Birmingham-Southern baseball trying to keep on playing as school prepares to close

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Birmingham-Southern’s baseball team is playing on, even as the college prepares to close its doors. The Division III Panthers, in fact, could outlast the 168-year-old private liberal arts school with a super regional win this weekend at Denison in Grandville, Ohio.

in fact, could outlast the 168-year-old private liberal arts school with a super regional win this weekend at Denison in Grandville, Ohio.

“Even just battling through that in a normal year, to finish 17-4, would be a great story of overcoming some adversity,” said Jan Weisberg, who’s trying to extend his 16th season as Panthers coach. “But they went 17-4, along with finding out what happened to the college. This is just a really special ride for a lot of reasons.”If the Panthers can make it to the World Series scheduled for May 31-June 7 in Eastlake, Ohio, they will officially be playing as a team without a college.

This team proved especially resilient, bouncing back from a 13-10 start even with the distractions. Weisberg said six of his players have locked down their next landing spots and another one-third are pretty sure what school they’ll play for next season.basketball team advanced to the NAIA men’s national tournament in March. The team from California fell to Huntingdon in the first round to finish 26-5.

 

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