The University of Tampa baseball team’s season opener was postponed on Tuesday Feb. 2 due to inclement weather.
A make-up day for Tampa’s home opener has yet to be announced.
The Spartans are coming off a 39-17, 16-8 SSC season in which they had four players taken in the MLB draft.
Seniors Alex Koronis, Danny Kefe and Jose Jimenez were drafted in the 11th, 14th and 49th rounds, respectively.
Also taken in the draft was Carmine Giardina, in the 22nd round, but with a year still left of eligibility Giardina elected to return for his final season.
Tampa will also return left-handed pitcher John Wiedenbauer.
He threw a team’s best 52.2 innings, started 12 games, appearing in 13, and posted a 5-1 record in 2009.
Among others added, UT picked up transfer student Mike Blanke from St. Petersburg Community College.
As a sophomore at SPC Blanke batted .329 with 10 home runs and led the state in RBI with 70.
Blanke also tagged 13 doubles and five triples.
Evan Stobbs, a junior transfer from UCF, brings versatility to the Spartans.
Stobbs comes in as both a right-handed pitcher and a first baseman.
He hit above .370 for the two-straight year, driving in seven and scoring five runs in his sophomore season.
On the mound Stobbs appeared in 19 games, striking out 29 batters in 43 innings of work, while also posting a 1-1 record in two starts.
Tampa returns its full coaching staff.
Head Coach Joe Urso is entering his 10th year with UT.
With the Spartans Urso has compiled a staggering 400 wins with 126 losses and one draw and has already gone down as Tampa’s winningest baseball coach.
Urso has also turned in two NCAA Championships, six SSC Championships and five NCAA South-Regional Championships.
Tampa will attempt to open its season on Feb. 5 as they travel to take on Georgia College & State in a three-game road series.
UT’s next home game will be played on Feb. 10 against Rollins as they open a six-game home stand.