Eastern Florida State College Sports Roundup

By  //  April 1, 2014

ABOVE VIDEO: The Eastern Florida State College Titans are a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) which has more than 525 member schools and are also part of the Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) which is the governing body for state college athletics in Florida.

EFSC Golfers 11th After First Day of Barry Tournament

Eastern Florida’s golf team finished Monday’s first, 36-hole round of Barry University’s Buccaneer Invitational in 11th place, 42 strokes off the leading total.

Eastern Florida's golf team finished Monday's first, 36-hole round of Barry University's Buccaneer Invitational in 11th place, 42 strokes off the leading total. Barry leads the 14-team field at 553.
Eastern Florida’s golf team finished Monday’s first, 36-hole round of Barry University’s Buccaneer Invitational in 11th place, 42 strokes off the leading total. Barry leads the 14-team field at 553.

Barry leads the 14-team field at 553.

Eastern Florida, the only NJCAA team in the field of NCAA teams, shot 295-300-595. Brad Gray shot 69-76-145 for a tie for 29th place. Arthur Leonard is tied for 36th at 71-76-147; Kyle Benson is tied for 53rd at 78-74-152; and Nick Maynard and Drew Cooke are tied for 58th. Maynard shot 77-77-154 and Cooke 80-74-154.

Barry’s Adam Svensson is the leader at 69-61-130.

Play concludes with 18 holes on Tuesday in Miami.

Four Crucial Conference Games Await EFSC Baseball

At the halfway point of its 24-game Florida College System Activities Association Southern Conference schedule Eastern Florida’s baseball team finds itself in second place, 1½ games behind pacesetter Miami Dade College.

At the halfway point of its 24-game Florida College System Activities Association Southern Conference schedule Eastern Florida's baseball team finds itself in second place, 1½ games behind pacesetter Miami Dade College. (EFSC image)
At the halfway point of its 24-game Florida College System Activities Association Southern Conference schedule Eastern Florida’s baseball team finds itself in second place, 1½ games behind pacesetter Miami Dade College. (EFSC image)

Eastern Florida is 7-5 in the conference while Miami Dade is 9-4. Palm Beach State is third at 5-6, Indian River State fourth at 6-8 and Broward fifth at 4-8. The top two finishers in the four conferences — Southern, Panhandle, Mid-Florida and Suncoast — advance to the FCSAA/NJCAA Region 8 Tournament. The third-place finishers play off for the final berths.

The Titans have the opportunity this week to strengthen their hold on a state tournament berth as they host three crucial conference games. Palm Beach State comes calling for a 5 p.m. Tuesday game at Bruce Bochy Field on the Melbourne Campus. The Titans visit Palm Beach in Lake Worth at 5 p.m. Wednesday and then host Miami Dade for two games, 6 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday.

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Admission to Titans home games is free. Eastern Florida has beaten Palm Beach twice — 4-3 in Lake Worth and 9-4 in Melbourne — and split with Miami, winning 10-0 and losing 11-5, both in Miami. It also split four games each with Broward and Indian River.

To that end Eastern Florida head coach Jeff Tam doesn’t expect this week’s games to be any different.

Jeff Tam
Jeff Tam

“They will be typical Southern Conference games,” Tam said. “Every pitch is important. Every ground ball, every fly ball. Each and every play has the potential to turn the game. And with the games winding down you cannot afford to give anything away — pitches, at bats, outs. Twelve games into the conference schedule the players know what to expect, what’s at stake and what it’s going to take to win.”