Spartans unravel in ninth
John Shramek
Issue date: 5/13/09 Section: News
With Miller at third, Jake Arther approached the plate for Husson. The first pitch that he saw sailed into the dirt close to home plate. The ball took the bad bounce, and Miller stole home, thus ending the Spartans' campaign to repeat as NAC champions.
Kyle Brooks, the Spartan catcher, said that there has never been a defeat more crushing than this one.
"I am a senior so, I think I speak for all seniors on the team when I say that we had very high expectations, and to not get the job done was one of the most devastating losses any of us have had. To be so close to any championship and let it slip through your fingers, it hurts," he said.
The Spartans will now have the off-season to reflect on the season they put together and how it went wrong in the end. When they return to action next season, one thing will be for sure: this team will be looking for revenge and looking to prove themselves.
"[The Spartans] are going to be coming in with a lot of strong arms again, and will be even hungrier for the NAC championship and winning games in Regionals, Brooks said.
Junior third baseman Billy Manley echoed Brooks' sentiments about next year's team, adding a bold prediction for next year's team.
"We will win the NAC next season, no doubt in my mind," he said.
Kyle Brooks, the Spartan catcher, said that there has never been a defeat more crushing than this one.
"I am a senior so, I think I speak for all seniors on the team when I say that we had very high expectations, and to not get the job done was one of the most devastating losses any of us have had. To be so close to any championship and let it slip through your fingers, it hurts," he said.
The Spartans will now have the off-season to reflect on the season they put together and how it went wrong in the end. When they return to action next season, one thing will be for sure: this team will be looking for revenge and looking to prove themselves.
"[The Spartans] are going to be coming in with a lot of strong arms again, and will be even hungrier for the NAC championship and winning games in Regionals, Brooks said.
Junior third baseman Billy Manley echoed Brooks' sentiments about next year's team, adding a bold prediction for next year's team.
"We will win the NAC next season, no doubt in my mind," he said.
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