Men's Baseball
The men’s baseball team (25-20, 14-10) moved back into a tie for first place in the Sun-Lakes Conference with St. Johns River State by sweeping Florida State College at Jacksonville this weekend. On Friday, April 12, Michael Savarese improved to 7-2 on the mound by pitching eight strong innings in the 5-1 win. Savarese struck out 11 Blue Wave batters while allowing five hits and no earned runs. The strong pitching continued in the Saturday doubleheader as the Bobcats defeated FSCJ by scores of 6-3 and 9-2. Chris Arroyo (3-4) picked up the win in the first game and Gabriel Garcia (4-3) won game two. The team will host the University of Tampa JV team on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. before returning to conference action on Friday, April 19 at Lake Sumter State College. On Saturday the Bobcats will host the Lakehawks in a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
Women's Softball
The women’s softball team (21-22, 12-12) took two out of three conference games from Florida Gateway College this past weekend. On Friday, April 12 at the West Campus, the Bobcats won the extra inning game 1-0 behind the strong pitching of Jayda Smith (9-9). Smith pitched eight innings allowing only three hits while striking out nine. Aryanna Eliopoulos went two for three in the game. On Saturday in Lake City, the Timberwolves took the first game of the doubleheader 11-4. In game two, the Bobcats scored six runs over the final two innings to win 7-5. Jayda Smith (10-9) picked up her second win of the series on the mound and Valeria Rolon went 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs to lead the hitters. The team will face Lake Sumter State (25-25, 11-13) on Friday at 5 p.m. before traveling to Leesburg for their Saturday doubleheader.
Cross County
In cross country news we have three Bobcats running the Boston Marathon on Monday (Patriots Day). Both head coaches, Jacki Waller and Lee Rietsma along with men’s runner Tom Palamar will compete in the 128th running of this 26.2 mile race.