Baseball | 03.17.2021

FULL BASEBALL POLL

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With a 14-2 start to the season, the Lewis-Clark State Baseball team made a massive leap in the national poll. The Warriors opened the season at No. 24 and have proved they below among the nation's best with a jump to the top 10 at No. 9.
 
LC State made noise on the first road trip of the season. The Warriors went 7-1 against programs from Southern California and Arizona, including ranked teams in Hope International, Westmont and Benedictine-Mesa.
 
The Warriors opened conference play with a 3-1 series victory against Oregon Tech before sweeping Corban in a four-game set. They travel to Caldwell, Idaho to face College of Idaho this weekend.
 
Riley Way leads the team with a .394 batting average and 26 hits. He is 11-for-12 in stolen bases this year. Dillon Plew has also made a name for himself with a .350 batting average and a team-best five home runs. Aidan Nalge leads the squad in slugging at .714.
 
Tallon Thomason has three wins in his first season at LC State with an ERA of 2.33. Eric Chavarria has 24 strikeouts in 21 innings, including 12 in six innings in his last outing. Jesse Parker has not allowed an earned run in 13.2 innings of relief work.
 
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