Baseball | 4/7/2022 7:56:00 PM

Written by Josh Garcia
BVU Sports Information Student Intern

STORM LAKE, Iowa (April 8, 2022) - The Buena Vista baseball team heads to Indianola on Friday to begin a 3-game weekend series against Simpson College. 
 

THE MATCH-UP
Buena Vista (12-8, 4-2 A-R-C) @ Simpson College (10-9, 1-4 A-R-C) 
Friday, April 8, 2022 | 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 9, 2022 | 1 p.m. | 3:30 p.m.
Simpson College | Indianola, Iowa

VIDEO: https://team1sports.com/simpson/
STATS: https://simpsonathletics.com/sports/bsb/2021-22/boxscores/20220408_4ge5.xml

ABOUT SIMPSON

Simpson will look to reverse their fortunes at the plate this season. As a team they currently rank 8^th out of nine A-R-C teams in runs scored with 127. They will be led by Brady Held. The junior has hit .435 (2^nd in A-R-C) with 3 homeruns (6^th in A-R-C) while driving in 18 (19^th in A-R-C). Along with his performance at the plate, Held has been the ace for a pitching staff that ranks 4^th in the A-R-C with a 5.28 ERA. On the mound this season, Held has won 3 games (4^th in A-R-C) while compiling a 2.33 ERA (3^rd in A-R-C) with 52 strikeouts (1^st in A-R-C) across 27.0 innings (14^th in A-R-C).

ABOUT BVU

The Beavers will hit the road after going 1-2 last weekend at home vs Loras College. BVU swept its only A-R-C road series to this point (at Central).

BVU will look to continue recent success within their starting rotation. Freshman Morgan Smith has enjoyed success in his first season. He followed up a 14-strikeout performance against Central with another dominant start vs Loras. He held Loras batters to 1 run over 9 innings while striking out 11. On the season, Smith has won 3 games (4^th in A-R-C) compiling a 3.00 ERA (6^th in A-R-C) with 47 strikeouts (2^nd in A-R-C) across 33.0 innings (3^rd in A-R-C). Dalton Glenn followed up his award-winning perfect game performance with another solid start. The junior right hander pitched 7 strong innings against Loras, allowing 3 runs and striking out 4. On the season, Glenn has won 2 games (15^th in A-R-C) with a 4.31 ERA (16^th in A-R-C) while striking out 35 batters (6^th in A-R-C) across 31.1 innings (8^th in A-R-C). 

The Beavers lineup ranks among the best in the A-R-C this season as well. As a unit, they currently rank second with 199 runs scored and rank first with the highest OB% and SLG%. Joel Garcia has continued to shine. In the Loras finale, the freshman infielder recorded 3 hits while scoring and driving in a run. On the season, Garcia is now batting .400 (7^th in A-R-C) with 2 homeruns (14^th in A-R-C) and 31 RBIs (2^nd in A-R-C). 

Twins have been a major factor in the Beavers offensive success with both the Mathewson and Taylor brothers finding success.

Caden Mathewson will look to build off his performance in the Loras finale where he recorded 3 hits while scoring twice and driving in 2. On the season, Caden has hit .286 with 17 RBIs (24^th in the A-R-C) while Jordan Mathewson has hit 0.338 (24^th in A-R-C) with 2 homeruns (18^th in A-R-C) and 13 RBIs.

Drew Taylor will look to build off a successful weekend where he recorded a multi-RBI performance in both games of Saturday's double header vs Loras. On the season, Drew has hit .262 with a homerun while driving in 15 (25^th in A-R-C). Evan Taylor has ranked among the A-R-C leaders this season, hitting .395 (8th in A-R-C) with 3 homeruns (6th in A-R-C) while driving in 21 (9th in A-R-C).

ON DECK: On April 12th, the Beavers will head to Lincoln, Nebraska for a 3 p.m. matchup vs Nebraska Wesleyan University.