No. 21 Keiser (35-20) at No. 15 Faulkner (34-15) Montgomery, Ala. Harrison Field
The 2022 NAIA Opening Round (Montgomery Bracket)
Monday, May 16 3:00 PM
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The Keiser University baseball team will face the No. 15-ranked Faulkner Eagles in the opening round of the 2022 NAIA Baseball Championship. First pitch from Harrison Field in Montgomery, Alabama, is set for 3:00 p.m. (ET).
 
    

• Montgomery Bracket Tournament Central
• Seeding: #1 Ottawa Braves, #2 Faulkner Eagles, #3 Keiser Seahawks, #4 Reinhardt Eagles
  • A Keiser win and the Seahawks will play in Game No. 4 (winner of OU/RU) on Tuesday (7:00 PM)
  • A Keiser loss and the Seahawks will play in Game No. 3 (loser of OU/RU) on Tuesday (3:00 PM).

    

• The Seahawks trail the all-time series, 0-3, versus the Eagles.
• The last meeting between the two teams resulted in a 8-5 win for the Eagles on February 6, 2016 in the Montgomery, Alabama.
• Keiser enters Monday with an 11-7 record all-time in the Opening Round of the NAIA Baseball Tournament.
• The Seahawks are 3-2 in first round games in the tournament all-time.
• Keiser has never faced Faulkner in the NAIA Tournament.
• Faulkner enters Monday with a 34-15 record, coming off a loss to William Carey in the SSAC Championship Game. 

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• The Seahawks enter Monday's action with a 35-20 record. 
• Keiser advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Conference Tournament last weekend.. 
• The Seahawks had seven players earn all-conference honors (Tim Bouchard -first-team; Brandon McCabe - first-team; Nate Brodsky - second-team; Mason Dinesen - second-team; Danny Galvan - second-team; Zach Mazur - second-team; Garret Reisz - second-team).
• Tim Bouchard was named the 2022 Sun Conference Player of the Year (the fourth time a Seahawk has won the award and first since 2016).
• Bouchard leads the team in batting (.404) with 18 home runs and 72 RBI.
• His 72 RBI ranks No. 2 the conference. 
• Cyrus Grimes leads the Seahawks in runs scored (64).
• Bouchard is No. 2  in the nation in walks drawn (54).
• This season, KU has amassed 196 extra-base hits this season with a team slugging percentage of .507.
• Keiser has recorded 74 home runs this season - the most in program history.
• The Keiser pitching staff has struck out 443 batters this season.

 

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Keiser	2022 Stats	Faulkner
.316	Batting Avg.	.285
586	Hits	448
449	Runs	367
74	HR	49
402	RBI	316
.507	Slugging %	.436
.419	On-Base%	.418
76-90	Stolen Bases-Attempts	96-112
5.38	ERA	4.59
443	Ks	444
9	Saves	10
	Leaders
Tim Bouchard (.404)	Batting Avg.	Shawn Ross (.347)
Nate Brodsky (81)	Hits	Shawn Ross (61)
Cyrus Grimes (64)	Runs	Two players (54)
Tim Bouchard (18)	HR	Shawn Ross (18)
Tim Bouchard (72)	RBI	Shawn Ross (68)
Tim Bouchard (.788)	Slugging %	Shawn Ross (.710)
Tim Bouchard (.523)	On-Base%	Alex Arauz (.479)
Mason Dinesen (18)	Stolen Bases	Sammy De La Cruz (25)
Two player (9)	Wins	July Sosa (10)
Brandon McCabe (0.88)	ERA	July Sosa (1.38)
Garret Reisz (95)	Ks	July Sosa (111)
Brandon McCabe (5)	Saves	Brayan Garcia (7)