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FROM USA BASEBALL

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) and Yasmani Grandal (Miami) hit a home run each and Team USA opened the 2009 Enbridge Northern Pipeline World Baseball Challenge with a 5-2 victory over Canada at Citizen Stadium.

Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) hit a solo home run over the wall in left field in the first inning to put the U.S. up front early, 1-0.
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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Hawaii, Horizon League, Miami (FL), Ole Miss, SEC, Team Canada, Tennessee, Tulane, WAC, Wright State

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I attended this game and Live Blogged about it. You can check out my Chat Recap by clicking here. I will also be writing a large article profiling the USA team in the coming days.

FROM USA BASEBALL
(HOLYOKE, MASS.) – Bryce Brentz’s two RBI hits pushed Team USA (11-0) passed the Holyoke Blue Sox, 5-2, Monday evening at MacKenzie Stadium in front of a lively, record-breaking, pro-Holyoke crowd of 4,811. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Horizon League, Kansas, Middle Tennessee, NECBL, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, Wright State

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FROM USA BASEBALL
(DURHAM, N.C.) – Gerrit Cole (UCLA), Asher Wojciechowski (The Citadel), Nick Pepitone (Tulane), and Chad Bettis (Texas Tech) combined to throw the first no-hitter in post-trials USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) history on its way to a 10-0 shutout victory over Guatemala at Coleman Field, Thursday night. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arkansas, Big 12, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Horizon League, Middle Tennessee, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, The Citadel, Tulane, UCLA, WAC, Wright State

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

(CARY, N.C.) – USA Baseball announced Wednesday night the 22 members of its 2009 National Team (Collegiate). The roster is headlined by shortstop and 2008 National Team member Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton; Capey, Puerto Rico), and consists of five outfielders, six infielders, 10 pitchers, and one utility player. Two additional players will stay with the team to serve as alternates. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Horizon League, Kansas State, Louisville Slugger, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ohio Valley Conference, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Tennessee, Texas Tech, The Citadel, Tulane, UCLA, UT-Arlington, Vanderbilt, WAC, Wright State

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE
(CARY, N.C.) – Michael Choice (UT Arlington) hit a three run home run in the sixth inning and the Blue Team survived a comeback attempt to hold on to a 8-5 victory over the Red Team in an intrasquad game on Monday at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Horizon League, Kansas, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Tennessee, The Citadel, Tulane, UT-Arlington, Vanderbilt, WAC, West Virginia, Wright State

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FROM TEAM USA RELEASE
(CARY, N.C.) – Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) hit an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Blue Team defeated the Red Team 2-0 in a seven inning intrasquad game on Sunday at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials.

With runners on the corners and two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) hit an RBI single to right field that easily scored Casey McGrew (Wright State) from third base. Tyler Holt (Florida State) nearly scored from first base on the play but Colon was thrown out at second before he crossed the plate. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Alabama, Baylor, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Florida, Florida State, Horizon League, Kansas, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 10, SEC, Southland Conference, Tulane, UCLA, UT-Arlington, Wright State

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(CARY, N.C.) – Casey McGrew (Wright State) drove a double down the left field line and Gerrit Cole (UCLA) stuck out eight as the Blue Team defeated the Red Team, 5-2, at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials, Friday, at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C.

For the first three innings of the intrasquad game, the pitching ruled. Starting pitchers Cody Martin (Gonzaga) of the Red Team and Gerrit Cole of the Blue Team held their respective opponents off the board for the first three as they combined for only one hit. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Clemson, Conference USA, Gonzaga, Hawaii, Horizon League, Kansas, Louisville, Miami (FL), Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Tennessee, Texas Tech, UCLA, WAC, West Coast Conference, West Virginia, Wright State

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The early game of the day was an elimination game between the Texas A&M Aggies and Wright State Raiders.  The evening game was the winner’s bracket championship between the Oregon State Beavers and TCU Horned Frogs.  Here is your day 2 recap from the Fort Worth Regional.

(2) Texas A&M 6, (4) Wright State 4 (11 innings)

FORT WORTH, Texas – Junior Joe Patterson hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the 11th inning to lift No. 18 Texas A&M to a 6-4, come-from-behind win over Wright State to remain alive in NCAA Regional action Saturday afternoon before 2,201 fans at Lupton Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Ft. Worth Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Horizon League, Mountain West, Oregon State, Pac 10, TCU, Texas AM, Wright State

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Here is your recap from the first day of action in the Fort Worth Regional.

Oregon State 9 Texas A&M 8

FORT WORTH, Texas – Carter Bell set a season-high with three hits and Koa Kahalehoe drove in three RBI on three hits as the Oregon State baseball team opened the Fort Worth Regional with a 9-8 win over Texas A&M Friday afternoon at Lupton Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Ft. Worth Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Horizon League, Mountain West, Oregon State, Pac 10, TCU, Texas AM, Wright State

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Texas Christian University hosts the 2009 Fort Worth Regional in what looks like one of the more wide open regionals of the tournament.  The Horned Frogs meet the Wright State Raiders at 7 p.m. CT on Friday.  The two teams take the field after game one of the tournament which will see the two seed Texas A&M Aggies take on the three seed Oregon State Beavers at 2 p.m. CT.

Play will continue on Saturday with the first elimination game scheduled for 2 p.m. CT, followed by the winner’s bracket championship game at 7 p.m. CT.  The 2 p.m. game on Sunday will be the loser’s bracket championship game, and the 7 p.m. CT game will be the first championship contest.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Ft. Worth Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, CBB Column, Horizon, Mountain West, Oregon State, Pac 10, TCU, Texas AM, Wright State

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Here are some of the best links from around the nation for today.

The first article comes from The Big Ten conference which did a feature on Illinois RHP Ben Reeser who made several trips to Louisiana to help with Hurricane Katrina rebuilding effort. The next article comes from Illinois-Chicago Media Relations which quotes a Chicago Tribune article saying UIC baseball is one of the best deals in the area during these tough economic times. The next article comes from MLive.com which looks at the Barclay Brothers of the Kalamazoo College baseball team. The San Marcos Record previews tonight’s Texas State and Baylor matchup. The Tulsa World has an excellent article on the Oral Roberts and Arkansas rivarly which might be ending soon due to scheduling issues. The final article comes is about Kevin McKague of Army getting featured in Sports Illustrated recently. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas, Army, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Division 3, Horizon League, Illinois, Illinois-Chicago, Kalamazoo College, Links, Oral Roberts, Patriot League, SEC, Southland Conference, Summit League, Texas State

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
INDIANAPOLIS — Wright State University junior Quentin Cate and freshman Michael Schum have been named Horizon League Baseball Players of the Week for the period of April 13-19. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Horizon League, Horizon League Players of the Week, Wright State