The Wofford baseball team is currently ranked for the first time ever in program history, sitting on an overall season record of 28-9 (6-0 SoCon) with a current eight game winning streak dating back to Apr. 8.
The team is undefeated in their best two-out-of-three weekend tournaments and initially debuted as the #25 seed in Baseball America’s Top 25 national poll. Subsequently, the Terriers moved up to the #24 seed.
Kate Wolcott ‘24 has been one of the team’s student managers for the past two seasons.
“I think the team was off to a rocky start at the beginning of the year, but the team is now 18-8 overall, which is outstanding,” Wolcott said. “This weekend really showed what the team was capable of.”
The team suffered losses relatively early on in their season, but have won 17 of their last 18 and 26 of their last 30. The last loss was a contest against nationally ranked Dallas Baptist.
So far, the team has played eight full weekend tournaments, winning four in series sweeps against Lafayette, Gardner-Webb, UNCG and ETSU. The other series victories were over George Mason, Pennsylvania, Belmont and #18 Dallas Baptist.
Daniel Hirose ’24 played in seventeen games in the 2021 season with three starts at second base.
“Our record currently is better than last year’s around this time, but conference play is what really matters,” said Hirose. “I think our team is doing better this year because everyone is working together.”
The team has five weekend tournaments remaining in their season. They began Southern Conference play on a hot streak with sweeps over UNC Greensboro and ETSU. After a weekend series at Mercer, the team will travel to Clemson for an Apr. 27 matchup.
The Terriers are 1-16 against the Clemson Tigers, with the only win against the perennial ACC power coming in a 17-9 home win in 2015.
There are eighteen games remaining in the regular spring season until the final Southern Conference tournament. The tournament will be held May 24-29 in Greenville at Fluor Field.
The student turnout at the baseball games is typically smaller than some of the other sports on Wofford’s campus, such as football and basketball. However, Hirose did mention that part of the football team has been supporting the baseball team.
“(Though) the student turnout is usually pretty small, some football players were showing up in the beginning of the season and getting rowdy, which was fun and awesome to see,” Hirose said.
Wolcott feels the same way about the lack of students at games, and wishes there would be more student turnout.
“The team and the program would love to see more student support at the games. When students are there, the atmosphere is so much better,” Wolcott said.
A better atmosphere inherently leads to more wins for the Terriers, so be sure to support them on the way to their final games of the season.