FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Scott Jackson, who has extensive experience as an assistant coach throughout Southeastern college baseball, has been named an assistant baseball coach at the University of North Carolina, head coach Mike Fox announced Tuesday. Jackson, who joins the Tar Heels after one season at Liberty, will work with the offense, including hitting and base running, as well as infield play. He also will serve as Carolina’s recruiting coordinator. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big South, Coaching Changes, Liberty, UNC

We have a bunch of links for this Monday. The Cape Cod League sent us a few articles from the past week including Chris Dominguez of Louisville hitting three homers in a game for Hyannis. The league also has ten graduates participating in the MLB All-Star game on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big South, Cape Cod League, Louisville, Winthrop

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern Athletics Director Hank Small announced the hiring of former Buccaneer baseball player, Stuart Lake, as the new head baseball coach, Monday morning.

A 1994 graduate of CSU returns to his alma mater after having spent time at South Carolina, Mississippi, College of Charleston, and his most recent stop, The Citadel. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Charleston Southern, Coaching Changes

Drew Rucinski, Luray Wranglers, RHP, Fr. Broken Arrow, Okla. (Ohio State)

Rucinski, a right-handed freshman from Ohio State, had a notable week with eight strikeouts and three hits, all singles, against him while pitching seven innings with a .136 opponent batting average. Rucinski did not allow a run to share the league lead with a 0.00 ERA for the week. For the season, Rucinski has an era of 1.77 and 21 strikeouts in 20 1/3 innings pitched. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Auburn, Big South, Big Ten, Liberty, Ohio State, SEC, Valley Baseball League, Valley Baseball League Players of the Week

CARY, N.C. - North Carolina took a 6-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning and never looked back as they dispatched Coastal Carolina by a final score of 14-4. UNC led Coastal Carolina 12-0 before Coastal Carolina was able to finally get on the board in the bottom of the seventh, scoring four runs. UNC will take on the winner of the UC-Irvine/LSU Super Regional.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Seminoles advanced to Omaha behind an 11-4 victory over Wichita State. After dropping the first game of the series 10-7, Florida State bounced back to take games two and three and advance to their 19th College World Series but first CWS appearance since 2000. Florida State will take on Stanford in the opening game.

Tags: 2008 Cary Super Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, 2008 Tallahassee Super Regional, ACC, Big South, Coastal Carolina, FSU, Missouri Valley, UNC, Wichita State

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

UNC 9 Coastal Carolina 4

CARY, N.C. (AP) - Alex White threw seven strong innings and Seth Williams homered to lead North Carolina past mistake-prone Coastal Carolina 9-4 on Saturday in Game 1 of the best-of-three Cary Super Regional.

Williams, Kyle Seager and Kyle Shelton drove in two runs apiece for the Tar Heels (50-12), who turned the Chanticleers’ season-high six errors into six unearned runs and moved within one victory of their third straight trip to the College World Series.

White (10-3) was a major reason for that. He struck out six and allowed eight hits while topping out his fastball at 96 mph and hitting the mid-90s from his first inning through his last in his second straight strong performance in the NCAA tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Cary Super Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big South, Coastal Carolina, UNC

First up, a video of former Rice players Lance Berkman and Tim Byrdak reflecting on the Super Regionals.

A Miami Herald reporter attempted a live blog last night. (Miami Herald)

How exactly did Fresno State get to the Super Regional round? (East Valley Tribune)

The Seminoles are used to elimination games. (Nole Sports)

About those Georgia fans that hang out in right field. (AJC)

Get to know Gary Gilmore, head coach of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. (Franklin News Post)

Your Wichita State bandwagon jumping cheatsheet. (Wichita Eagle)

Stanford is one win away from Omaha after missing the tournament last year. (SF Chronicle)

Texas A & M looks to continue the rebound from their 8-game losing streak. (Dallas News)

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big 12, Big South, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Fresno State, FSU, Georgia, Links, Miami (FL), Missouri Valley, MLB Players, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Stanford, Texas AM, WAC, Wichita State

CARY, NC — The #2 national seed North Carolina Tar Heels (49-12, 22-7 ACC) host the Big South champion Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (50-12, 17-3 Big South) at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary. Both teams went 3-0 in their regionals last weekend with UNC defeating Mount St. Mary’s and UNC-Wilmington and Coastal Carolina defeating Columbia, Alabama and East Carolina. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Cary Super Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big South, Coastal Carolina, UNC

By Willie Nicklaus

With the NCAA regionals finished, I thought it was a good time to post my All-Freshman team for 2008. The high school Class of 2007 was a highly touted one, and they did not disappoint as contributors to their respective teams. Here they are with a little information about each. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Alabama, Auburn, Big East, Big South, Big West, Cal, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Florida, GT, Kent State, MAC, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Rice, Santa Clara, SEC, Tennessee, Texas, UNC, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

East Carolina 16 Alabama 1

CONWAY, S.C. - Junior right-hander Justin Bristow scattered four hits over seven innings and allowed one run and struck out seven as second-seeded East Carolina eliminated third-seeded Alabama from the Conway Regional 16-1 Sunday afternoon at Watson Stadium.

The Pirates (42-20) advance to play top-seed Coastal Carolina at 7 p.m., while the Crimson Tide (35-28) was eliminated from the regional. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Conway Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Alabama, Big South, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, East Carolina, SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

East Carolina 9 Columbia 0

CONWAY, S.C. - East Carolina senior pitcher T.J. Hose tossed a four-hit, complete game shutout to lead the Pirates to a 9-0 victory over Columbia in an NCAA Conway Regional elimination game Saturday afternoon.

The Pirates (40-21) will face the loser of tonight’s Alabama-Coastal Carolina game Sunday at 1 p.m. Columbia finished its season with an overall record of 22-30. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Conway Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Alabama, Big South, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Conference USA, East Carolina, Ivy League, SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Coastal Carolina 10 Columbia 2

CONWAY, S.C. - Top-seeded Coastal Carolina scored three runs in the top of the fifth and then added six more in the eighth as the Chanticleers powered their way to a 10-2 victory over fourth-seeded Columbia in the first game of the 2008 NCAA Baseball Conway Regional Friday, May 30 at Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field. With the win, Coastal advances to play the winner of the East Carolina/Alabama game at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 31. Columbia will face the loser of the East Carolina/Alabama game at 1 p.m., on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Conway Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Alabama, Big South, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Conference USA, East Carolina, Ivy League, SEC

The Coastal Carolina baseball squad will be hosting a regional for the second straight year but the difference this season is that the Chanticleers will be the playing at their real home field. They will be joined by East Carolina, Alabama, and Columbia. Coastal Carolina has a record of 47-12 while going 17-3 in the Big South. East Carolina enters with a 40-19 mark while going 13-11 in Conference USA. The Crimson Tide come in with a 34-26 record with a 16-14 record in a tough SEC conference. Columbia enters with a 22-28 record while going 15-5 in the Ivy League. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Conway Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Alabama, Big South, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Conference USA, East Carolina, Ivy League, SEC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the 16 regional sites for the 62nd annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, FSU, Georgia, Long Beach State, LSU, Miami (FL), Michigan, NC State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Stanford, Texas AM, UNC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Game 1: Liberty 13 Coastal Carolina 1

DANVILLE, Va. - Liberty freshman starter Stephen Evans limited No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina to three hits and the No. 2 seed Flames pounded out 13 runs and 14 hits in a 13-1 win over the Chanticleers in Game 10 of the 2008 Royal Purple Big South Conference Baseball Championship, forcing a necessary Game 11 to determine the Big South Tournament champion. The result marks the first time since 2006 that the tournament has gone to the necessary title game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, Big South, Big South Tournament, Coastal Carolina, Liberty