The Panthers battled plenty of adversity, including multiple bouts of food poisoning on game day, on their way to the NCAA Division III championship bracket.
The Birmingham-Southern College baseball team is battling unprecedented adversity all the way to the NCAA Division III World Series.
Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts college in Alabama founded in 1856, announced in March that it will close May 31 due to financial issues. Despite all that, the Panthers baseball team—the fourth-winningest baseball team in Division III since 2010—just keeps winning. The Panthers won their regional bracket in Kentucky and advanced to a super regional against Denison this weekend. They swept Denison in two games, winning 10–1 and 7–6, to advance to the eight-team NCAA Division III championship bracket.
The first game of the D-III World Series is scheduled for May 31—the day Birmingham-Southern College will close. That means the Pirates will be trying to win a championship for a school that no longer exists.Nine players on the Birmingham-Southern College baseball team woke up Saturday morning with food poisoning. According to a Facebook post, two players had to be hospitalized and others were hooked up to IVs behind the dugout to aid hydration during the game.
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