2017 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M BASEBALL 2017 SWAC Tournament New Orleans, La. / Wesley Barrow Stadium FEBRUARY (1-9) PANTHERS RETURN TO TOURNAMENT, FACE DEFENDING CHAMPS IN OPENING GAME The Prairie View A&M University Fri. 17 Illinois-Chicago^ W, 5-4 baseball team returns to the SWAC Tournament for the first time since 2015 as the #3 Western Division seed and will face #2 Sat. 18 Alcorn St.^ L, 3-11 East seed and defending SWAC Champion Alabama State in the opening round. Sun. 19 New Orleans^ L, 0-14 Illinois-Chicago^ L, 1-6 SURPASSED 2016 WIN TOTAL Currently with 18 wins on the season, Prairie View A&M (18-35 overall, 11-13 SWAC) is eight Wed. 22 Incarnate Word L, 1-11 (8) victories ahead of last year's total (10), with the SWAC win total the most since 2014. After winning only one SWAC series Fri. 24 Texas Rio Grande Valley L, 1-6 over the past two seasons, the Panthers won four league series this season and won back-to-back series vs. Southern and at Sat. 25 Texas Rio Grande Valley (DH) L, 0-4 / L 3-10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, both occurrences for the first time since 2013. Sun. 26 Texas Rio Grande Valley L, 0-11 (7) YEAR TWO OF RIGGINS ERA Former minor league baseball player Auntwan Riggins is in his second season leading Panther Tue. 28 #20 Texas A&M L, 2-9 baseball. Hired in August 2015, Riggins led Prairie View A&M to 10 wins last season, including a split of the six-game season MARCH (9-13) series against 2015 SWAC Champion and eventual 2016 league runner up Texas Southern. This season, he led the program to Fri. 3 McNeese St. L, 7-16 their first win ever over Texas San Antonio along with the above mention accomplishments. (full bio pg. 4) Sat. 4 McNeese St. (DH) L, 9-12 / L, 2-7 Tue. 7 Arlington Baptist (DH) W, 4-3 / W, 4-1 TOURNAMENT MATCHUPS PVAMU will face Alabama St. (28-24, 18-6) in the opening round for the fourth time in six years. The Wed. 8 #20 Houston L, 0-8 Panthers have faced the Hornets five times in tournament play over that period, winning three times. Fri. 10 TEXAS SOUTHERN* L, 4-6 2012 PVAMU 14-4 (7) Sun. 12 TEXAS SOUTHERN* (DH) W, 3-2 / L 0-8 2013 Alabama St. 16-0 (7) Tue. 14 Lamar L, 7-15 PVAMU 2-1 (Semifinal 1) Wed. 15 TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI L, 5-11 PVAMU 8-3 (Semifinal 2) Fri. 17 Southern* L, 5-6 2015 Alabama St. 5-4 Sat 18 Southern* W, 14-6 The Panthers went 2-4 against #1 West Seed Grambling (22-28, 15-9) this season, with both victories coming at GSU in April. Sun. 19 Southern* W, 8-6 PVAMU played Alcorn St. (11-31, 7-17) in game two of the 2017 season, losing 11-3 in the MLB Urban Invitational in New Tue. 21 JARVIS CHRISTIAN (DH) W, 8-7 / L, 2-5 Orleans. PVAMU beat Alcorn St. 11-10 in game two of the 2016 season, also in the MLB Urban Invitational. Prairie View A&M Fri. 24 ARK.-PINE BLUFF* L, 10-13 has not faced GSU or Alcorn St. in the tournament since 2010. Sat. 25 ARK.-PINE BLUFF* L, 6-7 DEN BESTE, MACIAS NAMED TO ALL-SWAC TEAM OF Cody Den Beste and INF Kevin Macias were named to the 2017 All- Sun. 26 ARK.-PINE BLUFF* W, 8-3 SWAC Baseball team announced Monday. Den Beste (6-0, 175, Sr., Wilmington, Calif.) earned first team honors after hitting a Tue. 28 HUSTON-TILLOTSON(DH) W, 9-0 / W, 12-11 career-best .364 with four home runs and 34 RBI. He is fourth in the SWAC in hitting, third in slugging percentage (.564), first in Fri. 31 Grambling St.* L, 1-6 both triples (seven) and total bases (110), is tied for first in times hit by pitch (17), is tied for seventh in doubles, (13), and tied for APRIL (8-7) ninth in on-base percentage (.443). He reached base 45 times in 52 games played this season, with 22 multi-hit games (12 2-hit, Sat. 1 Grambling St. (DH)* W, 10-0 (7) /W 7-5 nine 3-hit, one 4-hit) and 10 multi-RBI games (seven 2-RBI, two 3-RBI, one 4-RBI). Macias (5-8, 165, Sr., Pearland, Texas) earned Tue. 4 Texas St. L, 3-10 second-team all-conference honors, batting a career-best .287 with 43 hits, 28 runs scored, and 12 RBI. Macias has 11 multi-hit Wed. 5 Texas San Antonio W, 6-5 games (seven 2-hit, four 3-hit) and two two-RBI games. Fri. 14 Texas Southern* L, 0-3 Sat. 15 Texas Southern* L, 4-8 GRADUATE PANTHERS Den Beste was among six 2017 baseball Panthers to earn degrees this past weekend, along with Fri. 16 Texas Southern* L, 6-8 student assistant coach Joe Benes (graduate degree) and infielders Anthony Fernandez, Joshua Jefferson, Brashad Jones, and Tue. 18 Northwestern St. L, 1-16 Carson Lee. That group joined RHP Charles Philpott (Fall '16) as graduates in the Panther Baseball program. Fri. 21 SOUTHERN* W, 15-13 Sat. 22 SOUTHERN* W, 3-1 QUICK HITTERS Sun. 23 SOUTHERN* W, 3-1 • Winning Month: The Panthers went 8-7 in the month of April, the program's first winning month since March, 2014 (8-7). Tue. 25 INCARNATE WORD L, 4-17 • Hit Parade: After having only one 10+ hit game in the first 20 games of the season, the Panthers have had 16 such games Fri. 28 Ark.-Pine Bluff* (DH) L, 5-10/W, 9-4 in the past 33 contests, including a season-high 21 vs. Southern on April 21. Sat. 29 Ark.-Pine Bluff* W, 12-9 • OF/P Avery Williams is second on the team in hitting with a .328 average with two homers and 20 RBI. He is 7th in the MAY (0-6) SWAC in SLG% (.529), is tied for fifth in the league in triples (four), has 10 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games. He also made seven appearances on the mound with one start with an 0-1 record. Tue. 2 Dallas Baptist L, 0-10 (7) • OF Corbin Jamison is third on the team in hitting with a .297 avg with three homers and 25 RBI. He has 54 hits, is tied for Fri. 5 GRAMBLING ST..* L, 7-12 (11) eighth in triples (three), has 79 total bases, and is tied for 10th in steals (15). He is second on the team in multi-hit games Sat. 6 GRAMBLING ST.* L, 2-10 (16) and third in multi-RBI games (six). Jamison had a 17-game on-base streak that ended May 7 vs. Grambling. Sun. 7 GRAMBLING ST.* L, 1-14 (7) • 1B Carson Lee is fourth on the team in hitting with a .293 average with no homers and 12 RBI. He has at least one hit in Tue. 9 Baylor L, 2-15 seven of the past eight games , including three straight two-hit games (Apr. 29 at UAPB, May 2 at Dallas Baptist, May 5 vs. Wed. 10 Baylor L, 1-18 Grambling.) SWAC Tournament • In his last 18 games with 16 starts, 2B Jalyn Baker has hit .350 with two home runs and 13 RBI. He hit a three-run walk-off Wed. 17 vs. #2E Alabama St. Noon homer with two outs in the ninth in the April 21 game win over Southern. During this time, he has five multi-hit games Thur. 18 TBA TBA and is tied for second on the team with four multi-RBI games. Fri. 19 TBA TBA • RHP Darrien Williams threw a one-hitter at Grambling in game one on 4/1, hurling six no-hit innings before allowing a hit Sat. 20 TBA TBA to the leadoff batter in the seventh on a 10-0, seven-inning win. He has a 4-4 record and leads the team with a 4.19 ERA Sun. 21 TBA 11 a.m. with two complete games this season. • RHP Edgar Sanchez threw back-to-back complete games (vs. Southern 4/21; at UAPB 4/28 gm 2) and threw four complete * denotes SWAC games ^ MLB Invitational games this season. He has a 4-5 record with a 4.43 ERA. Home games in Bold All Times Central • RHP Charles Philpott has a 4-2 record in 16 games with four starts and one save. He earned the win with 8 1/3 innings pitched in a 6-5 win over Texas-San Antonio, the program's first win over UTSA. SWAC Western Division Champs '06, '07 SWAC Champs '06, '07, '12 NCAA Tournament '06, '07, '12 2017 Prairie View A&M Baseball Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Founded ..............................................................1876 Location ......................................... Prairie View, Texas • 2 Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division Titles (2006, 2007) Enrollment ..........................................................8,079 • 3 Southwestern Athletic Conference Titles (2006, 2007, 2012) Nickname ..................................................... Panthers • 3 NCAA Tournament Appearances (2006, 2007, 2012) Colors .............Purple (PMS 268) and Gold (PMS 123) • 5 NAIA District 8 Zone Titles (1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976) Affiliation ...........................................NCAA Division I • 2 NAIA District 8 Titles (1970, 1971) Conference .............................. Southwestern Athletic President ....................................Dr. George C. Wright DRAFTED PANTHERS Vice President/Athletic Director ....... Ashley Robinson Prairie View A&M University Baseball has had 15 players selected in the Major Alma Mater / Year ....Mississippi Valley State, 2003 League Baseball Amateur Draft, with three making it to the Big Leagues.