Highlights in a Shortened Season - A Season in Review
6/25/2020 10:55:00 AM | Baseball
The Lancers put together one of the best-ever debut seasons in Division I, as their 35 wins in 2019 ranked third among first-year, D-I programs who made the move since 1998. CBU went 35-20 overall and won a share of the Western Athletic Conference championship with a 19-8 league record.
In the hunt for its 11th-straight season with 30-plus wins, the Lancers' 2020 campaign came to a close with a 7-8 record after the season came to an early end. It came to a close just as CBU was heating up, as it went 6-4 over its final 10 games.
Coach @gadcock9 has a message for Lancer Nation.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/PQj6nVQRPt
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 18, 2020
There were a number of highlights along the way. Sold-out crowds came out to Totman Stadium for the Crosstown Showdown with UC Riverside.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 23, 2020
Check out the full photo gallery from our home and Crosstown Showdown opener. It was a blast, let's do it again tomorrow!
Sunday | 5 p.m. (at CBU)
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A record 1,240 fans attended the Lancers' home and series opener with the Highlanders on Feb. 21, and two days later, another sellout crowd of 811 watched game two of the series in person.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 24, 2020
BIG WIN. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/EqPhfCunYa
CBU dominated its next series with Houston Baptist and outscored the Huskies 39-5 over a three-game set. The Lancers then won the series opener and finale at Nevada to split a series with the Wolfpack.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 29, 2020
There's lots to highlight when you score 1️⃣8️⃣ runs. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/G2ExiSNpjD
There were also a number of highlight individual performances on the year. John Glenn collected his 200th hit as a Lancer two weeks into the season, while Nick Plaia was named the WAC Hitter of the Week on March 2 after a dominant series at the plate versus Houston Baptist.
Congratulations to John Glenn, Mr. 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/bOAEVwxUJl
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 25, 2020
On the mound, Bryan Pope stepped into the No. 1 starting role to great success. In the first starts of his career, the junior maintained a 2.84 earned-run average, 0.84 WHIP, and .194 opposing batting average, with 23 strikeouts and just two walks in 25.1 innings.
Bryan Pope made a strong first impression in the starting rotation. The junior ranked highly in NCAA Division I in several statistics this season.
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2020
🔷 20th in walks per 9 innings (0.71)
🔷 T23rd in wins (3) & strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.50)
🔷 T-70th in WHIP (0.83)#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/RRzhsO9nBx
Pope tied teammate Matt Amrhein and Seattle U's Jarrod Billig for the WAC lead in wins, with three on the year. He also ranked top 23 in all of Division I in walks allowed per nine innings (0.71) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.50).
Several other Lancers ranked top five in the WAC in several major categories. Jorge Valerio led the entire conference with three saves, while Amrhein also ranked fourth with a 1.72 ERA. Chad Castillo tied for third in stolen bases (five) and ranked fifth in batting average (.350), and Ulises Caballero's three home runs were top-five in the WAC, as well.
Career win No. 600 at CBU is in very close reach for Coach Gary Adcock going into 2021, as he ran his win total to 591 in 2020.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) May 6, 2020
Jorge Valerio led the entire @WACsports in saves in 2020 with 3⃣ on the year. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/BLbYMnPrS8
