PREVIEW: Crusaders host ETBU in Non-Conference Game on Tuesday
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FIRST PITCH
The University of Dallas baseball team is back home for a non-conference matchup with East Texas Baptist University on Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Crusaders are coming off a three-game sweep at LaGrange College this past weekend.
FEW NOTABLES
- The Crusaders are now 7-4 after dropping multiple games for the first time this spring.
- Dallas is 3-0 at home.
- Joseph Vondrachek (North St. Paul, Minn.), Christian Wheatley (Austin, Texas), Zachary Taylor (Humble, Texas), Nathan Patton (McKinney, Texas), and Nicolas Hovde (Waco, Texas) have recorded double-digits for hits.
- Taylor has posted half of his 14 hits for doubles.
- UD has gone 4-1 against teams from the American Southwest Conference (ASC)
(About the Opponents)
- East Texas Baptist University is 2-11 overall
- Nicholas Deatherage leads the team with 12 hits and eight RBI. Brady Faulkner, Ford Spigener, and Jake Miller also have cracked double figures for total hits.
- The Tigers have posted 17 doubles, two triples, and seven home runs.
- They are 35-40 in stolen bases.
- ETBU is 1-4 on the road and have lost two straight.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- All-Time Series: (UD is 18-19)
ROAD AHEAD
Dallas embarks on a road trip over the first half of spring break to California. The first stop is a doubleheader on Saturday, March 7, at Cal Lutheran University. The next day is at Whittier College. The Crusaders finish the trip at Chapman University at 1 p.m. (All times listed central time zone)