BYU Baseball Athletic Communications • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, UT, 84602 Contact: Ralph Zobell • Office: (801) 422-9769 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 e-mail: [email protected] BYU 2011 Schedule/Results BYU (27-31) vs. Northwestern State (36-21) Date Opponent Time at site of game Probable BYU Pitching Rotation Feb. 18 @ Northwestern St. (La.)+ 6:30 Feb. 19 @ Northwestern St. (La.)+^% 2 Feb. 18 @ Northwestern St. Chris Capper (4-2, 2.80) 6:30 p.m. CT Feb. 19 @ Northwestern St. (La.)+^% 4 Feb. 19 @ Northwestern St. Taylor Cole (10-3, 1.37*) 2 p.m. CT Feb 24 @ Texas Tech #+ 5 Feb 25 N. Illinois #+ Noon Feb. 19 @ Northwestern St. Mark Anderson (3-1, 6.14) 4 p.m. CT Feb 25 @ Texas Tech #+ 4 *stax from 2008 Feb 26 N. Illinois #+ Noon Mar 3 @ Washington+ 5 Mar 4 @ Washington+ 5 Mar 5 @ Washington+ 1 Coverage This Week Mar 7 @ Portland+% 2 Most of the BYU games will be available through livestats, live audio, Mar 8 @ Portland+% 2 Mar 10 @ Oregon 6 live video online through links available at http://www.byucougars.com/ Mar 11 @ Oregon $ 6 Schedule.jsp?SP=101. Live radio broadcasts on Radio 960 AM/92.9 Mar 12 @ Oregon $ 1 Mar 17 @ Utah *$ +%(1st BYU radio) 6 FM begin on March 17. Mar 18 @ Utah *$ +% 6 Mar 19 @ Utah *$ +% 1 Mar 21 @ Creighton+ 3 Coach Vance Law Mar 22 @ Creighton+ 1 Mar 24 San Diego State *$+^% 6 Coach Vance Law is in his 12th season as head coach at BYU. He Mar 25 San Diego State *$+^% 6 played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six dif- Mar 26 San Diego State *$+^% 1 Mar 31 @ Pepperdine+^ 3 ferent teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year in the Mountain Apr 1 @ Pepperdine$+^% 3 West Conference. The 54-year-old coach entered this season with a Apr 2 @ Pepperdine$+^% 1 Apr 5 Utah Valley (BYUtv)=+ 6 344-294-2 (.539) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his ninth Apr 7 Air Force *$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 year at BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his eighth year with Apr 8 Air Force *$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 Apr 9 Air Force *$ (BYUtv)=+ 1 BYU, having last coached at the Air Force Academy. Apr 14 @ UNLV *$^% 7 Apr 15 @ UNLV *$^% 7 Apr 16 @ UNLV *$^% 1 Hitting Streaks Apr 19 Utah $ (BYUtv)=+ 6 Apr 21 New Mexico *$+^ 6 Austin Hall and Alex Wolfe lead the team with current 12-game hitting Apr 22 New Mexico *$+^ 6 streaks. Apr 23 New Mexico *$+^ 1 Apr 25 @ Washington St+^. 5:30 Apr 26 @ Washington St.+^ 5:30 Apr 28 TCU *$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 2011 BYU Baseball Media Guide Apr 29 TCU *$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 Apr 30 TCU *$ (BYUtv)=+ 1 There is no hard copy of the 2011 BYU Baseball Media Guide, rather May 2 @ Arizona St.$+ 6 it will be all on-line at http://www.byucougars.com/mediaGuides.jsp. May 3 @ Arizona St.$+ 6 May 5 Seattle (BYUtv)=+ 6 BYU’s online media guides have been recognized by eyeonsportsme- May 6 Seattle (BYUtv)=+ 6 dia.com as the Best Online Media Guide Solution, receiving the 2009 May 7 Seattle (BYUtv)=+ 1 May 9 Gonzaga$ (BYUtv)=+ 3 Bloodshot Eyeball Award for Sports Media Best Practices. May10 Gonzaga$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 May 12 @ San Diego St. *$% 6 May 13 @ San Diego St. *$% 6 Travel Plans May 14 @ San Diego St. *$% 1 May 19 @Air Force *$+% 2 BYU flies to Houston Thursday, then will bus to and from Natchitoches, May 20 @Air Force *$+% 2 La., where they will stay at the Holiday Inn Express (318) 354-9911. May 21 @Air Force *$+% 12 May 24-28 MWC Champs @ San Diego St. Jun16-28 College World Series * MWC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video # Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic $Radio 960 =Rebroadcast on The Mtn. TV -- All times are local to site www.byucougars.com 2011 Baseball About the Team . BYU 2010 Schedule/Results Oldest to Youngest Date Opponent Time at site of game Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 11-12 There are eight seniors and eight freshmen on the current squad. The ages Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 4-6 range from 24-year-old Andrew Law to 18-year-old Kolton Mahoney. Feb 20 @ UC Riverside+% L, 11-6 Feb 25 @ UC Davis +% L, 0-3 Feb 25 @ UC Davis +% W, 10-2 Good GPAs Feb 27 @ UC Davis +& W, 8-4 Mar 2 @ Baylor +^% W, 7-5 Last winter semester (2010) pitcher David Parry recorded a 4.0 grade point Mar 3 @ Texas A & M +^ L, 3-5 average. The accounting major made the Dean’s List. Dane Nielsen was Mar 4 @ UT Arlington + L, 2-17 Mar 5 @ UT Arlington + L, 3-6 nominated to the CoSida Academic All-America ballot. Mar 6 @ UT Arlington + W, 11-10 Mar 11 Washington +^ W, 10-4 Mar 12 Washington +^ W, 16-4 Home Season Mar 13 Washington +^ L, 10-12 Mar 15 @ Gonzaga + L, 7-9 BYU drew 17,952 fans in it’s 19-game home schedule this season for a Mar 16 @ Gonzaga + W, 3-2 12-7 record. The Cougars have a 134-74 (.644) record at Larry H. Mill- Mar 18 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 6-13 Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 3-11 er Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 10th season since it was built. In Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + W, 5-4 the previous nine years BYU drew 218,981 fans for an average of 1,177 Mar 25 UNLV +^ W, 12-11 Mar 26 UNLV +^ W, 8-4 and 142,248 at night for an average of 1,452. The crowd of 3,081 against Mar 27 UNLV +^ L, 5-11 Utah last season was the fourth-largest in school history and the second- Mar 31 @USF + L, 4-20 Apr 1 @ San Jose St. + W, 11-5 largest at Miller Park. The largest crowd at home during 2010 was 1,826 Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + W, 11-5 in the finale vs. Utah and the crowd of 3,744 fans at Utah Valley was the Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + L, 3-5 Apr 5 Washington St. +^ W, 3-2 largest on the road. Apr 8 @ New Mexico* + L, 5-11 Apr 9 @ New Mexico* + W, 13-5 Apr 10 @ New Mexico* + L, 9-10 Taking Series Apr 13 No. 20 Kansas St. +^ W, 15-9 Apr 14 No. 20 Kansas St. +^ W, 13-10 In 2010 BYU won series against UC Davis, Washington, UNLV, San Jose Apr 15 No. 10 TCU* +^ (TV) L, 8-14 State, No. 20 Kansas State, Utah, San Diego State and Air Force. The Apr 15 No. 10 TCU* +^ (TV) L, 1-12 Apr 17 No. 10 TCU* +^ (11 inn., TV) L 5-4 Cougars won on every trip since the opening series and the first week of Apr 22 Utah* +%^ W, 9-7 May. Apr 23 Utah* +^ (BYU TV live) L, 2-11 Apr 24 Utah* +^ W, 6-4 Apr 29 @ Seattle (16 inn.) L, 2-3 2010 Game-Winning RBI 2011 MWC Preseason Poll Apr 30 @ Seattle L, 7-8 1 TCU (16) ...................112 May 1 Portland (Seattle) L, 1-5 Alex Wolfe......................................6 2. BYU ...................84 May 4 @ UVU + W, 14-10 --two-run double, @ UC Davis, 10-2 3. San Diego State ...........75 May 6 @ UNLV* + L, 6-12 --two-run double, Washington, 16-4 4. New Mexico ................71 May 7 @ UNLV* + (11 innings) L, 8-9 May 8 @ UNLV*+% W, 16-7 --two-run homer, @ New Mexico, 5. UNLV ...................45 May 10 @Arizona St. + L, 0-14 13-5 6. Utah ...................43 May 11 @Arizona St. + L, 2-7 7. Air Force ...................18 May 13 San Diego St.* + ^ (TV, 10 innings) W, 10-9 --two-run double, Utah, 9-7 May 14 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) W, 13-5 --walk-off two-run homer, Utah, 6-4 May 15 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) W, 16-10 --sac-fly, @ Utah Valley, 14-10 May 18 UVU +^ (BYU TV, 10 inn.) L, 12-14 May 20 @ Air Force* + W, 16-6 May 21 @ Air Force* + W, 18-4 Ryan Bernal....................................4 May 22 @ Air Force* +% L, 19-22 -single, @ UC Davis, 8-4 May 25 vs. UNLV + L 1-9 May 26 @ San Diego St. + W 16-8 -single, @ San Jose State, 11-5 May 27 vs. Utah + W 25-18 -grand slam, Kansas St., 15-9 May 27 vs. New Mexico + L 6-7 -three-run homer, @ Air Force, 18-4 Austin Hall.......................................4 -sac-fly, @ Gonzaga, 3-2 -single, @ San Jose State, 11-5 -two-run single, @ Air Force, 16-6 -single, @ San Diego St., 16-8 Stephen Wells...................................2 -two-run homer, @ UT Arlington, 11-10 -grand slam homer, SDSU, 13-5 www.byucougars.com 2011 Baseball Ryan Bernal, 1B, Sr. Coach Law & BYU vs. MWC Field Selected Preseason All-Mountain West Conference for 2011 Law (11 yrs.)W-L BYU Overall W-L ... in 2010 had game-winning RBI at UC Davis, at San Jose AFA 43-13 (.774) 139-27 (.841) State and from a grand slam vs. Kansas St., ... transferred Utah 46-19 (.708) 215-95-2 (.692) from Salt Lake Community College where he played in the UNM 31-23 (.574) 77-52-1 (.596) outfield and All-SWAC in 2008 ... married Tiffany Stone in UNLV 39-29 (.574) 76-68 (.528) August 2010. SDSU 36-33 (.522) 49-70-1 (.413) TCU 4-22 (.154) 6-28 (.176) Overall 197-137 (.590) 560-338-4 (.623) Year Avg.