Utah Valley State (1-7) vs. Central Michigan University (2-3)
Location: Cedar City, Utah
Date: March 10, 2004
Times: 1:00 pm (MST)
Site: Thunderbird Field
Radio: None
Internet Broadcast: None
Series Record: First Meeting
March 9, 2004
OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley State baseball team will travel to Cedar City, Utah to play one game against Central Michigan University on Wednesday at 1:00 pm (MST) on the campus of Southern Utah University.
CMU has spent the last four days in St. George and Cedar City playing the University of Utah and SUU. The Chippewas were beat, 14-10 by Utah on Saturday and they defeated SUU on Monday, 15-5.
Wolverine Update
UVSC played in the Banana Belt Tournament hosted by Lewis & Clark State last weekend. The Wolverines won their first game against University of Portland, 5-4. Jason Ward (1-1) pitched 8.0 strong innings and struck out 12.
UVSC lost its next three games against Gonzaga, Washington State, and defending NAIA National Champions, LCSC.
Freshman Josh Hinckley (.381) and sophomore Canyon Vance (.346) are pacing the Wolverines offensively. In his first series against Mesa State, Vance went 7 for 10 with two doubles and a homerun.
Ward will look to make it two in a row on Wednesday as he is slated to get the start on the mound.
Wolverine Probable Starters
Catcher: Jeff Broadhead (.286, 1 3B, 1 RBI) or Joel Taylor (.000)
First Base: Trent Perry (.219, 2 HR, 5 RBI)
Second Base: Ryan K. Jones (.269, 1 2B, 1 RBI)
Shortstop: Dylan Priest (.176, 1 2B, 1 RBI) or Jeremy Harris (.000)
Third Base: Reno Mendenhall (.118, 0 RBI) or Canyon Vance (.346, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1HR, 4 RBI)
Left Field: Canyon Vance or Sam Van Dyken (.217, 1 HR, 2 RBI)
Center Field: Kevin Hashimoto (.071, 1 SB)
Right Field: Jed Jensen (.133, 1 RBI) or Adam Hutchinson (.000)
Designated Hitter: Josh Hinckley (.381, 2 2B, 1 RBI) or Dan Bulow (.462, 2 2B, 4
RBI)
Probable Pitching Rotation:
Wednesday's Starter: Jason Ward, RHP (1-1, 5.25)
On the Road Again
UVSC will play 18 road games before hosting Albertson College for a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 30th. The Wolverines will play all their home games at Brigham Young University due to the construction of Parkway Crossing Stadium.
Parkway Crossing Stadium
The future home of Wolverine Baseball will be a long awaited 3.5 million dollar stadium to be built and ready for the 2005 campaign. Parkway Crossing Stadium will have primary grandstand area seating of 2,500. An additional 2,500 fans can throw down blankets on the grass berming down the left field line extending behind the left field wall. The unique design will follow the trend of several of the major league fields that have been constructed recently with different angles and corners down the lines and in the gaps around the outfield wall. The field dimensions will challenge opposing hitters in the gaps expanding to 449 feet in left-center and 413 feet to right-center. The center field wall will be 435 feet away. Directly down the left field line will be 325 feet with a 16-foot wall to contend with, and the short porch directly down the right field line is 307 feet, but immediately gets deeper toward the right-center field gap. The convenient location just off the I-15 will allow baseball fans to enter and exit the stadium quickly. The stadium will also be host to future high school state tournaments and Division I college tournaments and post-season play.
On Deck
The Wolverines will take their longest trip of the season traveling to Oregon and Idaho to play #25 ranked Oregon State in a three game series March 19-21, University of Portland March 23-24, and Northwest Nazarene University on March 26-27. The OSU series will mark the first games in school history against a NCAA Division I ranked opponent.
