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It wasn’t just the baseball skills that convinced Westmont coach Robert Ruiz to recruit Coby Cress to the Montecito campus three years ago.Ruiz saw great leadership skills in the transfer from Arizona State; he saw Cress as the type of player who could help him change the culture of the Westmont baseball program.“He’s been a huge contributor since he’s been here,” said Ruiz at Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon “He’s been a three-year captain; … [Read more...]
They fought to the very end, but in the ninth game of the Golden State Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament on Thursday night the Westmont season came to a conclusion. The Warriors lost 6-4 to the #11 Eagles of Concordia, who are undefeated in the tournament. Down 6-0 after five innings to a team which had not allowed a run in the last 21 innings of tournament play, the Warriors did what they have done all season. They kept fighting. Michael Kwan took over duties on the mound in the … [Read more...]
A day after opening GSAC Tournament play with a 12-5 win over No. 4 Azusa Pacific, Westmont Baseball suffered a 4-2 loss to the Eagles of Biola in the double-elimination tournament.The Warriors will next play at eleven o'clock in an elimination game against the loser of the game between The Master's and Concordia.The Eagles scored two runs each in the first and third innings. In the first inning, Biola's Vinnie Fayard drove in a run in the person of Benji Southerland with a ground ball … [Read more...]
After recording three wins in approximately 25 hours last weekend, Westmont's Mitch Crocker has been named both the Golden State Athletic Conference and NAIA National Pitcher of the Week. Crocker earned the awards by helping the Warriors defeat the Lions of Vanguards in the second game of a doubleheader on Friday in Costa Mesa and both games of a doubleheader in Santa Barbara on Saturday. All three games were must-win scenarios if the Warriors were to advance to the postseason.In Friday's … [Read more...]
After qualifying for the GSAC Baseball Tournament last Saturday, Westmont Baseball wanted to show that it was about more than just getting to the postseason. They did that in the first game of the tournament on Saturday by defeating host and top-seeded Azusa Pacific 12-5. The runs were the most given up by the fourth-ranked Cougars this year.The Warriors will next play at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday against the loser of the Biola-Master's game to be played later tonight. Azusa will take on the … [Read more...]
Westmont's seniors Tim Leary of Coronado and J.J. Turbin of Hayden, Idaho have been named to the 2012 Baseball All-Golden State Athletic Conference Team.Leary received the recognition as a designated hitter while Turbin was honored as an outfielder.Turbin was further honored as a 2012 Baseball Golden State Athletic Conference Gold Glove recipient as a center fielder.Leary has a batting average of .356 this season, a slugging percentage of .707 and an on base percentage of.465. He … [Read more...]
Westmont's baseball team played its way into next week's conference tournament with a pair of wins on Saturday over Vanguard.The Warriors edged Vanguard 10-9 in the first game and 8-2 in the second.GAME 1 BOX SCORE GAME 2 BOX SCOREMitch Crocker won both games on the mound to up his record to 6-3. Crocker pitched the final 2 1/3 innings of the first game before going on to turn in a complete-game performance in game 2.Tim Leary hit his 16th home run of the season. It was part of … [Read more...]
Westmont Baseball split to extra innings games with Vanguard (23-19, 13-16 GSAC) on Friday in Costa Mesa and as a result has an opportunity to play for a place in the postseason on the final day of the regular season on Saturday. The Warriors (20-24-1, 11-19 GSAC) lost the first game in 11 innings by a score of 3-2, the won the second in eight innings by a count of 6-3. The second game was scheduled for seven innings.The Warriors scored first in the opening game, posting a 1-0 advantage in … [Read more...]
Despite leading for most of the game, Westmont Baseball (19-22-1, 10-16 GSAC) suffered a 10-9 Golden State Athletic Conference loss at #4 Azusa Pacific (36-8, 23-3) Friday evening. With the loss, Westmont falls into a tie for sixth place in the GSAC standings and for the final spot in the upcoming GSAC Tournament.The Cougars struck first, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. With two away, Jordan Leyland received a walk. Leyland scored on a double to center by Johnathon Erb. Erb … [Read more...]
Eleventh-ranked Concordia evened the season series with Westmont with a 13-6 Golden State Athletic Conference win on Tuesday afternoon at Russ Carr Field. The Eagles, (27-14, 16-8 GSAC) are in second place in the GSAC, five games behind #5 Azusa Pacific (33-8, 21-3).Westmont (19-20-1, 10-14) is tied with Fresno Pacific (21-18, 10-14) for fifth place in the conference standings. At the end of the regular season, the top six teams will advance to the GSAC Tournament. Westmont and Fresno … [Read more...]
Andrew Work scattered six hits over seven innings on Thursday, leading The Master's to a 3-1 GSAC victory over Westmont.None of the four runs scored in the game were earned as both teams committed a pair of errors. The Warriors took a 1-0 lead until The Master's came back with two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth. Tommy Kister relieved Work and pitched two scoreless innings to close out Westmont. CLICK HERE TO VIEW BOX SCORE Daniel Cabuling started on the mound for Westmont and … [Read more...]
