After starting the season with a 9-4 record, Wolfpack baseball has stalled with a current record of 11-12.
According to coach Gee Cassard, the decline in win percentage may have come from an increase in the difficulty of the team’s schedule. The losses occurred on the road with series’ losses against Thomas University and Belhaven University.
“As a team we played hard against Belhaven, but right now as a team we just are not performing at our full potential,” said right fielder and general business junior Karson Cullins.
The losses continued at home with sweeps at the hands of Shorter College and William Carey University, and a loss to Southern University, all while being outscored in runs 84-22.
“Shorter, Southern and William Carey are really good teams. We didn’t do the things that we needed to do to win,” Cassard said.
The end of the six-game home trip, however, resulted in two wins against Blackburn College, with scores of 16-1 and 13-3. Despite the two wins, the majority of the team’s losses have been to conference opponents, leading the Wolfpack to a conference record of 1-8.
Throughout this period, pitcher and psychology senior Trey Campeaux led the team in most statistical categories with a 3-1 record and a 4.13 ERA. This puts Campeaux in the top half of the conference statistically.
With the conclusion of its most recent homestand, the Wolfpack now looks forward to two road games against conference leader Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn.
Cassard said the team plans to use the momentum from the last two wins as it faces Lee. Cassard also said he recognizes that Lee will be a difficult opponent.
“Lee is number three in the country, and they’re leading our league. They’ve been to the World Series five times (in) the last five years,” he said, “It’s a tall task, but we’ll take anything we can get right now.”
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