Baseball drops in rankings

By A lex Dinh and Everett L akey

e baseball team began the season 7-6, going 4-5 in league play. e team won two of three games against Loyola and St. Francis but was swept in a three game series against Notre Dame, losing 2-1, 6-3 and 9-4 on March 15, 16 and 17 respectively.

Last season, the team went 22-8-1 overall and 14-3-1 in Mission league play, and the year before that, it went 17-1 in league play. Before the halfway point of this season, the team has already lost more games in league play than its previous two seasons combined. To begin the year, it was ranked ninth in the country by Prep Baseball Report but has since fallen to 19th.

In elder Jack La tte ’25 said although the team is currently struggling, he believes it will improve throughout the season.

“We’re having trouble closing out games,” La tte said. “Our o ense has been struggling a little bit, but I know this team can put it together, and we should be good in the end.”

La tte said the team has a lot of good players and has the potential to nd success further along in the season.

“We have a lot of talented players, and we’re a tightly bonded group,” La tte said. “We’re a fairly small team, but we have talent everywhere around the eld. And I think that if we put it all together, we are one of the best teams in the state.”

Program Head Jared Halp-

ert said the team works to learn from experience and improve after every game.

“[ ere’s] no real change in strategy after wins and losses. We try to learn from every game regardless of the result,” Halpert said. “Every game o ers opportunities of improvement.”

Looking forward, the team has a three-game series against the rest of the Mission League. e team will play Chaminade,