SOUTH BEND, Ind – The Titans 2017 season ended after falling
to the University of Saint Francis in their fourth game of the CCAC conference
tournament.
Despite falling short of winning the conference tournament
and a bid to the NAIA national tournament, the Titans have a lot to look
forward to. IUSB ended their season winning 12 of their last 15 games,
highlighted by victories over #1 seed Judson University and #2 seed Olivet
Nazarene University in the conference tournament.
The Titans showed numerous glimpses of the team they could
be toward the end of the year, having their longest winning streak reach 7
games and beating NCAA DI Indiana University-Purdue Universty Fort Wayne.
The future for IUSB is looking bright with their first
conference tournament appearance under their belt, and some big wins to end the
season.
However, a change to the coaching staff could impact next
season as IUSB has parted ways with the head coach and is currently searching
to fill the position. The Titans finished the final 7 games of the season under
interim head coach Jon Koepf, who said he intended to apply for the position.
The following Titans earned postseason awards and were
honored at the CCAC tournament. Followed are some of the stat leaders for the
2017 season.
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Chris
Mangus: First team all-conference (1B), CCAC Player of the Year
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Spencer
McCool: Second team all-conference (OF)
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Tanner
Wesp: Second team all-conference (1B)
2017 Stat Leaders
Batting:
AVG. Home Runs
Chris Mangus: .413 Chris Mangus: 20
Spencer McCool: .344 Tanner Wesp: 8
Nick Kellams: .336
Spencer McCool:
7
Hits
Walks
Chris Mangus: 56 Chris Mangus: 33
Spencer McCool: 56 Tanner Wesp: 25
Brandon Papp: 48 Spencer McCool: 20
RBI’s Stolen Bases
Chris Mangus: 68 Spencer McCool: 17
Tanner Wesp: 35 Brandon Papp: 16
Sammy Nieves: 34 Kevin Phelps: 12
Pitching:
ERA Strikeouts
Zane Gonzalez: 5.23 Trey Bickel: 105
Trey Bickel: 6.11 Ben Wicklund: 61
Ben Wicklund: 6.13 Zane Gonzalez: 34
Wins Innings
Pitched
Trey Bickel: 5 Trey Bickel: 91.1
Ben Wicklund: 5 Ben Wicklund: 79.1
Zane Gonzalez: 5 Zane Gonzalez:
51.2
Saves Walks Allowed
Zane Gonzalez: 3
Zane
Gonzalez: 8
Luke Gaboury: 1 Ben Wicklund: 39
Trey Bickel: 1
Trey Bickel: 63
Hitting Minimums – 50% of games
Pitching Minimums – 1.0 IP/Game