Warrior Athletics Hall of Fame
The 1991 squad posted a 48-7 record and also won the Series title in what at the time appeared to be the final Series game played at Harris Field. After a successful run during 1984-91, the Series moved around the country before returning to Lewiston in 2000.
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LC started Series play with a 9-4 win over Lubbock Christian and beat Oral Roberts 13-8. LC then clubbed South Carolina-Aiken 19-6, North Florida 11-3, and Hawaii Pacific 11-4, to move into the championship game, where it shut out Oral Roberts 7-0 behind a five-hitter by Jose Misa, who struck out eight and walked three. In all, the Warriors outscored the opposition 70-25 in going 6-0 in the tourney, which featured several rain delays. The championship game win was also LC's 35th straight at Harris Field as the '91 squad went undefeated at home.
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The team set the season program record for on-base percentage at .472 and had two of the stranger games in LC history. The Warriors beat Gonzaga 3-0 despite collecting just two hits in the game, the lowest amount of hits during a win in program history, and then gave up 17 runs against Washington State but still won the game 21-17. That is also a program record for most runs allowed in a victory.
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Misa was a First-Team All-American selection, while Jeff McCall was named an NAIA Academic All-American. Mark Dow was the first Warrior to earn NAIA Player of the Week honors.
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Member of the '91 Series team were Todd Anderson, Dean Banks, Marvin Benard, Brandy Bengoechea, Greg Blackman, Dow, Larrpy Ephan, John Herrera, Mike Hoelker, Tom Irwin, Kekoa Kaluhiokalani, Sid Maldonado, Ron Martinelli, McCall, Misa, Don Montgomery, Dave Peterson, Andy Purcell, Shawn Sanderfer, Greg Umfleet, Ken Woods, and Travis Woods. Cheff was the head coach of the squad and was assisted by Chad Miltenberger, Chip Damato and Chuck Higson.