Baseball 3/27/2024 4:49:00 PM

On Tap this Week: Baseball hosts MSUB, softball heads to Canada, track off to Cali

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HOME EVENTS ...
FRIDAY
- Baseball vs. Montana State Billings, 1 p.m. (DH)
SATURDAY
- Baseball vs. Montana State Billings, 1 p.m. (DH)

ON THE ROAD ...
FRIDAY
- Track & Field at Mike Fanelli Track Classic (San Francisco)
- Track & Field at Stanford Invite (Stanford, Calif.)
- Softball at Simon Fraser, 3 p.m. (DH)
SATURDAY
- Track & Field at Mike Fanelli Track Classic (San Francisco)
- Track & Field at Stanford Invite (Stanford, Calif.)
- Track & Field at Pacific Open (Forest Grove, Ore.)
- Softball at Simon Fraser, 3 p.m. (DH)

WOLVES NOTES ...

BASEBALL (12-13 OVERALL, 6-6 GNAC)

GNAC STANDINGS | GNAC STATISTICS | WOU STATS | WOU STAT RANKINGS

SERIES HISTORY vs. MONTANA STATE BILLINGS (10-20 overall, 4-8 GNAC)

ALL-TIME: 96-35
STREAK: Won 6
2023 RECORD vs. MSUB: 6-1 (5-0 at home, 1-1 at MSUB)

THE WOLVES ...

LAST WEEK: 1-0 at George Fox (8-5 win)
STREAK: Won 1
SPLITS: Home 5-3 | Road 7-8 | Neutral 0-2

WOU TEAM STATS (GNAC Ranking: Out of 5 Teams):

RUNS PER GAME: 5.76 (4th)
AVG: ..270 (4th)
ERA: 5.02 (3rd)
FLD %: .972 (2nd)

WOU INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS (GNAC Ranking)

AVG: John Oleson - .320 (11th)
SLG: Justyn Herzog - .470 (13th)
OBP: Herzog - .408 (10th)
RUNS: Herzog - 24 (T-4th); Owen Bischoff - 20 (T-10th)
HITS: Oleson, Curran Mitzel - 32 (T-8th)
RBI: Mitzel - 18 (T-10th)
2B: Zach Valdez - 6 (T-11th)
3B: Mitzel - 3 (1st)
HR: Herzog - 4 (T-4th)
HBP: Herzog - 11 (1st); Oleson - 8 (2nd); Mitzel, Collin Irwin - 4 (T-6th)
SB: Bischoff, Mitzel - 4 (T-7th)
ERA: Dylan Chalmers - 3.03 (3rd); Jacob Memmott - 3.86 (7th)
OPP AVG: Memmott - .224 (3rd); Arturo Alvarez - .262 (8th); Owen Murdock - .266 (9th)
IP: Chalmers - 35.2 (T-5th); Alvarez - 34.2 (10th)
SO: Chalmers - 34 (3rd); Memmott - 29 (T-7th)
K/9: Memmott - 8.60 (3rd); Chalmers - 8.58 (4th); Murdock - 8.46 (5th)
W: Memmott, Alvarez - 3 (T-3rd)
SV: Bryce Bond - 2 (T-3rd)
APP: Shane Bailey - 11 (T-3rd)

MONTANA STATE BILLINGS NOTES

The Yellowjackets are coming off splitting a four-game series at home against Central Washington, snapping a four-game losing streak entering the series
MSUB ranks second in the GNAC in hitting (.287), first in slugging (.467) and home runs (35) and third in runs per game (6.03).
The Yellowjackets rank last in the conference in ERA (8.27), hits per nine innings (12.41), WHIP (1.94) and walks allowed per nine (5.06).
MSUB has four players in the top 10 in the GNAC in hitting, slugging percentage and runs scored.
Seven of the top 14 home run hitters in the conference thus far come from MSUB with Kaden Kirshenbaum and Payton Flynn tied with NNU's Trevor Tishenkel with seven homer to lead the GNAC. Flyyn also leads the GNAC in RBI (25).

SOFTBALL (15-12 OVERALL, 3-1 GNAC)
GNAC STANDINGS | GNAC STATISTICS | WOU STATS | WOU STAT RANKINGS

SERIES HISTORY vs. SIMON FRASER (5-21 overall, 0-8 GNAC)

ALL-TIME: 32-43
STREAK: Won 4
2023 RECORD vs. SFU: 4-0 (in Monmouth)

THE WOLVES ...

LAST WEEK: 2-2 at Tournament of Champions (beat CP Humboldt 10-0, Sonoma St. 5-1; Lost to CSU San Bernardino 3-2, CSU Dominguez Hills 1-0)
STREAK: Lost 2
SPLITS: Home 6-3 | Road 5-4 | Neutral 4-5

WOU TEAM STATS (GNAC Ranking: Out of 7 Teams):

RUNS PER GAME: 4.04 (5th)
AVG: .283 (1st)
ERA: 2.08 (3rd - 28th in D-II)
FLD %: .950 (5th)

WOU INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS (GNAC Ranking)

AVG: Victoria Zimmerman - .397 (1st); Kate Ronning - .356 (4th)
SLG: Ronning - .425 (15th)
OBP: Zimmerman - .500 (1st); Ronning - .429 (6th)
RUNS: Zimmerman, Ronning - 19 (T-5th)
HITS: Zimmerman - 31 (T-3rd)
RBI: Natalie Willoughby - 16 (T-9th)
2B: Ronning - 5 (T-9th)
3B: Sydney Conklin - 3 (1st)
HR: Willoughby - 4 (T-8th)
HBP: Chelby Smalley - 3 (T-7th)
SB: Bella Valdes - 12 (2nd); Aaliyah Gaborault - 8 (T-7th); Zimmerman - 7 (T-10th)
ERA: Alivia Holden - 1.24 (3rd); Mackenzee Collins - 1.40 (5th)
OPP AVG: Holden - .168 (2nd); Collins - .206 (4th)
IP: Collins - 85 (3rd)
SO: Collins - 88 (2nd)
K/7: Collins - 7.25 (2nd)
W: Holden - 7 (5th); Collins - 6 (T-6th)
SV: Collins - 2 (3rd)
APP: Collins - 16 (T-7th)

SIMON FRASER NOTES

The Red Leafs enter this series on a 14-game losing streak - tied for the fifth-longest current losing streak in D-II (Shorter of the Gulf South Conference has lost 20 in a row). SFU's last win, oddly enough, came against 13th-ranked Western Washington 7-4 March 2 in Bellingham. It's one of four losses for the Vikings this season (22-4 - one of those losses was a non-conference contest against WOU in Lacey with the other two coming against Northwest Nazarene).
SFU ranks fourth in the conference in batting average (.268), but are last in runs per game (3.31) and on-base percentage (.316).
In the circle, the Red Leafs are sixth in the conference in ERA (5.64).
Defensively, SFU is last in the conference and 232nd out of 268 teams in D-II in fielding (.935).
The Red Leafs feature two of the top six base stealers in the conference in GNAC-leader Megan Duclos with 17 while Grace McMillan is sixth with nine. SFU is third in the GNAC in steals with 39 - three ahead of WOU.

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