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Northwest Conference Player of the Week Bo Thunell batted .417 this week for George Fox.
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With a three game sweep of University of Puget Sound Loggers (9-10-1, 8-4), the George Fox Bruins opened a three game advantage over the rest of the conference this weekend. George Fox is now 18-1 overall, the Bruins' best record after 19 games, and 11-1 in the league.
On Saturday, Bo Thunell drove in six runs in the first game, including the game-winner in the 10th inning, and Chris Albrecht struck out 12 in eight innings of work in the second game, leading the George Fox University Bruins to 8-7 and 6-5 wins over the University of Puget Sound Loggers in a Northwest Conference baseball showdown between the league co-leaders at Morse Field.
Right-hander Preston Langeliers threw a complete-game shutout and designated hitter Matt Wyckoff broke out of a hitting slump with three hits and four runs batted in, propelling the George Fox University Bruins to a 7-0 win and a three-game series sweep of the University of Puget Sound Loggers in Northwest Conference baseball Sunday afternoon here at Morse Field.
The Bruins are led by Head Coach, Pat Bailey, who has compiled a 341-148 record in 12 seasons at George Fox. He was named NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year and West Region Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association for leading the Bruins to the 2004 NCAA West Region and World Series championships. He is a 7-time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year.
The Bruins are dominating the conference statistics as well. They lead the Northwest conference in batting (.372 BA), pitching (2.52 ERA) and fielding (.981 FA). In adding to the overall play, several Bruins are having career years. Bryan Donohue (.518, 20 runs scored), Dan Wentzell (.464, 27 runs, 34 RBI, .826 SLG), and Daniel Downs (.405, 9 2b) are the top three batters midway through the conference schedule. Preston Langeliers (1.60, 5-0) and Nick Bratney (1.70, 5-0) are at the top of the individual pitching leaders.
Drew Johnson with has 14 stolen bases this season, became the all-time stolen base leader at George Fox with 75, surpassing Ryan Munoz (70, 1995-99) Johnson is moving up the list in several offensive categories as he is 1st in steal attempts (88), 2nd in sacrifices (26), 3rd in sacrifice flies (9), 6th in at bats (525), hits (185), and 7th in runs (143). Also moving up the lists with Johnson is Dan Wentzell. Wentzell ranks 3rd in hit by pitches (19), 4th in RBI (144), 5th in home runs (24), total bases (305), 6th in doubles (40), triples (6), and 7th in hits (183).
The Bruins visit Concordia University-Portland Wednesday for a non-conference game at 2 p.m. before going to Tacoma, Wash., Saturday and Sunday for a critical conference series against Pacific Lutheran University.
On Saturday, Bo Thunell drove in six runs in the first game, including the game-winner in the 10th inning, and Chris Albrecht struck out 12 in eight innings of work in the second game, leading the George Fox University Bruins to 8-7 and 6-5 wins over the University of Puget Sound Loggers in a Northwest Conference baseball showdown between the league co-leaders at Morse Field.
Right-hander Preston Langeliers threw a complete-game shutout and designated hitter Matt Wyckoff broke out of a hitting slump with three hits and four runs batted in, propelling the George Fox University Bruins to a 7-0 win and a three-game series sweep of the University of Puget Sound Loggers in Northwest Conference baseball Sunday afternoon here at Morse Field.
The Bruins are led by Head Coach, Pat Bailey, who has compiled a 341-148 record in 12 seasons at George Fox. He was named NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year and West Region Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association for leading the Bruins to the 2004 NCAA West Region and World Series championships. He is a 7-time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year.
The Bruins are dominating the conference statistics as well. They lead the Northwest conference in batting (.372 BA), pitching (2.52 ERA) and fielding (.981 FA). In adding to the overall play, several Bruins are having career years. Bryan Donohue (.518, 20 runs scored), Dan Wentzell (.464, 27 runs, 34 RBI, .826 SLG), and Daniel Downs (.405, 9 2b) are the top three batters midway through the conference schedule. Preston Langeliers (1.60, 5-0) and Nick Bratney (1.70, 5-0) are at the top of the individual pitching leaders.
Drew Johnson with has 14 stolen bases this season, became the all-time stolen base leader at George Fox with 75, surpassing Ryan Munoz (70, 1995-99) Johnson is moving up the list in several offensive categories as he is 1st in steal attempts (88), 2nd in sacrifices (26), 3rd in sacrifice flies (9), 6th in at bats (525), hits (185), and 7th in runs (143). Also moving up the lists with Johnson is Dan Wentzell. Wentzell ranks 3rd in hit by pitches (19), 4th in RBI (144), 5th in home runs (24), total bases (305), 6th in doubles (40), triples (6), and 7th in hits (183).
The Bruins visit Concordia University-Portland Wednesday for a non-conference game at 2 p.m. before going to Tacoma, Wash., Saturday and Sunday for a critical conference series against Pacific Lutheran University.
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