Bethune Cookman Wildcats carry weight of expectations

Photo: BCU head baseball coach Mervy Melendez

Baseball is the flagship program at Bethune-Cookman as far as competitiveness goes. While a winning season in many other sports at the schools is reason to celebrate, that's not the case with the baseball teams. "If we don't make the NCAAs, there's a feeling that we haven't been successful," B-CU coach Mervyl Melendez said. B-CU has dominated the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and has advanced to the NCAAs in seven of the last eight seasons.

The journey toward the 2008 NCAA tourney begins tonight for both teams, as Bethune-Cookman plays host to Temple at 6 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.

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2008 Bethune-Cookman Baseball Schedule

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result

Fri., Feb. 22 vs. Temple Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 23 vs. Temple Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 24 vs. Temple Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Tue., Feb. 26 vs. Florida Atlantic Daytona Beach, Fla. 4:00 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 29 at USC Los Angeles, Calif. 10:00 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 1 at UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. 8:00 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 2 vs. Southern Los Angeles, Calif. 4:00 p.m.
Tue., Mar. 4 vs. Georgia Southern Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 5 vs. USF Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 7 vs. Illinois State Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 8 vs. Illinois State Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 9 vs. Illinois State Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Mon., Mar. 10 vs. North Florida Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Tue., Mar. 11 at Mercer Macon, Ga. 6:00 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 12 at Mercer Macon, Ga. 4:00 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 15 vs. Penn State West Palm Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
vs. Pittsburgh West Palm Beach, Fla. 5:00 p.m.
Tue., Mar. 18 vs. Florida Gulf Coast Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 19 vs. Florida Gulf Coast Daytona Beach, Fla. 3:00 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 22 at Florida A&M * Tallahassee, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
at Florida A&M * Tallahassee, Fla. 4:30 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 23 at Florida A&M * Tallahassee, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Tue., Mar. 25 at Miami Coral Gables, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 26 at Miami Coral Gables, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 28 vs. Savannah State Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 29 vs. Savannah State Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 30 vs. Savannah State Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Tue., Apr. 1 at Stetson DeLand, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Wed., Apr. 2 at USF Tampa, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 5 vs. North Carolina A&T * Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
vs. North Carolina A&T * Daytona Beach, Fla. 4:30 p.m.
Sun., Apr. 6 vs. North Carolina A&T * Daytona Beach, Fla. 2:00 p.m.
Tue., Apr. 8 at Stetson DeLand, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Wed., Apr. 9 vs. Jacksonville Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 12 vs. Norfolk State * Ormond Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
vs. Norfolk State * Ormond Beach, Fla. 4:30 p.m.
Sun., Apr. 13 vs. Norfolk State * Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Tue., Apr. 15 vs. Jacksonville Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Wed., Apr. 16 vs. USF Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 19 at Coppin State * Baltimore, Md. 1:00 p.m.
at Coppin State * Baltimore, Md. 4:30 p.m.
Sun., Apr. 20 at Coppin State * Baltimore, Md. 1:00 p.m.
Tue., Apr. 22 vs. Stetson Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.
Thu., Apr. 24 at North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 26 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore * Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
vs. Maryland Eastern Shore * Daytona Beach, Fla. 4:30 p.m.
Sun., Apr. 27 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore * Daytona Beach, Fla. 1:00 p.m.
Tue., Apr. 29 at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Wed., Apr. 30 at USF Tampa, Fla. 7:00 p.m.
Sat., May 3 at Delaware State * Dover, Del. 1:00 p.m.
at Delaware State * Dover, Del. 4:30 p.m.
Sun., May 4 at Delaware State * Dover, Del. 1:00 p.m.
Tue., May 6 at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla. 4:00 p.m.
Wed., May 7 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. 6:30 p.m.

MEAC Tournament
Thu., May 15 MEAC Tournament Norfolk, Va. TBA