Iowa baseball drops three of four at Kansas

by James Quinn on Mar 8, 2010 10:28 AM CST

Hello Iowa Hawkeyes. I have been writing about Kansas baseball at the SB Nations site Rock Chalk Talk for the last four years. Iowa was in Lawrence this weekend for a four game series. KU took three of the four games but I thought the Iowa club looked better than expected given their record last year. I'll link my full recap here and copy my comments about Iowa below.

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The Iowa baseball team looked better than I expected. At the plate they worked the counts well. They were not hacking. The Hawkeye pitching staff was hesitant and unimpressive, but for the most part willing to challenge batters and throw strikes. Freshman lefty Matt Dermody, in only his second NCAA start, was the only Iowa pitcher to get rattled. After Jimmy Waters hit a towering homerun off him in the first inning, and Jake Marasco drove a high fastball off the centerfield fence in the second, Dermody became strikezone shy and did not make it out of the second inning. Iowa shortstop Kurt Lee looked good defensively. Based on how they played this weekend the Hawkeyes should see more success in 2010 than they did last year. I could well imagine them finishing around the RPI mid-point.

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We have a baseball team?

We have a baseball team!

Really, Hawk fans should pay more attention to our baseball team, since it’s the only one left in the state.

Brunettes not fighter jets

by rockyh on Mar 9, 2010 11:58 AM CST reply actions

I was a little surprised not to see any Northern Iowa transfers on the Iowa roster. I expected a few of them would have transferred over.

www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage

by James Quinn on Mar 10, 2010 7:41 AM CST up reply actions

None of them came to Iowa.

I’m not certain if Iowa recruited any of them.

Division I (9)

Name Position School

Travis Bennett OF Wichita State

Brian delaTorriente P Illinois

Cory Ege 2B/3B Texas A&M-CC

Josh Gibbs P Western Illinois

Ivan Lopez P Western Illinois

Chris Macek P Western Illinois

Carlos Pinedo P Western Illinois

Jason Summers 1B Western Illinois

Jeff Taliaferro C Texas-San Antonio

Division II (2)

Name Position School

David Conrad P University of Nebraska-Omaha

Gabe Schultz 2B/SS St. Cloud State

Junior college (5)

Name Position School

Drake Austin IF DMACC

James Dinizo OF St. Petersburg

Anthony Galli OF St. Petersburg

Reggie Hochstedler P St. Petersburg

Colin Rea P St. Petersburg

NAIA (1)

Name Position School

Rob Sorensen P William Woods (Mo.)

Note: Several players are still undecided. Infielder Grant Grgurich is looking at Creighton, while pitcher and Denver native Keith Worner has shown interest in Wartburg.

Incoming recruits

Jordan Adams (Mason City Newman) – Central Michigan; Mike Eckhart (Boone) – Winona State; Cody Strang (Solon) – Minnesota State-Mankato; Greg Larpenter (Johnston) – DMACC.

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Brunettes not fighter jets

by rockyh on Mar 10, 2010 10:56 AM CST up reply actions

I am glad most of the players found new homes. I understand that Northern Iowa was going to honor the players’ scholarships despite the elimination of the team. That was a very decent gesture on the part of the school’s administration.

www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage

by James Quinn on Mar 11, 2010 12:58 PM CST up reply actions