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Quick Hits
• The Central Missouri Mules continue their seven-game road trip with a four-game MIAA series at Washburn this weekend.
• The series gets underway on Friday with a single game at 5 p.m. at Falley Field in Topeka. Saturday's doubleheader will start at 1 p.m. and Sunday's series finale will also start at 1 p.m.
• The Mules were 35-16 a season ago and captured the 24th MIAA Regular Season Championship in program history. The Mules missed out on the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1993.

The Series
• The Mules hold a 73-18 lead in the all-time series with Washburn.
• The teams did not play last season. They last met in 2013 with the Mules taking two out of three games from the Ichabods in St. Louis. The games were UCM home games, but were played in St. Louis due to weather.

Washburn
• Washburn enters the weekend series at 21-13 overall and 14-10 in MIAA play.
• The Ichabods are led by first-year head coach Harley Douglas.
• The Bods are hitting .297 as a team with 61 doubles, 14 triples and 34 home runs. They've driven in 228 runs as a unit.
• Riley Krane leads the team with a .344 average to go along with eight doubles, four triples, three home runs and 19 RBI.
• Tanner Triggs is hitting .312 with a team-leading 11 doubles. He also has six home runs and 25 RBI.
• Connor Crimmins is hitting .307, is tied with Triggs with 11 doubles and also has four homers and 32 runs driven in.
• David Gauntt leads the team with 10 home runs and 37 RBI to go along with a .234 batting average.
• Six eligible hitters are batting at least .306 and nine players have at least 10 RBI for the Ichabods.
• The pitching staff has a 5.57 ERA through 34 games and 271.2 innings pitched. They have walked 111 and struck out 187 during that span. Opponents are hitting .291 against Washburn pitchers.
• Eric Schmid is 4-1 with a 4.19 earned run average in seven starts. He leads the team in wins and in strikeouts with 32 in 34.1 innings pitched.
• Mike Hefferan is 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA in five starts. He's thrown two complete-games and has 22 K's in 28.0 innings pitched. He's holding opponents to a .210 batting average.
• Tanner Kilmer is 3-3 with a 3.27 ERA and staff-leading three saves in 13 appearances.
• Nine different pitchers have started games this season for Washburn.
• The Ichabods have a .962 team fielding percentage. They've committed 46 errors on the season. They've turned 30 double plays on the season.

The Mules
• Central Missouri enters the weekend series with Washburn at 20-15 overall and 15-9 in MIAA play after splitting a non-conference doubleheader at Drury on Tuesday.
• The Mules are hitting .283 as a team with 45 doubles, 14 triples, 15 home runs and 180 RBI. The Mules have drawn 128 walks on the season with 192 strikeouts.
• Trevor Jones leads all eligible hitters with a .381 average to go along with six doubles, six triples, a home run and 21 RBI.
• Tony Sandifer is hitting .306 with a team-leading six doubles. He also has three home runs and 21 runs driven in.
• Dusty Maas is hitting .326 with five doubles, three triples and 21 RBI.
• Bennett Oliver leads the team with four home runs to go along with a .323 average and 15 runs driven in.
• The pitching staff has a 4.12 team ERA through 35 games and 277.1 innings pitched. The staff has 257 strikeouts and 105 walks during that span. Opponents are hitting .260 against UCM pitchers.
• Ricky Rivera leads the team with five wins (5-2) to go along with a 3.89 earned run average in nine appearances and seven starts.
• Carlos D'Armas is 1-1 with a staff-leading 2.95 earned run average in nine appearances and seven starts. He's struck out a team-leading 48 batters in 39.2 innings and is holding opponents to a .204 batting average.
• Tyler House is 3-2 with a 3.80 ERA in eight starts. He's tied with D'Armas for the team lead with 48 strikeouts in 42.2 innings and has UCM's only complete-game this season.
• Austin Southmayd has a 0.84 ERA in 10.2 innings pitched over seven relief appearances.
• Lucas Williams is 4-2 with a 2.42 earned run average in 12 relief appearances. He picked up a win and a save in the UCO series.
• Trevor Ezell has a team-leading seven saves on the year. He has 20 striketouts in 17.2 innings pitched over 13 relief appearances.
• The UCM defense has committed 40 errors and has a .967 fielding percentage. The Mules have turned 19 double plays on the year.

Worth Noting
• The sweep of Lincoln last weekend was the first series sweep this season for the Mules.
• UCM has now won back-to-back conference series after splitting the first four to start the year.
• The Mules hit .463 as a team during the Lincoln series, including .500 (29-of-58) with runners in scoring position.
• Senior outfielder Trevor Jones was named to the NCBWA Preseason All-Central Region Second Team.

Last time out
    April 7, 2015 - (SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) -- The Central Missouri Mules rebounded from a 9-3 defeat in game one to pound Drury 13-1 in game two and salvage a split of their non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday at Meador Park.
    The Mules (20-15) got on the board first in game one when Derek Cornell singled home Trevor Jones to make it 1-0 in the top of the first. The Panthers (14-14-1) didn't waste any time in regaining the lead, scoring three runs in the bottom of the frame to take the lead for good. Bobby Lang had an RBI single and later scored on Conner Wilson's two-run home run.
    UCM got a run back in the second when Jackson Schnurbusch scored on a balk, but Drury came right back with a Marcus Enloe solo home run in the bottom half to make it 4-2. The DU lead grew to 6-2 in the third when Luke Tewes and Tyler Arthur each hit solo home runs.
    The Mules got a run in the sixth on Dylan Farrell's RBI single to left, but the Panthers tallied three more in the bottom half on run-scoring hits from Enloe, Dallas Williams and Lang to make it 9-3.
    Ross Juliana (1-2) took the loss for UCM after allowing four runs on five hits in just 1.1 innings of work.
    Spencer Wilmes (1-0) got the win for Drury after allowing two runs on five hits in 3.1 innings of work.
    The Mules started game two just as quickly as they did in game one, plating three runs in the first to claim the early lead. Dusty Maas doubled home Jones to score the first run of the inning and Bennett Oliver delivered a two-run home run, his team-leading fourth of the season, to make it 3-0 in favor of UCM.
    The Mules added another run in the third when Maas singled home Colin Frederick to extend the lead to 4-0. They doubled the lead in the fourth with four more runs to make it 8-0. Three straight singles loaded the bases for Maas, who cleared the bases with a triple to the gap in right center. He later scored on Cornell's single to right.
    UCM blew the game wide open in the fifth inning, putting five runs on the board for a 13-0 lead. Frederick had an RBI fielder's choice, the Mules scored a run on a wild pitch and Cornell delivered a three-run bomb to right center field, the first of his career.
    The Panthers got on the board in the bottom of the fifth when Mike Rafter singled home Christian Magno to make it 13-1 in favor of the Mules, but that's how the game would end.
    Ricky Rivera (5-2) picked up the win for the Mules allowing just two hits over two innings in a pre-determined start. Six different UCM pitchers appeared in the game and combined to allow just six hits and one run.
    Austin Simms (1-2) took the loss for Drury after allowing eight runs on 11 hits in 3.1 innings of work.
    The Mules pounded out 14 hits in game two and combined for 23 in the doubleheader. Maas went 3-for-4 with five RBI and three runs scored in the nightcap.

Mules in MIAA play
• The Mules are 15-9 in MIAA play under first-year head coach Kyle Crookes after sweeping Lincoln in a four-game series last weekend.
• It was the first series win of the year for UCM after having split each of their first four conference series of the season.
• The Mules were 32-8 in conference play last year as they captured the 24th MIAA Regular Season championship in program history and the 16th in the last 21 seasons.

Mules in non-conference action
• The Mules are 5-6 in non-conference games this season after splitting a doubleheader at Drury on Tuesday, April 7.
• UCM was 3-8 in non-conference games last season.

The Mules at home
• The Mules are 9-4 at home this season after winning all four games against Lincoln last weekend.
• UCM was 18-5 at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field last year.
• The Mules are 749-148-1 (.835) in 898 games played in this, their 40th season playing home games at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field.

Mules on the road
• The Mules are 8-9 on the road this season after splitting a non-conference doubleheader at Drury on April 7.
• The Mules were 15-9 on the road last season.

Mules at neutral sites
• The Mules are 3-2 in neutral site games this season after beating Lincoln in Magnolia, Arkansas back on February 14.
• UCM was 2-2 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas to open the season.

Three-Bagger
• Senior outfielder Trevor Jones leads the team and has set a new career-high with six triples this season. That total ranks 11th in a single-season in school history.
• His 12 career triples are tied for the seventh most in program history with Clabe Gaines (2001-02) and Brian McBryde (2005-08). He is one triple shy of sixth place and three shy of fourth place all-time at UCM.

Streaking Mules
• The Mules have won six of their last seven games and have won eight of their last 11.
• Trevor Jones is hitting .479 during his current 12-game hitting streak with six extra-base hits and 12 RBI. He has a 21-game on-base streak in which he is hitting .455 with 11 extra-base hits, 16 RBI and 21 runs scored.

Crookes era underway
• The Mules are 20-15 in Kyle Crookes' first season as head coach of the Central Missouri program.
• The Mules were 71-29 in his two seasons as an assistant coach and captured the 2014 MIAA Regular Season Championship. The Mules garnered five First Team All-MIAA selections and three All-America honors during his two years as an assistant.
• Crookes compiled a 292-164 overall record in eight seasons as the head coach at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College before taking over as an assistant coach at UCM.

Mules Baseball history
• In the 60th season of UCM baseball the Mules have compiled a 1,779-701-9 (.717) record in 2,489 games played. The Mules have won 40 or more games 17 times, including 14 straight seasons from 1999-2012, and have won 50 or more games nine times.
• The Mules have won or shared 24 MIAA championships, 16 regional titles and two national championships.

Mules Baseball by the Numbers
• 27 NCAA Regional Appearances (20 of the last 21 years)
• 24 MIAA Titles (16 of the last 21)
• 20 MIAA Tournament Titles (16 of the last 21)
• 16 Regional Championships
• 15 Regionals as host site
• 13 Top five national finishes
• 4 Third place finishes
• 1 National Runner-Up
• 2 National Championships

Mules Baseball: Winningest Team of the 2000s
• The Central Missouri baseball program has had unprecedented success in the last 25 years and has been even more impressive since the year 2000. The Mules were the winningest team in all divisions of the NCAA by victories (508) and percentage (.814, 508-116) from 2000-09. That success has continued through the 2010s.
• The Mules are 748-190 (.797) since the year 2000. An average of 49 wins per season over the last 15 years.

A Tradition of Excellence in Athletics
• Following the winter sports seasons, Central Missouri has won a combined 203 MIAA regular-season conference championships in 14 league sports to lead all schools.
• During the 2013-14 year, UCM captured seven MIAA regular season titles, the most of any school in one season in league history, and the second time Central Missouri has accomplished the feat.
• Since 1983, the tenure of Athletic Director Jerry Hughes, UCM has won or shared 146 MIAA championships, more than any other league school.
• Central Missouri has won seven national championships since 1980 (men's and women's basketball in 1984, baseball in 1994 and 2003, women's bowling in 2003, men's basketball in 2014 and women's indoor track & field in 2015) and nine national championships overall.

A Tradition of Excellence in the Classroom
• Central Missouri had 220 student-athletes named to the 2013-14 MIAA Academic Honor Roll with grade point averages of 3.0 or higher.
• 41 UCM student-athletes were named MIAA Scholar Athletes with at least a 3.5 GPA and having earned all-MIAA honors in their respective sport.
• 17 UCM student-athletes were named MIAA Academic Excellence Award winners with a 4.0 GPA.
• UCM had 12 student-athletes earn Academic All-Region awards in their respective sports with seven of those earning CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.

Upcoming
• The Mules wrap up their seven-game road trip on Wednesday, April 15 with a single non-conference game at Emporia State. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia.
• UCM returns home on Friday, April 17 to host Northeastern State in the first game of a four-game MIAA series. First pitch on Friday night is set for 6 p.m. at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field.