NAIA Ball Team of the Week – Middle Georgia State

Middle Georgia State – would overall have their best week of the 2025 campaign this past week. Starting off strong with a road win against NCAA division 2 opponent USC-Beaufort the Knights would walk away with a 12-4 victory. The real challenge for this MGSU team would come when they were set to play SSAC opponent #14 Loyola, New Orleans in a three game series. Friday would see a sweep of the double header for the Knights where they took game one 8-4 and then took game two 11-5. Saturday would be the series finale where MGSU was looking to sweep the #14 team in the nation. Jaiden Duarte would help his team to victory in this game where he would hit two home runs with three runs batted in. MGSU completed the series sweep with a 5-3 victory. This series would be MGSU’s first win against a ranked team all season and it came in the form of a sweep against a conference opponent. MGSU will take the field again on April 18 for a double header against SSAC opponent Mobile (AL).