May 27, 2019

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Webster (37-11)

Champion of UW-Whitewater Regional

5/17 vs. Bethany Lutheran W, 11-2 BX
5/17 at UW-Whitewater W, 7-5 BX
5/18 vs. North Central (Ill.) L, 14-9 BX
5/19 vs. North Central (Ill.) W, 11-2 BX

Champion of Concordia-Chicago Super Regional

5/24 at Concordia-Chicago W, 4-3 BX RC
5/25 at Concordia-Chicago W, 17-6 BX RC

 D-III College World Series

5/31 at Mass-Boston L, 4-3 BX RC P P
6/1 at Washington and Jefferson L, 3-2 P BX
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Statistics

Runs per game

6.90

Earned run average

2.88

On-base percentage

.403

Strikeout-to-walk ratio

2.93

Slugging percentage 

.427

Walks+hits/IP

1.17
   

Key hitters

Ben Swords 3B Ben Swords

Swords was a First-Team All-SLIAC and Second-Team All-Central Region selection. He was also named to the All-Tournament Team at the Whitewater, Wis., Regional

.369, 52 R, 7 HR, 52 RBI, 15 SB

Key pitchers

Matt Mulhearn RHP Matt Mulhearn

The MVP of the Whitewater Regional, Mulhearn leads the Gorloks in wins, starts. complete games, ERA, innings pitched and strikeouts.

1.99, 12-2, 5 CG, 0 Sv, 99.1 IP, 100 K

AJ Smith SS Matt Stalker

Staker exceled in situational hitting by drawing 24 walks with 12 hit by pitches and led the league in sacrifice bunts with 12, which is sixth in Division III.

.309, 32 R, 1 HR, 37 RBI, 7 SB

Adrian Santiago RHP Adrian Santiago

Santiago went 2-1 with a 2.18 ERA and had four saves. In 11 appearances in league play. For this performance, he was named to the All-SCIAC team.

2.36, 7-2, 0 CG, 9 Sv, 53.1 IP, 55 K

Scouting report

  • Webster's opening round opponent, Mass-Boston, will be a familiar foe of the Gorloks as Webster picked up a 6-4 win over the Beacons on March 13 in Kissimmee, Fla., as part of the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.
  • Webster comes into the D-III College World Series having won 11 of its last 12 games overall, including posting a 5-1 record in the NCAA Playoffs, earning the Whitewater Regional Title and the Chicago Super Regional crown.
  • The Gorloks are 2-6 all-time in the Division III World Series as they played in the event in 2012, 2013 and 2015 and Webster has yet to win its opening round game in the World Series as they fell 12-4 to Cortland in the first round in 2015 and then fell 14-8 to Kean in the first round in 2013 and 3-2 to Wheaton (Mass.) in the 2012 first round.
  • We recruited these guys when we were going to the World Series, having a little stretch there and are filling their expectations on when they came to Webster." - Head coach Bill Kurich.

Roster

No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht. Wt.
00 Aron Hopp OF R/R Jr. 5-11 175
1 Adrian Santiago P R/R Sr. 6-0 171
2 Adam Lovell OF L/R Jr. 5-8 170
3 Kyler Kent 1B L/R So. 6-0 199
4 Brandon Dryer OF L/R Fr. 5-8 178
5 Jake Knoebel INF R/R So. 5-8 178
6 Austin LaHue 1B/OF R/R Sr. 6-2 215
7 Danny Strohm 2B R/R Sr. 5-8 180
8 Nate Tholl OF R/R Sr. 5-10 185
9 Joe Swanson C R/R Jr. 5-9 195
11 Sean Beaver P/INF R/R So. 6-3 175
12 Matt Mulhearn P R/R Jr. 6-3 187
13 Ben Swords 3B/P R/R So. 6-0 200
15 Kellen Quigley INF R/R So. 5-11 184
16 Alex Foppe P R/R Fr. 6-2 200
18 Andrew Padilla P R/R So. 6-0 180
19 Zach Goodman C L/R Fr. 6-0 185
20 Joey Marko P R/R Fr. 6-2 170
22 A.J. Smith INF/OF L/R Jr. 6-2 195
23 Mitch Daniels INF R/R Fr. 6-0 195
25 Bobby Strandt P L/L So. 6-0 180
26 Brendan May P R/R Fr. 6-0 170
27 Jake Anderson P R/R So. 6-1 165
28 Matt Staker SS R/R So. 6-0 170
30 Jake Breeden INF R/R Fr. 5-8 145
31 Christian Dahncke C R/R Sr. 6-0 200
32 Trey Neighbors P R/R So. 6-1 218
36 Shane Donovan P L/L Jr. 5-10 190
37 Garrett Davis P L/L Jr. 5-11 165
38 Ben Kowalski P R/R So. 6-2 187
41 Austin Jisa C R/R Fr. 5-11 175
43 Steven De la Torriente P R/R Jr. 5-11 150
44 Dakota Borman P/1B L/L Jr. 6-3 200
45 Jay Blake P R/R Sr. 5-11 185
49 Nick Heiden P R/R Fr. 5-11 180
50 Mike Kogut P R/R Sr. 6-5 235
51 Morgan Murphy 1B L/L So. 6-1 185
55 Bryce Meyer P L/L Jr. 6-4 210