Utah Valley State (8-12) vs. Northern Colorado (19-11)
Location: Provo, Utah
Date: April 2nd & 3rd
Times: April 2nd @ 1:00 pm; April 3rd @ 1:00 pm
Site: Miller Park @ Brigham Young University
Radio: None
Internet Broadcast: None
Series Record: First Meeting
April 1, 2004
OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley State baseball team will host the University of Northern Colorado on Friday and Saturday with single games both days starting at 1:00 pm.
Wolverine Update:
The Wolverines most recently split a doubleheader with Albertson College on Tuesday. UVSC look a 7-4 lead into the ninth inning in game one, but saw its lead evaporate when the Coyotes scored seven runs in the ninth to beat the Wolverines 11-7.
In game two, UVSC starter Aaron Tash pitched the Wolverines first complete game of the season, scattering five hits and three runs to earn the victory, 6-3.
UVSC's overall record is 8-12 in its first year of Division I play. UNC comes into the two-game set with an overall record of 19-11. The Bears are coming off a two-game sweep of the Air Force Academy.
Both UVSC and UNC are making the jump to NCAA Division I this season. UNC has been competing at the D II level, while UVSC is the first school in history to make the jump from junior college to D I.
Wolverine Probable Starters:
Catcher: Jeff Broadhead (.324, 7 RBI) or Dan Bulow (.366, 5 2B, 10 RBI)
First Base: Trent Perry (.250, 4 HR, 15 RBI)
Second Base: Pepe Jones (.301, 3 2B, 7 RBI)
Shortstop: Jeremy Harris (.171, 1 3B, 7 RBI)
Third Base: Reno Mendenhall (.276, 5 2B, 6 RBI)
Left Field: Kevin Hashimoto (.254, 2 2B, 5 RBI)
Center Field: Canyon Vance (.294, 2 HR, 14 RBI)
Right Field: Adam Hutchinson (.000) or Jed Jensen (.222, 2 2B, 2 RBI)
Designated Hitter: Josh Hinckley (.417, 2 2B, 1 RBI) or Dan Bulow (.366, 5 2B,
10 RBI)
Probable Pitching Rotation:
Friday's Starter: Jed Jensen, RHP (1-2, 6.94)
Saturday's Starter: Brady Drake, LHP (1-2, 9.55)
Home Away From Home:
The Wolverines will play all their home games at Brigham Young University's Miller Park 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 travel to Caldwell, Idaho to play Albertson College in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 6. The first game will start at 12:00 pm (MST) and the second game will start approximately 25 minutes after the first game ends.
