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Baseball Faces Utah Valley in Doubleheader at 5:00 p.m.

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OREM, Utah -- The top two teams in the Great West Conference continue their four game series with a doubleheader as the University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team (21-8, 8-1 GWC) faces the Utah Valley University Wolverines (23-11, 9-0 GWC) on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at Brent Brown Ballpark.

Game one is scheduled to last seven innings while game two is scheduled to last the full nine.

What You Need to Know
  • These are the 10th and 11th meetings all-time between the Broncs and Wolverines in a series dating back to the start of the Great West Conference in 2010. The Broncs are looking for their first win.
  • The Broncs are fourth in the NCAA with a team batting average of .329. The Wolverines are first at .335.
  • The Broncs are second in the NCAA in runs per game at 8.34. The Wolverines are third at 8.29.
  • The Broncs are 8-1 in Great West Conference play while the Wolverines are 9-0 and on a 16-game winning streak.
  • Roger Bernal is 10th in the NCAA in hitting with a .425 batting average. He has hits in 27-of-29 games.
  • Angel Ibanez is currently on a 18-game hitting streak. He's hitting .405 (30-for-74) during that time.

NCAA Leaderboard

Team Batting Average
  1. Utah Valley .335 (395-1,180)
  2. Campbell .330 (450-1,364) (.3299)
  3. Hofstra .330 (404-1,225) (.3298)
  4. UTPA .329 (318-968)
  5. No. 8/13/16 Arizona .326 (404-1,239) (.3261)
  6. No. 16/17/22 Purdue .326 (400-1,228) (.3257)
  7. Western Carolina .322 (429-1,337)
  8. Tulane .319 (396-1,241) (.3191)
  9. No. 25 New Mexico State .319 (435-1,364) (.3189)
  10. Louisville .317 (404-1,273) (.31736)
  11. Nebraska .317 (423-1,333) (31733)

Individual Batting Average
  1. Ralph Rhymes (LSU), .484 (62-128)
  2. D.J. Peterson (New Mexico) .452 (66-146)
  3. Michael Felton (Campbell) .438 (70-160) (.4375)
  4. Danny Poma (Hofstra) .438 (63-144) (.4375)
  5. Zach Stephens (Tennessee Tech) .430 (58-135)
  6. Andrew Deeds (Morehead State) .429 (66-154)
  7. Trenton Moses (Southeasn Mo. St.) .426 (58-136) (.4265)
  8. Tyler Heineman (UCLA) .426 (49-115) (.4261)
  9. Nick Backlund (Mercer) .426 (63-148) (.4257)
  10. Roger Bernal (UTPA) .425 (54-127)

Last Time Out

Broncs @ Utah Valley University Wolverines (4/19/12)
  • The Wolverines scored seven two-out runs to beat the Broncs 12-5.
  • The loss snapped a nine-game conference winning streak for the Broncs dating back to last season.
  • Brandon Roush hit his first-career home run, a solo shot in the fourth after 131 career at-bats without one.
  • Angel Ibanez recorded his fourth three-hit game of the season.
  • The Broncs used the same batting order in back-to-back games for just the third time this season and first time since March 14 and 20. It was the fourth time the Broncs have used the same lineup more than once.
  • Jonathan Delgado made his first appearance since March 26, recording two outs while allowing one hit.

Next Up

The Broncs and Wolverines complete the series on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
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