Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Future looks bright for WSSU baseball team after historic season

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  -- Sometimes, there is crying in baseball.

That was apparent on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Wake Forest Ballpark last weekend. Reality hit for the seniors on the Winston-Salem State baseball team as they realized that their college careers were over. Tears from seniors such as Travis Moore, a 26-year-old left fielder, and first baseman Aaron Jones were a symbol of how much they cared and how much emotion they had poured into the program.

 
“We’re a family,” said junior third baseman Levi Grassley about the emotion displayed after Saturday’s 7-4 heartbreaking loss to Shippensburg in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region playoffs. “We are one unit and that’s what we’ve been talking about all season — and especially in this regional.”

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