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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2023 Baseball Roster

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28 Jacob Matzat

28 Jacob Matzat

  • Position:
    Infield
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Sherwood, OR
  • Highschool:
    Sherwood

Summary

Biography

At UR 2023: Appeared in 25 games, making 23 starts as a graduate student...Hit .276/.329/.434 with 21 hits, nine doubles, a home run, 10 runs scored and 19 RBI in 76 at-bats...Drew six walks and one hit-by-pitch...Hit two sacrifice flies and one sacrifice bunt...In conference play, hit .319 (15-for-47) with a .377 on-base percentage and a .489 slugging...Tied for 9th in career home runs and tied for 10th in sacrifice flies...Had six multi-hit games and seven games with two-plus RBI...Ended the season on a nine-game on-base streak...Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and three RBI vs. Clarkson on April 8...Tallied a season-high three hits in a 3-for-4 performance with a run scored and two RBI at Skidmore on April 15...Drove in a season-high four runs, going 2-for-4 with a double and four RBI at RIT on April 29...Knocked in three runs over two games in UR's Liberty League Crossover Series vs. Bard on May 6-7...Went 1-for-3 with a double, walk, and two RBI against Skidmore in a Liberty Liberty Tournament elimination game on May 12

At UR 2022: Enjoyed another excellent season on the River Campus as a senior...3rd Team All-Region honors as DH by D3baseball.com...1st Team All-Liberty League...Ended the season hitting .342 (27-79) with 18 runs, 24 RBI, 7 doubles, 4 triples and 5 home runs...Slugging percentage of .722 was best on the team and 8th best in UR single-season history...Home run and triple totals were top-3 on the Yellowjackets...Added 11 walks and 1 HBP for a .415 on-base percentage...Tied UR single-game record with 5 hits and 9 RBI against Clarkson on Apr. 9, hitting for the cycle and scoring 4 runs...14 total bases and 2 home runs were also 2nd most in UR history for a single-game...Earned Liberty League Performer of the Week, D3baseball.com Team of the Week and NCBWA Honorable Mention Division III Hitter of the Week honors following a week in which he went 13-for-20 (.650) with 4 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 16 RBI...Recorded six multi-RBI games and a 13-game reached base streak, both fourth best on UR...3-run home run in the first inning of a Rochester win against #16 Oswego State on Apr. 5...Named Liberty League All-Academic...CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.

At UR 2021: The junior provided a strong season at the plate and at the hot corner for Rochester, being one of three players to start all 34 games...Named Honorable Mention All-Liberty League...Finished with a .310 batting average (39-126) with 26 runs, 12 doubles, 1 triple and team-best 6 home runs...Drove in 35 runs, second on the team and added a .563 slugging mark, third best on UR...Drew 16 walks  for a .382 on-base percentage...Was Liberty League Performer of the Week on Apr. 12...Finished third in the conference in a number of statistical categories including, home runs, RBI, doubles, at-bats and defensive assists (74), also ranking 8th in hits...Career-high four hits against St. John Fisher on May 5...Had season-high four RBI three times, including in back-to-back games versus SLU and SJFC in early May...Was 2-5 with 2 runs and 2 RBI in the Liberty League Championship game against Union on May 15...Reached base safely in 21 straight games, stretching from Mar. 17 to Apr. 27...Had 12 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI affairs...Honored by Liberty League as a member of the conference All-Academic team.

At UR 2020: Two appearances as a sophomore, making one start...Went 0-3 at the plate during season which was cut short due to the pandemic.

At UR 2019: Earned 2nd Team All-Liberty League honors as a first-year...Finished the season hitting .351 (39-111) with 21 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple and 18 RBI...Added 18 walks and two HBP while striking out only 17 times...On-base percentage of .447 led the team...Had 12 multi-hit games, including four straight from Mar. 30 to Apr. 3...Earned Liberty League Rookie of the Week honors on Apr. 8...Ranked 6th in the Liberty League in on-base percentage, 9th in batting average and walks...Went 3-4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs against St. Lawrence on Apr. 13.

HS: Attended Sherwood HS where he earned three letters for the Bowmen's baseball team, playing third base...Was a 2nd Team All-Three Rivers League infielder and Honorable Mention All-TRL pitcher in both junior and senior seasons...Participated in club baseball with the Portland Baseball Club.
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