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HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology placed five
players on the all-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Baseball team, in results released today by the league office.
Senior Michael Matsui (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield
South) was joined by sophomores Derek Eitel (Marshall,
Ill.), Chandler Kent (Antioch, Ill.), Keenan Long
(Park Ridge, Ill./ Northwestern University) and Tim Tepe
(Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) on the first-team all-league squad.
In addition, senior Sam Deters (Teutopolis,
Ill.) and sophomore Andrew Bilse (Munster) claimed
honorable mention all-league accolades.
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Derek Eitel
-- first-team all-HCAC |
Matsui finished 10-1 on the mound with a 2.06
earned run average during the regular season to rank first in
the conference in each category.
Matsui's 10 victories rank third on the Engineer
single-season list and his earned run average of 2.06 stands
sixth in school history.
He also serves as an infielder for the Engineers
with a .303 average and 30 hits in 99 at bats.
Eitel earned Rose-Hulman's first ever NCAA
Division III Tournament win with a complete game shutout on
Wednesday night. The right-hander stands 9-3 overall with
a 2.39 earned run average this season.
Eitel has tossed 98 innings in 2008, scattering
72 hits with 84 strikeouts. The strikeout total ranks
fifth in single-season school history.
His efforts also include a pair of shutouts and
the opposition tallying just a .199 average against the
right-hander.
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Chandler Kent
-- first-team all-HCAC |
Kent stands third on the team
with a .365 batting average on 61 hits, including 13 doubles. His efforts
include 35 runs scored, 29 RBIs and a .404 on-base average.
The versatile infielder starts
at both the shortstop and third base positions at various times for the
Engineers. His 61 hits rank eighth in single-season school history.
Long jumped into the Engineer
lineup as the team's starting catcher in his first season on campus. His
efforts include a .380 batting average, 13 doubles and seven home runs.
Long's seven home runs rank
sixth in school history. His season highlight included four home runs at
last weekend's HCAC Tournament, including a 10th inning walk-off home run in a
victory over Transylvania University.
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Keenan Long -- first-team all-HCAC |
Tepe has established a new single-season
Rose-Hulman school record with 67 hits and needs two RBIs to tie
the Engineer single-season mark.
Tepe leads the team in batting average at .394,
ranks third in school history with 19 doubles and has scored 37
runs. His statistics include a .457 on-base average and a
.571 slugging percentage.
On the honorable mention side, Deters has served
as Rose-Hulman's closer during the 2008 campaign. He holds
career and single-season school records for saves.
Deters has tallied 18 saves in his Engineer
career along with a school record seven this season. He
has a 2-2 record and a 2.66 earned run average with 37
strikeouts in 23.2 innings of work.
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Tim Tepe
-- first-team all-HCAC |
Bilse emerged as the Engineer leadoff hitter in
his second college season. He holds a .315 average and
ranks second in single-season school history with 51 runs
scored.
Bilse also leads the Engineers with 32 walks and
has tallied a .445 on-base peercentage. He also has five
outfield assists this spring.
Rose-Hulman has a 32-13 record and returns to
NCAA Division III Mideast Regional action tonight at 7 p.m.
against Adrian College.
