One of the top matchups on Tuesday night is when the College of Charleston Cougars visit The Citadel in a battle between the two Charleston SC schools. College of Charleston comes in with a 10-3 overall record where all the games have come in the friendly confines of The CoC Baseball Stadium at Patriot Point. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: College of Charleston, Southern Conference, The Citadel

A wedding in Delhi and a stunning workload have kept me from putting together my Vandy and SEC baseball previews (I’ll try to get them up this weekend), but there’s some great news out of Nashville: Vanderbilt will be streaming free webcasts of their games in the opening weekend tournament. You can watch by going to VUCommodores.com and going through a brief, free registration process that will give you access to the video streams of all home Vanderbilt games as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Season Preview, Arizona State, Miami (OH), Oregon State, Series Preview, Vanderbilt

FROM PRESS RELEASE
MOBILE, Ala. — Riding the momentum of the most wins in a two-year period in the 103-year history of the Kentucky baseball program, the 20th-ranked Wildcats open its season at the annual Coca-Cola Classic, hosted by South Alabama, facing off with Xavier on Friday. The game will be broadcast live on the Big Blue Sports Network (radio), with Dick Gabriel (Lexington station WLAP 630-AM) Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Fairfield, Kentucky, MAAC, SEC, Series Preview, South Alabama, Sun Belt

Alan Trubow has continue with his scouting report of the University of Texas. In this article he looks at the pitching staff which will be very deep and talented but also inexperience .

The Longhorns open the season Friday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field against Virginia Commonwealth. One of the biggest concerns for Texas this year is pitching. The Longhorns will need to find more depth with the condensed schedule and will have to rely on youth to develop.

Here’s a look at how the Longhorns’ pitching staff will look to start the season:

For the rest of the article go to the STATESMAN!

Picture provided by Donald J Boyles

Tags: Big 12, CAA, Series Preview, Texas, VCU

The New Mexico State Aggies will host the New Orleans Privateers on Friday in the first game of a three game set. The Aggies are coming off a 22-34 season while going 6-18 in the WAC. New Orleans is coming off a Sun Belt championship which saw them participate in the Wichita State Regional where they went 1-2. The Privateers are led by Johnny Giavotella who has been named to several All-American teams. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: New Mexico St., New Orleans, Series Preview, Sun Belt, WAC

The University of Texas-San Antonio is hosting a great tournament on the opening weekend. Joining the Roadrunners this season is Army, Louisiana-Lafayette, Texas Tech, and Oral Roberts. The Red Raiders were a late addition to the tournament as Northern Illinois backed out of a three game set due to the tragedies on their campus last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Army, Big 12, Louisiana-Lafayette, Oral Roberts, Patriot League, Series Preview, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, Texas San Antonio, Texas Tech

We enter the opening weekend of the College Baseball season. We will be bringing you an ACC weekend preview throughout the regular season and during the postseason will have previews of every regional. The biggest highlight of the weekend is Wake Forest heading out to Pepperdine for a three game set. We have a great preview on every ACC in our conference preview section broken off by divisions. The Atlantic Division preview is available here and the Coastal Division is available here. I will be updating this post as more information becomes available. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Weekend Preview, Appalachian State, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big West, Cincinnati, Duke, Duquesne, FAU, FSU, GT, Horizon League, Iona, Lehigh, MAAC, Miami (FL), NC State, Patriot League, Pepperdine, Series Preview, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, UNC, UVA, Wake Forest, Youngstown State

Coastal Carolina will be hosting a four game tournament with Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Pittsburgh. THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CHANGED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER ON FRIDAY.

Tournament Schedule

Saturday, Feb. 23: VT vs. Pitt, Noon
Sunday, Feb. 24: VT vs. Pitt, 10 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 24: VT at Coastal Carolina, 5 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 25: VT at Coastal Carolina, 2:30 p.m.

The schedule for Coastal Carolina vs Maryland and Pitt is unavailable right now and will be posted as soon as I get it. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big East, Big South, Coastal Carolina, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Series Preview, VT

The UC-Irvine Anteaters will open the season at the University of Nevada. The Anteaters are coming into the season after going 47-17-1 and qualifying for the CWS after winning the Texas Regional and the Wichita State Super Regional. They will have a new coach in 2008 with Mike Gillespie taking over for Dave Serrano who left for Cal-State Fullerton. Nevada comes into the season coming off a 35-26 campaign while going 15-9 in the WAC which was good enough for second place in the conference.

PROJECTED STARTERS

Fri., Feb. 22
UC-Irvine: RHP Scott Gorgen vs. Nevada: RHP Rod Scurry

Sat., Feb. 23
UC-Irvine: RHP Bryce Stowell vs. Nevada: LHP Chris Garcia

Sun., Feb. 24
UC-Irvine: RHP Christian Bergman vs. Nevada: RHP Mario Rivera

UC-Irvine Game Notes
Nevada Game Notes

Tags: Big West, Nevada, Series Preview, UC-Irvine, WAC

The Cal-State Fullerton Titans are set to visit the TCU Horned Frogs for a three game set starting on Friday. The Titans are under the direction of former UC-Irvine head coach Dave Serrano. The Titans went 39-25 in 2007 while sweeping through the San Diego Regional and the Super Regionals over UCLA to qualify for the College World Series for the 15th time in the school’s history. TCU is Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Mountain West, Series Preview, TCU