SWAC Baseball Report #4 Date: Monday, April 29, 2002 SWAC Baseball Release .... complete stats / standings available online at www.swac.org/baseball/stats/confstat.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Southwestern Athletic Conference BASEBALL STANDINGS (as of Apr 29, 2002) Release #4 Eastern Division Conference Overall Str Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Alcorn State........ 18 14 0 .562 24 20 0 .545 W7 Jackson State....... 15 13 0 .536 20 26 0 .435 L5 Alabama State....... 17 15 0 .531 23 25 0 .479 L1 Alabama A&M........ 13 16 0 .448 14 25 0 .359 W1 Miss. Valley State.. 10 15 0 .400 10 37 0 .213 L2 Western Division Conference Overall Str Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Southern Univ....... 27 3 0 .900 39 6 0 .867 W8 Texas Southern...... 21 13 0 .618 23 25 0 .479 L2 Ark.-Pine Bluff..... 14 16 0 .467 25 26 0 .490 W1 Grambling State..... 14 18 0 .438 22 24 0 .478 W2 Prairie View A&M.... 3 29 0 .094 3 46 0 .061 L5 WEEKLY HONOR ROLL BATTER OF THE WEEK: Antoin Gray, Southern - (5-10, 180, Jr, 3B, Hattiesburg, MS) Antoin batted 13 for 21 (.619) last week, with five home runs, three doubles and 16 rbi in Southern’s four game sweep over Prairie View and a home win over UL@Layfayette. Gray also scored 15 runs. NOTABLES: · Aulston Taylor, Texas Southern - batted .583 (7 for 12) on the week, including three stolen bases against Grambling. On the week he had five stolen bases, adding four runs and two rbi’s. · Damon Burns, Texas Southern - had a career high four hits and six rbi’s, including a an extra-inning walk-off home run as TSU defeated Grambling 12-10 PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Michael Darrington, Grambling State (6-0, 180, Sr., RHP, Bastrop, LA). Darrington threw his first shutout of the season, spreading out seven hits over seven innings, with five strikeouts in Grambling’s 12-0 win over Texas Southern. NOTABLES: · Joshua Kirk, Southern, picked up a win in SU’s 12-3 win at Prairie View and moves his record to a perfect 7-0. AROUND THE SWAC: East / West Division teams Selected - The Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball coaches have selected the 2002 Eastern and Western Division teams. The 2002 All-SWAC team will be selected from this group: Southwestern Athletic Conference 2002 Baseball -- All-Division Teams Eastern Division Western Division 1b Demarcus Broughton Ala. A&M 1b Kevin Vital Southern 2b Chris Outlaw Jackson St 2b Rickie Weeks Southern 3b Byron Tillman Alcorn St 3b Kevin Camp Grambling St Calvin Fugett Tx. Southern SS Bartowski Cowan Ala. State SS Fernando Puebla Southern C Eric Duff Ala. State C Jonathan Jones Grambling St. DH Janone Watts Alcorn St. DH Jacobi Frank Grambling St. OF Ashley Allen Ala. State OF Joseph Vaughn Prairie View OF Michael Goss Jackson St. OF Fred Lewis Southern OF Kris Peters Alcorn St. OF Aulston Taylor Tx. Southern OF Scott Peebles Ala. A&M P Anthony Pearson Jackson St. P Eric Thomas Southern P Brian Nichols Ala. State P Roy Foster Grambling St. P Aaron Simms Ala. A&M P Josef Rankin Southern Outstanding Player Outstanding Player Michael Goss Jackson St. Rickie Weeks Southern Outstanding Pitcher Outstanding Pitcher Brian Nichols Ala. State Josef Rankin Southern Outstanding Hitter Outstanding Hitter Bartowski Cowan Ala. State Rickie Weeks Southern Freshman Freshman Brian Nichols Ala. State Joshua Kirk Southern Newcomer Newcomer Robert Felton Jackson St. Antoin Gray Southern SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2002 Baseball Championship Tournament (Double Elimination) May 2-5, 2002, Shreveport, LA -Centenary College- -LSU-Shreveport- Schedule of Games Thursday, May 2, 2002 @ Centenary College Gm 1 (12n) - (#1 West) Southern vs. (#3 East) Alabama St Gm2 (3:00p) - (#2 East) Jackson State vs. (#2 West) Texas Southern Gm 3 (6:00p) - (#1 East) Alcorn State vs. (#3 West) - TBD Friday, May 3, 2002 @ Centenary College Gm4 (10a) - Loser Gm 1 vs. Loser Gm 2 Gm5 (1:00p) - Winner Gm1 vs. Loser Gm3 Gm6 (4:00p) - Winner Gm2 vs. Winner Gm3 (*) = If five (5) teams remain after Game 5 Saturday, May 4, 2002 @ LSU-Shreveport Gm7 (10a) - Winner Gm5 vs. Winner Gm6 - *(Loser Gm5 vs. Loser Gm6) Gm8 (1:00p) - Loser Gm6 vs. Winner Gm4 - *(Winner Gm4 vs. Winner Gm5) Gm9 (4:00p) - Loser Gm7 vs. Winner Gm8 - *(Winner Gm7 vs. Winner Gm6) (#) = If three (3) teams remain after game 9 Sunday, May 5, 2002 @ Centenary Gm10 (12n) - Winner Gm7 vs. Winner Gm9 - #(Winner Gm8 vs. Loser Gm9) If necessary Gm11 (3:00p) Loser Gm 10 vs. Winner Gm10 - #(Winner Gm10 vs Winner Gm9) Wallace Dooley, Jr. Assistant Commissioner/Media Relations Southwestern Athletic Conference |