Washburn (8-15, 8-11 MIAA) at Lincoln (8-15, 7-15 MIAA)
Date: April 8-10
Time: Friday - 3 p.m. / Saturday - 1 p.m. / Sunday - 12 p.m.
Rankings: Washburn (none); Lincoln (none)
Location: Jefferson City, Mo.
Field: LU Baseball Field (250)
Live Stats: www.lubluetigers.com

Complete weekly notes

Leading Off
Washburn (8-15, 8-11 MIAA) wraps up its 11-game road trip with a four-game MIAA series at Lincoln beginning on Friday. WU will play one game on Friday, a doubleheader on Saturday and one game on Sunday in Jefferson City. The Ichabods lost 17-14 in a slugfest against Newman on Tuesday night.

The Series
Washburn and Lincoln have met 16 times on the diamond with the Ichabods holding a 9-7 advantage in the series. The teams have not met since 2002 when Washburn took two out of three from the Blue Tigers. The Ichabods are 9-7 against Lincoln under Steve Anson.

Washburn
The Ichabods split a four-game series at Missouri Southern over the weekend. The teams split doubleheaders each day. Washburn took the opener 12-7 and fell short in the nightcap 12-11. The Ichabods won game three 8-7 in extra innings and fell 11-6 in the series finale. Last time out, Washburn dropped a 17-14 slugfest at Newman on Tuesday night. The teams combined for 40 hits, 31 runs, 18 extra-base hits and four home runs.
Andy Petz leads Washburn with a .373 average after going 10-for-15 in the MSSU series and 2-for-4 against Newman. He also leads the team with 25 RBI. Marcus Peavler (.355) and Boone Plager (.324) are also batting above .300 for WU. Dane Simoneau and Plager are the only other players with double digit runs batted in with 17 and 10, respectively.
Daren Parker leads the pitching staff with a 4.50 ERA and has a 2-2 record in six appearances (five starts). Brett Ash and Mitchell List also have two wins apiece. Freshman Derek Fogel leads the team with 27 strikeouts in 32.1 innings pitched. The Ichabod pitchers have a combined 6.64 ERA.

Lincoln
The Blue Tigers enter the weekend series at 8-15 overall and 7-15 in MIAA play after sweeping a doubleheader from Truman State on Tuesday. Lincoln won game one 10-6 and completed the sweep with an 11-5 win in the nightcap.
The Blue Tigers are led offensively by Chris Pfau and his .388 average, he also has a pair of home runs and 13 RBI. Six players are batting .319 or better for LU. Gus Durst leads the team with five home runs and 16 RBI. There are five players with at least 11 RBI. The Blue Tigers hit .293 as a team.
Pfau is also tied for the team lead with a pair of wins on the mound and leads the team with 31 K's in 31.1 innings. Taylor Klugman also has two wins. Ian Fuemmeler has a team-low 3.14 ERA in eight relief appearances. The Blue Tigers have a team ERA of 6.40 and opponents hit .291 against them.

Lincoln head coach Jim Dapkus
Blue Tiger head coach Jim Dapkus is in his seventh season leading the Lincoln program and his 16th year overall as a head coach. His record at LU stands at 111-224.

Anson 10th on All-time wins list
Steve Anson has 789 career wins in his 33rd season as a head coach, including 766 wins in his 32 seasons at Washburn. That victory total places him 10th on the all-time NCAA-II list. Anson has the most wins among active MIAA coaches.

FHSU and other schedule changes
Washburn's mid-week doubleheader against Fort Hays State has been postponed to April 26. The series was originally scheduled to be played on Tuesday, March 29 but was postponed due to wet weather in Hays.
Because of the series being moved to April 26, the single nine-inning game with Rockhurst originally scheduled for April 26 has been pushed back a day to April 27 at 6 p.m.

Last Time out for Washburn
April 5, 2011 - WICHITA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods fell to Newman in a 17-14 slugfest at McCarthy Field on Tuesday evening. The teams combined for 18 extra-base hits, including four home runs. The Ichabods are back in action this weekend for a four-game MIAA series at Lincoln beginning with a single nine-inning game on Friday at 3 p.m.
Washburn (8-15) raced to an early lead with five runs in the top of the first. Marcus Peavler had an RBI single to put WU up 1-0. After a single by Andy Petz loaded the bases, Tyler Bean smashed a bases-clearing double to center and the 'Bods led 4-0. Blake Hageman added an RBI fielder's choice to round out the scoring.
The lead was short lived, however, as the Jets plated five runs of their own in the bottom of the frame to tie the game at 5-5. David Longmore had an RBI single and later scored when Ryan Engrav belted a three-run homer. Thomas Robulack reach on an error that scored Scot Palmer to tie the game.
Newman (14-19) took its first lead of the game with a single run in the bottom of the second to go up 6-5. Palmer singled home Mike Williams to give the Jets the lead.
Washburn regained the lead 8-6 with three runs in the top of the third. Blake Boling had an RBI single to tie the game and Boone Plager had a two-run double to put the Ichabods in front. That lead evaporated quickly in the bottom of the inning. Longmore had a fielder's choice RBI to pull Newman within one and Williams gave NU the lead back with a two-run double. Engrav drove in his fourth run of the game with an RBI double and Palmer belted a two-run home run to put the Jets in front  12-8. Back-to-back doubles by Robulack and Brett Delcambre plated another run and the Jets led 13-8.
The 'Bods got one run back in the top of the fourth. Petz led off with a double and later scored on a Bean RBI single to pull within four at 13-9. The lead shrunk to three at 13-10 when Plager scored on a wild pitch in the fifth. Washburn had a chance for more, but stranded two runners.
Newman extended the lead back to six at 16-10 in the bottom of the fifth. Robulack smashed a three-run homer to left. A single run in the sixth made it 17-10, Longmore doubled home his third run of the game.
The Ichabods rallied for three runs in the eighth. David Wade belted smacked his third home run of the season, a two-run shot and Travis Cruz added an RBI double.
WU tallied another run in the ninth when Petz scored on a throwing error, but it was too little too late.
Shawn Moore (0-1) took the loss for Washburn giving up five runs on six hits in one inning of relief. Starter Raul Guevara last just 2.1 innings after giving up eight runs on nine hits.
Eric Hansen (2-0) earned the win for Newman allowing four runs on six hits in 2.1 innings of relief. Starter Logan Clewes allowed five runs on four hits in just 1.2 innings.
Bean finished 4-for-6 with two doubles and four RBI to lead the Ichabods. Boling, Cruz, Plager and Peavler each had two hits apiece.

Last Time out for Lincoln
LU Sports Info. - April 5, 2011 - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Junior second baseman Adam Rush tallied eight RBI as the Lincoln University baseball team swept Truman State, 10-6, and 11-5, Tuesday afternoon in Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) play at the LU Baseball Field.
Lincoln (8-15, 7-15 MIAA) opened game one strong, posting five runs over the first two innings.
With one out in the bottom of the first, Rush connected on a 0-1 high fastball that carried with the wind over the right field wall for a solo home run and an early 1-0 lead.
Rush struck again in the second after senior shortstop James Johndrow singled to drive in junior first baseman/designated hitter Drew Fannin, Rush drilled a three-run home run right down the left field line to plate Johndrow and junior center fielder Chris Pfau for a 5-0 lead after two.
Truman (10-16, 9-13 MIAA) got on the board in the fourth, as sophomore right-hander Darren Lasley carried a no-hitter through the first three innings before the Bulldogs exploded for six runs on four hits, along with a Lincoln error to take a 6-5 lead.
The Blue Tigers wasted little time regaining the lead. In the bottom half of the fourth, Fannin opened the inning with a walk and after a strikeout, Johndrow singled to center to put runners at first and second. Pfau then poked a single into left field to load the bases for Rush. Rush waited until a hanging 2-1 pitch came his way and he singled to right plating Fannin and Johndrow to put Lincoln back in front, 7-6.
Rush two-run single
Lincoln added two more runs in the inning thanks to an RBI single off the bat of senior left fielder Cedric Belt and a sacrifice fly by senior third baseman/catcher Brian Patrick to leave Lincoln ahead 9-6 after four.
Lincoln would tally another run in the sixth, as Pfau stole second and on the throw, Burcham came home to provide the final margin of 10-6.
Rush led the way, going 3-for-4 with six RBI and two home runs batting out of the two hole. Belt, Burcham and Johndrow all added two hits apiece, as Lincoln pounded out ten hits.
On the mound, Lasley lasted 5.1 innings to record the victory (1-2), in giving up six runs, two earned, on seven hits, while walking five and striking out five. Sophomore left-hander Ian Fuemmeler and Johndrow pitched the final 1.2 innings giving up just a hit and two walks.
The offense stayed warm in game two, as the first two batters delivered the first run of the game for Lincoln.
Pfau singled on a 2-0 pitch and then Rush knocked a 2-1 pitch to left-center to score Pfau all the way from first and give Lincoln a 1-0 lead.
After Truman tied the game in the top of the second, the Blue Tigers again went to work at the plate.
The first two outs were quickly retired, before Burcham, Johndrow and Pfau all doubled to plate two runs. Pfau came home on a throwing error on a ball put in play by Rush to give Lincoln a 4-1 lead after two.
The Bulldogs continued to show fight, getting a run in the third and two more in the fourth to tie the game at four.
Just like in game one, with the game tied in the middle innings, the Blue Tigers quickly answered and put the game out of reach.
In the home half of the fourth, the Blue Tigers posted four runs, with junior third baseman Cody Kempker starting the inning with a single. Burcham added a single and after Johndrow reached on a bunt single, Lincoln loaded the bases without an out. Pfau singled to first to drive in Kempker and help Lincoln regain the lead, 5-4. Rush added an infield single to shortstop to move everyone up another base and bring Burcham in for the sixth run of the game. After a fielder's choice cut down a baserunner at the plate, Patrick singled to center for an RBI, before senior Gus Durst closed the inning with a sacrifice fly RBI and leave Lincoln ahead 8-4 after four.
The Blue Tigers added two more in the sixth, with Belt belting his first home run of the season out to right for a two-run shot and a 10-5 lead.
Durst added an RBI fielder's choice groundout in the eighth to close the scoring.
Lincoln doubled Truman in hits (16-8), with Pfau going 4-for-5 batting leadoff, with four runs scored and two RBI. Rush added a 3-for-5 game two, with two runs scored and two RBI. Belt, batting third, went 2-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI. Burcham and Johndrow, batting eighth and ninth, respectively, added two hits each.
On the mound, junior right-hander Taylor Klugman started, lasting four innings, giving up four runs, three earned to get the no-decision. Fuemmeler followed, pitching the next two innings to pick up the win (1-1), as he allowed just one earned run on two hits. Pfau pitched the final three innings, striking out six without allowing a hit to record his second save of the season.
Lincoln will remain home this weekend when they will open a four-game series with Washburn this Friday with gametime set for 3 p.m. at the LU Baseball Field.

Ichabod Player Notes
#1 • Eric Schmid • RHP • R-Fr. • Has allowed three runs in 0.2 innings of relief
#2 • Blake Boling • OF • Sr. • Scored five runs during the Missouri Southern series
#4 • Daren Parker • LHP • Jr. • Picked up his first career complete game in a 7-0 win over Truman State
#5 • Boone Plager • IF • Jr. • Raised batting average to .323 after going 4-for-10 during the MSSU series
#7 • Dane Simoneau • IF • Sr. • Batting .276 with three doubles, one home run and 17 RBI in 22 games played
#8 • Cameron Kasel • C • Sr. • Is 2-for-14 in his last four games played
#9 • Alex Coons • RHP • Sr. • Is 0-1 with an 6.00 ERA in three appearances this season
#12 • Shawn Moore • RHP • Sr. • Has given up nine runs in 1.2 innings of work
#14 • Jeremy Heeke • RHP • Sr. • Has given up three runs on six hits in one inning of relief
#15 • Drew Mikkelson • RHP • Sr. • Has allowed nine runs on 12 hits in 4.2 innings of relief
#16 • Raul Guevara • RHP • Sr. • Tossed a complete game in win over Southwest Baptist
#18 • Derek Fogel • LHP • Fr. • Is 1-3 with a 5.29 ERA and a team-leading 27 strikeouts in 32.1 innings of work
#20 • Blake Hageman • IF • Jr. • Batting .227 with a pair of doubles and four RBI
#21 • Matt Raabe • IF • Sr. • Hit .400 with three RBI, including game-winning RBI in game three of Missouri Southern series
#22 • Travis Cruz • OF • Sr. • Batting .264 on the season through 21 games played
#23 • Tyler Bean • IF • Jr. • Was 5-for-10 with a home run and three runs scored in MSSU series
#25 • Brian Gomez • IF • Sr. • Raised batting average to .281 after going 2-for-5 with three runs scored against the Lions
#26 • Seth Huninghake • RHP • Jr. • Has allowed one run on two hits in three innings of relief work
#27 • Joey Hinckley • RHP • Jr. • Has allowed three runs on 10 hits in 6.1 innings of relief
#28 • Kerry Schachenmeyer • RHP • Jr. • Earned the first save of his career in game one win over Missouri Southern
#29 • Vince Liberatore • C • So. • Is 0-for-1 at the plate so far this season
#30 • Marcus Peavler • OF • Jr. • Went 8-for-15 with three doubles and five RBI against Missouri Southern, including 5-for-6 two RBI performance in game two of the series
#32 • Xavier Lewis • LHP • Jr. • Allowed one run on four hits in one inning in first action of the season against Newman
#33 • Mitchell List • LHP • Sr. • Is 2-1 with a 5.87 ERA in six relief appearances
#34 • TJ Lorson • C/1B • Jr. • Junior from Topeka has appeared five games with four plate appearances
#35 • Alex Mitts • IF • R-Fr. • Has scored two runs in 16 plate appearances so far this season
#36 • Andy Petz • C/1B • Sr. • Leads team with .373 average, six doubles, three triples, and 25 RBI
#37 • Brett Ash • RHP • So. • Is 2-4 with a 5.13 ERA in five starts this season
#39 • Brent Matile • C • R-Fr. • Redshirt Freshman from Yates Center, Kan. has yet to see action this season
#40 • David Wade • IF • Sr. • Batting .222 with team-leading three home runs and five RBI in 12 games this season
#41 • Ben Wilson • IF • Jr. • Hit his first career home run against Southwest Baptist
#42 • Wyatt Hall • IF/OF • Jr. • Batting .300 with four runs scored in 10 games played this season

Up Next
The Ichabods return home on April 12 to host Fort Hays State in a 2 p.m. doubleheader. Washburn will host Central Missouri in four-game MIAA series on April 16 and 17.