Baseball | 05.12.2021
NAIA BASEBALL COACHES' TOP 25 POLL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The LC State Baseball team stayed locked in at No. 5 in the final NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll of the 2021 season. The Warriors swept through the Cascade Conference Championship, presented by U.S. Bank, to capture the first-ever CCC tournament title.
LC State dominated Oregon Tech 21-1 in its first game of the conference tournament before defeating Corban 4-1 in the final contest of the day. In Sunday's title game, LC bested Corban 6-1.
The Warriors lead the NAIA in runs scored per game (11.2) and RBI per game (10.2). They are second in hits per game (12.8), and third in doubles per game (2.8), fielding percentage (.978) and ERA (3.24).
Cascade Conference Player of the Year
Brock Ephan ranks third in the NAIA in RBI per game (1.7), fourth in total bases per game (3.4) and sixth in hits per game (1.7).
Riley Way is tied with Ephan in hits per game and is also sixth in assists per game (2.8).
LC State has a few weeks off to prepare for the 2021 Avista NAIA World Series. The tournament begins May 28 at Harris Field.
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