I know we don’t cover Minor League baseball in general but the 2008 USA Baseball Team was announced today with a bunch of players with collegiate experience in the last few seasons including one player who will be entering his junior season at San Diego State in the fall. The biggest name that is on the roster is Matt LaPorta and the biggest surprise to me is Stephen Strasburg from San Diego State. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, CBB Column, Delaware, Florida, Loyola-Marymount, Michigan, Oregon State, Pratt (Kan) CC, San Diego State, Stanford, TCU, Team USA, Texas, Vanderbilt, Ventura (CA)

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
NEWARK, Del. – Sophomore Scott Swinson threw the sixth no-hitter in Maryland baseball history, striking out a career-high 10 batters as the University of Maryland baseball team defeated Delaware, 4-0, in its season finale to end the season with 30 wins. It is the only the second 30-win season in school history. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, CAA, Delaware, Maryland

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Delaware 22 Temple 4

NEWARK, DE – Thirteen Blue Hens recorded at least one hit and five cracked home runs as the University of Delaware baseball team stormed past Temple, 22-4, at Bob Hannah Stadium on a warm Wednesday afternoon.

Scott Shockley and Pat Dameron (at right) both had three hits and a home run, while Jared Olson, Bill Merkler, and Josh Dean each chipped in with two hits and a long ball. Ryan Cuneo also extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a sixth-inning double. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big East, Big South, Butler, CAA, Delaware, Horizon League, Lafayette, Louisville, MAAC, Patriot League, Rider, Southern Conference, Temple, The Citadel, Winthrop

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

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

VMI 6 Liberty 5 (16 innings)

LYNCHBURG, Va.– A.J. Yoder’s single up the middle plated Brian Sandridge with the winning run in the 16th inning as VMI defeated Liberty 6-5 on Saturday evening in Big South Conference action at Worthington Stadium.

With the game knotted at four from the ninth inning on, the Keydets (20-18, 10-4 Big South) grabbed a 5-4 advantage in the 15th, when Sam Roberts scored on Mike Roberts’ single through the right-side of the infield. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big East, Big South, CAA, Delaware, Duquesne, Liberty, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, Temple, UNC-Wilmington, Villanova, VMI

#28 North Carolina-Wilmington 10 Georgia State 9 Recap
James Madison 8 Delaware 7 Recap
George Mason 10 Hofstra 4 Recap
Towson 12 Old Dominion 9 Recap
Game 1: William and Mary 15 New York Tech 9 Recap
Game 2: William and Mary 7 New York Tech 2 (7 innings) Recap
VCU 16 Northeastern 2 Recap

Tags: CAA, CAA Recap, Delaware, George Mason, Georgia State, Hofstra, James Madison, New York Tech, Northeastern, Old Dominion, Towson, UNC-Wilmington, VCU, William and Mary

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

William and Mary 9 Delaware 4

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Senior Paul Juliano hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to help William and Mary earn a 9-4 victory against Delaware on a cold and rainy afternoon at Plumeri Park on Sunday. With the triumph, W&M claimed the series against UD and improves its record to 18-10 overall and 9-6 in conference play.

In addition to the grand slam, Juliano went 2-for-2 with five RBI. The Northfield, N.J., native also drew three walks as he reached base in all five of his trips to the plate. Senior Greg Maliniak also hit a home run, while classmate Tim Park went 3-for-5 with a run scored. Junior Jeff Jones came up big with a 2-for-4 effort and scored twice. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CAA, CAA Recap, Delaware, George Mason, Georgia State, Hofstra, James Madison, Northeastern, Old Dominion, UNC-Wilmington, VCU, William and Mary

FROM PRESS RELEASES

James Madison 6 Hofstra 2

Hempstead, NY- Justin Wood pitched a complete game, allowing only four hits and striking out six to lead James Madison past Hofstra in game two of a Colonial Athletic Association series Saturday afternoon. Trevor Knight had two RBI for the Dukes while Matt Prokopowicz contributed a single and a run scored for the Pride. Hofstra falls to 8-18 (0-11 CAA) while James Madison improves to (18-7, 11-3 CAA). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Albany, America East, CAA, CAA Recap, Delaware, George Mason, Georgia State, Hofstra, James Madison, Northeastern, Old Dominion, Towson, UNC-Wilmington, VCU, William and Mary

STAFF REPORTS

Game 1: Northeastern 5 Delaware 3

Junior Jeff Thomson threw his third consecutive complete game to begin the season, guiding the Northeastern University baseball team to a 5-3 win in the first game of a doubleheader against Delaware at Bob Hannah Stadium in Newark, Del. on Saturday. Thomson’s complete-game effort came in what was a seven-inning contest against the Fightin’ Blue Hens.

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Tags: CAA, Delaware, Northeastern

FROM PRESS RELEASE

San Diego 6 Fullerton 2

FULLERTON, Calif. - The 21st-ranked University of San Diego baseball team scored four unanswered runs in picking up a 6-2 win over No. 16 Cal State Fullerton Tuesday evening in a non-conference game at Goodwin Field.

With the win, the Toreros improve to 8-7 overall and improve to 6-1 against ranked opponents this season. With the loss, the Titans fall to 8-5, suffered their first home loss of the season and saw their five-game winning streak come to an end. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big West, CAA, Cal State Fullerton, Campbell, Delaware, Eastern Michigan, Kentucky, MAC, Maryland, Mountain West, Nevada, Northern Illinois, Prairie View AM, Saint Mary's, SEC, Southland Conference, SWAC, TCU, UNC-Wilmington, University of San Diego, UT-San Antonio, WAC, West Coast Conference

CSTV writer Eric Sorensen continues his series of interviews with the CAA and Big West Conferences. He lists VCU, Old Dominion, and UNC-Wilmington as the favorites. He puts Delaware led by Alex Buchholz in the contender category and William & Mary as the Darkhorse. The full preview is available here. He also checks in on the Big West Conference where he predicts Long Beach State to win it. He puts Fullerton, Cal-Poly, and UC-Irvine as contenders with UC-Riverside as the Darkhorse. The full preview is available here.

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, 2008 Season Preview, Big West, CAA, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-Poly, CSTV, Delaware, Long Beach State, Old Dominion, UC-Irvine, VCU, William and Mary

FROM PRESS RELEASE
Old Dominion is the overwhelming favorite to capture the CAA baseball championship in 2008 according to a vote of the league’s head baseball coaches.

The Monarchs finished atop the poll with 99 points and received nine of a possible 10 first-place votes since coaches weren’t allowed to rank their own teams. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CAA, Delaware, George Mason, Georgia State, Hofstra, James Madison, Northeastern, Preseason Rankings, Towson, UNC-Wilmington, VCU

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 Delaware Blue Hens picked up a 6-2 victory over the George Mason Patriots on Saturday. The Blue Hens got a strong seven innings allowing two runs from starting pitcher Billy Harris. He also struck out seven batters. Ryan Jablonski and Bill Merkler hit homers to lead the Blue Hen offense. Mike Modica picked up the loss for George Mason to drop his record to a 2-4 mark.

Delaware Recap
George Mason Recap

Tags: CAA, Delaware, George Mason

The Delaware Blue Hens used a 17 hit attack to knock off La Salle 12-9. Every starter for the Blue Hens had at least one hit in the game with Scott Shockley going 4-5 with 3 runs scored and a run driven in to lead the offensive attack. La Salle was led on offense by John Rickards and George Papuchis who each had two hits for the Explorers. Delaware will be back in action on Wednesday at Rider while La Salle hosts St. Louis on Friday.

Delaware Recap
La Salle Recap

Tags: Delaware, La Salle