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Baseball By: Daniel Gallegos

Wonder Boys head to Monticello for first mid-week non-conference game

Baseball By: Daniel Gallegos

Wonder Boys head to Monticello for first mid-week non-conference game

GAME INFORMATION

Arkansas Tech Logo
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ARKANSAS TECH
WONDER BOYS

1-6 (0-0 GAC)
ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO
BOLL WEEVILS
1-3 (0-0 GAC)
Tuesday, February 10 | 3 p.m.
Weevils Field at Union Bank Park | Monticello, Ark.

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LEADING OFF
The Arkansas Tech baseball team continues their season-opening stretch of road games on Tuesday with a non-conference game at Arkansas-Monticello.
 
The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. from Weevils Field at Union Bank Park  .
 
Historically, the Wonder Boys and Boll Weevils have met 174 times before their game on Tuesday. The series started back in 1948, and Tech holds a 114-60 lead in the series.
 
TECH(NICALLY) SPEAKING
The Wonder Boys enter play 1-6 overall after dropping all four games of their games at No. 2-ranked Central Missouri over the weekend.
 
Statistically, the Wonder Boys are hitting .201 as a team (41-for-204) with 26 runs scored, seven doubles and one home run. Kirby Jenkins currently leads the team in batting average at .292 (7-for-24). Levi Martin has been the early power threat for the Wonder Boys as he leads the team with a .500 slugging percentage thanks to a pair of doubles and a home run. Weston Johnston leads the team in RBIs with six while Jenkins and Martin are the team-leaders in runs scored with five.
 
On the mound, the Wonder Boys have a team ERA of 7.74 and have struck out 33 batters in 54.2 innings of work.
 
Cole Dickson, Vaughn O'Leary, Creighton Jacobitz and Daniel Hutchison have made starts over Tech's first two weekends of action. Tuesday's starter in TBD.
 
Leading the Wonder Boys once more is Dave Dawson. The all-time winningest coach in Tech Baseball history, Dawson enters his 17th year in the dugout for the Wonder Boys. In his previous 16 seasons, Dawson has guided amassed a 483-340 record. He has also had nine seasons with 30 or more wins which includes the 2014 season in which he led the team a program-record 44 wins and hosting rights for that year's Central Region Tournament.
 
Overall, Dawson is in his 21st year as a head baseball coach at the collegiate level as he spent four years as head coach at Kansas Wesleyan and totaled 118 wins. His combined win total at Tech and Kansas Wesleyan have him with a career record of 601-431.
 
SCOUTING ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO
Arkansas-Monticello opened their 2026 season last weekend going 1-3 in a four-game series against Northwest Missouri. They would drop the first three games before salvaging the finale, 6-5.
 
Offensively, the Boll Weevils are hitting .228 as a team (26-for-114) with 18 runs scored, five doubles, and four home runs. After the first weekend of action, the Boll Weevils are led in hitting by Beau Kuttenkuler leading the way at .375 (3-for-8). Camden Tanner leads the team in slugging percentage at .667 thanks to a pair of doubles. Daniel Lizzarraga and Darcy Barry are tied for the team-lead in RBIs with three. Lizzarraga leads the team in runs scored with four.
 
On the mound, the Boll Weevils have a 10.80 team ERA and have struck out 24 batters in 30.0 innings of work.
 
The Boll Weevils used a weekend rotation of Hunter Heath, Max French, Tyler Bribiescas and Vincent Segovia in their opening weekend. Their starter on Tuesday is TBD.
 
The Boll Weevils are led by John Harvey, who is in his 16th season at UAM and his 22nd overall. In his time at UAM, Harvey is 412-306. Overall, he has a 566-454 career record.
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Players Mentioned

Cole Dickson

#19 Cole Dickson

RHP
6' 4"
Senior
R/R
Kirby Jenkins

#4 Kirby Jenkins

OF
6' 4"
Graduate Student
R/R
Levi Martin

#34 Levi Martin

OF
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
Creighton Jacobitz

#26 Creighton Jacobitz

LHP
6' 3"
Junior
R/L
Vaughn O

#45 Vaughn O'Leary

LHP
6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
L/L

Players Mentioned

Cole Dickson

#19 Cole Dickson

6' 4"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Kirby Jenkins

#4 Kirby Jenkins

6' 4"
Graduate Student
R/R
OF
Levi Martin

#34 Levi Martin

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
OF
Creighton Jacobitz

#26 Creighton Jacobitz

6' 3"
Junior
R/L
LHP
Vaughn O

#45 Vaughn O'Leary

6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
L/L
LHP