January 31, 2014 - by Daniel Paulling
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After a low preseason ranking, the 2004
baseball team went a program-record 48-12 and made the semifinals
of the NCAA College World Series.
...
Following an 11-9 loss to the University of Tampa in February
2004, former Rollins College baseball coach Bob Rikeman remembers
one thing about the 90-mile trip back to campus. "Usually on the
bus ride home, I have to tell somebody to be quiet and think about
what's going on," says Rikeman, who coached the Tars from 1995 to
2005. "That bus ride was completely dead silent."
Sure, the Tars had lived up to their self-appointed nickname of
the Dirtbags against fifth-ranked Tampa that afternoon. They
scrounged for six runs in the top of the ninth, bringing the
potential tying run to the plate. But they weren't interested in
moral victories-just actual ones.
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