(CU Independent graphic/Adam Milner)
The men�s baseball team is getting ready for a long weekend.
The Colorado Buffaloes baseball team will take on the University of Northern Colorado Bears in two double-headers April 10 and 11.
The first two games will be played Saturday at Nelson Farm Park in Johnstown, Colo., with the first game starting at noon.�The saga continues with the final two games back in Boulder Sunday at Scott Carpenter Park, also beginning at noon.
Colorado has faced the Bears four previous times this season; their record against them is 2-2 coming into this weekend.
Senior Garrett Smith, captain, coach, president and second baseman of the team, said this record is not what he had expected.
�It was a little disappointing for us because in the past we�ve usually had no trouble beating them,� Smith said. �But their team was better this year so that is something to consider.�
Having only played three games up to that point, senior outfielder Chad Petersen said he thinks the team was still adjusting to the new season and to each other.
�We�ve had more games since then, those were our first conference games and really some of our first games of the year,� Petersen said. �So now we should be able to hopefully play better this time.�
David Brewster, freshman third baseman, said he definitely has more confidence this time around.
�You never want to feel too confident, but I feel like we�re a much more mature team now and everyone is a lot more focused than the first time we played them,� Brewster said.
Still, all three of these players say they feel that the team needs to work more on their hitting in order to be ready for the game.
�This week we specifically are looking at improving our hitting, which hasn�t been as good as we hoped,� Smith said. �We�ve been doing a lot of drills in practices to hopefully help us out with that.�
Petersen said the team is focused on getting back to the fundamentals of the game.
�We�ve struggled hitting for about three weeks now so we�re trying to change things up and practice some of the basics with hitting,� Petersen said. �Hopefully we can come up with more runs this weekend.�
Overall, Brewster said he thinks the team is prepared for UNC.
�Everyone�s really ready to come out and play this weekend,� he said.
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