Thursday, January 29, 2004
BLUE HOSE BASEBALL TO OPEN THE 2004 SEASON THIS WEEKEND AT #3 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
CLINTON,
S.C. — The
Presbyterian College baseball team will open the 2004 spring
season this weekend, January 31-February 1, in Jacksonville, Fla.
as they play the # 3 ranked Ospreys of the University of North Florida.
The Blue Hose open play on Saturday, January 31 against the Ospreys at 3 pm and then on Sunday at 1 pm. Last year, Presbyterian lost to the Ospreys 8-6 at the UNF/Peach Belt Challenge.
Presbyterian College is coming off an 27-28 season in 2003 where they won the 2003 Food Lion/SAC Tournament Title and advanced to the 2003 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament. The Blue Hose, who finished second last spring in the SAC regular season (12-8), are pre-season picked 5th in the league's coaches poll.
The #3 ranked Ospreys are pre-season picked by the Peach Belt Conference coaches to finish second in the PBC in the upcoming 2004 season. UNF received a total of 90 points and four first place votes to fall just behind rival Kennesaw State University.
The Ospreys finished the 2003
season with 39-18 record and a co-championship in the PBC with
Armstrong Atlantic, which was picked to finish third this
year. UNF closed out the NCAA Division II regional tournament
with a loss to KSU that sent the Owls to the World Series.