Opposition Research - Missouri Southern State University
The Lions of Missouri Southern will travel to Maryville to take on your Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats in a four-game series this weekend. Game one is set for Friday at 2pm. Games two and three is Saturday at 1pm. Game four is set for Sunday at noon.
2014 MSSU Lions -
Missouri Southern is 19-12, 13-11 MIAA so far in 2014. Southern is 14-3 in Joplin, but 5-9 on the road.
MSSU picked to finish 4th in MIAA in 2014 -
The Missouri Southern baseball team has been picked to finish fourth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll, the league announced today.
Southern, the defending MIAA Tournament Champion, is also receiving votes in both the coaches' and baseball writer's preseason national polls, and was picked sixth in the preseason baseball writer's Central Region poll.
The Lions were 34-22 last season and won the MIAA Tournament on a dramatic walk-off home run from Sam Ryan, defeating fifth-ranked Missouri Western for the MIAA Title. Southern, the third-place MIAA team in the regular season, earned the MIAA's automatic berth to the NCAA Central Region Tournament in Mankato, Minn. and took on Minnesota State in a dramatic 14-inning opener. The Lions lost on a bunt in the 14th, 1-0 after seeing starter Brett Abell throw 11 shutout innings to start the game.
The Lions returns two All-MIAA performers from a year ago in pitchers Ryan Bates and Payton Walker. Bates went 8-3 witha 3.88 ERA, while Walker, as a true freshman, went 6-5 and had a 3.50 ERA. Senior David Reese returns to the pitching staff, as well as fellow senior Drew Noble as Southern returns four of their five starters from last season. Reese struck out 52 and walked just ten, while Noble went 7-4 with 45 strikeouts.
Senior Tee Helsel returns, as well as fellow senior Zack Steadman, as the lone Lions with starts in the field last year. Helsel hit .294 and was second on the team with five home runs, while Steadman carried a .411 on base percentage and a perfect 5-5 mark on the basepaths.
MSSU Head Coach - Bryce Darnell -
Bryce Darnell begins his seventh season as head coach at Missouri Southern. He was named the third head baseball coach in Southern baseball history on May 22, 2007. Darnell succeeded coach Warren Turner who retired after 31 years at Southern, including 852 wins and two NCAA Division II College World Series appearances. In six years, Darnell has a career record of 172-145.
The 2013 season proved to be the best yet for Darnell as the Lionswent 34-22 and won the MIAA Tournament Title with a dramatic walk-off home run from Sam Ryan, giving the Lions a 6-3 win over fifth-ranked Missouri Western. The Lions defeated Western twice during that tournament and had three complete game wins from the pitching staff on the way to the win.
Southern had four wins over top five opponents in 2013 and who could forget the 11-shutout innings thrown by Bret Abel against eventual national runner-up Minnesota State in the opening round of the NCAA Regional. The Lions had seven players named All-MIAA, while two were named to the Central Region All-Tournament team. Shaun Hoover was named to the Central Region Gold Glove team and Thomas Wilson was an Academic All-American.
Southern finished the 2012 season 32-19 and the Lions were 23-17 in the MIAA, good enough for a third place finish in the league. Although the season ended with a defeat in the first round of the MIAA Tournament, the year was full of plenty of highs. The Lions started the year 11-0 and jumped into the National Poll at No. 24. After moving their record to 15-1, the Lions moved all the way up to No. 11 in Division II. The Lions finished the year batting .310 as a team and had a 3.74 team ERA. Southern also broke a school record for fielding percentage finishing the year with a .962 average.
Senior pitcher Cody Griebling was named a first-team All-MIAA selection and a second team All-Region pick after going 9-4 with 74 strikeouts and a 3.19 ERA. Luke Acosta was a second-team All-MIAA pick, while Jesse Kinzey, Cullen Baxter, Michael McCoy, Sam Ryan and David Reese were all named honorable mention All-MIAA. Griebling kept his high going as he signed a professional contract to play baseball with the Schaumburg Boomers of the independent Frontier League.
The Lions had six players named All-MIAA in 2011 as Dallas Burke was a first-team selection at utility after splitting time at catcher, outfield and designated hitter. Both Jesse Kinzey and Dane Kolkmeyer were second-team selections, while newcomers Brett Abell and Cody Griebling picked up honorable mention status after anchoring the Lions' pitching staff. Senior Patrick Deao was also named an honorable mention pick after he led the Lions with eight outfield assists this year and was tied for the team lead with five home runs and 60 hits. Southern finished just a half game out of the hunt for an MIAA Tournament bid at 24-26 overall.
The 2010 Missouri Southern baseball team continued its resurgence under coach Bryce Darnell and made the MIAA post season tournament for the second-straight year. The Lions had their second-straight winning record with a 28-26 mark and finished third in the MIAA Tournament, losing out to eventual Division II World Series participant Central Missouri. Southern also set a school record for home runs in a season (64) beating the previous mark of 51.
The Lions had, at one time, the toughest schedule in Division II, but fought through a rough 3-14 start to go 14-5 over its next 19 games and finished the regular season as the fifth seed in the MIAA Tournament. Southern had four players named All-MIAA and two were named All-Region with senior shortstop Jacob Taylor picking up All-American honors. Junior catcher Joe Lincoln was drafted in the 34th round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and both Taylor and fellow senior CJ Maffei signed professional contracts, as well.
Darnell's second season saw a dramatic turnaround that led to the Lions finishing 35-20 overall, third place in the MIAA and the program's first trip to the MIAA Tournament since 2002. The Lions, throughout the course of the year, saw such highs including taking three out of four games from eventual national runner up Emporia State and shutting out Central Missouri twice in the same season, a feat that has rarely, if ever, been accomplished.
The Lions had eight players named All-MIAA and both CJ Maffei and Skyler Rawlins were named All-Region. The team won its first game at the MIAA Tournament and was in contention for an NCAA Regional berth all season. Coming into this year, both Maffei and Rawlins have been tabbed pre-season All-Americans.
Darnell's first season as the head coach at his alma mater saw the team improve in wins, both overall and in conference play, and saw the young Lions squad play one of the most difficult schedules in NCAA Division II. The team won 16 games in MIAA play, including an exciting 3-2 win over MIAA Champ and Division II World Series Participant Central Missouri.
A 1997 graduate of Missouri Southern, Darnell had been the head baseball coach at Webb City High School for eight years, while also teaching social studies at the school. His baseball teams at Webb City won two Missouri Class 3 State Championships. Darnell amassed a 160-43 career record at Webb City and was the Joplin Globe Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2005, while being named the Missouri Class 3 Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2006.
A three-year player for the Lions from 1994-1996, Darnell transferred to Southern after a year at the University of Minnesota. A Brooklyn Center, Minn. native, Darnell was a three-sport athlete at BCHS being named all-state in baseball and football, as well as all-conference in basketball. Darnell played for his father, Doug, at BCHS. Doug Darnell was also the Athletic Director at BCHS.
Darnell hit .436 in 30 games as a sophomore for the Lions in 1994, which is the sixth highest batting average in a season at Southern. He was named honorable mention All-MIAA that year. He had his best season in 1995, helping the Lions to a 43-13 record, including a 17-3 mark in MIAA play. He hit .364 that year with 13 doubles, three homers and 47 RBIs en route to being named first-team all-region and all-MIAA. The Lions were second in the MIAA Postseason Tournament and made an appearance in the NCAA Division II Central Region Tournament.
Darnell's senior season saw the catcher hit .339 with 20 doubles, four homers and 48 RBIs in 55 games. The 20 doubles is fifth all-time in a season at Southern. He was named honorable mention all-MIAA that year. Darnell was drafted after his junior season in the 40th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He was later drafted after his senior season in the 58th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He played in 1996 for the Visalia Oaks, a single A affiliate of the Diamondbacks.
Darnell's .577 on base percentage as a sophomore ranks third in a season, while his .996 fielding percentage (1 error) in 1995 is second all-time. He ranks seventh in career doubles with 40, while ranking sixth in batting average (.366) and seventh in fielding percentage
(.976).
He holds a degree in Secondary Education from Missouri Southern (1997), as well as a Masters in Educational Administration from Missouri State University (2000).
2014 statistics -
Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
23 Moon, Logan...... .411 31-31 112 21 46 6 5 1 29 65 .580 14 1 6 2 .473 2 5 15-17 58 1 1 .983
1 Phillips, Beau... .385 23-18 52 9 20 3 0 0 10 23 .442 6 1 8 0 .458 0 7 1-3 19 1 0 1.000
20 Johnson, Axel.... .356 18-17 59 12 21 3 0 1 10 27 .458 4 0 12 0 .391 1 0 0-0 2 0 1 .667
2 Weller, Brandon.. .351 31-31 111 24 39 15 2 0 26 58 .523 8 1 11 0 .397 1 3 2-4 41 70 5 .957
32 Ewing, Robbe..... .333 31-30 105 24 35 4 1 2 19 47 .448 5 3 11 3 .377 1 3 3-5 30 21 3 .944
28 Osburn, Mitchell. .323 30-29 96 20 31 2 0 0 14 33 .344 14 1 7 1 .407 2 6 1-1 161 27 2 .989
8 Natick, Evin..... .274 27-21 73 13 20 3 0 0 10 23 .315 12 4 10 0 .404 0 3 5-7 34 3 0 1.000
25 Harper, Dusty.... .265 29-28 83 17 22 7 0 3 20 38 .458 11 0 18 1 .351 0 5 0-0 220 12 2 .991
7 Lupo, Jared...... .216 30-30 102 31 22 5 0 0 14 27 .265 14 4 9 1 .331 1 3 5-5 54 73 3 .977
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3 Steadman, Zack... .385 14-8 26 10 10 1 0 0 7 11 .423 7 0 8 0 .500 1 0 1-1 4 1 0 1.000
22 Skaggs, Nathan... .333 5-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .333 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000
10 Helsel, Tee...... .294 10-10 34 6 10 0 0 0 5 10 .294 4 1 4 0 .385 0 1 1-2 3 10 4 .765
18 Johnson, David... .250 1-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000
4 White, Austin.... .234 18-14 47 6 11 0 0 0 10 11 .234 3 2 8 1 .308 0 5 1-2 19 40 13 .819
39 Graham, Brett.... .179 13-6 28 2 5 0 0 0 4 5 .179 4 0 6 0 .273 1 1 0-0 46 1 0 1.000
19 Smith, Matt...... .160 18-5 25 5 4 1 0 1 6 8 .320 7 0 6 1 .344 0 1 0-0 25 5 0 1.000
26 Pruitt, Kyle..... .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000
Totals.............. .310 31-31 961 201 298 50 8 8 185 388 .404 113 18 126 10 .389 10 43 35-47 725 322 37 .966
Opponents........... .264 31-31 909 116 240 35 6 6 101 305 .336 77 33 192 19 .340 9 32 39-56 709 329 50 .954
Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
33 Reese, David..... 1.80 4-2 7 7 4 1/0 0 45.0 40 14 9 5 47 6 0 2 166 .241 2 4 0 1 5
24 Walker, Payton... 3.43 5-2 7 7 0 0/0 0 42.0 44 23 16 16 38 7 1 0 163 .270 5 2 1 2 8
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23 Moon, Logan...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .250 1 0 0 0 0
9 Kjellsen, Tyler.. 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0
31 Spry, Ryan....... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0
36 Lux, Jacob....... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0
29 Hoover, Kanon.... 1.59 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 5.2 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 13 .077 0 2 0 0 1
27 Vaughn, Stephen.. 2.31 0-1 18 0 0 0/1 5 23.1 14 7 6 8 23 3 0 0 82 .171 4 8 0 1 2
11 Harvey, Matt..... 3.38 0-0 7 2 0 0/0 1 21.1 22 11 8 10 11 1 0 0 83 .265 5 2 0 0 6
12 Bates, Ryan...... 4.06 3-2 6 6 2 0/1 0 31.0 35 14 14 2 16 4 1 1 119 .294 0 4 0 3 2
16 Engler, Josh..... 4.09 0-1 8 1 0 0/0 0 11.0 10 6 5 6 7 2 1 1 39 .256 1 3 0 1 0
35 Hill,Skylar...... 4.58 3-0 6 2 0 0/1 0 19.2 20 11 10 8 14 4 1 0 74 .270 6 5 1 0 1
14 Noble, Drew...... 5.45 4-3 7 6 0 0/0 0 33.0 37 21 20 13 19 5 1 1 125 .296 1 2 1 1 6
30 Strobel, Nathan.. 9.64 0-1 4 0 0 0/1 0 4.2 9 5 5 3 8 1 1 0 23 .391 0 0 0 0 1
6 Goostree, Sean... 16.20 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.2 5 3 3 3 0 1 0 1 9 .556 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.............. 3.61 19-12 31 31 6 3/2 6 241.2 240 116 97 77 192 35 6 6 909 .264 25 33 3 9 32
Opponents........... 6.47 12-19 31 31 3 0/0 6 236.1 298 201 170 113 126 50 8 8 961 .310 26 18 1 10 43
NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE -
Your Bearcats are 16-13, 11-10 MIAA in 2014. Northwest is 4-3 in Maryville and 9-7 on the road. The 'Cats are 3-3 at neutral site games.
Statistics -
| Player | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | tb | slg% | bb | hbp | so | gdp | ob% | sf | sh | sb-att | po | a | e | fld% |
| Pablo,Nikko | 1.000 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Pomatto,Jon | .368 | 29-29 | 95 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 50 | .526 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .474 | 1 | 2 | 4-5 | 74 | 5 | 3 | .963 |
| Johnson,Paul | .351 | 26-26 | 94 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 49 | .521 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .455 | 0 | 2 | 4-8 | 35 | 52 | 8 | .916 |
| Ferreira,Zack | .350 | 29-29 | 100 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 43 | .430 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .420 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 9 | 39 | 2 | .960 |
| McGlauflin,Eric | .333 | 25-25 | 90 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 47 | .522 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 4-4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Meyer,Derek | .333 | 9-9 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .458 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .414 | 1 | 3 | 1-1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Singleton,Alex | .333 | 9-2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Abernathy,Ryan | .321 | 29-29 | 109 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 47 | .431 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .406 | 2 | 2 | 6-8 | 64 | 3 | 5 | .931 |
| Garber,Steven | .312 | 26-25 | 77 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | .390 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .436 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 | 189 | 18 | 1 | .995 |
| Huske,Brandon | .278 | 27-27 | 108 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 39 | .361 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .378 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 38 | 70 | 5 | .956 |
| Wulff,Austin | .258 | 28-27 | 97 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 45 | .464 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .351 | 2 | 2 | 2-3 | 30 | 0 | 2 | .938 |
| Hardegree,Blake | .255 | 22-20 | 55 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 20 | .364 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .354 | 1 | 6 | 1-1 | 102 | 8 | 2 | .982 |
| Holler,James | .250 | 9-4 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .939 |
| Wilkinson,Luke | .222 | 8-1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .889 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Fort,Garrett | .194 | 14-8 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .258 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .297 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 11 | 15 | 2 | .929 |
| Douglas,Zachary | .000 | 5-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .923 |
| Totals | .311 | 29-29 | 917 | 218 | 285 | 59 | 7 | 16 | 191 | 406 | .443 | 121 | 37 | 131 | 11 | .408 | 12 | 25 | 23-35 | 664 | 270 | 35 | .964 |
| Opponents | .305 | 29-29 | 884 | 170 | 270 | 45 | 6 | 15 | 153 | 372 | .421 | 104 | 29 | 150 | 12 | .391 | 13 | 26 | 32-35 | 680 | 307 | 46 | .955 |
| Player | era | w-l | app-gs | cg | sho | sv | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | 2b | 3b | hr | ab | b/avg | wp | hbp | bk | sfa | sha |
| Brady,Patrick | 0.00 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Warren,Austin | 4.03 | 1-3 | 6-6 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 29.0 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 114 | .298 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Smith,Tanner | 4.15 | 0-0 | 8-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 8.2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reutter,Blane | 4.35 | 2-0 | 11-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 20.2 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 85 | .306 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fox, Ryker | 4.81 | 5-2 | 9-8 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 48.2 | 50 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 186 | .269 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Schmiedt,Brian | 4.82 | 2-1 | 10-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 9.1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | .359 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pomatto,Jon | 4.91 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3 | 3.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trout,Andrew | 5.00 | 1-0 | 8-1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .219 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Perry,Daulton | 5.87 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 | 7.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | .241 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearcy,Hondo | 6.11 | 3-2 | 8-6 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 35.1 | 42 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 137 | .307 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pablo,Nikko | 8.10 | 1-0 | 7-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | .378 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Singleton,Alex | 9.00 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henrichs,Rob | 10.67 | 0-2 | 8-2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 14.1 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 74 | .432 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Klocko,Kole | 10.80 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 18.1 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75 | .307 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bruch,Taylor | 13.50 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5.98 | 16-13 | 29-29 | 2 | 0/0 | 4 | 221.1 | 270 | 170 | 147 | 104 | 150 | 45 | 6 | 15 | 884 | .305 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| Opponents | 6.91 | 13-16 | 29-29 | 2 | 2/2 | 3 | 226.2 | 285 | 218 | 174 | 121 | 131 | 59 | 7 | 16 | 917 | .311 | 32 | 37 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
Team by Team Comparison -
NWMSU MSSU
Batting Avg .311 .310
Slugging % .443 .404
On-base % .408 .389
Fielding % .964 .966
ERA 5.98 3.61
Go Cats!!
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