Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
Ohio Valley (40-19, 23-7)
Big Wins: 2/28 Central Arkansas (11-6), 4/8 at Jacksonville State (22-6), 4/11 at Vanderbilt (5-2)
Bad Losses: 2/25 Bradley (5-7), 3/15 Illinois State (2-9), 5/12 at Eastern Kentucky (8-12)
Coach: Matt Bragga
Key Field Players:
Trevor Putzig, Junior, IF, .395 BA, 6 HR, 51 RBI
Ryan Flick, Junior, 1B, .384 BA, 18 HR, 70 RBI
Collin Harris, Junior, OF, .332 BA, 10 HR, 35 RBI, 13 SB
Alex Junior, Sophomore, OF, .324 BA, 5 HR, 35 RBI
Chris Brown, Senior, C, .316 BA, 11 HR, 50 RBI
Chase Chambers, Junior, 1B, .306 BA, 17 HR, 60 RBI
Matt Jones, Senior, IF, .304 BA, 8 HR, 42 RBI
Kevin Strohschein, Sophomore, OF, .289 BA, 14 HR, 60 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Michael Wood, Senior, P, 5.34 ERA, 8-4 W/L, 84.1 IP, 78 SO
Jake Usher, Senior, P, 5.48 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 69.0 IP, 56 So
Ethan Roberts, Sophomore, P, 3.65 ERA, 1-3 W/L, 44.1 IP, 73 SO, 13 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .317 (12th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.71 (172, 9)
Doubles per Game: 2.39 (5, 1)
Earned Run Average: 5.25 (185, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .973 (79, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 1.55 (2, 1)
Scoring Offense: 8.2 (7, 2)
Slugging Percentage: .519 (3, 2)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.73 (200, 7)
Triples per Game: 0.20 (158, 7)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2001 Regional defeated Wake Forest, lost to Tennessee, eliminated by Wake Forest
1997 Regional lost to Georgia Tech, defeated Ohio State, eliminated by Mississippi State
*all team stats through 5/21