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Upper Iowa Baseball: Building the Future 
Peacocks Picked Seventh in NSIC Preseason Baseball Coaches Poll Minnesota State has been selected as the preseason favorite as they amassed 151 points and collected seven of the 13 first-place votes. Wayne State was selected a close second, the first time since 2003 that the Wildcats haven't been the favorite to win the title. WSC recorded 147 points and five first-place votes. Rounding out the top five were Southwest Minnesota State, Winona State and St. Cloud State. Senior second baseman Seth Fox and pitcher Lucas Wilsing have also been named NSIC Players to Watch for the upcoming season. Fox, along with right fielder Tom Longoni, were named Second-Team All-NSIC a season ago. All three players were named to the NCBWA Division II Preseason All-American teams earlier this year. (MORE)
Three Peacocks Named to NCBWA Division II Preseason All-American Team A total of 40 schools had at least one representative on the Division II Preseason All-America teams. Angelo State led the way with six representatives on the teams, one first-team selection, one second-team selection and four third-team selections. Two schools (Ashland and Florida Southern) each had four student-athletes honored, while nine other schools, including UIU, had three student-athletes selected and 12 schools had two representatives on the Preseason All-America teams. (MORE) 
Abuquerque Isotopes and Ryan Arp to Play Iowa Cubs in Des Moines Former Peacock catcher Ryan Arp, a 2008 graduate of Upper Iowa, has been called up to the Albuquerque Isotopes, a Triple A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the remainder of the 2009 season. Arp was selected by the Dodgers in the 45th round (1356th overall) of the June 2008 First-Year Player Draft. He spent his first season with the Rookie-level Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League hitting .278. The UIU alum was the first player in the program's history to be drafted in the Major League Draft in its present form. (MORE) Peacock Baseball Program Announces 2009-10 Recruiting Class The Upper Iowa baseball program has announced their incoming class for the 2009-10 academic year. Head Coach Mark Danker has released the names of 19 young men that will continue their athletic and academic careers at Upper Iowa this fall. The Peacocks finished the 2009 season with a 26-26 record overall and an 18-13 mark in the Northern Sun Conference regular season, which was good for fifth place in the league. At the conclusion of the season, the team lost 15 seniors that have been an instrumental part of the team's first three years in the NSIC. In those three years, Upper Iowa has posted an NSIC record of 60-32 and finished in fifth place twice and claimed the runner up spot in 2008. Upper Iowa will return three Northern Sun All-Conference performers to the diamond next season. Lucas Wilsing (2nd Team in 2008), Tom Longoni (2nd Team in 2009), and Seth Fox (2nd Team in 2009) will all be back on the field for the Peacocks this season including a host of other letter winners. (MORE) 14th Annual Peacock Golf Classic - June 5, 2009 The Athletics Department at Upper Iowa University is hosting their 14th Annual Peacock Golf Classic on Friday, June 5 at Big Rock Country Club in Fayette, Iowa. All the Peacock coaches and administration, including our new Director of Athletics, Dave Miller, will be at Big Rock early and on the course all day to visit with the UIU alumni and friends in attendance. The activities on the 5th will begin at 9 a.m. with registration. Teams will be on the course at 10:30 a.m. with a shotgun start followed by dinner, prizes and awards at the conclusion of play. Participants in the four-person scramble will enjoy free range balls, raffle prizes, flight trophies, a lunch, and beverages on the course, as well as hole contests including closest to the pin, men's and women's long drive, and longest putt. A hole-in-one on hole #9 will also earn that lucky participant $10,000. Many more games and challenges are also planned for many of the holes on the course. (MORE) Twenty-Five Peacocks Earn Northern Sun All-Academic Team Honors The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has announced its All-Academic Teams for the 2009 spring athletic season and twenty-five Peacock student-athletes earned recognition. To be eligible for this honor, the student-athlete must be a member of the varsity traveling team and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or better. The student-athlete must have also reached sophomore academic and athletic standing at the institution represented with one full year completed at their institution. (MORE) Albright and Sorensen Named to NSIC All-Tournament Team Senior center fielder Kreston Albright and redshirt junior shortstop Erik Sorensen earned their way onto the 2009 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Tournament baseball team Sunday as the four-day tournament concluded in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Albright finished the tournament with the fourth-best batting average as he hit .474 over the four tournament games. He recorded 9 hits in 19 plate appearances which included a pair of doubles. Albright also scored 6 runs while driving in a run and stealing three bases. Sorensen was named to the team after hitting .467 (6th) and slugging .800 (4th) for the tournament. He hit safely 7 times in 15 appearances at the plate including a pair of doubles and a home run. Sorensen drove in 6 Peacock base runners while scoring 4 runs of his own. (MORE) Upper Iowa Drops Games to #18 Wayne State and #27 Minnesota State at NSIC Tourney The Peacock baseball team closed their 2009 campaign today with two losses in the third round of the Northern Sun Conference Tournament in St. Cloud, Minn. Upper Iowa, the #5 seed, entered the first game of the day with #1 seed Wayne State for a spot in tomorrow's championship game. The Peacocks got a solid start from Lucas Wilsing on the mound and held a 4-2 lead heading into the top of the seventh inning, but the UIU defense and bullpen couldn't hold the Wildcats down. WSC scored two runs in the seventh to tie the game and then six runs in the eighth to blow the game open. Wayne State took the game 10-4. With only one loss, Upper Iowa still would have one shot to reach the title game tomorrow and face Wayne State again in a rematch. The Peacocks matched up with the Mavericks of Minnesota State, the #2 seed whom UIU upset in the first game of the tournament. The Peacocks had an opportunity in the fourth with the bases loaded and just one out, but were unable to break the scoreless tie. The Mavericks did not miss on their opportunity as they hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth and then exploded for eight runs in the fifth to take a commanding 11-0 lead. UIU pushed a run across the board in the seventh and two more in the ninth, but it was not enough as Minnesota State pulled away to take the 12-3 victory. (MORE) Peacock Run in the NSIC Tournament Continues The Peacocks picked up another win in the Northern Sun Conference Baseball Tournament tonight in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Upper Iowa, the #5 seed, defeated Southwest Minnesota State, the #4 seed, in the final game of the second round, 8-5. Upper Iowa was able to answer every Southwest Minnesota State run through the middle innings until the Peacocks began to pull ahead. The Peacocks got a fantastic outing from starter Brian Solemsaas, a senior for UIU. With the win, UIU improved to 26-24 overall and will now face the #1 seeded-Wildcats of Wayne State College tomorrow night for a spot in the title game on Sunday. (MORE) |
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