If Georgia Southern has proven anything in its brief relationship with the Sun Belt Conference, it’s that the Eagles shouldn’t be taken lightly. The football team rolled to a conference title and the men’s basketball team is right in the championship mix.The Georgia Southern baseball squad began its attempt to keep the Eagles’ success rolling through the winter and into the spring last weekend by sweeping a three-game series from Bethune-Cookman.With the season opener came the addition of plenty of new faces to the Eagles’ lineup.Gone is graduated senior leader Ben Morgan and Garrett Chapman — who proved himself as one of the nation’s best-hitting freshmen before leaving Statesboro last summer.Even more daunting are the two weekend starting pitching slots vacated by MLB draftees Sam Howard and Josh Wirsu.“I think we’re going to learn a lot about our team early,” GSU coach Rodney Hennon said. “We’re going to see what some guys can do.
Eagles baseball looking for more this season
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