OOKLAHOMAKLAHOMA BBAPTISTAPTIST BBASEBALLASEBALL BISON www.obubison.com ##makeourstandmakeourstand OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (15-7, 8-4) at HARDING (7-15, 2-10) Friday, March 16 | 6 p.m. | Jerry Moore Field | Searcy, Arkansas Saturday, March 17 | 1 p.m. (DH) | Jerry Moore Field | Searcy, Arkansas Schedule & Results HARDING OKLAHOMA BAPTIST Date Opponent W-L Score Date Opponent Site Time All GAC All GAC 2/2 Manhattan Christian W 12-0 3/16 Harding* A 2 PM 7-15 2-10 W-L 15-7 8-4 2/3 Manhattan Christian W 21-0 3/17 Harding* A 12 PM 4-6 0-3 Home 9-4 4-2 2/3 Manhattan Christian W 21-4 3/17 Harding* A 3 PM 3-9 2-7 Away 6-3 4-2 0-0 0-0 Neutral 0-0 2/8 @Oklahoma Christian W 14-8 3/19 Northeastern State H 5 PM L-1 L-1 Streak W-2 W-1 2/9 Oklahoma Christian L 9-10 3/23 Arkansas Tech* H 6 PM -- Rank -- 2/9 Oklahoma Christian W 7-6 3/24 Arkansas Tech* H 1 PM 2/13 @Cameron L 5-11 3/24 Arkansas Tech* H 4 PM Dr. Patrick McGaha Coach Bobby Cox 2/17 Ouachita Baptist* W 5-3 3/27 East Central H 6 PM 13th 343-304 School 1327-610 34th 17th 462-399 Overall 1327-610 34th 2/17 Ouachita Baptist* W 5-2 3/30 Nortthwestern* H 6 PM 2/18 Ouachita Baptist* W 8-4 3/31 Nortthwestern* H 1 PM Batting Leaders 2/25 @Henderson State* W 4-2 3/31 Nortthwestern* H 4 PM Grant Guest .333 Batting Juan Gonzalez .412 2/25 @Henderson State* L 3-4 4/6 Southwestern* A 2 PM Chris Taylor 21 RBI Zane Gelphman 21 2/26 @Henderson State* W 6-3 4/7 Southwestern* A 1 PM Grant Guest 22 Runs Zane Gelphman 26 Grant Guest 3 HR Zane Gelphman 8 3/2 Southern Arkansas* L 2-5 4/7 Southwestern* A 4 PM Grant Guest .512 Slug % Zane Gelphman .714 3/2 Southern Arkansas* W 1-0 4/10 Arkansas-Fort Smith H 6 PM Grant Guest .412 OBP Juan Gonzalez .494 3/3 Southern Arkansas* L 8-9 4/13 East Central* H 6 PM Grant Guest 6 SB Brock Carter 5 3/6 Central Oklahoma W 16-1 4/14 East Central* H 1 PM Pitching Leaders 3/6 Central Oklahoma L 2-11 4/14 East Central* H 4 PM Tanner Smith 3.44 ERA Nick Burnham 1.54 3/9 @Arkansas-Monticello* W 8-7 4/20 Southeastern* A 2 PM Smith/Ward 2 Wins Albertus Barber 4 3/9 @Arkansas-Monticello* L 3-6 4/21 Southeastern* A 1 PM Reed Roberts 2 Saves Nick Burnham 2 3/10 @Arkansas-Monticello* W 7-6 4/21 Southeastern* A 4 PM Tanner Smith 34 IP Barber/Fowler 34 Jackson Ward 25 K Zach Fowler 49 3/13 @East Central W 17-3 4/27 Southern Nazarene* H 6 PM Tanner Smith .218 Opp BA Caleb Bly .132 4/28 Southern Nazarene* H 1 PM 4/28 Southern Nazarene* H 4 PM Tuning In OBU broadcasts today’s game on OBUBison.com/ *-Great American Confernce game watch on KGFF in Shawnee at AM-1450 and FM 100.9. Oklahoma Baptist Game Notes OFFICIAL ROSTER Oklahoma Baptist University Bison Baseball Roster # Name Ht. Wt. Class Pos. B/T Hometown Previous School 1 Brett Berghammer 5-9 165 Sr. OF L/L Half Moon Bay, Calif. Skyline 3 Roy Verdejo 5-8 190 Jr. OF R/R Saugus, Calif. Canyons 4 Zach Fowler 5-10 190 Sr. P R/R Asher, Okla. Eastern Oklahoma 5 Chris Kovach 6-2 175 Jr. P R/R Simi Valley, Calif. L.A. Pierce 6 Garrett McKee 5-9 175 Jr. IF R/R Hemet, Calif. Riverside CC 7 Albertus Barber 6-1 185 Jr. P R/R Tulsa, Okla. Central Missouri 8 Brock Carter 5-9 170 Jr. IF R/R Sentinel, Okla. Eastern Oklahoma 9 Juan Gonzalez 6-2 210 Sr. C R/R Guaynabo, Puerto Rico San Mateo 11 Zane Gelphman 6-4 190 Sr. INF R/R Half Moon Bay, Calif. Cabrillo College 12 Nick Burnham 6-7 210 Sr. P/1B R/R Pleasant Hill, Calif. Cuesta 13 Matt Poulin 5-11 190 Sr. C R/R Cameron Park, Calif. Utah 14 Landon Harper 5-10 200 Jr. OF R/R Shawnee, OK Shawnee HS 15 Jake Gozzo 6-5 220 Jr. 1B R/R Redlands, Calif. Orange Coast 16 Caleb Bly 6-3 190 R-Fr. P R/R Midlothian, Texas Ovilla Christian 18 Trevor Tanner 5-7 145 So. C R/R Greenville, Texas Greenville HS 20 Brett Bloomfi eld 6-0 175 Jr. IF L/R Davis, Calif. Consumnes River 21 Josh Timms 6-1 195 Sr. OF R/R Mansfi eld, Texas Texas State 22 Austin Cooper 6-1 185 Jr. OF L/R Shawnee, OK Shawnee HS 23 Andrew Eppenbach 6-3 190 Jr. P R/R Claremont, Calif. Orange Coast 24 Bryan Geurkink 5-10 165 R-Fr. INF R/R Mannford, Okla. Mannford HS 25 Thomas Shroder 6-3 220 Jr. P R/R Tucson, Ariz. Texas-Arlington 26 Kaden Betsch 6-3 200 Jr. 1B R/R Valencia, California Clark College 27 AJ Merkel 6-3 210 Sr. P R/R Rowlett, Texas Tyler JC 28 Mychal Yarbor 5-11 180 Sr. P L/L Bandon, Oregon St. Gregory’s 30 Caleb Stull 6-0 185 R-Fr. C R/R Litchfi eld Park, Ariz. Millenium HS 32 PJ Harris 6-0 215 Jr. 1B L/R Frisco, Texas St. Gregory’s 34 Bob English 6-2 175 So. P L/L Oklahoma City, Okla. Putnam City North 37 Hudson Pearson 6-2 205 Jr. P L/L San Diego, California Southwestern (CA) Bobby Cox, Head Baseball Coach Chris Cox, Assistant Coach Cody Painter, Assistant Coach Keach Ballard, Graduate Assistant Pronunciations 3 Roy Vur-day-hoe 23. Andrew Epp-in-bawk 5. Chris Ko-Vawtch 24. Bryan Gurr-kink 11. Zane Gelf-man 26. Kaden Baitsch 13. Matt Poo-lin 28. My-kuhl Yar-Burr 15. Jake Go-Zo Oklahoma Baptist Game Notes OPPONENT INFO 2017-18 Harding Roster No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / Previous School 1 Nick Bowers P R/R 5-9 150 Fr. Keller, Texas / Keller HS 2 Eric Hansen C R/R 5-11 200 Jr. Homer Glen, Ill. / Univ. of Indiana 3 Luke Van Dover IF R/R 5-10 170 So. Little Rock, Ark. / Little Rock Christian Academy 4 Mason Faulkner P R/R 6-0 215 Sr. Center Ridge, Ark. / Crowder College 5 Brooks Pitaniello IF R/R 5-9 175 R-So. Lubbock, Texas / Lubbock Christian HS 6 Matt Sherry P R/R 6-1 185 R-Jr. Springdale, Ark. / Springdale HS 7 Jesse Cox OF R/R 6-2 190 R-Sr. Fairview, Texas / McKinney HS 8 Jackson Ward P L/L 5-11 195 Sr. Lakeland, Tenn. / Harding Academy Memphis 9 Kyle Giefer P L/L 5-10 190 So. Springfi eld, Mo. / Kickapoo HS 10 Jack Thomas OF R/R 5-10 200 R-Jr. Little Rock, Ark. / Central Arkansas Christian 11 Chris Taylor OF R/R 5-10 195 Sr. Nesbit, Miss. / Lewisburg HS 12 Connor Kelly IF R/R 6-2 195 So. Ada, Mich. / Forest Hills Central HS 13 Grant Guest IF R/R 5-11 205 Sr. Tulsa, Okla. / Jenks HS 14 Brendan Perrett C R/R 6-1 185 Fr. Highland, Mich. / Milford HS 15 Ben Bailey C L/R 5-9 185 R-Fr. North Little Rock, Ark. / Univ. of Arkansas 16 Ben Brauss OF L/L 5-9 175 Jr. Jackson, Tenn. / Univ. School of Jackson 17 Sage White OF R/R 5-9 190 R-Fr. Rogers, Ark. / Rogers HS 18 Austin Allen P R/R 6-2 195 So. Searcy, Ark. / Searcy HS 19 Tanner Smith P L/L 6-3 215 Jr. Symsonia, Ky. / Olney Central College 20 Nolan Fertig OF L/R 6-1 195 Jr. Jeffersonville, Ind. / Olney Central College 21 Brian Tims IF R/R 6-1 185 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. / Seward County CC 22 Reed Roberts P R/R 6-3 210 Sr. Guthrie, Okla. / Guthrie HS 23 Will Francis IF R/R 6-4 210 Sr. Searcy, Ark. / Harding Academy 24 Miles Humphreys OF/C R/R 5-10 200 So. Jackson, Tenn. / Jackson Christian 25 Nash Thomas P R/R 6-2 205 So. Jonesboro, Ark. / Valley View HS 26 William St. Leger P R/R 6-3 180 Fr. Hampstead, N.C. / Topsail HS 27 Zach Beasley IF L/R 6-0 215 R-Sr. Memphis, Tenn. / Harding Academy 28 David Butterfi eld IF R/R 5-11 180 Fr. Smyrna, Tenn. / Homeschooled 29 Matt Hendry IF R/R 5-10 185 Rf. Port Angeles, Wash. / Port Angeles HS 30 Logan McCall P R/R 6-1 200 So. St. Charles, Mo. / Westminister Christian Academy 31 Lane Smith IF R/R 5-11 190 R-Fr. Pacifi c, Mo. / Pacifi c HS 32 Connor McVay P R/R 6-1 200 Jr. Mobile, Ala. / Mobile Christian Academy 34 Hayden Walraven OF R/R 6-2 205 R-Sr. Alvarado, Texas / TCS Post Grad Hunter Childress P L/R 6-0 190 Fr. Lakeland, Tenn. / Evangelical Christian School Austin Dean OF L/R 5-10 185 Rf. Vero Beach, Fla.