Posted: Mar 26, 2019

PREVIEW: Crusaders Host No. 5 Texas Lutheran University This Weekend

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GAME INFORMATION

Dates: March 30^th (9 innings) (DH) | March 31^st (9 innings)

Times: March 30^th 12:00 p.m. (DH) | March 31^st 1:00 p.m.

Opponent: Texas Lutheran University

Records: Texas Lutheran (15-6, 2-1 SCAC) | Dallas (12-11, 1-5 SCAC)

Location: Irving, Texas | Crusader Field

FIRST PITCH

The University of Dallas baseball team will take on the defending SCAC conference champions and No. 5 ranked Texas Lutheran University this weekend for a three-game series. The doubleheader on Saturday will begin at 12:00 p.m. On Sunday the series will wrap up with first pitch set for 1:00 p.m. The Crusaders are coming off a 1-2 weekend at Centenary College.

UDCRUSADER HEADLINES

- Conrad Voss (Corona, Calif.) sits atop the SCAC in the wins category (5).

- Tyler Montemayor (Boerne, Texas) continues to lead the Crusaders with three saves. That mark is tied for the conference lead.

- Dallas is 12-2 leading after six innings.

- Jessup Scott (Lewiston, Idaho) and Nathan Patton (McKinney, Texas) are both tied for the team lead with 20 RBI.

- Dallas leads the SCAC with 126 walks.

BY THE NUMBERS

- TLU holds a 20-8 all-time record vs. Dallas

- The Bulldogs swept the series last year winning 8-1, 7-3, and 6-2.

- In 2017 Dallas won Game One 5-4, but fell in the next two games in Irving.

- Bulldogs Season Stats

- UD Season Stats

A LOOK AT THE BULLDOGS

- Tyler Cauley leads the team and ranks third among SCAC players driving in 21 runs. Cauley also has a team-leading five homeruns.

- Dylan Murrell leads the Bulldogs with a 2.65 earned run average.

- Nathan Mallinovsky has struck out 35 batters on his campaign (5^th SCAC).

- Murrell leads the team with four wins.

-The Bulldogs are 3-3 in true road games this season.

ALUMNI WEEKEND

- During the weekend, we invite you all to come out, mingle with other alumni, and support our current Crusaders, as well as attend a Crusader Baseball alumni social event at a local restaurant Saturday evening. Sunday before our game, we will recognize all alumni in attendance on the field.

- Our alumni, and those who built this program are extremely important to us and we want to recognize those who have came before us! This promises to be a great weekend of fellowship, strolls down memory lane, and great baseball.

FACULTY-STAFF-FAMILY UD SPORTS TAILGATE

- Free Hamburgers and hotdogs at the field out by the Baseball Clubhouse, near where the tennis courts used to be.

- At 11:30, we'll be having free hamburgers and hot dogs before the baseball double-header at 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The grill is open during both baseball games. We'll be meeting out by the baseball clubhouse

UP NEXT

Dallas will begin April by traveling to take on non-conference opponent Thomas More University March 6-7. Saturday's twinbill will begin at 12:00 p.m. The series will then wrap up on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 11:00 a.m.