BETHANY, Okla. – For the first time since 2016, the East Central University baseball team picked up a Great American Conference series sweep, with 19-4 (7 innings) and 9-4 wins at Southern Nazarene.

Game 1 – ECU 19, SNU 4 (7)
ECU Lineup

1. Sr. Hayden George (2B)
2. Fr. Mason Glowacki (SS)
        Jr. Hunter Church (SS)
3. Sr. Dylan Lang (C)
4. Fr. Colton Schaper-Kotter (1B)
        Fr. Christian Whitaker (1B)
5. Sr. Cordell Bowie (3B)
6. Jr. Khaji Butler (DH/LF)
7. So. Garrett Lemons (RF)
8. Sr. Gabriel Simons (CF)
        Fr. Murphy Bostick (PH/CF)
9. Jr. Dillon Mansell (LF)
   Fr. Justin Chitty (P)
        Jr. Koby Midgley (P)

SNU Lineup

1. Peyton Vinyard (RF)
2. Tyler Broyles (1B)
3. Carlos Michel (SS)
4. Austin Glock (C)
5. Brian Brown (DH)
6. Dylan Scalice (2B)
7. Jarrett Phillips (LF)
8. Elijah Brady (3B)
9. Landon Walker (CF)
   Trevor Smith (P)
        Noah Serrano (P)
        Adrian Flores (P)
        Austin Slate (P)
        Zach Birkle (P)

Of Record

• Winning Pitcher: J. Chitty (1-0)
• Losing Pitcher: T. Smith (1-2)

Scoring

• ECU 1^st – D. Lang homered to LF, 2 RBI; M. Glowacki scored (ECU 2, SNU 0)
• ECU 4^th – C. Bowie doubled to CF, RBI; C. Schaper-Kotter scored (ECU 3, SNU 0)
• ECU 4^th – K. Butler homered to LF, 2 RBI; C. Bowie scored (ECU 5, SNU 0)
• SNU 4^th – 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 Left of Base (ECU 5, SNU 2)
• ECU 5^th – K. Butler doubled down the LFL, 3 RBI; C. Bowie scored; C. Schaper-Kotter scored; M. Glowacki scored (ECU 8, SNU 2)
• ECU 5^th – G. Lemons doubled to CF, RBI; K. Butler scored (ECU 9, SNU 2)
• ECU 6^th – D. Mansell homered to LF, RBI (ECU 10, SNU 2)
• ECU 6^th – C. Bowie advanced to second on WP; D. Lang advanced to third on WP; H. George scored on WP (ECU 11, SNU 2)
• SNU 6^th – 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 Left on Base (ECU 11, SNU 4)
• ECU 7^th – G. Simons homered to LC, RBI (ECU 12, SNU 4)
• ECU 7^th – C. Schaper-Kotter singled to RF, 2 RBI; D. Lang advanced to third; M. Glowacki scored; H. George scored (ECU 14, SNU 4)
• ECU 7^th – K. Butler singled to LF, RBI; C. Bowie advanced to second; C. Schaper-Kotter advanced to third; D. Lang scored (ECU 15, SNU 4)
• ECU 7^th – M. Bostick homered, 4 RBI; K. Butler scored; C. Bowie scored; C. Schaper-Kotter scored (ECU 19, SNU 4)

Game 2 – ECU 9, SNU 4
ECU Lineup

1. Hayden George (2B)
2. Mason Glowacki (SS/3B)
3. Cordell Bowie (3B)
        Hunter Church (PH/SS)
4. Colton Schaper-Kotter (1B)
        Christian Whitaker (PH/1B)
5. Khaji Butler (DH/RF)
        So. Drew Reed (PH)
6. Garrett Lemons (RF)
        Murphy Bostick (PH/RF)
7. Gabriel Simons (CF)
        So. Anderson Allen (PH/RF)
8. So. Tanner Barnes (C)
9. Dillon Mansell (LF)
   Sr. Ryan Collins (P)

SNU Lineup

1. Peyton Vinyard (LF)
        Christian Thorpe (PH/LF)
2. Tyler Broyles (C)
3. Carlos Michel (SS)
4. Austin Glock (1B)
5. Brian Brown (DH/2B)
6. Dylan Scalice (2B/3B)
7. Jarrett Phillips (CF)
8. Elijah Brady (3B/P)
        Landon Walker (P)
        Caleb De Souza (PH)
9. Connor Pasby (RF)
        Ryan Lowery (PH)
   Triston Graves (P)

Of Record

• Winning Pitcher: R. Collins (3-0)
• Losing Pitcher: T. Graves (1-3)

Scoring

• SNU 1^st – 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 0 Left on Base (ECU 0, SNU 1)
• SNU 4^th – 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 Left on Base (ECU 0, SNU 2)
• ECU 5^th – M. Glowacki homered, 2 RBI; H. George scored (ECU 2, SNU 2)
• ECU 6^th – K. Butler homered, 2 RBI; C. Schaper-Kotter (ECU 4, SNU 2)
• ECU 6^th - G. Simons homered, RBI (ECU 5, SNU 2)
• ECU 6^th - H. George doubled to LF, 2 RBI; D. Mansell scored; T. Barnes scored (ECU 7, SNU 2)
• ECU 7^th – C. Whitaker doubled to RC, RBI; H. Church scored (ECU 8, SNU 2)
• ECU 7^th – A. Allen doubled to LC, RBI; C. Whitaker (ECU 9, SNU 2)
• SNU 7^th – 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 Left on Base (ECU 9, SNU 4)

Tiger Quick Hits

• The Tigers (7-8, 4-2 GAC) swept their first GAC series since 2016
  • April 8-9, 2016 vs. SNU (W, 6-5 / 14-3 / 9-4)
• First series sweep on the road since 2015
  • Feb. 13-14, 2015 at Southwestern (W, 5-3 / 10-8 / 8-0)
• ECU is already at 7 wins for the season
  • 2019 – 9 (First year for head coach Lloyd Gage)
  • 2018 – 5
  • 2017 – 11
• The Tigers had a home run derby for the day and in the series
  • 8 home runs Feb. 22
  • 12 home runs for the series
• Jr. Khaji Butler and Sr. Gabriel Simons hit two home runs on the day
• Fr. Mason Glowacki, Jr. Dillon Mansell, Sr. Dylan Lang and Fr. Murphy Bostick also added home runs today
  • Bostick's home run was a grand slam - the first of the season for the Tigers
  • Lang and Mansell also hit homers on Friday, Feb. 21
  • Joined by Sr. Cordell Bowie and So. Garrett Lemons with home runs on Friday
• Butler and Glowacki both garnered batting averages over .500 for the day
  • Butler: .667 batting avg., 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 double, 2 home runs, 8 RBIs, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K
  • Glowacki: .571 batting avg., 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 double, 1 home run, 2 RBIs, 1 BB, 1 sacrifice bunt, 3 putouts, 4 assisted outs
• Bostick added 4 RBIs, while Simons, Fr. Colton Schaper-Kotter and Lang also garnered 2 RBIs
• ECU also tallied 7 doubles, to 4 by the Crimson Storm (4-10, 0-6 GAC) and 26 hits, to 18 by SNU
• Overall the Tigers hit .400 for the day and held the Crimson Storm to a .327 batting avg.
• Sr. Ryan Collins threw a complete game in the night cap
  • 7.0 IP, 9 hits and 4 runs allowed, 1 BB, 9 K, .333 opponent batting avg.
• Fr. Justin Chitty started in his second game and earned his first victory
  • 6.0 IP, 9 hits and 4 runs allowed, 0 BB, 4 K, .360 opponent batting avg.
• Jr. Koby Midgley appeared in his second game at ECU
  • 1.0 IP, 0 hits and 0 runs allowed, struck out the side

Up Next

• The Tigers will wrap up a six-game road trip, Wednesday, Feb. 26 at Newman (2 p.m.)
• ECU will then return home for a GAC series against Harding, Feb. 28-29
  • Friday, Feb. 28 – Single game at 2 p.m.
  • Saturday, Feb. 29 – Doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.