Rounding the bases: Miami baseball season preview

By Bryan Willis, For The Miami Student

The Miami University baseball team kicks off its 2016 campaign Friday, as it travels to Buies Creek, North Carolina to take on Campbell University.

In his third year as manager, Danny Hayden has high expectations for his ball club.

“I want to be the toughest team 56 times and that’s my biggest goal for this season,” Hayden said. “I want these guys to embrace that competition, if we can do that I think we’re going to win a bunch of games.”

Coming off a season with many lows and not too many highs, the ’Hawks posted a 13-39 overall record (11-16 Mid American Conference), placing them second to last in the conference. University at Buffalo was last with a…