Tiger Baseball Ranked No. 1 in Scoring

San Antonio – The Trinity University Tigers baseball team was the highest scoring squad in the nation during the 2010 season.

The Tigers, led by 12th-year head coach Tim Scannell, were ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Division III in runs scored per game (11.2 per game). Trinity held a ranking of eighth in total runs (458).

Trinity (32-9) won its fifth Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship under Coach Scannell, who received conference Coach of the Year honor for the fifth time. The Tigers qualified for their fifth NCAA postseason tournament, and played in the McMinnville (Ore.) Regional.  Chapman edged Trinity 4-3 in the opening game, and Mississippi College won 5-4 in an 11-inning contest.

In addition, the Tigers were fourth in batting average (.372) and slugging percentage (.568), fifth in SAC flies (35 total), and seventh in home runs per game (1.22 per game, 50 total).