First Practice of 2007

1/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Jan. 8, 2007

The Florida Atlantic University baseball team opened up the semester with its first practice of the 2007 season on Monday. The team returns 21 players from last season's squad and enters its first in the Sun Belt Conference.

"I was pleased with the way things went today," said head coach Kevin Cooney. "It was nice to get on the field again after our fall practices went so well. I am anxious to see how we gel, but I like the makeup of our team, as people and as players. I think we have a chance to have a special year."

The team is preparing for opening day on February 2 and it hosts Mississippi Valley State at 7 p.m. The team will play nine games at home to open the season, including a tournament with Oklahoma State, Ball State and LaSalle before heading to Rice for a tournament.