Emporia State Hornets (34-23, 20-16 MIAA) vs. Central Oklahoma Bronchos (36-20, 25-11 MIAA) Saturday, May 19 • 1:00 a.m. • Walker Stadium • Magnolia, Ark. Series Record: ESU leads 31-24 Last Meeting: at ESU 5, UCO 3 (April 16, 2018) Baseball Game Notes Radio: KFFX (104.9FM) Internet Audio: kvoe.com Up Next: (with win) Southern Ark. or St. Cloud State • May 20, 2018 Walker Stadium • Magnolia, Ark. 2018 Schedule and Results MAY MADNESS ABOUT THE HORNETS Date Opponent Time/Result Air Hogs D II Classic-Grand Prairie, TX Emporia State faces Central Oklahoma The Hornets have a .286 team batting Feb. 1 Southern Arkansas L 1-6 in an elimination game at the NCAA average and a 4.73 team ERA. Emporia Feb. 2 Okla. Christian L 3-8 Division II Baseball Central Regional. State batters lead the MIAA and ranks Feb. 3 Arkansas Tech. L 7-13 fifth in the nation in walks while Hornet Feb. 4 Southeastern Okla. L 2-7 Feb. 8 Metro St. - Denver W 9-8 LAST AT BAT pitchers are first in the league and sixth Feb. 8 Metro St. - Denver W 5-1 Emporia State got another stellar in the nation in walks allowed per nine Feb. 9 Metro St. - Denver W 10-6 performance from MIAA Pitcher of the innings. Feb. 15 Newman W 7-1 Year Seth Holman, but had three errors Bryce Fischer leads the Hornets with Feb. 17 Newman W16-4 Feb. 18 Newman W 10-7 that led to two unearned runs in a 4-2 loss a .402 batting average, 13 homers, 65 Feb. 23 *Northwest Missouri L 2-3 to #11 Augustana in the second round of RBI and 64 runs scored. Kaden Shaffer Feb. 24 *Northwest Missouri L 6-7 the NCAA Division II Central Regional is hitting .324 with 51 RBI. Seth Holman Feb. 25 *Northwest Missouri L 11-12 March 2 *Southwest Baptist W 12-6 Baseball Tournament in Magnolia, Ark. is 8-3 with 122 K’s and a 3.23 ERA in March 3 *Southwest Baptist W 15-14 The Hornets took a 1-0 lead in the 117.0 innings. Taylor Thompson has 25 March 4 *Southwest Baptist W 18-8 second only to have the Vikings score appearances, 56.0 innings, 34 K’s and a March 9 *Pittsburg State L 12-15 single runs in the fourth and fifth to take 4.34 ERA. March 10 *Pittsburg State L 2-5 March 11 *Pittsburg State W 3-1 the lead. Emporia State tied it in the March 17 Minn.-Duluth (DH) W 4-3, 2-1 sixth before Augustana scored two runs SCOUTING THE BRONCHOS March 18 Minn.-Duluth (DH) W 11-1 in the top of the ninth. Holman tied the Central Oklahoma is 36-20 overall and March 20 *Missouri Western L 6-7 March 23 *Missouri Southern W 6-4 Emporia State single season record with won a share of the MIAA regular season March 24 *Missouri Southern W 9-4 his 17th start of the season and went title with a 25-11 record. They are batting March 25 *Missouri Southern L 0-1 8.0 innings. He allowed two runs, only .301 as a team with a 4.91 ERA. They March 28 *Washburn L 1-9 one of which was earned, on five hits have gone 8-9 over their last 17 games. March 29 *Fort Hays State W 7-5 March 30 *Fort Hays State W 12-4 with two walks and five strikeouts. Max No Bronchos earned first-team All-MIAA March 31 *Fort Hays State L 4-7 Simpson took the loss, allowing one run honors but three were named second- April 3 *Missouri Western W 11-10 on one hit. Mason Brown was two for team and two garnered third-team. April 6 *Neb. Kearney L 7-9 four with a run and an RBI. April 7 *Neb. Kearney W 12-8 April 8 *Neb. Kearney L 3-11 LAST AT BAT WITH THE BRONCHOS April 11 *Washburn L 7-8 THE COACHES The Bronchos got on the board first April 15 *Central Okla. W 17-7 Bob Fornelli is 599-265 in his 15th with one run in the first but the Hornets April 16 *Central Okla. W 14-6 April 16 *Central Okla. W 5-3 season at Emporia State and is 905- answered with two in the bottom half of April 17 *Missouri Western L 3-11 378 overall in his 22nd year as a four the inning and never relinquished the April 20 *Central Missouri L 1-4 year head coach. He has led Emporia lead. The Hornets got the win 5-3 with six April 21 *Central Missouri W 5-4 State to two Division II World Series hits in the game to take the series sweep. April 22 *Central Missouri L 5-6 April 25 *Washburn W 8-3 appearances in ten NCAA Tournaments. April 27 *Northeastern State W 8-1 Fornelli is 25-18 against the Bronchos. ON DECK April 28 *Northeastern State W 8-1 John Martin is 103-62-1 in his third year The winner advances to Sunday and April 29 *Northeastern State W 5-2 May 4 *Lindenwood W 7-2 as head coach for Central Oklahoma. a game with either St. Cloud State or May 5 *Lindenwood L 4-9 He is 3-8 against his alma mater. Southern Arkansas at 12 noon. May 6 *Lindenwood W 14-7 MIAA TOURNAMENT Emporia State Probable Starters May 10 Northwest Missouri W 15-2 No Name Yr. B/T BA HR RBI 2B R SB Hometown May 11 Central Missouri L 2-9 C 9 Mason Brown Sr. R/R .304 4 45 16 45 4-5 Littleton, Colo. May 12 Missouri Western W 6-4 1B 30 Kaden Shaffer Sr. R/R .324 2 51 12 41 13-20 Ottawa, Kan. May 12 Pittsburg State W 4-0 2B 2 Brian Grove Jr. L/R .307 4 33 14 59 11-11 River Falls, Wis. May 13 Pittsburg State W 11-5 3B 34 Tate Kastens Sr. R/R .216 5 29 7 26 4-5 Denver, Colo. May 13 Central Missouri L 1-2 SS 17 Brandon Bachar Jr. L/R .231 1 12 5 27 3-6 Russell, Kan. NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL TOURNAMENT LF 11 Mack Gowing Sr. L/R .320 1 37 9 57 13-19 Wichita, Kan. May 17 #14 Southern Arkansas W 8-6 CF 13 Trevor Turner Sr. R/R .249 3 24 10 34 16-18 Hutchinson, Kan. May 18 #11 Augustana L 2-4 RF 18 Bryce Fischer Sr. L/L .402 13 65 19 64 11-13 Wichita, Kan. May 19 Central Oklahoma 11:00 a.m. DH 29 Kyle Lopez Sr. L/L .242 0 19 3 12 1-1 Littleton, Colo. May 20 #14 SAU or SCSU (with win) 12:00 p.m. Pitchers Name Yr W-L ERA Sv AP/GS IP K BB Hometown *= MIAA Game RHP 26 Seth Holman Sr. 8-3 3.23 1 20/17 117.0 122 16 Wichita, Kan. Home games in Bold at Glennen Field RHP 24 Tanner Cairns Jr. 9-1 4.40 0 15/15 88.0 62 30 Wichita, Kan. Media Contact RHP 32 Max Simpson Sr. 4-6 5.04 0 17/9 64.1 56 24 Tulsa, Okla. Emporia State: Don Weast, Assoc. AD/Media RHP 21 Taylor Thompson Sr. 5-2 4.34 1 25/5 56.0 34 15 Cuba, Mo. Phone: (620) 344-6190 Cell LHP 12 Nathan Gieber Sr. 1-3 4.30 4 26/3 46.0 29 19 Concordia, Kan. Email: [email protected] RHP 16 Adam Thies Jr. 2-2 7.71 1 14/6 35.0 26 12 Olathe, Kan. WEBSITE: esuhornets.com RHP 14 Layne Downing Sr. 1-2 4.38 2 14/0 24.2 19 6 Hays, Kan. TWITTER: @ESUSports RHP 19 Trey Taylor Sr. 1-1 5.28 4 22/0 15.1 14 9 Paola, Kan. FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics RHP 15 Jacob Tetuan Sr. 0-1 9.49 0 12/0 12.1 12 4 Topeka, Kan. Emporia State Hornets at NCAA DII Central Regional BASEBALL Walter Stadium Magnolia, Ark. 2018 HORNET BASEBALL May 17-21, 2018 Page 2 ABCA Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II Poll HE’S A WINNER May 14, 2018 Emporia State head baseball coach Bob Fornelli has 905 career wins and is No. Team Record Pts LW 599-265 (.693) in his 15th season at Emporia State. Fornelli is the winningest 1. Georgia College 43-10 233 T6 coach at Emporia State after passing Dave Bingham who was 557-226 (.714) 2. North Greenville 44-8 232 3 in 14 years from 1974-87. The Hornets have made 12 trips to the NCAA 3. Florida Southern 39-9-1 225 T6 Tournament in his 14 years and he has twice led Emporia State to the Division II 4. Delta State 40-9 220 1 5. Tampa 39-9 210 4 World Series, in 2006 and 2009. He has taken teams to the NCAA Tournament 6. Illinois Springfield 45-7 198 2 in 18 of his 22 years as a collegiate coach. 7. Colorado Mesa 40-14 188 12 Fornelli, a 1991 graduate of Emporia State, spent seven years at Ft. Hays State 8. Columbus State 40-12 182 10 where he compiled a 306-113 record and led the Tigers to the NCAA Division II 9.