May 1, 2008

Contact: Alfred Kojima 

     

         

MOORE AND BLAKNEY NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL-GSC
FURUTO NAMED TO SECOND TEAM
 

BIRMINGHAM (5/1) -- Three members of the University of Montevallo Falcon baseball team have been named to the All-Gulf South Conference Teams, it has been announced.

Senior outfielder Eric Moore and senior starting pitcher Zac Blakney have been named to the First Team All-GSC. Senior first baseman Daniel Furuto has been selected to the Second Team All-GSC.

Moore leads the Gulf South Conference in stolen bases (44) and is the team leader in several offensive categories including batting (.358), slugging percentage (.574), runs scored (60), base hits (73), doubles (15 - tied with B.J. Holloway) triples (4), total bases (117) and hit by pitch (13). He has also collected 23 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games and owned a seven game hitting streak earlier this season. Moore was also a First Team All-GSC selection in 2007.

Blakney is among the GSC leaders in victories (8) and leads the team in games started (13), strikeouts (81) and innings pitched (72.2). He also has four complete games, one shutout victory and opponents are hitting .246 (lowest on staff) against. Blakney has an 8-2 record and 3.47 ERA heading into the weekend.

Furuto leads the team in on-base percentage (.439), leads the team and is among leaders in the GSC in home runs (11) and RBI (49). Both he and Eric Moore hit three home runs in a game (Moore vs. West Georgia, Furuto vs. West Alabama) to tie a school single-game record. He is currently batting (.328), collected 14 multi-hit and a team-high 13 multi-RBI games, while posting a nine-game hitting streak. Furuto was named to the Second Team All-GSC in 2006.

UM (33-13) will compete at the 2008 Gulf South Conference Baseball Championships, beginning on Saturday. UM the No. 3 seed in the East will meet No. 7 nationally ranked Southern Arkansas University (No. 2 - West) in a first-round game Saturday at 9:30 a.m. The game is scheduled to be broadcast  on UM Internet Radio, with Arky Shea Bartlett describing the play-by-play action. You will need to have the QuickTime Player, in order to listen to the broadcast.
 

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