Comet baseball off to historic start

Team opens the season with 10-game winning streak, sits at 12-1 heading into tough invitational

While the start of the MLB spring training remains in limbo due to the work stoppage, the 12-1 Comets Baseball squad is firing on all cylinders. Following ten straight wins to open the season, they’re focused on keeping their momentum through teamwork and a disciplined mindset.

The defending ASC champions and No. 16 ranked Comets capped off that win streak with an impressive sweep on the road against Hardin-Simmons ahead of a key weekend series victory against Concordia (which the Comets won, two games to one), as they set their eyes upon the upcoming Russmat Central Florida Invitational.

Despite coming off a conference championship and starting hot, the Comets aren’t getting complacent. Head Coach Shane Shewmake approaches each ballgame with a “target on our backs” and emphasizes to his team the importance of entering each game with a 0-0 mindset. During practice, Shewmake told his players to view each game as a new challenge and the successes of yesterday as having no bearing on the outcome of the present. This concept is what Shewmake has described as