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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

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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

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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

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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

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Liberty 11 Radford 2

DANVILLE, Va. - Flames starter Dustin Umberger tossed a complete game and struck out 10 to lead No. 2 Liberty past No. 6 Radford, 11-2 in Game 7 of the 2008 Royal Purple Big South Conference Baseball Championship, May 23 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Va. With the victory, Liberty improves to 33-25-1 and advances to play the loser of No. 1 Coastal Carolina-No. 4 Winthrop Friday night at 7:00pm for a chance to earn a berth in Saturday’s Championship game. Radford, which defeated Liberty 15-4 in their first tournament meeting on Wednesday, is eliminated with the loss and ends its season at 24-32. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Big South Tournament, Coastal Carolina, Liberty, Radford, Winthrop

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Liberty 10 UNC-Asheville 1

DANVILLE, Va. – Flames starter Ryan Page tossed seven shutout innings and Jeff Jefferson had four hits and three RBI in leading No. 2 seed Liberty to a 10-1 victory over No. 8 UNC Asheville in Game 4 of the 2008 Royal Purple Big South Conference Baseball Championship, May 22 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Va. With the victory, Liberty improves to 32-25-1 and advances to play Friday at a to-be-determined time. UNC Asheville is eliminated from the tournament and ends its season at 24-35. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Big South Tournament, Coastal Carolina, Liberty, Radford, UNC-Asheville, VMI, Winthrop

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Coastal Carolina 20 UNC-Asheville 4

DANVILLE, Va. - Coastal Carolina tied a Big South tournament record with 20 runs as the No. 1 seed Chanticleers defeated No. 8 seed UNC Asheville, 20-4, in Game 1 of the 2008 Royal Purple Big South Conference Baseball Championship, May 21 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Va. With the victory, the Chanticleers improve to 44-11 and advance to play the loser of No. 3 VMI-No. 4 Winthrop Thursday at 3:00pm. UNC Asheville falls to 24-34 and moves to the loser’s bracket and will face the loser of No. 2 Liberty-No. 6 Radford Thursday at 11:00am. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Big South Tournament, Coastal Carolina, Liberty, Radford, UNC-Asheville, VMI, Winthrop

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Radford 6 Charleston Southern 1

DANVILLE, Va. - Alex Gregory had three hits, including a home run, and Eric Evans’ pitching led the No. 6 Radford Highlanders past No. 7 seed Charleston Southern, 6-1, in Game A of the 2008 Big South Conference Baseball Championship, May 20 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Va. With the victory, Radford improves to 23-30 and advances to the main double-elimination bracket of the tournament. The Highlanders will play either No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina or No. 2 seed Liberty on Wednesday, depending on the outcome of tonight’s Game B between No. 5 High Point-No. 8 UNC Asheville. Radford’s 23 wins are its most since winning 23 in 2004. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Big South Tournament, Charleston Southern, High Point, Radford, UNC-Asheville

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)­ released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending May 18, today. College of Charleston junior third baseman Jeremie Tice was named National Hitter of the Week, while Maryland sophomore right-hander Scott Swinson was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big South, College of Charleston, Maryland, National Player of the Week, NCBWA

By Willie Nicklaus

Thought this would be a good time to do a follow up on some of the freshmen who have been contributing to their respective teams, as the regular portion of the season has concluded and conference tourneys are ready to begin.

I like to use OPS percentage as a gauge as the equation includes power factors as well as on-base frequency. I have also included the HR and Extra-base hits frequencies to show a player propensity for delivering a big hit. With the conferences getting ready to do battle this week, we included the overall batting averages and also batting averages in conference play only. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Florida, GT, Kent State, LSU, MAC, Middle Tennessee, Rice, SEC, Tennessee, Texas, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - For the second consecutive season and the third time in the last four years, Coastal Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the Royal Purple Big South Baseball Championship, which will be contested May 20-24 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Va. The Chanticleers won the outright 2008 regular-season championship with a 17-3 Conference mark to win their third regular-season Big South baseball crown in four years and fourth in seven seasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, High Point, Liberty, Radford, UNC-Asheville, VMI, Winthrop

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Baylor 7 Texas State 2

WACO, Texas - Baylor erased a two-run deficit with a four-run fifth, and Randall Linebaugh recorded a season-high seven strikeouts as the Bears defeated Texas State 7-2 in midweek action Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (29-20) improved to 20-10 at home this season; Baylor has recorded at least 20 home wins in each of Baylor Ballpark’s 10 seasons. Texas State (27-24) has lost nine straight games against the Bears. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Ball State, Baylor, Big 12, Big East, Big South, CAA, Liberty, Louisville, MAC, Northeast Conference, Quinnipiac, SEC, South Carolina, Southland Conference, Texas State, The Citadel, UMass, VCU

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DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) ­ released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending May 11, today. Coastal Carolina junior first baseman David Anderson was named National Hitter of the Week, while Long Beach State senior right-hander Andrew Liebel was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Big West, Coastal Carolina, Long Beach State, National Player of the Week, NCBWA

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Coastal Carolina junior David Anderson (Lexington, S.C.) has been selected as the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Baseball Player of the Week, while Radford junior John Lloyd (Oak Hill, Va.) has been named New Balance Pitcher of the Week for games played May 5-11, it was announced today by the League office. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Big South Players of the Week, Coastal Carolina, Radford