U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N HUSKY BASEBALL Web Site – www.gohuskies.com/baseball THIS WEEK . march 7, 2011 contact: Jeff Bechthold ([email protected]) Tuesday, March 8 Dawgs close Out Home Stand SeattleU at Washington Husky Ballpark, 5:00 p.m. PT With SeattleU and Dallas Baptist live stats & video at gohuskies.com THIS WEEK: The Washington baseball team (2-7) closes out its first home stand of the 2011 season with four Thursday, March 10 games this week. The Dawgs, who won one of three last weekend vs. BYU, host crosstown rival SeattleU (6-4) Tuesday Dallas Baptist at Washington at 5:00 p.m. at Husky Ballpark. The Redhawks have won two of three the last two weekends vs. Notre Dame and Port- Husky Ballpark, 5:00 p.m. PT land. This Thursday through Saturday, Dallas Baptist (7-4) comes to the UW for a three-game series. The Patriots will live stats & video at gohuskies.com play at Washington State Monday and Tuesday before arriving in Seattle. Game times are 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Fans can watch live, free video broadcasts of all three games, as well as Gametracker live Friday, March 11 stats, at GoHuskies.com. The easiest way to access the links is to go to the front page of GoHuskies.com, click on the Dallas Baptist at Washington “Calendar” tab and find the game you want to watch. Washington is scheduled to go with senior rightyJacob Clem on Husky Ballpark, 5:00 p.m. PT both Tuesday and Saturday, freshman RHP Austin Voth on Thursday and sophomore righty Aaron West on Friday. After the DBU series, the Huskies travel to Cal State Fullerton for a three-game series Here’s a look at this weekend’s games: live stats & video at gohuskies.com Tuesday, March 8: SeattleU at Washington, 5:00 p.m. PT – live video & stats at gohuskies.com Saturday, March 12 Thursday, March 10: Dallas Baptist at Washington, 5:00 p.m. PT – live video & stats at gohuskies.com Dallas Baptist at Washington Friday, March 11: Dallas Baptist at Washington, 5:00 p.m. PT – live video & stats at gohuskies.com Husky Ballpark, 1:00 p.m. PT Saturday, March 12: Dallas Baptist at Washington, 1:00 p.m. PT – live video & stats at gohuskies.com live stats & video at gohuskies.com cOAcH mEGGS: Lindsay Meggs was named the Huskies’ head coach in July of 2009, just the third different UW head coach in 34 years. In 2010, his first season in charge, he improved the Huskies’ season record by five wins cOmING Up . over the previous year, going 28-28 against a schedule ranked as high as third-toughest in the nation. Meggs came to the UW after having spent the previous three seasons at Indiana State and the 13 prior to that at Chico State, where he Fri.-Sun., March 18-20 won NCAA Division II national championships in 1997 and 1999. He helped Chico to the D-II College World Series seven Washington at CS Fullerton times and won the league eight times. At Indiana State, he was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year three-game, non-conference series in 2009 after guiding the Sycamores to a second-place finish, their highest since 1998. Currently, he boasts a 645-342-4 record over 17 seasons as a four-year college head coach. He’d previously served as head coach at Long Beach City Col- Tuesday, March 22 lege and Oxnard College. Born in San Jose and a graduate of Saratoga (Calif.) High, Meggs played four seasons as the UW vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (at Ok. St.) starting third baseman at UCLA. He was drafted by the Brewers in 1983, and then again by the Royals after his senior non-conference game year in 1984. Meggs is joined by assistant coaches Dave Nakama, Dave Dangler and Jordon Twohig. Wednesday, March 23 pOSSIBLE STARTERS: Here’s a look at the possible starters at each position, with current stats and notes: UW at Oklahoma State Pos. Player, Year Avg.-HR-RBI Notes non-conference game C – B.K. Santy, Jr. .182-0-1 Started 7 of 9 at C; all-league at Palomar CC last year 1B – Troy Scott, Sr. .207-1-4 Has 160 career starts, 156 at 1B, and 4 at 3B QUIcK pITcHES . Eric Peterson, So. .368-0-3 9 starts last year; hit .339 over the summer with Wenatchee 2B – Willy Reel, Fr. .238-0-2 Has 2 starts at 3B and 4 starts at 2B • The Huskies’ 35-man roster includes a Cody Stephens, Fr. .125-0-0 True freshman hit .436 at Clayton Valley HS last season total of 25 freshmen and sophomores. Reggie Jones, Fr. .000-0-0 True freshman picked up first start at 2B Sun. at CSUB 3B – Jacob Lamb, So. .316-2-6 1st-team Freshman All-America after hitting .347 last season • The UW pitching staff includes only SS – Ty Afenir, So. .250-0-1 Missed first 2 weeks with inj., but started all 3 vs. BYU six returners, but those six started 40 of OF – Chase Anselment, So. .324-1-7 Has started this season in RF, at C and as the DH the Huskies’ 56 games last season and OF – Spencer Rogers, Fr. .250-0-2 7 starts in 9 games; 3-time team MVP at Issaquah HS also accounted for all 16 saves. OF – Joe Meggs, So. .667-0-1 Returned from hand inj. Mar. 5; single on first pitch OF – Caleb Brown, Jr. .174-0-2 Started 54 of 56 last year; broke leg at start of last summer OF – Brendan Gardner-Young, Sr. .200-0-2 Played in only two games last year due to injury facebook.com/UWHuskyBaseball OF – Brian Wolfe, So. .316-0-2 Has played RF and 1B; hit .311 over summer with Kelowna Twitter: @UW_Baseball DH – Ryan Wiggins, Fr. .261-0-1 7 starts at DH; drafted by Pirates in 2010 THIS WEEK’S HUSKY BASEBALL pLANNER . Mon. 7 Tue. 8 Wed. 9 Thu. 10 Fri. 11 Sat. 12 Sun. 13 H c Seattle U. at Dallas Baptist at Dallas Baptist at Dallas Baptist at Practice Washington Practice Washington Washington Washington AR Husky Ballpark 5:00 p.m. Husky Ballpark 5:00 p.m. PT 5:00 p.m. PT 1:00 p.m. PT m 3:00 p.m. online video 3:00 p.m. online video online video online video University of Washington Athletics • Athletic Communications • Graves Hall • Box 354070 • Seattle, WA 98195-4070.