D1Baseball.com Tabs JSU to Win OVC Baseball Crown
2/4/2019 10:20:00 AM | Baseball
The Jacksonville State baseball team has been picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference in 2019, according to D1Baseball.com, one of the most reputable web-based media outlets dedicated to college baseball.
The web site posted its OVC preview with 11 days before opening day on February 15. D1Baseball.com's prognostications for the OVC has the Gamecocks ahead of Morehead State, who won the 2018 OVC Baseball Tournament and the automatic NCAA berth and Tennessee Tech, who won the regular season and claimed an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Eagles advanced to the Austin Super Regional after winning the Oxford Regional. Southeast Missouri and Austin Peay round out the top five teams in the prediction.
The web site also tabbed redshirt junior pitcher Garrett Farmer as the preseason OVC Pitcher of the Year. Tech's Kevin Strohschein earned preseason player of the year honors, while UT Martin's Marcus Eusebio was named the league's freshman of the year. The OVC will announce the coaches and sports information directors predicted order of finish and the preseason All-OVC squad on Friday.
Jax State opens the 2019 campaign at the new Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium on Friday, 15 at 3 p.m. against in-state rival North Alabama. The season-opening series will continue through the weekend with 1 p.m. starts on Saturday and Sunday.
Season tickets are available for purchase online at JSUGamecocksTickets.com, by phone at (256) 782-8499 and on campus at the JSU Ticket Office at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Children 18-years-old and under and JSU students are admitted free.
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The web site posted its OVC preview with 11 days before opening day on February 15. D1Baseball.com's prognostications for the OVC has the Gamecocks ahead of Morehead State, who won the 2018 OVC Baseball Tournament and the automatic NCAA berth and Tennessee Tech, who won the regular season and claimed an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Eagles advanced to the Austin Super Regional after winning the Oxford Regional. Southeast Missouri and Austin Peay round out the top five teams in the prediction.
The web site also tabbed redshirt junior pitcher Garrett Farmer as the preseason OVC Pitcher of the Year. Tech's Kevin Strohschein earned preseason player of the year honors, while UT Martin's Marcus Eusebio was named the league's freshman of the year. The OVC will announce the coaches and sports information directors predicted order of finish and the preseason All-OVC squad on Friday.
Jax State opens the 2019 campaign at the new Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium on Friday, 15 at 3 p.m. against in-state rival North Alabama. The season-opening series will continue through the weekend with 1 p.m. starts on Saturday and Sunday.
Season tickets are available for purchase online at JSUGamecocksTickets.com, by phone at (256) 782-8499 and on campus at the JSU Ticket Office at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Children 18-years-old and under and JSU students are admitted free.
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