SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY2015 Baseball Series Notes

2015  SCHEDULE/RESULTSOverall: 6-­‐9  •  Atlantic  10:  0-­‐0

FEBRUARYFri. 20 at  Loyola  Marymount . . . . . . W,  2-­‐1Sat. 21 at  Loyola  Marymount . . . . . . . L,  7-­‐3

at  Loyola  Marymount . . . . . . L,  10-­‐0Sat. 28 at  USC Upstate . . . . . . . . . . . . L,  5-­‐1

at  USC Upstate . . . . . . . . . . . L,  12-­‐5

MARCHSun. 1 at  USC Upstate . . . . . . . . . . . . L,  3-­‐0Fri. 6 # vs.  Illinois  State . . . . . . . . . . . . L,  7-­‐2Sat. 7 # vs.  Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L,  3-­‐2Sun. 8 # vs.  Lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L,  9-­‐2Tue. 10 # vs.  Florida  International . . . W,  11-­‐5Wed. 11 # vs.  Seton  Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . L,  16-­‐9Fri. 13 WAGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W,  7-­‐2Sun. 15 NORTHEASTERN . . . . . . . . . . W,  2-­‐0Tue. 17 at  Bucknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W,  9-­‐2Wed. 18 MONMOUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . W,  11-­‐4Sat. 21 * GEORGE WASHINGTON . . 3:00  p.m.Sun. 22 * GEORGE WASHINGTON. . . . . . Noon

* GEORGE  WASHINGTON . . 3:00  p.m.Tue. 24 & PENN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Wed. 25 at  Saint  Peter’s . . . . . . . . . 3:30  p.m.Fri. 27 * at  George  Mason . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Sat. 28 * at  George  Mason . . . . . . . 2:00  p.m.Sun. 29 * at  George  Mason . . . . . . . 1:00  p.m.

APRILThu. 2 at  Villanova . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:15  p.m.Fri. 3 BRYANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00  a.m.Tue. 7 & at  Lafayette/Villanova . . . . . . . . TBAFri. 10 * at  Rhode  Island. . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Sat. 11 * at  Rhode  Island. . . . . . . . . 1:00  p.m.Sun. 12 * at  Rhode  Island . . . . . . . . . . . . NoonTue. 14 & LBC Championship  Game . . . . . TBAWed. 15 SAINT PETER’S . . . . . . . . . 3:30  p.m.Fri. 17 * VCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Sat. 18 * VCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00  p.m.Sun. 19 * VCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00  p.m.Tue. 21 vs.  Villanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBAWed. 22 at  Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Fri. 24 * at  Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Sat. 25 * at  Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00  p.m.Sun. 26 * at  Dayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00  a.m.Tue. 28 at  Rider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:30  p.m.Wed. 29 at  Monmouth . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.

MAYFri. 1 * LA SALLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Sat. 2 * LA SALLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00  p.m.Sun. 3 * LA SALLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00  p.m.Tue. 5 DELAWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Fri. 8 * at  St.  Bonaventure . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Sat. 9 * at  St.  Bonaventure . . . . . . . . . NoonSun. 10 * at  St.  Bonaventure . . . . . . . . . NoonTue. 12 VILLANOVA . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Thu. 14 * SAINT LOUIS . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Fri. 15 * SAINT LOUIS . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00  p.m.Sat. 16 * SAINT LOUIS . . . . . . . . . . 11:00  a.m.Wed. 20 + Atlantic  10  ChampionshipThu. 21 + Atlantic  10  ChampionshipFri. 22 + Atlantic  10  ChampionshipSat. 23 + Atlantic  10  Championship

Home  games  in  CAPS  at  Smithson  Field#  – Snowbird  Classic  (Port  Charlotte,  Fla.)

&  – Liberty  Bell  Classic  game(Championship  at  Citizens  Bank  Park,  Philadelphia,  Pa.)

*  – Atlantic  10  Conference  game+  – Atlantic  10  Championship  (Arlington,  Va.)

(##/##)  – Rankings  in  NCBWA/Baseball  America pollsAll  times  Eastern  and  subject  to  change

Contact: Joe  Greenwich  •  Phone: 610-­‐660-­‐1738  •  Fax: 610-­‐660-­‐1724  •  Email: jgreenwi@sju.edu  •  www.sjuhawks.com

GAME  DAYVENUE: John  W.  Smithson  Field  (Merion  Station,  Pa.)SURFACE  (CAPACITY): AstroTurf  3D  GameDay  Grass  (400)AUDIO  STREAMING: Links  available  at  SJUHawks.comVIDEO  STREAMING: NoneLIVE STATS: Links  available  at  SJUHawks.comALL-­‐TIME SERIES: George  Washington  leads,  29-­‐15LAST MEETING: March  23,  2014: Colonials  4,  Hawks  3HAWKS’  NEXT  GAME: Tuesday,  March  24  vs.  Penn  (Liberty  Bell  Classic)

HAWK  HEADLINES•  Saint  Joseph’s  opens  conference  play  on  a  four-­‐game  winning  streak  and  having  won  fiveof  its  last  six.    On  the  flip  side,  after  a  hot  start,  George  Washington  has  lost  four  of  six.•  Junior  outfielder  John  Brue  is  the  reigning  Big  5  Baseball  Player  of  the  Week  after  driving  inseven  runs  and  scoring  five  over  the  course  of  four  games  between  March  10-­‐15.•  The  Hawks  and  Colonials  met  on  the  first  weekend  of  conference  play  in  2014  as  well.    SaintJoseph’s   took   the   first   two  games  of   the  series  before  George  Washington  pulled  out   thefinale  at  Barcroft  Park.

PROBABLE STARTERSGeorge Washington Saint  Joseph’s

Saturday: RHP Bobby  LeWarne RHP Tim  Ponto(3-­‐1,  4.26  ERA) (1-­‐2,  1.89  ERA)

Sunday  (Game  1): RHP Robbie  Metz RHP  Pat  Vanderslice(1-­‐0,  0.47  ERA) (1-­‐2,  1.80  ERA)

Sunday  (Game  2): RHP Shane  Kemp RHP Justin  Aungst(2-­‐1,  2.87  ERA) (1-­‐0,  1.98  ERA)

LAST TIME OUT......Saint   Joseph's   ran   its   winning   streak   to   four   with   an   11-­‐4   rout   of   Monmouth   at

Smithson  Field  on  Wednesday.    Reigning  Big  5  Player  of  the  Week  John  Brue  hit  his  team-­‐leading  fifth  home  run  of  the  year  and  Stefan  Kancylarz  added  three  hits  for  the  Hawks,  whoscored  in  five  consecutive  innings  between  the  second  and  the  sixth.

On   Tuesday,   the   Hawks   traveled   to   Bucknell   and   cruised   past   the   Bison,   9-­‐2.     PeterSitaras  was  2-­‐for-­‐4  with  three  runs  scored  in  the  game,  while  Deon  Stafford  was  2-­‐for-­‐3  witha  pair  of  runs  scored  of  his  own.

Last   weekend,   SJU won   its   first   two   home   games   of   the   season   over   Wagner   andNortheastern.    After  a  7-­‐2  win  over  the  Seahawks  on  Friday,  Pat  Vanderslice,  Jack  Stover,  andLansing  Veeder  combined  for  a  three-­‐hit,  2-­‐0  shutout  of  Northeastern  on  Sunday.

George Washington Colonials(9-6 overall, 0-0 Atlantic 10)

atSaint Joseph’s Hawks

(6-9 overall, 0-0 Atlantic 10)

March 21-22, 2015

FRIENDLY CONFINES: John  W.  Smithson  Field,  now   in   its   fourthseason,  is  the  home  of  Saint  Joseph’s  baseball.    The  field  featuresa  synthetic  AstroTurf  3D  GameDay  Grass  surface  and  a  dirt  pitch-­‐ing  mound;  the  turf   is  the  industry-­‐standard  surface  that  is  cur-­‐rently  in  use  by  the  Tampa  Bay  Rays  and  Toronto  Blue  Jays  of  theAmerican  League.    Located  on  the  James  J.  Maguire  ‘58  Campus,the   facility  also   features  spacious  dugouts,  elevated  bullpens   inright  field,  a  press  box,  and  bleacher  seating  for  400  spectators.Fans  can  also  watch  from  along  the  fence  down  each  of  the  foullines  and  from  the  berm  in  right  center  field.    The  opening  of  theballpark  brought  varsity  baseball  back   to  Hawk  Hill   for   the   firsttime  since  1958.

PUTTIN’  ON THE FRITZ: The  Hawks  have  increased  their  win  totalin  each  of   Fritz  Hamburg’s   six  previous   seasons  as  head  coach.The  Hawks  have  averaged  better  than  23  wins  per  season  underHamburg,  the  highest  mark  in  school  history,  and  Hamburg  cur-­‐rently  ranks  as  Saint  Joseph’s  second-­‐winningest  baseball  coachof  all-­‐time.

CLIMBING THE RANKS: With   the   Hawks’   11-­‐5   triumph   overFlorida   International   on   March   10,   head   coach   Fritz   Hamburgrecorded  his  143rd   career   victory,   all   in  a  Hawk  uniform.     Thatmoved  him  into  second  place  on  SJU’s  all-­‐time  wins  list,  trailingonly  Chris   Loschiavo,  who   recorded  184  wins  with  Hawks   from1987-­‐96.

WELCOME BACK: David   Valesente,   a   2010   graduate   of   SaintJoseph’s,  has  returned  to  Hawk  Hill  as  a  volunteer  assistant  coachfor   a   second   season.     Fifth   in   program  history  with   216   careerhits,   Valesente   spent   three   seasons   in   professional   baseball,including   a   stint   with   the   Pittsburgh   Pirates   organization.Coincidentally,   Valesente’s   father,   George,   coached   SJU   headman  Fritz  Hamburg  when  he  was  an  undergrad  at  Ithaca  College.

BIG (5) MEN ON CAMPUS: Formed  in  2006  as  the  Diamond  Five,Philadelphia  Big  5  Baseball  aims  to  increase  exposure  for  collegebaseball   in   the   Philadelphia   area.     The   organization   selects   aPitcher  and  Player  of  the  Week  throughout  the  year  and  namesan  All-­‐Big  5  Team  and  award  winners  at  the  end  of  the  season.    Alist  of  Saint  Joseph’s  weekly  award  winners  appears  in  the  box  atthe  bottom  of  this  page.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Coaches   around   the   Atlantic   10   havetaken  notice  of  the  resurgence  of  the  Saint  Joseph’s  baseball  pro-­‐gram,  voting  the  Hawks  fifth  in  the  conference’s  preseason  poll.It  is  SJU’s  highest  preseason  league  ranking  in  recent  memory.

CENTURIONS   CLUB: Senior   Stefan   Kancylarz   ranks   11th   in   pro-­‐gram  history  with  188  career  hits.    He  is  the  only  active  Hawk  toreach  the  100-­‐hit  plateau  in  his  Saint  Joseph’s  career.

FOR WHOM THE (LIBERTY) BELL TOLLS: 2015   marks   the   24thyear   of   the   annual   Liberty   Bell   Classic,   a   tournament   featuringSaint  Joseph’s  and  seven  other  Division  I  schools  in  the  area.    Thechampionship  game  is  held  at  Citizens  Bank  Park,  home  of  MajorLeague   Baseball’s   Philadelphia   Phillies.     The   Hawks   have   nowmade  five  appearances   in  the  championship  game,  winning  thetitle  in  two  of  the  last  three  seasons  (2012,  2014).

STARTING OFF RIGHT: Saint   Joseph’s   has   won   its   conferenceopener  in  all  six  of  Fritz  Hamburg’s  seasons  on  Hawk  Hill,  and  willaim  to  continue  the  streak  on  Saturday.    In  five  of  those  six  sea-­‐sons,  the  Hawks  have  started  league  play  2-­‐0.

NICE WORK,  ROOK: Freshman  Justin  Aungst  made  his  collegiatedebut  on  February  20  and  made  it  count,  tossing  three  shutoutinnings  of   relief  and  earning  the  win  as  SJU  opened  the  seasonwith  a  2-­‐1  win  at  Loyola  Marymount.    Aungst  was   later  namedthe  Atlantic  10  Rookie  of  the  Week  for  his  efforts.

YOU’RE MY BOY,   BRUE: John   Brue   hit   .400   over   a   four-­‐gamestretch,  with  five  runs  scored,  seven  RBI,  and  two  home  runs  asthe  Hawks  went  3-­‐1  from  March  10-­‐15.    Brue  was  voted  the  Big  5Baseball  Player  of  the  Week.

HEATING UP: After  a  slow  start  to  the  season,  the  Saint  Joseph’sbats  have   come  around   in  a  major  way.     The  Hawks   scored  17runs  through  their  first  nine  games  before  breaking  out  for  sevenin  more  in  five  of  their  last  six.    SJU  has  scored  49  runs  in  its  last50  innings  at  bat.

TOP-­‐SHELF  BRUE: Junior  outfielder  John  Brue  has  hit  five  homeruns  through  the  first  15  games  of  the  season,  tops  in  the  Atlantic10  through  March  20.

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Weekly  HonorsThe  following  Hawks  have  earned  weekly  honors  this  season:

Atlantic  10  Rookie  of  the  Week•  February  23: Justin  Aungst

Big  5  Player  of  the  Week•  March  16:  John  Brue

AROUND THE A-­‐10: Here’s  a  look  at  the  Atlantic  10  schedule  forthe  first  conference  weekend  of  the  season:

George  Mason  at  Richmond Massachusetts  at  DaytonLa  Salle  at  Davidson Rhode  Island  at  Saint  LouisIdle:  Fordham,  St.  Bonaventure,  VCU*

*Teams  denoted  as  “idle”  may  play  non-­‐conference  series  duringtheir  weekend  off  from  conference  play.

SAINT JOSEPH’S RECORD WHEN......scoring  first:  4-­‐2...leading  after  three  innings:  4-­‐1...leading  after  six  innings:  5-­‐1...leading  after  seven  innings:  6-­‐0...leading  after  eight  innings:  6-­‐0...trailing  after  three  innings:  1-­‐6...trailing  after  six  innings:  0-­‐7...trailing  after  seven  innings:  0-­‐9...trailing  after  eight  innings:  0-­‐9...tied  after  eight  innings:  0-­‐0...playing  extra  innings:  0-­‐0...playing  a  one-­‐run  game:  1-­‐1...scoring  10  runs  or  more:  2-­‐0...scoring  three  runs  or  less:  2-­‐7...allowing  10  runs  or  more:  0-­‐3...allowing  three  runs  or  less:  4-­‐2...facing  a  left-­‐handed  starter:  3-­‐2...facing  a  right-­‐handed  starter:  3-­‐7

TALE OF THE TAPESaint  Joseph’s George  Washington

Team  Batting  Average: .235  (10th  in  the  A-­‐10) .272  (6th  in  the  A-­‐10)Earned  Run  Average: 4.74  (9th  in  the  A-­‐10) 4.02  (4th  in  the  A-­‐10)Opponents’  Batting  Average: .252  (6th  in  the  A-­‐10) .246  (4th  in  the  A-­‐10)

TEAM  LEADERSBatting  Average: Stefan  Kancylarz,  .365 Robbie  Metz,  .377Home  Runs: John  Brue,  5 Kevin  Mahala,  2Runs  Batted  In: John  Brue,  13 Bobby  Campbell,  13Runs  Scored: John  Brue,  15 Joey  Bartosic,  15Walks: Stefan  Kancylarz,  13 Three  with  5Hit  By  Pitch: Stefan  Kancylarz/Brian  Lau,  4 Brandon  Chapman,  3Stolen  Bases: Taylor  Boyd,  4 Joey  Bartosic/Robbie  Metz,  8Slugging  Percentage: John  Brue,  .667 Andrew  Selby,  .617On-­‐Base  Percentage: Stefan  Kancylarz,  .522 Joey  Bartosic,  .433Earned  Run  Average: Jack  Stover/Lansing  Veeder,  0.00 Craig  LeJeune,  0.00Appearances: Jack  Stover,  7 Eddie  Muhl,  7Innings  Pitched: Pat  Vanderslice,  20.0 Bobby  LeWarne,  25.1Strikeouts: Pat  Vanderslice,  21 Bobby  LeWarne,  25Wins: Six  with  1 Bobby  LeWarne,  3Losses: Three  with  2 Jacob Williams,  2Saves: Lansing  Veeder,  2 Eddie  Muhl,  4

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ATLANTIC  10  STANDINGS(as  of  March  20)

Atlantic  10 Overall1. Davidson 0-­‐0 10-­‐5

Dayton 0-­‐0 6-­‐12Fordham 0-­‐0 6-­‐12George  Mason 0-­‐0 7-­‐9George  Washington 0-­‐0 9-­‐6La  Salle 0-­‐0 9-­‐10Massachusetts 0-­‐0 0-­‐5Rhode  Island 0-­‐0 4-­‐6Richmond 0-­‐0 7-­‐7St.  Bonaventure 0-­‐0 9-­‐2Saint  Joseph’s 0-­‐0 6-­‐9Saint  Louis 0-­‐0 13-­‐7VCU 0-­‐0 9-­‐9

Saint Joseph's BaseballStatistics Summary for Saint Joseph's (as of Mar 18, 2015)

(All games)

Record: 6-9 Home: 3-0 Away: 2-5 Neutral: 1-4 Atlantic 10: 0-0

Date Opponent Score2/20 at LMU W 2-12/21 at LMU L 3-72/21 at LMU L 0-102/28 at USC Upstate L 1-52/28 at USC Upstate L 5-123/1 at USC Upstate L 0-33/6 vs Illinois State L 2-73/7 vs Indiana L 2-33/8 vs Lehigh L 2-93/10 vs FIU W 11-53/11 vs Seton Hall L 9-163/13 WAGNER W 7-23/15 NORTHEASTERN W 2-03/17 at Bucknell W 9-23/18 MONMOUTH W 11-4

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb hbp so sb-attKANCYLARZ, Stefan . 3 6 5 15-15 52 5 19 2 2 1 11 13 4 10 0-1

MAUL, Matt . 3 3 3 15-15 54 9 18 0 0 0 8 6 0 10 2-2

BRUE, John . 3 1 6 15-15 57 15 18 1 2 5 13 6 3 21 1-1

STAFFORD, Deon . 2 9 2 13-12 48 9 14 3 2 0 6 7 0 14 0-1

COGHLIN, Charlie . 2 2 9 12-10 35 2 8 0 0 0 5 1 1 9 0-0

JADACKI, Cal . 2 0 8 15-14 53 6 11 1 0 1 3 5 1 15 1-1

SITARAS, Peter . 2 0 0 12-10 30 8 6 0 0 0 2 7 1 11 1-1

LAU, Brian . 1 9 5 12-11 41 4 8 3 0 0 4 1 4 15 0-1

BOYD, Taylor . 1 4 3 13-12 42 4 6 0 0 0 2 6 1 11 4-4

--------------------SHANK, Nate . 2 8 6 5-1 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0-0

CUOCI, Dominic . 1 5 2 10-8 33 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 17 0-0

GIACALONE, Marc . 1 1 1 6-5 18 1 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 7 0-0

FUHRMANN, Nick . 0 0 0 3-3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0-0

VEEDER, Lansing . 0 0 0 4-4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 0-0

GORMAN, Joey . 0 0 0 5-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0-0

PATER, Ryan . 0 0 0 4-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0-0

VISELLI, David . 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0

TRISLER, Dusty . 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0

Totals . 2 3 5 15 497 66 117 11 7 7 59 65 16 161 9-12

Opponents . 2 5 2 15 496 86 125 33 3 4 74 62 26 99 12-18

LOB - Team (128), Opp (125). DPs turned - Team (13), Opp (7). IBB - Team (2), Brue1, Kancylarz 1, Opp (7). Picked off - Maul 1, Boyd 1, Veeder 1.

Player era w-l app gs cg sh sv ip h r er bb soVANDERSLICE, Pat 1 . 8 0 1-2 4 4 0 0 0 20.0 17 9 4 3 21PONTO, Tim 1 . 8 9 1-2 4 4 0 0 0 19.0 11 7 4 12 12PALLANTE, Tyler 6 . 8 9 0-2 5 4 0 0 0 15.2 22 12 12 5 8--------------------STOVER, Jack 0 . 0 0 1-1 7 0 0 0 0 9.0 3 1 0 5 5VEEDER, Lansing 0 . 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 0 2 6.0 4 1 0 2 6POWLES, Steve 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1AUNGST, Justin 1 . 9 8 1-0 5 2 0 0 0 13.2 14 7 3 6 16MANION, Joe 6 . 3 5 1-1 4 1 0 0 0 11.1 11 9 8 4 6MCCARTHY, Tim 6 . 4 3 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 5 4 3KELLY, Ryan 6 . 7 5 0-1 6 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 6 5 3 6DeVINCENZO, Zach 7 . 7 1 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 5 4 3 2WEIDMAN, Darren 9 . 0 0 1-0 5 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 5 5 3 3CUOCI, Dominic 11.25 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 5 4HOLCOMB, Jason 15.43 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 4 2 2HASKINS, Matt 16.20 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 3 3 1 2MORELLA, Matt 27.00 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 6 6 4 2Totals 4 . 7 4 6-9 15 15 0 1 2 129.0 125 86 68 62 99

Opponents 4 . 0 5 9-6 15 15 0 2 4 131.0 117 66 59 65 161

PB - Team (5), Lau 3, Stafford 2, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (2), Kelly 1, Stafford1, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - Stafford (9-11), Lau (3-7), Vanderslice (2-5), Ponto (2-4),Aungst (2-3), Holcomb (2-2), Kelly (2-2), Pallante (1-1), Cuoci (1-1).

Score by innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TotalSaint Joseph's 4 4 6 8 18 14 5 5 2 66Opponents 7 9 8 3 17 13 13 11 5 86

Win-loss breakouts: Day 5-8; Night 1-1; vs Left 3-2; vs Right 3-7;1-run games 1-1; 2-run games 1-0; 5+run games 4-5; Extra inns 0-0; Shutouts 1-2.Current streak: Won 4; Longest winning streak: 4; Longest losing streak: 8.Attendance: Home 359 (avg 119); Away 1587 (avg 132); Total 1946 (avg 129).

* = Conference game