KCAC Tournament Bracket
Hillsboro, Kan. – For the first time in nearly two decades the Tabor College baseball team has earned a share of the KCAC regular season title. The Bluejays who finished in a tie for first place in the conference standings with Sterling College, earned its first KCAC title in seventeen years dating back to the 1995-96 season.
This past season has been a memorable one for the Bluejays, who along with earning a conference title, have also been selected to host an opening round of the NAIA baseball tournament for the first time in school history, which will be played at Hobart-Detter field in Hutchinson, Kan. May 10-14.
Tabor finished the regular season with a record of 21-7 in conference play and 39-11 overall while climbing as high as 17th in the NAIA top 25 polls. The Bluejays also boasted one of the best offenses in the nation ranking 2nd in the country in batting average at .361 and slugging percentage at .544. Tabor finished this past season ranked in the top 15 nationally in 16 offensive categories.
The Bluejays also turned in some of the top individual performances in the nation as well. Junior Art Corona finished the year ranked first in the nation in runs scored per game at 1.340, while senior Adam McCormick led the nation in batting average at .490, and junior outfielder Matt Cardona finished first in the nation in fielding percentage at 1.000. A complete list of national rankings by the Bluejays is listed below.
Tabor spent almost the entire season alone atop the KCAC standings, before dropping three of four to Sterling College in the final series of the year to finish in a tie in the KCAC standings. After tie breakers the Bluejays will be the No. 2 seed in next week's KCAC conference baseball tournament held at Hobart-Detter field in Hutchinson, Kan. The tournament is set to begin Tuesday, May 1 and run through Friday, May 4, with the winner of the tournament receiving an automatic bid to the NAIA national baseball tournament. The Bluejays, thanks to an impressive season, have already booked their ticket to the national tournament after being one of the nine schools to receive a bid to host a regional tournament.
Team Rankings
Ranks Number 2 in Division I in Batting Average (0.361) |
Ranks Number 2 in Division I in Slugging Pct (0.544) |
Ranks Number 3 in Division I in Runs Batted In per Game (7.680) |
Ranks Number 5 in Division I in Stolen Bases per Game (2.760) |
Ranks Number 5 in Division I in Total Stolen Bases (138) |
Ranks Number 6 in Division I in Steal Attemps per Game (3.460) |
Ranks Number 6 in Division I in Runs Scored per Game (8.280) |
Ranks Number 7 in Division I in Doubles per Game (2.260) |
Ranks Number 8 in Division I in Total Runs Batted In (384) |
Ranks Number 9 in Division I in Hits per Game (10.860) |
Ranks Number 10 in Division I in Total Runs Scored (414) |
Ranks Number 12 in Division I in Total Caught Stealing (35) |
Ranks Number 12 in Division I in Home Runs per Game (0.920) |
Ranks Number 13 in Division I in Caught Stealing per Game (0.700) |
Ranks Number 13 in Division I in Total Doubles (113) |
Ranks Number 15 in Division I in Total Hits (543) |
Ranks Number 42 in Division I in Errors per Game (1.920) |
Ranks Number 44 in Division I in Assists per Game (9.800) |
Individual Rankings
Art Corona Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Runs Scored per Game (1.340) |
Adam McCormick Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Batting Average (0.490) |
Matt Cardona Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Fielding Pct (1.000) |
David Ormiston Ranks Number 1 in Division I in Walked Allowed per 9 (0.83) |
David Ormiston Ranks Number 2 in Division I in Total Walks Allowed (7) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 2 in Division I in Batting Average (0.457) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 2 in Division I in Hits per Game (1.700) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 4 in Division I in Total Hits (85) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 4 in Division I in Total Runs Scored (67) |
Koby Temple Ranks Number 6 in Division I in Total Stolen Bases (38) |
Koby Temple Ranks Number 6 in Division I in Total Steal Attempts (44) |
Koby Temple Ranks Number 6 in Division I in Steal Attemps per Game (0.880) |
Koby Temple Ranks Number 9 in Division I in Stolen Bases per Game (0.760) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 12 in Division I in Total Total Bases (128) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 13 in Division I in Total Bases per Game (2.560) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 16 in Division I in Total Doubles (19) |
Brian Kowal Ranks Number 26 in Division I in Total Earned Runs Allowed (15) |
Brian Kowal Ranks Number 26 in Division I in Earned Run Average (1.970) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 28 in Division I in Doubles per Game (0.380) |
Adam McCormick Ranks Number 28 in Division I in Runs Batted In per Game (1.083) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 29 in Division I in Total Steal Attempts (33) |
Adam McCormick Ranks Number 29 in Division I in Total Runs Batted In (52) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 31 in Division I in Slugging Pct (0.688) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 34 in Division I in Total Stolen Bases (26) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 34 in Division I in Steal Attemps per Game (0.660) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 40 in Division I in Caught Stealing per Game (0.140) |
Matt Weger Ranks Number 41 in Division I in Runs Batted In per Game (1.047) |
Art Corona Ranks Number 45 in Division I in Stolen Bases per Game (0.520) |
Koby Temple Ranks Number 45 in Division I in Total Runs Scored (51) |
Koby Temple Ranks Number 50 in Division I in Runs Scored per Game (1.020) |
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