2005 Bluejays Bring Home First MVC Title

2005 Bluejays Bring Home First MVC Title In 2005, the Creighton baseball team took the next step. After a 2004 season that saw CU improve by 15 wins, the 2005 team won Creighton's first-ever Missouri Valley Conference regular season title. A 48-17 overall record helped propel Creighton to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in five years. Creighton’s regular season Valley title marked the first time a private school won an MVC baseball title since former MVC member Tulsa did it in 1974. Creighton's 48 wins were the second-most ever by a Bluejay team and the most since the 1991 College World Series team posted 51 victories. For its accomplishments, CU received a national ranking for the first time since 2000. For the second year in a row, Creighton's head coach Ed Servais was awarded the MVC Coach of the Year. It marks the first time a Valley coach has won the award in each of his first two seasons as a head coach of an MVC school. The Bluejays won both regular season games played at Rosenblatt Stadium against in-state rival and nationallyranked Nebraska. In game one, Matt Daeges notched a bottom of the ninth inning pinch-hit double to give the Jays a dramatic 4-3 victory. An announced crowd of 20,011 - the 10th largest regular season crowd in NCAA college baseball history - witnessed CU win the rubber match of the three-game season series with a 5-3 victory. During conference play, Creighton shot out of the gates by winning its first five and 10 of its first 11 league contests. The Bluejays swept three-game series against Illinois State, Missouri State and Bradley. The Bluejays advanced to the final day of the ConAgra Foods MVC Tournament. Having to beat host Wichita State twice in one day, Creighton received an eighth inning solo home run from Gabe Lapito to secure a 4-3 victory and force a winner take all elimination game. The Bluejays ran out of steam as the Shockers won the tournament title with a 10-3 victory. Despite not winning the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, Creighton was awarded an at-large berth into the Lincoln Regional. One of sixteen regionals in the NCAA Tournament, the Lincoln Regional included Nebraska, North Carolina State, Creighton and Illinois-Chicago. The four teams combined had the most wins and best winning percentage of any regional in the tournament. Creighton disposed of N.C. State on the first day of the NCAA Tournament, 8-3. The next day Nebraska dropped the Jays 10-8, sending CU into the elimination bracket. After beating and eliminating the Wolfpack, 11-9, Creighton had to turn around and face the Cornhuskers that same night. Nebraska got the best of Creighton in the first championship game, ending the Jays season with a 10-2 defeat. A senior-laden team, six of Creighton's regular offensive starters were seniors. Along with Matt Daeges, who started 18 games and saw action in 40, the Bluejay senior class supplied 65 percent of Creighton's offense. The eighth senior on the team was closer Brandon Bird who recorded 11 saves, the third-most ever by a Creighton player.

Bird and Scott Reese became the first relief pitcher tandem to earn first-team all-MVC accolades since 1995 when Wichita State’s Braden Looper and current Creighton pitching coach Travis Wyckoff were first team members. Reese finished the season 12-0 while making all 37 of his appearances out of the bullpen. His 12-0 record marked the first time a Creighton pitcher with 10 or more decisions has gone undefeated. Reese's 37 appearances also set a new single-season record, and the sophomore was named a third-team allAmerican by the National Collegiate Baseball Wr i t e r s Association. Creighton's bullpen finished the season with a 27-3 record and 3.72 ERA. After the first weekend of the season, Bluejay relievers posted a 26-1 record. As a team, Creighton was 330 when leading after seven innings. Tony Roth and Zach Daeges both brought impressive hitting streaks into the season and extended them to 28 and 18 games, respectively. Roth's 28-game mark set a new school record. Daeges led the team in five offensive categories. The junior also became Creighton's first Academic All-American since 2001 when he was named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team as a designated hitter. Daeges, Roth and Lapito were also named academic all-district. Daeges and Roth joined Bird and Reese as first-team allMVC selections. Dan Norquist and Brad Dutton were honored on the second team at first base and shortstop, respectively. Dutton set a new school record for most assists in a single season with 234. A year after posting the second-best fielding percentage in NCAA history, Creighton's defense led the country in double plays with 85. CU was also in the top 20 in fielding percentage. The Jays ended the year ranked 28th by Collegiate Baseball and 31st by the NCBWA. Eric Wordekemper was drafted in the 46th round by the New York Yankees, and Roth signed with the Yankees as an undrafted free agent.

2006 Creighton Bluejays Baseball

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Date 2/11 2/12 2/12 2/18 2/19 2/20 2/25 2/26 3/1 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/10 3/11 3/12 3/15 3/15 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/23 3/23 3/26 3/26 3/27 3/29 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/8 4/9 4/10 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/20 4/20 4/22 4/23 4/24 4/26 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/10 5/13 5/14 5/15 5/18 5/18 5/19 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/27 5/28 5/28 6/3 6/4 6/5 6/5 Home * ^ ! &

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Creighton Opponent W/L Score R H E at Sam Houston State W 9-6 9 15 1 at Sam Houston State L 2-3 2 4 0 at Sam Houston State L 3-10 3 6 2 at Northern Colorado W 9-5 9 11 3 at Northern Colorado W 9-4 9 14 1 at Northern Colorado W 15-9 15 16 1 Saint Louis W 13-12 13 15 2 Saint Louis W 11-1 11 10 1 at Kansas State W 8-3 8 14 1 at Texas A&M Corpus-Christi L 1-3 1 4 0 at Texas A&M Corpus-Christi W(11) 3-2 3 8 3 at Texas A&M Corpus-Christi L 2-7 2 5 2 at Texas-Pan American L 4-7 4 11 3 at Texas-Pan American W 11-0 11 10 1 at Texas-Pan American W 11-7 11 9 2 South Dakota State W 13-0 13 8 0 South Dakota State W 3-2 3 8 1 Northern Colorado W 14-8 14 13 0 Northern Colorado W 4-0 4 10 0 Northern Colorado W 13-3 13 10 2 North Dakota State W 5-3 5 10 0 North Dakota State W 12-3 12 9 0 at Illinois State * W 8-2 8 10 1 at Illinois State * W 4-1 4 12 0 at Illinois State * W 7-4 7 7 2 at #7 Nebraska L 2-10 2 2 1 Southern Illinois * W 5-3 5 9 1 Southern Illinois * W 7-0 7 15 1 Southern Illinois * L 1-3 1 10 0 #4 Nebraska ! W 4-3 4 7 0 Missouri State *! W 6-2 6 8 0 Missouri State * W 7-6 7 9 1 Missouri State * W 7-0 7 12 2 at Indiana State * W 6-5 6 15 3 at Indiana State * W 11-5 11 16 0 at Indiana State * L 0-2 0 1 1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 3-2 3 5 0 Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 9-1 9 9 0 at Wichita State * L 0-8 0 7 5 at Wichita State * L 3-4 3 5 0 at Wichita State * W 10-1 10 17 1 at South Dakota State W 13-1 13 14 1 Bradley * W 10-8 10 13 3 Bradley * W 15-2 15 16 0 Bradley * W 4-1 4 7 1 Northern Iowa * L 7-17 7 14 1 Northern Iowa * L 5-9 5 11 3 Northern Iowa * W 9-1 9 11 1 #3 Nebraska ! W 5-3 5 11 0 at Evansville * W(11) 8-7 8 11 1 at Evansville * W 7-5 7 17 2 at Evansville * L 4-6 4 7 2 at North Dakota State W 7-4 7 8 2 at North Dakota State W 7-4 7 11 0 at North Dakota State W 16-1 16 19 1 Bradley ^ W 9-7 9 10 0 Evansville ^ W 6-0 6 16 0 at Wichita State ^ L 0-3 0 3 0 Indiana State ^ W 16-3 16 17 1 at Wichita State ^ W 4-3 4 9 1 at Wichita State ^ L 3-10 3 10 0 #17 North Carolina State & W 8-3 8 12 0 at #3 Nebraska & L 8-10 8 11 3 #17 North Carolina State & W 11-9 11 11 2 at #3 Nebraska & L 2-10 2 7 1 games in bold = Missouri Valley Conference Game = ConAgra Foods MVC Tournament, Wichita, Kan. = Played at Rosenblatt Stadium = NCAA Regional, Lincoln, Neb.

Opponent R H E 6 7 3 3 6 1 10 14 1 5 10 1 4 8 2 9 13 0 12 12 3 1 4 1 3 6 2 3 9 2 2 9 2 7 8 2 7 11 2 0 3 2 7 13 0 0 6 5 2 3 1 8 18 1 0 3 0 3 10 0 3 8 1 3 5 3 2 11 0 1 4 2 4 10 6 10 10 0 3 9 2 0 3 3 3 8 0 3 8 0 2 7 1 6 13 1 0 7 0 5 6 1 5 12 2 2 9 2 2 5 0 1 3 4 8 9 0 4 9 0 1 7 2 1 5 0 8 14 1 2 6 1 1 5 2 17 23 1 9 16 1 1 5 0 3 7 0 7 9 3 5 8 2 6 9 3 4 7 2 4 8 1 1 4 3 7 15 2 0 5 2 3 7 3 3 9 2 3 8 1 10 15 1 3 8 2 10 9 1 9 15 3 10 17 0

Overall Record 1-0 1-1 1-2 2-2 3-2 4-2 5-2 6-2 7-2 7-3 8-3 8-4 8-5 9-5 10-5 11-5 12-5 13-5 14-5 15-5 16-5 17-5 18-5 19-5 20-5 20-6 21-6 22-6 22-7 23-7 24-7 25-7 26-7 27-7 28-7 28-8 29-8 30-8 30-9 30-10 31-10 32-10 33-10 34-10 35-10 35-11 35-12 36-12 37-12 38-12 39-12 39-13 40-13 41-13 42-13 43-13 44-13 44-14 45-14 46-14 46-15 47-15 47-16 48-16 48-17

MVC Record 1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 5-1 6-1 7-1 8-1 9-1 10-1 10-2 10-3 10-4 11-4 12-4 13-4 14-4 14-5 14-6 15-6 16-6 17-6 17-7 -

2006 Creighton Bluejays Baseball

Pitcher of Record Reese (W, 1-0) Ogilvie (L, 0-1) Buckingham (L, 0-1) Wordekemper (W, 1-0) Schaecher (W, 1-0) Bilek (W, 1-0) Shockey (W, 1-0) Daneff (W, 1-0) Reese (W, 2-0) Daneff (L, 1-1) Reese (W, 3-0) Lewis (L, 0-1) Buckingham (L, 0-2) Daneff (W, 2-1) Ogilvie (W, 1-1) Lewis (W, 1-1) Reese (W, 4-0) Reese (W, 5-0) Bilek (W, 2-0) Schaecher (W, 2-0) Reese (W, 6-0) Benson (W, 1-0) Daneff (W, 3-1) Lewis (W, 2-1) Mancuso (W, 1-0) Bilek (L, 2-1) Reese (W, 7-0) Lewis (W, 3-1) Schaecher (L, 2-1) Reese (W, 8-0) Daneff (W, 4-1) Bird (W, 1-0) Schaecher (W, 3-1) Bilek (W, 3-1) Ogilvie (W, 2-1) Schaecher (L, 3-2) Reese (W, 9-0) Wordekemper (W, 2-0) Ogilvie (L, 2-2) Lewis (L, 3-2) Schaecher (W, 4-2) Wordekemper (W, 3-0) Bird (W, 2-0) Bilek (W, 4-1) Schaecher (W, 5-2) Ogilvie (L, 2-3) Bilek (L, 4-2) Schaecher (W, 6-2) Reese (W, 10-0) Ogilvie (W, 3-3) Benson (W, 2-0) Schaecher (L, 6-3) Bilek (W, 5-2) Ogilvie (W, 4-3) Wordekemper (W, 4-0) Ogilvie (W, 5-3) Wordekemper (W, 5-0) Bilek (L, 5-3) Ogilvie (W, 6-3) Reese (W, 11-0) Benson (L, 2-1) Wordekemper (W, 6-0) Schaecher (L, 6-4) Reese (W, 12-0) Mancuso (L, 1-1)

Att. 200 150 301 372 391 420 335 887 402 410 210 198 350 350 268 211 252 281 296 208 491 513 7278 342 603 611 7012 1806 819 1179 189 238 163 298 3878 3989 3897 351 297 716 408 486 794 612 20011 330 269 403 272 161 2912 2940 3802 2931 4599 3672 4362 8662 2512 8304

Time 2:45 2:12 2:55 2:36 2:25 2:52 3:39 2:13 2:32 3:10 3:15 2:28 2:27 2:30 2:45 2:01 1:53 2:47 2:02 2:51 1:53 1:56 2:34 1:56 2:00 2:09 2:25 2:18 2:09 2:25 2:35 2:31 2:09 2:26 2:36 2:01 2:35 1:44 2:17 2:13 2:33 2:28 2:27 2:06 1:40 2:06 2:37 2:11 2:46 2:57 2:28 2:15 1:46 2:06 2:26 2:20 2:40 2:15 2:31 2:31 2:38 2:31 2:40 2:39 2:34

Overall: 48-17 • Home: 21-3 • Away: 21-14 • Neutral: 6-0 Hitting Player

AVG

GP-GS

AB

Daeges, Zach

.350

61-61

Norquist, Dan

.344

Dutton, Brad Roth, Tony

R

H

2B

3B HR

BB

SO

OBP

A

E FLD% PO

214

55 75

17

5

8

RBI 61

SF/SH HBP 2/3

7

40

35

SB-ATT SLG 6-8

.589

.464

0

0

.000

65-65

244

63 84

22

7

4

47

8/0

10

32

53

9-10

.541

.429 32

4

.993 540

.335

65-63

257

43 86

11

3

5

46

4/18

6

14

27

8-16

.459

.377 234 17

.951

.320

63-63

231

47 74

20

1

5

37

6/7

7

36

37

12-20

.481

.418 195

7

.978 114

Odenreider, Chase

.292

62-59

209

39 61

11

0

3

32

4/7

12

13

25

10-17

.388

.361 11

1

.990

90

Lapito, Gabe

.288

65-64

233

39 67

21

4

5

40

3/6

11

20

43

7-12

.476

.367 152 17

.921

45

Daniel, Tony

.279

63-56

190

41 53

15

1

10

50

3/8

13

34

40

4-6

.526

.417 51

6

.984 315

Shockey, Colin

.268

64-63

220

45 59

O’Neill, Connor

.538

14-2

13

Schultz, Dave

.423

41-20

Gradoville, Chris

.403

Wellwood, Mark

.250

Daeges, Matt

0 94

13

1

2

36

5/12

16

30

35

8-10

.364

.387

3

6

.962 148

7

0

0

0

3

1/0

0

0

1

1-1

.538

.500 10

1

.950

71

16 30

8

0

2

16

1/0

4

6

9

0-0

.620

.488

2

0 1.000 135

46-37

124

20 50

16-4

16

.232

40-18

Hinrichs, Jim

.143

Kester, Travis

.111

Bowers, Matt

5

9

6

0

7

35

1/4

7

8

12

2-3

.621

.464

9

0 1.000

4

1

0

1

6

2/1

1

8

4

0-0

.500

.481

9

3

.842

7

56

10 13

6

0

1

8

1/1

7

13

20

0-0

.393

.429

1

0 1.000

27

54-9

56

23

8

1

1

0

5

0/4

0

11

21

3-4

.196

.284

2

2

.951

37

13-1

9

3

1

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

3

1-1

.111

.111

0

1

.500

1

.000

6-0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

2

0-0

.000

.000

1

0 1.000

1

Goliber, Matt

.000

9-0

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

1

1

0-0

.000

.333

1

0 1.000

12

Mosley, Justin

.000

2-0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0-0

.000

.000

0

0

Creighton Totals

.312

65-65 2152 459 672

152

23

53

422

41/71

101 266 368

71-108

.478

.406 803 71

.972 1662

Opponents

.271

65-65 2105 287 570

115

12

28

267

17/35

41 195 362

41-63

.377

.342 673 98

.959 1635

9

0/0

.000

55

0

LEFT ON BASE - CU (537), Opp. (444). DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED - CU (85), Opp. (46). PICKED OFF - Hinrichs 2, Norquist 2, Dutton 1, M. Daeges 1, Odenreider 1, Lapito 1 INTENTIONAL WALKS - CU (10), Roth 3, Z. Daeges 2, Shockey 1, Lapito 1, Hinrichs 1, Daniel 1, Norquist 1, Opp. (16)

Pitching Pitcher

W

L

ERA

APP GS CG SHO

SV

Bird, Brandon

2

0

1.44

28

0

0

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

HR

WP

0

11

43.2

34

8

7

11

39

Reese, Scott

12

0

2.85

37

0

Wordekemper, Eric

6

0

3.12

11

Benson, Trevor

2

1

3.54

Daneff, Jeff

4

1

Schaecher, Adam

6

Shockey, Colin

2B 3B 6

1

0

0

HP BK 1

0

AVG .225

0

0

5

88.1

72

33

28

28

58

18

0

3

0

2

1

.225

10

0

0

0

43.1

36

15

15

5

36

7

1

2

2

5

0

.231

19

1

0

0

0

28.0

29

11

11

6

12

6

0

1

1

1

0

.274

3.63

10

10

0

0

0

52.0

53

22

21

29

43

15

1

1

5

2

1

.270

4

3.94

18

14

1

0

0

82.1

92

40

36

17

34

16

2

3

3

11

0

.293

1

0

4.05

7

0

0

0

0

6.2

7

4

3

2

7

1

0

0

1

0

0

.259

Lewis, Marc

3

2

4.41

11

10

0

0

0

49.0

52

25

24

23

49

5

4

3

0

2

0

.272

Ogilvie, Teddy

6

3

4.69

23

5

0

0

1

55.2

59

36

29

12

27

11

1

5

2

2

0

.277

Bilek, Tony

5

3

5.57

18

10

0

0

0

53.1

56

35

33

25

24

14

1

5

0

10

0

.272

Mancuso, Ben

1

1

6.03

21

3

0

0

0

31.1

44

27

21

19

21

7

1

3

4

3

0

.338

Bowers, Matt

0

0

8.31

9

0

0

0

0

8.2

11

10

8

10

8

5

0

0

1

0

1

.306

Buckingham, Matt

0

2

13.50

7

2

0

0

0

8.0

14

13

12

5

3

4

0

1

0

1

1

.368

Venditte, Pat

0

0

14.73

5

0

0

0

0

3.2

11

8

6

3

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

.524

Creighton Totals

48 17

4.13

65

65

1

6

17

554.0

570 287

254

195

362

115

12

28

19

41

4

.271

Opponents

17 48

6.56

65

65

2

3

6

545.0

672 459

397

266

368 152

23

53

45 101

12

.312

PASSED BALLS - CU (4), Daniel 3, Gradoville 1, Opp. (16). PICKOFFS - CU (5), Daniel 2, Bilek 2, Schaecher 1, Opp. (8). STOLEN BASES/ATTEMPTED - Benson (0/1), Bilek (6/7), Bird (2/6), Bowers (1/1), Daniel (36/54), Daneff (8/10), Gradoville (5/7), Lewis (5/6), Mancuso (1/1), Ogilvie (6/9), Reese (5/9), Schaecher (3/6), Venditte (2/2), Wordekemper (2/5).

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MVC Overall: 17-7 • Home: 9-3 • Away: 8-4 Hitting Player

AVG

GP-GS

AB

R

H

2B

3B HR

BB

SO

OBP

A

Norquist, Dan

.398

24-24

93

21

37

10

1

1

RBI 18

SF/SH HBP 2/0

4

10

19

SB-ATT SLG 3-3

.559

.468

13

E FLD% PO 1

.995 194

Dutton, Brad

.381

24-24

97

16

37

6

1

4

20

0/8

2

3

10

3-5

.588

.412

93

8

.942

Daeges, Zach

.348

24-24

89

18

31

5

2

3

18

2/1

2

15

13

2-2

.551

.444

0

0

.000

0

Odenreider, Chase

.321

24-24

84

15

27

5

0

1

12

3/5

3

4

6

2-8

.417

.362

5

1

.978

40

Shockey, Colin

.302

24-23

86

17

26

4

1

0

11

0/5

5

10

13

3-4

.372

.406

1

4

.935

57

Roth, Tony

.261

24-24

88

16

23

6

1

3

12

1/4

2

17

16

6-8

.455

.389

79

5

.961

45

Daniel, Tony

.257

23-22

74

16

19

6

0

3

17

0/5

7

10

15

1-2

.459

.396

24

4

.974 124

Lapito, Gabe

.247

24-24

93

13

23

8

2

2

18

2/2

2

5

17

3-5

.441

.294

63

6

.933

21

Schultz, Dave

.516

17-11

31

8

16

3

0

0

3

0/0

4

3

2

0-0

.613

.605

1

0 1.000

68

Gradoville, Chris

.409

18-13

44

4

18

2

0

2

9

0/1

2

2

5

0-0

.591

.458

4

0 1.000

13

Daeges, Matt

.167

10-3

12

1

2

1

0

0

1

0/0

1

3

5

0-0

.250

.375

1

0 1.000

5

Hinrichs, Jim

.059

20-0

17

6

1

0

0

0

1

0/1

0

1

10

2-3

.059

.111

0

0 1.000

9

O’Neill, Connor

.000

3-0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0

0-0

.000

.000

2

0 1.000

2

Goliber, Matt

.000

1-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0

0-0

.000

.000

0

0

.000

0

Wellwood, Mark

.000

2-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

1

0

0-0

.000

1.000

0

0

.000

0

Creighton Totals

.321

24-24

809 151 260

56

8

19

140

10/32

34

84

131

25-40

.481

.403 319 32

.967 627

Opponents

.277

24-24

792 102 219

37

7

11

95

7/16

17

66

132

21-33

.383

.342 256 36

.960 614

LEFT ON BASE - CU (204), Opp. (169). DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED - CU (31), Opp. (22). PICKED OFF - CU (4), Norquist 2, Lapito 1, Hinrichs 1 INTENTIONAL WALKS - CU (3), Z. Daeges 2, Roth 1

Pitching Pitcher

W

L

ERA

SV

Buckingham, Matt

0

0

0.00

1

0

0

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

HR

WP

0

0

0.1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bird, Brandon

2

0

1.59

10

0

.000

0

0

4

17.0

19

3

3

2

15

3

1

0

0

1

0

Reese, Scott

1

0

2.45

13

.302

0

0

0

4

33.0

26

10

9

8

25

5

0

1

0

0

1

Schaecher, Adam

4

3

2.59

.224

8

8

1

0

0

48.2

46

15

14

11

19

6

1

2

1

4

0

Benson, Trevor

1

0

.263

3.38

4

0

0

0

0

5.1

6

2

2

2

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

Bilek, Tony

2

.300

1

4.08

4

3

0

0

0

17.2

17

10

8

5

4

4

0

2

0

6

0

Daneff, Jeff

.250

2

0

4.57

4

4

0

0

0

21.2

26

11

11

15

20

7

1

0

4

1

1

.299

Lewis, Marc

2

1

4.88

5

5

0

0

0

27.2

28

16

15

10

26

2

4

1

0

1

0

.267

Ogilvie, Teddy

2

2

5.16

9

2

0

0

1

22.2

25

17

13

6

12

6

0

1

1

1

0

.275

Wordekemper, Eric

0

0

6.30

3

2

0

0

0

10.0

11

7

7

4

7

3

0

1

0

1

0

.289

Mancuso, Ben

1

0

14.40

6

0

0

0

0

5.0

15

11

8

2

3

1

0

2

1

1

0

.536

17

7

3.88

24

24

1

2

9

209.0

219 102

90

66

132

37

7

11

7

17

2

.277

7 17

5.85

24

24

1

2

2

204.2

260 151

133

84

131

56

8

19

16

34

5

.321

Creighton Totals Opponents

APP GS CG SHO

2B 3B

HP BK

PASSED BALLS - CU (2), Daniel 2, Opp. (5). PICKOFFS - CU (4), Daniel 2, Bilek 1, Schaecher 1 Opp. (4). STOLEN BASES/ATTEMPTED - Bird (2/5), Bilek (2/2), Daniel (18/26), Daneff (6/7), Gradoville (3/5), Lewis (3/4), Ogilvie (5/5), Reese (3/6), Schaecher (0/3), Wordekemper (0/1).

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2006 Creighton Bluejays Baseball

AVG

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2005 Final Missouri Valley Conference Standings Team Creighton Wichita State Southern Illinois Evansville Bradley Indiana State Missouri State Illinois State Northern Iowa

W 17 16 15 12 10 10 10 9 9

MVC L T 7 0 8 0 9 0 12 0 14 0 14 0 14 0 15 0 15 0

Pct. .708 .667 .625 .500 .417 .417 .417 .375 .375

W 48 51 38 35 28 30 26 26 26

Overall L T 17 0 24 0 21 0 23 0 22 0 28 0 29 0 27 0 28 0

Pct. .738 .680 .644 .603 .560 .517 .473 .491 .481

2005 All-Missouri Valley Conference Teams FIRST TEAM 1B Erik Lis Jr. 2B Tony Roth Sr. SS P.J. Finigan Sr. 3B Paul Rice So. C Joe Muich Sr. DH Zach Daeges Jr. UT Derek SchermerhornSo. OF Kevin Koski So. OF Phil Napolitan Sr. OF Matt Bolt So. SP P.J. Finigan Sr. SP Mike Pelfrey Sr. SP Collin Walker Jr. RP Brandon Bird Sr. RP Scott Reese So.

Evansville Creighton Souhern Illinois Bradley Wichita State Creighton Wichita State Southern Illinois Wichita State Illinois State Souhern Illinois Wichita State Bradley Creighton Creighton

SECOND TEAM 1B Dan Norquist 2B Damon Sublett SS Brad Dutton 3B Matt Brewer C Matt Weglarz DH Chris Schmidt UT Brad Canada OF Kirk McConnell OF Rance Fosdick OF Tim Brewer SP Tyler Norrick SP Ryan Tatusko SP Bryan Rueger RP Brandon Rinnan RP Chris Krawczyk RP Mark Murray

Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So.

Creighton Wichita State Creighton Southern Illinois Missouri State Indiana State Bradley Missouri State Indiana State Indiana State Southern Illinois Indiana State Southern Illinois UNI Missouri State Evansville

HONORABLE MENTION Bradley - 1B Brad Canada, SP Brandon Magee Creighton - UT Dan Norquist Evansville - SP Adam Rogers Illinois State - RP Eric Thiesen Indiana State - 2B Ryan Bond Missouri State - UT Chris Taylor, OF Jake Hilgendorf Southern Illinois - OF Dean Cademartori, OF Nathan Emrick UNI - C Nate Trumm, OF Mark Frieske Wichita State - 3B Derek Schermerhorn, SP Travis Banwart, RP Noah Booth

2005 MVC All-Tournament Team C 1B 2B SS 3B UT DH OF OF OF P P

Tony Daniel Eric Alvarez Tony Roth Brad Dutton Gabe Lapito D. Schermerhorn Danny Jackson C. Odenreider Rance Fosdick Kevin Koski Mike Pelfrey Travis Banwart

2005 MVC Awards Player of the Year P.J. Finigan Southern Ill. Pitcher of the Year Mike Pelfrey Wichita State Newcomer of the Year Tim Brewer Indiana State Freshman of the Year Damon Sublett Wichita State Coach of the Year Ed Servais Creighton

2005 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team First Team Brad Canada Phil Napolitan P.J. Finigan Gabe Lapito Brian Spielmann Joe Muich Zach Daeges Tony Roth Kevin Koski Adam Rogers Chris Schmidt Brandon Bird Matt Weglarz

Bradley Wichita State Southern Ill. Creighton Bradley Wichita State Creighton Creighton Southern Ill. Evansville Indiana State Creighton Missouri St.

Honorable Mention Clayton Daniels Jake Eigsti Nathan Emrick Chris Frank Brandon Gale Derek Goins Chris Krawczyk Kirk McConnell Nick McCoola Robbie Minor Scott Nasby Jon Smith Adam Snyder Nate Trumm Kenny Waddell Collin Walker

Creighton Southern Ill. Creighton Creighton Creighton Wichita State Wichita State Creighton Indiana State Southern Ill. Wichita State Wichita State

2006 Creighton Bluejays Baseball

UNI Indiana State Southern Ill. Illinois State Illinois State Bradley Missouri St. Missouri St. Wichita State Evansville Missouri St. Bradley Southern Ill. UNI Wichita State Bradley

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