MONTGOMERY- For the second day of practice the baseball team focused its attention on defense.
“Today we wanted to see a lot of concentration on the defensive side,” Head Coach Meryl Melendez said. “Today I thought that focus and intensity in practice was positive.”
This year the Hornets will play a rigorous schedule with stops at Pacific, Auburn and Miami just to name a few. Starting Feb. 14 the team will have every weekend booked for the next two and half months as they work towards claiming the conference crown.
“I think it’s important for these guys to understand early that they’re not going to have many breaks once the season starts,” Melendez said. “They’re going to play a very competitive schedule; you’re going to have to show up day in and day out. The schedule is designed to bring out the consistency of these players and this team.”
In order to play at the level in which Coach Melendez expects, it will take a laser beam focus every day on the diamond.
“I believe that if we approach each game with a right level of focus and intensity we will see a lot of positive results,” Melendez said.
