Troy baseball’s historic Omaha run interrupted by $35,000 camera equipment theft

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The Troy Trojans baseball program has had a magical season, making it to their first ever College World Series in Omaha and eliminating Ole Miss over the weekend after dropping their first showdown in the tournament to West Virginia — but it hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows.

News emerged after Troy’s win that the team bus was apparently robbed of more than $30,000 worth of camera equipment, a crime discovered after they arrived to the stadium for the game.

Troy photographers had to borrow equipment to capture the historic win over the Rebels after both cameras and lenses — valued in the police report at $35,000 — were taken, with the crime being reported shortly before noon on Sunday.

The bus had been parked at the team hotel since the afternoon prior, and as of Tuesday, no arrests have been made as Omaha Police continue to investigate.

Local schools Creighton and Nebraska-Omaha stepped in to help and provided equipment from their own departments, for which Troy expressed serious gratitude.

“We can’t thank the NCAA, CWS Omaha, Creighton Athletics and Omaha Athletics enough for their selfless efforts in loaning us gear and granting us access to their content to help capture what was a historic day for Troy Baseball and Troy Athletics,” the school said in a statement to ALdotcom. “The City of Omaha has been nothing but gracious hosts this week, and we are thankful for the outpouring of support throughout our College World Series journey.”

Troy was eliminated by West Virginia from the tournament on Tuesday, but it’s safe to say they will be returning to campus with a very proud fanbase and some unique memories.

Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.

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