Week Ahead: Baseball Back Home, Track & Field Wraps Regular Season

May 8, 2011

By Megan Roehm
GoBEARCATS.com

Here's what's coming up this week in Cincinnati sports:

• The baseball team will host Miami (OH) at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Marge Schott Stadium, followed by a game two against the RedHawks at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Oxford, Ohio. The Bearcats will then take on Seton Hall in a three-game series this weekend at Marge Schott Stadium. UC will play a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, followed by game two. The final game will be at 1 p.m. Sunday. UC is 25-21 overall and tied for sixth in the BIG EAST at 11-10.
• The track team will compete in the Cardinal Twilight Friday in Louisville, Ky.

The Calendar:
BASEBALL

• 6:30 p.m. Tuesday: UC vs. Miami (OH), Marge Schott Stadium Gametracker | Live Audio
• 6 p.m. Wednesday: UC at Miami (OH), Oxford, Ohio Gametracker
• 1 p.m. Saturday (DH): UC vs. Seton Hall, Marge Schott Stadium Gametracker | Live Audio
• 1 p.m. Saturday: UC vs. Seton Hall, Marge Schott Stadium Gametracker | Live Audio

TRACK & FIELD

• Friday: Cardinal Twilight, Louisville, Ky.

Bearcats and the Community:

• The men's basketball program invites you to the 2011 Mick Cronin Basketball Camps starting in June. Camp 1 will be June 13-16, grades 2-10, Camp 2 will be June 27-30, grades 2-10, and Camp 3 will be August 1-4, grades 2-10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The cost is $200.
• The women's basketball program will host the 2011 Jamelle Elliott Basketball Camps beginning in June. High School Team Shootouts will take place June 20 and June 21 and the Individual Basketball Skills Camp will be June 22 to June 24 for grades 4-12. Each camper will eat lunch in the campus cafeteria and receive a camp T-shirt. Camp will be in session from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (Wed/Thur/Fri). Campers have an option to stay for Open Gym from 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. for an additional $10 per camper for each day.
• The men's soccer team Box Score will host a pair of free clinics during the month of May at Gettler Stadium. Head coach Hylton Dayes and his staff along with current UC student-athletes will be on hand for the clinics, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. on consecutive Fridays (May 13 and May 20) and last until 7 p.m. For more information, please contact assistant coach Chris Black at 513-556-3846 or christopher.black@uc.edu.
• The women's soccer team will host the 2011 Bearcats Soccer Academy, which provides youth soccer players the opportunity to receive hands-on training from Head Coach Michelle Salmon and her coaching staff.

In case you missed it:

• The baseball team dropped a 6-4 decision against Otterbein last Tuesday at Marge Schott Stadium, followed by a 6-5 loss against Wright State last Wednesday, also at Marge Schott Stadium. The Bearcats went on to defeat West Virginia 9-4 last Saturday in game one, but fell 11-4 in game two, also on Saturday. In the third and final game of the series, Cincinnati dropped a 14-7 decision to the Mountaineers.
• The men's and women's track and field teams finished sixth at the 2011 BIG EAST Championships at the Jumbo Elliott Track. The Bearcats claimed three BIG EAST titles with the men's team being led by BIG EAST champion Terrence Somerville, who captured the 110 meter hurdles with a stadium-record mark of 13.44. His mark is just .02 behind Olympic silver medalist David Payne's school record of 13.42. For his efforts, Somerville earned Most Outstanding Track Performer accolades. Eric Finan also captured a league crown with a 14:11.43 5000 meters. The women's squad got their lone championship from the 4x400 relay team, which set a school record with a 3:38.43 mark. The 4x100 relay team posted a 45.12, good for second place.