- LMU earned back-to-back WCC Freshman of the Week honors March 11th and 18th, with JD Dunn and Max Senesac taking the nods.
- Gonzaga will travel to Saint Mary's next weekend for three before stopping in Corvallis to play Oregon State Apr. 1-2.
- After their stop in Corvallis, Gonzaga will return home for a three-game series against Santa Clara Apr. 5-7.
PHELAN SURGING IN MARCH
 - After ending February with an average of .095,
Jace Phelan is slashing .324/.361/.618 through nine games in March while leading the team in hits (11), RBIs (10), doubles (4), and home runs (2). He currently owns an eight-game hitting streak, which is tied for the season longest (
Peyton Miller, 8).
CUNNEELY LOCKED IN AS FRIDAY STARTER
- After two appearances out of the bullpen to start the season,
Michael Cunneely has transitioned into a weekend opening starter for the Bulldogs. Over his three starts since Feb. 29 and despite a 1-2 record, Cunneely holds a 5.62 ERA with 15 strikeouts to just one walk.
HAMBERG SETTLING IN AS GAME THREE STARTER
- Over the past two series against Minnesota and Wichita State, Gonzaga has penciled in
Jordan Hamberg to start the finale. In those two spot starts, Hamberg is combined for 7 1/3 scoreless innings while scattering six hits, picking up six strikeouts while walking zero.
TEMESVARY GETTING ON BASE
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Vincent Temesvary is currently strutting a 13-game on base streak dating back to game two of the Vanderbilt series. Over that time he is leading the team in on-base percentage (.433), walks (11), and hit-by-pitches (5). His on-base streak is the longest Gonzaga streak this season, edging
Peyton Miller (10) from earlier this year.
EISENSTAT CRUSHING LEFTIES
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Tommy Eisenstat is currently batting .476 off of left-handed pitching this season, with 10 of his 14 hits coming off of southpaws.
Gage Mestas holds the next-highest average, batting .389 and going 7-for-18 off of lefties this season.
ZAGS EARN SERIES WIN OVER MINNESOTA
- Gonzaga picked up their first series win of the 2024 season against Minnesota.
- The Zags and Gophers split the first two games before GU prevailed in the rubber match.
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Tommy Eisenstat led Gonzaga over the weekend, hitting .625 with five hits, four RBIs, and three runs scored in the two wins of the series.
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Michael Cunneely posted a quality start in Thursday's opener after posting seven-plus strong innings, surredering just three runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks.
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Liam Paddack earned the win in Saturday's rubber match after working 4 2/3 innings in relief, giving up just one run on four hits, striking out six and walking none.
HOME SWEET HOME
- Gonzaga will open its 2024 home schedule with a .645 win percentage over 17 seasons at Patterson Baseball Complex and Coach Steve Hertz Field.
- Since its opening in 2007, the Zags are 202-111 with a WCC record of 134-63 (.680).
- Gonzaga has finished with a home win percentage of .500 or better in 16 out of 17 seasons since Patterson opened in 2007 and 13 straight seasons since 2010.
- In home opening games at Patterson, Gonzaga is 12-5 despite losing four straight home openers since 2020.
ZAGS UPSET NO. 6 VANDERBILT IN SERIES FINALE
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Jordan Hamberg lifted a seventh-inning grand slam to propel Gonzaga to a 9-8 victory in game three on Feb. 25. The Bulldogs put up eight runs in the inning after taking advantage of two Commodore errors.
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Daniel Sotelo shut the door on the Zags' comeback win with three innings, giving up just one run on three hits, striking out two and walking none.
- Gonzaga's bullpen combined for eight innings, surrenduring just three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and four walks in the series finale.
- Gonzaga's win marks their highest-ranked win since 2022 when they defeated No. 2 Oregon State in Corvallis.
NEW FACES ON THE ROSTER
- Gonzaga's 2024 roster includes 14 incoming transfers and 16 freshman.
- Among the transfers are former Coppin State teammates
Jordan Hamberg and
Josh Hankins. Hamberg, a two-way senior, earned All-HBCU Freshman of the Year in 2021 and twice was the John Olerud Award Two-Way National Player of the Year Finalist in 2022 and 2023. Hamberg owns a career .337/.456/.561 slash with 34 multi-hit games while recording seven 10+ strikeout outings on the mound.
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Hudson Shupe, an in-state native and transfer from Seattle University, batted .333 with 72 hits in his freshman season with the Redhawks. Hailing from Hanford High School in West Richland, Shupe earned a pair of Mid Columbia Conference honors his junior and senior seasons.
- Other notable NCAA transfers on Gonzaga's 2024 roster include
Peyton Miller - a sophomore infielder from Pacific,
Vincent Temesvary - a junior outfielder from CSU Dominguez Hills, and
Jace Phelan - a redshirt junior from Washington State and Spokane-area native.
