Show Bruin Baseball Continues Roller Coaster Season Eric Larson Sports It was the best of times it was the worst of times No were we're not talking about Charles Dickens That's just how baseball team must feel about this season so far The Bruins are only a little littleover littleover littleover over half way through their season and have already felt the joy of long winning streaks and the strain of long losing streaks At the start of the season Head Coach DG Nelson set the goal of winning a national championship Two losses in their first three games had to make Nelson wonder if his team had what it takes to challenge for a national champi champi- His team quickly put those doubts to rest as they bounced back to win their next seven games Not only were they were winning but they were dominating as they won their games by an average score of 7 But Coach Nelsons Nelson's confidence confidence confidence dence would again be shaken The Bruins quickly lost their next five games four of which were against conference foe Dixie State College Again Nelson had to be looking for ways to get his team back on track Whatever Nelson did it worked won their next eight of their next ten games with an average score of 7 The latest set of wins has moved the Bruins into fourth in inthe inthe inthe the SWAG with a 8 12 conference record who is 21 11 overall overall overall over over- all is only three and a half games behind conference leaders Dixie and Southern Nevada who share identical conference records at 15 5 and third place Southern Idaho who is 12 The Bruins still have a chance tomake tomake to tomake make a run at the conference title with four games remaining against Dixie Southern Nevada and Central Idaho would at least like to secure the second spot in the conference Securing the second seed would give the Bruins a first round bye in the conference tournament and allow them to host their second round match up The Bruins will host Dixie at atCate atCate Cate Gate Field next Friday and Saturday in games that will definitely definitely definitely help the outcome of the conference conference conference con con- ference standings at the end of the year Admission to all home games is free with your Student ID and andall andall andall all games can be heard on Globe Radio on the web at http http glo |