The University of Tampa Spartans baseball team swept the No. 27 Georgia College & State Bobcats in a three-game road series.
Tampa came out swinging as they posted 32 runs, five home runs and 15 total extra base hits combined in the three games.
With the sweep of GCSU Tampa was ranked no. 4 in the first Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division II Regular Season Poll.
Transfer senior Brad Roberts led Tampa with nine hits and a .643 batting average, including a pair of doubles and three RBI. Jared Simon smacked two home runs, along with five RBI and a team best 12 total bases. Simon went 5-12 on the weekend compiling a .417 batting average.
Tampa is now in the midst of a six-game home stand as they take on Southern Arkansas in a four-game set. SAU comes to Tampa ranked right behind Tampa at No. 5.
The Southern Arkansas Mule Riders bring a 2-1 record to UT as they took two of three from the No. 8 ranked Missouri Southern State University.
Last season the Spartans could not shake the then ranked No. 19 Bobcats as they fell twice by a score of 3-16 and 3-8, respectively. In both losses last year Tampa fell behind early as SAU was able to score first, in the opening frame.
In the opening game of the four-game set against SAU John Wiedenbauer will start for Tampa. Wiedenbauer has seen 3.2 innings of work in the 2010 season thus far.
He came on in relief in the second game against GCSU.
The 6-3 senior led the team with 12 starts as a junior. He finished with a 5-1 record and tallied 52.2 total innings pitched.
Wiedenbauer allowed six home runs, while striking out 46 batters en-route to a 7.01 ERA.