sr. 3-1 4.78 0 5/5 26.1 24 7 Wichita, Kan. [email protected] LHP 12 Nathan Gieber Jr. 0-0 9.20 0 6/3 14.2 12 4 Concordia, Kan. Twitter: @ESUSports RHP 26 Seth Holman Jr. 3-1 4.23 0 5/4 27.2 20 3 Wichita, Kan. Bullpen Mo. Southern: Justin Maskus RHP 14 Layne Downing Jr. 0-0 2.38 0 6/0 11.1 6 4 Hays, Kan. (417) 625 9359 RHP 16 Nathan Whitcomb Sr. 0-1 1.12 3 7/0 8.0 6 0 Humboldt, Kan. [email protected] RHP 21 Taylor Thompson Jr. 2-0 7.04 0 7/0 7.2 5 3 Cuba, Mo. Twitter: @mososports RHP 24 Tanner Cairns So. 3-0 1.96 1 5/2 23.0 15 7 Wichita, Kan. LHP 32 Tyler Buss Sr. 1-0 10.38 1 4/2 8.2 11 6 Jay, Okla. #13 Emporia State Hornets vs. Missouri Southern Lions Glennen Field/Trusler Sports Complex 2017 HORNET BASEBALL Emporia, Kan. March 10-12, 2017 Page 2 HE’S A WINNER ABCA Collegiate Baseball Emporia State head baseball coach Bob Fornelli has 842 career wins and is 536-232 Newspaper Division II Poll (.698) in his 14th season at Emporia State. Fornelli is the second winningest coach 3/6/2017 Poll at Emporia State behind Dave Bingham who was 557-223 (.714) in 14 years from No. Team Record Pts LW 1974-87. The Hornets have made 11 trips to the NCAA Tournament in his first 13 1.