((BEN)) IT'S A SIMPLE BUT
CHALLENGING TASK...WIN TWO
GAMES IN THE SPAN OF 8 OR SO
HOURS AGAINST TWO DIFFERENT
TEAMS...AND YOU GET TO GO
DANCING ON THE DIAMOND... THAT
WAS WHAT THE UCA BEARS FACED
COMING INTO THE FINAL DAY OF
THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT...LOOKIN G TO MAKE
IT TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2013...
ALLEN GUM'S SQUAD GOING UP
AGAINST SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
IN THE SEMIS...WE'LL PICK IT
UP IN THE THIRD...BEARS DOWN
1á0...NOT ANY MORE...JAY
ANDERSON...BASE KNOCK INTO
RIGHT FOR AN RBI SINGLE TO TIE
THIS ONE UP AT 1. AN INNING
LATER...TANNER WILEY AT THE
DISH...THAT'S RIPPED DOWN THE
RIGHT FIELD LINE...AND CHECK
OUT BEAU ORLANDO...SHOWING OFF
THE WHEELS...ON HIS HORSE FROM
FIRST...HE'S GONNA GET THE
WAVE HOME...HERE COMES THE
PLAY AT THE PLATE...AND
ORLANDO SLIDES IN SAFELY TO
GIVE UCA THE LEAD OVER THE
LIONS 2á1....HE'S AMPED UP
AFTER THAT BIG RBI...
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA THOUGH
WOULD TAKE THE LEAD...THE
BEARS WOULD TIE IT UP IN THE
7TH...AND THIS WOULD BE
DECIDED IN EXTRAS...IN THE
10TH...GO AHEAD RUN ON
SECOND...TYLER
SMITH...CHOPPER...THR OUGH THE
HOLE...INTO RIGHT...HERE COMES
ANOTHER PLAY AT HOME...JAY
ANDERSON BEATS THE THROW...THE
CATCHER CAN'T HANG ON AND THE
BEARS RETAKE THE LEAD 4á3...
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S EVEN NICER
THAN TAKING THE LEAD? GETTING
SOME INSURANCE RUNS...COLE
FEEáORá REE BLOOPER OVER THE
SECOND BASEMAN'S HEAD AND THAT
WILL BRING HOME TWO MORE BEARS
TO GO UP 6á3 ON THE LIONS. UCA
WOULD ADVANCE TO THEIR FOURTH
SOUTHLAND TITLE GAME IN 7
SEASONS AS THEY BEAT
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.
SO ONE GAME WILL DECIDE THE
CONFERENCE TITLE AND WHO GOES
TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT...BEARS
NOW PLAYING MACNEESE STATE...
GOOSE EGGS UNTIL THE
4TH...BEAU ORLANDO...OPPOSITE
WAY...PAST THE FIRST BASEMAN
AND UCA STRIKES FIRST IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME... 1á0 LEAD
OVER THE COWBOYS... BOTTOM
HALF OF THE INNING...JULIAN
GONZALES...COMEBAC
KER...CHRISTIAN BRASHER HAULS
IT IN...BUT THE THROW IS TOO
LATE AND OFFLINE...THAT'LL
BRING HOME THE TYING RUN...
FAST FORWARD TO THE
2á1...CLAYTON
RASBERRY...JAMMED BUT BASE HIT
UP THE MIDDLE...THAT'LL BRING
IN ONE...AND THAT WILL BRING
IN TWO...A 4á1 MACNEESE STATE
LEAD... THE BEARS WOULD CUT
THE DEFICIT TO 2...BUT THAT'S
AS CLOSE AS THEY WOULD GET. SO
CLOSE...BUT A HECK OF A SEASON
HEADING TO THE REGIONALS WITH
THE 4á2 WIN.
((BEN)) LOSING
STINKS...THERE'S NO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S
UNDERSTANDABLE HOW SOME HOG
FANS WEREN'T HAPPY WITH
ARKANSAS' EARLY EXIT FROM THE
SEC TOURNAMENT. THERE IS
OBVIOUSLY WORRY ABOUT THE TEAM
LOSING FIVE OF THEIR FINAL
SEVEN GAMES HEADING INTO THEIR
REGIONAL...BUT WE CAN ALWAYS
LOOK AT THE BRIGHT
SIDE...REMEMBER LAST YEAR'S
RAZORBACK SQUAD...YOU KNOW THE
ONE WHO CAME ONE OUT AWAY FROM
WINNING THEIR FIRST NATIONAL
TITLE? THEY ONLY MADE IT TO
THE CONFERENCE SEMIS. SO NOT
WINNING A CONFERENCE CROWN
DOESN'T MEAN THE SKY IS
FALLING. PLUS YOU ALSO HAVE TO
ADD IN THE GREAT RUN CONNOR
NOLAND HAS BEEN HAVING ON THE
BUMP IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
COMING INTO YESTERDAY'S
MATCHáUP WITH OLE MISS THE
FRESHMAN HELD A 1.52 ERA OVER
HIS LAST SIX OUTINGS.
YESTERDAY AGAINST THE
REBELS...NOLAND ONLY GAVE UP
ONE EARNED RUN OVER THOSE 5
INNINGS PITCHED.
" "
CLOSER WASN'T ABLE TO HOLD OFF
OLE MISS AS THE REBELS WERE
ABLE TO TAKE THE LEAD 3á2
AFTER HE CAME OUT OF THE PEN.
DAVE VAN HORN SAID CRONIN WAS
A BIT OFF FRIDAY NIGHT.
"Dave Van Horn "Better off
throwing the ball up in the
zone instead of knee high.
Both of those pitches that
were hit hard were down in the
zone a bit. They were good
pitches but it's just the way
it is you know. They got good
hitters those guys are
veterans. Those are their dude
they hit one and two in the
order." Thomas Dillard 'You
have to gear up for his
fastball he's got a great
fastball. Like you said he's
gotten me a few times. Today I
just got a fastball that I
could hit and happened to put
going to have a lot of success
here and I think he'll be a
major leaguer one day." "
((BEN)) MEANWHILE ON THE
HARDWOOD...ERIC MUSSELMAN
CONTINUING TO ADD TO HIS STAFF
UP ON THE HILL...TODAY
ANNOUNCING THE ADDITION OF
CLAY MOSER AS AN ASSISTANT
COACH MOSER SPENT THE LAST
SEVEN SEASONS WITH THE LOS
ANGELES LAKERS AND WORKED
CLOSELY WITH TWO FAMILIAR
JAMES. MUSSELMAN AND MOSER
COACHED TOGETHER WITH THE
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS AND
SACRAMENTO KINGS.
THE NEW HEAD HOG SAYING OF HIS
NEW ASSISTANT... QUOTE CLAY IS
AN INCREDIBLE 'X AND O' COACH
AND HE HAS BEEN AT THE
FOREFRONT OF BASKETBALL
ANALYTICS. HE LOVES PLAYER
DEVELOPMENT AND BRINGS THE NBA
EXPERIENCE THAT OUR PLAYERS
LOOK FOR AND WILL SOAK
UP...CLOSED QUOTE