The Lumberjack, April 3, 2014.

              N ORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1914 • VOL 100 • ISSUE 26 • APRIL 3 - APRIL 9, 2014 LUMBERJACK The JackCentral.com
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NAU students enjoy the movie Sharknado at the Wall Aquatic Center on Mar. 28. The popular horror movie
caused more laughs than fright as viewers watched while floating in the pool. (Photo by J. Daniel Hud)
Center fielder Connor Rodrigo slides into home to score the first run during the March 8 NAU vs. Long Beach game at Flagstaff High School. The Jacks lost the first game
3–2 and won the second with a score of 12-6. (Photo by Evan Jon Paniagua)
As many Major League Baseball fans are excited
for their favorite teams to begin their seasons, the NAU
baseball team — 5-4 South Pacific South Conference
(SPSC), 10-10 overall — has its season far underway.
NAU is above .500 in their conference with
aspirations to make it to regionals. The Jacks have been
making an effort to improve the team since the start of
the season with arm trouble affecting some of the ace
pitchers.
The season for the SPSC began Jan 25. NAU was
able to hold the second-place spot in the conference with
a 4-2 record but has since fallen a few spots with their
current record of 5-4 in the conference.
Starting pitchers for the Jacks are producing for
the team, but offensively, leaving men on base has
been the downfall to close games. Junior pitcher Dan
“Big Country” Riggs has three wins this season with 26
innings pitched and 28 strikeouts.
BY RICK METZNER
Diving into Sci-fi see the full story on page 33
INSIDE
News: Supreme Court visits NAU – Pg. 4
Life: Naked and Afraid – Pg. 15
A&E: Switchfoot preview– Pg. 32
see BASEBALL page 25
Baseball making a
push for the playoffs