Beginning on Wednesday, the Kingsmen will play three more games to wrap up their fall season.
The 2026 Banana Split World Series has been a rousing success, with the Kingsmen logging six games at NCAA Division-I venues. Now, the schedule shifts to Division-II.
On Wednesday, the Kingsmen kick off a best-of-three series in Greenwood, SC. Lander University will host the opener.
Then, over the next week, the Kingsmen will travel to UNC Pembroke and Anderson for their final two games of the fall season.
The D-I leg of the Fall World Series was won in dominating fashion by Preston Hudak’s Team Black, who won 5 of the 6 games.
“After Coach Oz and I had our draft night, I looked at the two teams and was reminded just how much talent and depth we have this year,” Hudak said. “I had a great time coaching the boys in black and loved how we performed consistently. I did tell the Gold team to make sure they bought extra hot fudge for our banana splits…”
Coach P is understandably in good spirits after the series saw his team win a game in walk off fashion and bring a no-hitter into the final inning of Game 3.
But now, the focus shifts to Greenwood. With the series score reset, there’s a lot to play for as Coach Nick Osborne’s Team Gold is two wins from revenge.
“Look, we haven’t played bad baseball for most of this series and at times in this series we’ve played fantastic baseball,” Osborne explained. “We just haven’t put it all together for one game since Game 1.”
Osborne is enjoying his time as the manager for Team Gold, and is looking forward to rallying his guys for this three-game set.
“We’ve just told each other as a team for the next three games we need to play it just one pitch at a time and only give them 3 outs an inning,” Oz remarked. “If we do that I love our chances. Also, I would never mind Coach P buying my Diet Coke.”
All three remaining games of the Banana Split World Series will be broadcasted live on the Kingsmen Baseball YouTube channel.
