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Baseball Faces Corban In Oregon

Game #39 & #40
ART U Urban Knights (14-24) vs. Corban Warriors (18-26-1)
Friday, April 26, 2019 at Noon & 3 p.m.
Keizer, Ore. -- Volcanoes Stadium
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Game #41 & 42
ART U Urban Knights (14-24) vs. Corban Warriors (18-26-1)
Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Noon & 3 p.m.
Keizer, Ore. -- Volcanoes Stadium
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ART U TAKES ON NEW OPPONENT IN CORBAN

The Urban Knights will take a brief hiatus from PacWest play and travel to Oregon for a two-day four-game non-conference set with Corban. This will be the first meeting between the teams in program history.

FIRST PITCH
ART U faces Corban Friday, April 26 at noon and 3 p.m. and Saturday at noon and 3 p.m. both at Volcanoes Stadium. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights via the athletics app (Apple App Store, Google Play Store) and on Twitter & Instagram as well as "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

KNIGHT WATCH
Senior catcher Zak May had a recording breaking series against APU last weekend. In the final game of the series, May broke the single season runs batted in record, tied the single season home runs record, and also tied the single game home runs and RBI record. He ended the day 3-4 with two home runs, five RBI, and two runs scored. May now has 30 RBI on the season, giving him a three RBI advantage over Zach Zach Babitt's previous record of 27 and needs just one more homer to break the single season record. Junior outfielder Thomas Delgadillo broke the single season hits record on April 20 with his 60th hit. Delgadillo is on an 11 game hit-streak, has had four straight multi-hit games, and is nine for his last 16 for a .563 average. His season batting average is up to .434 which leads the PacWest by over .023 points. Senior second baseman Elijah Smith is still looking  overtake the career triples record. Smith sits at nine triples and needs just two more to break Stefen Henderson's all-time record of 10 set in 2013.

WARRIORS ON FOUR GAME WINNING STREAK
Corban enters their series with the Urban Knights 18-26 overall. The Warriors started their season on a seven game losing streak before taking both games of a doubleheader versus Menlo College on February 10. They lost three and tied one against Central Washington next before winning their first series by taking three of four from Oregon Tech. A split with University of British Columbia followed before the Warriors lost three of four to College of Idaho, although in their most recent series Corban swept College of Idaho. Daniel Freiburger leads the Warriors in hits with 47, although Ben Ross provides the power with a team leading seven home runs and 22 runs batted in. Jacob Browser holds the lowest earned run average with a 2.34 in 34.2 innings pitched.

ZAK MAY MAKES HISTORY IN SENIOR DAY SHOOTOUT
In their final home game of the season on senior day at Laney College, Academy of Art exploded for 11 runs and tied their season high in hits with 18 behind senior catcher Zak May's 3-5 day with two home runs and five runs batted in, but APU's big first inning made the difference in the ART U's 13-11 loss.
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LOOKING AHEAD
The Urban Knights will close their season with a final series on the road against Fresno Pacific from May 6-8.

 

Players Mentioned

Zak May

#16 Zak May

C/UTL
6' 4"
Senior
R/R
Elijah Smith

#4 Elijah Smith

2B/SS
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Thomas  Delgadillo

#2 Thomas Delgadillo

OF/SS
6' 2"
Junior
L/R

Players Mentioned

Zak May

#16 Zak May

6' 4"
Senior
R/R
C/UTL
Elijah Smith

#4 Elijah Smith

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
2B/SS
Thomas  Delgadillo

#2 Thomas Delgadillo

6' 2"
Junior
L/R
OF/SS