Baseball team hitting its way atop the rankings

By Ryan Wilson, Editor

Loggers can hit. Lincoln Land’s baseball team has proof.

It is currently batting .349 on the season, which is seventh in the National Junior College Athletic Association.

LLCC has also scored 290 runs on the season, ranking 11th in the nation.

These numbers have helped Lincoln Land’s baseball team win 11-straight games. It now has a 23-11 record on the season as of April 14.

The team is also 12-6 in conference games.

The Loggers’ pitchers have a 4.81 earned run average, ranking 69th in the nation. Team’s are batting .299 against Lincoln Land.

Sophomore infielder and outfielder Will Schneider leads the nation with 19 doubles. He also ranks 19th in the nation with 30 runs batted in.

Schneider was named to the first-team all conference last season.

12-2, 8-0 versus Spoon River College on April 12 (W, W)
20-4, 7-3 at Spoon River College on April 11 (W, W)
6-2, 12-5 versus Lewis and Clark Community College on April 10 (W, W)
11-7, 15-14 at John Wood Community College on April 4 (W, W)
13-5, 14-4 versus John Wood Community College on April 3 (W, W)
0-13, 10-2 at Heartland Community College on March 28 (L, W) 5-6,
2-8 versus Heartland Community College on March 27 (L, L) 11-1, 1-
7 versus Illinois Central College on March 22 (W, L) 5-6, 6-9 at Illinois Central College on March 21 (L, L)
6-4, 13-6 against Brookdale Community College on March 15 at Winter Haven, Fla. (W, W)
7-2 against Oakton Community College on March 15 at Auburndale (W)
1-8 at Pasco-Hernando Community College on March 14 (L)
1-3, 10-3 against Kalamazoo Community College on March 13 (L, W)
9-1 at South Florida Community College on March 12 (W)
16-7 at Central Florida Community College on March 10 (W)
4-5 against Mott Community College on March 9 in Orlando, Fla. (W)
16-3 at Webber International University on March 8 (W)
13-2, 6-3 at Southeastern University on March 7 (W, W)
0-3, 8-9 at Northeast Mississippi Community College on February 28 (L, L)
9-7, 13-4 at Northeast Mississippi Community College on February 27 (W, W)