2016 Northern Colorado Baseball Ryan Pfeifer | Ast. Dir. of Athletic Comm. | O: 970-351-3645 | C: 720-290-8886 | E: [email protected] 10 College World Series Appearances: ‘52, ‘53, ‘55, ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61, ‘62, ‘74 2016 Schedule/Results 1-4, 0-0 WAC Date Opponent Time/Score 2/19 at Wichita State L, 0-11 At 2/20 at Wichita State L, 2-17 2/21 at Wichita State W, 4-3 Series Information 2/22 at Kansas L, 4-5 Game 1: Feb. 26, 8 PM 2/23 at Kansas L, 1-2 Game 2 & 3: Feb 27, 12 & 3:30 PM 2/26 at Cal State Northridge 8:00 p.m. Game 4: Feb 28, 2:00 PM 2/27 at Cal State Northridge 12:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Matador Field CSUN 2/27 at Cal State Northridge 3:30 p.m. Bears Northridge, California Matadors 2/28 at Cal State Northridge 2:00 p.m. 1-4 (0-0) 2-2 (0-0) 3/4 at Pacific 8:00 p.m. 3/5 at Pacific 3:00 p.m. Probable Starters 3/5 at Pacific 6:00 p.m. Game 1: RHP Spencer Applebach (0-1, 30.38 ERA) vs RHP Rayne Raven (0-1, 0.00 ERA) 3/6 at Pacific 2:00 p.m. Game 2: RHP Alex Werbach (0-0, 4.50 ERA) vs LHP Kenny Rosenberg (0-0, 3.86 ERA) 3/8 at Nebraska 12:35 p.m. Game 3: RHP Conner Leedholm (0-1, 7.71 ERA) vs RHP Conner O’Neil (1-0, 4.76 ERA) 3/9 at Nebraska 12:35 p.m. Game 4: LHP Nick Tanner (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs RHP Joe Ryan (0-0, 4.50 ERA) 3/11 South Dakota State 2:00 p.m. 3/12 South Dakota State 12:00 p.m. Gameday Coverage 3/13 South Dakota State 12:00 p.m. 3/15 at Colorado Mesa 6:00 p.m. 3/16 at Colorado Mesa 2:00 p.m. Gomatatords.com Gomatatords.com (Free, CSUN feed) 3/24 UT Rio Grande Valley* 3:00 p.m. 3/25 UT Rio Grande Valley* 2:00 p.m. 3/26 UT Rio Grande Valley* 12:00 p.m. 3/29 at Air Force 3:00 p.m. Leading Off 4/1 at Sacramento State* 4:00 p.m. 4/2 at Sacramento State* 2:00 p.m. • The Bears are in the middle of a 15 game road trip to open the season. During 4/3 at Sacramento State* 1:00 p.m. the trip UNC will visit three different states and play against five different teams. 4/5 Air Force 3:00 p.m. • Northern Colorado opened the season with a challenging five games in five day 4/8 at Utah Valley* 6:00 p.m. 4/9 at Utah Valley* 6:00 p.m. stretch in the Sunflower State going 1-4 against Wichita State and Kansas. The 4/10 at Utah Valley* 12:00 p.m. final three games were decided by just one run. 4/15 CSU-Bakersfield* 3:00 p.m. • Nick Tanner had a good start to his 2016 season on the mound going seven 4/16 CSU-Bakersfield* 2:00 p.m. inning allowing just one run on five hits while striking out four against KU. 4/17 CSU-Bakersfield* 12:00 p.m. 4/19 at Air Force 3:00 p.m. • Northern Colorado used a two run ninth inning to come back and defeat Wichita 4/22 at Chicago State* 5:00 p.m. State for their first win of the season. 4/23 at Chicago State* 2:00 p.m. • Both Corey Nakakora and Cody Carroll earned their first career wins and save, 4/24 at Chicago State* 11:00 a.m. respectively on Sunday. Carroll secured the feat for the two by striking out the 4/29 at North Dakota* 4:00 p.m. 4/30 at North Dakota* 3:00 p.m. final two batters of the game. 5/1 at North Dakota* 11:00 a.m. • Outfielder Rob Cashel has been a steady player in the middle of the order for 5/6 Grand Canyon* 3:00 p.m. UNC. Hitting .333 this year with 2 RBIs and scoring one run. 5/7 Grand Canyon* 2:00 p.m. • Cole Maltese and Dan Reese were named to College Sports Madness Preseason 5/8 Grand Canyon* 12:00 p.m. 5/10 Air Force 3:00 p.m. All-WAC team. Maltese on the first team and Reese on the second. 5/13 at Seattle* 1:00 p.m. • Northern Colorado was picked eighth by the WAC coaches in the Preseason 5/14 at Seattle* 1:00 p.m. Poll. The Bears are used to out playing their expectations after making it to Mesa, 5/15 at Seattle* 3:00 p.m. 5/16 at Washington 6:00 p.m. Arizona last season for the conference tournament after being picked last in the 5/19 New Mexico State* 3:00 p.m. preseason. 5/20 New Mexico State* 2:00 p.m. 5/21 New Mexico State* 12:00 p.m. 5/25-5/29 WAC Tournament (Mesa, Ariz.) Follow The Bears on Social Media All times Mountain time and subject to change Home Games in Bold /NorthernColoradoBaseball @NCBearsBaseball Bear Notes QUICK FACTS Scouting CSUN Bear in the Big Leagues First year: ................................................................. 1924 CSUN will be competing against its second WAC team in as many For the first time since 2011, Northern Colorado had a player All-time record (years): ..................... 1567-1266-4 (91) weeks when UNC visits them this weekend. The Matadors faced drafted in the MLB draft last June. Senior Jensen Park was First year in WAC: .................................................... 2014 CSU Bakersfield last week, going 1-2 against the Roadrunners. selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 32nd round. Before Park All-time WAC record (years): ........................... 16-38 (2) They would even up their season record on Tuesday by shutting was drafted last year, Jarod Berggren was the last UNC player Wac Tournament Record ...........................................0-2 out Pepperdine 3-0. drafted back in 2011. College World Series Appearances ............................ 10 (1952, ‘53, ‘55, ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘61, ‘62, ‘74) The Matadors offense is led by senior Branden Berry, who is Making the grades 2014 record: ........................................................... 16-32 hitting .545 this season including three home runs while scoring Northern Colorado baseball had seven players earn their spot on 2014 WAC record (finish): .............................12-15 (7th) six times and driving in six runs as well. CSUN has three other the WAC All-Academic team for 2015. Those players were Allen Northern Colorado founded: ................................. 1889 batters who are hitting above .300 so far. Cook, Caleb Kirkman, Cole Maltese, Dan Reese, Reyn Sugai, Zach Enrollment: ...................................................... 12,000 Heath and Brett Minnick. President: .................................................. Kay Norton Director of Athletics: ............................. Darren Dunn On the mound, the team has combined for a 3.50 team ERA, Nickname: .......................................................... Bears while holding a 40-16 strike out to walk ratio. Home Grown Colors: .................................................... Blue and Gold Head coach Carl Iwasaki and his staff have done a good job of Ballpark: ..................................................Jackson Field Coming into the seaosn CSUN was picked to finish fifth in the keeping the home grown talent in the state. 12 of UNC’s 32 hail Conference: .................... Western Athletic Conference competitive Big West Conference. from the Centennial State. MEDIA SERVICES Series History vs the Matadors Hawaii Five-0 RYAN PFEIFER- BASEBALL CONTACT This will be the first ever meeting between Northern Colorado The Bears have a little Hawaii flair to them with three players Office: 970.351.3645 and CSUN. plus head coach Carl Iwasaki and assistant Kaiona Correa all Cell: 720.290.8886 coming to Colorado from the islands. E-Mail: [email protected] Yamane The Man After missing last year with a foot injury, Ryan Yamane has a few Exceeding Expectations The University of Northern Colorado sports information different UNC baseball records within reach. Coming into the For the second straight year, UNC is going to have to exceed the department is located in Rooms 270A-C, Butler-Hancock 2016 season, he ranks eighth in at bats with 625, 15th in hits expectations of the WAC coaches to make another trip to Mesa, Athletic Center on the main campus of the University of (182) and second in walks with 115. Yamane is just seven walks Arizona for the conference tournament. The WAC coaches pegged Northern Colorado. Its chief aim is to assist local and national away from tying the program record of 121 set by Jeff Cheek who the Bears to finish eighth in the conference. Last year the team media in the coverage of Northern Colorado athletics and to played from 1972-75. was picked to finish last in the preseason, but exceed those help fans follow the many Bears programs. expectations finishing 7th to make it to Mesa. For information regarding credentials, interviews, statis- What Freshman Jitters? tics, press conferences, etc., contact Ryan Pfeifer or Kobee Tyler Yamaguchi showed no freshman jitters during the first week New Faces Stalder, athletic communications director, at 970.351.1065 of his colligate career. Coming out of the first week of play he is Northern Colorado not only welcomes 11 new players to this or [email protected]. second the team with a .273 batting average. He has done well in year’s ball club, but also has some new faces on the coaching the lead-off spot setting the table and scoring five times for UNC.