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The Warning Track with Brian Foley checks in today with some of the best action from Friday night.

The first story of the night was Kent State’s Brad Stillings (TCBB 40th Best Player) twirling a nine inning no-hitter against Toledo as the Golden Flashes picked up a 1-0 victory over MAC rival Toledo. Stillings went nine innings without walking anyone and only a second inning error kept him from getting a perfect game. This game was only the 10th no-hitter in Golden Flash history.Full Recap of the game is available by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, CAA, Canisius, Florida State, Independents, Iona, Kent State, MAAC, MAC, Mountain West, Northeastern, Pac 10, TCU, The Warning Track, UCLA, UNC, UT-Pan American

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Player of the Week
Ian Choy, Canisius
Junior, OF, 5-9/171, Mississauga, Ontario/Rick Hansen Secondary

Choy continued to stay hot for the Golden Griffins as the junior outfielder was 8-for-12 with two doubles, three home runs and five RBIs. He reached base in 12 of his 16 plate appearances while slugging 1.583 in four Canisius games. Choy entered the week with four home runs in his career, hitting three in the weekend series at Rider. Since March 16, Choy is 22-for-42, raising his average more than 200 points. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Canisius, MAAC, MAAC Players of the Week, Niagara, Siena

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Here is your ACC Recap for March 18th

#1 UNC 6 Princeton 1

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Right-hander Bryant Gaines tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings, and Levi Michael and Mark Fleury each homered to lift No. 1 North Carolina to a two-game sweep of Princeton, 6-1, Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. With the victory, the Tar Heels (16-2) extended their season-best winning streak to eight games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Boston College, Bryant, CAA, Canisius, Clemson, Duke, Elon, Georgia Tech, High Point, Independents, Ivy League, Kennesaw State, MAAC, Maryland, MEAC, NC State, Northeast Conference, Old Dominion, Princeton, Southern Conference, UMBC, UMES, UNC, USC-Upstate, Virginia, Virginia Tech, VMI, Wagner, Wake Forest

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Edison, N.J. – Canisius College is the team to beat in the 2009 MAAC baseball season, according to a preseason poll voted on by the league’s head coaches.

Canisius finished with 81 points in the poll, while Rider University finished second (66). Manhattan College placed third with 58 points. Marist College and Siena College tied for fourth place (53), followed by Fairfield University (30), Niagara University (29), Saint Peter’s College (19), and Iona College (12). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, 2009 Preseason Teams, Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, MAAC, Manhattan, Marist, Niagara, Rider, Saint Peter's, Siena

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Since we are awaiting the start of the 2009 College Baseball season, I thought I would start a weekly segment with users sending us questions about interesting topics. I will select about five questions every week to be posted with answers on Tuesday morning. You can send us your questions for next week by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alaskan Summer League, California Collegiate league, Canisius, Cape Cod League, MAAC, Manhattan, NECBL, Rider, Southern Conference, Texas Collegiate League, Transfers, Valley Baseball League, Western Carolina

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Canisius College director of athletics Bill Maher announced today that baseball coach Mike McRae has signed a multi-year contract extension, to continue as head coach of the Golden Griffin baseball program through the 2011 season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Canisius, MAAC, New Contract

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The Canisius College baseball team will take on Virginia, West Virginia and Charlotte in its 2009 schedule that features 17 home games, including the Big Four Baseball Classic at the Demske Sports Complex.

Canisius opens with a four-game series at Gardner-Webb Feb. 20-22. The Golden Griffins will take on Charlotte in a three-game series Feb. 27-March 1. The 49ers have won 40 games each of the last two seasons and have the fourth-highest winning percentage in the country since 2006. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Canisius, MAAC

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By Bob Elliott, Canadian Baseball Network

He stands 5-foot-9 and resembles a back-up infielder.

DH Mike Gosse sure stood tall for in his Oklahoma Sooners uniform.

As former Montreal Expos manager Felipe Alou used to describe super sub F.P. Santangelo: “It’s not the size of the man, it’s the size of the heart inside the man.”

Gosse has a 6-foot-6 heart.

Gosse (senior, Pitt Meadows, BC) earned 35 first-place ballots to lead the way the ninth annual All-Canadian College Team. He had seven more than First Team votes than 2B Kevin Mailloux (junior, Windsor, Ont.) of the Canisius Golden Griffins.

Results from our usual voting panel of 42 were scored on a 5-3-1 points basis, Our numbers were totaled by a bonded accounting firm of Grant Thornton.

Our 42 experts came from a vast cross section from both sides of the border: coaches (14), executives (eight), scouts (eight), scouting directors (three), former players (three), writers (three), broadcaster (one) and our crack staff. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Canada, Canisius, Jamestown, Kentucky, New Orleans, Northeastern, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Ouachita Baptist, Walters State, Western Kentucky

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The NYCBL season is ended on Saturday when the Brockport Riverbats edged the Glen Falls Golden Eagles 3-2 in the deciding game of the NYCBL Championship series. John McGraw of the NYCBL has been nice enough to send us links to the End of the Season Awards. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Canisius, MAAC, Manhattan, NYCBL

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

NYIT 7 Hofstra 2

Old Westbury, NY * Junior Mark Stuckless drove in a run for the second consecutive game, but NYIT took advantage of five Hofstra errors and a strong pitching performance from Mike LaLuna to win Wednesday afternoon’s non-conference contest, 7-2. With the victory, NYIT improves to 13-23-1 while the Pride fall to 17-31. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Buffalo, CAA, Canisius, Hofstra, Independents, Lafayette, MAAC, MAC, NYIT, Patriot League, Temple

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Canisius 21 Delaware State 12

Entering the week having scored 29 runs in its previous six games, the Canisius College baseball team has scored 33 runs in the last two games as the Golden Griffins defeated Delaware State 21-12 at Soldier Field in Dover, Del. on Tuesday. Canisius has now won four straight and 10 of its last 11. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Big East, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Canisius, Delaware State, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Louisville, MAAC, MEAC, Ohio Valley Conference, SEC, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

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Down 6-4 heading into the eighth, the Canisius College baseball team scored seven unanswered runs in the final two innings to defeat Penn State 11-6 in University Park, Pa. on Monday.

Senior Ryan Asis and junior Kevin Mailloux each had three hits for Canisius (14-2). Asis and junior Kevin Mahoney each scored three runs for the Griffs while Mahoney led the team with three RBIs as Asis and senior Adam Donato each drove in two. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Canisius, MAAC, Penn State