USF Baseball Hosts UNF Tonight

Coach Prado and his team are falling flat at the worst time.

The USF baseball team had a rough weekend, being swept by Notre Dame and seeing their chances to making the Big East Tournament begin to slip away. Tonight (first pitch is scheduled for 7 PM) the Bulls, 22-28 (11-13) host UNF, 25-25, in the final non-conference game of the season.

The Bulls lost 3 straight games to Notre Dame after the weekend and are hoping they can get better pitching and better hitting this time when they face a solid UNF squad that has split the series with USF 2 games a piece in their history.

UNF is led by Alex Bacon who is hitting .367 on the season with 9 homeruns and 40 RBI. The USF pitching staff will have to work hard to keep the pitches low and not allow him and the other great hitters of UNF to get long balls sailing out of the stadium. Watch out for Andrew Karmens who is hitting .351 on the season with 10 homeruns and 38 RBI. Shane Kennedy is hitting .338 with 2 homeruns and 23 RBI and Kyle Dahl is hitting .328 with 6 homeruns and 31 RBI. UNF has multiple players that hit over .300 (USF has just one, Koscso) and most of their players have at least one homerun on the season, so they can score runs. They are 12-12 on the road this season, while USF is just 13-11 at home, so this is going to be a wild game for the Bulls that need a win to rebuild their confidence before they host Pitt this weekend in what could be the end of the season for them.

Please come out to support the Bulls tonight. Weather is going to be great and tickets are only $6 (free for students as well). The Bulls are having a rough time and could use the support of the home crowd behind them as they try for one last shot at making the Big East Tournament.