Game One
UIC (0-0) at NM State (0-0)
Friday, Feb. 18 | 3:00 p.m. | Presley Askew Field | Las Cruces, N.M.
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Pitching Matchup | RHP
Rorik Maltrud (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Nate Peterson (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Game Two
UIC at NM State
Saturday, Feb. 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Presley Askew Field | Las Cruces N.M.
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Sammy Natera (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Ingram (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Game Three
UIC at NM State
Sunday, Feb. 20 | 11:00 a.m. | Presley Askew Field | Las Cruces, N.M.
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Ian Mejia (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Sam Menegat (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The 2022 NM State baseball season is officially on deck. On Friday afternoon, the Aggies will open the 2022 campaign in the first of three games against UIC. The first pitch of the 2022 season will be thrown at 3:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon at Presley Askew Field.
AGGIE FACTS
- The meeting between NM State and UIC will be the first in school history.
- Second basemen Kevin Jimenez picked up a flurry of preseason awards. The junior from Arizona was named to the Preseason All-WAC Team and named as one of the top 50 second basemen in college baseball by D1Baseball.
- Catcher Logan Gallina and Saturday starter Sammy Natera both appeared in the top-five of D1Baseball's Top Prospects list for the WAC. Friday's starting pitcher Rorik Maltrud also appears on the list, coming in at #15.
- The Aggies will open the season with 13 consecutive home games against UIC, Oakland, Prairie View A&M, and Seattle.
- NM State opens the home slate with consecutive weekends against Horizon League opponents. After UIC comes to Las Cruces, Oakland will come to town for a three-game set (Feb. 25-27).
- In 2021, Zerek Saenz led the WAC in hits (75) and on-base percentage (.471). Ethan Mann knocked in a conference-best 50 runs while Jimenez drew a league-high 41 walks.
- Rorik Maltrud, Sammy Natera, and Ian Mejia are set to open the season on the mound for the Aggies.
ABOUT THE FLAMES
- UIC went on a tear to close the 2021 regular season. The Flames won 19 of their final 20 regular season games.
- Last season, the Flames were one of the most successful teams at the plate in Division I baseball. UIC posted a .309 batting average, good for ninth-best in the nation.
- UIC also finished inside the Top-15 for shutouts (6, 15th), triples (19, 12th), triples per game (.40, 13th), and slugging percentage (.497, 9th).
- Sean McDermott is in his first season at the helm of the Flames. McDermott is in his 24th year on staff and replaces Mike Dee, who had led UIC since the 1999 season.
- UIC posted an 18-9 record away from Curtis Granderson Field throughout the 2021 season.
- The Flames were selected to finish second in the Horizon League preseason poll behind defending champion Wright State.
For complete coverage of NM State baseball throughout the Aggies 2022 campaign on Friday, Feb. 18, visit
NMStateSports.com - the official home of Aggie athletics - and follow the Aggies on Facebook (NM State Baseball), Twitter (@NMStateBaseball) and Instagram (@NMStateBaseball).
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