Last Time Out:
The Manatees are coming off of qualifying for the state tournament after winning a rubber match against Hillsborough winning by a score of 4-2 in a playoff to go to the state tournament. The Manatees joined #11 FSW (40-12) as one of two teams in the Suncoast Conference. FSW won the Suncoast Regular Season Championship after remaining in first place.
Tournament Participants:
Along with SCF, the following teams, conference regular season champions and conference runner-up, will also be participating in the tournament:
Mid-Florida: #2 CCF (43-7, 18-6 Mid-Florida)*
Mid-Florida Runner-up: Santa Fe (37-15, 16-8 Mid-Florida)
Panhandle: #5 Northwest Florida State (40-10, 19-5 Panhandle)*
Panhandle Runner-up: RV Chipola (33-17, 18-6 Panhandle)
Southern: Miami Dade (29-18, 15-9 Southern)*
Southern Runner-up: Broward (20-24, 10-14 Southern)
Suncoast: #11 FSW (40-12, 21-9 Suncoast)*
Suncoast Runner-up: SCF (36-18, 20-11 Suncoast)
*Regular Season Champion
Breakdown of Tournament and What's at Stake:
The FCSAA/NJCAA Region 8 Tournament is a five-day double elimination tournament located at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida.
Once a team loses a game, they will get sent down to a losers bracket. When a team get two losses, they are eliminated from the tournament.
The FCSAA will sell tournament and all-day game passes for the tournament as well as other items. Link is listed here with information:
http://thefcsaasports.com/championships/Baseball/2019_FCSAA_Baseball_Tournament_Packet_Coaches.pdf
What's at Stake?:
One team will represent the Gulf District and be one of 10 teams to compete in the NJCAA College Baseball World Series at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, Colorado.
State Tournament Bracket and Times:
Friday, May 10
Game 1 - (1) Central Florida (43-7) vs. Broward, 10 a.m.
Game 2 - (2) Northwest Florida State (40-10) vs. (6) State College of Florida (36-18), 1 p.m.
Game 3 - (3) Florida SouthWestern (40-12) vs. (4) Santa Fe (37-15), 4 p.m.
Game 4 - (7) Miami Dade (29-18) vs. (5) Chipola (33-17), 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 11
Game 5 - Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 10 a.m.
Game 6 - Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 7 - Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 8 - Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 12
Game 9 - Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 10 - Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 11 - Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 13
Game 12 - Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 13 - Game 11 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 14
Game 14 - Game 13 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 11 a.m.
Game 15 - if necessary, 3 p.m.
Baseball Awards:
All four conferences had specific awards and accolades: Player of the Year (all conferences and states), Coach of the Year (all conferences and states), Pitcher of the Year (all conferences and states), Fireman of the Year (all conferences and states), Defensive Player of the Year, FCSAA All-State (first and second team), Jean Williams Scholar-Athlete Award (FCSAA All-State), FCSAA All-Tournament Team, FCSAA All-Tournament Team MVP and FCSAA All-Tournament Team Coach of the Year). The first team and second team is placed individually by position including designated player.
Suncoast Player of the Year:
This years' Suncoast Player of the Year belonged to St. Pete College's sophomore Dustin Harris. Harris batted .409 with four home runs and 42 RBI.
Suncoast Pitcher of the Year:
For Suncoast Pitcher of the Year, the award was given to sophomore Ryan Gusto from #11 FSW. Gusto was 7-1 this season with a 3.00 ERA and 102 strikeouts.
Suncoast Coach of the Year:
FSW would claim the second award as head coach Ben Bizier was named Suncoast Coach of the Year. Bizier entered his first season as head coach after replacing James Corr.
Defensive Player of the Year:
Sophomore Shamir Morales from FSW was named Suncoast Defensive Player of the Year. Morales is batting .309 with a home run and 21 RBI, but defensively he has a .997 fielding percentage with one error, 319 putouts, a .390 runners caught stealing percentage and caught 16 runners stealing base.
Fireman of the Year:
The Suncoast Fireman of the Year award is a pitching award for the best relief pitcher in the Suncoast. This year, freshman Damien Torres from HCC was named the winner. Torres was 2-2 with a 3.63 ERA, 35 strikeouts and nine saves.
All-Suncoast First Team:
For the All-Suncoast First Team, five Manatees that were named and they were all sophomores: Shane Shifflett, Brian Dillingham, Giovany Lorenzo, Josh Crouch, Corey Ireson and Aaron Brown.
Shifflett is batting .330 with five home runs and 23 RBI. Shifflett was 2-for-4 with a triple against HCC.
Mainly the speedster, Dillingham is batting .346 with two home runs, 19 RBI and 23 stolen bases despite going 0-for-4 last game.
Lorenzo is batting .316 with two home runs and 41 RBI. Lorenzo, a transfer from Bethune-Cookman, will be transferring to Stetson University for the 2019-20 school year.
Crouch is batting .292 with a team-tied five home runs (with Shifflett) and 25 RBI. Crouch, who will transfer to UCF for his junior year, was 1-for-3 against HCC.
On the mound, Ireson is 7-2 with a 1.88 ERA and 85 strikeouts. Ireson, a transfer from Charleston Southern, will be transferring to Florida Atlantic for the 2019-20 school year.
Alongside Ireson, Brown, a Vanderbilt transfer, is 9-2 with a 3.10 ERA and 97 strikeouts. Brown will be transferring to Middle Tennessee State University after his season with SCF. In his last game, Brown threw two scoreless innings of relief while earning the win over HCC.
Other members that joined included the following by teams:
FSW: Gusto and freshman Warner Rincones,
HCC: Torres, freshmen Erick Orbeta and sophomores Kyle Jacobsen and Colton Gordon
Polk State: sophomores Max Korushak, Tor Sehnert and Brady Gulakowski
St. Pete: Harris
SFSC: sophomore P.J. Cimo
All-Suncoast Second Team:
For the All-Suncoast Second Team, it was freshman Nick Winkelmeyer and sophomore Nick Long that made it for SCF.
Winkelmeyer is batting .319 with a home run, 19 RBI and 12 stolen bases while batting 1-for-3 against HCC.
Long is 5-3 with a 2.78 ERA and 73 strikeouts.
Other members that joined SCF on the All-Suncoast Second Team included the following by teams:
FSW: Morales, redshirt freshman Conor Bagnieski and sophomores Rafael Santos and Mitch Myers
HCC: sophomores Javier Rosario and Rafael Marquez-Acosta
Polk State: sophomores Trent Sinkfield, Danny Berg, Nico Limoncelli and Billy McKay
SPC: sophomores Denis Filipovski and Andrew Mills and freshman Jonathan Rodrigues,
SFSC: sophomore Jakobe Smith
FCSAA All-State Team:
Shifflett, Dillingham, Brown and Ireson were also named members of the FCSAA All-State Second Team.
Scouting NWFS:
The Raiders, who were ranked #2 in the final NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Coaches' Poll, won the Panhandle Regular Season Championship. In their last series, the Raiders played and swept NJCAA Region 23 Delgado Community College (9-3 and 6-3) on neutral grounds in Mobile, Alabama.
The Raiders have won 14 accolades in the Panhandle, which includes the Panhandle Coach of the Year won by Doug Martin.
On the offensive front for the Raiders, sophomore Kaden Polcovich is batting .275 with 10 home runs and 35 RBI. As a result, Polcovich was named a member of the All-Panhandle Second Team.
Meanwhile, classmates Mikey Madej and Jake Randa are two of three batters that are batting over .300.
Madej is batting .363 with two home runs, 34 RBI and team-leading 18 stolen bases. As a result, Madej was named a member of the All-Panhandle First Team while being named Panhandle Defensive Player of the Year for .978 fielding percentage and conference-low four errors.
Randa is batting a team-leading .372 with three home runs and 29 RBI. Randa was 1-for-2 against Delgado while being named a member of the All-Panhandle First Team.
Redshirt freshman Will Moriarty is batting .364 with six home runs and a team-leading 46 RBI. Morarity was named a member of the All-Panhandle First Team.
Series History (2012-Present):
The Manatees have yet to beat NWFS as they are 0-3 overall. Last time both teams met, the Raiders defeated the Manatees on May 2, 2016 9-6 in 10 innings at the 2016 FCSAA/NJCAA Region 8 Tournament.
How to Keep Up:
Livestats will be available via Game Changer and will air livestream on the FCSAA Digital Network.
Fans can also keep up to speed on Twitter:
SCF: @SCFBaseball
NWFS: @NWFSCbaseball
FSW: @FSWBucs
Santa Fe: @santafesaints
Chipola: @Chipola_BSB
CCF: @cfpats
Miami Dade:@MDCSharks
Broward: @BrowardATH
Livestats Link: https://www.scfmanatees.com/links/jokgs7
Livestream Link: https://team1sports.com/fcsaa/
Bracket Link: http://thefcsaasports.com/championships/Baseball/2019_FCSAA_BB_Tournament_Bracket.pdf
The Raiders, who were ranked #2 in the final NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Coaches' Poll, won the Panhandle Regular Season Championship. In their last series, the Raiders played and swept NJCAA Region 23 Delgado Community College (9-3 and 6-3) on neutral grounds in Mobile, Alabama.
The Raiders have won 14 accolades in the Panhandle, which includes the Panhandle Coach of the Year won by Doug Martin.
On the offensive front for the Raiders, sophomore Kaden Polcovich is batting .275 with 10 home runs and 35 RBI. As a result, Polcovich was named a member of the All-Panhandle Second Team.
Meanwhile, classmates Mikey Madej and Jake Randa are two of three batters that are batting over .300.
Madej is batting .363 with two home runs, 34 RBI and team-leading 18 stolen bases. As a result, Madej was named a member of the All-Panhandle First Team while being named Panhandle Defensive Player of the Year for .978 fielding percentage and conference-low four errors.
Randa is batting a team-leading .372 with three home runs and 29 RBI. Randa was 1-for-2 against Delgado while being named a member of the All-Panhandle First Team.
Redshirt freshman Will Moriarty is batting .364 with six home runs and a team-leading 46 RBI. Morarity was named a member of the All-Panhandle First Team.
On the mound, the Raiders are led by a trio of freshmen in the starting lineup and in relief.
In the starting lineup, Jacob Kelchner is 9-0 with a 2.65 ERA and 58 strikeouts while Jacob Kush is 9-2 with a 1.97 ERA and 81 strikeouts. Both were named to the All-Panhandle First Team with Kelchner being named Panhandle Pitcher of the Year.
Jackson Boyd joined Kelchner and Kush on the All-Panhandle First Team while being named Panhandle Fireman of the Year after a 2-2 record with a 0.73 ERA, 37 strikeouts and nine saves.
Other members that joined Madej, Randa, Moriarty, Kelchner, Kush and Boyd were sophomores Kyle Fitzgerald (All-Panhandle First Team), Matt Boswell (All-Panhandle First Team) and Connor Stephens (All-Panhandle Second Team).
Fitzgerald batted .341 with two home runs and 24 RBI while Stephen was 4-0 on the mound with a 2.78 ERA and 35 strikeouts.
Series History (2012-Present):
The Manatees have yet to beat NWFS as they are 0-3 overall. Last time both teams met, the Raiders defeated the Manatees on May 2, 2016 9-6 in 10 innings at the 2016 FCSAA/NJCAA Region 8 Tournament.
How to Keep Up:
Livestats will be available via Game Changer and will air livestream on the FCSAA Digital Network.
Fans can also keep up to speed on Twitter:
SCF: @SCFBaseball
NWFS: @NWFSCbaseball
FSW: @FSWBucs
Santa Fe: @santafesaints
Chipola: @Chipola_BSB
CCF: @cfpats
Miami Dade:@MDCSharks
Broward: @BrowardATH
Livestats Link: https://www.scfmanatees.com/links/jokgs7
Livestream Link: https://team1sports.com/fcsaa/
Bracket Link: http://thefcsaasports.com/championships/Baseball/2019_FCSAA_BB_Tournament_Bracket.pdf
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