Bo Jangels Baseball Classic. Rock Hill, SC.

Currently bussing to South Carolina I figured why not throw the weekend preview up. This weekend we will be playing 4 games, 2 Saturday and 2 Sunday. Both days we play Michigan first followed by Winthrop in the second game in the double header.
Game Dates/Times:
               Saturday 3/12/11 Game 1 vs. Michigan @ 11 am
                                           Game 2 vs. Winthrop @ 2:30 pm
               Sunday 3/13/11   Game 1 vs. Michigan @ 10:30 am
                                           Game 2 vs. Winthrop @ 2 pm

Michigan of the Big Ten conference is 2-9 on the season entering the weekend. They are currently coming off a 2-2 weekend where they played Massachusetts and Sam Houston State. The Wolverines are led by freshman outfielder Michael O'Neill who is hitting .386 on the year. Their pitching staff looks to be lead by Tyler Mills. He is 1-1 in 2 starts this year with a 3.77 ERA.

Winthrop of the Big South Conference is currently 5-5 on the year. Last weekend the Eagles went 3-0 at home against Manhattan College and Notre Dame. They are led offensively by catcher Eddie Rohan who is hitting .432 on the season. The pitching staff is led by Tyler Mizenko who is 2-0 in 3 starts with a 2.50 ERA holding hitters to a .191 avg against. The Eagles are averaging 7.6 runs/game this season so far and were picked to finish 3rd in the Big South pre-season poll.

We are coming off a weekend having been swept by UNC. We out hit the Tar Heels 2 of 3 games but they ultimately came out on top in all 3 games. This past Wednesday we played our home opener against FDU @ Baseball Heaven. We recorded 17 hits with 8 walks en route to a 16-7 victory. Steve Marino William Carmona and Pat Cantwell each had 3 hits a piece. Jasvir Rakkar pitched 3 innings of relief to earn the victory. Looking ahead to this weekend we must continue to play at a high level in order to have a successful series. Being swept last week leaves us hungrier to come out and play with a purpose this week to come out on top. If we do everything like we are capable of we should be enjoying the long bus ride back home on Sunday.

Check back for photos and video from the trip!

Midweek W in Home Opener

Today we played our home opener against the FDU Knights @ Baseball Heaven. We played well for the most part in order to earn the win 16-7(Box Score). With the win we improved our record to 3-4. This weekend we travel down to South Carolina to play in the Bo Jangles Baseball Classic against Michigan and Winthrop.Check back in the next day or two for a weekend preview. Below is a video of the last out of today's game.

Mideweek vs. FDU

This weeks mid week game is our home opener against Fairleigh Dickinson of the NEC. The game will be played at Baseball Heaven in Yapank, NY due to continued renovation to  Joe Nathan Field. Game time is set for Tomorrow 3/9/11 at 3pm.

Photos and video from UNC

All the pics and videos are in the slide show below because it makes the post easier to view. If you want to see a full page of all the pics and video go to this link (Web Album). It was a tough weekend as we went 0-3 @ #17 UNC but we played hard. We beat ourselves in the series, if we clean up our game and get back to what helped us win last week then we will be good moving forward. All game recaps are available below via links to our team website.
Game 1- Recap/Box Score
Game 2- Recap/Box Score
Game 3- Recap/Box Score



There are still some pics/video that have not uploaded but check back a little later and all of it should be up on the slide show and the image gallery.