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Baseball Goes for Sweep of North Dakota at Noon

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EDINBURG, Texas -- The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team (19-7, 7-0 Great West Conference) goes for the four-game sweep of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (2-23, 0-7 GWC) on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.

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What You Need to Know
  • This is the 13th meeting all-time between the Broncs and Fighting Sioux in a series dating back to 1966. The Broncs are 7-5 in that time, including a 6-5 record in Great West Conference play.
  • The Broncs are off to their best-ever start in Great West Conferece play at 7-0.
  • Roger Bernal is fifth in the NCAA in hitting with a .438 batting average. He is, however, on a 17-game hitting streak and has hits in 26-of-27 games. During the streak, Bernal is hitting .420 (29-for-69).
  • Angel Ibanez is currently on a 15-game hitting streak. He's hitting .407 (24-for-59) during that time.
  • The Broncs are fifth in the NCAA with a team batting average of .324.

NCAA Leaderboard

Team Batting Average
  1. Hofstra .331 (383-1,157)
  2. No. 4/8/12 Arizona .330 (385-1,168) (.32962)
  3. Campbell .330 (439-1,332) (.32958)
  4. No. 18/19/22 Purdue .328 (370-1,129)
  5. UTPA .324 (280-865)
  6. No. 23/25 New Mexico State .323 (407-1,262)
  7. Western Carolina .320 (402-1,258)
  8. No. 1/3 Kentucky .317 (402-1,270)
  9. No. 19/20/22/24 San Diego .316 (386-1,221) (.3161)
  10. No. 19/20/26 Louisville .316 (379-1,201) (.3156)

Individual Batting Average
  1. Ralph Rhymes (LSU), .475 (57-120)
  2. D.J. Peterson (New Mexico) .455 (61-131)
  3. Danny Poma (Hofstra) .452 (61-135)
  4. Michael Felton (Campbell) .445 (69-145)
  5. Roger Bernal (UTPA) .438 (49-112)
  6. Zach Stephens (Tennessee Tech) .437 (55-126)
  7. Joey Cujas (VCU) .435 (54-124)
  8. Tyler Smith (Oregon State) .429 (45-105)
  9. Adam Hilker (Northern Colorado) .425 (48-113)  (.4248)
  10. Andrew Deeds (Morehead State) .425 (62-146) (.4247)

The Series

Broncs vs. University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (2) (4/14/12)
  • The Broncs completed their fifth doubleheader sweep of the season with a 10-5 victory.
  • Dusten Knight racked up a career-high nine strikeouts in seven innings while allowing a run on two hits. He did not allow a hit over his final six innings of work.
  • Vincent Mejia hit his team-leading fifth home run, a three-run shot in the third inning that gave the Broncs the lead for good.
  • Derek Hagy recorded his third-straight multi-hit game, going 3-for-4. He is 8-for-12 (.750) with four runs scored and five RBI over that span.
 
Broncs vs. University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (1) (4/14/12)
  • Down 5-0 after five and a half innings, the Broncs scored six runs in the sixth to come from behind to win for the second-straight game, 6-5.
  • Austin Casas picked up his first win of the season by recording the final out of the sixth.
  • The Broncs only had two hits during their six-run sixth inning, taking advantage of two walks and two errors to take the lead.
  • This marked the first game day since March 25 that Roger Bernal was not the either first or tied for first in the NCAA in hitting. He entered the game in fourth.
 
Broncs vs. University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (4/13/12)
  • The Broncs used a 10-run seventh inning to come from behind to beat the Fighting Sioux 14-8.
  • The Broncs sent nine batters to the plate and scored seven runs and six hits and three walks during the seventh inning before recording an out. In total, 14 batters came to the plate as the Broncs got 10 runs (nine earned) on eight hits, three walks, a sacrifice fly and a passed ball. It was the Broncs' biggest inning of the season. The Broncs were trailing 7-3 entering that inning.
  • The Broncs have now reached double-figures in scoring in 11-of-24 games (45.8%).
  • The Broncs drew three bases loaded walks. Overall they walked nine time.
  • Chris Torres, who had been 2-for-15 over his last five games, went 4-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a career-high tying three runs scored.
  • Derek Hagy, who had been 2-for-18 over his last four games, went 3-for-5 with a walk, a career-high four RBI and one run scored.

Next Up

The Broncs host UT-Brownsville on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.
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