The Butler baseball team starts their 2019 campaign Friday with a three-game series vs. Rider this weekend in Lexington, South Carolina.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs look to begin the season with momentum from an appearance in the BIG EAST tournament last year. Even with a historic run in 2018, the squad finds themselves ranked near the bottom of the BIG EAST in this year\u2019s preseason polls.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are picked to finish fifth\u00a0out of seven teams in the BIG EAST this year,\u201d Redshirt Junior Catcher Zach Parker says. \u201cInstead of letting that discourage us, we\u2019re actually looking at that as motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a number of key players graduating, the returning roster will play a major role in indoctrinating the new faces to the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of juniors in there have played, and now it\u2019s time for them to lead. When you have an evolution in your program, that\u2019s exactly what you want. These guys played as freshman and sophomores, now they need to excel as juniors and seniors,\u201d says Head Coach Dave Schrage.<\/p>\n
With the coaching staff adding a number of new faces to the system, there is a combination of newcomers and transfers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have more transfers than I can ever remember us having. That is great for our program because they\u2019ve been around other programs, and they know what works. They are bringing their expertise here. I\u2019m confident in our guys and I know we brought in a bunch of talent this year,\u201d says redshirt junior catcher Zach Parker.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s team has a motto: “Leave No Doubt.” Confidence is pivotal for this year\u2019s group in order to strive for success this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told them that preseason polls don\u2019t mean anything,\u201d says head coach Dave Schrage. \u201cBut I said, \u2018let\u2019s at least have some sort of a slogan that people will remember or rally around.\u2019 The team came up with \u2018Leave No Doubt.\u2019 When we play a series, when we leave there is no doubt who the better team is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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