March 21, 2007
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This Week's Action
Utah Valley (5-14) looks to end a five-game losing streak this weekend with three games at Gonzaga beginning on Friday. All three games will feature live GameTracker and can be found at www.WolverineGreen.com.
Friday's series opener is scheduled for 4pm MT while Saturday and Sunday are both set for 2pm MT starts.
The Wolverines are scheduled to start Jace Brinkerhoff (1-4, 5.70), Kyle Kasper (2-0, 6.41) and lefty Dan Christensen (2-2, 6.70). Gonzaga expected starters are Josh Monroe (3-0, 2.81), Brandon Harmon (2-4, 5.70) and Clayton Mortensen (2-2, 6.70).
This will be the second meeting this season and the seventh overall between Utah Valley and Gonzaga. The two met at the Banana Belt Tournament earlier in the year with the Bulldogs scoring twice in the bottom of the eighth to earn a 6-5 win. Gonzaga holds a 6-0 all-time series lead.
UV was swept last weekend at Nevada, with two of the losses coming by one run. After being shutout 11-0 in the opener by Wolfpack starter Ryan Rodriguez, the Wolverines fell behind in game two 8-1 before roaring all the way back with a seven-run seventh inning. But Nevada's David Ciarlo drove in what ended up as the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh and UV lost 9-8.
The final game of the series saw Ciarlo as the hero again for the Wolfpack, as he again drove in the winning run, this time in the 10th inning to give Nevada a 4-3 win and the sweep.
Scouting the Bulldogs
Gonzaga, who won the Banana Belt Tournament earlier in the year, is 14-11 pending Wednesday's matchup with Washington at the Bulldogs' newly built Patterson Baseball Complex. The `Zags were 3-0 in their new digs before falling to Washington State on Tuesday.
Gonzaga is led by Bryan Winston, who is batting .439 while Dustin Colclough is batting .342 with three home runs and 15 runs batted in. Friday's starter Josh Monroe is a perfect 3-0 with a 2.81 ERA and has struck out 23 batters in 25.1 innings.
UVSC to Become to UVU
On July 1, 2008, Utah Valley State College will officially become Utah Valley University. Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. was on the Utah Valley campus on Monday and made if official with his signature on SB70.
The school, which will become the state's fifth university, currently offers 54 bachelor's degrees. The first graduate degrees will likely be in instructional education, nursing health sciences and business,.
On Deck
The Wolverines will face Utah next Tuesday at Ute Field at 2pm before opening the home schedule with a three-game series against South Dakota State beginning Thursday.
