“I think I had 19 text messages talking about us,” Mamer said. “It was pretty neat.”
Wright State lost that game 17-3 and was swept by the Tar Heels in a three-game series, but Mamer is happy to be contributing early in his freshman season.
“It’s been a blast,” he said. “I’ve been fitting in well. I pitched one inning against Monmouth and went one-two-three, and I was just happy to get in the very first game on the very first weekend. Last weekend, it was pretty much a dream come true pitching against North Carolina. I thought I did my job.”
Mamer is currently pitching in long relief.
“It could change throughout the season,” he said. “I don’t know if I’ll get to start this season. I most likely won’t because there’s a lot of starters in front of me. But I’ll have a chance to pitch every day.”
Mamer has already learned a lot about college baseball.
“I’ve learned you have to hit your spots,” he said. “Location is a big-time key. In high school, you can get away with throwing strikes and throwing them down the middle sometimes.”
Indoor track: Wright State senior Cassandra Lloyd (South) won the 60-meter dash in a school-record time of 7.66 seconds and the 60-meter hurdles in a league-record time of 8.35 seconds at the Horizon League championships on Feb. 26.
• University of Cincinnati junior Shanay Portis (Springfield) finished sixth in the 60-meter dash in 7.58 seconds and seventh in the 200-meter dash (24.56) at the Big East Championships on Feb. 19.
Softball: Eastern Kentucky University freshman Leanna Pittsenbarger (Urbana) is 4-1 with a 1.44 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 34 innings.
Men’s basketball: Junior Aaron Reep (Emmanuel Christian) had three assists in Northwestern’s (Minn.) 60-44 victory over Bethany Lutheran in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference tournament championship. Northwestern advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament.
Reep has started 12 games and averages 3.3 points.
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