It's 6:45 on Saturday night. We're traveling home from a very successful 3 game weekend against Bates. Our mid-week game with western connecticut was postponed but we used that time to gear up for a weekend that could potentially clinch first place in our NESCAC division. So Friday rolled around, and before the sun rose above the horizon we packed up the bus and headed to Bates to try and keep a zero in the conference loss column.
The swings were smooth and powerful, the defense was consistent, and the pitching was dominant. At the end of the weekend we had scored a total of 49 runs, helped out by 12 homeruns, and held their offense to only 7 runs over three games, not to mention we swept the weekend series. Every game we played with a sense of energy and urgency because we knew that these three games were important for us to take some pressure off us during the home stretch. Next weekend is Colby and if we can remain consistent in our performance we will be in a very advantageous spot when the NESCAC playoffs start.
We look towards the next 14 days where we will be playing a game against Coast Guard on Monday, 3 games against Colby, a game against Western Conn, and a game against Eastern Conn. Every single one of these games are important, and if we play our game and stay in our comfort zone we will be peaking just at the right time.
Because these seasons are so short, every game is incredibly important. But no matter how hard one game was, or how easy another game was our team always looks forward to the next inning, or the next chance. We played great baseball this weekend, but it's the next game we our focused on, and that takes a lot of discipline. The difference between the good team and great team is not only timely hitting or good pitching, but it's the intangibles that bind a team together, that allow them to beat bad, good, and great teams.
Anyways, Monday is our next opponent, and our next obstacle. We move closer everyday back to a potential trip to Appleton. It's a long road, we realized that last year, but today I think we all saw how dominant we can be when we are firing on all cylinders.
Hope everyone has a good easter weekend, and hopefully be back later with some more good news.
The swings were smooth and powerful, the defense was consistent, and the pitching was dominant. At the end of the weekend we had scored a total of 49 runs, helped out by 12 homeruns, and held their offense to only 7 runs over three games, not to mention we swept the weekend series. Every game we played with a sense of energy and urgency because we knew that these three games were important for us to take some pressure off us during the home stretch. Next weekend is Colby and if we can remain consistent in our performance we will be in a very advantageous spot when the NESCAC playoffs start.
We look towards the next 14 days where we will be playing a game against Coast Guard on Monday, 3 games against Colby, a game against Western Conn, and a game against Eastern Conn. Every single one of these games are important, and if we play our game and stay in our comfort zone we will be peaking just at the right time.
Because these seasons are so short, every game is incredibly important. But no matter how hard one game was, or how easy another game was our team always looks forward to the next inning, or the next chance. We played great baseball this weekend, but it's the next game we our focused on, and that takes a lot of discipline. The difference between the good team and great team is not only timely hitting or good pitching, but it's the intangibles that bind a team together, that allow them to beat bad, good, and great teams.
Anyways, Monday is our next opponent, and our next obstacle. We move closer everyday back to a potential trip to Appleton. It's a long road, we realized that last year, but today I think we all saw how dominant we can be when we are firing on all cylinders.
Hope everyone has a good easter weekend, and hopefully be back later with some more good news.
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