FROM NYCBL RELEASE
NYCBL East Division Player of the Week: Mark Onorati (Manhattan), Amsterdam
Mark Onorati batted .500 (8-for-16) and drove in a league-high 11 runs in four games for the Mohawks. He smashed two home runs, scored five runs, stole two bases, collected 15 total bases and recorded a .939 slugging percentage. Onorati had three multi-hit and four multi-RBI games. He tallied at least one hit in all four games and homered in back-to-back contests against Glens Falls and Bennington. Onorati currently leads the league with 16 runs scored and 15 RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Columbia, Division 2, MAAC, Manhattan, NJCAA, NYCBL, Pima CC, Players of the Week, West Chester

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 SOURCES
HANOVER, N.H. - The Lions won the Ivy League Baseball Championship after defeating the Big Green 7-5 in the deciding game of the best-of-three series at Red Rolfe Field.

In 1977, Columbia was co-Ivy League champion with Cornell. This will mark Columbia’s first NCAA appearance since 1976.

“Being able to fight back and tie yesterday’s second game and coming back again today is a credit to our guys being confident and not afraid to lose,” head coach Brett Boretti said after the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, Columbia, Dartmouth, Ivy League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

HANOVER, N.H. ­ After dropping the first game to Columbia, the Dartmouth baseball team bounced back to force a deciding third game in the Ivy League Championship with a 16-15 win in the nightcap.

Dartmouth moves to 25-16 on the season, while Columbia is now 21-25 this year. The two teams combined to score 49 runs on 70 hits in both games. Columbia scored in double-digits in each game, winning game one 11-7 and putting 15 runs on the board in the second game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Columbia, Dartmouth, Ivy League

HANOVER, N.H. – The three-game Ivy League Championship series between Dartmouth and Columbia has been postponed both Saturday and Sunday.

The new dates for the series will be this coming Tuesday with a 12 p.m. first pitch of a doubleheader, followed by a third game if necessary on Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Tags: Columbia, Dartmouth, Ivy League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Game 1: Brown 2 Penn 1
Game 2: Penn 6 Brown 4

Philadelphia, PA - Senior pitcher Alex Silverman (Wilmington, NC) out-pitched Penn ace Todd Roth, with a little help from his closer, to help the Brown baseball team (7-11, 1-3 Ivy League) pick up its first Ivy League win in a split with Penn (7-9-1, 1-2-1 Ivy League) on Sunday at Meiklejohn Stadium. Silverman went 6.1 innings before giving way to senior closer Rob Hallberg (River Edge, NJ) for the final two outs in the Bears’ 2-1 game one win, before Penn’s five-run rally in the fifth inning of game two led to a 6-4 Quaker win for the split. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Ivy League, Ivy League Recap, Penn, Princeton, Yale

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Temple 9 Rhode Island 6

KINGSTON, RI (3/22/08) – Temple scored seven runs in the fourth inning and won for the fourth straight game with a 9-6 victory over Rhode Island on Saturday at Bill Beck Field. Junior Kyle Obal (Derwood, MD / Sherwood) had four hits and two RBI, while freshman Byron McKoy (Charlotte, NC / Independence) was a triple away from the cycle and had three hits. Junior Matt Mongiardini (Toms River, NJ / Toms River East) improved to 4-0 with six innings on the mound and senior Arshwin Asjes (Willemstad, Curacao / Cheverus-ME) pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Albany, America East, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big South, Brown, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Hartford, Harvard, Ivy League, Liberty, Louisville, Rhode Island, Temple, UConn, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

Oklahoma 6 USF 1

TAMPA, Fla. — Sophomore Chase Anderson struck out six batters and junior Trey Sperring had three RBIs in Oklahoma’s 6-1 victory on Tuesday over South Florida at Red McEwen field. The win improved the Sooners’ overall record to 16-5 while the Bulls fell to 10-7.

In his fourth start of the year, Anderson delivered his best outing as a Sooner, striking out a season-high six batters. Anderson (2-1), who struggled in his last start allowing four runs in 1 1/3 innings against Washington State, limited the Bulls’ offense on Tuesday to one run off five hits and two walks. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big West, CAA, Columbia, Davidson, Ivy League, James Madison, Lehigh, Liberty, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pacific, Patriot League, South Florida, Southern Conference, Temple, WAC

The Georgia Southern Eagles set an NCAA Record by hitting 14 homers yesterday against Columbia. Chris Shehan and Griffin Benedict each homered twice for GA Southern who had 12 different players homer in the 26-8 victory over Columbia. The full game recap is available here.

Tags: Columbia, Georgia Southern, Ivy League, NCAA Record, Southern Conference

GT 6 Rutgers 0

ATLANTA - Zach Von Tersch, Kevin Jacob and Taylor Wood combined on a three-hit shutout and Tony Plagman drove in four runs to lead No. 22 Georgia Tech (7-1) to a 6-0 win over Rutgers (2-3) Sunday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Auburn, Big East, Big Ten, Binghamton, CAA, Clemson, Columbia, Cornell, Florida, FSU, GT, Hofstra, Ivy League, Lehigh, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, Notre Dame, Patriot League, Penn State, Rutgers, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, St. John's, The Citadel, UNC, UVA, VT

FROM PRESS RELEASES

FSU 4 Auburn 3

Tallahassee, Fla. - Florida State (6-0) remained undefeated on the season with a 4-3 victory over Auburn (4-3) in front of a crowd of 6,544, the fourth largest crowd to witness a game at Dick Howser Stadium. The Seminoles got seven shutout innings from senior Ryan Strauss and three solo home runs on Saturday afternoon to win their third straight game over the Tigers this season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Auburn, Big East, Boston College, CAA, Central Connecticut, Clemson, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Florida, FSU, GT, Hofstra, Ivy League, MAAC, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina A&T, Northeast Conference, Rutgers, SEC, Siena, South Carolina, St. Bonaventure, Sun Belt, Troy, UVA, VT, Wake Forest

The CBB will be providing conference previews throughout the preseason. We start this week with the Ivy League. I know you would rather see us preview the ACC or SEC but I have a guilty pleasure for the Ivy League. It is very competitive baseball that is a must-see for a baseball junkie like myself. The Brown Bears won the Ivy League title with a two game sweep over the Penn Quakers. Brown ended up winning the Red Rolfe Division over Harvard by two games while Penn ended up winning the Lou Gehrig Division by only a single game over Princeton. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, Brown, CBB Column, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Ivy League, Penn, Princeton, Yale

The College Baseball Blog has come across some more 2008 Baseball Schedules. The schedules are linked below.

Dayton
East Carolina
Ohio
Columbia
Miami (OH)
Hawaii-Hilo

Tags: Atlantic 10, Columbia, Dayton, East Carolina, Hawaii-Hilo, Ivy League, MAC, Miami (OH), Ohio University