I will check in throughout the year with some thoughts on issues or stories that have caught my attention over the last few days. We check in today on a Midnight Baseball game at Florida Gulf Coast, the best conference in the nation, and the facilities of FSU and Florida. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Atlantic Sun, CBB Column, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, FSU, Pac 10, Rivals, SEC

The Naples News has an article about the 2009 Florida Gulf Coast University releasing their 2009 schedule. The highlights of the schedule is the home opener on February 20th at 12:01am against Central Michigan. They will play CMU later that day at 8pm to get an early jump on the season. A couple of other highlights are visits from ACC member Boston College, Big Ten member Penn State, and a visit by instate rival Florida that will be played at Hammond Stadium which is the spring training home for the Minnesota Twins. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Atlantic Sun, Florida Gulf Coast

Temple Baseball Adds Five To Recruiting Class
8/6/2008
Temple head baseball coach Rob Valli is pleased to announce the addition of five student-athletes for the 2009 season. INF/P Foster Dunigan, catcher Matt Elko, INF Tony Jusino, RHP Tyler Horst, and LHP Drew Shaw will make their debut for the Cherry and White in 2009. FULL STORY

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Tags: Air Force, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Florida Gulf Coast, Mountain West Recap, Temple

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Miami 4 Florida Gulf Coast 2 (11 innings)

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - For the second time in the last four games, a walk-off home run propelled No. 1 Miami to a win. Junior left fielder Dave DiNatale sent the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the 11th over the fence in left field as top-ranked Miami walked off with a 4-2 win over Florida Gulf Coast Tuesday night at Mark Light Field. DiNatale finished 2-for-4 and drove in all four runs for the Hurricanes (27-2) who extended their winning streak to 14 games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Coppin State, Davidson, Elon, Florida Gulf Coast, Longwood, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, Rhode Island, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, UVA, VT

FROM PRESS RELEASES

 

Florida Gulf Coast 5 South Florida 4

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of South Florida baseball team fell, 5-4, Tuesday night to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at Red McEwen Field.

The Bulls’ record drops to 3-4, while the Eagles improve to 8-1.

USF’s offensive attack came in the first two innings after falling behind by two after the top of the first. Redshirt freshman Ryan Lockwood spearheaded the Bulls’ offensive charge with a lead-off walk. Junior counterparts Brandon Smith and Addison Maruszak followed with a walk and a hit by pitch to fill the bases. Junior Trey Manz then hit a one-out sac fly to score Lockwood and put the Bulls on the board. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Big East, Big South, CAA, Florida Gulf Coast, Hofstra, Independents, Liberty, Long Island, Mountain West, South Florida, Sun Belt, TCU, Troy, UT-Arlington, VCU

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE
MACON, Ga. – Stetson is the overwhelming favorite to repeat as Atlantic Sun Conference baseball champion in 2008 in the league’s preseason poll. The Hatters garnered eight of 12 first place votes in the poll conducted among the conference’s head coaches. Hatter outfielder Justin Bass and Lipscomb catcher Caleb Joseph split preseason Player of the Year honors, while Lipscomb’s Rex Brothers claimed Pitcher of the Year honors. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, Atlantic Sun, Belmont, Campbell, East Tennessee State, Florida Gulf Coast, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida, Preseason Poll, Stetson, USC-Upstate

The North Florida Ospreys have put out a tentative 2008 schedule. They will host SEC power Mississippi State on opening night February 22nd which starts a three game set. They will open up Atlantic Sun play the next weekend when they head down to Florida Gulf Coast College for a three game set. The rest of the schedule is available here.

Tags: Florida Gulf Coast, Mississippi State, North Florida