Bethany baseball season
begins with a 2-3 start
Lindsborg News- Record:  Thursday, March 12, 1998- 
Volume 120 Number 32, Page B3
Bethany Baseball '98
    Bethany College baseball has jumped out to a 2-3 start on the year, with all tough non-conference games so far.
    The B.C. Swedes opened with a single game at Fort Hays State University, as the host Tigers were ranked #9 in NCAA Division II.  Bethany fell to FHSU, 7-1, behind pitcher of record transfer-student Chris Bernal (0-1) of Redlands, California.  "It was very exciting to play at Fort Hays and we enjoyed that competitive level," said head coach Mike Waldie.
    "We threw six pitchers in nine innings, and basically treated that first game as a scrimmage.  We wanted to find out how some of our young players would handle game situations, and I think we came away with a pretty good handle on that," Waldie said.
    The Swedes had little time to regroup as they then hosted a doubleheader against Peru State University- Nebraska.  In game one, Bethany trailed 7-5 heading into the bottom half of the seventh inning.  With two men on, senior Jason Schmeiser of Vista, California, belted a three-run homer to lift the Swedes to an 8-7 victory.  Freshman Daniel Regan (1-1) of Holcomb was the pitcher of record.
    Game two against Peru proved to be a reversal of scenarios.  Bethany led Peru 6-2 after the sixth inning, only to give up five runs in the top of the seventh, and to eventually fall 7-6.  Once again Regan was the pitcher of record for Bethany.
    Bethany defeated Hillsdale Baptist University on February 24, and then on the road February 27 fell to Phillips University in Oklahoma.  Last Sunday the Swede baseball varsity were to host Benedictine College, but the game was snowed out.  Since then the coaches and volunteers have been in the snow working on the field, trying to get ready for Dana College coming to Lindsborg on Saturday.
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