LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The No. 25 Nova Southeastern baseball team (10-2) will look to keep its momentum alive Tuesday in a midweek game against Southern New Hampshire (8-0) at the NSU Baseball Complex at 6 p.m. It is the Sharks’ last game before they start Sunshine State Conference play at Florida Tech this weekend.
The Sharks enter the game after being placed in the top-25 for the first time this season in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Coaches Poll. The ranking was made possible by NSU’s 3-0 week in which the Sharks defeated Barry (10-8) and Saint Rose (12-6; 13-1). The Sharks have now won seven of their last eight games.
Not everybody has been impressed by NSU’s strong start. College Baseball Lineup, a group that was the first to rank NSU last season, still kept NSU out of its top-30 poll. The Sharks also stayed neutral in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association South Regional Poll. The voters deemed the Sharks’ undefeated week not worthy of a bump ahead of North Alabama, a team that went 2-3 this past week.
The Sharks will look to keep climbing up the rankings with a win against the undefeated Penmen. The Sharks have never lost to the Penmen, holding a 3-0 all-time record. NSU will be looking to mimic last season’s undefeated record against Northeast-10 teams.
The Sharks are projected to throw freshman
Roberto Baroniel (Miami, Fla.). The 6-4 pitcher who goes by the name “Bubba” has had a successful start to his freshman campaign. He holds a 3.86 ERA over 7.0 innings pitched and has struck out seven batters. Bubba has also held opposing batters to a .240 average. A successful performance in his second career start could push him into a weekend starting job through the remainder of the season.
This will be the final tune-up game before SSC play begins. The Sharks are scheduled to hit the road to play Florida Tech in a three-game series March 9-10. This past weekend, FIT lost their SSC-opening series against Florida Southern.
Fans can follow the Sharks via live video
HERE and live stats
HERE. Follow the Sharks on Twitter at
www.Twitter.com/NSU_Baseball.
For the latest NSU news and results, be sure to visit
www.NSUSharks.com. To have results sent directly to your cell phone via text message, sign up for SMS text message delivery by
clicking here. For the latest news, be sure to sign up for the Shark Alert E-newsletter by
clicking here.
