12 NCAA Regional Appearances * 11 Conference Championships * 2007 & 2008 SLC East Division Champions Baseball SID: Rush Wood * Office Phone: (409) 880-7845 * Cell: (409) 659-8531 * E-mail: [email protected] 2010 Schedule/Results Lamar (30-22, 15-15) vs. Stephen F. Austin (32-17, 18-11) F 19 Maine W 4-2 F 20 Maine W 6-1 Thursday, May 20, 6:30 p.m.; Friday, F 20 Maine W 5-4 (17 inns.) May 21, 6:3- p.m.; Saturday, May 22, 1 p.m. F 24 at No. 9 Rice W 13-7 Beaumont, Texas * Vincent-Beck Stadium (3,500) F 27 North Dakota State W 9-7 Radio: KLVI 560 AM (Thursday, Friday games only) F 27 North Dakota State L 9-10 F 28 North Dakota State W 12-5 Jockeying for Position Cardinals hold a commanding 44-7 advantage M 5 Dallas Baptist W 7-3 With a berth in the 2010 Southland Confer - in the series that began with a 4-0 home win in M 6 Penn State W 4-0 ence Tournament already secured, the Cardinals 1979. Lamar won three of four games from the McNeese State L 9-12 will go into this weekend’s regular-season-clos - Lumberjacks the next season and went on to win M 7 Penn State W 8-3 ing series against Stephen F. Austin jockeying 23 in a row in the series until the Jacks finally notched an 11-9 victory in Nacogdoches in 1987. M 9 Prairie View A&M W 16-1 for their final seeding position. At 15-15 in SLC The Cardinals took two of three games M 10 Prairie View A&M W 4-2 play entering the series, the Cardinals are tied from the Lumberjacks in Nacogdohes last sea - M 12 * at Nicholls State L 2-9 with McNeese State for sixth place. Depending on the outcomes of this weekend’s games, they son, winning the bookend games 9-3 and 16-4 in M 13 * at Nicholls State L 4-12 could finish anywhere from fifth to eighth place. seven innings. They lost the middle game 11-7. M 14 * at Nichols State W 7-3 The Cardinals helped themselves by winning Eric Harrington got the first-game win, scatter - M 17 Texas Southern W 8-3 two of three at UT Arlington. Junior designated ing seven hits over the first six innings. James M 17 Texas Southern W 15-9 hitter Ryan Meade enjoyed a sensational game Brandhorst was the winning pitcher in the third M 19 *Central Arkansas L 3-4 in the series opener by hitting two home runs game, allowing seven hits over the first five in - M 20 *Central Arkansas L 9-10 and driving in eight runs. Junior second base - nings. M 21 *Central Arkansas W 8-7 man Andy Mena and junior shortstop Aaron M 26 *at Texas State L 7-8 Buchanan also had productive series, going 7- Last S.F. Austin Series M 27 *at Texas State L 1-12 for-12 and 9-for-16, respectively, and freshman The Lumberjacks lost all three of their M 28 *at Texas State L 2-5 left-hander Jonathan Dziedzic had the most im - home games to Southeastern Louisiana last M 30 Rice L 2-7 pressive pitching outing of the series by posting weekend to drop from second place to fourth in A 1 *SE Louisiana W 7-4 seven shutout innings in the middle game. the league standings. After holding a 7-5 lead in A 2 *SE Louisiana W 8-1 the finale, the Jacks surrendered nine unan - A 3 *SE Louisiana L 1-5 The Lamar-SFA Series swered runs. The also lost the series opener 7- A 6 Houston Baptist L 0-2 This will be the 52nd meeting between 1 and the middle game 10-6. They have now lost A 7 Houston Baptist L 4-12 Lamar and Stephen F. Austin in baseball. The a season-high four-straight games. A 9 *at A&M-Corpus Christi W 16-3 A 10 *at A&M-Corpus Christi L 4-5 The Weekend’s Probable Pitching Matchups A 11 *at A&M-Corpus Christi W 9-2 A 13 Texas-Pan American L 7-9 Date Opponent Starting Pitchers A 13 Texas-Pan American W 10 -0 Thur., 5/20 Stephen LU - RHP - No. 40 Matison Smith (9-2, 3.73 ERA, 58 SOs) A 16 *Sam Houston State W 5-2 6:30 p.m. F. Austin SFA - LHP - No. 20 Tyler Herriage (7-2, 2.40 ERA, 60 SOs) A 17 *Sam Houston State W 4-0 A 18 *Sam Houston State W 14-7 Fri., 5/21 Stephen LU - RHP - No. 14 Jonathan Dziedzic (4-4, 4.76 ERA, 87 SOs) A 21 Houston W 7-6 6:30 p.m. F. Austin SFA - RHP - No. 12 Brad Oates (2-1, 3.07 ERA, 23 SOs) A 23 * UTSA W 4-2 A 24 * UTSA W 13-9 Sat. 5/22 Stephen LU - TBA A 25 * UTSA L 4-14 1 p.m. F. Austin SFA - RHP - No. 15 Justin Braddock (5-3, 5.06 ERA, 38 SOs) A 28 at Houston L 7-8 (11 inns.) A 30 *at McNeese State L 3-7 Lamar’s Probable Position Starters M 1 *McNeese State L 3-6 M 1 *McNeese State L 3-5 Pos. No. Name B-T Ht. Yr. Hometown AVG HR RBI M 8 *at Northwestern State W 7-3 C 16 Joey Latulippe R-R 6-2 Jr. League City, Texas .261 3 23 *at Northwestern State L 4-10 1B 24 Wade Mathis L-R 6-2 Jr. Wharton, Texas .333 4 38 M 9 *at Northwestern State W 9-6 (10 inns.) SS 1 Aaron Buchanan L-R 5-6 Jr. Houston, Texas .345 0 31 M 15 *at UT Arlington W 22-5 2B 21 Andy Mena R-R 6-1 Jr. Huffman, Texas .377 2 31 3B 20 Pablo Salinas R-R 5-11 Jr. League City, Texas .326 2 24 M 15 *at UT Arlington W 8-1 RF 5 Quentin Luquette R-R 5-9 Sr. Houston, Texas .316 5 47 M 16 *at UT Arlington L 8-11 CF 42 Anthony Moore L-L 5-11 Sr. Cedar Hill, Texas .270 7 25 M 20 *Stephen F. Austin 6:30 p.m. LF 12 Clayton Farhat L-R 6-0 Jr. Plano, Texas .259 1 14 M 21 *Stephen F. Austin 6:30 p.m. DH 17 Ryan Meade R-R 6-3 Jr. Lewis Center, Ohio .275 5 36 M 22 *Stephen F. Austin 1 p.m. M 26-29 at SLC Tournament (Corpus Christi, Texas) Southland Standings Gilligan Sixth Among Active Lamar Quick Facts Overall Conference NCAA Division I Coaches Founded .....................................................1923 W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. Lamar University’s Jim Gilligan, who is in his Enrollment ...............................................14,054 SE Louisiana 39-14-0 .736 21-9-0 .700 34th season as a head coach and his 33rd at Texas State 32-19-0 .627 21-9-0 .700 Lamar, ranks sixth among NCAA Division I active Nickname ............................................Cardinals Northwestern State 33-19-0 .635 19-10-0 .655 coaches with 1,172 career victories. His records School Colors ...........................Red and White are 1,162-729 in 32-plus seasons at Lamar and Stephen F. Austin 32-17-0 .653 18-11-0 .621 Home Field .....................Vincent-Beck Stadium 1,172-739 in 33-plus total seasons. His only other UT Arlington 26-27-0 .491 18-12-0 .600 Capacity ...................................................3,500 head-coaching stint in college came in a 10-10 Dimensions ........................L-C-R: 325-380-325 Lamar 30-22-0 .577 15-15-0 .500 season at Western New Mexico in 1971. McNeese State 28-23-0 .549 15-15-0 .500 Conference ........................................Southland Nicholls 24-26-0 .480 13-17-0 .433 NCAA Winningest Active Division I Coaches President .......................Dr. James M. Simmons UTSA 20-27-0 .426 11-19-0 .367 1. Augie Garrido, Texas 1,718 Athletics Director ..............................Billy Tubbs A&M-Corpus Christi 19-31-1 .382 9-20-1 .317 2. Gene Stephenson, Wichita State 1,683 Central Arkansas 18-33-1 .356 9-20-1 .317 3. Mike Martin, Florida State 1,583 HISTORY Sam Houston State 17-35-0 .327 9-21-0 .300 4. Mark Marquess, Stanford 1,356 First Year of Baseball .................................1952 5. Jim Morris, Miami (Fla.) 1,237 Overall all-time record ...........1,367-985-10 (46) 6. Jim Gilligan, Lamar 1,172 Thursday’s Games 7. Jack Leggett, Clemson 1,101 No. yrs in NCAA Regional/last ..............12/2004 Stephen F. Austin at Lamar, 6:30 p.m. 8. Pete Dunn, Stetson 1,097 Last post-season opponent ..............Rice, L 6-3 Sam Houston State at A&M-Corpus Christi, 2 p.m. 9. Mike Fox, North Carolina 1,006 Nicholls at McNeese State, 6:30 p.m. 10. Steve Kittrell, South Alabama 1,000 COACHING STAFF UTSA at Central Arkansas, 6:30 p.m. Head Coach .............Jim Gilligan (Lamar, 1971) Northwestern State at SE Louisiana, 6:30 p.m. * entering the 2010 season for all coaches ex - Record at School ......1,162-729 (32-plus years) UT Arlington at Texas State, 6:30 p.m. cept Gilligan. Career Record ..........1,172-739 (33-plus years) Baseball office ..........................(409) 880-8135 Friday’s Games Cardinal Pitchers Shining Asst Coaches ..Jim Ricklefsen (McN.