March 31, 2008

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Game Information
× - The University of Texas-Pan American baseball team will face-off in a double-header against Southland Conference-foe Texas-Arlington at the Clay Gould Ballpark with game one slated for 3 p.m.

× - Following the first game against the Mavericks, the Broncs will play their second game immediately after.

× - The Broncs are coming off a three-game series against New Mexico State, where the Broncs dropped game one 12-2 and game three 24-5. UTPA was able to come away with a 10-3 victory in game-two of the three-game series.

× - With the lone win and two losses, the Broncs dropped their overall record to 9-15 on the season and 4-11 on the road.

× - The series against the Mavericks will be the 40th all-time meeting with the Broncs leading 24-15. The last meeting was in the 2005 season at the UTPA Baseball Classic where the Broncs recorded a 5-4 win.

× - The Mavericks are coming off a 14-7 win over UTSA and broke a five-game skid. With the victory, the Broncs improved to 8-18 on the season, 5-7 at home and 3-6 in the Southland Conferece.

× - The Broncs will be back at the Edinburg Baseball Stadium on Friday (April 4) when they take on New Orleans in a three-game series, with game one slated for 6:05 p.m.

× - The Broncs three home games versus New Orleans can be heard online courtesy of audiosportsonline.net with play-by-play announcer Jonah Goldberg.

Broncs Record Lone Win Against New Mexico State
× - In a three-game series against the Aggies, the Broncs captured a 10-3 victory in game-two.

× - Broncs hurler Matt Shepherd collected the win, pitching six innings and improved his record to 2-1 on the season.

× - Joey Mendoza finished the game 2-for-5 with three RBI's and a run scored while Roly Gonzalez finished 3-for-4 to go with a RBI and a run scored.

× - In game-one the Broncs dropped a 12-2 decision with Cody Cisper taking the loss, pitching five innings and falling to 1-4 on the season.

× - In the third game of the series, the Broncs suffered a 24-5 setback where they fell to 9-15 overall.

× - Five different pitchers were used in the contest with the Aggies connected on eight homeruns.

× - The Broncs five runs in the game came from two homeruns and a passed ball. Chris Lozano went yard in the first inning to left field to give the Broncs an early 1-0 lead while Billy Donaho connected on a three-run homer in the eighth, making the score 23-4.

× - UTPA's fifth run of the game came in the ninth inning following a pass ball by catcher Joe Leghorn which scored Roly Gonzalez, who reached on a fielder's choice.

× - A.J. Franco took the loss for the Broncs and dropped his overall record to 3-2 on the season after the UTPA freshman tossed 2.0 innings, allowing six runs - all earned - on six hits.

Four Broncs Earn All-Tournament Team Accolades
× - The UTPA baseball team were crowned co-champions of the Hillcrest Ford Classic Tournament and four Broncs were selected to the All-Tournament Team on Sunday (Mar. 9).

× - Newcomers Billy Donaho, Jordan Rutenbar, A.J. Franco and senior Roly Gonzalez were all-tournament team recipients for their outstanding performance in the three day tournament.

× - Donaho finished the tournament with a .545 batting average with four runs scored, four RBI's and a grand slam that came in the fourth inning in a 12-6 victory against Sam Houston State (Mar. 9).

× - Rutenbar recorded a .429 batting average to go with six RBI's and five runs scored in three games. In all three games, Rutenbar posted at least one hit while collecting two RBI's.

× - Gonzalez collected a .467 batting average to go with six stolen bases. The Broncs senior posted eight hits in 14 at bats to go along with six runs scored and a RBI.

× - The most impressive Bronc of the weekend was newcomer A.J. Franco who pitched a complete game in a 6-1 victory against Saint Louis on March 8. Franco improved his record to 2-1 while fanning five batters while only allowed one run.

Former Broncs Head to the Minors
× - After finishing their 2007-08 senior campaign, Osiel Flores, Ray Silva, Patrick Brooks and Chad Linder to the next step in furthering their dreams of playing in the major leagues as all they were signed to minor league contracts.

× - Flores was the first Bronc to sign a free agent contract with the Cleveland Indians and headed to the New York-Penn League which is a short-season Class "A" league.

× - Former third baseman Patrick Brooks signed a free agent deal with the Chicago Cubs and traveled to the Chicago Cub's rookie league in Mesa, AZ.

× - UTPA pitcher Ray Silva signed with the St. Louis Cardinals and made his debut with the Johnson City Cardinals this past summer.

× - Former UTPA pitcher Chad Linder signed with the River City Rascals which is a Division I Independent Baseball team in the Frontier League.

Broncs Host First Annual National Independent Tournament
× - Following the Broncs final three game series versus Texas Christian University, UTPA will close out the season with the National Independent Tournament in Edinburg, TX during the week of May 21-25.

× - Teams that will be featured in the NIT will be Northern Colorado, New York Tech, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Chicago State, and Le Moyne.

× - The tournament seeds will be announced on the Monday prior to the opening of the tournament. The seeds will be determined by record and NCAA RPI.

× - NCAA Regional selections take place on May 26 and the winner has an opportunity for a possible NCAA tournament bid.

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