It's been a strange season for the Owl's baseball team, hard
to get a grasp of what this team is capable of.
The present line-up features plenty of fire power and the pitching have
been spotty at best. Hard to explain how
you can play some of the toughest team around the nation like a team that
belongs in a regional and faltered against weaker competition and resemble one
that should stay home for post season play.With a win over cross town rival, Florida International on
Saturday, the Owl's solidified the #4 seed in the Sun-Belt Tournament that
starts on Wednesday and will play Western Kentucky;
a series the Owls won two games to one.
One thing is certain, if the Owls want to go deep in the
Championship series, the bullpen will have to do a better job and give the
starter a lift.The first round pairing for the Sun-Belt Tournament:
10:00am Game 1: #3 Troy
vs #6 Louisiana-Lafayette
1:30pm Game 2: #2 New Orleans
vs #7 South Alabama
5:00pm Game 3: #4 FAU vs #5 Western
Kentucky
8:30pm Game 4: #1 Louisiana-Monroe vs #8 Middle Tennessee
The Hottest team going into the tournament appears to be New
Orleans, one of the match-up to watch in the first round will be Game 1,
Lafayette struggled all season much like the Owls, but have found some fight as
of late and should give the Trojans a tough test on Wednesday.
The Owls only lost two conference series during conference
play, getting swept against the top two teams in the tournament which proved to
be very tough series. Confidence might
not be at the highest as far as pitching goes, but I am hoping that the Owls
are looking to give Coach Cooney a nice send-off present, by taking the
Tournament Championship.
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