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IN THE BATTERS BOX — Notre Dame will trek to the Great Northwest this weekend for a three-game series against Seattle University. The Redhawks began the transition from NCAA Division II to Division I prior to the 2010 season. Seattle will compete as an independent in 2011, but hopes to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) this summer. The Irish and Redhawks were originally scheduled to play the three-game series at the Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field, but the plan was scrapped follow-ing a scheduling conflict at the stadium. The two teams were then scheduled to open the series at Everett Memorial Stadium, home of the Everett AquaSox (Class A affiliate of the Mariners), on Fri., Feb. 25, but inclement weather has forced the series to Husky Park on the campus of the University of Washington. The series will once again open on Fri., Feb. 25, at 1:00 p.m. PT. Seattle and Notre Dame will wrap up the weekend set with a doubleheader at Noon PT on Sat., Feb. 26.

IRISH TRAVELS TO THE GREAT NORTHWEST — Notre Dame will make its first appearance in the State of Washington since 1996. The Irish and former head coach Pat Murphy regularly visited the The Evergreen State in the early to mid 1990s. Notre Dame participated in the College Baseball Classic in the former Seattle Kingdome from 1990-92 and 1994-96. The Irish went 16-5 in hose contests and captured the tournament in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1995.

3.16.90 vs. Air Force W 4-3 3.12.92 vs. Washington W 4-0 3.3.95 vs. Washington W 21-103.16.90 vs. Washington W 8-4 3.13.92 vs. Brigham Young L 3-7 3.4.95 vs. Washington State W 2-13.17.90 vs. Duke L 2-4 3.14.92 vs. Yale W 13-7 3.5.95 vs. Nevada W 11-43.17.90 vs. Air Force W 4-3 3.15.92 vs. Washington State W 9-6 3.8.96 vs. Lewis and Clark St. W 12-63.15.91 vs. Air Force W 9-6 3.17.94 vs. Tennessee L 5-8 3.9.96 vs. Long Beach St. (8) W 8-43.15.91 vs. Northwestern W 7-0 3.18.94 vs. Washington L 2-4 3.10.96 vs. Washington (6) L 1-23.16.91 vs. Washington W 9-7 3.19.94 vs. Brigham Young W 7-23.17.91 vs. Washington W 4-2

u Notre Dame played the University of Washington on seven different occasions, but the Irish also faced Air Force three times. The Irish managed to upend the Falcons and eventual Notre Dame head coach (now LSU skipper) Paul Mainieri in all three meetings.u Notre Dame's trip to Seattle University and Bellevue will represent the second different Washington site visited by the Irish in the program's history (joining Seattle). Since 1957, Notre Dame has played in 35 different states (plus Washington, D.C.) and 148 cities.

WASHINGTON NATIVES — Notre Dame's list of all-time baseball monogram winners includes 885 players who hail from 47 states, Washington, D.C., Panama and Ontario. Washington is the 18th-most common home state among the all-time letterwinners, with 13 (behind Illinois, New York, Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Texas, Kentucky, Florida, Connecticut and Missouri).

Friday, February 25Mostly Sunny & ColdHigh 32, Low 20

Saturday, February 26Mostly Sunny & ColdHigh 36, Low 33

Game-1, Friday (1:00 p.m. PT)RHP Brian Dupra (0-1, 2.57 ERA) vs.RHP Max Whieldon (0-1, 2.70 ERA)

Game-2, Saturday (12:00 p.m. PT)RHP Cole Johnson (1-0, 3.00 ERA) vs.RHP Brandon Kizer (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

Game-3, Saturday (3:00 p.m. PT)RHP Todd Miller (1-0, 4.26 ERA) vs.RHP Seafth Howe (0-0, 6.23 ERA)

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The Matchup

NOTRE DAMEFEBRUARY

18 Michigan State! L, 1-219 Purdue! W, 19-220 Penn State! W, 8-525 at Seattle University+ 1:00pm26 at Seattle University+ (DH) 12:00pm

MARCH4 Manhattan@ 12:00pm4 Winthrop@ 4:00pm5 Winthrop@ 4:00pm6 Manhattan@ 11:00am12 UAB# 11:00am12 Coastal Carolina# 2:30pm13 Kent State# 11:00am15 at Texas - San Antonio$ 6:00pm17 Iowa$ 4:00pm18 Iowa$ 12:00pm19 Gonzaga$ 12:00pm20 Gonzaga$ 11:00am22 OAKLAND 5:35pm23 UIC 5:35pm25 GEORGETOWN * 5:35pm26 GEORGETOWN * 2:05pm27 GEORGETOWN* 1:05pm29 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 5:35pm

APRIL1 at Pittsburgh* 3:00pm2 at Pittsburgh* 1:00pm3 at Pittsburgh* 12:00pm5 at South Bend Silver Hawks^ 6:00pm6 WESTERN MICHIGAN 5:35pm8 CONNECTICUT * 5:35pm9 CONNECTICUT * 2:05pm10 CONNECTICUT* 1:05pm15 WEST VIRGINIA * (ESPNU) 7:00pm16 WEST VIRGINIA * 2:05pm17 WEST VIRGINIA* 1:05pm19 TOLEDO 5:35pm21 at St. John's* (DH) 12:00pm23 at St. John's* 12:00pm27 BUTLER 5:35pm29 SETON HALL* 5:35pm30 SETON HALL* 2:05pm

MAY1 SETON HALL* 11:05am3 at Michigan 6:05pm4 MICHIGAN 5:35pm7 at Rutgers* (DH) 12:00pm8 at Rutgers * 1:00pm13 USF* 7:05pm14 USF* 2:05pm15 USF* 1:05pm17 MICHIGAN STATE 5:35pm19 at Louisville* 6:00pm20 at Louisville* (CBSCS) 7:00pm21 at Louisville* (CBSCS) 1:00pm25-28 BigEastTournament• TBA

JUNE3 NCAA Regionals Begin TBA10 NCAA Super Regionals Begin TBA17 College World Series Begins TBA

Home games in BOLD CAPS* BIG EAST games! BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge+ Husky Park (Seattle, Wash.)@ Winthrop Invitational (The Winthrop Ballpark/Rock Hill, S.C.)# Caravelle Resort Classic (BB&T Coastal Field/Conway, S.C.)$ Irish Baseball Classic (Wolff Stadium/San Antonio, Texas)^ Coveleski Stadium (South Bend, Ind.)•BrightHouseNetworkStadium(Clearwater,Fla.)All times local to the site

2011 Schedule/Results

Notre Dame Sports Information u Michael Bertsch u mbertsc1@nd.edu u 112 Joyce Center u Notre Dame, IN 46556 u 574-631-7516 u 574-631-7941 (fax) u UND.com

Feb. 25-26 Seattle University Seattle, Wash.

Starters By PositionPos. # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Avg. 2B HR RBI NotesC 4 Joe Hudson 6-1 215 So. R/R .462 3 0 2 Leads the Irish with three doubles1B 3 Trey Mancini 6-4 230 Fr. R/R .500 0 1 3 Selected to this week's BIG EAST honor roll2B 35 Frank DeSico 5-9 185 So. R/R .455 1 0 3 Went 35 games (167 chances) w/o an errorSS 26 Mick Doyle 6-1 200 Sr. R/R .143 1 0 1 Two-time captain; 14th in school history3B 15 Greg Sherry 5-10 185 Sr. R/R .333 0 0 1 ND active leader in games (147), starts (132)LF 7 Eric Jagielo 6-2 215 Fr. L/R .333 0 0 4 Cubs 50th round pick in '10 MLB DraftCF 32 Alex Robinson 5-11 170 Jr. B/R .625 0 0 1 5-for-5 with three runs scored vs. PurdueRF 13 Herman Petzold 5-10 175 Sr. R/R .417 2 0 5 Named to BIG EAST/Big Ten all-tourney teamDH 44 David Casey 6-4 250 Sr. L/L .143 0 0 0 .275 career hitter with three HR and 38 RBIor 8 Matt Grosso 5-11 175 Sr. L/L .000 0 0 0 Two career HR and both in BIG EAST/Big Tenor 14 Matt Scioscia 6-1 225 Sr. R/R .600 0 0 3 30 RBI in last 125 career at bats

Notre Dame's Projected Lineup

2011

BASEBALL

2 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTESu The most accomplished former Irish players from the state of Washington include Kris Billmaier (2000-03, OF, Woodinville/Woodinville HS, 731 AB, .271, 15 HR, 140 RBI), Allen Greene (1996-98, OF, Seattle/Bishop O’Dea HS, 511 AB, .327, 15 HR, 113 RBI), Pat Leahy (1990-92, RHP, Yakima/Eisenhower HS, 255.1 IP, 3.67 ERA, 25-7 (0), 192 K) and Brant Ust (1997-99, IF, Redmond/Eastlake HS, 660 AB, .368, 46 HR, 170 RBI).

BIG EAST/BIG TEN CHALLENGE RECAP — For the second straight year, the BIG EAST topped the Big Ten in the BIG EAST/Big Ten Baseball Challenge, winning 14 of the 24 contests. Over the three years of the challenge, the BIG EAST owns a 40-38 advantage against the Big Ten. The BIG EAST won the challenge, 17-13, in 2010 before winning by a 14-10 margin this season. u Eight BIG EAST squads competed in this year’s challenge, including Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, Rutgers and West Virginia. Each of the eight schools registered at least one victory, while Louisville went undefeated with a 3-0 record.u Notre Dame established challenge records for both runs (19) and hits (25) in a game after thumping Purdue, 19-2, on the second day of the tournament. The Irish also recorded the largest margin of victory (17) in a Challenge game and registered the second-most runs in a single inning (11 in the fourth against the Boilermakers).u Four BIG EAST squads finished 2-1 including Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John’s and West Virginia. Pittsburgh, playing in its first year of the Challenge, was the final baseball-playing member of the two conferences to compete in the Challenge.

DUPRA SOLID IN DEFEAT — Senior RHP Brian Dupra turned in a quality start, the 14th of his career, in the season opener against Michigan State on Feb. 18. He allowed two earned runs on seven hits in 7.0 innings of work. Dupra struck out five and did not issue a walk. He tossed 92 pitches, 72 of which were strikes.

SHERRY, DeSICO CARRY IRISH OFFENSIVELY — Senior 3B Greg Sherry and sophomore 2B Frank DeSico combined for five base hits against the Spartans. Sherry went 3-for-4 with three singles, while DeSico went 2-for-2 with two singles, including a RBI base hit, and two sacrifice bunts.u The three-hit afternoon for Sherry was the 12th of his career and first since Apr. 26, 2009 at Louisville.u DeSico's two sacrifice bunts were a career-high and most by an Irish player in a game since David Mills had two against Villanova on Apr. 4, 2009 versus Villanova.

JAGIELO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ORDER — Freshman 1B Eric Jagielo started at first base and batted third in the Irish lineup in the season opener. He is the first Notre Dame rookie to start at first base in a season opener since Feb. 23, 1989. Joe Binkiewicz started at first base in the first game of a doubleheader against Trinity (TX). Binkiewicz ranks eighth in Irish career history with 33 home runs.u Jagielo is the first Notre Dame rookie to bat third since at least 1988. Irish records unfortunately do not have complete box scores prior to the '88 season.

DeSICO CONTINUES FLAWLESS PLAY AT SECOND BASE — Sophomore 2B Frank DeSico has started 50 straight games at second base for the Irish, 34 of which were error-free before he committed an error in the fourth inning of the game against Penn State on Feb. 20. He went 167 consecutive chances between errors. DeSico's previous error came in the first game of the double-header with USF on March 27, 2010. DeSico's fielding stats in his first 18 games of his career compared to his last 35:

PO A E FLD%First 18 games 33 51 5 .944Last 35 games 70 98 1 .994Total 103 149 6 .977

u The 50 consecutive starts at second base are the most for an Irish player since Steve Sollman made 86 straight starts at second from Mar. 30, 2002 - Apr. 22, 2003.

IRISH OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION — Notre Dame stranded seven on the base paths, including six in scoring position, in the one-run defeat to Michigan State on Feb. 18, but the Irish more than made up for their lack of clutch hitting in the 19-2 rout of Purdue on Feb. 19.u Notre Dame totaled 19 runs on 25 hits in the rout of the Boilermakers. The 19 runs bested the previous BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge record of 18 runs set by St. John's in 2009. The 25 hits bested the previous mark of 24 set by Louisville against Michigan State in 2010. The 17-run margin of victory also established a new challenge record.u The Notre Dame 11-run fourth inning was the second-largest scoring outburst in any inning in BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge history. St. John’s had a 12-run frame in 2009. The Irish had not posted 10 or more runs in an inning since May of 2004. In fact, Notre Dame eclipsed 11 runs in a total game only five times during the entire 2010 season.u The 19 runs, 25 hits and 17-run margin of victory were all the best for the Irish since Mar. 20, 2008 against Georgetown. Notre Dame routed the Hoyas, 25-1, that afternoon and recorded 28 hits.u The 11-run inning marked the first inning with at least 10 runs since May 10, 2004 at Connecticut. The Irish plated 10 runs in the top of the first inning en route to a 16-8 victory over the Huskies.

DUPRA AMONGST RARE GROUP — Senior RHP Brian Dupra is a two-time captain for the Irish. He has served in that leadership roll each of the past two seasons (2009 and 2010). Dupra is the 15th multi-year captain in the program's 118-year history. He is the 12th since the turn of century (as in 1900 not 2000) and 10th since the late 1970s.

NOTRE DAME Record: 2-1 (0-0 BIG EAST)Rankings: Baseball America (nr) Collegiate Baseball (nr) ESPN/Sports Weekly (nr) NCBWA (nr)Head Coach: Mik AokiRecord at Notre Dame: 2-1 (.667)/1st SeasonCareer Record: 212-264-1 (.445)/11th Season

SEATTLE Record: 2-2Rankings: Baseball America (nr) Collegiate Baseball (nr) ESPN/Sports Weekly (nr) NCBWA (nr)Head Coach: Donny HarrelRecord at Seattle: 13-41 (.241)/2nd SeasonCareer Record: 233-131 (.640)/Ninth Season

THE ENEMY CAMPA look at how Notre Dame’s opponents are doing in 2011:

Opponent (RPI) W-L BA ESPN CB NCBWAMichigan State (80) 3-0 -- -- -- --Purdue (154) 2-1 -- -- -- --Penn State (164) 2-1 -- -- -- --Seattle (252) 2-2 -- -- -- --Manhattan (87) 0-0 -- -- -- --Winthrop (98) 1-2 -- -- -- --UAB (111) 1-3 -- -- -- --Coastal Carolina (2) 3-1 -- 20 24 17Kent State (117) 1-2 -- RV -- --UTSA (141) 2-2 -- -- -- --Iowa (107) 0-3 -- -- -- --Gonzaga (188) 0-3 -- -- -- --Oakland (254) 0-0 -- -- -- --Illinois-Chicago (220) 0-4 -- -- -- --Georgetown (181) 2-2 -- -- -- --Central Michigan (109) 2-2 -- -- -- --Pittsburgh (58) 2-1 -- RV -- --Western Michigan (272) 1-3 -- -- -- --Connecticut (26) 1-2 14 22 25 28West Virginia (106) 2-1 -- -- -- --Toledo (133) 0-3 -- -- -- --St. John's (44) 2-1 23 RV 29 RVButler (280) 0-0 -- -- -- --Seton Hall (167) 1-2 -- -- -- --Michigan (70) 0-3 -- -- -- --Rutgers (56) 1-2 -- -- -- --USF (93) 0-3 -- -- -- --Louisville (8) 3-0 -- 21 16 16

Notre Dame'sRecord When...

3FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTESu Dupra also has the rare accomplishment of being named a captain as a pitcher and not an everyday position player. Over the last 32 seasons, Dupra is only the ninth pitcher to earn captain status. The others include Craig Allen ('96), Alex Shilliday ('99), Aaron Heilman ('00, '01), J.P. Gagne ('03), Chris Niesel ('04), Tyler Jones ('05), Tom Thorton ('06) and Cole Johnson ('09). In fact, Dupra and Heilman are the only known two-time captain pitchers in Notre Dame baseball history.

JOHNSON QUITE INVOLVED OFF THE FIELD AS WELL — Senior RHP Cole Johnson, a co-captain in 2009, has the rare accom-plishment of being named a captain as a pitcher and not an everyday position player. Over the last 32 seasons, Johnson is only the ninth pitcher to earn captain status. The others include Craig Allen ('96), Alex Shilliday ('99), Aaron Heilman ('00, '01), J.P. Gagne ('03), Chris Niesel ('04), Tyler Jones ('05), Tom Thorton ('06) and Brian Dupra ('10).u Johnson was one of 12 Irish student-athletes invited to join a faculty-mentoring program based on leadership, academic performance and athletic accomplishments. Johnson was selected from over 900 Notre Dame athletes, and the only sophomore inducted in 2009.u Johnson was selected for the Notre Dame Rosenthal Leadership Academy, which is a special four-month program of seminars and workshops to develop leadership strategies, initiatives and skills.

JOHNSON SELECTED AS CANDIDATE FOR LOWE'S SENIOR CLASS AWARD — Senior RHP Cole Johnson has been named one of 30 candidates for the 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award in the baseball division. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - classroom, character, community and competition.u An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their com-munities. u The 2011 candidate class includes 15 student-athletes with cumulative grade point averages of better than a 3.5, including three with perfect 4.0 GPAs. Seven are from teams ranked in the Collegiate Baseball preseason top 35 poll.u Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the winner June 24 at the NCAA College World Series® in Omaha.

HUDGINS ALMOST IMMACULATE — Junior RHP Will Hudgins picked up his first save of the season in the victory over Penn State on Feb. 20. He tossed a perfect inning of relief. Hudgins struck out the side on a total of only 10 pitches. Hudgins started the inning with seven consecutive strikes, including four swinging strikes, before finally missing the zone. All nine of his strikes were either called or swinging.

PETZOLD ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF PAYING DUES — Notre Dame fifth-year senior OF Herman Petzold entered this season with exactly three base hits and no RBI in 10 at-bats over 11 career games - all of the bench. In fact, when first-year Irish head coach Mik Aoki took over the program in June, Petzold was not even listed on the 2011 roster. Petzold contacted Aoki over the summer and expressed interest in returning. He had already taken care of his academic paperwork in order to be eligible as a fifth-year senior and Aoki offered him a spot on the roster. u Petzold also played exclusively as a middle infielder over his first four years, but he started the season opener against Michigan State on Feb. 18 in right field and performed as if he had played his entire career at the position. Petzold batted .417 (5-for-12) with a walk, hit by pitch, sacrifice bunt, two doubles, three runs scored and five RBI in three starts against Michigan State, Purdue and Penn State. He also played a flawless right field. He recorded four put outs without an error.u Without a doubt, Petzold's biggest hit of the weekend came in the 19-2 rout of Purdue on Feb. 19. With the Irish trailing 2-0 in the top of the third inning, Petzold drilled an 0-2 offering into the left centerfield gap for a one-out, three-run double to give Notre Dame a 3-2 lead. Notre Dame continued the momentum with an 11-run fourth inning and never looked back. He went 3-for-6 against the Boilermakers with two runs scored and four RBI - career-bests in hits, at-bats, runs scored and RBI.

NEXT MAN IN — Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly has the motto "Next Man In" trademarked, but the Irish baseball squad put it into affect last weekend. Notre Dame entered the 2011 season with a pair of first-year starters in the outfield (really three when you consider sophomore OF Charlie Markson started just a total of four games in 2010). The two first-year starters, fifth-year senior Herman Petzold and sophomore Adam Norton, both moved to the outfield from infield. Petzold was a middle infielder over the last four years, while Norton started 31 games at shortstop and third base last year.u If that task, breaking in brand-new outfielders, was not daunting enough, the situation grew even more difficult following injuries to Markson and Norton in the season opener against Michigan State on Feb. 18. Markson was hit with a pitch and Norton strained an oblique, and both remain doubtful for this weekend.u Junior OF Alex Robinson replaced Markson in centerfield and promptly went 5-for-5 with three runs scored and one RBI. Robinson was the first Irish played with five hits in a game since Ryan Connolly had five against Cincinnati on April 24, 2010.u Freshman Eric Jagielo, who started the season opener at 1B, moved to left field to replace Norton. Jagielo had never previ-ously played in the outfield. He not only went 4-for-6 with two runs scored and four RBI, including a three-run triple, but registered four putouts without an error.u Senior C/DH Matt Scioscia led Notre Dame in pinch hits (six) and pinch hit opportunities (14) in 2010. His .429 average as a pinch hitter also led the Irish. Scioscia has also proven to be a quality run producer in reserve duty. He has driven in 27 runs over the last two seasons in a total of 120 at bats. Scioscia continued that trend in the 19-2 rout of Purdue on Feb. 19. He replaced the previous day's starting designated hitter (senior David Casey) and went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI.

BIG EAST 0-0 (.000)Georgetown 0-0 (.000) Pittsburgh 0-0 (.000) Connecticut 0-0 (.000) West Virginia 0-0 (.000) St. John's 0-0 (.000) Seton Hall 0-0 (.000) Rutgers 0-0 (.000) USF 0-0 (.000) Louisville 0-0 (.000)

Big South 0-0 (.000)Winthrop 0-0 (.000) Coastal Carolina 0-0 (.000)

Big Ten 2-1 (.667)Michigan State 0-1 (.000) Purdue 1-0 (1.000) Penn State 1-0 (1.000)Iowa 0-0 (.000) Michigan 0-0 (.000)

Conference USA 0-0 (.000)UAB 0-0 (.000)

Horizon 0-0 (.000)Illinois-Chicago 0-0 (.000) Butler 0-0 (.000)

Independent 0-0 (.000)Seattle 0-0 (.000)

Metro Atlantic Athletic 0-0 (.000)Manhattan 0-0 (.000)

Mid-American 0-0 (.000)Kent State 0-0 (.000) Central Michigan 0-0 (.000) Western Michigan 0-0 (.000) Toledo 0-0 (.000)

Southland 0-0 (.000)UTSA 0-0 (.000)

Summit 0-0 (.000)Oakland 0-0 (.000)

West Coast 0-0 (.000)Gonzaga 0-0 (.000)

Notre Dame vs.The Conferences

4 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTESPITCHING THE NAME OF THE GAME — Notre Dame might have scored 28 runs in its three games at the 2011 BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge, but the Irish pitching staff deserves serious kudos.u Notre Dame entered this season without two weekend starters from 2010 (junior LHP Steve Sabatino and graduated RHP Eric Maust). Sabatino, along with key junior LHP Irish relievers Joe Spano and Ryan Richter, will miss the entire 2011 campaign following offseason elbow injuries. All three have already begun the rehabilitation process following Tommy John surgery. The injuries left Notre Dame with exactly one scholarship LHP (freshman Anthony McIver). Despite the obvious setbacks, the Irish did not miss a beat in the opening weekend.u Notre Dame posted a 2.33 team ERA in 27.0 innings of work against Michigan State, Purdue and Penn State. All three Irish starting pitchers, senior RHP Brian Dupra, senior RHP Cole Johnson and senior RHP Todd Miller, registered quality starts. The trio scattered 19 hits over 19.1 innings. More importantly, the trio walked only two and registered 15 strikeouts.u The Irish bullpen was even more impressive. The quintet of McIver, freshman RHP Donnie Hissa, freshman RHP Dan Slania, freshman RHP Sean Fitzgerald and junior RHP Will Hudgins combined to throw 7.2 scoreless innings. They also combined to punch out nine and walk two.u Notre Dame's 2.33 ERA was the lowest ERA through the opening weekend of a season since 2006 when the Irish staff posted a 2.00 ERA following four games at the Service Academies Classic. The four walks were the fewest over the first three games of a season since at least 1995 (and one of the walks was an intentional pass).u The Irish have not completed any three-game span with fewer than three unintentional walks since March 11-13, 2010 against Bradley, Gonzaga and Pacific in San Antonio.

TALE OF THE TAPE Notre Dame SeattleBatting Average .357 .255Runs Per Game 9.33 4.00Home Runs 1 4Slugging Percentage .478 .394Batters’ BB+HBP-SO Margin -6 -26On-Base Percentage .419 .315Stolen Bases 3-5 4-5Team ERA 2.33 3.66Opponent Batting Average .248 .259Pitchers’ SO-BB Ratio 6.00 2.29Pitchers’ SO Per 9 Innings 8.00 4.50Pitchers’ BB Per 9 Innings 1.33 1.97Fielding Pct. (Errors) .965 (4) .965 (5)Double Plays Turned 3 3Record at Home 0-0 0-0Record on Road (including neutral) 2-1 2-2Record in One-Run Games 0-1 1-0Record in Extra Innings 0-0 0-0

ON DECK — After Notre Dame takes the red-eye flight back from Washington and returns early Monday morning, the Irish again hit the road next weekend for the Coca-Cola Classic hosted by Winthrop. Notre Dame opens the weekend with a split double-header against Manhattan at Noon ET and the host Eagles at 4:00 p.m. ET on Fri., March 4. The Irish return to action at 4:00 p.m. ET on Sat., March 5 against Winthrop before rounding out the weekend against the Jaspers at 11:00 a.m. ET on Sun., March 6. Every game of the tournament will be played on campus in Rock Hill, S.C. at The Winthrop Ballpark.

RANKINGS — Notre Dame and Seattle are each unranked in all four major polls.

WARMING UP IN FLORIDA — The Notre Dame baseball team has made regular visits to Florida, including trips to Boca Raton, Ft. Myers, DeLand, Gainesville, Homestead, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Santaluces, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Winter Park, Tampa and Clearwater. In addition to this week’s BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge, the Irish will hopefully to Clearwater and Bright House Networks Field for the 2011 BIG EAST Tournament in May.u The Irish own a 76-69-1 all-time record (.524) in the state of Florida, but found the Sunshine State to be an especially welcome home-away-from-home site between 2000-07, racking up a 41-14 record (.732). u Notre Dame took two of three in Florida last weekend. The Irish went just 2-7 in the Sunshine State in 2010, including match-ing 1-2 records at the 2010 BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge and Stetson Invitational before falling victim to a three-game sweep at USF.u Notre Dame took two of three games in the 2009 BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge. The Irish dropped their season opener to Ohio State, 2-0, but rebounded with victories over Illinois, 14-7, and Purdue, 9-4. Notre Dame returned to the Sunshine State for the 2009 BIG EAST Tournament. The Irish went 3-2 and fell just one game shy of the championship game.u In 2008, Notre Dame took part in the Winning Inning Invitational (Clearwater) and Palm Beach Challenge (Santaluces). The Irish posted a 4-4 mark in those tournaments. Notre Dame then dropped five straight to close the season -- all played in the State of Florida (three at USF, two at the 2008 BIG EAST Tournament).u In 2007, Notre Dame participated in the Stetson Invitational (DeLand), Clearwater Classic and Florida Gulf Coast Classic (Ft. Myers). The Irish posted a 6-5 record in those tournaments, including a 16-6 victory over #7 Nebraska on March 4.

NCBWA Team Record Final1. UCLA 3-0 22. Florida 3-0 33. Vanderbilt 4-0 44. Oklahoma 4-0 55. TCU 2-1 16. South Carolina 3-0 87. Texas 3-1 68. Florida State 3-0 109. Arizona State 3-0 1110. Virginia 3-0 1311. Clemson 2-1 712. Stanford 2-1 1413. Texas A&M 3-0 1614. LSU 3-0 1915. Cal State Fullerton 1-2 916. Louisville 3-0 2217. Coastal Carolina 3-1 1818. Rice 1-2 1519. Oregon 1-2 1220. Arkansas 3-0 2421. North Carolina 4-0 2922. Miami (Fla.) 2-1 2023. Arizona 3-0 2524. Georgia Tech 2-1 2125. College of Charleston 3-0 2626. UC Irvine 3-0 2727. Auburn 2-1 2328. Connecticut 1-2 1729. Alabama 3-0 2830. California 2-0 30

Receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Baylor, Bethune-Cookman, Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Fresno State, Hawaii, James Madison, Kansas State, Long Beach State, Mercer, Mississippi, Oregon State, San Diego, Southeast Missouri State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, St. John's, Troy, Tulane, UCF, Virginia Tech, Wichita State.

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5FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTESu The 2006 team swept a series at then-BIG EAST newcomer South Florida (9-6, 10-4, 10-1) and then won the program’s fifth straight BIG EAST Tournament title by going 4-1 in action at Brighthouse Networks Field, in Clearwater.u The 2005 team opened 3-1 in games played at Central Florida (18-3 vs. Florida A&M, 1-2 vs. UCF, 4-3 vs. FAMU, 4-2 vs. UCF) and then ended its season at the NCAA regional played at the University of Florida (1-5 vs. North Carolina, 7-4 vs. Stetson, 3-0 vs. UNC and 3-23 vs. UF).u In addition to participating in the 2000 (7-1 record) and 2003 (6-1) Kennel Club Classics, the Irish recently have played three series at Miami (1-2 in 1992 and 1995, 0-3 in 1998) while participating in the first ACC/Disney Blast in Orlando (1998; 1-2 with win over FSU) and winning the 2004 Florida Atlantic Classic.u Notre Dame nearly advanced to the 1992 and 1993 College World Series, after competing in NCAA regionals at Miami and Florida State (the Irish upset the host schools and reached the final day of competition in both years). The 2002 Irish team won their NCAA Super Regional series at Florida State to earn a College World Series spot (Florida native Chris Niesel picked up the decisive win over FSU).u The program's first Florida trip came in 1956 (2-5 in games around the Tallahassee area). Other early Notre Dame trips to Florida included a 5-2 loss at FSU in 1958, three wins at Rollins in 1967, tournaments at Miami in 1970 (1-5) and Rollins in 1978 (3-5-1), seven games around the state in 1979 (2-5) and six games played at Rollins and Miami in 1989 (4-2).

SEASON OPENERS — Notre Dame owns an all-time record of 84-33-2 (.714) in its season opener dating back to the 1892 season. The Irish are 17-7 (.708) in season openers dating back to the 1988 season, including back-to-back losses in 2008 and 2009. Notre Dame is 10-4 in its last 14 openers, but 1-3 in season openers since 2008.u Notre Dame allowed just two runs in its season-opening defeat to Michigan State on Feb. 18. The Irish have not allowed fewer runs in a season opener since Feb. 23, 2006 when Notre Dame blanked Indiana State, 3-0. u The most runs ever scored in a season opener by the Irish was 21 in a victory over Chicago on Apr. 10, 1943 (21-1). The 20-run margin of victory is also the largest by Notre Dame in a season opener. Notre Dame has twice surrendered 15 runs in a season opener (May 7, 1896, 15-6 loss vs. Northwestern; Mar. 15, 1982, 15-3 loss at Oklahoma). The largest margin of defeat in a season opener came on Apr. 22, 1895 when the Irish were blanked by Michigan, 13-0.

BASEBALL AMERICA Team Record Final1. Florida 3-0 12. UCLA 3-0 23. Vanderbilt 4-0 44. TCU 2-1 35. Oklahoma 3-0 56. Texas 3-1 67. South Carolina 3-0 78. Stanford 2-1 139. Arizona State 3-0 1110. Florida State 3-0 1211. Clemson 2-1 1012. Cal State Fullerton 1-2 813. Virginia 3-0 1514. Connecticut 1-2 915. Oregon 1-2 1416. Baylor 2-1 1617. California 2-0 1718. Arizona 3-0 1919. College of Charleston 3-0 2020. Louisiana State 3-0 2121. Texas A&M 3-0 2222. Rice 1-2 1823. St. John's 2-1 2324. North Carolina 4-0 NR25. Miami (Fla.) 2-1 24

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4.21.1892 Michigan W, 6-45.5.1894 Albion W, 3-24.22.1895 Michigan L, 0-135.7.1896 Northwestern L, 6-154.21.1897 Michigan W, 18-34.18.1898 Michigan W, 4-24.22.1899 Michigan L, 3-54.21.1900 Michigan W, 8-04.19.1901 Purdue W, 7-64.21.1902 Kalamazoo W, 9-54.22.1903 Kalamazoo W, 13-94.29.1904 Wisconsin W, 4-34.22.1905 Kalamazoo W, 13-94.21.1906 Kalamazoo W, 18-04.20.1907 Hillsdale W, 11-34.15.1908 Winona W, 19-04.14.1909 Albion W, 6-44.14.1910 Kalamazoo W, 13-34.10.1911 Olivet W, 7-64.9.1912 Olivet W, 8-04.12.1913 Olivet W, 9-14.7.1914 Wisconsin W, 7-24.5.1915 Wisconsin W, 3-24.12.1916 Wisconsin L, 0-14.10.1917 St. Viator W, 10-14.20.1918 at Rose Polytechnic W, 3-24.19.1919 Wisconsin W, 4-34.7.1920 Wisconsin W, 2-14.15.1921 Wisconsin T, 3-34.16.1922 at St. Mary’s (KY) W, 7-13.31.1923 at St. Mary’s (KY) W, 4-14.12.1924 at Georgia Tech W, 4-34.11.1925 at Georgia Tech L, 1-64.1.1926 at Western Kentucky W, 5-24.14.1927 at Fort Benning W, 10-44.3.1928 at Fort Benning W, 2-13.30.1929 at Ouachita College W, 5-24.14.1930 Armour Tech W, 12-44.16.1931 Wisconsin W, 8-74.15.1932 Wisconsin L, 3-10

4.15.1933 at Chicago L, 5-64.13.1934 Ohio State L, 5-74.12.1935 Ohio State W, 4-34.16.1936 Toledo W, 7-64.13.1927 Chicago W, 16-94.14.1938 at Western State W, 8-04.8.1939 at Illinois W, 4-24.6.1940 Northwestern W, 6-14.10.1941 at Purdue T, 3-34.7.1942 at Purdue W, 12-34.10.1943 Chicago W, 21-14.15.1944 at Indiana W, 10-54.21.1945 at Camp Atterbury W, 11-64.13.1946 Indiana W, 5-14.3.1947 at Washington Univ. W, 13-44.17.1948 at Cincinnati L, 3-44.8.1949 at Indiana L, 7-84.10.1950 at Illinois Wesleyan W, 4-14.14.1951 at Ohio State W, 1-04.9.1952 at Camp Breckinridge L, 1-43.30.1953 at Memphis Naval AS W, 7-14.17.1954 vs. Arkansas State L, 0-104.7.1955 at Duke L, 1-43.29.1956 vs. West Virginia L, 0-44.12.1957 at Indiana W, 6-14.3.1958 at Georgia W, 4-23.25.1959 at Evansville College W, 9-24.8.1960 Indiana W, 10-73.28.1961 at California W, 7-6 (10)4.10.1962 at Purdue W, 6-44.5.1963 at Indiana W, 20-33.23.1964 at Keesler Air Force W, 9-13.22.1965 at Memphis State W, 6-54.9.1966 at Tennessee L, 2-43.25.1967 at Rollins W, 7-14.9.1968 at Purdue W, 7-04.5.1969 at St. Mary’s (TX) L, 4-63.30.1970 at Miami (FL) L, 3-73.15.1971 at Arkansas State L, 2-53.24.1972 at Murray State W, 9-5

3.10.1973 vs. Oral Roberts W, 12-33.8.1974 vs. New Orleans W, 6-5 (10)3.22.1975 vs. University of Dallas W, 4-33.14.1976 vs. St. Bernard L, 3-43.14.1977 Christian Brothers W, 5-23.20.1978 vs. Wisconsin W, 4-13.19.1979 at Central Florida L, 3-103.29.1980 at Cincinnati W, 5-13.16.1981 at Delta State L, 7-83.15.1982 at Oklahoma L, 3-153.13.1983 vs. Creighton L, 5-63.17.1984 at St. Edward’s L, 5-73.16.1985 at Texas Christian L, 3-93.9.1986 at Indiana L, 9-103.7.1987 at Indiana L, 3-42.25.1988 at Duke W, 14-112.23.1989 at Trinity (TX) W, 12-22.5.1990 vs. Goshen W, 3-02.21.1991 vs. Dartmouth W, 4-22.28.1992 vs. Army W, 2-13.8.1993 at Arizona State W, 11-43.5.1994 at Tulane W, 8-22.24.1995 vs. Texas L, 10-62.17.1996 at Georgia Tech L, 12-42.21.1997 at Long Beach State L, 8-101.30.1998 vs. Florida State W, 10-12.19.1999 vs. James Madison W, 8-42.24.2000 vs. Air Force W, 6-02.17.2001 vs. New Orleans L, 7-62.22.2002 vs. Missouri W, 7-6 (10)2.21.2003 vs. Dayton W, 10-92.20.2004 vs. San Diego State W, 7-12.18.2005 vs. Florida A&M W, 18-32.23.2006 vs. Indiana State W, 3-02.17.2007 vs. Prairie View W, 15-82.22.2008 vs. Liberty L, 6-22.20.2009 vs. Ohio State L, 0-22.19.2010 at Miss. Valley State W, 12-42.18.2011 vs. Michigan State L, 1-2

6 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTESRECENT SEASON OPENERS — The Irish have captured 10 of their last 14 season openers. Notre Dame suffered a tight loss to New Orleans in the 2001 season opener (7-6 at Mississippi State) and 2008, 2009 and 2011 in Florida (6-2 vs. Liberty in Clearwater; 2-0 vs. Ohio State in Dunedin and 2-1 vs. Michigan State in Dunedin), but have opened season with victories in 1998 (10-1 vs. Florida State in Orlando), 1999 (8-4 vs. James Madison at FIU), 2000 (6-0 vs. Air Force in Millington,Tenn.), 2002 (7-6 vs. Missouri at New Orleans), 2003 (10-9 vs. Dayton at Arizona State), 2004 (7-1 vs. San Diego State at USC), 2005 (19-8 vs. Florida A&M at UCF), 2006 (3-0 vs. Indiana State in Millington,Tenn.), 2007 (15-8 vs. Prairie View in San Antonio) and 2010 (12-4 at Mississippi Valley State).u The 2001-03 and 2011 openers each produced one-run games (the Missouri game in 2002 went 10 innings), but Notre Dame won the 2004-07 opening games by a combined 44-17 margin. The 19-8 rout of Florida A&M in 2005 was Notre Dame’s largest margin of victory and most runs in a season opener since the 1963 squad won 20-3 at Indiana. The Irish were nearly as dominant in the 2010 opener, routing Mississippi Valley State, 12-4, in Itta Bena.

SEASON-OPENING SITES — This year marked the 78th season and 21st straight that Notre Dame opened its season away from home. The 1990 Irish team played a rare Feb. 5 home game against Goshen to open the year.u Florida (10) is the site of the second-most season-opening games in the history of Notre Dame baseball. Tennessee ranks third with seven games and Texas and Georgia are tied for the fourth-most common site for an Irish season-opener (six). Other states that have been the site of multiple Irish openers include: Kentucky and Louisiana (five), California (four), Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma and Mississippi (all with three), Alabama, Michigan, Missouri and North Carolina (two). Obviously, Indiana leads all states with 13.u The most common sites for a Notre Dame road season opener have included: Indiana University (six), Purdue (four), Georgia Tech (three) and USA Baseball Stadium in Millington, Tenn. (three)

DAWNING OF A NEW ERA — Notre Dame played the first games under the direction of head coach Mik Aoki last weekend, in the familiar surroundings of Tampa/St. Petersburg and the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge. u Aoki arrived in South Bend after a four-year stint as the Eagles head coach. He brought the Boston College baseball program into the national forefront after leading the Eagles to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in 2009 and 2010 (the only two ACC Tournament appearances in school history) and their first NCAA Regional appearance in 42 years (2009).u In 2009, the Eagles nearly knocked off number-one national seed Texas in an NCAA-record 25-inning game that would have propelled them to the finals of the `09 Austin Regional and given Boston College a great chance at reaching its first Super Regional in program history.u The Eagles' 34-26 overall record qualified as their best since 2005 and their 13-15 record in ACC play marked the most league wins since joining the conference in 2006 (Boston College eclipsed that total in 2010 with 14).

IRISH COACHING DEBUTS — Mik Aoki was looking to join Dave Schrage (2007; 15-7 vs. Prairie View A&M) and Pat Murphy (1988; 14-11 at Duke) as the only Notre Dame coaches since 1924 to win their first game with the Irish, but Notre Dame dropped its season opener against Michigan State on Feb. 18.u Here's a quick look at the first-game results of new head coaches dating back to the '14 season (5-5-1; previous seasons had rotating coaches who spent only part of the season with the team).

First-Year Head Coach DebutsMik Aoki L, 1-2 vs. Michigan State Feb. 18, 2011Dave Schrage W, 15-7 vs. Prairie View A&M Feb. 17, 2007Paul Mainieri L, 6-10 vs. Texas Feb. 24, 1995Pat Murphy W, 14-11 at Duke Feb. 25, 1988Larry Gallo L, 7-8 at Delta State Mar. 16, 1981Tom Kelly L, 3-4 vs. St. Bernard Mar. 14, 1976Jake Kline L, 5-7 vs. Ohio State Apr. 13, 1934George Keogan W, 4-3 at Georgia Tech Apr. 12, 1924Walter Halas T, 3-3 vs. Wisconsin Apr. 15, 1921Gus Dorais W, 4-3 vs. Wisconsin Apr. 19, 1919Jess Harper W, 7-2 vs. Wisconsin Apr. 7, 1914

OPENING-DAY HOME RUNS — Three members of the 2007 team (A.J. Pollock, Michael Wright and Mike Dury) smacked home runs in the ‘07 season opener vs. Prairie View A&M. Pollock (3-run) and Wright (solo) homered two batters apart in the second inning (their first career ABs with the Irish) and are believed to be the first Notre Dame freshmen ever to homer in a season opener. u Since 1989, Notre Dame players have combined for 19 home runs on opening day. The Prairie View A&M game was the first time since 1993 that the Irish had hit three home runs in an opener (Craig DeSensi, Paul Failla and Eric Danapilis all homered in the ‘93 opener, a 11-4 win at Arizona State). Notre Dame accomplished the same feat in last year's season opener at Mississippi Valley State as Ryne Intlekofer, Ryan Connolly and Casey Martin all went deep.u Notre Dame players had homered in six straight season openers before failing to do so in the 2008 opener against Liberty. The previous six opening day home runs included Matt Bok in 2002 (vs. Missouri, at University of New Orleans), Kris Billmaier in 2003 (vs. Dayton, at Arizona State), Matt Edwards in 2004 (vs. San Diego State, at USC), Steve Andres and Edwards in 2005 (vs. Florida A&M, in Orlando), Matt Bransfield in 2006 (vs. Indiana State, in Millington, Tenn.) and the above listed trio in 2007. u Edwards is the only player among those listed below to hit multiple opening-day homers in his Notre Dame career.

COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER Team Record Pts Previous1. Florida 3-0 495 22. UCLA 3-0 494 33. TCU 2-1 492 14. Vanderbilt 4-0 490 55. Oklahoma 4-0 489 66. Clemson 2-1 484 47. Texas 3-1 481 78. Texas A&M 3-0 480 89. Stanford 2-1 476 1010. Arizona State 3-0 473 1111. Florida State 3-0 471 1312. South Carolina 3-0 469 1413. LSU 3-0 467 1514. Virginia 3-0 464 1715. Oregon 1-2 460 916. Louisville 3-0 458 2017. Arizona 3-0 455 2218. North Carolina 4-0 453 2719. Cal State Fullerton 1-2 450 1220. Miami (Fla.) 2-1 449 1821. Georgia Tech 2-1 447 1922. Rice 1-2 446 2123. Wichita State 3-0 444 2324. Coastal Carolina 3-1 441 2425. Connecticut 1-2 438 1626. Auburn 2-1 435 2527. Arkansas 3-0 434 3228. Fresno State 2-0 431 2929. St. John's 2-1 428 2630. UC Irvine 3-0 426 34T-30. Hawaii 2-1 426 38

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7FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTESu Of the program’s 19 opening-day home runs in the past 20 seasons, 10 have come from seniors, five from juniors, two from sophomores (none since 1993, when DeSensi and Failla did it) and two from freshmen. The 19 have also included four first basemen (Edwards twice) and four leftfielders, three DHs, plus two catchers, two shortstops, a centerfielder, a rightfielder, a third baseman and a second baseman.u Notre Dame did not hit a home run in its season opener against Michigan State on Feb. 18.

Notre Dame Opening-Day Home Runs Since 1989Ed Lund (Jr., C, ’89) – at Trinity (12-2)Craig DeSensi (So., DH, ’93) – at Arizona State (11-4)Paul Failla (So., SS, ’93) – at Arizona State (11-4)Eric Danapilis (Sr., CF, ’93) – at Arizona State (11-4)Bob Lisanti (Sr., C, ’96) – at Georgia Tech (4-12)Dan Leatherman (Jr., 1B, ’98) – vs. Florida St., Orlando (10-1)Brant Ust (Jr., SS, ’99) – vs. James Madison, Miami (8-4)Matt Bok (Sr., DH, ’02) – vs. Missouri, New Orleans (7-6)Kris Billmaier (Sr., RF, ’03) – vs. Dayton,Tempe (10-9)Matt Edwards (Jr., 1B, ’04) – vs. San Diego State, Los Angeles (7-1)Steve Andres (Jr., LF, ’05) – vs. Florida A&M, Orlando (18-3)Matt Edwards (Sr., 1B, ’05) – vs. Florida A&M, Orlando (18-3)Matt Bransfield (Sr., LF, ’06) – vs. Indiana State, Millington,TN (3-0)Michael Wright (Fr., LF, ’07) – vs. Prairie View A&M, San Antonio (15-8)A.J. Pollock (Fr., 3B, ’07) – vs. Prairie View A&M, San Antonio (15-8)Mike Dury (Sr., DH, ’07) – vs. Prairie View A&M, San Antonio (15-8)Ryne Intlekofer (Sr., 2B, '10) – at Mississippi Valley State (12-4)Ryan Connolly (Sr., LF, '10) – at Mississippi Valley State (12-4)Casey Martin (Sr., 1B, '10) – at Mississippi Valley State (12-4)

OPENING-WEEKEND LONG BALLS — Notre Dame players combined to hit 39 opening-weekend home runs during the past 17 seasons (1995-11). u The Irish managed just one home run last weekend. Freshman 1B Trey Mancini drilled a solo home run in the 8-5 victory over Penn State. Mancini's long ball was one of six hit during the entire BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge, which spanned 24 games.u Five players in that span hit multiple opening-week homers: infielder Brant Ust (two; 1998 and 1999), RF Kris Billmaier (three, in 2003), 1B Matt Edwards (two; 2004, 2005), LF/DH Steve Andres (two; 2003, 2005) and 1B Casey Martin (two; 2010). Billmaier is the only Notre Dame player among those listed below who had a multi-HR game during the opening weekend (vs. Newman, at Arizona State). u Mancini (vs. Penn State, in St. Petersburg in 2011) is one of seven from the list to homer during the opening week of their freshman season, as did A.J. Pollock (vs. Prairie View A&M,in San Antonio in 2007), Michael Wright (vs. Prairie View A&M, in San Antonio in 2007), Andres (at Arizona State in 2003), Ed Golom (as a pinch-hitter, at Florida International in 1999), Brian Stavisky (at Memphis, in 2000) and Cody Rizzo (in the second 2003 game at Arizona State). u The position breakdown of the opening-weekend home run hitters since 1995 is as follows: 1B (7), RF (6), DH (5), SS (5), LF (5), C (3), 3B (3), CF (2), 2B (2) and PH (1).

Opening-Week Home Runs Since 1995Rowan Richards (Jr., CF, ’95) – game 3 vs. Pepperdine (14-5)Ryan Topham (Jr., RF, ’95) – game 3 vs. Pepperdine (14-5)Bob Lisanti (Sr., C, ’96) – game 1 at Georgia Tech (4-12)Justin Scholl (Sr., RF, ’97) – game 2 vs. USC (4-14)Dan Leatherman (Sr., 1B, ’98) – game 1 vs. Florida State (10-1)Brant Ust (So., 3B, ’98) – game 2 vs. NC State (8-10)Jeff Wagner (Jr., C, ’98) – game 2 vs. NC State (8-10)Brant Ust (Jr., SS, ’99) – game 1 vs. James Madison (8-4)Ed Golom (Fr., PH, ’99) – game 2 at Florida International (1-14)Alec Porzel (Jr., SS, ’00) – game 3 at Memphis (4-3)Brian Stavisky (Fr., RF, ’00) – game 3 at Memphis (4-3)Matt Bok (Sr., DH, ’02) – game 1 vs. Missouri (7-6)Andrew Bushey (Sr., C/3B, ’02) – game 2 at New Orleans (7-8)Kris Billmaier (Sr., RF, ’03) – game 1 vs. Dayton (10-9)Steve Andres (Fr., DH, ’03) – game 3 at Arizona State (3-16)Cody Rizzo (Fr., CF, ’03) – game 4 at Arizona State (8-14)Kris Billmaier (Sr., RF, ’03) – 2 HRs in game 2 vs. Newman (15-5)Matt Macri (So., SS, ’03) – game 4 at Arizona State (8-14)Matt Edwards (Jr., 1B, ’04) – game 1 vs. San Diego State (7-1)Steve Andres (Jr., LF, ’05) – game 1 vs. Florida A&M (18-3)Matt Edwards (Sr., 1B, ’05) – game 1 vs. Florida A&M (18-3)Matt Bransfield (Sr., LF, ’06) – game 1 vs. Indiana State (3-0)Ross Brezovsky (So., 2B, ’06) – game 2 vs. Air Force (8-2)

ESPN/USA Today Team Record Pts1. UCLA (9) 51-17 7412. TCU (9) 54-14 7283. Florida (7) 47-17 7094. Vanderbilt (1) 46-20 5935. Clemson 45-25 5926. Oklahoma 50-18 5877. Texas 50-13 5778. South Carolina (5) 54-16 5649. Cal State Fullerton 46-18 44910. Oregon 40-24 40211. Florida State 48-20 40112. Arizona State 52-10 37213. Texas A&M 43-21-1 37114. Virginia 51-14 36915. LSU 41-22 27816. Stanford 31-25 27717. Rice 40-23 26118. Miami (Fla.) 43-20 24919. Georgia Tech 47-15 21420. Coastal Carolina 55-10 21021. Louisville 50-14 17822. Connecticut 48-16 15623. Auburn 43-21 12824. Arkansas 43-21 11325. Arizona 34-24 110

Receiving votes: UC Irvine 92; Alabama 75; Wichita State 54; North Carolina 31; Mississippi 28; San Diego 27; College of Charleston 24; St. John's 17; Baylor 14; Fresno State 14; Washington State 14; Oregon State 11; Virginia Tech 9; Tulane 8; California 5; Kansas State 5; Pittsburgh 5; Kent State 3; UCF 2; Florida Atlantic 2; Southern Mississippi 2; Hawaii 1; Liberty 1; Minnesota 1; North Carolina State 1.

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8 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTESMike Dury (Jr., 1B, ’06) – game 4 vs. Oklahoma (3-4)Michael Wright (Fr., LF, ’07) – game 1 vs. Prairie View (15-8)A.J. Pollock (Fr., 3B, ’07) – game 1vs. Prairie View (15-8)Mike Dury (Sr., DH, ’07) – game 1 vs. Prairie View (15-8)Brett Lilley (Sr., SS, ‘08) – game 2 vs. Iowa (14-13, 10 innings)Jeremy Barnes (Sr., SS, '09) – game 2 vs. Illinois (14-7)Matt Grosso (Jr., DH, '09) – game 2 vs. Illinois (14-7)Ryne Intlekofer (Sr., 2B, '10) – game 1 at Miss. Valley State (12-4)Ryan Connolly (Sr., LF, '10) – game 1 at Miss. Valley State (12-4)Casey Martin (Sr., 1B, '10) – game 1 at Miss. Valley State (12-4)Casey Martin (Sr., 1B, '10) – game 2 at Miss. Valley State (8-3)Trey Mancini (Fr., 1B, '11) – game 3 vs. Penn State (8-5)

RECENT OPENING-WEEK TEAM STATISTICSYr. (26-27) Avg. (H-AB) Runs (R/gm) TB (2B-3B-HR/Slug) On-Base SB BB/K1995 (1-2) .352 (38-108) 23 (7.7) 60 (10-3-2/.556) .450 2-4 18/251996 (0-2) .246 (17-69) 8 (4.0) 28 (8-0-1/.406) .316 1-2 4/221997 (0-3) .297 (33-111) 17 (5.7) 46 (6-2-1/.414) .350 1-1 8/251998 (1-2) .260 (27-104) 19 (6.3) 39 (1-1-3/.375) .353 2-3 14/211999 (1-3) .197 (25-127) 11 (2.8) 38 (7-0-2/.299) .270 4-4 10/362000 (2-1) .279 (24-86) 14 (4.8) 40 (6-2-2/.465) .304 2-2 4/162001 (2-1) .302 (35-116) 17 (5.7) 46 (7-2-0/.397) .385 6-9 13/222002 (1-2) .257 (29-111) 16 (5.3) 43 (6-1-2/.387) .415 6-10 8/152003 (2-2) .367 (54-147) 36 (9.0) 86 (10-2-6/.585) .428 2-2 10/242004 (2-0) .310 (18-58) 10 (5.0) 23 (2-0-1/.397) .388 5-5 6/172005 (3-1) .274 (34-124) 27 (6.8) 46 (6-0-3/.371) .421 3-9 16/212006 (2-2) .250 (31-124) 20 (5.0) 43 (3-0-3/.347) .333 2-5 13/162007 (1-2) .200 (18-90) 15 (5.3) 30 (1-1-3/.333) .354 4-6 17/212008 (1-2) .282 (31-110) 20 (6.7) 43 (7-1-1/.391) .398 3-4 19/192009 (2-1) .355 (39-110) 23 (7.7) 50 (3-1-2/.455) .409 1-3 13/212010 (3-0) .319 (37-116) 39 (13.0) 57 (6-1-4/.491) .432 4-5 22/192011 (2-1) .357 (41-115) 28 (9.3) 55 (7-2-1/.478) .419 3-5 10/19Totals .291 (531-1826) 343 (6.5) 773 (96-19-37/.424) .391 51-79 205/359Per-Game Avg: 3.9 BB, 6.8 Ks, 1.0 SBs, 2.87 extra-base hits (0.70 HRs) FINALYear (26-27) R/ER IP ERA K/BB H-AB AVG Slug. (HR) WP/HB ERA1995 (1-2) 35/30 25.0 10.80 18/20 39-102 .382 .559 (2) 7/9 4.531996 (0-2) 21/18 16.0 10.13 11/11 26-72 .361 .556 (3) 1/2 3.871997 (0-3) 35/24 25.0 8.64 17/21 34-107 .318 .486 (3) 7/5 4.511998 (1-2) 14/11 25.0 3.96 22/14 24-90 .267 .345 (0) 2/4 4.021999 (1-3) 33/28 33.0 7.64 29/15 42-141 .298 .560 (10) 6/2 5.152000 (2-1) 8/5 22.0 2.05 23/7 19-79 .241 .354 (2) 0/1 3.932001 (2-1) 14/7 29.0 2.17 13/8 26-106 .245 .292 (0) 0/8 3.222002 (1-2) 20/19 27.2 6.18 22/9 37-112 .330 .473 (3) 2/4 3.572003 (2-2) 44/34 32.0 9.56 11/28 46-136 .338 .544 (4) 7/5 3.352004 (2-0) 2/1 16.0 0.57 18/5 9-53 .170 .208 (0) 1/2 3.432005 (3-1) 10/7 35.0 1.80 17/19 37-129 .287 .357 (1) 1/5 4.412006 (2-2) 13/8 36.0 2.00 38/10 30-129 .233 .333 (2) 1/4 3.522007 (1-2) 16/12 27.0 4.00 23/7 28-101 .277 .347 (1) 1/7 3.972008 (1-2) 31/26 28.0 8.36 24/18 37-114 .325 .500 (3) 3/5 4.382009 (2-1) 13/9 27.0 3.00 12/15 19-97 .196 .268 (0) 3/4 5.362010 (3-0) 10/9 27.0 3.00 22/7 19-94 .202 .266 (0) 3/7 5.952011 (2-1) 9/7 27.0 2.33 24/4 26-105 .248 .390 (0) 1/2 --Totals 328/255 457.2 5.01 344/218 498-1767 .282 .389 (34) 46/729-Inn. Avg.: 6.8 Ks, 4.3 BB, 9.4 hits, 0.6 HRs, 0.9 wild pitches, 1.4 hit batters

RIVALS Team Record Pts1. South Carolina 54-16 92. UCLA 51-17 53. TCU 54-14 74. Arizona State 52-10 25. Florida State 48-20 116. Florida 47-17 47. Texas 50-13 38. Oklahoma 50-18 149. Virginia 51-14 110. Clemson 45-25 NR11. Cal State Fullerton 46-18 812. Coastal Carolina 55-10 813. Arkansas 43-21 1614. Miami (Fla.) 43-20 1915. Vanderbilt 46-20 2516. Louisville 50-14 1017. Alabama 42-25 NR18. Georgia Tech 47-15 1219. Auburn 43-21 1320. Virginia Tech 40-22 1521. Rice 40-23 1822. Texas A&M 43-21 2223. UC Irvine 39-21 2124. Oregon 40-24 NR25. Washington State 37-22 24

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9FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FINALYear (26-27) Errors Chances Pct. UE Runs DPs Fld. %1995 (1-2) 6 97 .938 5 0 .9601996 (0-2) 4 73 .945 3 1 .9531997 (0-3) 12 118 .898 11 1 .9421998 (1-2) 4 121 .967 3 4 .9621999 (1-3) 9 149 .940 5 0 .9542000 (2-1) 3 102 .971 3 2 .9652001 (2-1) 4 129 .969 7 3 .9642002 (1-2) 4 127 .969 1 5 .9612003 (2-2) 8 160 .950 10 3 .9702004 (2-0) 1 64 .984 1 0 .9672005 (3-1) 7 163 .957 3 10 .9602006 (2-2) 4 148 .973 5 4 .9722007 (1-2) 5 124 .960 4 1 .9622008 (1-2) 2 114 .982 5 6 .9732009 (2-1) 3 118 .975 4 1 .9662010 (3-0) 4 128 .969 1 3 .9662011 (2-1) 4 113 .965 2 3 ---Totals 84 2048 .959 73 47Per-Game Averages: 1.6 errors, 1.4 unearned runs, 0.9 double plays

NOTRE DAME VETERAN PLAYERS’ OPENING-WEEK CAREER STATSPlayer (Year) H-AB RBI R 2B-3B-HR BB/K SB AVGTrey Mancini (2011) 4-8 3 3 0-1-1 0/2 1-1 .500Charlie Markson (2010-11) 2-4 3 2 1-0-0 0/1 0-0 .500Joe Hudson (2010-11) 8-17 4 5 3-0-0 1/0 1-2 .471Alex Robinson (2009-11) 5-11 1 5 0-0-0 2/1 0-0 .455Frank Desico (2010-11) 6-14 3 4 1-0-0 3/1 0-0 .429Cameron McConnell (2008-11) 7-17 5 6 0-0-0 0/5 0-0 .412Herman Petzold (2007-11) 5-13 5 4 2-0-0 2/0 0-0 .385Matt Scioscia (2008-11) 5-14 3 2 0-0-0 4/3 0-0 .357Eric Jagielo (2011) 5-15 4 4 0-1-0 0/4 0-0 .333Greg Sherry (2008-11) 8-25 3 4 1-0-0 5/5 0-0 .320Matt Grosso (2009-11) 5-17 4 4 0-0-1 3/2 0-0 .294Mick Doyle (2008-11) 10-35 9 10 2-0-0 7/7 1-3 .286Adam Norton (2010-11) 3-11 1 5 0-0-0 1/4 0-0 .273David Casey (2008-11) 3-17 2 5 0-0-0 5/6 0-0 .176Ty Adams (2008-11) 0-5 0 0 0-0-0 1/3 0-0 .000Will Hudgins (2010) 0-1 0 0 0-0-0 0/0 0-0 .000Tommy Chase (2011) 0-1 0 0 0-0-0 0/0 0-0 .000Combined 76-225 50 63 10-2-2 34/44 3-6 .338

NOTRE DAME VETERAN PITCHERS’ OPENING-WEEK CAREER STATSPitcher (Year) ERA W-L G-GS IP H R-ER BB-SOWill Hudgins (2009-11) 0.00 0-0 3-0 4.1 1 0-0 0-5Steve Sabatino (2010) 0.00 1-0 1-1 3.0 0 0-0 3-5Joe Spano (2009-10) 0.00 0-0 3-0 2.0 0 0-0 2-3Anthony McIver (2011) 0.00 0-0 2-0 2.1 5 0-0 1-4Donnie Hissa (2011) 0.00 0-0 1-0 2.0 2 0-0 1-1Dan Slania (2011) 0.00 0-0 1-0 1.1 0 0-0 0-0Sean Fitzgerald (2011) 0.00 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0-0 0-1Ryan Richter (2010) 0.00 0-0 1-0 0.2 0 0-0 0-0Todd Miller (2008-11) 3.09 1-0 4-1 11.2 11 6-4 2-10Cole Johnson (2008-11) 3.14 3-0 3-2 14.1 13 5-5 3-8Brian Dupra (2008-11) 6.10 0-3 4-4 20.2 26 15-14 5-11Combined 3.98 5-3 24-8 63.1 58 26-23 17-48

GENERAL INFORMATIONName of School (Location): University of Notre DameLocation: Notre Dame, IN, 46556Founded (Undergraduate Enrollment): 1842 (8,371)Nickname (School Colors): Fighting Irish (Gold and Blue)Home Field (Capacity): Frank Eck Stadium (2,500) Year Opened 1994Surface, Dimensions: Grass, 330-380-400-380-330Affiliation: NCAA Division IConference (Year Joined): BIG EAST Conference (1995-96)President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. (Notre Dame ’76)Athletics Director: Jack Swarbrick (Notre Dame ’76)Athletics Department Phone: (574) 631-6107Ticket Office Phone: (574) 631-7356

HISTORYFirst Year of Baseball: 1892Overall All-Time Record: 2,272-1,364-20 (.624)Number of Years in College World Series: 2 (1957, 2002)Years in NCAAs: 21 (1949, ’56-’59, ’60, ’63, ’70, ’89, ’92-’94, ’96, ’99-’06)NCAA Tournament Record: 41-44Previous Postseason Opponent: Louisville (L, 6-7; 2009 BIG EAST Tournament)Regular-Season Conference Titles: 13 (MCC – ’87, ’88, ’90, ’92, ’93, ’94, ’95) BIG EAST – ’97, ’99, ’01, ’02, ’04, ’06)Conference Tournament Titles: 10 (MCC – ’89, ’91, ’92, ’93, ’94; BIG EAST – ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06)

Note: Notre Dame was independent of conference affiliation prior to 1984

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Mik Aoki Alma Mater and Year: Davidson ’90Record at School (Years): 2-1 (1)Career Record (Years): 212-264-1 (11)Career Division I Record (Years): 201-248-1 (10)Baseball Office Phone: (574) 631-6366Assistant Coach (Alma Mater): Joe Hastings (East Carolina ‘01)Assistant Coach (Alma Mater): Jesse Woods (Wheaton College ‘04)Volunteer Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach (Alma Mater): Chuck Ristano (Sacred Heart '04)Athletic Trainer: Scott Stansbury

TEAM INFORMATIONOverall Record in 2010: 22-32 (8-14 home, 8-12 away, 6-6 neutral)Conference Record/Finish: 10-17/9th (4-8 home, 6-9 away)BIG EAST Tournament: NoneMonogram Winners Returning/Lost: 16/14Position Starters Returning/Lost: 5/4Total Pitchers Returning/Lost (Starters R/L): 11/5 (7/3)Total Newcomers: 12 (10 freshman signees)Captains: Brian Dupra and Mick Doyle

MEDIA RELATIONSBaseball SID: Michael BertschOffice Phone: (574) 631-8642SID Fax: (574) 631-7941E-Mail: mbertsc1@nd.eduHome Phone (cell): (574) 532-4154Mailing Address: 112 Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556Website: www.und.comEck Stadium Press Box Phone: (574) 631-9018

QUICK FACTS

10 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTESTOP RECENT OPENING-WEEK HITTERS (since 1995; min. 8 AB) Player (Year) H-AB RBI R 2B-3B-HR BB/K SB AVGBrian Stavisky (2001) 9-13 3 3 2-2-0 3/2 1-1 .692Andrew Bushey (2002) 6-9 3 1 1-0-1 0/2 0-1 .667Cody Rizzo (2003) 5-8 5 3 1-0-1 0/1 0-0 .625Alex Robinson (2011) 5-8 1 3 0-0-0 1/1 0-0 .625Rowan Richards (1995) 6-11 5 5 1-0-1 2/2 1-2 .545Steve Sollmann (2001) 7-13 2 1 1-0-0 1/3 2-3 .538Mike Amrhein (1997) 7-13 3 3 1-0-0 1/1 0-0 .538Mike Amrhein (1995) 7-13 2 2 2-0-0 1/3 0-0 .538Casey Martin (2010) 8-16 7 4 1-0-2 0/2 0-0 .500Golden Tate (2009) 7-14 2 4 2-0-0 1/2 0-0 .500Brett Lilley (2008) 5-10 5 4 0-0-1 4/1 0-0 .500Jeff Wagner (1997) 7-14 0 2 0-0-0 0/2 0-0 .500Ross Brezovsky (2007) 4-8 1 3 0-0-0 4/1 0-0 .500Trey Mancini (2011) 4-8 3 3 0-1-1 0/2 1-1 .500Ryan Topham (1995) 6-13 8 4 4-1-1 2/4 0-0 .462Joe Hudson (2011) 6-13 2 4 3-0-0 1/0 1-2 .462Paul O’Toole (2000) 5-11 5 1 0-1-0 0/1 0-0 .455Frank DeSico (2011) 5-11 3 3 1-0-0 2/0 0-0 .455Craig DeSensi (1995) 5-11 1 4 1-0-0 2/1 0-0 .455Jeff Wagner (1998) 5-11 4 3 0-0-1 3/1 0-0 .455

TOP RECENT OPENING-WEEK STARTERS (since 1988; min. 3 IP)Pitcher (Year) R/ER IP K/BB W-L ERAChris Michalak (1992 v. Army) 1/0 9.0 2/1 1-0 0.00 Tom Thornton (2006 vs. Indiana State) 0/0 7.1 5/0 1-0 0.00 Scott Cavey (2000 vs. Air Force) 0/0 6.0 6/1 1-0 0.00Jess Stewart (2005 at UCF) 1/0 5.1 1/3 1-0 0.00Wade Korpi (2006 vs. Memphis) 0/0 5.0 7/0 0-0 0.00Alex Shilliday (1998 vs. Florida State) 0/0 5.0 6/4 1-0 0.00Matt Buchmeier (2001 at Mississippi State) 0/0 4.0 1/1 0-0 0.00Chris McKeown (1999 v. James Madison) 0/0 4.0 4/2 0-0 0.00Danny Tamayo (1998 v. Duke) 0/0 4.0 0/1 0-0 0.00Chris McKeown (1998 vs. Florida State) 0/0 3.0 3/1 0-0 0.00David Sinnes (1991 vs. Dartmouth) 2/0 3.0 4/3 0-0 0.00Alan Walania (1990 vs. Goshen) 0/0 3.0 2/0 0-0 0.00Steve Sabatino (2010 vs. Miss. Valley State) 0/0 3.0 5/3 1-0 0.00Jeff Samardzija (2006 vs. Air Force) 2/2 5.0 8/2 1-0 1.50Tom Thornton (2004 at USC) 1/1 6.0 4/2 1-0 1.50Aaron Heilman (2001 at Mississippi State) 5/1 6.0 6/2 1-0 1.50David Phelps (2007 vs. Texas State) 1/1 5.0 7/2 0-0 1.80Jeff Samardzija (2005 vs. Florida A&M) 1/1 5.0 1/3 1-0 1.80 Tom Thornton (2005 at UCF) 1/1 5.0 3/3 0-0 1.80Peter Ogilvie (2003 at Arizona State) 5/1 5.0 2/2 0-1 1.80Chris Niesel (2002 vs. Southern Illinois) 1/1 5.0 10/0 0-0 1.80Tom Price (1994, at Tulane) 2/2 9.0 5/0 1-0 2.00Chris McKeown (1997 at Long Beach State) 1/1 4.0 5/3 0-0 2.25Alex Shilliday (1999 vs. James Madison) 3/2 7.0 8/1 1-0 2.57Brian Dupra (2011 vs. Michigan State) 1/1 7.0 5/0 0-1 2.57Tim Kraus (1995 vs. Pepperdine) 1/1 3.1 2/2 1-0 2.70

Note: Michalak also won in relief vs. Dartmouth in the opening week of 1991 (5.1 shutout IP, 4 Ks, BB, 2 H) and won the 1993 opener at Arizona State (9 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 4 Ks).

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN — Senior SS Mick Doyle and senior RHP Brian Dupra are serving as Notre Dame's team captains for the 2011 season. Each received the captain's honor following a preseason vote by their teammates. Dupra served as a team-captain in 2010.

PLENTY OF WAYS TO FOLLOW THE IRISH — Notre Dame baseball fans will have several options for tracking the 2011 season on a game-by-game basis, through live streaming video (Notre Dame home games only), live-audio broadcasts, Live Blogs, GameTracker live stats, free Irish Alert text mes-sages and the Notre Dame/Notre Dame baseball Twitter & Facebook pages.u Live radio broadcasts are available in the South Bend area on WHME 103.1 FM (Notre Dame baseball is part of a small percentage of programs in the nation with its entire season airing live on a commercial station). All games are streamed live on und.com, with the links posted on the lower left corner of the und.com main page. The online broadcasts are free of charge, as part of a quick signup with Fighting Irish All-Access (which includes archives or all audio and video content). See All-Access signup link via the multimedia gold button at the top of each und.com pageu Irish ALERT free text-message updates are available to your cell phone or other mobile devices. See link on the right side blue sidebar on the baseball page at und.com. u GameTracker live stats are provided for all home games and most road games (based on internet availability). When Notre Dame is on the road, the home team typically provides the live stats – with bonus GameTracker stats also provided by the Notre Dame SID office for select road games.u Live Blogs are provided for all home games and some select road contests.u Complete coverage of each and every Irish home game through live streaming video.

NOTRE DAME ON THE SMALL SCREEN — The Irish baseball team will make at least three national television appearances this spring. Notre Dame's series opener against West Virginia, which originally was scheduled at 5:35 p.m. ET on Fri., Apr. 15, will now take place at 7:00 p.m. ET and air on ESPNU. Notre Dame will travel to league foe Louisville to close the regular season and each of the final two games of the series will be featured on CBS College Sports. The first contest will air at 7:00 p.m. ET on Fri., May 20 (originally scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET), while the next meeting with the Cardinals will be broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sat., May 21.u ESPNU and CBS College Sports are each available to vari-ous cable sports-package subscribers.u What's more, the official Fighting Irish athletics web site (www.UND.com) is planning to produce free live webcasts of several home games that have not been picked up for com-mercial television broadcast.

IRISH ON YOUR RADIO DIAL — Beginning with the 2008-09 athletics year, the Notre Dame athletics department announced it had partnered with the LeSEA Broadcasting Network, making WHME / Harvest 103.1 FM the new radio home of Notre Dame baseball in the South Bend market.u Baseball game broadcasts also continue to be streamed live and free of charge on Notre Dame's official athletics web site (www.UND.com) through the Fighting Irish All-Access multimedia package.

HOW TO FOLLOW NOTRE DAME

11FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES

PRONUNCIATION GUIDEBret BASS-uh-loneFrank Duh-SEE-koBrian Do-PRAYMatt GRAH-soDonnie HISS-uhWill HUH-ginsDustin IS-pisEric JA-gah-low

Anthony Mick-IVERHerman PET-zoldRyan RICK-terChris RINE-heartDan Slay-nee-uhMatt SO-shuhJoe Spuh-ZEER-eePatrick VEAR-camp

NUMERICALNo. Name Cl. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School1 Adam Norton* SO RHP/OF R/R 6-1 185 Highland, IN (Andrean)2 John Rodgers FR INF/OF L/R 5-10 170 Palm City, FL (John Carroll Catholic)3 Trey Mancini FR 1B R/R 6-4 230 Winter Haven, FL (Winter Haven)4 Joe Hudson* SO C R/R 6-1 215 Odessa, FL (Tampa Jesuit)5 Chris Reinhart FR INF R/R 6-1 195 Tampa, FL (Tampa Jesuit)6 Brian Dupra*** (C) SR RHP R/R 6-3 205 Rochester, NY (Greece Athena)7 Eric Jagielo FR INF L/R 6-2 215 Downers Grove North, IL (Downers Grove North)8 Matt Grosso** SR OF L/L 5-11 175 Marlborough, CT (RHAM/Maine/UConn)10 Dustin Ispas* JR LHP L/L 6-0 215 Rancho Cucamonga, CA (Los Osos)11 Tommy Chase* JR INF R/R 5-10 175 Cohasset, MA (Boston College HS)12 Bret Basilone FR OF B/R 5-9 180 Springdale, PA (Springdale)13 Herman Petzold* SR OF R/R 5-10 175 Saint Clair Shores, MI (De LaSalle)14 Matt Scioscia*** SR C/1B R/R 6-1 240 Westlake Village, CA (Encino Crespi Carmelite)15 Greg Sherry*** SR INF R/R 5-10 185 Mendham, NJ (Delbarton)17 David Casey** SR 1B L/L 6-5 250 Whitefish Bay, WI (Whitefish Bay)18 Sean Fitzgerald FR RHP R/R 6-2 165 McLean, VA (McLean)19 Todd Miller*** SR RHP R/R 6-3 205 Franklin, TN (Montgomery Bell Academy)20 Charlie Markson* SO OF R/R 6-2 195 Whitefish Bay, WI (Whitefish Bay)21 Joe Spano** JR LHP L/L 5-10 170 Verona, NJ (Seton Hall Prep)22 Anthony McIver FR LHP L/L 6-4 190 Vista, CA (Rancho Buena Vista)23 Ryan Richter** JR LHP L/L 6-3 210 South Bend, IN (St. Joseph’s)24 Patrick Veerkamp* SO RHP R/R 6-2 205 Fort Wayne, IN (Homestead)25 Ricky Palmer SO C R/R 5-11 200 Orland Park, IL (Brother Rice)26 Mick Doyle*** (C) SR INF R/R 6-1 200 LaGrange Park, IL (Benet Academy)27 Breck Ashdown SO RHP/1B L/R 6-4 215 Tucson, AZ (Catalina Foothills)28 Cameron McConnell*** SR C R/R 6-1 220 Bannockburn, IL (Deerfield)30 Forrest Johnson FR C R/R 6-1 205 Hudson, OH (Hudson)32 Alex Robinson** JR OF B/R 5-11 170 Dallas, TX (First Baptist Academy)33 Ty Adams* SR 1B/OF R/R 6-6 230 Indianapolis, IN (Brebeuf Jesuit)35 Frank DeSico* SO INF R/R 5-9 185 Cleveland, OH (St. Ignatius)37 Cole Johnson*** SR RHP R/R 6-3 200 Hudson, OH (Hudson)40 Dan Slania FR RHP R/R 6-4 275 Tucson, AZ (Salpointe Catholic)43 Joe Spizzirri* SR LHP L/L 6-2 185 San Juan Capistrano, CA (JSerra Catholic)45 Will Hudgins** JR RHP R/R 6-3 210 Richmond, VA (Douglas Freeman)51 Donnie Hissa FR RHP R/R 6-6 250 Iron River, WI (Maple Northwestern)52 Steve Sabatino** JR LHP L/L 6-2 190 Lockport, IL (Lockport Township)* – monograms won(C) – captains

Head Coach: #9 Mik Aoki (Davidson ’90, 1st season)Assistant Coach: #16 Joe Hastings (East Carolina ’01, 1st season)Assistant Coach: #29 Jesse Woods (Wheaton College ‘04, 1st season) Volunteer Assistant: #34 Chuck Ristano (Sacred Heart ’04, 1st season)

ALPHABETICALNo. Name Pos33 Ty Adams* 1B/OF27 Breck Ashdown RHP/1B12 Bret Basilone OF17 David Casey** 1B11 Tommy Chase* INF35 Frank DeSico* INF26 Mick Doyle*** (C) INF6 Brian Dupra*** (C) RHP18 Sean Fitzgerald RHP8 Matt Grosso** OF51 Donnie Hissa RHP45 Will Hudgins** RHP4 Joe Hudson* C10 Dustin Ispas* LHP7 Eric Jagielo INF37 Cole Johnson*** RHP30 Forrest Johnson C3 Trey Mancini INF20 Charlie Markson* OF28 Cameron McConnell*** C22 Anthony McIver LHP19 Todd Miller*** RHP1 Adam Norton* RHP/OF25 Ricky Palmer C13 Herman Petzold* OF5 Chris Reinhart INF23 Ryan Richter** LHP32 Alex Robinson** OF2 John Rodgers INF/OF52 Steve Sabatino** LHP14 Matt Scioscia*** C/1B15 Greg Sherry*** INF40 Dan Slania RHP21 Joe Spano** LHP43 Joe Spizzirri* LHP24 Patrick Veerkamp RHP

Pitchers (16)No. Name Yr. B-T1 Adam Norton SO R/R6 Brian Dupra SR R/R10 Dustin Ispas JR L/L18 Sean Fitzgerald FR R/R19 Todd Miller SR R/R21 Joe Spano JR L/L22 Anthony McIver FR L/L23 Ryan Richter JR L/L24 Patrick Veerkamp SO R/R27 Breck Ashdown SO L/R37 Cole Johnson SR R/R40 Dan Slania FR R/R43 Joe Spizzirri SR L/L45 Will Hudgins JR R/R51 Donnie Hissa FR R/R 52 Steve Sabatino JR L/L

Catchers (5)No. Name Yr. B-T4 Joe Hudson SO R/R14 Matt Scioscia SR R/R25 Ricky Palmer SO R/R28 Cameron McConnell SR R/R30 Forrest Johnson FR R/R

Infielders (12)No. Name Yr. B-T2 John Rodgers FR L/R3 Trey Mancini FR R/R5 Chris Reinhart FR R/R7 Eric Jagielo FR L/R11 Tommy Chase JR R/R14 Matt Scioscia SR R/R15 Greg Sherry SR R/R17 David Casey SR L/L 26 Mick Doyle SR R/R27 Breck Ashdown SO L/R33 Ty Adams SR R/R35 Frank DeSico SO R/R

Outfielders (8)No. Name Yr. B-T1 Adam Norton SO R/R2 John Rodgers FR L/R8 Matt Grosso SR L/L12 Bret Basilone FR B/R13 Herman Petzold SR R/R20 Charlie Markson SO R/R 32 Alex Robinson JR B/R 33 Ty Adams SR R/R

2011 ROSTER INFORMATION

12 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES

Inn. ERA IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Avg. 2B 3B HR1st 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 .250 1 0 02nd 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 .200 0 0 03rd 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 4 4 .500 0 1 04th 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .000 0 0 05th 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 5 5 .400 1 0 06th 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 .333 0 0 07th 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .000 0 0 08th - - - - - - - - - - - - -9th - - - - - - - - - - - - -

2010Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA2.20 MVSU * 4.1 4 3 3 1 3 0 0 0-0 0 6.232.27 OSU * 3.2 8 8 6 2 1 0 0 0-1 0 10.123.7 Stetson * 7.0 7 2 1 1 5 0 0 1-1 0 6.003.13 Gonzaga * 7.0 6 3 2 0 8 0 0 2-1 0 4.913.20 MSU * 6.1 4 4 3 4 4 0 0 2-1 0 4.763.26 USF * 6.0 9 3 2 1 4 0 0 2-2 0 4.464.1 G’town * 7.0 10 9 6 0 4 0 0 2-2 0 5.014.9 Rutgers * 4.0 8 6 5 3 3 1 0 2-2 0 5.564.16 SHU * 6.0 6 5 0 1 4 0 0 2-2 0 4.914.20 Mich 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-2 0 4.824.23 Cinci * 7.1 7 2 2 1 8 0 0 3-2 0 4.534.30 STJ * 8.0 9 5 5 1 2 0 0 4-2 0 4.665.8 WVU-1 * 1.0 8 7 7 1 0 0 0 4-3 0 5.505.14 'Nova * 5.1 11 9 9 3 3 0 0 4-4 0 6.205.20 'Ville * 8.2 7 6 6 3 3 1 0 4-5 0 6.21Totals 14 82.2 104 72 57 22 53 2 0 4-5 0 6.212009Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA2.20 OSU * 6.1 6 2 2 1 2 0 0 0-1 0 2.842.28 Dayton * 5.1 10 5 5 0 6 0 0 1-1 0 5.403.7 Rice * 3.0 7 7 7 1 2 0 0 1-2 0 8.593.15 UTPA-1 * 7.0 8 4 4 4 4 0 0 2-2 0 7.483.21 SHU * 6.2 9 7 3 3 3 1 0 2-3 0 6.673.29 Pitts 4.0 3 2 2 1 3 0 0 2-3 0 6.404.4 'Nova-1 * 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 3-3 0 5.014.11 Cinci-1 * 6.0 7 7 6 3 6 0 0 3-4 0 5.514.18 WVU-1 * 9.0 11 6 6 1 3 2 0 4-4 0 5.594.25 'Ville * 7.1 12 5 5 1 2 0 0 5-4 0 5.655.2 UConn * 4.1 9 6 6 0 2 0 0 5-5 0 6.095.9 USF * 4.1 11 6 5 0 4 1 0 5-5 0 6.355.15 STJ * 6.0 9 5 5 0 3 2 0 6-5 0 6.435.22 STJ * 3.2 11 9 9 1 2 0 1 6-5 0 7.13Totals 13 82.0 116 71 65 16 48 6 1 6-5 0 7.132008Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA2.24 Albany * 3.0 9 8 7 3 1 0 0 0-1 0 21.003.2 St. Bona. * 6.1 3 2 2 0 4 0 0 0-1 0 8.683.9 Arizona * 3.0 10 9 5 2 0 0 0 0-2 0 10.223.17 CMU * 5.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0-2 0 8.313.25 Ball St. * 6.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 1-2 0 6.944.8 Valpo * 1.2 6 5 4 2 1 0 0 1-2 0 7.924.15 Toledo 4.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 1-2 1 6.834.22 Chic. St. * 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 1 0 2-2 1 6.004.29 MVSU * 7.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 3-2 1 5.025.12 WMU * 2.0 5 5 4 0 3 3 0 3-3 1 5.605.20 USF 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3-3 1 5.44Totals 9 46.1 60 35 28 10 30 4 0 3-3 1 5.44

Batter Avg. AB H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP SO GDP SLG% OB%None

Brian DupraRight-Handed Pitcher6-3 u 205 u Sr.Rochester, N.Y. (Greece Athena H.S.) 6DUPRA AT A GLANCE...u Will make his second start of 2011 and 38th of his career with Notre Dame.u Drafted in 11th round of 2010 MLB Draft by Detroit Tigers.u Enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a sociology and computer applications double major.u Carried a 3.242 cumulative GPA into the ‘11 spring semester.u Without question, leader of the staff along with fellow senior Cole Johnson ... deserves a stellar senior campaign ... works as hard as anyone on the roster ... elite pitching prospect who saw his stock - and velocity - rise during senior season at Greece Athena High School ... gained immea-surable experience as a weekend starter for the Irish each of the last two seasons ... combines pinpoint command of all three of his pitches with tremendous pitching aptitude ... features heavy, low-90s fastball to go along with quality slider and changeup ... throws from 3/4 power arm slot, with clean arm action and fluid mechanics ... a poised competitor and true student of the game.

2011 PITCHING GAME-BY-GAME...Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W/L SV ERA2.18 Michigan State S 7.0 7 2 2 0 5 0 0 0-1 0 2.57

2011 SEASON...u Averaging 7.0 IP and 92.0 pitches per start ... has made one quality start (one on neutral fields) ... Notre Dame is 0-1 in his starts.

LAST START...u Charged with the tough-luck loss despite 7.0 solid innings of work against Michigan State on Feb. 18 ... allowed two earned runs on seven hits ... struck out five and did not issue a walk ... surrendered three extra-base hits (two doubles, one triple) ... enduced seven fly outs and seven ground outs ... tossed 92 pitches, 72 for strikes.

2011 SEASONRecord: 0-1, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BBBIG EAST: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBNon-Conference: 0-1, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BBHome: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBRoad: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBNeutral: 0-1, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BBDay: 0-1, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BBNight: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn February: 0-1, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 0 BBIn March: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn April: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn May: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBND record in Dupra's Starts: 0-1Last 3 Starts: -Quality Starts: 1Sub 5.0-inning Starts: 0Average innings Per Start: 7.0SO/BB Ratio: InfSO per 9.0 IP: 6.43HR allowed: 0HR allowed per 9.0 IP: 0.0Last CG: -Shortest Start: 7.0 vs. Michigan State, Feb. 18, 2011 (7.0-7-2-2-0-5)

CAREERRecord: 13-14, 6.28 ERA, 218.0 IP, 287 H, 152 ER, 136 K, 48 BBBIG EAST: 6-7, 6.55 ERA, 110.0 IP, 149 H, 80 ER, 63 K, 23 BBNon-Conference: 7-7, 5.50 ERA, 103.0 IP, 127 H, 63 ER, 68 K, 24 BBHome: 7-4, 4.93 ERA, 100.1 IP, 116 H, 55 ER, 60 K, 21 BBRoad: 3-5, 7.54 ERA, 59.2 IP, 89 H, 50 ER, 37 K, 13 BBNeutral: 3-5, 7.29 ERA, 58.0 IP, 82 H, 47 ER, 39 K, 14 BBDay: 6-9, 6.94 ERA, 128.1 IP, 175 H, 99 ER, 78 K, 30 BBNight: 7-5, 5.32 ERA, 89.2 IP, 112 H, 53 ER, 58 K, 18 BBIn February: 1-4, 7.58 ERA, 29.2 IP, 44 H, 25 ER, 18 K, 7 BBIn March: 4-4, 4.68 ERA, 67.1 IP, 78 H, 35 ER, 39 K, 17 BBIn April: 5-0, 4.33 ERA, 60.1 IP, 73 H, 29 ER, 41 K, 12 BBIn May: 1-5, 12.52 ERA, 36.2 IP, 71 H, 51 ER, 23 K, 8 BBND record in Dupra's Starts: 20-16-1Quality Starts: 14Sub 5.0-inning Starts: 12Average innings Per Start: 5.61SO/BB Ratio: 2.83SO per 9.0 IP: 5.61HR allowed: 22HR allowed per 9.0 IP: 0.91Shortest Start: 1.0 at West Virginia-1, May 8, 2010 (1.0-8-7-7-1-0)

DUPRA'S CAREER APPEARANCES

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK2008 5.44 3 3 11 9 1 0 1 1 46.1 60 35 28 10 30 11 1 3 212 .316 4 5 02009 7.13 6 5 14 13 3 1 0 0 82.0 116 71 65 16 48 27 2 8 384 .334 6 9 1 BIG EAST 6.04 4 3 9 8 3 1 0 0 56.2 74 44 38 9 32 20 0 8 257 .316 6 5 02010 6.21 4 5 15 14 0 0 0 0 82.2 104 72 57 22 53 21 2 11 379 .305 2 7 0 BIG EAST 7.09 2 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 53.1 75 52 42 14 31 15 1 11 253 .328 2 5 02011 2.57 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 0 5 2 1 0 27 .259 0 0 0 BIG EAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TOTAL 6.28 13 14 41 37 4 1 1 1 218.0 287 180 152 48 136 61 6 22 1002 .317 12 21 1 BIG EAST 6.55 6 7 18 17 3 1 0 0 110.0 149 96 80 23 63 35 1 19 510 .322 8 10 0

DUPRA'S CAREER STATS

2011 INNING-BY-INNING BREAKDOWNIP (starter): 9.0, twice (last time vs. WVU-1, April 18, 2009)IP (reliever): 4.0, twice (last time at Pittsburgh, March 29, 2009)Ks: 8, twice (last time vs. Cincinnati, April 23, 2010)Winning Streak: 3, March 25 - April 29, 2008

DUPRA'S CAREER HIGHS

DUPRA VS. SEATTLE

13FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES

Inn. ERA IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Avg. 2B 3B HR1st 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4 .250 1 0 02nd 0.00 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 4 8 .500 0 1 03rd 9.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 .250 1 0 04th 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 .000 0 0 05th 9.00 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 .500 0 0 06th 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 0 0 07th - - - - - - - - - - - - -8th - - - - - - - - - - - - -9th - - - - - - - - - - - - -

2010Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA2.19 MVSU * 5.1 5 2 2 0 2 1 1 1-0 0 3.382.26 Illinois * 4.0 9 4 4 4 4 0 0 1-1 0 5.793.6 Harvard * 3.2 10 8 8 1 1 0 0 1-2 0 9.693.12 Pacific * 6.0 8 7 6 1 2 0 0 1-3 0 9.474.27 Toledo * 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2-3 0 8.715.1 STJ 2.2 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 2-3 0 8.495.8 WVU-2 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2-3 0 7.825.12 CMU 0.2 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 2-3 0 7.965.15 'Nova 3.2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3-3 0 6.985.22 'Ville-2 1.2 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 3-3 0 7.76Totals 5 31.1 47 30 27 11 19 1 1 3-3 0 7.76

2009Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA2.21 Illinois 3.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1-0 0 3.002.27 Gonzaga * 4.0 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 1-0 0 3.863.6 ORU * 6.0 1 0 0 4 7 0 0 1-0 0 2.083.12 Ill. St. * 7.0 5 2 2 5 3 1 0 1-0 0 2.253.20 SHU * 7.0 5 4 4 2 6 0 0 2-0 0 3.003.27 Pitt * 9.0 7 4 2 2 4 1 0 3-0 0 2.754.3 'Nova * 9.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 4-0 0 2.404.9 Cinci * 9.2 8 2 2 3 5 0 0 4-0 0 2.304.17 WVU * 5.0 10 11 11 3 3 1 0 4-1 0 3.774.24 'Ville * 6.0 10 6 5 2 2 0 0 4-1 0 4.115.1 UConn * 7.0 10 7 5 2 4 0 0 4-2 0 4.335.8 USF * 6.2 10 5 5 0 6 0 0 5-2 0 4.545.14 STJ * 7.0 2 1 1 6 7 0 0 6-2 0 4.275.19 STJ * 6.0 4 3 2 2 6 0 1 7-2 0 4.195.23 'Ville * 2.1 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 7-3 0 4.47Totals 14 94.2 87 53 47 36 64 3 1 7-3 0 4.47

2008Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA3.8 Maine 1.2 8 6 6 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 32.403.14 Buffalo 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 0 20.253.16 UTPA 1.0 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 0-1 0 22.093.25 Ball St. 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 0 14.293.30 Cinci 5.1 6 0 0 2 1 1 1 0-1 0 7.364.5 Rutgers 4.1 5 1 1 3 3 0 0 1-1 0 5.874.15 Toledo * 5.0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2-1 0 4.434.19 WVU 4.0 7 4 4 1 2 0 0 2-1 0 5.184.29 MVSU 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2-1 0 4.785.2 UConn 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2-2 0 4.765.10 Pitt 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2-2 0 4.355.17 USF * 4.2 9 6 6 2 6 0 0 2-2 0 5.30Totals 2 35.2 46 22 21 8 28 1 1 2-2 0 5.30

Batter Avg. AB H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP SO GDP SLG% OB%None

Cole JohnsonRight-Handed Pitcher6-3 u 200 u Sr.Hudson, Ohio (Hudson H.S.) 37JOHNSON AT A GLANCE...u Will make his second start of 2011 and 23rd of his career with Notre Dame.u Named second team all-BIG EAST in 2009.u Enrolled in the College of Science as a pre-professional studies major.u One of 40 Notre Dame student-athletes in the Academic Honors program.u Carried a 3.680 cumulative GPA into the ‘11 spring semester.u Very good understanding of how to pitch ... firery competitor and perfectionist on the mound ... important for him to remain even keel ... recruited walk-on who gained immeasurable experience in 2009 as Notre Dame’s top starter ... opened 2010 in same roll, but missed six weeks with a shoulder injury.

2011 PITCHING GAME-BY-GAME...Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W/L SV ERA2.18 Purdue S 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 0 0 1-0 0 3.00

2011 SEASON...u Averaging 6.0 IP and 95.0 pitches per start ... has made one quality start (one on neutral fields) ... Notre Dame is 1-0 in his starts.

LAST START...u Picked up the victory with 6.0 solid innings of work against Purdue on Feb. 19 ... allowed two earned runs on six hits ... struck out four and walked two ... plunked two Boilermakers ... surrendered three extra-base hits (two doubles, one triple) ... enduced six fly outs and seven ground outs ... tossed 95 pitches, 65 for strikes.

2011 SEASONRecord: 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 4 BBBIG EAST: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBNon-Conference: 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 4 BBHome: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBRoad: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBNeutral: 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 4 BBDay: 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 4 BBNight: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn February: 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 4 BBIn March: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn April: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn May: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBND record in Johnson's Starts: 1-0Last 3 Starts: -Quality Starts: 1Sub 5.0-inning Starts: 0Average innings Per Start: 6.0SO/BB Ratio: 2.0SO per 9.0 IP: 6.0HR allowed: 0HR allowed per 9.0 IP: 0.0Last CG: -Shortest Start: 6.0 vs. Purdue, Feb. 19, 2011 (6.0-6-2-2-2-4)

CAREERRecord: 13-8, 5.21 ERA, 167.2 IP, 186 H, 97 ER, 115 K, 57 BBBIG EAST: 7-3, 4.89 ERA, 99.1 IP, 109 H, 54 ER, 63 K, 32 BBNon-Conference: 5-4, 5.55 ERA, 60.0 IP, 69 H, 37 ER, 45 K, 22 BBHome: 6-2, 4.88 ERA, 62.2 IP, 71 H, 34 ER, 43 K, 17 BBRoad: 4-1, 3.88 ERA, 53.1 IP, 52 H, 23 ER, 33 K, 17 BBNeutral: 3-5, 6.97 ERA, 51.2 IP, 63 H, 40 ER, 39 K, 23 BBDay: 6-6, 5.90 ERA, 90.0 IP, 110 H, 59 ER, 59 K, 33 BBNight: 7-2, 4.40 ERA, 77.2 IP, 76 H, 38 ER, 56 K, 24 BBIn February: 3-1, 4.43 ERA, 22.1 IP, 24 H, 11 ER, 15 K, 9 BBIn March: 2-3, 5.62 ERA, 49.2 IP, 55 H, 31 ER, 31 K, 17 BBIn April: 4-1, 4.63 ERA, 46.2 IP, 53 H, 24 ER, 29 K, 13 BBIn May: 4-3, 5.69 ERA, 49.0 IP, 54 H, 31 ER, 40 K, 18 BBND record in Johnson's Starts: 11-11Quality Starts: 8Sub 5.0-inning Starts: 5Average innings Per Start: 5.82SO/BB Ratio: 2.02SO per 9.0 IP: 6.17HR allowed: 13HR allowed per 9.0 IP: 0.70Shortest Start: 1.2 vs. Toledo, April 27, 2010 (1.2-2-0-0-0-3)

JOHNSON'S CAREER APPEARANCES

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK2008 5.30 2 2 12 2 0 0 1 0 35.2 46 22 21 8 28 9 1 6 157 .322 1 2 1 BIG EAST 4.70 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 23.0 29 12 12 8 15 4 0 4 101 .326 1 1 12009 4.47 7 3 15 14 2 0 0 0 94.2 87 53 47 36 64 17 3 5 416 .249 3 16 1 BIG EAST 4.88 5 2 9 9 2 0 0 0 66.1 69 41 36 21 42 14 2 3 296 .273 2 11 02010 7.76 3 3 10 5 0 0 1 0 31.1 47 30 27 11 19 11 1 2 149 .353 1 2 1 BIG EAST 5.40 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 11 6 6 3 6 3 0 1 41 .297 0 0 02011 3.00 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 2 1 0 27 .273 0 2 0 BIG EAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TOTAL 5.21 13 8 38 22 2 0 2 0 167.2 186 107 97 57 115 39 6 13 749 .287 5 22 3 BIG EAST 4.89 7 3 19 10 2 0 0 0 99.1 109 59 54 32 63 21 2 8 438 .288 3 12 1

JOHNSON’S CAREER STATS

2011 INNING-BY-INNING BREAKDOWNIP (starter): 9.2, at Cincinnati (April 9, 2009)IP (reliever): 5.1, vs. Cincinnati (March 30, 2008)Ks: 7, twice (last time at St. John’s, May 14, 2009)Winning Streak: 4, February 21 - April 3, 2009

JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS

JOHNSON VS. SEATTLE

14 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES

Inn. ERA IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Avg. 2B 3B HR1st 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 5 5 .400 0 1 02nd 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 0 0 03rd 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .000 0 0 04th 0.00 1.0 1 2 0 0 0 6 6 .167 0 0 05th 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4 .250 1 0 06th 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .000 0 0 07th 54.00 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 3 3 .667 2 0 08th - - - - - - - - - - - - -9th - - - - - - - - - - - - -

2010Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA2.20 MVSU 2.0 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0-0 1 0.002.26 Illinois 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0-0 1 3.002.28 Penn St. 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1-0 1 2.083.6 Kan. St. 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 3.004.28 Valpo * 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 1 2.255.1 STJ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 1 2.005.12 CMU 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 1 1.805.14 'Nova 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-0 1 1.595.22 'Ville 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 2-0 1 3.65Totals 12.1 12 5 5 5 7 1 0 2-0 1 3.65

2009Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA2.20 OSU 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 0 0.002.22 Purdue 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 2.702.27 Gonzaga 4.0 4 3 3 1 3 0 0 0-1 0 4.913.6 ORU 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1-1 0 4.823.8 Wash. St. 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0 4.503.12 Illinois St. 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1-2 0 4.503.14 Trinity 1.0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 1-2 0 6.233.20 SHU 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-2 0 5.403.22 SHU 1.0 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 7.314.1 Toledo * 2.0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 8.004.15 NW 2.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 7.524.22 Mich-2 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1-2 1 6.854.26 'Ville 0.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1-2 1 7.434.29 BGSU 3.1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 1-2 2 6.495.8 USF 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1-2 3 5.975.11 WMU 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 4 5.645.14 STJ 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1-2 4 5.295.19 STJ 3.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 1-2 5 5.355.22 STJ 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 5 5.40Totals 1 36.2 46 22 22 8 21 1 0 1-2 5 5.40

2008Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W-L Sv ERA3.2 BC 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0-0 0 9.003.7 TAMCC 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 4.503.20 G'town 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 2.254.8 Valpo 3.1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0-0 0 1.234.13 'Nova 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1.084.19 WVU 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 3.864.25 STJ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 0 3.485.12 WMU 3.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 0 2.575.16 USF 4.1 3 1 1 1 4 0 0 0-1 0 2.45Totals 18.1 11 5 5 4 13 0 0 0-1 0 2.45

Batter Avg. AB H RBI 2B 3B HR BB HBP SO GDP SLG% OB%None

Todd MillerRight-Handed Pitcher6-3 u 205 u Sr.Franklin, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Academy)

19MILLER AT A GLANCE...u Will make his second start of 2011 and fourth of his career with Notre Dame.u Enrolled in Mendoza College of Business as a finance major.u Carried a 3.393 cumulative GPA into the ‘11 spring semester.u Critical component of pitching staff regardless of role ... highly competitive pitcher who can pound the zone with strikes ... features a moving fastball and tricky slider ... change-up might be best pitch ... versatile pitcher that can help pitching staff in numerous roles ... has worked as a starter, short reliever, long reliever and even closer over the last three years.

2011 PITCHING GAME-BY-GAME...Date Opp GS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK W/L SV ERA2.18 Penn State S 6.1 6 5 3 0 6 1 0 1-0 0 4.26

2011 SEASON...u Averaging 6.1 IP and 93.0 pitches per start ... has made one quality start (one on neutral fields) ... Notre Dame is 1-0 in his starts.

LAST START...u Picked up the victory with career-best 6.1 solid innings of work against Penn State on Feb. 20 ... allowed three earned runs on six hits ... struck out career-high six and did not issue a walk ... surrendered four extra-base hits (three doubles, one triple) ... enduced six fly outs and seven ground outs ... tossed 93 pitches, 68 for strikes.

2011 SEASONRecord: 1-0, 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 0 BBBIG EAST: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBNon-Conference: 1-0, 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 0 BBHome: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBRoad: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBNeutral: 1-0, 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 0 BBDay: 1-0, 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 0 BBNight: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn February: 1-0, 4.26 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 0 BBIn March: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn April: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBIn May: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BBND record in Miller's Starts: 1-0Last 3 Starts: -Quality Starts: 1Sub 5.0-inning Starts: 0Average innings Per Start: 6.1SO/BB Ratio: InfSO per 9.0 IP: 8.53HR allowed: 0HR allowed per 9.0 IP: 0.0Last CG: -Shortest Start: 6.1 vs. Penn State, Feb. 20, 2011 (6.1-6-5-3-0-6)

CAREERRecord: 4-3, 4.28 ERA, 73.2 IP, 75 H, 35 ER, 47 K, 17 BBBIG EAST: 0-1, 5.66 ERA, 20.2 IP, 28 H, 13 ER, 15 K, 2 BBNon-Conference: 4-2, 3.51 ERA, 48.2 IP, 39 H, 19 ER, 31 K, 15 BBHome: 0-0, 3.55 ERA, 25.1 IP, 21 H, 10 ER, 17 K, 3 BBRoad: 0-1, 4.38 ERA, 12.1 IP, 17 H, 6 ER, 9 K, 2 BBNeutral: 4-2, 4.75 ERA, 36.0 IP, 37 H, 19 ER, 21 K, 12 BBDay: 3-1, 6.55 ERA, 33.0 IP, 49 H, 24 ER, 18 K, 7 BBNight: 1-2, 2.43 ERA, 40.2 IP, 26 H, 11 ER, 29 K, 10 BBIn February: 2-1, 4.00 ERA, 18.0 IP, 16 H, 8 ER, 17 K, 6 BBIn March: 1-1, 6.91 ERA, 14.1 IP, 18 H, 11 ER, 5 K, 5 BBIn April: 1-0, 4.86 ERA, 16.2 IP, 19 H, 9 ER, 7 K, 4 BBIn May: 0-1, 2.78 ERA, 22.2 IP, 22 H, 7 ER, 15 K, 1 BBND record in Miller's Starts: 3-0Quality Starts: 1Sub 5.0-inning Starts: 2Average innings Per Start: 3.44SO/BB Ratio: 2.76SO per 9.0 IP: 5.74HR allowed: 10HR allowed per 9.0 IP: 1.22Shortest Start: 2.0 (twice) last time vs. Valparaiso, April 28, 2010 (2.0-1-0-0-1-0)

MILLER'S CAREER APPEARANCES

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK2008 2.45 0 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 18.1 11 5 5 4 13 0 0 1 70 .177 0 2 0 BIG EAST 3.86 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 9.1 9 4 4 2 7 0 0 0 40 .265 0 2 02009 5.40 1 2 19 1 0 0 0 5 36.2 46 22 22 8 21 8 2 7 166 .309 1 4 0 BIG EAST 6.75 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 8.0 14 6 6 0 7 3 1 1 38 .368 0 0 02010 3.65 2 0 9 1 0 0 0 1 12.1 12 5 5 5 7 1 0 2 52 .273 1 1 0 BIG EAST 8.10 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 16 .385 0 1 02011 4.26 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 5 3 0 6 3 1 0 27 .222 1 0 0 BIG EAST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TOTAL 4.28 4 3 38 3 0 0 1 6 73.2 75 37 35 17 47 12 3 10 315 .266 3 7 0 BIG EAST 5.66 0 1 13 0 0 0 1 1 20.2 28 13 13 2 15 4 1 2 94 .329 0 3 0

MILLER'S CAREER STATS

2011 INNING-BY-INNING BREAKDOWNIP (starter): 2.0, twice (last time vs. Chicago State, May 12, 2010)IP (reliever): 4.1, at USF (May 16, 2008)K: 4, twice (last time vs. Bowling Green, April 29, 2009)Winning Streak: 2, February 28, 2010 - Current

MILLER'S CAREER HIGHS

MILLER VS. SEATTLE

15FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES

Will Hudgins • RHP • Jr. • #452011 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO2.20 PSU R S 1.0 0 0-0 0-3Totals 0/1 0-0, SV 1.0 0 0-0 0-3

2010 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO2.19 MVSU R - 2.0 1 0-0 0-22.27 Ohio State R - 2.0 2 1-1 1-12.28 Penn State R - 0.1 1 1-1 0-03.6 Kansas State R - 1.2 1 1-1 2-03.11 Bradley R W 2.2 0 0-0 0-43.20 MSU-1 R - 1.0 2 3-3 2-13.24 UIC R - 1.0 0 0-0 0-03.26 USF R - 1.0 1 1-1 0-04.2 Georgetown R - 2.1 3 1-1 1-14.9 Rutgers R - 0.0 1 0-0 0-04.11 Rutgers R L 0.1 2 2-2 0-04.13 Chicago St. R W 4.1 4 1-1 1-24.17 Seton Hall R - 0.2 0 0-0 0-04.18 Seton Hall R W 1.1 0 0-0 0-14.20 Michigan R - 1.0 0 0-0 0-14.23 Cincinnati R - 0.1 1 0-0 0-04.24 Cincinnati-1 R - 1.0 2 2-2 0-24.24 Cincinnati-2 R W 1.2 0 2-0 1-14.28 Hudgins R - 1.0 1 1-1 0-15.2 St. John's R - 2.2 4 2-2 3-05.9 WVU-2 R - 0.1 1 2-2 2-05.12 CMU R - 1.0 1 0-0 0-15.16 Villanova R - 2.2 1 0-0 0-45.20 Louisville R - 0.1 0 0-0 0-15.22 Louisville-1 R - 0.1 0 0-0 0-05.22 Louisville-2 R - 1.0 3 3-3 0-0Totals 0/26 4-1 34.0 32 23-21 13-33

2009 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO2.22 Purdue R - 1.1 0 0-0 0-02.28 Dayton R - 1.0 1 0-0 0-13.1 Creighton R - 0.1 2 0-0 1-03.10 Grambling R - 1.2 2 0-0 0-03.14 Trinity R - 0.2 3 2-2 1-13.17 BSU R W 2.1 0 0-0 1-13.21 Seton Hall R - 2.1 2 1-1 2-23.28 Pitt R - 2.2 3 4-4 2-24.9 Cinci R - 0.1 1 0-0 0-04.24 Louisville R - 1.0 1 0-0 1-04.25 Louisville R S 1.2 1 0-0 1-24.26 Louisville R S 1.0 0 0-0 1-05.2 UConn R - 0.2 1 1-1 1-05.3 UConn R - 0.1 1 2-2 1-05.10 USF R - 0.1 0 0-0 0-05.12 W. Michigan R - 1.0 1 0-0 1-05.16 St. John’s R - 1.0 0 0-0 0-05.22 St. John's R W 4.0 2 0-0 0-05.23 Louisville R S 1.0 2 0-0 0-0Totals 0/19 2-0,3S 24.2 23 10-10 13-9

Sean Fitzgerald • RHP • Fr. • #162011 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO2.19 Purdue R - 1.0 0 0-0 0-1Totals 0/1 - 1.0 0 0-0 0-1

Donnie Hissa • RHP • Fr. • #512011 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO2.19 Purdue R - 2.0 2 0-0 1-1Totals 0/1 - 2.0 2 0-0 1-1

Dustin Ispas • LHP • Jr. • #72010 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO3.24 UIC R - 1.1 1 4-0 3-1Totals 0/1 - 1.1 1 4-0 3-1

2009 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO3.1 Creighton R - 0.2 0 0-0 0-13.10 Grambling S - 6.0 2 1-0 4-33.17 BSU S - 5.2 6 4-4 2-53.24 CMU S - 2.0 6 6-0 1-33.28 Pitt S L 2.1 6 5-5 2-24.17 West Va. R - 1.2 3 6-2 2-04.29 BGSU R - 0.2 1 3-3 3-0Totals 4/3 0-1 19.0 24 25-14 14-14

Anthony McIver • LHP • Fr. • #222011 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO2.18 MSU R - 0.2 2 0-0 1-12.20 PSU R HLD 1.2 3 0-0 0-3Totals 0/2 0-0 2.1 5 0-0 1-4

Adam Norton • RHP • So. • #12010 Opp S/R W/L IP H R-ER BB-SO2.26 Illinois R - 1.0 3 1-1 0-23.24 UIC R - 2.0 3 1-1 0-23.6 Oakland S W 4.0 5 2-2 0-63.14 Chicago St. S - 4.1 6 3-3 2-14.20 Michigan R - 3.1 4 1-1 2-14.28 Valparaiso R - 2.0 1 0-0 0-14.30 St. John's R