How FAMU baseball can return to SWAC Tournament championship game
Can FAMU baseball reappear in the SWAC Tournament championship game? Here’s the path the Rattlers must take to hoist the trophy in Birmingham.
Postseason madness is upon us. Florida A&M baseball will spend the week in Birmingham competing for its second Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament trophy. The Rattlers enter the eight-team, double-elimination tournament as a No.
3 seed after ending the season with a 27-22 overall record and 22-8 mark in the SWAC. FAMU has won six straight games, last beating Texas Southern 9-8 on Saturday, May 16, in 16 innings on Moore-Kittles Field in Tallahassee. “To go 22-8 in conference play, that’s quite an accomplishment,” said head coach Jamey Shouppe.
“It’s been a good season. This is three seasons in a row that FAMU baseball has won 20 games in the SWAC. I’ll take that.
” FAMU opens the SWAC Tournament slate with a regular-season finale rematch against the six-seed Texas Southern (21-22). The first pitch is on Wednesday, May 20, at 10 a. m.