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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 81 in our countdown with sophomore LHP Ali Simpson. He is a 6-3 lefty out of Campbell River, British Columbia and attended Carihi Secondary High School. He had a solid high school career as he had 1.21 ERA in 79 innings pitched.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, Bethune Cookman, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, MEAC, Valley Baseball League

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Department of Athletics along with head baseball coach Dan Spencer announced the creation of the Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic, an annual college baseball tournament that will be held at Dan Law Field beginning in 2010.

"This is an exciting opportunity for our program as we get to honor the memory of a really great person and baseball player in Brooks Wallace," said Spencer. "The College Baseball Foundation has made him a national figure in our sport in terms of the Wallace Award and we felt that it was time for our program to do something to honor his memory. Brooks was a Red Raider and we are very proud of that."

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Bethune Cookman, Big 12, MEAC, Pac 10, Texas Tech, Washington State

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Bethune-Cookman has released its tentative 2010 schedule.  BCU will begin the campaign by taking part in the MLB Urban Classic Tournament (Feb. 19-21) with games against UCLA, Loyola Marymount, and Southern.  From there, the team will travel to Jacksonville (Feb. 23) for a mid-week contest before visiting Lubbock, Texas, for a double round robin tournament with Texas Tech and Washington State (Feb. 26-28).

BCU will then face off against Stetson (March 2) and Jacksonville (March 3) at home before heading to Troy (March 5-7) for a weekend series.  Before opening conference play at Florida A&M (March 20-21), Bethune-Cookman will have home games against Wagner (March 9-10, March 12), USF (March 14), VCU (March 14), and Stetson (March 16).

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Bethune Cookman, MEAC, Southern Conference, Wofford

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Here is your Day 2 recap of the Gainesville Regional.

Jacksonville 8 Bethune-Cookman 7

Sophomore second baseman Chuck Opachich hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth while sophomore Chris Kaminski and junior Kyle Kriech teamed up to lead the JU baseball team to an 8-7 win over Bethune-Cookman, Saturday afternoon in the second day of the NCAA Gainesville Regional at McKethan Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Bethune Cookman, Florida, Jacksonville, MEAC, Miami (FL), SEC

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One would presume that a team making its record 37th straight NCAA Regional appearance and that was once ranked No. 2 in the country this season would be the favorite in its regional.

That’s not the case in this year’s NCAA Tournament for Miami (Fla.), which will need to get past Jacksonville, Bethune-Cookman and the eighth-overall seed and favorite Florida to take the Gainesville Region to advance to the Super Regionals. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Gainesville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Bethune Cookman, CBB Column, Florida, Jacksonville, MEAC, Miami (FL), SEC

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Here is your ACC Recap for May 10th.

NC State 9 UNC 4

RALEIGH, N.C. — Kyle Wilson went 3-for-3 with two home runs and Drew Poulk added a homer as NC State defeated top-ranked North Carolina 9-4 on Sunday at Doak Field at Dail Park to win the ACC weekend series against the Tar Heels.

With the win, the Wolfpack improves to 24-28 overall and 10-17 in ACC play. The loss drops the Tar Heels to 38-13 overall and 17-9 in the ACC. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Bethune Cookman, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Delaware State, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Independents, Lemoyne, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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Here is your ACC Recap for May 9th.

UNC 5 NC State 2

RALEIGH, N.C. – Adam Warren and Brian Moran combined on a four-hitter as No. 1 North Carolina evened its weekend series with NC State with a 5-2 victory Saturday at Doak Field. The Tar Heels (38-12, 17-8 ACC) managed just three hits of their own but took advantage of 11 walks and three hit batters by Wolfpack pitching. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Bethune Cookman, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Independents, Lemoyne, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, Virginia, Wake Forest

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Here is your ACC Recap for May 8th.

NC State 3 UNC 0

RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State left-hander Jimmy Gillheeney shut out No. 1 North Carolina over seven innings to lead the Wolfpack to a 3-0 win Friday in the series-opener at Doak Field. The Tar Heels (37-12, 16-8 ACC) held State (23-27, 9-16 ACC) to just five hits but matched a season high with 12 runners left on base to snap a five-game winning streak and a run of six straight victories in ACC play. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Bethune Cookman, CAA, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, Virginia, Wake Forest

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Here is your ACC Preview for May 8th-11th. This week we only see four ACC series while Boston College, Miami, and Clemson play out of conference series. Virginia Tech is off this weekend. The marquee series of the weekend sees number 9 ranked Florida State heading to number 10 ranked Georgia Tech. North Carolina heads down the road to take on NC State while Duke heads to Virginia and Wake Forest heads to Maryland. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Weekend Preview, Bethune Cookman, Boston College, CAA, CBB Column, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Independents, Lemoyne, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, Virginia, Wake Forest

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Norfolk State second basemen Anselmo Cantu earned MEAC Player of the Week honors in baseball, the league announced on Monday. Delaware State’s Dan Perkins and Bethune-Cookman’s Eric Thomas were named the Co-Pitchers of the Week, while B-CU’s Peter O’Brien earned Rookie of the Week accolades. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Bethune Cookman, Delaware State, MEAC, MEAC Players of the Week, Norfolk State

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Kansas 4 vs #4 Arizona State 9

Sophomore Tony Thompson went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer to extend his hitting streak to 21-straight games, but it was not enough for Kansas baseball Friday. Fourth-ranked Arizona State scored five unearned runs in the bottom of the fifth to tackle Kansas 9-4 in a non-conference baseball game Friday at Surprise Stadium.

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Tags: Arizona State, Bethune Cookman, Big 12, Big West, Butler, Cal State Fullerton, Horizon League, Kansas, Kansas State, MEAC, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pac 10, Texas, Texas Tech

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Here is your ACC Recap for Feb. 27th

Game 1: UNC 5 Seton Hall 1

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – All-America right-hander Alex White worked 6 1/3 strong innings, and five different Tar Heels drove in a run to pace No. 1 North Carolina past Seton Hall, 5-1, Friday in the series opener at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium. With the threat of inclement weather for the rest of the weekend, the teams will play a second game beginning at approximately 5:46 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Auburn, Bethune Cookman, Boston College, Bucknell, CAA, Dartmouth, Delaware, Duke, Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida, Florida State, Fordham, Hofstra, Ivy League, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, NEC, Patriot League, Quinnipiac, SEC, Seton Hall, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest