Gonzaga (28-21, 16-8) at Loyola Marymount (28-21, 14-10)
May 17-19  |  Los Angeles, Calif.  |  Page Stadium
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Friday, May 17 |  6 p.m.
Gonzaga RHP Nick Trogrlic-Iverson vs. LMU TBA

Saturday, May 18 |  6 p.m.
Gonzaga LHP Mac Lardner vs. LMU TBA

Sunday, May 19 |  1 p.m.
Gonzaga LHP Justin Blatner vs. LMU TBA

Zags Roll Lamar in Non-Conference Series
- Gonzaga got on the bats to the tune of 41 runs in three games against visiting Lamar during its non-conference series and home finale last weekend.
- Josh Bristyan homered twice, including a Sunday grand slam, in just five total at-bats in the series, Ernie Yake had eight hits and six RBI, and Troy Johnston reached base nine times with five hits. 
- Yake hit a solo home run in the 8th inning of Game 1 to break a 6-6 tie. 
- Mac Lardner (7.0 innings) and Matthew Henckel (2.0 innings) combined on the Game 2 shutout.
- GU had two five-run innings in game three and eight of 22 hits were for extra bases. Jack Krauel added four RBI alongside Bristyan's grand slam.

Jacob on NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List
- Alek Jacob was one of 45 players nationally named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List.
- Starting out the year as a starter, but converting to the closer due to need, he has racked up nine saves, leads the team with seven wins, and has 74 strikeouts in 69.1 innings pitched.
- Jacob is holding opposing hitters to a .202 batting average and has a 2.34 ERA on the year.
- In April, Jacob was even better, compiling a 0.83 ERA with three saves and a 3-0 record across seven appearances with one start. He struck out 24 in 21.2 innings and held hitters to a .162 batting average for the month. 

Lardner Leading the Pitching Staff
- Gonzaga left-hander Mac Lardner has been impressive over his seven WCC starts. He's hasn't allowed more than three runs in any outing and has gone 4-0 with a 3.05 ERA across 44.1 innings. 
- Lardner has pitched through the sixth in each of his last five starts and struck out at least eight in three of his last four outings.
- Against the WCC, he has 40 strikeouts against just six walks. 

Iverson Finding the Right Stuff
- After a tough start to the season out of the bullpen, Nick Trogrlic-Iverson has been solid down the stretch of the season, starting three times and coming out of the pen seven times in his last 10 outings. 
- In that stretch, he has kept opponents scoreless in five of seven outings in relief and gone at least 5.0 innings in each of his starts, while compiling a 4.30 ERA in 29.1 innings with 20 strikeouts.
- Most recently, he had a perfect game through the fifth inning against Lamar, with seven strikeouts, before the Cardinals got to him in the sixth. 

.300
- Gonzaga has four everyday players hitting over the magical .300 mark on the year.
- Troy Johnston leads the way at .338 with a team-high 26 doubles -- one shy of the school record. 
- Nick Nyquist is next at .327 and has a team-high 50 RBI and 23 walks.
- Guthrie Morrison is at .320 in his first year in a Zag uniform with a team-best 43 runs scored.
- Ernie Yake is at .304 and has struck out just 13 times in 204 at-bats. 
- Austin Pinorini (.296), Daniel Fredrickson (.295) and Mason Marenco (.294) are all one great game away from crossing the .300 mark as well. 

Johnston, Nyquist, Morrison Tore Up April
- Gonzaga hit .318 as a team in 17 April games, bolstered by the  combined batting averag of .402 from the trio of Troy Johnston, Nick Nyquist and Guthrie Morrison. 
- Johnston is tied for first in the NCAA in doubles with 22, 13 of which came in the month of April.
- Johnston has raised his batting average 55 points since April 1st (.286 to .341) by hitting .417 in April. 
- Nyquist raised his batting average 74 points (.237 to .311) by hitting .383 in the month.
- Nyquist has slugged .783 and reached base at a .479 clip for an April OPS of 1.262. 
- Nyquist has hit six homers, four doubles, a triple, scored 19 runs and knocked in 26 RBI -- courtesy of two five-RBI games -- in April.
- Morrison raised his batting average 56 points (.281 to .337) by hitting .402 in April.
- Morrison has a team-best 33 hits in the month with eight doubles, eight RBI and 19 runs scored. 

GU Takes Down No. 3 Oregon State
- Gonzaga took a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning and never looked back, dropping the third-ranked Beavers, 6-3. 
- Starter Nick Trogrlic-Iverson was fantastic, going 5.0 innings and allowing just one run on two hits. 
- Michael Spellacy threw 2.1 scoreless innings and freshman Daniel Naughton struck out the side in the ninth.
- Troy Johnston continued his torried month, launching a two-run homer to pace the offense.

Pac-12 Foes Aplenty
- Gonzaga went 4-6 against the Pac-12 this season after defeating then-No. 3 Oregon State last week before dropping a game against Washington State and on the road at Oregon.
- Earlier this season, Gonzaga won 5-3 on the road at Utah. In that game, the Zags got 4.1 innings from lefty starter Matthew Henckel (2 R, 7 H) and 4.2 innings from the bullpen (combined 1 R, 6 H), and Nick Nyquist hit a three-run homer with the Zags down 2-1 in the sixth to put them ahead for good. 
- In March, Gonzaga took down last year's College World Series participant Washington in a single-game midweek contest, 5-4. The Zags got out to leads of 3-0 and 4-3, before breaking a four-all tie in the bottom of the eighth. Ernie Yake knocked home Brett Harris with a hard-hit ball to the first baseman's left for the deciding run. Michael Spellacy came out in the ninth and went 1-2-3 for his first career save. 

Johnston Named WCC Player of the Week (4/14 and 4/28)
- Junior outfielder Troy Johnston collected his second player of the week award in the last three weeks.
- This past week, he hit five homers, drove in 12 runs and scored nine times as Gonzaga went 4-0 with a win over WSU and a sweep of San Francisco.
- Two weeks ago, he hit .643 (9-for-14) in three games, collecting at least two hits in each game. He had four doubles, scored four times and knocked in two runs.

Team Notes
- Gonzaga has played in five extra-inning games this season and is 4-1 overall. 
- GU is 13-6 at home and 14-12 in true road games.
- Gonzaga has 112 doubles to just 58 for opponents, but has 38 total homers compared to 59 for opponents.
- GU is 10th nationally in doubles per game at 2.29 with Troy Johnston's 0.53 doubles per game, 2nd in the nation.
- Gonzaga is also good at taking pitches, getting HBPs 70 times on the year. 
- GU has also struck out 72 less times than their opponents in total on the year.

Offense Rolling
- Gonzaga has scored six runs or more in 12 of the last 16 games.
- In 17 April games, GU hit .318 as a team, compared to hitting just .259 in the month of March.
- Nick Nyquist has been on fire when it comes to driving in runs, going 28-60 (.467) with runners in scoring position. Josh Bristyan is 10-for-25 (.400) and Troy Johnston is 22-for-57 (.386) with RISP. 
- Nyquist leads the way with 50 RBI on the season, while nine others have at least 16, including Johnston's 43, Pinorini's 33 and Yake's 28

Streaks
- Troy Johnston and Austin Pinorini each have current 21-game on base streaks.
- Each also have a seven-game hit streak heading to the weekend.