COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- Just two years removed from an 0-10 run in 2015, The Tigers were two overtime road losses shy of going unbeaten in 2017. With Mike White entering his fourth year as head coach, Benedict looks to edge closer to the other side of perfection, and a shot at the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) championship.
Conditioning will be key.
“We had several games in overtime that didn’t go our way and that’s something we wanted to concentrate on,” White said during preseason practice. “I’m hoping that the training that we’ve done in practice will carry over to the fourth quarter this year.”
Benedict is a preseason pick to place second in the SIAC, behind Albany State. The Tigers return 16 starters in all, nine on offense and seven on a defense that was ranked fifth overall among NCAA Division II schools.
“I hope it’s an exciting year,” White said. “I hope we can draw some more fans out and just have the best year ever.”
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