MANKATO, Minn. — The Minnesota State baseball team finished its 2010 season with a 44-16 overall mark and first in the NSIC with a 25-7 record. Besides taking the NSIC regular season title, the Mavericks grabbed the NSIC postseason tournament crown and traveled to Farmington, N.M., to capture the NCAA Central Region title as the second seed. The team then advanced to the 2010 Division II College World Series in Cary, N.C., where MSU finished seventh.
All-American: Minnesota State sophomore right-handed pitcher Blake Schwartz who earned Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association 2010 Third-Team All-American honors earlier this week was also tabbed All-American Honorable Mention by National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association of America (NCBWA).
MSU’s NCAA National Championship Tournament Record: (five appearances): After dropping contests to Southern Indiana and Franklin Pierce, MSU is now 3-10 all-time in NCAA Championship Tournament play. The Mavericks have finished seventh twice (1979 and 2010), fourth twice (1971 and 1986) and third once (1980) at the national tournament.
As a Team: MSU finished the season having won 17 of its last 23 games, outscored its opponents 469-259 and out hit its opponents 678-470. The Mavericks scored the majority of their runs in the fourth inning (73) this season, while also having given up the most runs in the fifth (42). The Mavericks made their 29th NCAA Tournament appearance (regional berths), which ranks only behind Florida Southern’s 39 trips to the NCAA tournament.
Until this year, MSU has never had two ten-game winners in the same season. Sophomore
Blake Schwartzand junior
Bret Mitchell both finished with ten wins this season…Prior to this year, the most wins by MSU teammates in the same season was in 2007 when
Jon Bjelland (11-0) and
Danny Klous (8-1) combined for 19 victories…Righthanders
Mike Kanter and
Wes Weber combined for 18 victories with nine wins each in 1986, as did
Matt McMurtry (10-3) and
Dane Scott (8-1) in 2006.
Minnesota State Team Records: This year’s team has established several team records.
Category MSU Record Old Record or where 2010 team finished
Games Played: 2010: 60 1980: 57
At Bats: 2010: 1,982 1980: 1,711
Hits: 2010: 678 1980: 581
Runs: 2010: 469 1986: 426
Doubles: 2010: 135 2000: 114
RBI: 2010: 422 2006: 368
Sacrifice Hits: 2010: 50 2005: 38
Totals Bases: 2010: 1004 1980: 859
Steals: 1978: 138 2010: 120
Wins: 2007: 45 2010: 44
Triples: 1980: 22 2010: 19
Home Runs: 2005: 82 2010: 51
Base on Balls: 1986: 267 2010: 200
Batting Average: 1980: .344 2010: .342
Consecutive Wins: 1970 & 2007: 19 2010: 7
40-Win Season: Minnesota State's 44 wins this season ranks second all-time and the third season with 40 or more wins in program history, the others came in 2006 (43) and 2007 (45).
2009-10 Maverick NSIC Players/Pitchers of the Week:
Date Player Position/Stats
Feb. 24 Patrick Lenton Pitcher (W, 3 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 3 BB)
March 3 Kosuke Hattori Player (.857 BA, 1.429 SLG%, 6 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI)
March 15 Bret Mitchell Pitcher (CG SO W, 4 H, 0 ER, 11 K, 1 BB )
April 4 Ben Kincaid Pitcher (CG W, 5 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 0 BB)
May 3 Blake Schwartz Pitcher (CG SO W, 6 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 1 BB)
About Head Coach Matt Magers: In his second season as head coach of the Mavericks, Matt Magers led MSU to a 44-16 mark on the year. Magers has led MSU to a 82-33 overall mark in his two seasons at the Maverick baseball helm, a NSIC regular-season crown, two NSIC tournament titles, two bids into the NCAA Division II regional tournament and a trip to the 2010 NCAA Division II Championship Tournament. A long-time MSU assistant coach, Magers pitched at South Dakota State and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1997.
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