I was probably the last person on the planet to see this trainwreck music video. So, I figured as one of my last contributions to The Pendulum, I'd live blog this music video disaster.
Spencer Medick is a journeyman. He isn’t old enough to legally drink, but he’s already lived in six states, gone to three colleges, had a major surgery and flirted with lacrosse before completing his junior year. But – for now anyway – he’s found a home at Elon University. The 6-foot-3 southpaw is standing against the fence along the first base foul line, slumped over but wearing a smile while talking with friends and family after a Phoenix victory. He didn’t pitch in Monday’s series finale.
The recruiting pitch Elon baseball coach Mike Kennedy made to Spartanburg Methodist outfielder Robbie Dodds after the Phoenix’s 11-4 victory against Western Carolina May 7 couldn’t have been too complex. Of course, Kennedy probably wishes Dodds could suit up now because the list of injured Phoenix is growing by the game. The latest casualties are Sebastian Gomez and Jake Luce.
With just a handful of games left, there’s still a chance for senior shortstop Garrett Koster and the Elon University baseball team to create memories.
With one majestic swing of the bat, Elon University sophomore catcher Ryan Kinsella cleared the dugout and sent their victims, UNC-Greensboro, home on the wrong side of a three-game sweep. It was the bottom of the 10th, the score tied at 1-1.
[box]Video by Adam Lawson, Assistant News Editor.[/box] Garrett Koster is sitting in a chair positioned at home plate at Latham Park, posed to destroy everything he’s been working on for the past two years. The senior shortstop is motionless as his girlfriend of two years, junior Emily Swapp, turns on a set of clippers and starts to trim away at Koster’s curly locks. He is one of 39 players and coaches on the Elon University baseball team participating in BaseBald, a charitable initiative benefitting the St.
On paper, the Elon University baseball team’s trip to Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., was everything the Phoenix could have wanted. It was a three-game opportunity for Elon to correct its ills against the team at the bottom of the Southern Conference standings. But games aren’t played on paper.
For Elon University freshman infielder Tyler McVicar, the 55 days between his first collegiate at-bat and Friday night’s game against Towson University could best be described as waiting for the proverbial opportune moment. He saw the field sparingly in that time, serving mostly as a pinch hitter that had failed to hit.
There’s a man athletes all over the country want nothing to do with. His acquaintance is made out of necessity, not desire and his name alone sends shivers to those active in sport. His name is Dr. James Andrews, and Elon University pitcher Jim Stokes knows him all too well. Stokes was warming up in anticipation for his sophomore season on the diamond 14 months ago when things turned south.
For every positive moment on the diamond last week, there were many negatives for the Elon University baseball team. There was the injury to center fielder Niko Fraser at North Carolina April 4, a probable concussion which kept him out for the Furman series and has his status unknown for the upcoming week. There was disaster on the mound.
For the first time since 2008, an Elon University alum is on the cusp of the big leagues. Outfielder Cory Harrilchak (Class of 2009) will start the season with AAA Gwinnett, an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves one level below the Major League club.
Junior catcher Alex Swim has been named National Hitter of the Week for the week of March 26-April 1 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Swim hit .591 (13-22) and was a key catalyst to a four-win week for the Phoenix. He went 12-19 in a road series at Samford, extending his hit streak to 22 games. "It's a good award to win," Swim said after Tuesday's practice.
A member of the Samford University coaching staff, trying to motivate his troops before a series against Elon University this past weekend, gave his team a message.
Twenty-five games into the 54-game season, the Elon University baseball team is in the sludge of the schedule, grinding out games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and playing tough extra-inning matchups against Southern Conference foes. Approximately halfway through the season, junior outfielder Niko Fraser said his team could go either way. “I think that we have the potential to be extremely good, but we have the potential to be extremely average,” he said.
The Elon University baseball team certainly knows how to bounce back from a tough loss. After a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Atlantic Coast Conference powerhouse No.
SoCon honors Phoenix’s O’Shea as Player of the Week Senior pitcher Erin O’Shea was named the Southern Conference’s softball Player of the Week for games played March 5-11. She helped the Phoenix to a series sweep of Furman University over the weekend, hitting .714 with five hits, four runs, four RBI and three stolen bases.
Mike Kennedy gathered his squad into a huddle in shallow right field and talked for a good 15 minutes about the Bad News Bears-level miscues made on the Latham Park diamond Tuesday night. While the No.
Leaning against the dugout rail after his team dropped a 3-0 decision to the No. 6-ranked University of North Carolina, Elon University baseball coach Mike Kennedy couldn't refrain from using sarcasm to elaborate on his team's offensive woes. "I love it man, it's fun," he said.
Not a bad recovery effort. After losing three of three to the two-time defending national champion University of South Carolina, the Elon Phoenix baseball team is in first place in the Southern Conference after taking two of three from No.
It is not often that a Southern Conference baseball team gets to play the twice-over defending national champions in a weekend series in just the second week of the season. The Elon Phoenix squandered that opportunity, losing all three games by a combined score 17-3 to the University of South Carolina Feb.
