Issue date: 2/14/07 Section: Sports

Baseball:

Believe it or not, baseball season starts this week with Wright State heading to Kentucky to take on Morehead State in a three game series from Friday to Sunday.

The Raiders are coming off a phenomenal season last year when they won the Horizon League Tournament for the first time since 1994. That was also the last time the team made it to the NCAA Tournament.

This season WSU will try to do the same, but will have to do so with a lot of different talent. The team lost key pitchers Joe Smith and Robert Barrett who decided to go professional. In addition, Wright State also lost Aaron Garcia behind the plate who is also playing professional baseball right now.

To try and fill some of those holes the Raiders have nine freshman on the team.

In addition to losing some pivotal players, Wright State also has an extremely tough schedule this spring as well. They will take on two teams who are ranked in the top 25 pre-season polls, which are Tulane and Tennessee.

Softball:

A 7-41 record last year is most likely not what head softball coach Mike Larabee had in mind for last season's overall results. With a team that battled injuries all season long and never seemed to be able to get into a rhythm, the season was less than ideal.

But there is new hope for the team this season. If fact, it's hardly recognizable from last year's roster. Of the 19 players on the roster, eight of them are freshman and there is one sophomore transfer who played at a junior college last season.

The team will have five seniors returning from last year's squad, including Kristen Farley, who finished second on the team in doubles and third in RBI's.

This season the team will start out at the same place they did last year. They will take part in the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic out in Las Vegas, Nevada where they will take on teams such as Oregon State and UCLA.

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