As the regular season winds down, Wolf Pack baseball finds themselves ranked outside of the top 10 in the most recent National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics poll coming in at No. 12.
After their most recent series victory against Dillard University, the team has a record of 26-9 with a 13-5 record in Southern States Athletic Conference play, which puts them third in the conference behind #7 William Carey and #13 Faulkner University.
“Our goal going into the Blue Mountain series was to start to find a new identity,” said head coach Jeremy Kennedy. “We have dealt with some injuries that have changed our roster so we are working to build a new identity on the field and find out what this group can and cannot do.”
Offensively, the Wolf Pack have been performing well, ranking in the top 25 nationally in batting average, total runs batted in, hits, and walks drawn.
“I think our team is in a good place mentally,” Kennedy said. “This is a resilient group who is focused on the task at hand.”
With matchups against both Faulkner and William Carey still left on the schedule, Kennedy realizes that the Wolf Pack’s second ever conference title is still within reach.
“If we just focus on doing what each individual is capable of and nothing more, we will give ourselves a shot,” Kennedy said. “If we have a shot going into the last two weekends, that’s all we can really ask for. We want a shot to get it done on the field at the end.”
Led by veteran players like graduate student Cole Romero, who went on a 29 game hit streak and leads the team with nine home runs, and marketing senior Brandon Mooney, who leads the team in hits, runs scored, and doubles, Kennedy said he trusts his team to push forward with the goal of making the World Series in Lewiston, Idaho.
“It’s a veteran group who understands where we are and what needs to happen over the next few weeks,” he said. “They have done a great job of holding each other accountable and leading themselves first.”
Kennedy said the team is making sure to not look too far into the future and controlling what they can control.
“We are just really focused on getting better and becoming the best version of ourselves,” Kennedy said. “Wherever that leads, it leads.”
