![]() We’re obviously going to go somewhere that is a great baseball facility and we’ll be able to put on a show for them. “We’re obviously going to play in the Super Regional. “I wouldn’t say people are down about it,” said Connor Fenlong, the Sycamores ace pitcher. But players understand the circumstances. Naturally, Indiana State is disappointed with the turn of events. Game 1 will be played Friday afternoon in Fort Worth, Texas. NCAA officials made it official Tuesday, naming TCU one of eight Super Regional host sites. After hosting the Missouri Valley Tournament and the Terre Haute Regional in back-to-back weeks, keeping additional staff available that are not already working with Special Olympics has affected our potential workforce for another large-scale operation.” “Finally, the personnel to run the event is a factor we must consider. ![]() “With the potential for multiple large-scale events occurring in the area simultaneously and due to NCAA limitations on hotel distance from the field, there is a lack of hotel space to handle the accommodations required to house the visiting team, the support staff for the games, and the ESPN production crew that would be in attendance,” the statement read. That prompted the university’s athletic department to decline the hosting opportunity. Indiana State and Rose-Hulman, a Division III university in Terre Haute, host nearly 3,000 Special Olympians and in a city with a population of about 59,000, requiring roughly 1,500 volunteers made it difficult to find additional help. ![]() The only other time the Sycamores made it was 1986 during the All-American career of current coach Mitch Hannahs.īut finding workers for an unexpected third consecutive weekend of tournament baseball and a scheduling conflict with Indiana’s annual Special Olympics Summer Games made it almost impossible. And, of course, playing in front of more packed stadiums in Terre Haute, Indiana, might give 14th-seeded Indiana State the inside track to the school’s second CWS trip. ![]()
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