Nebraska Omaha Takes On Truman
Apr 28, 2011 | Baseball, General
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The UNO baseball team travels to Truman this weekend for its final road conference series of the regular-season, taking on the Bulldogs April 29-30. First pitch for Friday's doubleheader is set for 2 p.m. at the Bulldog Baseball Park in Kirksville, Mo., while Saturday's games will begin at 1 p.m.
Nebraska Omaha is 28-14 on the season after falling 8-5 to in-state rival Nebraska-Kearney on Wednesday night. The contest was an historic one for the Mavs and the Lopers, who were the first teams to play a collegiate game at brand-new Werner Park. UNO enjoyed a season-best crowd of 2,033 fans in attendance.
Junior Brady Hohl led the way at the plate, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored. The Millard North product extended his hitting streak to 16 games, which is the longest of any Maverick this season.
Earlier this year, the Mavericks enjoyed an 11-game win streak from March 18 to April 2. UNO ranks third in the MIAA with a 25-13 conference record, ahead of fourth-place Missouri Western (22-18, 19-15 MIAA).
TSU enters the weekend series as the No. 8 team in the league with an overall record of 16-24 and a mark of 15-21 in MIAA play. The Bulldogs avoided a road sweep last weekend at Pittsburg State, taking the final game of the series in a 10-3 win on Saturday. They rank fourth in the MIAA with 138 walks for the year.
On the Air
This weekend's four-game series at Truman will be available via free live audio online at OMavs.com. Yano Mangiameli handles another year of play-by-play and commentary for all UNO baseball out-of-town contests.
Last Time Out
UNO leads the all-time series with Truman, 8-3. The two teams last squared off on March 22, 2011 at the Ballpark at Boys Town, where the Mavericks swept the four-game series. In the fourth and final game, UNO won 17-7 in eight innings. In game three of the series, Joe Holtmeyer had one of the finest pitching performances of his career, striking out a career-high 16 batters and allowing just one hit en route to his first complete-game shutout of the season.
League Leaders
UNO leads all MIAA teams with a .344 team batting average through games of April 24, just ahead of nationally-ranked Emporia State (.334) and Central Missouri (.318). Nebraska Omaha also tops the conference in home runs with 41 roundtrippers. The Mavericks have the fourth-fewest strikeouts (199) of any squad in the conference, while defensively they are second with a .969 fielding percentage.
Individually, Jed Hanson is tied for third with seven homers. Brady Hohl (.399) and Caleb Palensky (.393) are fifth and seventh, respectively, for batting average, while Colby McCord's 36 runs batted in are second.
Herold Captures 400th Career Win
Head Coach Bob Herold earned his 400th career win in game two of the Mavericks' doubleheader at Fort Hays State last Friday. With the victory, he becomes the third coach in school history to match the 400-win mark, joining Bob Gates (464-273) and Virgil Yelkin (439-196) in the prestigious club. Herold now needs 65 more wins to pass Gates and become the winningest skipper in UNO history.
Mavs Rank Among Nation's Best
UNO ranks seventh nationally in team batting average in the NCAA's most recently released statistical rankings through games of April 24. The Mavericks, who have a team batting average of .344, are also 13th in home runs per game (1.0), 14th in total home runs (41), seventh in slugging percentage (.513) and 17th in fielding percentage (.969). In addition, the Nebraska Omaha pitching staff is 24th in strikeouts per nine innings (8.1).
Individually, junior Joe Holtmeyer, the defending Division II strikeout leader, rates sixth with 12.71 strikeouts per nine innings. Junior Brady Hohl comes in at 66th with a .399 batting average, and sophomore Tyler Splichal is the 13th most-difficult batter to strike out.
Going Streaking
Junior Brady Hohl is on the Mavericks' longest individual hitting streak this season, as he has 16 consecutive games with a registered hit since April 8. Ten of those contests have resulted in multiple-hit performances, including five three-hit games, and Hohl has accounted for 64 hits, 20 runs scored, 14 RBI, two doubles and a grand slam -- the first of his career -- in the 16-game span.
Mavs Welcome 20 Fresh Faces to Roster
UNO's 2011 roster features 20 newcomers, made up of nine true freshmen and 11 transfers. Fifteen are Nebraska natives, while 13 hail from the Omaha metropolitan area.
The list also includes multiple former teammates who have been reunited, as Derek Landis, Brandon Winkelmann, Scotty Donner and Ben Brown played together at Iowa Western to begin their collegiate careers. Brown, Kyle Kruger, Anthony Falcone and Zach Williamsen are all products of Millard West, while Caleb Palensky and Beau Suponchick played together at Papillion-LaVista South.
2011 UNO NEWCOMERS
Player -- Hometown (High School) Player -- Hometown (High School)
Ben Brown -- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) Derek Landis -- Ralston, Neb. (Ralston)
Cody Brown -- Yorktown, Va. (Tabb) Sean Mascia -- Woodbury, Minn. (St. Thomas Academy)
Cory Buckley -- Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue East) Connor McCrite -- Topeka, Kan. (Hayden)
Reid Carter -- Castle Rock, Colo. (Rock Canyon) Caleb Palensky -- Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista South)
Tyler Davies -- Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista) Martin Sartin -- Hamburg, Ark. (Hamburg)
Scotty Donner -- Crofton, Neb. (Crofton) Beau Suponchick -- Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista South)
Anthony Falcone -- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) Mark Waldron -- Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep)
Landon Fall -- Kansas City, Mo. (Lee's Summit North) Rob Wheeler -- Elkhorn, Neb. (Elkhorn)
Mitch Kracl -- Omaha, Neb. (Burke) Zach Williamsen -- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West)
Kyle Kruger -- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) Brandon Winkelmann -- Omaha, Neb. (Gross Catholic)
Holtmeyer Eclipses Career Strikeout Record
Junior Joe Holtmeyer (6-2) had his most dominant strikeout performance of the season at No. 1 Emporia State on April 2, striking out 12 batters in a seven-inning, complete-game performance for the 5-2 win. The victory also marked an important milestone for Holtmeyer, as he became UNO's all-time career strikeout leader. He has now amassed 302 strikeouts in two and a half years, ahead of former Maverick Tim Huber (2005-08), who had 277 in his four-year career.
Holtmeyer leads the Mavericks and the MIAA with 73 Ks on the year. He had three consecutive outings with double-figure strikeouts against Washburn, Lincoln and Emporia State and another 11-strikeout performance last Friday at Fort Hays State.
Mavericks in Professional Baseball
Player 2011 Team (Organization) Level Pos. At UNO Year Drafted -- Team (Round)
Tyler Cloyd Clearwater Theshers (Philadelphia) A RHP 2006-07 2008 -- Phillies (18th)
Notes: Cloyd previously played for the Threshers, a Class A Advanced team in the Florida State League, in early 2010. He is 0-0 with a 2.40 ERA in 2011, having made two starts over three appearances and 15.0 innings. Cloyd has 14 strikeouts to one walk for the year.
Chris Kessinger Everett AquaSox (Seattle) A RHP 2008-09 2009 -- Mariners (37th)
Notes: Kessinger is on the roster for the Everett AquaSox -- a Class A short-season team in the Northwest League -- for the second straight year. The AquaSox do not begin play until June.
Swiping Bags
Senior Jed Hanson and junior Brady Hohl have been the Mavericks' leading base-stealing duo in the first half of the season, both swiping eight bags on 10 tries. Hanson's senior year total marks a jump in his performance from 2010, when he finished the year 7-for-8 on stolen base attempts, while Hohl was 6-for-8 on the basepaths.
Holtmeyer Named to Tino Martinez Award Watch List
Junior right-handed pitcher Joe Holtmeyer was named to the Tino Martinez Award's initial 2011 watch list, the award committee announced in mid-February. The returning All-American is among 91 student-athletes nominated for the honor, which is given annually to the most outstanding player in NCAA Division II baseball.
The award is named for former University of Tampa Spartan, Olympian, first-round draft pick and MLB All-Star, Tino Martinez. Nominations are made by baseball sports information contacts and members of the media. Omission from the initial list does not exclude additional players from future consideration.
The list will be updated with semi-finalists on May 7. Finalists will be named on May 19, after which fans will be invited to vote online at TinoAward.com to help determine the winner. The award will be announced after the conclusion of the Division II Baseball Championship in Cary, N.C., May 28 to June 4.
Mavericks Return Division II Strikeout Leader
Junior right-handed pitcher Joe Holtmeyer had a stellar sophomore season in 2010, fanning 152 batters, the most of any pitcher in NCAA Division II. The Creighton Prep product was honored as a first-team All-American and was the Rawlings/ABCA South Central Regional Pitcher of the Year. He also earned MIAA Pitcher of the Year plaudits and was a first-team all-conference selection after going 9-2 with a 2.89 ERA over 87.1 innings of work.
All-MIAA Trio Leads Mavs Into 2011 Season
UNO returns a trio of all-conference performers from 2010 on this year's squad in junior right-handed pitcher Joe Holtmeyer, sophomore infielder Tyler Splichal and junior infielder Brady Hohl. Holtmeyer, the MIAA Pitcher of the Year, was a first-team honoree, while Splichal and Hohl garnered second-team honors.
Holtmeyer led the conference in nearly every major pitching category, compiling a 9-2 record, a nation-leading 152 strikeouts and a 2.89 ERA over 87.1 innings on the mound.
Splichal batted .410 in his inaugural campaign with 22 doubles, five home runs and 42 RBI. En route to MIAA Freshman of the Year plaudits, he started all 51 games he played in and had a team-leading 200 at-bats, scoring 35 runs with 82 hits.
Hohl also started all 51 of his appearances, hitting .354 with 10 doubles, two triples and a home run as a sophomore. He led the Mavericks with 45 runs scored and had 42 RBI while drawing 16 walks and stealing six bases Hohl was also second on the team in hit-by-pitches, as he was plunked 15 times over the year.
Next Up for the Mavs
UNO returns to action May 7-8, hosting Missouri Western for a four-game conference series at the Ballpark at Boys Town. First pitch for Saturday's doubleheader is set for 1 p.m., while Sunday's games will begin at Noon. The weekend marks Nebraska Omaha's final weekend at home in regular-season play.
Live Stats
Live Audio
The UNO baseball team travels to Truman this weekend for its final road conference series of the regular-season, taking on the Bulldogs April 29-30. First pitch for Friday's doubleheader is set for 2 p.m. at the Bulldog Baseball Park in Kirksville, Mo., while Saturday's games will begin at 1 p.m.
Nebraska Omaha is 28-14 on the season after falling 8-5 to in-state rival Nebraska-Kearney on Wednesday night. The contest was an historic one for the Mavs and the Lopers, who were the first teams to play a collegiate game at brand-new Werner Park. UNO enjoyed a season-best crowd of 2,033 fans in attendance.
Junior Brady Hohl led the way at the plate, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored. The Millard North product extended his hitting streak to 16 games, which is the longest of any Maverick this season.
Earlier this year, the Mavericks enjoyed an 11-game win streak from March 18 to April 2. UNO ranks third in the MIAA with a 25-13 conference record, ahead of fourth-place Missouri Western (22-18, 19-15 MIAA).
TSU enters the weekend series as the No. 8 team in the league with an overall record of 16-24 and a mark of 15-21 in MIAA play. The Bulldogs avoided a road sweep last weekend at Pittsburg State, taking the final game of the series in a 10-3 win on Saturday. They rank fourth in the MIAA with 138 walks for the year.
On the Air
This weekend's four-game series at Truman will be available via free live audio online at OMavs.com. Yano Mangiameli handles another year of play-by-play and commentary for all UNO baseball out-of-town contests.
Last Time Out
UNO leads the all-time series with Truman, 8-3. The two teams last squared off on March 22, 2011 at the Ballpark at Boys Town, where the Mavericks swept the four-game series. In the fourth and final game, UNO won 17-7 in eight innings. In game three of the series, Joe Holtmeyer had one of the finest pitching performances of his career, striking out a career-high 16 batters and allowing just one hit en route to his first complete-game shutout of the season.
League Leaders
UNO leads all MIAA teams with a .344 team batting average through games of April 24, just ahead of nationally-ranked Emporia State (.334) and Central Missouri (.318). Nebraska Omaha also tops the conference in home runs with 41 roundtrippers. The Mavericks have the fourth-fewest strikeouts (199) of any squad in the conference, while defensively they are second with a .969 fielding percentage.
Individually, Jed Hanson is tied for third with seven homers. Brady Hohl (.399) and Caleb Palensky (.393) are fifth and seventh, respectively, for batting average, while Colby McCord's 36 runs batted in are second.
Herold Captures 400th Career Win
Head Coach Bob Herold earned his 400th career win in game two of the Mavericks' doubleheader at Fort Hays State last Friday. With the victory, he becomes the third coach in school history to match the 400-win mark, joining Bob Gates (464-273) and Virgil Yelkin (439-196) in the prestigious club. Herold now needs 65 more wins to pass Gates and become the winningest skipper in UNO history.
Mavs Rank Among Nation's Best
UNO ranks seventh nationally in team batting average in the NCAA's most recently released statistical rankings through games of April 24. The Mavericks, who have a team batting average of .344, are also 13th in home runs per game (1.0), 14th in total home runs (41), seventh in slugging percentage (.513) and 17th in fielding percentage (.969). In addition, the Nebraska Omaha pitching staff is 24th in strikeouts per nine innings (8.1).
Individually, junior Joe Holtmeyer, the defending Division II strikeout leader, rates sixth with 12.71 strikeouts per nine innings. Junior Brady Hohl comes in at 66th with a .399 batting average, and sophomore Tyler Splichal is the 13th most-difficult batter to strike out.
Going Streaking
Junior Brady Hohl is on the Mavericks' longest individual hitting streak this season, as he has 16 consecutive games with a registered hit since April 8. Ten of those contests have resulted in multiple-hit performances, including five three-hit games, and Hohl has accounted for 64 hits, 20 runs scored, 14 RBI, two doubles and a grand slam -- the first of his career -- in the 16-game span.
Mavs Welcome 20 Fresh Faces to Roster
UNO's 2011 roster features 20 newcomers, made up of nine true freshmen and 11 transfers. Fifteen are Nebraska natives, while 13 hail from the Omaha metropolitan area.
The list also includes multiple former teammates who have been reunited, as Derek Landis, Brandon Winkelmann, Scotty Donner and Ben Brown played together at Iowa Western to begin their collegiate careers. Brown, Kyle Kruger, Anthony Falcone and Zach Williamsen are all products of Millard West, while Caleb Palensky and Beau Suponchick played together at Papillion-LaVista South.
2011 UNO NEWCOMERS
Player -- Hometown (High School) Player -- Hometown (High School)
Ben Brown -- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) Derek Landis -- Ralston, Neb. (Ralston)
Cody Brown -- Yorktown, Va. (Tabb) Sean Mascia -- Woodbury, Minn. (St. Thomas Academy)
Cory Buckley -- Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue East) Connor McCrite -- Topeka, Kan. (Hayden)
Reid Carter -- Castle Rock, Colo. (Rock Canyon) Caleb Palensky -- Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista South)
Tyler Davies -- Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista) Martin Sartin -- Hamburg, Ark. (Hamburg)
Scotty Donner -- Crofton, Neb. (Crofton) Beau Suponchick -- Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista South)
Anthony Falcone -- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) Mark Waldron -- Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep)
Landon Fall -- Kansas City, Mo. (Lee's Summit North) Rob Wheeler -- Elkhorn, Neb. (Elkhorn)
Mitch Kracl -- Omaha, Neb. (Burke) Zach Williamsen -- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West)
Kyle Kruger -- Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) Brandon Winkelmann -- Omaha, Neb. (Gross Catholic)
Holtmeyer Eclipses Career Strikeout Record
Junior Joe Holtmeyer (6-2) had his most dominant strikeout performance of the season at No. 1 Emporia State on April 2, striking out 12 batters in a seven-inning, complete-game performance for the 5-2 win. The victory also marked an important milestone for Holtmeyer, as he became UNO's all-time career strikeout leader. He has now amassed 302 strikeouts in two and a half years, ahead of former Maverick Tim Huber (2005-08), who had 277 in his four-year career.
Holtmeyer leads the Mavericks and the MIAA with 73 Ks on the year. He had three consecutive outings with double-figure strikeouts against Washburn, Lincoln and Emporia State and another 11-strikeout performance last Friday at Fort Hays State.
Mavericks in Professional Baseball
Player 2011 Team (Organization) Level Pos. At UNO Year Drafted -- Team (Round)
Tyler Cloyd Clearwater Theshers (Philadelphia) A RHP 2006-07 2008 -- Phillies (18th)
Notes: Cloyd previously played for the Threshers, a Class A Advanced team in the Florida State League, in early 2010. He is 0-0 with a 2.40 ERA in 2011, having made two starts over three appearances and 15.0 innings. Cloyd has 14 strikeouts to one walk for the year.
Chris Kessinger Everett AquaSox (Seattle) A RHP 2008-09 2009 -- Mariners (37th)
Notes: Kessinger is on the roster for the Everett AquaSox -- a Class A short-season team in the Northwest League -- for the second straight year. The AquaSox do not begin play until June.
Swiping Bags
Senior Jed Hanson and junior Brady Hohl have been the Mavericks' leading base-stealing duo in the first half of the season, both swiping eight bags on 10 tries. Hanson's senior year total marks a jump in his performance from 2010, when he finished the year 7-for-8 on stolen base attempts, while Hohl was 6-for-8 on the basepaths.
Holtmeyer Named to Tino Martinez Award Watch List
Junior right-handed pitcher Joe Holtmeyer was named to the Tino Martinez Award's initial 2011 watch list, the award committee announced in mid-February. The returning All-American is among 91 student-athletes nominated for the honor, which is given annually to the most outstanding player in NCAA Division II baseball.
The award is named for former University of Tampa Spartan, Olympian, first-round draft pick and MLB All-Star, Tino Martinez. Nominations are made by baseball sports information contacts and members of the media. Omission from the initial list does not exclude additional players from future consideration.
The list will be updated with semi-finalists on May 7. Finalists will be named on May 19, after which fans will be invited to vote online at TinoAward.com to help determine the winner. The award will be announced after the conclusion of the Division II Baseball Championship in Cary, N.C., May 28 to June 4.
Mavericks Return Division II Strikeout Leader
Junior right-handed pitcher Joe Holtmeyer had a stellar sophomore season in 2010, fanning 152 batters, the most of any pitcher in NCAA Division II. The Creighton Prep product was honored as a first-team All-American and was the Rawlings/ABCA South Central Regional Pitcher of the Year. He also earned MIAA Pitcher of the Year plaudits and was a first-team all-conference selection after going 9-2 with a 2.89 ERA over 87.1 innings of work.
All-MIAA Trio Leads Mavs Into 2011 Season
UNO returns a trio of all-conference performers from 2010 on this year's squad in junior right-handed pitcher Joe Holtmeyer, sophomore infielder Tyler Splichal and junior infielder Brady Hohl. Holtmeyer, the MIAA Pitcher of the Year, was a first-team honoree, while Splichal and Hohl garnered second-team honors.
Holtmeyer led the conference in nearly every major pitching category, compiling a 9-2 record, a nation-leading 152 strikeouts and a 2.89 ERA over 87.1 innings on the mound.
Splichal batted .410 in his inaugural campaign with 22 doubles, five home runs and 42 RBI. En route to MIAA Freshman of the Year plaudits, he started all 51 games he played in and had a team-leading 200 at-bats, scoring 35 runs with 82 hits.
Hohl also started all 51 of his appearances, hitting .354 with 10 doubles, two triples and a home run as a sophomore. He led the Mavericks with 45 runs scored and had 42 RBI while drawing 16 walks and stealing six bases Hohl was also second on the team in hit-by-pitches, as he was plunked 15 times over the year.
Next Up for the Mavs
UNO returns to action May 7-8, hosting Missouri Western for a four-game conference series at the Ballpark at Boys Town. First pitch for Saturday's doubleheader is set for 1 p.m., while Sunday's games will begin at Noon. The weekend marks Nebraska Omaha's final weekend at home in regular-season play.
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