By Monte Perez

The University of Fort Lauderdale Men's Baseball Team won their 2nd South Regional Championship in 4 seasons by defeated Trinity Baptist, 16-9.

The Eagles Baseball team will be returning to the NCCAA World Series for the 4th consecutive year.

The Eagles established dominance in their 1st  game of the tournament, by beating Bob Jones, 7-3.

Game 1:

David Siciliano got the win as Juan Jamie-Nunez hit a home run and had 2 RBI's.

Game 2:

Gabriel Rangel confused Trinity Baptist batters all day long. He pitched 7 scoreless innings, struck out 7 hitters and  only allowed 1 base on balls in the Eagles, 7-0 victory.

Rolando Lujo hit a grand slam home run to break the game wide open. 

Game 3:

This was a wild affair as the Eagles defeated Trinity Baptist for the second time in two days, winning,16-9.

• Erik Scott had 4 hits and 4 RBI's.
• Wilbert Javier-Vargas had 3 RBI's.
• Ryan Rifenberg had 2 RBI's
• Jordan Lewis had 3 walks
• Ethan Stephens, Javier-Vargas and Scott all had Home runs in the 8th inning

Coach Billy Glessner started the baseball program at UFTL 4 years ago, and they have been to the World Series in every year of existence.

Coach Glessner said," All of our  seniors and a lot of these players have been to the world series numerous times, they know what to expect and know what it feels like to come up short. We are going there with confidence. There are a lot of great teams in the World Series Playoffs, but ...we feel if we play our game we can win it!"

The Eagles will travel to Kansas City next week to compete for the National Championship.