FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

James Madison 13 Charlotte 12

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 31, 2008 - Trailing 10-2 at the halfway point, James Madison fought back to outscore Charlotte 11-1 over the next two and a half innings and held on for a 13-12 win in an elimination game on Saturday afternoon in the Raleigh Regional of the 2008 NCAA Baseball Championship at Doak Field at Dail Park.

“I think that was a great college baseball game,” commented JMU head coach Spanky McFarland. “Obviously there were mistakes made by both teams, but you had two clubs that fought and clawed and didn’t want to go home. It was very entertaining and obviously both teams left it out on the field.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, 2008 Raleigh Regional, ACC, Atlantic 10, CAA, Charlotte, James Madison, NC State, SEC, South Carolina

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South Carolina 15 Charlotte 8

Raleigh, N.C. - Justin Smoak went 4-for-4 with three RBI and James Darnell and DeAngelo Mack added a pair of three-run homers as South Carolina opened up NCAA Regional play with a 15-8 win over Charlotte on Friday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C. at Doak Field. The Gamecocks advance to the winner’s bracket and will meet the winner of today’s NC State-James Madison game on Saturday evening at 7 pm. Carolina is now 39-21 on the year with Charlotte falling to 43-15 this season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, 2008 Raleigh Regional, Atlantic 10, CAA, Charlotte, James Madison, NC State, SEC, South Carolina

The NC State Wolfpack will host a Regional this year in Raleigh NC. They will be joined by James Madison, Charlotte, and South Carolina. NC State has a record of 38-20 while going a respectful 18-11 in the ACC. James Madison comes in with a 38-17 record with a 20-9 record in the CAA. The Charlotte 49ers enter with a 43-14 record with a 19-8 record in the Atlantic 10. The South Carolina Gamecocks enter with a 38-21 record while being 15-15 in the SEC. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, 2008 Raleigh Regional, ACC, Atlantic 10, CAA, Charlotte, James Madison, NC State, SEC, South Carolina

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

UNC 17 Charlotte 0

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - No. 2 North Carolina pounded out a season-high 22 hits and had five pitchers combine on a four-hit shutout in a 17-0 win over Charlotte Tuesday at Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium. The Tar Heels (35-7) became the first team in the nation to reach the 35-win mark and extended their season-best winning streak to 10 games with the victory. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Charlotte, Clemson, Duke, Elon, Georgetown, GT, Harvard, Ivy League, Maryland, Mercer, Old Dominion, Radford, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, UVA, VT, Wake Forest, Western Carolina

The College Baseball Blog and StatStud.com have teamed up this season to bring a weekly award for the top players in the last week. We will select one pitcher and hitter every week throughout the regular season. This week David Stokes of Liberty is our selection for Pitcher of the Week while Rob Lyerly of Charlotte grabs the Player of the Week award. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big South, CBB Players of the Week, Charlotte, Liberty

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

UNC Wilmington 17 Delaware 7

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Senior Jason Appel tied his career-high with four hits and senior Daniel Hargrave knocked in four runs as No. 29 UNC Wilmington fought through three weather delays to win its Colonial Athletic Association baseball series against Delaware with a 17-7 win on Sunday at Bob Hannah Stadium.

UNCW, who scored 43 runs in the series, improved to 29-8-1 overall and 18-2-1 in the CAA. The Blue Hens, meanwhile, saw their record fall to 13-24 and 6-12. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, CAA, Charlotte, Delaware, Duquesne, Northeastern, Temple, Towson, UMass, UNC-Wilmington

The College Baseball Blog made the trek out to UMass on Saturday to see the Minutemen host the A-10 leading Charlotte 49ers. The Minutemen entered the game with an 11-16 record while 4-9 in the conference. The 49ers entered with a 28-8 overall record and 10-3 in conference play. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, CBB Visit, Charlotte, UMass

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

TCU 13 BYU 4

PROVO, Utah - The TCU Horned Frogs erased an early 3-0 deficit with a six-run second inning and cruised to the 13-4 victory over BYU at Larry H. Miller Field Friday night. The victory ensures the Frogs the series win as they continue their hot play in the month of April. It was another offensive explosion for TCU as they scored 13 times on 15 hits. Clint Arnold drove in a game-high four runs on three hits. Matt Vern also homered for the Frogs. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, BYU, Charlotte, Duquesne, Florida, Kentucky, Mountain West, Rutgers, SEC, South Florida, TCU, Temple, UMass

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Miami (FL) 12 FAU 10

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Junior first baseman Yonder Alonso blasted a two-out two-run ninth inning home run and No. 1 Miami overcame a seven-run deficit to rally past Florida Atlantic, 12-10, Wednesday night at FAU Stadium in front of 2,348 fans. Junior closer Carlos Gutierrez (2-1) picked up his second win for the Hurricanes (31-3), who won the season series over the Owls (21-13). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Big South, Boston College, Campbell, Charlotte, Clemson, Duke, FAU, FSU, Georgia Southern, GT, Liberty, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, North Florida, Radford, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, UMass, UMES, UNC, VT, Wake Forest, Winthrop

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Miami (FL) 7 Bethune-Cookman 6

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Freshman catcher Yasmani Grandal drove in the game-winning run after junior Dave DiNatale hit a two-run game-tying single in the bottom of the eighth as No. 2 Miami rallied to defeat Bethune-Cookman, 7-6, Wednesday night at Mark Light Field. Junior right-hander Carlos Gutierrez tossed the final inning to record his fifth save for the Hurricanes, who improved to 19-2 on the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Alabama State, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Bethune Cookman, Boston College, Charlotte, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, Elon, FSU, Gardner-Webb, George Washington, Holy Cross, Marshall, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina Central, Patriot League, Stetson, SWAC, UMBC, UNC, UVA, Wake Forest

Here are some of the 2008 Season Previews that came out on Tuesday from the Media Relations department. We always are on the look out for season previews by SID’s and other information for our great readers. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Season Preview, Atlantic 10, Auburn, Big Ten, Charlotte, Conference USA, Dayton, Illinois, MAC, Memphis, Northern Illinois, Ohio, SEC, Vanderbilt

CSTV contributor Eric Sorenson checks in with two conferences previews in the Atlantic 10 and America East. In the Atlantic 10, he lists Charlotte as the clear favorite with Richmond, Fordham, and St. Bonaventure as contenders. His darkhorse in the conference is Xavier. The full A-10 preview is available here. In America East, Eric can not decided on any clear favorite listing Albany, Binghamton, Maine and Stony Brook as contenders for the conference championship. He lists Vermont as the darkhouse after 10-13 conference mark. The full America East preview is available here.

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, Albany, America East, Atlantic 10, Binghamton, Charlotte, CSTV, Fordham, Maine, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Stony Brook, Vermont, Xavier

Pedro Alvarez of Vanderbilt has been named the Pre-Season National Player of the Year for the 2008 season by Louisville Slugger.

Joining Alvarez on the first team are Pitchers Jacob Thompson (UVA), Preston Guilmet (Arizona), Anthony Shawler (ODU), Brian Matusz (USD), Josh Satow (ASU), Scott Gorgon (UCI) and Reliever AJ Griffin (USD). Rounding out the infield are Brett Wallace (1B, ASU), Blake Stouffer (2B, TAMU), Johnny Giavotella (2B, UNO), Alex Buchholz (SS, Delaware) and Buster Posey (C, FSU). In the outfield are Dominic De la Osa (Vanderbilt), Kyle Russell (Texas) and Brad McElroy (Charlotte). Josh Romanski of San Diego made the first team as a Utility player.

For those who are wondering: Yes, Ryan Flaherty earned 2nd team honors at SS, though I’m wondering how Vanderbilt’s Mikie Minor was not deemed among the twenty-nine pitchers selected to the three team All-America list which can be read here.

Tags: ACC, Arizona, Arizona State, Atlantic 10, Big 12, CAA, Charlotte, Delaware, FSU, Louisville Slugger, Old Dominion, Pac 10, Pre-Season All-American, SEC, Texas, Texas AM, UC-Irvine, University of San Diego, UVA, Vanderbilt, West Coast Conference

The Pittsburgh Panthers and the Charlotte 49ers have started up Fall practice at each school. The Panthers finished the 2007 season with a 27-27 record and a 15-11 record in the Big East conference. Charlotte is coming off an NCAA appearance in the Columbia (SC) regional where they held their own against South Carolina and NC State. They won the Atlantic 10 conference with a 23-4 conference record and an overall record of 49-12.

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Tags: Atlantic 10, Charlotte, Pittsburgh

FROM VALLEY BASEBALL LEAGUE
Baseball website PGcrosschecker.com recently compiled its list of the top 20 players in the Valley Baseball League. The list was compiled by Allan Simpson with input from the league’s managers and scouts.

Similar to the recently released Baseball America list, PG Crosschecker identified Winchester’s Luke Greinke as the league’s top prospect. He was also the league MVP. He was followed by Covington outfielder Jason Kipnis, but then six of the next seven players listed were pitchers.

Simpson noted that league officials felt that the 2007 season saw a jump in overall talent around the league, in particular in the pitching department. The numbers appear to support that assertion. In 2007, league pitchers as a whole had a 3.70 earned run average while hitters had a .247 batting average as a league. In 2006, hitters posted a .258 average while pitchers compiled a 3.88 ERA, and the year before saw a .257 batting average and 3.97 ERA as a league.

While Waynesboro finished first in the regular season and won the Jim Lineweaver Cup as league champions, the Generals placed just three players in the top 20 and none higher than #11. In fact, many of the top prospects come from the lower half of the standings. Simpson noted that was a sign of the league’s improved depth.

PGCrosschecker.com Valley League Top 20 Prospects

1. Luke Greinke, UT, Winchester (Auburn)

2. Jason Kipnis, OF, Covington (Arizona State)

3. Zac Blakney, RHP, Fauquier (Montevallo)

4. Shayne Moody, SS, Woodstock (Charlotte)

5. Ashur Tolliver, LHP, Harrisonburg (Arkansas-Little Rock)

6. Donald Jordat, RHP, Luray (Miami-Dade C.C.)

7. Rob Gilliam, RHP, Luray (UNC Greensboro)

8. Tim Sexton, RHP, Staunton (Miami-Dade C.C.)

9. Josh Judy, RHP, Haymarket (Indiana Tech)

10. Tyler Kuhn, SS/2B, Luray (West Virginia)

11. Pat Irvine, C/OF, Waynesboro (Elon)

12. Garrett Parker, RHP, Harrisonburg (Oklahoma City)

13. Bobby Hernandez, RHP, Staunton (Barry)

14. Josh Eidell, RHP, Woodstock (Villanova)

15. Elih Villanueva, RHP, Luray (Florida State)

16. Jeremy Cruz, 1B, Luray (Stetson)

17. Chris Masters, LHP, New Market (Western Carolina)

18. Brandon Sizemore, 2B, Waynesboro (Charleston)

19. Kurt Davidson, C/1B, Waynesboro (Akron)

20. Dustin Umberger, RHP, Luray (Liberty)

Full scouting reports from the summer on each player are available here. A subscription is required to view the insider-level reports.

 

Tags: ACC, Akron, Auburn, Barry, Charlotte, College of Charleston, Elon, FSU, Liberty, Perfect Game, Stetson, UNC-Greensboro, Valley Baseball League, Villanova, West Virginia, Western Carolina