Summer Tryout Schedule

Dates:


May 12, 2012

May 26, 2012

June 5, 2012

June 12, 2012

June 19, 2012

June 26, 2012

July 10, 2012

July 24, 2012



Tryouts begin at 10:00am

*You must register with Coach Garza before the tryout date you wish to attend.



For more information contact:

Bobby Garza

972-293-5484

garzar@northwood.edu

9th Inning Rally Silences Storm

Tuesday's match up with DII power, SE Oklahoma, turned out to be a thriller. After a back and forth 8 innings, the SE Oklahoma Storm took a 4 run lead into the final inning. Northwood then started building an inning with the help of a couple of Storm walks. After big RBI scoring hits by pinch hitters, Jason Heflin and Teddy Nowell, the game was tied. SEO elected to intentionally walk Austin Atwell in order to load the bases and set up a force at every base. With Knight's clean-up hitter, Adam Humes, at the plate Northwood scored the winning run on a Storm wild pitch, taking the 9 inning slug fest 15-14 .

The win improves NU to 11-3 on the season. Northwood goes on the road this weekend as they travel to Texas A&M Kingsville.

Woodruff Named RRAC Pitcher of the Week

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 - [Baseball]

WACO, Texas -- Kym Barthel of LSU Shreveport was selected as Red River Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week for Feb. 13-19, while Clayton Woodruff of Northwood grabbed the RRAC Pitcher of the Week award for the same dates.

Barthel, a freshman second baseman from Lethbridge, Alb., went 5-for-7 at the plate as the sixth-ranked Pilots swept a double-header against Wiley College (Texas). He was 3-for-3 in the opener with two RBIs as LSUS won, 6-2. Barthel also had a pair of hits and an RBI to contribute to a 6-3 win in the second game. He scored two runs and drove in three for the week as the Pilots remained unbeaten at 2-0 in the RRAC and 8-0 on the season.

Woodruff, a freshman pitcher from Prosper, Texas, tossed five shutout innings to claim the 10-6 win over TXC. He allowed just two hits with a pair of strikeouts and two walks. Zach Cordia of the University of Texas-Brownsville, Josh Cappello of the University of the Southwest (N.M.), Garland Norton of Bacone College (Okla.), and Alex Padilla of Texas Wesleyan University were also nominated for player of the week. Additional pitcher of the week nominees included Micky Bullard of Bacone, Marcos DeLeon of UTB, Jared Mortensen of LSUS, Patrick Stanley of TWU, and Ernie Torres of USW.

Knights Open Conference Play On Track

Despite a difficult day at the plate for Knight hitters, Northwood managed to take game one in it's opening weekend of RRAC play by a score of 5-2.

Knights starter, Teddy Nowell, scuffled through 4 innings, giving up one unearned run while striking out 8. Reliever Bryan Kinard threw 3 scoreless innings. Nick Harrison and Colton Reavis took care of the 8th and 9th in quick fashion.

Leading the offensive attack was Adam Humes, who collected three hits, including a double.

Northwood returns tomorrow to finish the 3 game series with a double header starting at noon.

Time Change For Friday vs HTU

Friday's game versus conference foe, Huston-Tillotson University, has been moved back one hour and will start at 2:00pm.

Knights Sweep SNU In Mid Week Action

Knights improved their record to 4-1 on the young season after a double header sweep of Southern Nazarene.

Northwood took game one by a score of 10-5. Senior, Jacob Overbay, earned the win in his first start of the year. Deric Hawkins and Austin Atwell both recorded two hits to lead the offensive attack. Hawkins also launched his first home run of the season.

Northwood took the second half of the twin bill 3-2 as the game was stopped after 5 innings due to daylight. Reliever, Bryan Kinard, earned his second win of the season after going 3 1/3 innings, allowing just 1 hit while striking out 5. First baseman, Adam Humes, came through with a two run single that gave the Knights the lead in the top of the 3rd inning.

Northwood is back in action Friday as they open conference play as Huston-Tillotson comes to town.

Extra Inning Walk Off Hit Gives Knights Series Over LCU

Northwood first baseman, Adam Humes' extra inning single scoring Austin Atwell gave the Knights the three game series 2-1 Saturday afternoon at Knight's Field.

Northwood dropped game one of the series Friday afternoon by a score of 10-8. The disappointing loss saw LCU score 7 runs in the eighth inning. NU rallied in the 9th bringing the tying run to the plate but couldn't push the final 2 across. In the game senior, Edwin Arroyo, lacked a single for the cycle.

Game 2 saw freshman righty, Clayton Woodruff, hold the Chaps offense down as he went 5 strong. After a shaky first that surrendered 3 runs Woodruff was able to hold LCU to just one more over the next 4 innings. Nick Harrison pitched a scoreless 6th and Colton Reavis earned his first save of the year in the 7th.

Game 3 was a back and forth thriller as both teams had opportunities to put the game away. The final blow came in the bottom of the eighth as Adam Humes knocked in the winning run with a 2 strike 2 out single that scored Atwell from second on a play at the plate.

The Knights are back in action Tuesday as they travel to Bethany, Oklahoma to take on Southern Nazarene.

Knights Add Three Semester Transfers

The Knights Baseball team added three quality transfers entering the spring semester.

Catcher, Mikey Valdez comes to NU from division I Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Valdez is a senior and is expected to step in right away as a superb backstop option. Valdez is no stranger to Northwood as he began his collegiate career at cross town rival Texas Wesleyan.

Colton Reavis comes to Northwood from D1 University of Texas San Antonio. Reavis is a right handed pitcher with a powerful fastball that sits 90-95 mph. Reavis is expected to join the Knights bullpen as a go to option late in games.

Roman Gomez is a two way player that will compete behind the plate and on the mound. Gomez comes to Northwood from D2 powerhouse Saint Mary's University in San Antonio.

Northwood opens the 2012 season at home on February 3rd vs The Chaps of Lubbock Christian University. The weekend series will be a matchup of top 25 teams as LCU brings in a #4 ranking to NU's # 24.

Season Opener February 3rd

Knights will welcome the 4th ranked Chaps from Lubbock Christian to town to open the 2012 campaign on February 3rd. The Knights will enter the contest ranked 24th in the country.

The two last met in the Lubbock regional tournament in may. The Chaps defeated the Knights in a pitching duel 3-0.

Both teams will have a new look as both graduated significant contributors. Northwood will look to replace two All-American performers in Johnny Aldaz(1st team) and Niko Taylor(2nd team). Key returners for the Knights are second sacker Edwin Arroyo and one bagger Adam Humes.

Current Dallas Maverick's and Boston Red Sox's Sport Psychologist Spends The Day With NU Baseball

From 1994-1996, Don Kalkstein served as an assistant coach for the Northwood University Baseball program and today serves as Director of Sports Psychology for the Dallas Mavericks and also works with the Boston Red Sox in the same capacity.

Friday afternoon Coach Kalkstein returned to his old stomping grounds and spent three hours with the team talking about what it takes to succeed at the highest level of professional sports.


Kalkstein, Padroia, Youkillis, Ellsbury

"We are so fortunate to have Don spend some time with our team, there is no way to put a value on the information that he shared with our team. We are so proud to have one of our own succeeding on the biggest stage in sports, and we are appreciative that he would take time out of his life to spend time and share his experiences with us," said Kennedy.