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May 18, 2010
After
winning their fourth SLIAC Tournament, the Webster University baseball
team learned yesterday that they will be traveling to Moline, Ill., for
the Central Regional hosted by Augustana College (Ill.). The Gorloks
will be the #4-seed in the six team Regional and will face the #3-seed
Ripon College in the first round on Wednesday, May 19, at 7:00pm. The
other four teams in the Regional include #1 Buena Vista, #2 North
Central (Ill.), #5 Rose-Hulman and #6 Illinois Wesleyan.
As
the 2010 Spring baseball and softball seasons come to an end, several
SLIAC teams and individuals remain ranked in the top 20 in the national
statistical rankings.
In
the latest NCAA Division III baseball statistical rankings, Webster is
ranked fifth in Home Runs (53.0), ninth in Home Runs per Game (1.23),
15th in Earned Run Average (3.78), third in Hits Allowed per Nine
Innings (7.76) and 14th in Won-Loss Percentage (.791). Greenville
College is also ranked 13th in Base on Balls (210.0).
Individually, Greenville's Stefan Neece has dominated in several
categories. He is ranked first in Home Runs (19.0), first in Slugging
Percentage (1.085), first in On Base Percentage (0.663), first in Base
on Balls per Game (1.29), first in Base on Balls (54.0), eighth in
Batting Average (.487), third in Home Runs per Game (0.45), 11th in Runs
Batted In per Game (1.6), third in Runs Batted In (67.0) and 14th in
Total Bases (127.0). Also ranked in the top 20 from the SLIAC are
Webster's Will Savage and Bryan Stanley, Principia's
Samuel Thomas and Eureka's Clay McConkey. Savage is ranked
sixth in Earned Run Average (1.71) and fourth in Hits Allowed per Nine
Innings (5.37). Stanley is also ranked 10th in Hits Allowed per Nine
Innings (6.03). Thomas is ranked 10th in Victories (9.0) and McConkey is
ranked 14th in Strikeouts (85.0).
In
the NCAA Division III softball national statistical rankings, Fontbonne
University is the lone team ranked in the top 10. The Griffins are
ranked seventh in Stolen Bases per Game (2.37). Individually,
Greenville's Angie Doherty is ranked sixth in Home Runs per Game
(0.33) and 20th in Home Runs (11.0), Blackburn's Grace Young is
ranked 10th in Slugging Percentage (0.895) and Kariann Hill is
ranked 17th in Hit by Pitch per Game (0.24) and Fontbonne's Kourtney
VonBehren is ranked 12th in Hits Allowed per Seven Innings (4.05). |
