St. Norbert College Sports Information Dan Lukes, Sports Information Director 123 Schuldes Sports Center - De Pere, Wisconsin 54115 920-403-4077 - phone 920-403-3128 - FAX [email protected] - e-mail Web site - www.snc.edu/athletics NCAA DIVISION III BASEBALL TOURNAMENT - MIDWEST REGIONAL St. Norbert College (23-13) vs. College of St. Scholastica (35-5) - 5/13 - 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, May 13-16, 2009 E.J. Schneider Field (1,500) - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Tournament Overview: 2009 Results St. Norbert College makes its second NCAA Division III Baseball Date Opponent Result Tournament appearance as the Green Knights participate in the Midwest M 15 vs. Allegheny L 6-3 Regional at E.J. Schneider Field in Oshkosh. The winner of the six-team, W 8-4 double-elimination tournament advances to the NCAA Division III World M 16 vs. Edgewood L 4-1 (8) W 4-3 (9) Series at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute May 22-26. M 17 vs. Loras W 14-4 M 18 vs. Millikin W 10-8 The Series: M 19 vs. Albright W 8-0 St. Norbert and St. Scholastica have never met on the baseball diamond. M 20 vs. St. Olaf L 16-5 L 14-0 St. Olaf leads St. Norbert 2-1 in the all-time series. The Oles swept the M 21 vs. Greenville W 3-2 (10) Green Knights 16-5 and 14-0 earlier this season in Auburndale, Fla. St. M 28 at UW-Stevens Point W 6-1 Norbert beat St. Olaf 10-8 on March 27, 2005 in Port Charlotte, Fla. L 11-1 St. Norbert leads Beloit 69-27 in an all-time series dating back to 1986. A 4 at UW-Oshkosh W 5-4 The Green Knights have won 37 of the last 43 meetings, but Beloit has won L 7-4 A 9 Carroll * W 13-3 four of six games this season. W 13-2 UW-Stevens Point leads St. Norbert 42-23 in the series dating back to A 11 at Carroll * W 16-4 1963. The Green Knights and Pointers split this season in Stevens Point, W 7-1 with St. Norbert winning 6-1 before the Pointers won 11-1. A 14 at UW-Platteville W 6-3 St. Norbert and St. Thomas have never met on the baseball diamond. L 13-5 A 18 Beloit * W 11-7 L 10-7 The Coaches: A 24 at Beloit * L 12-4 St. Norbert coach Tom Winske (Fort Hays State, 1988) is 232-153-1 in his W 14-11 11th season in De Pere. He was the Midwest Conference North Division A 28 at Ripon * L 6-1 Coach of the Year in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. L 4-2 A 29 Ripon * W 14-11 Long-time St. Scholastica coach John Baggs, who was 530-195-3 in 17 sea- W 5-1 sons in Duluth, lost his battle with cancer on Feb. 24. The Saints’ coaching A 30 at Lawrence * W 7-2 staff has been sharing duties in his absence. W 5-4 St. Olaf coach Matt McDonald (St. Olaf, 1989) is 403-187 in his 15th sea- M 2 Lawrence * W 17-7 son in Northfield. W 7-6 (10) M 8 Grinnell $ W 9-8 Beloit coach Dave DeGeorge (Beloit, 1989) is 259-339-1 in his 19th season Beloit $ L 6-3 in Beloit. M 9 Monmouth $ W 7-5 St. Thomas coach Dennis Denning (St. Thomas, 1966) is 512-157-1 in his Beloit $ L 9-6 15th season in St. Paul. M 13 vs. St. Scholastica % 4 p.m. UW-Stevens Point coach Pat Bloom (UW-Stevens Point, 2001) is 190-92 in M 14 vs. TBA % TBA * - Midwest Conference game; $ - Midwest his sixth season in Stevens Point. Conference Tournament, De Pere/Green Bay, Wis. % - NCAA Division III Midwest Regional, - MORE - Oshkosh, Wis. Note: Home games in bold. NCAA Tournament History: Athletic Conference Tournament St. Norbert Quick Facts St. Norbert has made just one pre- title this past weekend. The Saints, Nickname: . .Green Knights vious appearance in the NCAA who were 19-1 in the UMAC regu- Location: . .De Pere, WI 54115 Division III Baseball Tournament. lar season, topped Bethany Colors: . .Dartmouth Green & Old Gold The Green Knights earned the Lutheran 30-4 and 14-9 this past Founded: . .1898 Midwest Conference’s automatic Friday to come through the losers’ Enrollment: . .2,100 berth in 2003 and were assigned to bracket to win the tournament. President: . .Thomas Kunkel the West Regional in Orange, Calif. St. Scholastica is hitting .356 as a Athletics Director: . .Tim Bald Eventual national champion team and has hit 121 doubles out of Conference: . .Midwest Conference Chapman University beat St. 451 total hits. Brandon Peterson is Facility: . .Mel Nicks Field Norbert 20-1 in the opener and hitting .426 with 12 doubles and 30 Capacity: . .500 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges eliminated runs batted in. Brian Marshik is hit- Year Opened . .1958 the Green Knights in the next game ting .421 with 14 doubles and 30 Dimensions . L - 325, LC - 365, C - 400, RC - 340, R - 315 5-0. runs batted in, while Chad Peterson Head Coach: . .Tom Winske is hitting .405 with 31 RBIs. Paul Record at St. Norbert: . .232-153-1 (11th year) About the Green Knights: Kolodge is the Saints’ top power Assistant Coaches: . .Dick Zeratsky St. Norbert enters the regional at threat with a .380 batting average, . .Jordan Bischel 23-13 overall and went 12-4 in the four home runs and 52 runs batted . .Nat Richter Midwest Conference North in. .Jordan Stauber Division. Beloit beat St. Norbert The Saints boast a top-flight . .Gary Winske twice this past weekend to win the pitching staff with a team earned First Season of Baseball: . .1958 Midwest Conference Tournament. run average of 2.92. Peter Burg has Seasons of Baseball: . .52 The Green Knights have won eight made 11 starts and is 9-0 with a 2.92 All-Time Overall Record: . .656-637-8 of their last 10 games entering earned run average and .264 batting All-Time MWC Record: . .249-133 NCAA tournament play. average against. Adian Kummet is MWC Championships: . .Three The Green Knights are hitting 6-2 with a 1.43 earned run average . .(1996,1997,2003) .308 as a team. Junior outfielder with a .176 batting average against. NCAA Tournament Appearances: . .Two Jared Yost is among the national Kummet has allowed 32 hits and . .(2003,2009) batting leaders with a .459 batting has struck out 70 in 50.1 innings average, and has 18 extra-base hits pitched. Tournament Schedule with 28 runs batted in and 22 stolen bases. Junior shortstop Tony Yost’s Year: Wednesday, May 13 Jandron is hitting .358 with six Junior outfielder Jared Yost has Game 1 - 10 a.m. home runs and 45 runs batted in, enjoyed a breakout season, hitting a St. Olaf (29-12) vs. Beloit (28-7) while sophomore outfielder robust .459. Yost has hit safely 68 Game 2 - 1 p.m. Brandon Hintz is hitting .350 with times in 148 at bats and is six hits St. Thomas (31-10) vs. UW-Stevens Point (29-14) four home runs and 17 runs batted shy of the school record for hits in a Game 3 - 4 p.m. in and 19 stolen bases. season (74), set by Adam Frost in St. Scholastica (35-5) vs. St. Norbert (23-13) St. Norbert’s pitching staff brings 2007. Thursday, May 14 a team earned run average of 4.92 Yost enters the NCAA Game 4 - 10 a.m. into the tournament. Senior Tournament with a 17-game hitting Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 righthander Justin Wotachek has streak, his second skein of at least Game 5 - 1 p.m. been the staff workhorse, posting that length in his career. Yost, who Winner Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3 64.1 innings pitched. Wotachek is 6- had a 23-game hitting streak in Game 6 - 4 p.m. 2 with a 3.36 earned run average 2008, last took the collar when he Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 and .250 batting average against. was 0-for-4 in the first game of a junior righthander Trevin doubleheader against UW- Friday, May 15 Hillesheim is 3-2 with a 3.43 earned Platteville on April 14. Yost, who hit Game 7 - 10 a.m. run average and .234 batting aver- .561 in Midwest Conference games, TBA vs. TBA age against. Sophomore has hit safely in 23 of his last 24 Game 8 - 1 p.m. TBA vs. TBA righthander Bryan Stoppenbach is games and has at least one hit in 33 Game 9 - 4 p.m. 3-3 with a 4.58 earned run average of 36 games this season. Yost has 24 TBA vs. TBA with a .249 batting average against multi-hit games, including 10 with in 57 innings pitched. at least three hits. Saturday, May 16 Yost’s 22 stolen bases are five Game 10 - 11 a.m. About the Saints: short of the school record of 27 set TBA vs. TBA St. Scholastica enters the regional by Frost in 2007. Yost stole 21 bases Game 11 - 2 p.m. 35-5 overall after winning its 13th last season for a two-year total of TBA vs. TBA consecutive Upper Midwest 43. Jandron Jabber: Schedule Snippets: Junior shortstop Tony Jandron St. Norbert received a rare at- Head Coach Tom Winske has heated up at the plate down the large berth out of the Midwest Education: Bachelor’s stretch to propel the Green Knights Conference thanks to a demanding degree at Fort Hays to an 8-2 record during their last 10 non-conference schedule that State (1988); master’s games.