The Franklin Pierce University Raven's baseball team is gearing up for their regular season in good shape despite losing key players from last season.
Even though the snow is on the ground outside, the Ravens have been in the Bubble everyday in order to get ready for their spring break trip to Florida, where they compete against the local colleges and universities.
Franklin Pierce has been picked to finish first in the NE-10 Conference by the NE-10 coaches poll as well as to be the #1 team in the East region and #10 nationally currently in the preseason by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason (NCBWA)
Sophomore Mike Dowd and junior Derek Ingui have been selected as Preseason All-Americans by the NCBWA. Dowd, a catcher, leads the team in many offensive categories and has quickly become a major asset to the lineup. "I can bring some leadership to the team," said Dowd. "It may not be me being loud and talking a lot, but I hope to lead by example.”
“Right now the players that we are looking to lead our team are our three captains Michael Adams, Derek Ingui, and Cody Kauffman. They have been doing a great job for me and the team and are providing great leadership that we have been missing in the recent past," said head coach Jason King. "We also are going to rely on all of the upperclassmen and leaders in the program to make a difference in our program and help out any way that they can.”
Besides upperclassmen, the Ravens are filled with young talent such as Dan Kemp, a freshman who was recently drafted by the Boston Red Sox and is hoping to play shortstop for the Ravens this year.
The first few games that were set up for the Ravens to play ended up being canceled due to inclement weather. This is only an obstacle according to Dowd who feels that “we can all find that groove and become comfortable with the new season ahead of us."
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