College Club Baseball

I know at Penn State the club team does alot of fundraising on their own to cover travel and expenses. If a player sustains an injury they do not have access to any of the university athletic department support services. They do travel quite extensively. I believe they have tryouts for the team in the fall. The college newspaper does cover the team in their sports section. I do believe the games are played off-campus however.

The Univ of WI has a club team with a nice following of baseball fans. Knowing some of the guys on the team I can say that they play for the passion of the game while their main emphasis is academics. Many of them could be playing some type of college level, not stars, but making a team. However, they read the writing on the wall that their nitch in life was not on the baseball field but in the medical field, business, teaching, engineering or whatever. Bottom line these players whether they are a hair short of talent, or had an injury that held them back, have stepped beyond the typical baseball path and have approached the game from a level of passion that many would never understand. Most of our kids have a dream of playing at the next level, these guys understand that they playing for today, not tomorrow. Very commendable in my book considering the time and effort that is put in .

Does anybody know if any of these club teams play any of their games against NCAA or NAIA sanctioned teams? If so does the game count on the sanctioned team's record?

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The Univ of WI has a club team with a nice following of baseball fans

I would expect that since the main campus at Madison doesn't have a regular baseball team, or didnt a few years ago.