Baseball Team Concludes Fall Practice with World Series Scrimmage

11/3/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Nov. 3, 2009

BOCA RATON, FL - The Florida Atlantic baseball team wraps up their fall practice schedule this week when the team will particpate in a best-of-three games World Series scrimmage that will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the FAU Baseball Stadium.

"It will be an exciting end to the fall season," said FAU head baseball coach John McCormack. "I expect a spirited compeition between our two teams and I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out."

The format of the series is as followed, the team has been split up into two sides, with each side being managed by one of the FAU assistant coaches, Brad Frick and Ben Sanderson. The rosters and team names are listed below:

Frick United		Sanderson Shockers
Mike Albaladejo		Raymond Church
Eddie Cassidy		Nick Delguidice
Joey Burkhalter		Ande Mee
Chase Vergason		Sean Bukovich
Colby Gratton		Mark Nelson
Nathan Pittman		Mike Spano
Ian MacGeorge		Anthony Mesa
Corey Keller		Mike Gipson
Kevin Alexander		Jason Boyer
Taylor Everist		Hugh Adams
Glen Troyanowski		Jeff Hopkins
Kenny Gray		Lou Morey
Mike Tomasi		Ahmed Garcia
Jake Meiers		Mike Ruccio
Dan Sheffler		Barry Rooks
Ricky Anaya		Jason Kitchen

The first game will begin on Wednesday at 5 pm at the FAU Baseball Stadium. In other preseason news, Mike Albaladejo retained his slim Iron Owl lead after the 7th event held last week. Albaladejo has compiled 392 points over the fall season and is 12 points ahead of the 2009 winner, Lou Morey.

The award indentifies the strongest Owl baseball player - both mentally and physically. A series of events will be held throughout the fall season that will test each student-athletes' physical strength, knowledge of the game and academic performance.

Each event and category will be graded and a running total of each player's rank is kept by the FAU coaching staff.

The `Iron Owl' competition was debuted prior to the 2009 preseason. Its goal is the encouragement of team camaraderie, while at the same time making sure each individual player understands what is like to compete on a daily basis. It is our aim that each player reaches their highest-potential in the weight room, on the field and in the classroom.

This year's winner will be offically crowned during the Owls 2010 home opener.

The updated Iron Owl standings are listed below:

	Total
Mike Albaladejo	392
Lou Morey	380
Sean Bukovich	374
Mike Tomasi	368
Mike Gipson	353
Joey Burkhalter	350
Jason Kitchen	343
Chase Vergason	343
Hugh Adams	328
Kevin Alexander	320
Glen Troyanowski	316
Kenny Gray	309
Mark Nelson	307
Ryan Garton	303
Colby Gratton	291
Mike Spano	288
Andy Mee	284
Nick Delguidice	273
Jeff Hopkins	267
Ian MacGeorge	260
RJ Alvarez	259
Barry Rooks	257
Raymond Church	254
Nathan Pittman	238
Ryan Bernal	212
Anthony Mesa	211
Ricky Anaya	184
Dan Scheffler	160
Eddie Cassidy	146
Jason Boyer	143
Taylor Everist	121
Corey Keller	127
Jake Meiers	117
Ahmed Garcia	105
Mike Ruccio	20