Notre Dame Fighting Irish
ACC (36-21, 17-13)
Big Wins: 3/6 at Georgia Tech (3-2), 4/10 Florida State (5-2), 5/9 North Carolina (10-5)
Bad Losses: 2/13 at Oklahoma (1-6), 4/15 Toledo (0-5), 5/2 Northwestern State (2-8)
Coach: Mik Aoki
Key Field Players:
Kyle Fiala, Sophomore, IF, .301 BA, 28 RBI, 10 SB
Robert Youngdahl, Senior, OF, P, .294 BA, 6 HR, 42 RBI
Ryan Lidge, Sophomore, C, .278 BA, 35 RBI
Zak Kutsulis, Junior, IF, .265 BA, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 12 SB
Lane Richards, Junior, IF, .264 BA, 5 HR, 33 RBI
Cavan Biggio, Senior, OF, .254 BA, 8 HR, 23 RBI, 14 SB
Key Pitchers:
Ryan Smoyer, Sophomore, P, 2.13 ERA, 9-0 W/L, 71.2 IP, 31 SO
Scott Tully, Sophomore, P, 2.92 ERA, 4-4 W/L, 61.2 IP, 62 SO
Brandon Bielak, Freshman, P, 3.31 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 81.2 IP, 56 SO
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .252 (260th in nation, 14th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 1.31 (1, 1)
Doubles per Game: 1.78 (102, 6)
Earned Run Average: 3.03 (21, 4)
Fielding Percentage: .978 (9, 1)
Home Runs per Game: 0.70 (80, 6)
Scoring Offense: 5.3 (155, 11)
Slugging Percentage: .383 (157, 10)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.09 (120, 7)
Triples per Game: 0.30 (65, 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 5/17
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