Led by Shawn Stiffler in his third season as head coach, the team at one point was 26–22 going into their last two conference weekends with playoff hopes diminishing if they didn't turn things around.

The team went on to win 13 straight games, including the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament held at George Washington University that year.

The Rams went 3–1 in the regional tournament beating Dallas Baptist three times outscoring them 12–4 and Oregon State once with a score of 5–1.

The Rams then advanced to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time in school history where they faced the #5 overall seed in the tournament, Miami, in Coral Gables, FL.

Ram pitcher, Matt Prendergast, accomplished this feat against George Mason on May 25, 2003.