BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic – The Nicholls State University baseball team headed to the Dominican Republic on Friday, where the team spent time doing community service and playing against Dominican national teams.
Junior catcher
Alex Tucker provides a recap of the team's final full day abroad.
12/14/15: We started off the day by heading to the big stadium in Santo Domingo, Estadio Quisqueya, where we played Tigres Del Licey, one of the oldest and most respected teams in the Dominican. It was a very good game with great pitching and defense. The Tigres came out on top 4-1.
After the game we ate lunch in the stands and then took a tour of the oldest European settlement in the New World, founded in 1502. We visited a fortress and were even able to view the building where Christopher Columbus was buried. At the end of the tour we stopped by an antique market to look around and purchase various items.
The Nicholls baseball team will return to Thibodaux on Tuesday evening.
The Colonels open the 2016 season with a four-game series at home against Mississippi Valley on the weekend of Feb. 19. For season tickets, call (985) 448-4790 or log on to geauxcolonels.com.
