{"id":12984,"date":"2024-12-02T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=12984"},"modified":"2024-12-02T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:10:00","slug":"baseball-softball-teams-receive-upgrades-to-playing-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2024\/12\/02\/baseball-softball-teams-receive-upgrades-to-playing-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball, softball teams receive upgrades to playing fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>(By Sam Dozier \u201925, staff writer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LVC\u2019s baseball and softball teams will get new dirt for their respective fields thanks to several thousand-dollar investments from the school\u2019s athletics department.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new dirt will allow for a smoother playing surface for both teams to prevent irregular bounces and allow the athletes to play at their best. The project comes as the athletics department continues to act on its pledge to invest in LVC\u2019s programs and facilities, making sure it can best serve current and future student-athletes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe new dirt will benefit the team as we look to continue building on being one of the best fielding teams in the conference,\u201d Tony Bennage, a pitcher and grad student, said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions will begin in the coming weeks, with more projects\u2014including the resurfacing of Arnold Field\u2019s turf field and track\u2014to follow this summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>(By Sam Dozier \u201925, staff writer) LVC\u2019s baseball and softball teams will get new dirt for their respective fields thanks to several thousand-dollar investments from the school\u2019s athletics department.&nbsp;&nbsp; The new dirt will allow for <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2024\/12\/02\/baseball-softball-teams-receive-upgrades-to-playing-fields\/\" title=\"Baseball, softball teams receive upgrades to playing fields\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-front-page","9":"category-homepage","10":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}