NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 1 - 1979 NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: 7 - 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1995 NCAA REGIONALS: 19 - 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2013 GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 4 - 1995, 2002, 2010, 2013 2014 VALDOSTA STATE MATCH-UP BREAKDOWN BASEBALL SCHEDULE GAMES 32-34 April 5-6, 2014 - Valdosta, Ga. Billy Grant Field Date Opponent Time/ Result 2/1 ^Truett-McConnell W, 14-3 SERIES QUICK TAKE 2/2 ^Georgia Southwestern W, 14-5 UAH leads 26-25 VALDOSTA STATE VSU leads 14-13 in Valdosta #28 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE 2/8 Paine (DH) W, 11-3 / W, 16-1 BLAZERS CHARGERS 2/9 Paine W, 8-1 (21-10, 12-7 GSC) CURRENT STREAK (22-13, 11-7 GSC) 2/13 Albany State W, 15-7 The Chargers have won two straight 2/15 *Shorter (DH) W, 10-0 / W, 3-1 LAST YEAR 2/16 *Shorter W, 10-0 After the first game was cancelled due to snow, Alabama-Huntsville won a pair of games in Huntsville 2/19 Columbus State W, 4-1 2/22 *at #2 West Florida (DH) L, 5-1 / L, 3-2 PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS VSU - LHP Josh Mann 6-0, 190, Sr., Newark, Ohio 2/23 *at #2 West Florida Rained Out APP-GS W-L-S IP H R ER BB SO ERA 3/1 *#25 Delta State (DH) L, 8-3 / W, 4-3 2014 Season 9-9 6-0-0 47.2 38 18 11 25 37 2.08 3/2 *#25 Delta State L, 16-3 UAH - LHP Tyler Howell 6-1, 170, Jr., Pensacola, Fla. 2014 Season 9-9 5-1-0 58.1 57 18 15 7 37 2.31 3/8 *at North Alabama (DH) W, 10-5 / W, 3-1 3/9 *at North Alabama W, 5-4 VSU - LHP Colby Wisdom 5-8, 170, Jr., Ocala, Fla. 3/11 at Saint Leo L, 10-4 APP-GS W-L-S IP H R ER BB SO ERA 3/15 *at West Alabama (DH) W, 1-0 / L, 10-5 2014 Season 13-2 2-1-1 29.0 28 15 13 14 26 4.03 UAH - RHP Alex Aultman 6-6, 225, Sr., Eldridge, Ala. 3/16 *at West Alabama Rained Out 2014 Season 9-9 4-4-0 49.2 47 18 18 15 31 3.26 3/18 at Flagler L, 9-8 (11 inn.) 3/22 *Christian Brothers (DH) L, 7-4 / W, 8-2 VSU - RHP Dom DeMasi 6-3, 195, Jr., Savannah, Ga. APP-GS W-L-S IP H R ER BB SO ERA 3/23 *Christian Brothers W, 3-2 2014 Season 9-9 5-2-0 57.0 43 18 16 22 52 2.53 3/25 at Albany State L, 7-4 UAH - LHP Drew Eiland 5-10, 175, Sr., Auburn, Ala. 3/26 at Georgia Regents W, 5-3 2014 Season 8-8 5-1-0 55.2 56 15 10 6 34 1.62 3/29 *at Union W, 9-7 The Series - VSU vs. Alabama-Huntsville Blazer Statistical Quick Look 3/30 *at Union (DH) W, 10-0 / L, 6-2 A pair of the Gulf South Conference’s top teams play at Billy Player VSU Grant Field as Valdosta State hosts Alabama-Huntsville. Overall Record 21-10 4/2 Flagler W, 6-5 VSU, which is third in the league standings, enters the week- Conference Record 12-7 4/5 *Alabama-Huntsville (DH) 3:00 p.m. end at 21-10 overall and 12-7 in GSC play while the Chargers Hits 295 4/6 *Alabama-Huntsville 1:00 p.m. are 22-13 and 11-7 in league action and stand fourth in the Hits Per Game 9.5 Batting Average .303 4/8 at Georgia Southwestern 5:00 p.m. conference, just half a game behind VSU. UAH holds a slim 27-26 advantage in the all-time series, Runs 206 4/9 Albany State 5:00 p.m. including victories in four of the last five meetings. Alabama- Runs Per Game 6.6 4/12 *at West Georgia (DH) 2:00 p.m. Huntsville won both games played last season in Huntsville. BB-K 121-129 4/13 *at West Georgia 1:00 p.m. Blazer Head Coach Greg Guilliams has led the Blazers to vic- Home Runs 11 tory in 10 of the 17 games he has coached against Alabama- Stolen Bases-Att. 65-86 4/16 at Georgia College 5:00 p.m. Huntsville, including six of nine in Valdosta. ERA 3.56 4/18 *Lee 5:00 p.m. VSU enters the weekend second in the GSC with a .303 bat- Runs Allowed 135 4/19 *Lee (DH) 1:00 p.m. ting average and scores 6.6 runs a game while the Chargers Earned Runs Allowed 100 bat .294 and score 6.4 runs an outing. Strikeouts 205 4/22 Georgia Southwestern 6:00 p.m. The Blazer pitching staff owns a 3.56 ERA, fifth-best in the Walks Allowed 138 4/23 at Columbus State 5:00 p.m. conference, and holds opponents to a .247 batting average Hits Allowed 234 4/26 Thomas 3:00 p.m. while UAH allow foes to hit .272 and has a 3.21 team earned Opp. Batting Avg. .247 Fielding % .963 4/29 Georgia College 5:00 p.m. run average, fourth in the GSC. 5/3-7 Gulf South Tournament TBA BLAZER PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 5/15-18 NCAA South Regional Tournament TBA Pos. # Name B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. GP-GS Avg. HR RBI SB-SBA SS 12 Mike Reed R/R 6-0 195 Jr. 31-31 .374 1 24 17-21 HOME GAME CF 10 Hunter Thompson R/R 5-8 190 Jr. 31-29 .315 1 13 3-6 2B 31 Matthew Fears R/R 6-0 180 Sr. 31-31 .398 1 20 11-14 ^Comfort Suites Classic; *Gulf South Conference Game DH 41 Bryant Hayman R/R 6-1 240 Jr. 31-31 .333 7 38 7-7 RF 22 Jimmy Dowdell R/R 5-10 203 Sr. 31-31 .290 0 21 6-9 3B 32 Kevin Cruz R/R 6-0 209 Jr. 31-30 .267 0 15 5-6 1B 30 Cooper Lemonds R/R 6-0 230 Jr. 15-10 .100 0 2 0-0 LF 28 Matt Fitzsimmons R/R 6-1 235 Fr. 21-19 .269 0 7 1-2 C 16 Clint Carr R/R 5-11 186 So. 23-22 .650 0 10 3-4 2014 BLAZER ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class B/T Hometown Previous School 1 Dominique Smedley OF 5-10 175 Jr. R/R LaGrange, Ga. Chattahoochee Valley CC 5 Beau Blair OF/RHP 6-1 180 Fr. R/R Lawrenceville, Ga. Mountain View 9 Stewart Knight IF 5-11 170 Jr. R/R Jacksonville, Fla. Daytona State CC 10 Hunter Thompson RHP/OF 5-8 190 Jr. R/R Jesup, Ga. Georgia Southwestern 12 Mike Reed SS 6-0 195 Jr. R/R Middleburg, Fla. FSC at Jacksonville 13 Austin Loyd IF 6-1 180 So. L/R Snellville, Ga. Belmont 15 Mitch King LHP 6-2 175 Fr. L/L Johns Creek, Ga. Chattahoochee 16 Clint Carr C 5-11 186 So. R/R Snellville, Ga. Brookwood 17 Casey Kicklighter 1B 5-10 190 So. R/R Jesup, Ga. Georgia Southern 19 Josh Mann LHP 6-0 190 Sr. L/L Newark, Ohio Motlow State CC 20 Colby Wisdom LHP 5-8 170 Jr. L/L Ocala, Fla. College of Central Florida 21 Will Wilson OF 5-10 175 Jr. R/R Waycross, Ga. ABAC 22 Jimmy Dowdell OF 5-10 203 Sr. R/R Palm Harbor, Fla. Boston College 23 Jarod Stanley LHP 5-10 175 Jr. L/L Jacksonville, Fla. Tallahassee CC 25 Ryan Mosley RHP 6-2 195 Jr. R/R Macon, Ga. Georgia Southwestern 26 Cameron Tewksbury LHP 6-0 195 Jr. L/L Okeechobee, Fla. South Carolina 27 Michael Gouge 3B 6-3 225 So. R/R Snellville, Ga. Brookwood 28 Matt Fitzsimmons IF/OF 6-1 235 Fr. R/R Orange Park, Fla. USC-Upstate 30 Cooper Lemonds OF 6-0 230 Jr. R/R Richmond Hill, Ga. Savannah Christian 31 Matthew Fears 2B 6-0 180 Sr. R/R West Point, Ga. Middle Georgia JC 32 Kevin Cruz OF 6-0 209 Jr. R/R Tampa, Fla. Tallahassee CC 33 Justin Guy RHP 6-3 215 Jr. R/R Zebulon, Ga. Georgia Perimeter CC 34 James Hager RHP 6-1 190 Sr. R/R Valdosta, Ga. Columbus State 36 Dom DeMasi RHP 6-3 195 Jr. L/R Savannah, Ga. Calvary Day 37 Ethan Bornstein LHP 6-2 225 Jr. L/L Winter Park, Fla. Tallahassee CC 38 Kyle Andre RHP 6-1 180 Jr. R/R Frostproof, Fla. Seminole State CC 39 Micah Finley OF 6-0 230 Fr. R/R Lilburn, Ga. Parkview 41 Bryant Hayman C 6-1 240 Jr. R/R Waycross, Ga. Ware County 45 Zakk White LHP 6-3 250 Sr. L/L Sharpsburg, Ga. SCAD 46 Matt Moses RHP 6-3 225 Jr. R/R Live Oak, Fla. ABAC COACHING STAFF Head Coach: 7 Greg Guilliams (7th season) Assistant Coach: 29 Todd Guilliams (7th season) Graduate Assistant Coach: 42 Ross Gusky (2nd season) Graduate Assistant Coach: 6 Matt Williams (2nd season) QUICK FACTS BLAZER BREAKDOWN School Valdosta State University EXPERIENCE BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BY STATE / COUNTRY Location Valdosta, Ga.