May 27, 2019

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Chapman (38-11)

Champion of Chapman Regional

5/17 vs. Whitman W, 10-5 BX
5/17 vs. Whitman L, 2-1 BX
5/18 vs. Whitman W, 9-4 BX
5/18 vs. Whitman L, 5-2 BX
5/19 vs. Whitman W, 3-2 BX RC

Champion of Chapman Super Regional

5/17 vs. Concordia (Texas) W, 11-3 BX
5/18 vs. Concordia (Texas) W, 3-2 BX RC

 D-III College World Series

5/31 vs. Washington and Jefferson W, 6-3 BX RC RC RC P P
6/1 at Mass-Boston L, 10-6 BX RC P
6/2 at Washington and Jefferson W, 8-4 BX RC RC RC P
6/2 at Mass-Boston W, 8-4 BX RC RC P
6/3 vs. Mass-Boston W, 8-4 BX RC RC P P
6/4 at Birmingham-Southern W, 6-4 RC P BX
6/4 vs. Birmingham-Southern W, 11-0 BX P
 
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Statistics

Runs per game

5.69

Earned run average

2.92

On-base percentage

.372

Strikeout-to-walk ratio

2.90

Slugging percentage 

.396

Walks+hits/IP

1.24
   

Key hitters

Joe Jimenez C  Joe Jimenez

Jimenez played 42 games behind the plate with a fielding percentage of .990, throwing out 24% of base stealers.

.311, 25 R, 1 HR, 18 RBI, 11 SB

Key pitchers

Tyler Peck RHP Tyler Peck

Peck has been a force for the Panthers on the mound all season. Chapman's ace led the Panthers and currently leads the nation with 150 strikeouts this season.

1.72, 7-3, 0 CG, 0 Sv, 104.1 IP, 150 K

Tristan Kevitch OF Tristan Kevitch

Kevitch hit .600 in the five-game Chapman Regional with five doubles, two RBI, three walks and a solo home run.

.315, 27 R, 4 HR, 28 RBI, 9 SB

Nick Garcia RHP Nick Garcia

Garcia is the only reliever to be featured on D3baseball.com's All-West first team after putting up a pefect 7-0 record while also amassing nine saves.

0.56, 8-0, 0 CG, 9 Sv, 48.0 IP, 75 K

Scouting report

  • Chapman has made it to the College World Series for the 11th time, winning the national championship in 2003. This will be Scott Laverty's first trip to the final round since taking over the program three years ago.
  • The Panthers won their final eight SCIAC contests to capture the regular season championship and then swept through the SCIAC postseason tournament to qualify for the NCAA Playoffs. 
  • Chapman is just one of two top regionally ranked teams to make the trip to Cedar Rapids with Birmingham-Southern the other top regionally ranked team in the D-III World Series.
  • "This is such a group of good men. We felt this was a destignation we could be at, we knew we had a good team, and it was in our sites."  - head coach Scott Laverty

Roster

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. B/T
1 Austin Merrill RHP Jr. 5-10 165 R/R
2 Mason Collins RHP Sr. 6-0 190 L/R
3 Joe Jimenez C Jr. 5-10 185 R/R
4 Alex Tsuruda OF Sr. 5-10 180 R/R
5 Ben Mollahan IF Fr. 5-9 165 R/R
6 Aaron Wong IF Jr. 5-8 165 R/R
7 Miguel Cebedo IF Fr. 6-0 185 R/R
8 Kevin Gregersen C Jr. 6-0 190 L/R
9 Tristan Kevitch OF Sr. 6-3 195 R/R
12 Drew Littwin IF Fr. 5-8 165 R/R
13 Kyle Joye OF/RHP So. 6-2 190 R/R
14 Christian Hall IF So. 6-0 185 R/R
15 Mack Cheli IF So. 6-4 225 R/R
16 Jonathan Hernandez RHP Sr. 6-1 200 R/R
17 Cooper Foard C Fr. 6-0 170 R/R
18 Brad Shimabuku OF Fr. 5-11 175 R/R
19 Riley Glenn RHP So. 6-2 185 R/R
21 Jarod Penniman IF Sr. 5-10 185 R/R
22 Tyler Peck RHP Sr. 6-1 230 R/R
23 Ben Ziv RHP Fr. 6-2 205 R/R
24 Cole Fleming RHP So. 6-1 180 R/R
25 Mitchell Briggs IF Jr. 6-2 195 R/R
26 Trevor Marrs OF So. 6-1 195 L/R
28 James Bitter C/OF Fr. 5-11 185 R/R
32 Henry Zeisler OF So. 5-10 195 L/R
33 Cody Turner RHP So. 5-11 190 R/R
34 Nick Garcia RHP So. 6-3 210 L/R
45 Parker Rey IF Fr. 5-11 220 R/R