What A Year For Judson : 6 CCAC Championships

W h a t A Y e a r F o r J u d s o n : 6 C C A C C h a m p i o n s h i p sseason record book for Judson, he is fourth for hits,sixth for batting, fifth four triples, 12th for steals, and14th in at-bats.ccac Player of the weekClaiming the CCAC “Player of the Week” for April 15thwas Brett Ehrlich. He batted .615 for four games andhad two RBI and two doubles.He hit safely in all four games against Robert Morrisand Trinity International. Twice he produced multiplehitgames, including a 4-for-4 effort in a 14-2 win overRobert Morris College in the first game of a doubleheaderon April 9.Overall, he went 8-for-13 at the plate with two runsscored, one stolen base, and no walks.nccaa region coach of the yearIn his first year as the head coach, Rich Benjaminwas tabbed as the NCCAA North Central Region“Coach of the Year.” Judson was consistently in theNCCAA top 20 and in the top five in their region.nccaa awardsThree players were given NCCAA North Central RegionFirst-Team awards for their play. Kyle Kobernus,Brett Ehrlich, and Oscar DePablos all were onthe first-team. DePablos was in the top 10 in severalhitting categories in the North Central region and Kobernuswas one of the top pitchers in the region.nccaa national player of theweekZach Scipione was named the NCCAA NationalPlayer of the Week on April 8th. He batted over .500in six games, had a .632 slugging percentage,and recorded nine RBI.He had three hits vs. Indiana-Northwest and IllinoisTech and had four RBI in two games vs.IUN. Prior to the Cardinal Stritch series, he hadan 11-game hitting streak.In the 5-2 win over Cardinal Stritch, he singled inthe go ahead run to make it 3-2 en route to thethree-run win. He also spurred a come-from-behindwin over Illinois Tech in the top the seventhinning. Down five runs, Judson scored six to win,8-7. Scipione started the six-run inning as hebrought in the first of the six runs with a single.in the nccaaJudson had four players in the top 20 for NCCAAstatistics. Oscar DePablos was fourth in triplesper game and 11th in hitting. Brett Ehrlich was20th in doubles per game while Kevin Fischerwas fifth in stolen bases. Alci Gonzales, KyleKobernus, and Carlos Soto were all in the top 20for strikeouts per game.depablos breaks single gamehitting recordOscar DePablos, in his first season at Judson,set a new record for hits in a game with a 6-of-6 performance vs. #24 Dickinson State. It wasJudson’s first win of the season and first win overa ranked opponent. He had a double and fivesingles with two runs scored. The old recordwas five hits in a game that was held by JavierAlicea and Hank Faulkner.nine straight winsFrom March 29th through April 7th, the 2008season changed rapidly as Judson went on anine-game winning streak to tie the programrecord for consecutive wins. The streak tiesthe record from the 2004 and 1971 seasons.After starting out 1-13, Judson won nine in arow for a 10-13 record that reshaped the season.Judson swept three CCAC series fromOlivet Nazarene, Illinois Tech and CardinalStritch in the run.big wins for the programJudson had several big wins in the 2008 seasonthat will help change the way the programis heading. Judson knocked off two nationallyranked teams in #24 Dickinson State and#13 St. Francis for their first-ever wins overnationally ranked teams. Judson also pickedup a program first by defeating St. Xavier, 6-5,on April 26th. With three wins in the CCACTournament, two over regionally ranked Purdue-NorthCentral, Judson won their first-everCCAC Tournament championship.tejada, kobernus finish injudson top 10Kyle Kobernus and Rafael Tejada, Jr., bothfinished in the Judson top 10 for career stats.Kobernus finished first all-time in walks/inningspitched ratio at 0.23, fourth in strikeoutswith 148, and eighth in wins with nine. Tejadais seventh all-time in doubles with 22. Bothplayers were only at Judson for two years.