Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Big East (34-24, 10-14)
Big Wins: 3/1 Miami FL (9-4), 3/2 Virginia Tech (3-0), 3/10 Oklahoma (6-5)
Bad Losses: 3/3 Rhode Island (3-4), 4/7 Villanova (6-10), 5/18 at Cincinnati (5-11)
Coach: Mik Aoki
Key Field Players:
Trey Mancini, Junior, 1B, .389 BA, 7 HR, 54 RBI
Eric Jagielo, Junior, IF/OF, .388 BA, 9 HR, 53 RBI
Ryan Bull, Sophomore, IF/OF, .319 BA, 38 RBI
Frank DeSico, Senior, IF, .262 BA, 21 RBI, 19 SB
Lane Richards, Freshman, IF, .246 BA, 20 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Adam Norton, Senior, P, 2.40 ERA, 10-5 W/L, 116.1 IP, 70 SO
Sean Fitzgerald, Junior, P, 4.89 ERA, 5-4 W/L, 73.2 IP, 43 SO
Dan Slania, Junior, P, 1.21 ERA, 3-1 W/L, 59.1 IP, 43 SO, 13 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .278 (119th in nation, 6th in conference)
Earned Run Average: 3.88 (98, 6)
Fielding Percentage: 0.97 (88, 3)
Scoring Offense: 5.1 (160, 9)
Home Runs per Game: 0.44 (102, 4)
Doubles per Game: 1.74 (97, 6)
Triples per Game: 0.37 (25, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.0 (155, 6)
Slugging Percentage: .389 (80, 4)
Double Plays per Game: 0.91 (50, 3)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2006 | Regional | lost to Charleston, eliminated by Kentucky |
2005 | Regional | lost to North Carolina, defeated Stetson, defeated North Carolina, eliminated by Florida |
2004 | Regional | lost to Kent State, defeated UC Irvine, defeated Kent State, eliminated by Arizona |
2003 | Regional | defeated Arizona, lost to Cal State Fullerton, defeated San Diego, eliminated by Cal State Fullerton |
2002 | Regional | defeated Ohio State, defeated South Alabama, defeated Ohio State |
2002 | Super Regional | defeated Florida State |
2002 | CWS | lost to Stanford, defeated Rice, eliminated by Stanford |
*all team stats through 5/19
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