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NWAACC Champions: 1999 & 2004 Southern Region Champions: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 Ten Straight Playoff Appearances: 1997-2006 Six 30+ Winning Seasons in Seven Years: 1998-2004

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• Vitus earns victory to cap Mount Hood sweep of Lane -The Eugene Register Guard: April 27, 2008
  Former Sheldon High standout Chris Vitus allowed just two hits in a complete game effort to lead Mount Hood Community College to an 8-1 victory over Lane in the second game of an NWAACC Southern Division baseball doubleheader on Saturday. In the opener, the Saints scored seven runs in the fourth through sixth innings to earn a 9-6 victory over Lane Brooks McKee had two hits, including an RBI double, for the Titans.
• Potter’s big game helps Lane split doubleheader -The Eugene Register Guard: April 13, 2008
  Jody Potter had a homer among his three hits and singled in the winning run in the 10th inning of the first game as Lane Community College’s baseball team split a Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges doubleheader with Clackamas on Saturday. The Titans (17-11 overall, 5-5 league) won the first game 3-2 and lost the second 5-2 when Clackamas took advantage of three errors to score four unearned runs.
• Clackamas sweeps Titans in NWAACC doubleheader -The Eugene Register Guard: April 4, 2008
  OREGON CITY — Lane Community College managed a total of just seven hits in an NWAACC baseball doubleheader sweep against Clackamas on Thursday. The Titans lost the opener 5-1 and fell 7-2 in the second game. Chuck Behnke had two doubles for the Titans in the opener, and Eric Brown also had two hits. In the second game, Behnke doubled and drove in a run.
• Schreiner’s pitching leads Lane past SWOCC on road -The Eugene Register Guard: April 2, 2008
  COOS BAY — Ben Schreiner struck out seven and the Lane Titans had 10 hits in a 14-1 Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges baseball victory over Southwestern Oregon on Tuesday in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The games were moved from Lane’s home field because of wet grounds.
• Lane rides crest of Titanic reversal -The Eugene Register Guard: March 26, 2008
  Tyler Bish was disgruntled last fall. He knew his playing time was going to diminish at Irvine Hills Community College and while training at a workout facility near his hometown of San Clemente, Calif., Bish complained and the baseball gods listened. Actually, it just so happened that the ears on the other side of the conversation were those of former Lane Community College baseball assistant coach Erik Korop, who urged the sophomore to join him on a trip to Eugene in late December. “I never really had any plans of actually coming here,” Bish said. “It was more like my mom wanted me to. I never really thought I’d come up here. “The air and the trees are good. I like the rain. It’s kind of like settling." Less than three months after arriving, Bish, a second baseman, leads the Titans in at-bats, hits, runs and RBIs. “He’s been outstanding this year,” Lane coach Rob Strickland said. “I love seeing those types of players take the chance, or the risk, to come up to a new climate and a new type of baseball, as far as the wood bat is concerned. (Coaches) will always enjoy having players who are in that position." A handful of other sophomores, who endured the Titans’ worst season in more than a decade last year, have contributed to the resurgence. Entering today’s Southern Region opener at Clackamas — a doubleheader scheduled for 1 p.m. — Lane is 12-6, the best record in the region and nine wins more than last season’s nonleague record. “Since our preseason last year was so horrible, we’ve taken winning a lot more seriously in the preseason this year,” said sophomore first baseman/pitcher Eric Brown, a Churchill High graduate who has stroked three of the team’s four home runs. “Going from (3)-and-whatever to 12-6 is a huge step. It’s fun for us sophomores to start winning." Lane was 16-32 overall last season, including a fourth-place finish in the Southern Region — the worst in the 12 years Strickland has been apart of the program. The Titans’ 10 consecutive seasons with an appearance in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges postseason tournament was snapped. “I think it’s definitely hard on everybody, just being on the one team that hasn’t made it in so many years,” said sophomore pitcher Brett Swett, a graduate of Riddle High who is tied for the team lead with three victories. “We definitely don’t want to be that team again this year." Since Lane won the NWAACC and Southern Region championship in 2004, the Titans’ record in the postseason has declined each season, culminating in last season’s debacle. “I think maybe it was that year that happened out of necessity just so that we could refocus on what we have been, what we want to do and which way that we want to go,” said Strickland, in his fifth year at the helm of the program. “Actually, not making the NWAACC tournament last year provided me the opportunity to do a little bit more on the recruiting end, so that we would never put ourselves in that type of position again." Strickland said the team has gained two important variables for this season’s run at the title — talent and depth, a combination as good as he has seen in his tenure at Lane. With that, confidence is a lingering effect of scoring early, which the Titans have to do in order to be successful, Strickland said. “This team has not won a game from behind yet,” he added. “When we jump out on top, we usually stay ahead and win. If we fall behind early, we’ve ended up losing it." Whether it came from unlikely places like southern California or a core of Titans who aren’t willing to relive last season, there is a new energy and focus at Lane — one that is centered on returning to the glory days of gritty, hard-nosed baseball that produced championships.
• Lane beats Green River in nonleague baseball -The Eugene Register Guard: March 24, 2008
  AUBURN, Wash. — Lane Community College improved to 12-6 on the season with a 4-1 baseball victory over Green River on Sunday Steve Mabeus was the winning pitcher for the Titans, who had the second game of the scheduled doubleheader rained out.
• Lane baseball team splits doubleheader with Pierce -The Eugene Register Guard: March 23, 2008
  TACOMA — Lane Community College split a baseball doubleheader with Pierce Community College on Saturday, losing the first game 7-5 and winning the second 1-0. Ben Schreiner struck out 10 in the second game for the Titans, who held Pierce to three hits.
• Titans come back with big bats to split doubleheader -The Eugene Register Guard: March 9, 2008
  WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Lane Community College split a baseball doubleheader with Walla Walla on Saturday, dropping a 3-0 verdict before coming back for an 11-4 victory in the second game. Tyler Bish had three hits for Lane in the opener. Jody Potter drove in three and Hayden Ausland and Matt Solders had two RBIs each in Lane’s win.
• Titans split baseball doubleheader against George Fox -The Eugene Register Guard: March 6, 2008
  NEWBERG — Lane Community College pounded out 13 hits, and pitcher Steve Mabeus allowed one run in six innings to give the Titans an 11-1 victory over George Fox JV in the first game of a college baseball doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon.  Corey Staniforth had three hits and two RBIs, Andrew Goodpaster drove in three runs on a pair of hits, and Tyler Bish had three hits to lead the Titans.  Lane, which stranded nine baserunners, lost the second game 3-1.  The Titans continue their road trip with games against Walla Walla and Blue Mountain this weekend.
• Titans split baseball pair with Linfield JV team -The Eugene Register Guard: March 2, 2008
  McMINNVILLE — Brett Swett’s shutout pitching helped Lane open its college baseball season with a doubleheader against the Linfield junior varsity on Saturday. Swett allowed two hits over five innings and Andrew Goodpaster had two RBIs in a 5-0 Titan win in the opener. LCC stranded 11 baserunners and the Wildcats scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh for a 2-1 victory in the second game.

Roster

Name		#	Pos.	HT/WT	YR	High School	Hometown
Tyler	Bish	21	INF	6'0 185	SO	San Clemente	San Clemente, CA
Andrew	Goodpaster	4	OF	5'11 180	FR	McNary H.S.	Keizer, OR
Brooks	McKee	32	OF	6'0  200	FR	Marist H.S.	Eugene, OR
Marc	Novak	53	LHP	6'1 220	FR	Burns H.S.	Burns, OR
Kevin	Shepherd	3	INF	6'1 185	FR	McNary H.S.	Keizer, OR
Alex	Williams	7	INF	5'11 185	FR	West Salem H.S.	Salem, OR
Hayden	Ausland	5	UTL	6'1 195	SO	Tualatin H.S.	Tualatin, OR
Justin	Barchus	13	UTL	5'10 170	FR	McNary H.S.	Keizer, OR
Chuck	Behnke	2	OF	5'11 190	SO	N. Medford H.S.	Sacramento, CA
Matt	Bellando	33	RHP	6'4 190	FR	Willamette H.S.	Eugene, OR
Tony	Brayton	23	RHP	5'10 180	FR	Mohawk H.S.	Marcola, OR
Eric	Brown	44	UTL	6'1 195	SO	Churchill H.S.	Eugene, OR
Scott	Carpenter	27	LHP	5'11 180	SO	Marshfield H.S.	Coos Bay, OR
Carter	Cullen	10	C	6'3 205	SO	Sunstet H.S.	Hillsboro, OR
Kyle	Hansen	35	C	6'1 180	FR	Roseburg H.S.	Roseburg, OR
Andrew	Lindsey	29	RHP	6'3 215	FR	Lowry H.S.	Winnemucca, NV
Steve	Mabeus	26	RHP	6'1 185	FR	Soldotna H.S.	Soldotna, AK
John	Miles	24	OF	6'0 180	FR	Aloha H.S.	Hillsboro, OR
Nick	Nading	15	UTL	6'1 195	SO	East H.S.	Anchorage, AK
Sean	O'Connor	28	RHP	6'3 190	FR	Aloha H.S.	Hillsboro, OR
Jody	Potter	18	OF	6'2 205	FR	Willamette H.S.	Eugene, OR
Dan	Schlottmann	9	UTL	5'9 175	SO	Century H.S.	Portland, OR
Ben	Schreiner	25	RHP	6'2 200	FR	McNary H.S.	Keizer, OR
Matt	Solders	17	INF	6'2 235	SO	Hillsboro H.S.	Hillsboro, OR
Corey	Staniforth	6	INF	5'11 185	FR	Crater H.S.	Central Point, OR
Brett	Swett	11	RHP	6'1 185	SO	Riddle H.S.	Riddle, OR
Daniel	Trueblood	30	RHP	6'1 185	FR	Southridge H.S.	Beaverton, OR
Jake	Van Cleave	8	C	6'0 180	FR	Pendleton H.S.	Pendleton, OR
Grant	Willis	42	INF	6'3 220	FR	Thurston H.S.	Springfield, OR

Schedule

Date	Day	Opponent	Site	Score	Record
Preseason
March 1	Sat	Linfield JV	McMinnville, OR	5-0	1-0
March 1	Sat	Linfield JV	McMinnville, OR	1-2	1-1
March 3	Mon	Concordia JV	Eugene, OR	6-0	2-1
March 5	Wed	George Fox JV	Newberg, OR	11-1	3-1
March 5	Wed	George Fox JV	Newberg, OR	1-3	3-2
March 8	Sat	Walla Walla	Walla Walla, WA	0-3	3-3
March 8	Sat	Walla Walla	Walla Walla, WA	11-4	4-3
March 9	Sun	Blue Mountain	Pendelton, OR	4-2	5-3
March 9	Sun	Blue Mountain	Pendelton, OR	11-5	6-3
March 14	Fri	Malaspina	Ontario, OR	1-9	6-4
March 14	Fri	Centralia	Ontario, OR	8-4	7-4
March 15	Sat	Treasure Valley	Ontario, OR	8-6	8-4
March 15	Sat	Malaspina	Ontario, OR	11-1	9-4
March 16	Sun	Malaspina	Ontario, OR	8-4	10-4
March 21	Fri	Green River	Auburn, WA	5-18	10-5
March 22	Sat	Pierce	Auburn, WA	1-0	11-5
March 22	Sat	Pierce	Auburn, WA	5-7	11-6
March 23	Sun	Green River	Auburn, WA	4-1	12-6
League
April 1	Tues	SOCC	Coos Bay, OR	14-2	13-6
April 1	Tues	SOCC	Coos Bay, OR	6-0	14-6
April 3	Thu	Clackamas	Oregon City, OR	1-5	14-7
April 3	Thu	Clackamas	Oregon City, OR	2-7	14-8
April 5	Sat	Chemeketa	Salem, OR	11-5	15-8
April 5	Sat	Chemeketa	Salem, OR	11-1	16-8
April 10	Thu	Linn-Benton	Albany, OR	2-3	16-9
April 10	Thu	Linn-Benton	Albany, OR	3-5	16-10
April 12	Sat	Clackamas	Eugene, OR	3-2	17-10
April 12	Sat	Clackamas	Eugene, OR	2-5	17-11
April 15	Tues	Linn-Benton	Eugene, OR	3-5	17-12
April 15	Tues	Linn-Benton	Eugene, OR	1-7	17-13
April 24	Thu	Mt. Hood	Gresham, OR	1-11	17-14
April 24	Thu	Mt. Hood	Gresham, OR	0-3	17-15
April 26	Sat	Mt. Hood	Eugene, OR	6-9	17-16
April 26	Sat	Mt. Hood	Eugene, OR	1-8	17-17
May 1	Thur	SOCC	Eugene. OR	11-2	18-17
May 1	Thur	SOCC	Eugene, OR	2-4	18-18
May 3	Sat	Linn-Benton	Albany, OR	4-9	18-19
May 3	Sat	Linn-Benton	Albany, OR	5-6	18-20
May 4	Sun	Clackamas	Oregon City, OR	4-3	19-20
May 4	Sun	Clackamas	Oregon City, OR	2-3	19-21
May 6	Tues	SOCC	Eugene, OR	2-1	20-21
May 6	Tues	SOCC	Eugene, OR	2-1	21-21
May 8	Thur	Chemeketa	Eugene, OR	1 PM	-
May 8	Thur	Chemeketa	Eugene, OR	3 PM	-
May 10	Sat	Chemeketa	Salem, OR	1 PM	-
May 10	Sat	Chemeketa	Salem, OR	1 PM	-
May 15	Thur	Mt. Hood	Eugene, OR	1 PM	-
May 15	Thur	Mt. Hood	Eugene, OR	1 PM	-

Stats

Coaching Staff

Rob Strickland, Head Coach Fourth year Head Coach, Rob Strickland, has been with the Titan program since 1996, when he first joined the squad as an assistant. Born and raised in Tonawanda, N.Y., Strickland was a 18th round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs after his junior season at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, where he played from 1983-85. Rob's professional career lasted five years and culminated in the Cubs AA affiliation. Rob and his wife, Jacquie have been married for 19 years and have 3 children: Scotty (13), Kyle (11), and Christine (8).
Matt Skundrick, Assistant Coach As a player, Matt was All Southern Region First Team twice as a Utility Player and Infielder. All NWAACC First Team as a Utility Player and Infielder. 2004 NWAACC Tournament MVP. At Western Oregon University, Two Time All GNAC First Team Infielder 05-06. 2005 All Tournament Team at NCAA Div.II West Regional Tournament. Two Time All West Region First Team Infielder 05-06. He currently is the Head Coach for the Post 9 AAA Legion Baseball team in Salem, OR during the summer.
Jeff Lyle, Assistant Coach Profile COMING SOON!

To contact any of the Baseball Coaches please call (541) 463-5817, or email us at stricklandr@lanecc.edu