Baseball Team To Scrimmage Friday
February 14, 2008 | Baseball
Feb. 14, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville baseball team, just one week away from Opening Day of the 2008 season, will scrimmage Friday at approximately 2:00 p.m. ET at Jim Patterson Stadium.
All UofL baseball practices in the stadium are open to the public. Fans can enter at the main gates at Patterson Stadium on the corner of Third and Central.
The Cardinals, who won a school record 47 games in 2007 and advanced to the College World Series in Omaha, were recently ranked 25th in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll, making it the fourth preseason poll in which the Cardinals are ranked. U of L was ranked 22nd by Rivals.com and 23rd in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers and Collegiate Baseball polls.
The Cardinals were ranked as high as sixth to end last season, the highest ranking in school history.
Dan McDonnell, 2007 Rivals.com National Coach of the Year will begin his second season with the Cardinals.
Senior pitcher Zack Pitts was named Preseason Pitcher of the Year in the BIG EAST, after earning the postseason honor last season.
Sophomore third baseman Chris Dominguez was selected by the conference coaches as the Preseason Player of the Year. The pair were joined by sophomore pitcher Justin Marks and senior catcher Derrick Alfonso on the BIG EAST Preseason All-Conference team.
The Cardinal baseball team opens the 2008 season on February 22 when they host Cleveland State in the first of a three-game series at 2:00 p.m. in Jim Patterson Stadium. Admission to all home games is free.
