Despite playing extremely well, the University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team dropped their first three games of the season to The University of Louisiana at Monroe.

“Louisiana-Monroe is good, solid team” said head Skyhawk baseball coach Bubba Cates. “They beat us with fastballs.”

In the first game, the Skyhawks lost 6-1, and left five men on base. “We were down 4-1, and they hit two solo home runs,” said Cates. “I thought we played well that game.”

The Skyhawks lost 1-0 in the second game, after Louisiana-Monroe pitcher Matt Green allowed only four hits and struck out eight.

The Skyhawks managed 9 hits in the final game and lost 7-4. Nick Luper went 2-4 with 3 RBI.

The Skyhawks only allowed 3 errors in three games.

“We played very well on the defensive side,” said Cates. “We are just getting our feet wet. Our players were disappointed, but we played against a great team.”

The Skyhawks’ next game will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 in Nashville against Vanderbilt University.