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Pitching

Vanderbilt’s strong suit in 2009 should be its pitching staff. The returning members of the staff accounted for 37 of the team’s 41 wins last season and pitched 87.4 percent of the innings.

The staff will be buoyed by the return of its weekend rotation of lefthander Mike Minor and righthanders Caleb Cotham and Nick Christiani. The rotation posted a 20-12 mark and accounted for 43.6 percent of the team’s strikeouts. Read the rest of this entry »

Senior Ryan Lollis

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The Tigers’ top two hitters from a year ago return to lead the Missouri outfield. Junior Aaron Senne had a team best .347 average last year, while senior Ryan Lollis hit .339.

Senne was an All-Big 12 first team selection in 2008 after leading the team in batting average and RBI (67). He enters the 2009 season as a Preseason All-America selection by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association.
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Senior Matt Collins hit .345 with 52 RBIs last season -Courtesy: ULMAthletics.com

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ULM returns three of its four starters in the infield from last year’s Sun Belt Conference championship team and adds one of the top junior college second basemen in the nation to fill its lone departure.
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Stephen Batts

Coming off a year where the East Carolina baseball team made its second consecutive NCAA Regional appearance (ninth in the last 10 years) and reached the Conway Regional Finals, fourth-year head coach Billy Godwin once again will look to steer the Pirate ship into post-season play.

With the loss of six seniors and one junior from last year’s squad that posted its second consecutive 40-win season (42-21), the Pirates return 22 lettermen to go along with 13 newcomers and look to take the next step of reaching their goal of the College World Series. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sophomore SS Chris Peters

This is the second in a five-part installment previewing the 2009 University of Cincinnati baseball season. UC opens its 2009 campaign on Friday, Feb. 20, at the inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Baseball Challenge. The Bearcats play Purdue University at 1 p.m. at the Raymond A. Naimoli Complex in St. Petersburg, Fla.

UP THE MIDDLE

There is no doubt that 2008 BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year Josh Harrison will be missed at second base, but an energetic group of young players look to cement themselves in the middle, led by returning shortstop Chris Peters.
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Fred Hill enters 26th season in charge of program

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Following a record-setting 2007 which saw six starters drafted and another six more players graduate, seven newcomers saw extensive action in 2008. The combination of young, experienced players with a core of talented veterans brings much promise and high expectations for 2009 with the return of 22 letterwinners. Last season saw an opportunity for fresh faces in several places around the diamond, where inexperience limited the Scarlet Knights success, as compared to years past. But the same commitment to winning head coach Fred Hill has always instilled for the last 25 years in his clubs is clearly evident in this year’s squad. The Scarlet Knights will bring a game-tested roster to the diamond this spring with six position starters and nine pitchers all returning. Hill’s system has built the Rutgers program into one of the best in the Northeast, which has proven able to compete with the best in the nation, and the 2009 Scarlet Knights expect the trend to continue this spring. Read the rest of this entry »

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With a majority of the lineup and two of the top starters in the league returning from a team that enjoyed its best finish since joining the Big South Conference, expectations are once again high for VMI baseball and head coach Marlin Ikenberry. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ball State baseball team heads into the 2009 season with its sights set on challenging for a Mid-American Conference championship as it returns 16 letterwinners from last season’s team which posted a 28-25 overall record and a 12-11 mark in conference play. The Cardinals, under the guidance of seventh-year head coach Greg Beals, look to build off of last season’s success and get back to the championship hunt. Read the rest of this entry »

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Head Coach Rob Cooper

DAYTON, Ohio – The 2009 baseball season starts in just four days and the Wright State Baseball team will look to start the season off with a bang as they travel to face the #1 team in the land, Texas A&M to open their schedule. The 2009 edition will start the season with most of its starting lineup intact, but have to fill the void of four key players lost from last season’s team. Read the rest of this entry »

Michigan State Spartans

2008 overall record 24-29, Big Ten record 12-18, eighth.

With a new coaching staff in place and a newly upgrade stadium the Michigan State Spartans approach the 2009 with optimism in the air and new beginnings abound. As the youngest team in the Big Ten, the Spartans are out to prove being green isn’t a bad thing, especially when it serves as your school’s color.

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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – After a significant turnaround in the 2008 season under, now, second-year head coach Greg Goff, the Fighting Camels are eager for more in 2009. The season begins for the Camels on Friday, Feb. 20, in doubleheader action versus the Aggies of NC A&T. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m. at Taylor Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Senior Danial McHenry-Courtesy: ULMAthletics.com

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The ULM pitching staff features a little new and a little old for the 2009 season. While the Warhawks return just 47 percent of their wins on the mound from last year, they return the backbone of their bullpen and several pitchers with starting experience.

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