2007 Nebraska Baseball Weekly Release Baseball Contact: Shamus McKnight • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office Phone: (402) 472-7772 Office Fax: (402) 472-2005 • Home Phone: (402) 742-5465 • Cell Phone: (402) 540-0268 • Release Date: Feb. 28, 2007 2007 Baseball Schedule This Week in Nebraska Baseball • Feb. 26-March 3 Hilton Arlington UTA Invitational 2007 Record (5-2, 0-0 Big 12) Feb. 16 New Mexico W, 6-2 Feb. 16 New Mexico L, 2-6 National Rankings: 7 (CB) • 18 (BA) • 12 (Sports Weekly) • 13 (NCBWA) Feb. 17 at Texas-Arlington W, 5-4 Weekend Schedule - at Stetson Invitational Feb. 18 Illinois State W, 7-3 Day Date NU Rank Matchup Location Radio Time Friday March 2 7/18/12 vs. Iowa (1-1) Deland, Fla. Husker Sports Network Noon Rice Invitational Saturday March 3 7/18/12 vs. Notre Dame (2-4) Deland, Fla. Husker Sports Network 2 p.m. Feb. 23 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 9-1 Saturday March 3 7/18/12 at Stetson (9-3) Deland, Fla. Husker Sports Network 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at No. 6 Rice L, 5-9 Polls are in the following order: Collegiate Baseball/Baseball America/Sports Weekly Feb. 25 No. 28 Florida Atlantic W, 8-7 Husker Pitching Probables Opponent Pitching Probables Stetson Invitational Fri. Tony Watson, Jr., LHP (1-0, 1.50 ERA, 4K, 6.0 IP) Iowa Steve Turnbull, So., RHP (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 4 K, 4 IP) March 2 Iowa Noon Sat.-1 Drew Bowman, So., LHP (1-0, 3.00 ERA, 7 K, 9.0 IP) ND Wade Korpi, Jr., LHP (1-1, 3.72 ERA, 8 K, 9.2 IP) March 3 Notre Dame 2 p.m. Sat.-2 Johnny Dorn, Jr., RHP (1-1, 5.73 ERA, 9 K, 11.0 IP) Stetson Chris Ingoglia, Sr., LHP (1-1, 3.29 ERA, 15 K, 16.2 IP) March 3 at Stetson 6 p.m. Following the Huskers This Week March 6 Nebraska-Kearney 1:35 p.m. Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (see list on page 4 and on Huskers.com) March 9 at Alabama 6:30 p.m. Live Stats: Huskers.com March 10 at Alabama 4 p.m. Live Video: HuskersNside (subscription required) March 11 at Alabama 11 a.m. March 13 Wayne State 1:05 p.m. March 15 at Texas Tech # 6:30 p.m. Huskers Wrap Up Road Swing in Florida March 16 at Texas Tech # 6:30 p.m. In over a century of baseball at the University of will carry nearly all of the Huskers’ 2007 schedule, both March 17 at Texas Tech # 2 p.m. Nebraska, the Husker baseball team has played in home and away. Live stats will be on Huskers.com. March 20 Western Illinois 1:35 p.m. many places around the country. Surprisingly, Florida Tournament Schedule March 21 Western Illinois 1:35 p.m. is not one of the them, but the Huskers will rectify that Friday, March 2 March 23 Missouri # 1:35 p.m. situation this weekend, as the No. 7 Huskers travel to Noon Nebraska vs. Iowa March 24 Missouri # 1:05 p.m. Deland, Fla., for the Stetson Invitational. The three-day March 25 Missouri # 1:05 p.m. 6 p.m. Notre Dame vs. Stetson tournament will feature the host Hatters (9-3), along March 27 Northern Colorado 6:35 p.m. Saturday, March 3 March 28 Northern Colorado 1:35 p.m. with Notre Dame (2-4) and Iowa (1-1). This weekend’s March 30 at Texas A&M # 6:30 p.m. trip to Florida not only is the Huskers’ first visit to the 10 a.m. Stetson vs. Iowa March 31 at Texas A&M # 2 p.m. Sunshine state, but wraps up a 10-game road trip to 2 p.m. Nebraska vs. Notre Dame April 1 at Texas A&M # 1 p.m. begin the 2007 season. 6 p.m. Nebraska vs. Stetson April 3 at Creighton 6:35 p.m. The Huskers will take on Iowa in the first of two Sunday, March 4 April 5 Oklahoma State # 6:35 p.m. matchups this season on Friday, March 2, at Noon 10 a.m. Notre Dame vs. Iowa April 6 Oklahoma State # 6:35 p.m. (central). On Saturday, the Huskers will play both Notre April 7 Oklahoma State # 1:05 p.m. Dame (2 p.m.) and Stetson (6 p.m.). All three games Nebraska is 5-2 on the season and comes off an 8-7 April 10 Iowa 6:05 p.m. will be played at Melching Field on Stetson’s campus. victory over No. 27 Florida Atlantic Sunday to complete April 11 at Wichita State 7 p.m. Every game this weekend will be carried on the a 2-1 weekend. In that game, Ryan Wehrle homered and April 13 at Oklahoma # 7 p.m. Husker Sports Network - the first of 49 games on the drove in three runs, while the Husker bullpen preserved April 14 at Oklahoma # (FSN) 3 p.m. a one-run lead with three shutout innings. April 15 at Oklahoma # 1 p.m. network during the 2007 season - and on Huskers.com The Huskers opened the tournament with a 9-1 April 17 Creighton 6:35 p.m. with Jim Rose and Randy Lee calling all of the action. April 20 Texas # 6:35 p.m. Fans should contact their local Husker Sports Network victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi before suffering April 21 Texas # (FSN) 3 p.m. affiliate for broadcast information. a 9-5 loss to No. 6 Rice the following afternoon. Even April 22 Texas # 1:05 p.m. Saturday’s game against Notre Dame will be in the loss, the Huskers tagged a Rice pitching staff April 24 North Dakota State 6:35 p.m. joined in progress following the conclusion of the NU- for five runs after it entered the contest with a 1.69 April 25 North Dakota State 1:35 p.m. Colorado men’s basketball game, scheduled for 12:30 ERA in their first 11 games. NU remained seventh in April 27 Kansas State # 6:35 p.m. p.m. tipoff. Fans can also watch all three games live the Collegiate Baseball poll on Monday and moved from April 28 Kansas State # 2:05 p.m. on HuskersNside (subscription required) as the website 19th to 18th in Baseball America. April 29 Kansas State # 1:05 p.m. May 4 Coastal Carolina 6:35 p.m. The Husker Position Players May 5 Coastal Carolina 2:05 p.m. Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting May 6 Coastal Carolina 1:05 p.m. C 8 Jeff Lanning R So. .294 0 2 1st career 3-hit game vs. UTA; Northwoods League All-Star (.273-1-24) May 11 Baylor # 6:35 p.m. C 45 Mark Hightower R Jr. .000 0 0 Started vs. Illinois St. on Sun.; Former walk-on now on scholarship May 12 Baylor # 2:05 p.m. C 13 Mitch Abeita R Jr .000 0 0 .303-5-27 at North Central (Texas) College in 2006 May 13 Baylor # 1:05 p.m. 1B 18 Andrew Brown R Sr. .455 1 4 Homered in 1st AB at TAMUCC; 3-for-4 with 2 2B vs. FAU May 15 vs. Creighton 7:05 p.m. 1B/RHP 14 Thad Weber R Jr. .389 0 6 2-for-4 w/2RBI and 2 scoreless innings vs. TAMUCC May 18 at Kansas # 7 p.m. 2B 3 Jake Opitz L Jr. .360 0 2 Big 12 Player of the Week (.600 with 5 runs in 3 games) May 19 at Kansas # 6 p.m. SS 10 Ryan Wehrle R Jr. .308 2 4 Third-team All-American in 2006; 18th round draft pick May 20 at Kansas # 5 p.m. 3B 2 Jake Mort R So. .167 0 2 .964 fielding pct. in 2006 was best by NU 3B in 20 years May 23-27 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship TBA 3B 15 Craig Corriston R Jr. .318 1 7 1st-team all-conference at Paris (Texas) JC (.376-6-56) June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA 3B 19 Jeff Tezak S Jr. .357 0 2 1st-team JC All-American (.386-1-35) at Palomar JC June 8-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA UTL/RHP 9 Steve Edlefsen R Jr. .000 0 0 Tied NU record with 6 hits and hit for cycle vs. Iowa in 2006 June 15-25 College World Series TBA OF 12 Andy Gerch R Jr. .379 0 4 5 hit day vs. ISU on 2/18; honorable-mention All-Big 12 OF 21 Nick Sullivan L So. .167 0 2 2-run triple vs. No. 6 Rice; 3.791 GPA in business admin. #-Big 12 games; All times listed are Central and subject to OF 24 Bryce Nimmo L Jr. .214 0 3 6-game hit streak; 9th in the Big 12 with 16 SB in 2006 change; FSN-Fox Sport Net OF 4 DJ Belfonte L Fr. .313 0 2 True freshman has team-high seven walks and .560 OBP OF 38 John Lee L R-Fr. .000 0 0 Career .427 hitter at Mason City (Iowa) HS; 3.912 GPA in chemistry Nebraska Baseball 2007 Weekly Release #3 • Page 2 • Feb. 28, 2007 • Huskers.com Head Coach Mike Anderson - Fifth Season Big 12 Preseason Polls Northern Colorado, 1990 • 187-75 (.714) Record Collegiate Baseball Baseball America Big 12 Coaches • 2003 & 2005 Big 12 Coach of the Year No.