EVANSVILLE BASEBALL EVANSVILLE at VANDERBILT 2017 SCHEDULE Feb. 22, 2017 | Hawkins Stadium | Nashville, Tenn. OVERALL: 1-2 MVC: 0-0 GAME 4 HOME: 0-0 AWAY: 1-2 SEASON THE TEAMS GAME NOTES RECORDS NEUTRAL: 0-0 Aces vs. Vanderbilt Date Opponent Time/Result • UE is 16-32 all-time against the Commodores, Feb. 17 at Central Arkansas L, 9-16 a series that dates all the way back to the 1950 Feb. 18 at Central Arkansas L, 9-10 (10) campaign. Feb. 19 at Central Arkansas W, 9-3 Feb. 22 at Vanderbilt 4 p.m. • Wednesday will mark the first meeting between 1-2 Feb. 24 at Southern Miss 6 p.m. the two schools since 2015, a 12-inning loss that Feb. 25 at Southern Miss 2 p.m. 2-1 featured Jonathan Ramon hitting a three-run blast in Feb. 26 at Southern Miss 1 p.m. the ninth inning to put the Aces ahead. Penn Murfee March 3 Milwaukee 3 p.m. March 4 Milwaukee 1 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS left the yard in the ninth to tie things up and send March 4 Milwaukee 4 p.m. it to extra-innings. A wild pitch in the 12th saw Ro March 5 Milwaukee 1 p.m. LHP Alex Weigand Coleman score to bring the game to an end. March 7 Indiana 6 p.m. So. • 6-2 • 170 • The 2014 meeting, which took place on Feb. 26, March 8 Austin Peay 6 p.m. 2016 Season Statistics saw the Aces come away with an 8-3 victory over March 10 at Campbell 6 p.m. 3-4, 5.16 ERA, 68 IP, 46 K March 11 at Campbell 3 p.m. the eighth-ranked Commodores. UE scored three March 12 at Campbell 1 p.m. runs in each of the first two innings. Offensively, the March 15 at SIUE 6 p.m. team was led by current UE assistant Jake Mahon March 17 Western Michigan 6 p.m. and current Mets farmhand Kevin Kaczmarski, who March 18 Western Michigan 2 p.m. combined to go 3-for-7 at the plate for five runs and March 19 Western Michigan 1 p.m. March 21 UT Martin 6 p.m. a pair of RBI. Eight pitchers appeared in the contest, March 24 at Lipscomb 6 p.m. and Matt Rodgers picked up the win, tossing a pair of March 25 at Lipscomb 2 p.m. perfect innings with three strikeouts. March 26 at Lipscomb 1 p.m. • The 2014 Aces went on to win the Missouri Valley March 28 at Indiana 6 p.m. title while the Commodores laid claim to the national March 29 SIUE 6 p.m. March 31 at Southern Illinois * 6:30 p.m. championship. April 1 at Southern Illinois * 2 p.m. • From 2012-15, the two teams met each season in April 2 at Southern Illinois * 1 p.m. Nashville, with the Aces coming home with the win April 5 Southern Indiana 6 p.m. LAST GAME’S LINE-UP in both 2014 and 2012. Kevin Pollock starred in the April 7 Indiana State * 6 p.m. April 8 Indiana State * 2 p.m. SS • 7 Stewart Nelson (.143, 2 R, 2 RBI) 5-3 victory on March 20, 2012, going 4-for-5 at the April 9 Indiana State * 1 p.m. LF • 20 Brendan Krob (.083, 3 R, 0 RBI) plate with a pair of scores. Ryan Billo earned the win, April 14 at Illinois State * 6 p.m. tossing six one-run innings with six strikeouts. April 15 at Illinois State * 2 p.m. 2B • 3 Trey Hair (.500, 5 R, 3 RBI) • In 2013, UE fell 13-0 to the second-ranked April 16 at Illinois State * 1 p.m. C • 24 Andrew Tanous (.462, 4 R, 3 RBI) Commodores. April 18 at UT Martin 6 p.m. April 21 Northern Illinois 6 p.m. RF • 23 Korbin Williams (.167, 3 R, 1 RBI) • UE and Vandy have not met in Evansville since a April 22 Northern Illinois 2 p.m. 10-7 setback on April 6, 2004. April 23 Northern Illinois 1 p.m. 1B • 10 Jimmy Day (.308, 2 R, 5 RBI) • The Aces first met with Vanderbilt during the 1950 April 25 at Murray State 6 p.m. DH • 16 Travis Tokarek (.400, 3 R, 1 RBI) season, with the Commodores coming out victorious April 26 Murray State 6 p.m. in 6-5 fashion over the Don Ping-led Aces. April 28 Missouri State * 6 p.m. 3B • 9 Conner Hasecuster (.182, 2 R, 4 RBI) April 29 Missouri State * 2 p.m. April 30 Missouri State * 1 p.m. CF • 4 Nate Reeder (.286, 1 R, 2 RBI) MVC STANDINGS May 3 at Belmont 5 p.m. TEAM CONF. OVR. May 5 at Bradley * 6 p.m. MEDIA CONTACT INFO 1 Southern Illinois 0-0 3-0 May 6 at Bradley * 2 p.m. Dir. of Media Relations Clay Trainum May 7 at Bradley * 1 p.m. Wichita State 0-0 3-0 May 9 at Austin Peay 6 p.m. Twitter: @AcesClay 3 Bradley 0-0 2-1 May 12 at Wichita State * 6 p.m. Email: [email protected] Dallas Baptist 0-0 2-1 May 13 at Wichita State * 2 p.m. Cell: 812.746.0065 Illinois State 0-0 2-1 May 14 at Wichita State * 1 p.m. Home: 812.488.2394 Indiana State 0-0 2-1 May 16 Belmont 6 p.m. May 18 Dallas Baptist * 6 p.m. School Website gopurpleaces.com Missouri State 0-0 2-1 May 19 Dallas Baptist * 6 p.m. Address Carson Center 8 Evansville 0-0 1-2 May 20 Dallas Baptist * 1 p.m. 1800 Lincoln Ave. Evansville, IN 47722 #ACESACES PURPLE ACES BASEBALL QUICK FACTS NUMERICAL ROSTER General Information No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) Full Name University of Evansville 1 Craig Shepherd INF R/R 5-9 155 Fr. Jasper, Ind. (Jasper HS) Location Evansville, Ind. 2 Troy Beilsmith INF R/R 6-0 150 R-Fr. Weldon Spring, Mo. (DeSmet Jesuit HS) Founded 1854 3 Trey Hair INF R/L 5-10 185 sr. Firth, Neb. (Fort Scott CC) Enrollment 2,140 4 Nate Reeder OF L/L 5-10 190 So. Shawnee, Kan. (Mission Northwest HS) Nickname Purple Aces 5 Matthew Jones OF R/R 5-10 185 So. Bowmanville, Ontario (St. Stephen Catholic) Colors Purple, White and Orange 7 Stewart Nelson INF R/R 5-9 150 Jr. LaGrange, Ill. (Lyons Township HS) AffiliationNCAA Division I 8 Ben Elsen INF R/R 5-10 180 Fr. Cleves, Ohio (St. Xavier HS) Conference Missouri Valley Conference 9 Conner Hasecuster INF L/R 6-1 195 Fr. Shelbyville, Ind. (Shelbyville HS) President Dr. Thomas Kazee Director of Athletics Mark Spencer 10 Jimmy Day INF R/R 6-0 205 Fr. Barrington, Ill. (Barrington HS) Athletics Website GoPurpleAces.com 11 Jake Sperrry INF R/L 5-11 175 Fr. Chippewa Falls, Wis. (Chippewa Falls HS) Official Twitter@UEathletics 13 Alex Weigand P L/L 6-2 170 So. Bourbonnais, Ill. (Bradley-Bourbonnais HS) Ticket Office812.488.ACES 14 Dalton Horstmeier OF R/R 6-4 210 Jr. Fulton, Mo. (Jefferson College) 15 Kenton Crews OF R/R 5-11 170 Fr. Lincoln City, Ind. (Heritage Hills HS) Facility Information 16 Travis Tokarek C R/L 5-10 190 Jr. Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville HS) Baseball Stadium Charles H. Braun Stadium 17 David Ellis P R/R 6-1 170 Fr. Princeton, Ind. (Princeton HS) Surface Natural Grass 19 Nicholas Eggemeyer P R/R 6-5 200 R-So. Paducah, Ky. (St. Mary’s HS) Capacity 1,200 20 Brendan Krob C R/R 5-10 195 Fr. Justice, Ill. (Argo HS) Opened 2002 21 Patrick Schnieders P R/R 6-2 190 Sr. Westphailia, Mo. (Jefferson College) 23 Korbin Williams OF R/R 6-3 210 Jr. Newburgh, Ind. (Castle HS) Program History 24 Andrew Tanous C R/R 6-0 195 Jr. Katy, Texas (Fort Scott CC) First Year (Division I) 1978 28 Connor Strain P R/R 6-1 180 R-Sr. Shelburn, Ind. (North Central HS) All-Time DI Record 1,131-1,055-5 29 Blake Swanger P R/R 6-4 220 So. Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati Hills Christian) All-Time MVC Record 268-301 31 Nathan Croner P L/L 6-6 200 Fr. Independence, Mo. (Truman HS) MVC Regular Season Titles 1 (2014) 32 Justin Hayden P R/R 6-0 195 Jr. Mayfield, Ky. (Rend Lake CC) MVC Tournament Titles 2 33 James Ward P R/R 6-2 175 R-Jr. Hanover Park, Ill. (Hoffman Estates HS) NCAA DI Tournament Apps. 3 34 Austin Allinger P R/R 5-11 200 So. West Chester, Ohio (Lakota West HS) Winning Seasons 25 (last 2016) 35 Brandon Gomer P R/R 6-4 195 So. Lenexa, Kan. (Mission Northwest HS) 30+ Win Seasons 19 (last 2014) 36 Adam Lukas P R/R 6-4 210 Fr. Grafton, Wis. (Grafton HS) 40+ Win Seasons 5 (last 2006) 39 Hunter Porterfield P L/L 6-0 180 Jr. Johnstown, Colo. (Iowa Lakes CC) 42 Ryan Brady P R/R 6-4 205 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (Oakville HS) Coaching Staff Head Coach Wes Carroll (Evansville ‘01) Record at UE 234-217 (Ninth Season) COACHING STAFF MVC Record 76-93 (Ninth Season) Career Record 234-217 (Eighth Season) Head Coach: Wes Carroll (Ninth Season) Assistant Coach Cody Fick (Evansville ‘11) Assistant Coach: Cody Fick (Fifth Season) Assistant Coach Jake Mahon (Evansville ‘14) Assistant Coach: Jake Mahon (Third Season) Assistant Coach Matt Wollenzin (Austin Peay ‘14) Volunteer Assistant: Matt Wollenzin (Second Season) Team Information 2016 Overall Record 29-27 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Home 16-8 Players Patrick Schnieders Sch-needers Troy Beilsmith Byl-smith Andrew Tanous Tan-us Away 9-15 Conner Hasecuster Hassi-custer Nathan Croner Crow-ner Neutral 4-4 Alex Weigand Why-gand Austin Allinger All-ing-er 2016 MVC Record 9-12 Dalton Horstmeier Horst-my-er Bradon Gomer Go-mer Home 6-6 Travis Tokarek Toe-car-eck Away 3-6 Nicholas Eggemeyer Egga-my-er Coaches Brendan Krob Crowb Matt Wollenzin Wallin-zen 2 GoPurpleAces.com | @ueathletics | @ueathleticsBASE | #AcesAces PURPLE ACES BASEBALL UE vs.