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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Baseball at MWC Preseason Tournament This Weekend
3/29/2006 12:00 AM | Baseball
March 29, 2006
This Week In Utah Baseball
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The University of Utah baseball team travels to San Diego, Calif. for the first-ever Mountain West Conference Preseason Tournament.
Utah enters the tournament, which will consist of four games for each team, with an 11-11 mark. Each game will count toward the Mountain West Conference standings. The Utes will open play at Tony Gwynn Stadium against the host team, San Diego State on Thursday night at 8 p.m. MST. Utah will face Air Force Friday afternoon , BYU Saturday morning and New Mexico Sunday afternoon.
This is the first and only year for this event. The MWC will change its scheduling procedure again next season.
Utah Balls & Strikes
? This tournament marks the third of four trips to California for Utah this season.
? San Diego State holds an 84-19 advantage over Utah in the all-time series. BYU leads the all-time series with the Utes 199-86-1. Utah leads the all-time series with Air Force 86-38. New Mexico holds a 69-43 advantage in its all-time series with Utah.
? Utah ranks second in the MWC in batting average at .308.
? Utah is one of only two MWC teams with .500 or better record. The Utes are 11-11 and New Mexico is 17-8.
Khoury Earns Player of the Week Honors
Senior shortstop Ryan Khoury (West Jordan, Utah) is Utah's top hitter so far this season. He cemented that position by batting .600 over a three-game series last weekend at St. Mary's.
That performance earned him Mountain West Conference Player of the Week honors.
Khoury is batting .438 and leads the team and the MWC in batting average. He is also tops in the MWC in slugging, on-base percentage and hits.
Johnny Be Good
Junior center fielder John Welsh (Salem, Utah) is enjoying a strong start to the season at the plate.
Welsh is tied for the team lead and is No. 3 in the MWC with four home runs. His 21 RBIs are tied for tops on the team and No. 5 in the league. Welsh's batting average is .369, which ranks him second in the Ute dugout and No. 3 in the MWC.
Twelve of Welsh's 31 hits have gone for extra bases, giving him a slugging percentage of .607, which is No. 2 for Utah and is No. 4 in the MWC.
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