The College Baseball Blog will be attending the Boston College-Wake Forest game on Thursday and providing a live blog for the Division 2 Northeast Regional on Saturday from Franklin Pierce University. Please come by and visit on Saturday as I run the live blog.

Tags: Boston College, CBB Column, CBB Event, CBB Visit, Division 2, Franklin Pierce, Wake Forest

North Carolina at Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) takes two out of three games.

NC State at FSU

FSU takes two out of three.

GT at Virginia

GT takes two out of three games.

Duke at VT

Duke sweeps VT.

Wake Forest at BC

BC takes two out of three games.

Tags: ACC, ACC Weekend Preview, Boston College, Duke, FSU, GT, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UVA, VT, Wake Forest

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Baylor 7 Texas State 2

WACO, Texas - Baylor erased a two-run deficit with a four-run fifth, and Randall Linebaugh recorded a season-high seven strikeouts as the Bears defeated Texas State 7-2 in midweek action Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (29-20) improved to 20-10 at home this season; Baylor has recorded at least 20 home wins in each of Baylor Ballpark’s 10 seasons. Texas State (27-24) has lost nine straight games against the Bears. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Ball State, Baylor, Big 12, Big East, Big South, CAA, Liberty, Louisville, MAC, Northeast Conference, Quinnipiac, SEC, South Carolina, Southland Conference, Texas State, The Citadel, UMass, VCU

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
NEWARK, Del. – Sophomore Scott Swinson threw the sixth no-hitter in Maryland baseball history, striking out a career-high 10 batters as the University of Maryland baseball team defeated Delaware, 4-0, in its season finale to end the season with 30 wins. It is the only the second 30-win season in school history. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, CAA, Delaware, Maryland

Rk School (first) Last Rec. Pts
1 Chapman (15) 1 35-3 609
2 Cortland State (6) 2 38-3 598
3 Trinity (Conn.) (4) 3 37-0 582
4 Salisbury 4 38-2 560
5 Johns Hopkins 5 34-5 504 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Division 3, National Polls

Our good friend Mark Rafferty of PitchFork Nation which is the top Arizona State sports blog on the Internet checked out the weekend series between Arizona State and Loyola Marymount. He has some interesting views on the ASU squad including Mike Leake. The full article is available by clicking here.

Tags: Arizona State, Big West, Loyola-Marymount, Pac 10

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) ­ released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending May 11, today. Coastal Carolina junior first baseman David Anderson was named National Hitter of the Week, while Long Beach State senior right-hander Andrew Liebel was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Big West, Coastal Carolina, Long Beach State, National Player of the Week, NCBWA

UPDATED WITH VIDEO
SEBaseball has put out their Regional Projections for May 13th. They have three teams from the ACC receiving the top three bids to the tournament. Miami (FL) has the top spot while UNC comes in at number two and FSU at the third overall seed. Miami (FL) and UNC will get together this weekend for a big series in Coral Gables between the ACC Coastal Division rivals. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, SeBaseball

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Lewis-Clark State 8 Gonzaga 5

SPOKANE, Wash. (http://www.gozags.com May 12, 2008) Junior Ryan Wiegand recorded three hits and his 60th run batted in of the season Monday night as the Gonzaga University baseball team dropped an 8-5 decision to Lewis-Clark State College at Patterson Baseball Complex and Washington Trust Field in Spokane. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Gonzaga, Kentucky, Lewis-Clark State, MAC, Missouri Valley, Murray State, NAIA, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Ohio Valley Conference, SEC, West Coast Conference

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
Tallahassee, Fla. - Baseball fans witnessed history on Monday afternoon on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium as junior Buster Posey played all nine fielding positions in Florida State’s 10-0 victory over Savannah State. The win completed the four-game sweep of the Tigers as fourth-ranked FSU (44-8) outscored Savannah State (20-25) 76-10 in the series. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, FSU, Savannah State, SWAC

The College Baseball Blog and StatStud.com have teamed up this season to bring a weekly award for the top players in the last week. We will select one pitcher and hitter every week throughout the regular season. This week the Pitcher of the Week is Eric Beaulac of LeMoyne while our hitter of the week is Matt Stoeklen of Ball State. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Ball State, CBB Players of the Week, Independents, Lemoyne, MAC

PHILADELPHIA (5/12/08) – Saint Joseph’s senior Jeremy Jakubowski (Jarrettsville, MD / Calvert Hall) and Villanova senior Bill Hoffman (Hopewell Junction, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes) have been named the Philadelphia Big 5 Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, in voting conducted by the schools’ head coaches and sports information offices. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big 5, Big East, Player of the Week, St. Joseph's, Villanova

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Senior shortstop Jeff Grantham of St. John’s has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week, while junior RHP Michael Hill of Cincinnati has been named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week.

Grantham was 10-for-19 (.526) in a 4-1 week for the Red Storm. He scored four times and drove in seven on the strength of three doubles and a home run. In Game 2 against USF, Gratham led off the 10th inning with a walk-off home run, giving STJ a 4-3 win.

Hill hurled a three-hit complete game in leading the Bearcats to a 7-1 win over Seton Hall. He surrendered only three singles and one run, while striking out a career-high 10 batters. Hill retired the final 13 Pirates he faced. He also became the first UC pitcher since 1999 to strike out four batters in one inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big East Players of the Week, Cincinnati, St. John's

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Coastal Carolina junior David Anderson (Lexington, S.C.) has been selected as the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Baseball Player of the Week, while Radford junior John Lloyd (Oak Hill, Va.) has been named New Balance Pitcher of the Week for games played May 5-11, it was announced today by the League office. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Big South Players of the Week, Coastal Carolina, Radford

DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 11th year with its 2008 weekly surveys. Polls will be circulated from Feb. 25-June 30 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 30 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 297 baseball-playing schools in the 2008 NCAA Division I ranks, and 16 total leagues have had teams in the Top 30 in ’08. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Polls, NCBWA