Baseball, Softball take crucial conference trip to Florida

Richard Crank Morgan Zerkle takes an at bat against Wright State during a double header April 5. Marshall won both games by scores of 4-2 and 9-1. Zerkle went for 5-7 while batting in 5 runs.The Marshall University softball and baseball teams head to Florida for important series this weekend in Conference USA play. The softball team heads to Miami for a three-game set against Florida International. The baseball team meanwhile travels to Boca Raton for a three-game set against Florida Atlantic. Both series begin on Friday night.

The softball team (32-5, 14-1 Conference USA) has not played since last weekend’s sweep over Florida Atlantic in Huntington. A midweek tilt at the University of…