WSSU baseball team is making history

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina --  The history of baseball success by CIAA teams would make for a very short book.

But Winston-Salem State is changing that one victory at a time.
 
After setting a school record with 38 wins in the regular season, WSSU was selected to be the host for the Atlantic Region tournament of the Division II playoffs, which will open Thursday at Wake Forest Ballpark.
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Coach Kevin Ritsche, in his third season at WSSU since the program was resurrected, says it has been difficult to find a record of baseball success by other CIAA schools.

“I can’t find it,” he said. “I’ve looked a few times doing searches on the Internet, and I get curious about the CIAA and its history in baseball, but there’s just not a lot out there. I haven’t found much on the CIAA, and what it’s done in the NCAA in baseball.

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