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Utah Baseball Begins Practice for 2019 Season
1/25/2019 8:42 AM | Baseball
First Game is Feb. 15 at Texas State
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah baseball team will have its first practice of the 2019 season on Friday, January 25.
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The team will head to St. George for the weekend for their first few practices.
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"We're excited to get the season started," head coach Bill Kinneberg said. "We will be headed to St. George for the weekend and it'll be a great opportunity to scrimmage and to play on dirt and grass. We're looking forward to having a good weekend."
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The team has 19 returning players from a season ago including senior Chandler Anderson and junior Oliver Dunn.
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Anderson had a great summer, helping lead the Corvallis Knights to a summer league championship. He was named Second Team All-WCL after hitting .337 and batting in 34 RBI. He also led the team with 22 stolen bases and was second on the team scoring 40 runs.
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Dunn was second on the team for the 2018 season hitting .319 with 31 RBI. He started all 55 games in 2018 and was named honorable mention All-Pac-12.
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The team welcomes 12 freshmen and two junior college transfers to the roster.
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The Utes will open their season on Friday, February 15 against Texas State in San Marcos, Texas. That weekend they will also play Missouri State and Nevada in San Marcos.
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The team will head to St. George for the weekend for their first few practices.
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"We're excited to get the season started," head coach Bill Kinneberg said. "We will be headed to St. George for the weekend and it'll be a great opportunity to scrimmage and to play on dirt and grass. We're looking forward to having a good weekend."
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The team has 19 returning players from a season ago including senior Chandler Anderson and junior Oliver Dunn.
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Anderson had a great summer, helping lead the Corvallis Knights to a summer league championship. He was named Second Team All-WCL after hitting .337 and batting in 34 RBI. He also led the team with 22 stolen bases and was second on the team scoring 40 runs.
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Dunn was second on the team for the 2018 season hitting .319 with 31 RBI. He started all 55 games in 2018 and was named honorable mention All-Pac-12.
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The team welcomes 12 freshmen and two junior college transfers to the roster.
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The Utes will open their season on Friday, February 15 against Texas State in San Marcos, Texas. That weekend they will also play Missouri State and Nevada in San Marcos.
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