Complete Game Notes (pdf)
at Fort Hays State University Tigers
Hays, Kan. • Larks Park
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Tuesday |
02/19 |
at |
Fort Hays State |
7 inn. |
1:30 p.m. |
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Saturday |
02/19 |
at |
Fort Hays State |
9 inn. |
3:30 p.m. |
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vs Rockhurst University Hawks
Topeka, Kan. • Falley Field
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Saturday |
02/23 |
vs |
Rockhurst |
7 inn. |
1:00 p.m. |
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Saturday |
02/23 |
vs |
Rockhurst |
9 inn. |
3:00 p.m. |
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Sunday |
02/24 |
vs |
Rockhurst |
9 inn. |
2:00 p.m. |
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Leading Off...
Head coach Steve Anson will be coaching his 1,600th career game in game one against Fort Hays State. He's gone 832-764-3 in 34 seasons with 33 at Washburn and one at Wayne State (Neb.).
Fort Hays State leads the all-time series with Washburn, 94-67. Washburn has won four of the last six games in the last three years in Hays.
The two teams have met every year since 1979 and the series started in 1966.
Rockhurst leads the series with Washburn 33-30 after the Ichabods were swept in two games last year.
The two teams have played every year since 1999 and the series dates back to 1949.
Shortstop
Dakota Kell batted .600 last weekend against Truman and had a .800 slugging percentage. He was 6 of 10 with three RBI and five runs scored.
Riley Price was 3 for 4 in game 2 on Sunday with 5 RBI against Truman. He had three different RBI hits in his first start as designated hitter.
Washburn scored 16 runs in the first three innings in that game and then withstood TSU's comeback that consisted of 11 unanswered runs.
The games last weekend marked the earliest start to the MIAA season in school history. A Feb. 26 start in 2010 was the previous soonest start date.
Ichabods continue action with FHSU Tuesday then only non-conference opponent, Rockhurst this weekend
The Ichabods will continue MIAA action with a 1:30 p.m. doubleheader Tuesday against Fort Hays State at Larks Park. They will then host Rockhurst, their only non-conference opponent of the year, Saturday at Falley Field with a 1 p.m. doubleheader and Sunday with a 2 p.m. single game.
The FHSU games were scheduled for Wednesday but inclement weather pushed the schedule ahead a day.
Washburn went 2-1 last weekend against Truman to open the season. The Ichabods won the opener, 14-8 on Saturday and then split the doubleheader Sunday with an 8-1 loss then a 16-11 win.
Fort Hays State was swept in three games last weekend against Central Missouri in Hays and is 3-4 overall and 0-3 in the MIAA. Rockhurst will be starting its 2013 season Saturday against Rockhurst after going 33-19 last year and 20-11 in the GLVC.
The Ichabods will follow this week's action with a five-game road trip next week. They'll start February 26 at Nebraska-Kearney with a doubleheader and then play three games next weekend at Lincoln.
The Series Records
Fort Hays State leads the all-time series with Washburn, 94-67 but the Ichabods have won four of the last six in Hays. The series has been every year since 1979 and it goes back to 1966.
Rockhurst leads the series against Washburn, 33-30. The Ichabods had won or split four straight season series against the Hawks before Rockhurst swept the two games last year. They've played every year since 1999 and the series goes back to 1949, the third year of Washburn baseball.
Head Coach Steve Anson begins his 34th season at Washburn
Washburn head coach Steve Anson reached a career milestone with his 800th win as the Ichabods coach last year and he's beginning 2013, his 34th season at Washburn, with an 809-742-3 (.522) record.
Anson, the winningest coach in the MIAA, is 832-764-3 (.521) in 35 seasons overall as a head coach after coaching the 1979 season at Wayne State (Neb.) and then starting at Washburn in 1980.
He was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, and is a 1976 graduate of Kansas State where he still holds the Wildcats' career record with 19 triples.
Alberts named to NCBWA preseason all-region team
Senior first baseman
Brad Alberts was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason all-Central Region second team announced in the preseason.
Alberts earned second team all-MIAA last year as he finished second on the team hitting .377 and was third with eight home runs. He finished with 41 RBI, 16 doubles and 37 hits, all second best on the team. He will be Washburn's leading returner in all of those categories.
Alberts started the year batting .455 (5 of 11) with two RBI and three runs scored.
Ichabods return three all-MIAA selections from last year
Senior pitcher
Brett Ash and senior first baseman
Brad Alberts earned all-MIAA second team honors last year and sophomore catcher
Richard Swan earned honorable mention.
Ash went 7-4 last year with a 2.81 ERA. He tied for the NCAA Division II lead with 10 complete games. Alberts was second on the team batting .377. Swan batted .243 and he threw out 18 would-be base stealers.
Washburn lost all-MIAA first-teamer and All-American
John Calhoun, who batted .398 with 43 RBI. The Ichabods also lose second-teamer
Tyler Bean and honorable mention players
Kerry Schachenmeyer and
Marcus Peavler.
MIAA coaches pick Ichabods seventh in preseason poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Ichabods were picked seventh in the MIAA preseason baseball coaches poll released January 23.
Washburn went 27-24 overall last year and finished fourth in the MIAA at 22-18. The Ichabods advanced to their second straight MIAA tournament as the No. 4 seed and won a first round game before falling twice on the second day.
The Ichabods totaled 118 points in the voting, 10 points above No. 8 Lindenwood, one of four MIAA newcomers. Missouri Southern was sixth with 135 points. Three-time defending champion Central Missouri was the unanimous choice at No. 1, followed by Missouri Western at No. 2, Emporia State at No. 3, Central Oklahoma at No. 4 and Fort Hays State at No. 5.
With the addition of four new schools (LWU, UCO, No. 9 Northeastern State and No. 10 Nebraska-Kearney) pushing MIAA baseball to a 15-team sport, the conference tournament will expand to an eight-team event. The top four teams will host Nos. 5 through 8 in an on-campus, best of three round and then the tournament will shift to a neutral site for the final four teams.
Coming Up Next
Washburn will play five games on the road next week with a midweek doubleheader February 26 at Nebraska-Kearney and then a three-game series at Lincoln on March 2-3.
