Western falls short of Hornets in non-conference game
The Broncos could not muster enough run support to overcome a couple of costly errors late. Steve Roessel was effective all day, and Evin Casey through well in relief. Zach Root re-established himself in the rotation to close the game.
Western wins Northwood series
Game 1: The long day began with Western rallying for the game winning run in the first frame of extras. Dan Murphy and Andrew Ferris split the pitching work, while lead off man Jordan Fershtman and shortstop Modesto Martinez each supplied multi-hit performances.
Game 2: Ryan Feist was lights out and combined with Evin Casey to surrender only three hits. Kyle Shawhan led the Bronco attack reaching base all 5 plate appearances.
Game 3: Western could only muster as many runs as it did errors, in an affair where Northwood plated the game winner in the bottom of the seventh. Kyle Shawhan again had three hits, in a game where the costly mistakes led to Northwood runs.
Western/Northwood series moved
The upcoming series against Northwood has been moved from Midland to Bailey Park in Battle Creek (Morrison Field) due to Northwood being unable to secure a home field. Because of this move on short notice, there will be 3-7 inning games played on Sunday starting at 10:00 am
Western Takes 2 of 3 from Central Michigan
Western Michigan started the conference season off strong last weekend by taking 2 of 3 from Central Michigan.
In Game 1, CMU pitcher Zane Breslin shut down the Bronco offense, holding them to just 1 run on 4 hits as Western fell 6-1 to the Chips. Josh Pilarski recorded 2 hits, and Andrew Ferris threw two scoreless innings in relief.
Western evened out the series in Game 2 as they put up 9 runs on 8 hits during a 9-5 win over Central. Ryan Feist picked up a complete game win, holding CMU to 4 earned runs on 5 hits. Bryce Jones had 2 hits and scored 2 runs, and Modesto Martinez added 2 hits and 1 stolen base.
Western took the series win in dramatic fashion on Sunday morning. On a day when the ball seemed to bounce Central's way on every play, WMU pulled out a 5-4 walkoff win. Brendan Cleary dominated in his first start of the season, allowing just 1 earned run over 6 innings while recording 9 strikeouts. Chad Carpenter earned the win in 1 1/3 innings of relief. Entering the bottom of the 8th in a 4-1 hole, Jordan Fershtman and Shin Aono led off the inning with solid hits and each scored before the inning ended. In the bottom of the 9th, Gus Remillet started the inning with a fly ball to the left field fence, and advanced to third on a bunt single by Trent Zwiers. Jose Vasquez tied the game with a double to the right-centerfield gap, and Curtis Fisher ended the game with a walk-off sacrifice fly to right, scoring Zwiers from third.
Western Michigan (6-5, 2-1) looks to build on the momentum of the series win against Northwood University (0-0, 0-0) this coming weekend.
Live Scorecasting Available for the 2012 season
March 1, 2012
For the upcoming 2012 season, all Western Club Baseball games will be available live on iScorecast. There is no live video, but it shows the play-by-play of all the games. Below is a link leading to the iScorecast.
Western Club Baseball iScorecast
The first game will be on Sunday down in Plant City, Florida against Florida Tech with the first pitch starting at 2:00 PM.
2012 Spring Trip Schedule Released
The 2012 NCBA Spring Training Showcase Schedule was released today and Western Michigan has a full slate of games for the week of spring break. Nine games with nine different opponents in a six day span (March 4th - March 9th). Eight of these nine opponents Western will be playing for the first time.
For the second straight season, Western will open its season against an opponent from the state of Florida. This season, Western will play Florida Tech to open their season on Sunday, March 4th.
On Monday, Western will play two afternoon games. The first will be played against North Carolina - Charlotte while the second game will have the Broncos square off against the Mavericks of Minnesota State - Mankato.
Western will play another doubleheader on Tuesday morning. The first will feature WMU playing against the AD STARR Free Agent Team, which is comprised of players from other schools who aren't playing on the spring trip that still want to play down in Florida. The second game will feature a fellow Michigan school in Michigan in where the Broncos will face off against Michigan Tech.
After an off day Wednedsay, the Broncos will play a tripleheader on Thursday. The first game will feature the Panthers of Pittsburgh, who is a perennial power in their league. The second game will see Western Michigan play against Virginia Tech. Due to one of the teams dropping out of spring training, Western Michigan added another game on Thursday evening against conference foe Ferris State (they were supposed to play Saginaw Valley State) in a non-conference matchup. Western easily swept the Bulldogs last season in league play by scores of 8-2, 18-8 and 8-2.
The last game of the trip will be played on Friday morning against another quality team in that of North Carolina State.
All games on the spring trip will be played at Mike Sansone Park in Plant City, Florida
This trip will give the Broncos some tough competition before they start conference play on St. Patty's Day when the Broncos will host arch rival Central Michigan.
2012 Spring Trip Schedule
All games are 7 innings
| Sunday |
March 4th |
Florida Tech |
2:00 PM |
| Monday |
March 5th |
North Carolina - Charlotte |
2:00 PM |
| Monday |
March 5th |
Minnesota State - Mankato |
5:00 PM |
| Tuesday |
March 6th |
AD STARR Free Agent Team (Exhibition) |
9:00 AM |
| Tuesday |
March 6th |
Michigan Tech |
11:30 AM |
| Wednesday |
March 7th |
OFF DAY |
| Thursday |
March 8th |
#22 Pittsburgh |
9:00 AM |
| Thursday |
March 8th |
#21 Virginia Tech |
11:30 AM |
| Thursday |
March 8th |
Ferris State* |
5:00 PM |
| Friday |
March 9th |
#7 North Carolina State |
9:00 AM |
*-scheduled as a non-conference game
Bowling Fundraiser set for January 22nd
The 2nd annual Western Club Baseball Bowl-a-thon will take place on Sunday, January 22nd. For more information about this event, follow the Facebook event link below.
2nd Annual Western Club Baseball Bowl-a-thon
WMU Takes Second Place in Northwest Ohio Fall Baseball Classic
After a long weekend, Western Michigan returned to Kalamazoo late Sunday night with a 3-1 record and second place in the Northwest Ohio Fall Baseball Classic. The Broncos picked up three victories in pool play before falling to Bowling Green in the championship game.
Game 1: Western Michigan 5 - Cincinnati 3
Sophomore Ryan Feist picked up the win Saturday morning by pitching 4 innings and fanning 10 Cincinnati hitters, allowing only 1 hit in the process. Steve Roessel threw two innings in relief before Andrew Ferris recorded the save in the 7th. On offense, Modesto Martinez had a double and an RBI while Zach Root, Trent Zwiers and Shin Aono all hit triples to provide enough offense for Western's first win of the season.
Game 2: Western Michigan 10 - Indiana 8
After the first pitch was finally thrown at 10:30 PM, Kyle Gleason and Caleb Turner scored three runs each, and Blake Smith added an RBI with two runs of his own to hold off a late comeback effort from the 2011 Great Lakes South conference champions. Senior Spencer Mick got the start on the mound, pitching 4 2/3 innings and giving up 3 earned runs before leaving the game with the score tied. Freshman Jacob Stempky recorded the win in relief, and Andrew Ferris struck out 3, picking up his second save in as many games.
Game 3: Western Michigan 9 - Saginaw Valley State 8
Western Michigan's offense continued where they left off late Saturday night, led by Jordan Fershtman's 2 hits and 3 runs scored. Blake Smith drove in 2 runs and Micah Block added 2 hits. Sophomore Steve Roessel pitched 4 2/3 strong innings, and Ryan Feist picked up his second win of the season in 2/3 innings of relief work. Spencer Mick threw a scoreless 7th inning to pick up his first save.
Game 4: Bowling Green 15 - Western Michigan 0
Western Michigan looked fatigued from the first inning on as Bowling Green handed the Broncos their first loss of the season. Jose Vasquez and Zach Root managed the only hits against BG's strong pitching.
2012 Great Lakes North Conference Schedule Set
October 11, 2011
The 2012 Great Lakes North Conference schedule has been set. This year for Western, they host Central Michigan and Ferris State and travel to Northwood, Michigan, and Michigan State. Below is the composite conference schedule. You can find Western's schedule on the schedule link page on the side.
Saturday, March 17th
Central Michigan @ Western Michigan (DH)
Sunday, March 18th
Central Michigan @ Western Michigan (Single)
Saturday, March 24th
Central Michigan @ Ferris State (DH)
Michigan State @ Michigan (DH)
Western Michigan @ Northwood (DH)
Sunday, March 25th
Central Michigan @ Ferris State (Single)
Michigan State @ Michigan (Single)
Western Michigan @ Northwood (Single)
Saturday, March 31st
Northwood @ Ferris State (DH)
Michigan State @ Central Michigan (DH)
Western Michigan @ Michigan (DH)
Sunday, April 1st
Northwood @ Ferris State (Single)
Michigan State @ Central Michigan (Single)
Western Michigan @ Michigan (Single)
Saturday, April 7th
Michigan @ Ferris State (DH)
Western Michigan @ Michigan State (DH)
Sunday, April 8th
Michigan @ Ferris State (Single)
Western Michigan @ Michigan State (Single)
Saturday, April 14th
Ferris State @ Western Michigan (DH)
Central Michigan @ Michigan (DH)
Michigan State @ Northwood (DH)
Sunday, April 15th
Ferris State @ Western Michigan (Single)
Central Michigan @ Michigan (Single)
Michigan State @ Northwood (Single)
Saturday, April 21st
Ferris State @ Michigan State (DH)
Northwood @ Central Michigan (DH)
Sunday, April 22nd
Ferris State @ Michigan State (Single)
Northwood @ Central Michigan (Single)
Saturday, April 28th
Michigan @ Northwood (DH)
Sunday, April 29th
Michigan @ Northwood (Single)
2011 Northwest Ohio Fall Classic Schedule
August 5, 2011
The Western Michigan club baseball team has found out the schedule for the Northwest Ohio Fall Classic on October 15th and 16th. They will play three games and possibly the championship game on Sunday afternoon. They start off the tournament by playing the host Cincinnati at 11:00 am on the 15th. Their next game wont be until 9:00 pm that night when they take on 2011 Great Lakes Regional Qualifier Indiana. The Broncos won't get that much sleep that night since they'll return to play on Sunday morning at 9:00 am to play Saginaw Valley State. If they are one of the top two teams in the tournament, WMU would be able to play in the championship game later on at 4:30 pm.
Here is the slated tournament schedule below.
Saturday, October 15th
| 11:00 am |
Cincinnati vs. Western Michigan |
| 1:30 pm |
Cincinnati vs. Saginaw Valley State |
| 4:00 pm |
Saginaw Valley State vs. Bowling Green State |
| 6:30 pm |
Bowling Green State vs. Indiana |
| 9:00 pm |
Western Michigan vs. Indiana |
Sunday, October 16th
| 9:00 am |
Western Michigan vs. Saginaw Valley State |
| 11:30 pm |
Cincinnati vs. Bowling Green State |
| 2:00 pm |
Cincinnati vs. Indiana |
| 4:30 pm |
Championship Game |
2012 Tryout Infomation
Tryout Flyer
OFFICIAL TRYOUT INFO
Saturday, September 24th from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sunday, September 25th from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: WMU IM Fields (by Valley #3)
Cost: $20
More information is provided in the link at the top of the article (Tryout Flyer)
Also, a special thanks to Melissa Ann Phizacklea for the creation of this flyer. Thanks Melissa!
The Western Michigan University Club Baseball team participates in the National Club Baseball Association's (NCBA) Division I Great Lakes Conference - North Division (Michigan, Michigan State, Central Michigan, Northwood, Western Michigan, and Ferris State). Our schedule consists of a couple of games/tournaments in the fall. Our spring schedule begins in March down in warm and sunny Florida. We come back up north and play 5-3 game weekend series against our conference opponents and also will play several games during the week against local community colleges and JV teams.
Last season, the club baseball team finished 10-14 overall and 8-7 in our league, which was good for 4th place. Some highlights of season included beating the preseason #1 D2 club baseball team Northeastern University 24-7. WMU also beat the University of Michigan, who won the conference championship and a World Series qualifier two out of three games in league play. We also beat Michigan State for the first time in many years. WMU finished the conference season above .500 thanks to a sweep of Ferris State to end the season.
If you have any additional questions regarding the season or tryouts, feel free to e-mail the club team at Western Club Baseball
2011 Bronco Bash
The 2011 Bronco Bash is coming up on Friday, September 9th. We will be located at booth #125 (highlighted below on the map in blue). Signups for the 2012 tryouts will commence at Bronco Bash.
If you have any questions contact Western Club Baseball.
Note: Clicking the image will take you to a bigger view of the Bronco Bash map in which there is no blue highlighted area.
Western scheduled to play in a fall tournament
The Western Michigan club baseball will be getting some early competition in the fall as they will be scheduled to play in the Northwest Ohio Fall Classic in Findlay, OH hosted by the University of Cincinnati on Saturday, October 15th and Sunday, October 16th.
Here are the teams scheduled to play in this tournament are listed below.
Indiana University
Saginaw Valley State University
University of Cincinnati (Host)
University of Dayton
Western Michigan University
Root and Murphy make Great Lakes All-Region Team
Congratulations to Zach Root and Dan Murphy. The Broncos were well represented on this year's 2011 Great Lakes All-Region Team. Zach Root hit an astonishing .407 and was listed as the First Team All-Region Designated Hitter. Pitcher Dan Murphy cruised through the Great Lakes North Conference going a perfect 5-0, which only landed him a spot on the All-Region Third Team. Congratulations gentlemen, keep up the good work.
--The Great Lakes All-Region team emcompasses all of the Great Lakes Conferences (North, South, East, West) and includes 23 teams.
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