Share

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – College of Charleston sophomore third baseman Cole Rakar and Elon junior catcher Mike Melillo have been named the Southern Conference’s Baseball Co-Players of the Week for all games from March 23-29. The Citadel’s Drew Mahaffey has been named the league’s Pitcher of the Week. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: College of Charleston, Elon, Southern Conference, Southern Conference Players of the Week, The Citadel

Share

Here is your ACC Recap for March 24th.

Ohio State 7 #2 Miami (FL) 1

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A trio of Ohio State pitchers, led by starter and winner Alex Wimmers (now 5-0), one-hit the No. 2 Miami Hurricanes and the Buckeye bats did more than enough to secure a 7-1 victory Tuesday before 1,755 fans at Alex Rodriguez Park. Ohio State, ranked 16th in the Collegiate Baseball poll, improves to 18-3 with the win while Miami, No. 2 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll, falls to 18-5. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Alabama AM, America East, Atlantic Sun, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Davidson, Elon, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, George Mason, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Hartford, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, Ohio State, Southern Conference, SWAC, Towson, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, USC-Upstate, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Share

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

Share

Here is your ACC Recap for March 11th.

UNC 12 Appalachian State 3

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sophomore right-hander Bryant Gaines struck out a career-best nine batters in six-plus innings, and All-America Dustin Ackley had two home runs among his four hits to pace No. 1 North Carolina to a 12-3 win over Appalachian State Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. Ben Bunting’s career-best four hits matched Ackley’s effort, and Kyle Seager added three, as the Tar Heels (12-2) pounded out a season-best 20 hits. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Appalachian State, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Clemson, Duke, Elon, Florida State, Georgia Tech, High Point, Kennesaw State, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), Michigan State, NC State, North Carolina A&T, Northeast Conference, Pittsburgh, Quinnipiac, Southern Conference, UMES, UNC, Virginia, VMI, Wake Forest

Share

Here is your ACC Recap for Feb. 25th.

North Carolina 9 Liberty 5

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The heart of the order combined to drive in eight runs in a 9-5 win for No. 1 North Carolina over Liberty Wednesday at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium. Mark Fleury belted a two-run home run, and Garrett Gore and Kyle Seager each doubled and drove in three to help Carolina (4-1) bounce back from its first loss of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Big South, CAA, Clemson, East Tennessee State, Elon, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, James Madison, Liberty, Maryland, NC State, Southern Conference, UNC, Virginia Tech, Wofford

Share

We are featuring the best college baseball articles in the nation. We will try to do this throughout the regular season and if you have an interesting article please send it to us by clicking here.

The first article today comes from The Daily Reveille which talked with LSU head coach Paul Mainieri who talked about steroids in college baseball. He states that he has seen steroids during his long career in college baseball with players using them. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Auburn, Big South, Elon, Gardner-Webb, LSU, SEC, Southern Conference

Share

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference baseball coaches and the voting members of the Southern Conference Sports Media Association have each selected Elon as the preseason favorite to repeat as champion in 2009. A year ago, the Phoenix became the first team in seven seasons to win both the regular season and tournament titles en route to a 44-18 season and a berth in the NCAA Regionals. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Appalachian State, Charleston Southern, Davidson, Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, Samford, Southern Conference, The Citadel, UNC-Greensboro, Western Carolina, Wofford

Share

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
ELON, N.C. — Elon baseball head coach Mike Kennedy recently sat down to talk about the upcoming 2009 season. Below is the Q&A with Coach Kennedy.

You have a good balance of young players and veterans on this team (16 juniors or seniors and 18 freshmen, red-shirt freshmen or sophomores). How does that affect your coaching style?

I don’t think it affects our style of coaching at all. We have a philosophy in place that we feel has been successful and we try to recruit players that fit our system. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Season Preview, Elon, Southern Conference

Share

Rivals.com College Baseball Editor Kendall Rogers put out a great article previewing the Top 10 Seniors for the 2009 season. He names your typical players like Michael Rockett of Texas-San Antonio and Preston Guilmet of Arizona. He also brings up Nate Lape of Marshall who flies under the radar as he plays for the West Virginia based school. The biggest name on his list is Ole Miss’ pitcher Scott Bittle who appeared in 27 games with a ERA of 1.78. He held opponents to a .145 batting average against. The rest of the list includes: Luke Anders of Texas A&M, Cory Harrilchak of Elon, Chris Fetter of Michigan, Chris Rusin of Kentucky, Ben Orloff of UC Irvine and Ben Soignier of Louisiana-Monroe. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, Arizona, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Elon, Kentucky, Marshall, Michigan, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rivals, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Texas AM, Texas San Antonio, UC-Irvine, University of Lousiana at Monroe

Share

USA Baseball announced today the final three members of Rick Jones coaching staff for the 2009 USA Baseball National Team. They have added Wright State’s Rob Cooper, Elon’s Mike Kennedy, and Louisville’s Dan McDonnell. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, Big East, Conference USA, Elon, Horizon League, Louisville, Southern Conference, Tulane, Wright State

Share

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
ELON, N.C. – Among its 56 games for the 2009 campaign, the Elon Phoenix squad will play 30 Southern Conference games and host a total of 27 games from Latham Park. The Phoenix, under the leadership of 13th-year head coach Mike Kennedy, will play seven games against teams which were a part of NCAA post-season play in 2008. WPCM 920 AM will carry 15 regular season contests plus the Southern Conference Tournament live in 2009. Elon has also introduced season ticket prices and packages for the upcoming season.
Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Elon, Southern Conference

Share

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
ELON, N.C. – Elon Phoenix head baseball coach Mike Kennedy today announced that his program has signed nine players to National Letters of Intent for the 2010 season. Joining the program next year will be: Chris Bresnahan (Freehold, N.J./St. Rose HS), Seth Canipe (Shelby, N.C./Shelby HS/Louisburg College), Dylan Clark (Manchester, N.H./Trinity HS), Mitch Conner (Lowell, N.C./Ashbrook HS/Guilford Tech), Niko Fraser (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School), Jim Stokes (Royersford, Pa./The Hill School), Alex Swim (Greensboro, N.C./Northwest Guilford), David Wood (Park Ridge, N.J./Saint Joseph Regional HS) and Kyle Webb (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence HS). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Recruits, Elon, Southern Conference