Crusader Baseball defeats Nova Southeastern in first game of weekend series
Casey Mikell – Assistant Managing Editor
In the first game of the Crusaders weekend series against Nova Southeastern University, they took the win with an ending score of 17-1 on Feb. 15. They continued their winning streak with the first game on Feb. 16, but lost the second game.
Senior Tucker Burgess (40) sends the first pitch of the game flying into the strike zone.
Senior Adam Sasser (10) rushes towards first base after his opponent hits the ball as his teammate sophomore Jeremy Whitehead (8) runs behind him to back him up.
Sasser (10) stands on first base as he catches the ball to get his opponent out.
Whitehead (8) begins to swing the bat around as he can see that the ball is in the strike zone.
Sophomore Lex Tuten (23) waits at home base to congratulate his teammate sophomore Josh Senter (19) on hitting a homerun.
Tuten (23) watches as the ball flies by and receives a ball.
Sasser (10) gains the Crusaders’ second out as he catches the ball on first base.
While trying to catch the ball on first, Sasser (10) is run over by his opponent and is injured. He is surrounded by his teammates as they await the trainer to get to him.
