The boys look back on the hoops season for both teams on campus, blame Davidson for their lack of skills in the bracket department and also run down the weekend in 49er athletics.
The Radford Highlanders took an early lead over the 49ers and Charlotte was unable to make another come-from-behind victory as they were handed their first loss at home this season, as the suffered an 8-5 loss Tuesday evening. Before entering the match-up with Radford, the Charlotte baseball team came off a sweep of Atlantic 10 foe Saint Louis over the weekend, and held on to their winning streak at home.
Spring sprung just in time for the Charlotte track team. The Niners hosted the annual 49er Classic over the weekend at the Irwin Belk Track and Field Complex on campus. With the weather reaching the low seventies and abundant sunshine, the Niners posted nine regional performances marks and broke two school records.
Finding the green was exactly what junior catcher Jaime West managed to do in the bottom of the eight after a two-out RBI double to left field. The Charlotte 49ers (17-16; A-10: 2-0) soared past the Dayton Flyers (11-10; A-10: 0-2) 2-1 in the first opening doubleheader game of the Atlantic 10 battle Saturday afternoon at D.
Behind three homeruns by senior catcher Chris Taylor, the Charlotte Forty-Niners swept the visiting St. Louis Billikins to start the A-10 season. The Niners came from behind in all three games to stay perfect at Hayes Stadium for the season On Friday evening, the Billikins led Charlotte 4-2 after four innings, but the Niners responded with nine runs over the final five innings to pull away and win 11-6 in both teams first Atlantic-10 game of the season.
Before basketball season even starts, all of the teams have one common goal: to reach the NCAA tournament. Every year one or more teams that have a great and unexpected season get forgotten, while the same teams battle for the NCAA basketball championship.