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Baseball John Potter, Media Relations Assistant

DSU Baseball opens 2015 Season at home vs. CPP

Red Storm eye second consecutive PacWest title

Dixie State Red Storm (0-0) vs. Cal Poly Pomona Broncos (0-0)
Feb. 6-8, 2015
Bruce Hurst Field | St. George, Utah

Game Times (Mountain):
Friday – 6 p.m. | Saturday (DH) – 11 a.m. | Sunday – 11 a.m.

Radio: None
Video: SouthernUtahLive.com Baseball
Live Stats: Dixie State Baseball Stats
Twitter: @DixieAthletics | #DixieBase

The defending Pacific West Conference champion Dixie State baseball team will kick off its 2015 season against Cal Poly Pomona tonight, opening a four-game non-conference series at Bruce Hurst Field. The Red Storm are looking to bounce back strong after the worst start to a season (0-7) in the Division II tenure. This is the first time Cal Poly Pomona has been to St. George since the 2007 season.

DIXIE STATE PROJECTED STARTERS:
FRIDAY: LHP Porter Clayton (Idaho Falls, ID/Bonneville) – 2-1, 4.46 ERA in 20 games at Oregon
SATURDAY (1): RHP Chance Abrath (Salt Lake City, UT/West) – 8-1, 4.32 ERA for Dixie State
SATURDAY (2): LHP Aaron Pope (Chubbuck, ID/Highland) – 6-1, 1.80 ERA for Highland HS
SUNDAY: RHP Dylan File (St. George, UT/Desert Hills) – 7-2, 0.63 ERA for Desert Hills HS

DIXIE STATE AGAINST CPP: Dixie State leads the all-time series, 5-3. Last year, the Broncos swept a three-game series at Scolinos Field to push the Storm to its dismal 0-7 start.

WATCH AND FOLLOW LIVE
SouthernUtahLive.com will have video coverage from Bruce Hurst Field for the entire series. All four of Dixie State's games against Cal Poly Pomona this week will feature live stats online, free of charge, with a link available at DixieAthletics.com.
 
BRONCOS BUCKING TOWARDS CCAA CROWN
Cal Poly Pomona was selected to be the second-place finisher by the CCAA 2015 Preseason Poll. The Broncos were just edged out of the top spot by Chico State, the defending West Region champions Head coach Randy Betten led the Broncos to a memorable 2014 campaign as the team ended at a record of 32-17 for a winning percentage of .653, the highest mark in program history since 1983. The Broncos have 16 new players and 17 returning.  Among the returning players are Austin Boyle from the All-CCAA Second Team along with Nick Cooksey, Max Bethell and Cody Ponce from the All-CCAA Third Team.

TOP-THREE FINISHES
Dixie State has finished among the top three in the PacWest Conference since becoming league members seven seasons ago (2008-2014), the only PacWest team to have done so. Under Chris Pfatenhauer, DSU won the league in 2014 and finished third in 2013 with a 23-13 PacWest record. Prior to that, former coach Mike Littlewood (now at BYU) led Dixie State to conference titles in 2009 and 2011.
 
PRESEASON RANKS
Dixie State baseball was selected by the league's coaches to finish second behind California Baptist in the race for the 2015 PacWest title. Five players – Kevin Kline (Las Vegas, NV/Rancho), Trey Kamachi (Kapolei, HI/Kapolei), John Conquy (Las Vegas, NV/Durango), Yuto Kata (Chiba, Japan/Juan Diego (Utah)), Evan Parker (Ogden, UT/Bonneville) – earned spots on the Preseason All-PacWest team. In the NCBWA preseason vote, Dixie State ranked fourth in the West Region behind Chico State, UC San Diego and CBU. Kline, Kamachi and Conquy all took regional team recognitions. Conquy was also named to the NCBWA Preseason All-American Third Team.
 
PFATE IN YEAR THREE
Head coach Chris Pfatenhauer was named the 2014 Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year in just his second season at Dixie State by guiding the Red Storm to its third consecutive postseason appearance. Pfatenhauer has led DSU to a 68-34 overall record over the past two seasons, including a 49-19 mark in PacWest competition.
 
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
Dixie State's 34-man roster features 11 seniors, 10 juniors, four sophomores and nine freshmen. The Storm is a geographically diverse team with eight U.S. states and two foreign countries (Canada, Japan) represented. Twelve players hail from Utah and 10 others from Nevada. A pair of players come each from Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii and Idaho while single players hail from California and Washington.

UP NEXT ... 
The Storm remain at home next week for a four-game showdown with #5 Colorado Mesa at Bruce Hurst Field. The DSU-CMU series begins Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. MT.


 
 
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Players Mentioned

Chance Abrath

#14 Chance Abrath

RHP
6' 3"
Senior
R/R
John Conquy

#48 John Conquy

RHP
6' 3"
Senior
R/R
Trey Kamachi

#16 Trey Kamachi

OF
6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
S/R
Yuto Kata

#6 Yuto Kata

2B
5' 8"
Senior
S/R
Kevin Kline

#27 Kevin Kline

INF
6' 3"
Senior
R/R
Evan Parker

#34 Evan Parker

RHP
6' 2"
Senior
R/R
Aaron Pope

#18 Aaron Pope

LHP
6' 2"
Freshman
L/L
Dylan File

#33 Dylan File

RHP
6' 2"
Freshman
R/R
Porter Clayton

#40 Porter Clayton

LHP
6' 4"
Junior
L/L

Players Mentioned

Chance Abrath

#14 Chance Abrath

6' 3"
Senior
R/R
RHP
John Conquy

#48 John Conquy

6' 3"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Trey Kamachi

#16 Trey Kamachi

6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
S/R
OF
Yuto Kata

#6 Yuto Kata

5' 8"
Senior
S/R
2B
Kevin Kline

#27 Kevin Kline

6' 3"
Senior
R/R
INF
Evan Parker

#34 Evan Parker

6' 2"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Aaron Pope

#18 Aaron Pope

6' 2"
Freshman
L/L
LHP
Dylan File

#33 Dylan File

6' 2"
Freshman
R/R
RHP
Porter Clayton

#40 Porter Clayton

6' 4"
Junior
L/L
LHP