Baseball, Softball and Women’s Golf Open This Weekend With Men’s Golf, Tennis and Rowing Soon to Follow

The start of the spring sports season is upon us with the 2005 NSU baseball, softball and the spring women’s golf season all set to start this weekend.  Each sport has been busy preparing for its upcoming season.

Baseball will lead the way, as it opens its 2005 season at home with the Nike/OTS Challenge, which is also being co-hosted by Lynn and Barry. A total of six games will be played at the NSU Baseball Complex, beginning with NSU’s season opener against Mars Hill College on Friday, February 4 at 6:00 p.m.  The Knights take the field again for two games on Saturday, February 5, as they face Florida Tech at 11:00 a.m. and then take on Tusculum College at 7:00 p.m. with Florida Tech facing Mars Hill in between at 3:00 p.m.  The weekend concludes on Sunday, February 6 when Florida Tech and Tusculum square off at 11:00 a.m. followed by NSU against Lynn University at 3:00 p.m.

The NSU softball team will also open its season next weekend, its 2005 season on the road at Northwood University, as it will face the Seahawks in a doubleheader on Saturday, February 5 at 1:00 p.m.  NSU then returns home for its home opener, a doubleheader against the University of North Florida on Sunday, February 6 at 12:00 p.m.

Rounding out the sports opening the spring calendar this weekend will be the nation’s 10 th ranked NSU women’s golf team, which will open at the Tusculum/Kiawah Island Intercollegiate.  New head coach Kevin Marsh will lead the Lady Knights into the 36-hole event, which will be played on Saturday, February 5-Sunday, February 6 at Cougar Point Golf Club in Kiawah Island, S.C.