MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — If you wanted to see two of the best examples of how much pressure can cook you in athletics, look no further than the campus of Middle Tennessee State University on Saturday, February 17, 2024.
With these just hours between them, and just yards from where they took place, MTSU Baseball and Men's Basketball treated Blue Raider fans to dramatic conclusions to their evenings. The type of down-to-the-wire moments that are memorable the second they happen but are equally as exhausting the moment they happen, too.
At Reese Smith Jr. Field, a frigid day with the wind blowing in from center field made it a low scoring environment, one that saw the Blue Raiders down a run with just three outs to give heading into the bottom of the ninth, Bowling Green's closer running in from the bullpen to preserve the 4-3 lead.