Weather Takes a Bite of Rams Spring Sports Slate

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-- Maybe some time in May the flowers will bloom but right now the April showers are taking a bite out of the North Central spring sports schedule. Whether those showers were rain or snow the unpredictable weather has claimed over a combined 25 dates of competition for NCU Baseball, Softball, Tennis, and Track & Field during March and April. The Rams are not out of the storm clouds yet with around 10 days still left on the schedule.

Softball and Baseball have each lost over 10 games to the difficult weather while Tennis has lost 4 matches and Track has lost 2 meets. Make up dates become harder and harder to come by as each week leaves less room for games.

The Baseball and Softball teams were able to find room for several rematches against many of their opponents. The first year Tennis program was able to make up one of its matches but had a second make update rained out once again. For the Tracksters, meets are simply lost with scheduling for that sport not being remolded around the weather.

While it has been trying at times the teams have kept positive despite the trying circumstances. Baseball is enjoying growth under first year coach Tim Beasley and has remained competitive in nearly every game they have played. Softball claimed its first win in program history verses Presentation College (Aberdeen, SD) and followed it up with another big win verses Mt Mary College (Milwaukee, Wis.) last weekend. The Rams Tennis program is in its first year of competition and is seeing strong program development under the leadership of Head Coach Brian Pingel. For the Track team junior Chris Hickox (Mobile, Ala.) and freshman Alex Farber (Little Falls, Minn.) both qualified for the NCCAA National Championship Meet to be held May 2 and 3 in Marion, Indiana on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University.

Be sure to keep updated on all the weather cancelations via the North Central Athletics Website.