The Bisons baseball team is off to a solid start, leading the 2015 season 4-2. Over the weekend the team battled Missouri Western State University (MWSU), resulting in two wins and a loss for the Bisons.
The Bisons took the first game from MWSU 5-4, fell in the second game 2-1 and then rallied to win the series with Sunday’s 2-1 victory on a walk-off home run from junior first baseman Alan Copeland.
Head coach Patrick McGaha said he was proud of the team for their efforts.
“They did a great job, we played a pretty solid defense in the first game,” McGaha said. “These guys are playing hard and playing to win and you know that’s what it’s all about. Hopefully they’ll keep playing hard and keep giving us a chance to win.”
Junior infielder John Chapman said he looks forward to a great season and expects big things for himself and his teammates.
“I felt like we played hard both games Saturday, it just didn’t go our way in the end,” Chapman said. “That’s going to happen sometimes but I’m glad we could come back today and finish off the series. I would love to win every single game the rest of the season, but that doesn’t need to be our focus. I would just like for us to come out and compete every single game and the outcome will take care of itself.”
Junior pitcher Collin Campbell sat out from pitching in the games on Saturday and Sunday to recover from a pulled oblique muscle. Campbell, who is the No. 1 starter for the Bisons said he plans to be back pitching in the game against Henderson State University (HSU) on Friday.
“My oblique feels a lot better and I’ll be ready to go against Henderson on Friday,” Campbell said.
The Bisons certainly hope so, after they dropped a game to Hendrix College on Tuesday to drop their record to 4-2 on the year.
The Bisons will play again today at 2 p.m. in Arkadelphia, Ark., against HSU. The Bisons next home game is Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. against Ouachita Baptist University at Jerry Moore Field.
