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| Athletics |
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Mountaineer
athletics for this Easter weekend
April 9, 2004
BASEBALL
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| Records: |
Overall: 8-16
NAIA Region I: 7-9 (tied 3rd place)
Cascade Conference: 7-9 (tied 2nd place)
Home: 2-3 Away:
5-10 Neutral: 1-3 |
| This
Week: |
at
University of British Columbia
Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.
Saturday, Doubleheader, Noon
Sunday, Single Game, Noon |
| Last
Week: |
Saturday - def.
Oregon Tech, 9-5 & 16-11 (10 inn.)
Sunday - def. Oregon Tech, 13-11 (11 inn.) |
| Next
Week: |
Saturday,
April 17 - vs. Concordia (2), Snowflake Field, Noon
Sunday, April 18 - vs. Concordia, Snowflake Field,
Noon |
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Cascade
Conference/Region I
Baseball Standings |
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Conf/Region
I |
Overall |
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School
(NAIA Rank) |
W |
L |
Pct. |
GB |
W |
L |
| British Columbia (RV) |
11 |
2 |
.846 |
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21 |
11 |
| Concordia |
9 |
3 |
.750 |
1.5 |
16 |
12 |
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Albertson |
7 |
9 |
.438 |
5.0 |
18 |
21 |
| Eastern
Oregon |
7 |
9 |
.438 |
5.0 |
8 |
16 |
| Oregon Tech |
5 |
10 |
.333 |
7.0 |
7 |
23 |
| Western Baptist |
4 |
10 |
.286 |
7.5 |
11 |
10 |
| Lewis-Clark
State (3) |
28 |
5 |
| Top 4
teams advance to Region I playoffs |
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The
Eastern Oregon baseball team will open a three-game, NAIA Region I
series with the University of British Columbia this weekend.
The Mountaineers are currently in
the midst of a four-game win streak.
Last week, Nathan Beachy (RHP,
Jr., Arlington, Wash.) was
named Cascade Conference and NAIA Region I Player of the Week
after pitching eight shutout inning in a 9-5 win over Oregon
Tech. The three-game sweep was the first for a Mountaineer
team since 2002.
Jesse Longoria (OF, Sr.,
Lewisville, Tex.), the Cascade
Conference and NAIA Region I Player of the Week for March 22-29,
leads all EOU batters with a .588 batting average, but he has
played in just seven of the Mountaineer's 24 games. Ryan
Carpenter's (2B, Jr., Portland, Ore.) .350 average, is top for players that have played
in 12 or more games.
This week's opponent, British
Columbia, currently leads the NAIA Region I race for the post
season with an 11-2 record, 21-11 overall. All games in the
Eastern Oregon-British Columbia series can be heard here stateside on a pay-per-game basis. Go to www.gothunderbirds.ca
for more information or to http://www.mediaontap.com/sports/ubcthunderbirds_index.php
to purchase game time.
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SOFTBALL
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| Records: |
Overall: 11-10
Cascade Conference: 4-5 (tied 3rd place)
Home: 0-0 Away:
5-2 Neutral: 6-8 |
| This
Week: |
Friday
- vs. Oregon Tech (dh), Softball Field, 2 pm
Saturday - vs. Southern Oregon (dh), Softball Field,
noon |
| Last
Week: |
Saturday - def.
Concordia, 1-0, lost to Concordia 2-6
Sunday - def. Western Baptist, 7-2, lost to W. Baptist 4-5 |
| Next
Week: |
Friday,
April 16 - vs. Western Baptist (2), Softball Field, 2 pm
Saturday, April 17 - vs. Concordia (2), Softball Field, 1
pm |
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Cascade
Conference/Region I
Softball Standings |
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Conf/Region
I |
Overall |
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School
(NAIA Rank) |
W |
L |
Pct. |
GB |
W |
L |
| Southern Oregon (19) |
7 |
0 |
1.000 |
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20 |
4 |
| Western Baptist |
5 |
4 |
.556 |
3.0 |
15 |
12 |
| Concordia |
4 |
5 |
.444 |
4.0 |
17 |
12 |
| Eastern
Oregon |
4 |
5 |
.444 |
4.0 |
11 |
10 |
| Oregon Tech |
3 |
4 |
.429 |
4.0 |
6 |
17 |
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Albertson |
2 |
7 |
.222 |
6.0 |
6 |
17 |
| Simon
Fraser (3) |
20 |
2 |
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| The Mountaineer
softball team will look to move up in the standings of the Cascade
Collegiate Conference against Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon this
weekend at the EOU Softball Field.
The games mark the first of the
season at home for the travel-weary Mountaineers. Eastern
Oregon has spent the first six weeks of the season on the road,
which began on February 28 in Nampa, Idaho.
On Friday, EOU will take on Oregon Tech.
Tech, who defeated Walla Walla College on Thursday night, currently
maintains a 14-14 record.
Saturday, conference-leading Southern Oregon
will make it's annual appearance in La Grande for a doubleheader
beginning at Noon.
Casi Reisenauer (IF, Sr., Spirit Lake,
Idaho) leads the Mountaineers with a .391 batting average and five
stolen bases. In the pitching circle, Shannon Rasmussen (RHP/DP,
Jr., Everett, Wash.) is tops on the team with a 7-3 record and 1.01
ERA. Also, Rasmussen's diminutive 1.01 ERA leads all Cascade
Collegiate Conference pitchers.
Live statistics will be available for both
doubleheaders. Go to www.eou.edu/athletic
for links to both games each day.
On the record watch, Jayne-Leigh Thomas (RHP,
Sr., Selah, Wash.) need just one more save to become the all-time
saves leader in school history. She is currently tied with Mandi
Kadell (1996-97) with four.
Thomas, who has been a starter most of her
four-year career, picked up two saves early in the season at the
Central Washington tournament to match Kadell's total.
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RODEO
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| This
Rodeo: |
at
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Wash, NIRA NW Rodeo
#6
Friday Performance: 6 pm
Saturday Slack: 9:30 am
Saturday Short-Go: 6 pm
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| Next
Rodeo: |
Saturday, May 1 -
NIRA Region #3, Milton-Freewater, Ore.
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| The Mountaineer Rodeo
teams will mount up once again as they head into the sixth rodeo of
the ten-rodeo NIRA Northwest regional series in Ellensburg,
Wash. The rodeo will be hosted by Central Washington
University.
Both EOU rodeo teams are sitting in fifth
place at the mid-way mark of the season.
The men have 371.25 points, just 28.5 points
out of third place and their highest ranking in the Northwest region
in some time.
Andrew Endicott and Coy Patterson are
ranked in region Tie Down (Calf) Roping. Endicott (Fr.,
Marsing, Idaho) is tied for sixth place with 90 points, just 50
points out of third place and a trip to the College National Finals
Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. Patterson (Sr., Stanfield, Ore.) is in
13th position with 50 points to his credit.
Shaun Lequerica (Fr., Arock, Ore.) sits
in tenth place as a header in the Team Roping event with 17.33
points.
On the women's side, Amber Aichele
(Sr., Baker City, Ore.) and Kaki McLean (Jr., Paulina, Ore.)
each have pointed this season to gain regional positioning.
Aichele (pronounced ACK-lee), has 80 points
accumulated in Breakaway Roping, which is good enough for 7th place
in the region and just 22 points out of the top-5. She also
has 42 points in Goat Tying, which puts her eight points out of the
regional top-10.
McLean received 10 points in the Barrel Racing
event in her first collegiate rodeo and sits in 13th position. |
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