JOEY KNIGHT | Times
Whether first-year coach Mark Kingston ultimately can elevate USF's prominence on the college baseball map remains to be seen, but the college baseball calendar is another story.
At the dawn of May, Kingston has directed the Bulls smack into the heart of a pennant race.
USF (28-16-1, 9-6) enters this weekend's three-game series at UCF (26-19, 5-10) tied with four other teams atop the American Athletic Conference leaderboard. The series begins an eight-game road swing (including a Tuesday contest at No. 10 Florida) for the Bulls, whose RPI (24th) currently is the conference's second-best.