The baseball team dominated Concordia College Tuesday in its fourth straight home game, winning 12-2.
Junior designated hitter Billy Anderson displayed some speed on the basepaths. He beat out a ground ball to the shortstop for his first hit in the top of the first inning, before stealing second base and scoring on a single by freshman left fielder Sam Russell for the first run of the game.
The volleyball team will open its season in Tallahassee, Fla., competing in the Florida State Invitational.
“All three teams down at the tournament are going to be pretty good,” said coach Erik Olson. “It will be a good test and we are going to have to be ready to play good ball right away.
Twelve-year-old Nate Theunissen stood in the newly constructed stadium named in honor of his grandfather.
Surrounded by the people who came to witness the historic day in 2002, Nate knew at that moment he was going to play on that same field.
Mike Theunissen, the redshirt freshman’s father, brought him to CMU baseball games at the original Theunissen Stadium, which was located near where the Health Professions Building now stands.
The baseball team will try to avenge a 17-run loss to Michigan State on a neutral site today.
Losing 20-3 to MSU on April 1 in East Lansing, the two teams will meet at Dow Diamond in Midland, Mich., home of the Great Lakes Loons, a Low Class A minor league affiliate of the Los Angelos Dodgers.
The baseball team scored 25 runs in its weekend series against Ball State to win two of three games.
Central won the first two games of the series, but did not complete the sweep, losing the second game of a Saturday doubleheader 12-4 to close the series in Muncie, Ind.
The CMU baseball team will make the trip down to Ann Arbor for a game against Michigan as scheduled. Weather and field conditions put the game’s location and time in question. But, the University of Michigan has decided that their field will be ready for the 6:05 p.m. start.
The location and time of today’s baseball game against Michigan is in question.
The game, originally scheduled for a 6 p.m. start in Ann Arbor, may move to Mount Pleasant. However, the teams may opt to move the game to Theunissen stadium in Mount Pleasant at 4 p.
The baseball team used some late-inning heroics to win one game of a three-game series against Bowling Green this weekend.
CMU (13-17 overall, 4-5 Mid American Conference) lost game one against the Falcons, but split Saturday’s doubleheader. CMU used a four-run rally in the ninth inning to take the game from BGSU.