Posted: Apr 05, 2022
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (17-10, 6-3 WCC) at BYU (14-11, 3-6 WCC)
SERIES INFO
When: Thursday, April 7 at 5 p.m. Pacific
Where: Provo, Utah
Video: BYUtv
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
When: Friday, April 8 at 5 p.m. Pacific
Where: Provo, Utah
Video: BYUtv
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
When: Saturday, April 9 at 11 a.m. Pacific
Where: Provo, Utah
Video: BYUtv
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
NOTES
- Santa Clara is hitting .268/.360/.400 as a team with 165 runs scored on 56 doubles, 14 triples, and 13 home runs.
- Batting average leaders: Coleman Brigman (.361), Michael O'Hara (.327), Eamonn Lance (.323)
- On-base percentage leaders: Eamonn Lance (.489), Coleman Brigman (.439), Michael O'Hara (.387)
- RBI leaders: Coleman Brigman (25), John Hanley (19), Dawson Brigman (17)
- Runs leaders: Coleman Brigman (27), JonJon Berring (21), Michael O'Hara (19)
- Doubles leaders: Coleman Brigman (11), Matt Jew (8), three players tied (6)
- Triples leaders: JonJon Berring (3), Coleman Brigman (3), eight players tied (1)
- Home run leaders: Coleman Brigman (3), three players tied (2)
- C. Brigman is No. 4 in in the WCC in batting average and RBIs. He currently has a 26 game on-base streak.
- The Broncos have a 4.39 ERA with 291 strikeouts against 106 walks in 236 innings.
- ERA leaders: Nick Sando (1.09), Jared Feikes (3.22), Cole Kitchen (3.35)
- Appearance leaders: Nick Sando (11), Alex Reelfs (10), Cade Connolly (10)
- Starts leaders: Cole Kitchen (7), Skylar Hales (6), Jared Feikes (5)
- Innings pitched leaders: Cole Kitchen (40 1/3), Jared Feikes (36 1/3), Skylar Hales (34 2/3)
- Strikeouts leaders: Cole Kitchen (65), Nick Sando (51), Skylar Hales (48)
- Nick Sando is No. 11 in the country and No. 1 in the WCC in ERA and No. 20 nationally in K/9 with 13.65. Cole Kitchen is No. 11 in the country with 14.50 K/9. He is second in the conference in strikeouts.
- Kitchen was named WCC Pitcher of the Week on march 28 after setting career-highs with 8 2/3 innings pitched and 15 strikeouts against LMU.
- The next week, Nick Sando was named the Pitcher of the Week and Coleman Brigman was named Player of the Week.
- Nick Sando is No. 10 in the country and No. 2 in the WCC in ERA.
- As a team, the Broncos are No. 15 nationally with 11.0 K/9 and No. 44 with a 2.7 strikeout to walk ratio.
- Santa Clara has five games with double-digit runs scored and 11 with double-figure hits.
- Bronco pitching also have 16 games with double-digit strikeouts.
- Coleman Brigman picked up two walkoff hits in the span of three games. On March 22 he hit a three-run walkoff home run against San Jose State. On March 25 he had a walkoff single against LMU.
- The Broncos will rely on three grad transfers in 2022. Catcher Cal Christofori comes from Yale, RHP Drake Davis comes from Minnesota, and IF Alex Lambeau comes from LMU.
- Santa Clara also welcomes 13 freshmen in Nick Bacura, Karthik Gondy, Thomas Gould, Blake Hammond, Robert Hipwell, Nolan Lopez, Luke Mansy, Will Pappas, Sam Smith, Nico Stanley, Johnny Tarantino, Mike Villani, and Malcolm Williams.
- The Broncos face a tough schedule featuring four postseason teams from 2021 in Stanford, Arizona State, Gonzaga, and TCU. The Cardinal made it to the College World Series. They will also take on Power 5 teams USC, Cal, Texas A&M, Washington State, and Arizona State.
- The Broncos fell at Cal Poly before bouncing back to take two of three at Pacific.
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