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FROM TEAM USA RELEASE
(CARY, N.C.) – Preston Tucker (Florida) hit a solo home run in the sixth inning as the Blue Team defeated the Red Team 4-2 in a seven inning intrasquad game on Saturday at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials.

Tony Zych (Louisville) and Tyler Holt (Florida State) hit back-to-back doubles for the Blue Team in the third inning. Rick Hague (Rice) then placed a single to left-center field that scored both Zych and Holt and put the Blue Team in front 2-0 early. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida, Florida State, Louisville, Ohio State, Rice, SEC

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FROM PRESS RELEASE
(Omaha, NE) – University of Florida infielder Brandon McArthur, a student-athlete who helped his team to the NCAA Super Regional after overcoming a serious injury his freshman year, has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in the baseball division.

The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of coaches, media and fans, is presented annually to college baseball’s outstanding NCAA Division I senior student-athlete. The announcement and trophy presentation were made today by Lowe’s, an Official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, during the 2009 NCAA Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Florida, Lowe's Senior Class Award, National Awards, SEC

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FROM NCBWA RELEASE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Florida first baseman Preston Tucker and Florida State left-handed starting pitcher Sean Gilmartin have been named the 2009 Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s Freshman Hitter and Pitcher of the Year recipients, as announced by the organization today. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Florida, Florida State, NCBWA, SEC

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FROM NCBWA RELEASE

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A total of 37 standout freshmen college baseball players from every part of the country are featured on the annual Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Freshman All-American Team, the organization announced today.

The 2009 Pro-Line Athletic NCBWA Freshman All-American Team is comprised from 17 conferences and 10 conference championship teams. The two All-American squads are also made up of 12 conference “Rookie of the Year” winners.
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Tags: Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Ball State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, Coastal Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Freshmen All-American Team, Fresno St., Georgia State, Hawaii, Indiana, Lamar, Louisville, LSU, Minnesota, NCBWA, North Carolina A&T, Oregon State, Rice, South Carolina, Southern Miss, St. John's, St. Mary's, Texas, Tulane, UCLA, UConn, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wichita State, Winthrop

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

GAINESVILLE – Corky Palmer’s retirement tour will continue at the College World Series.

Joey Archer drove in three runs, reliever Scott Copeland pitched three scoreless innings and Southern Mississippi beat Florida 7-6 on Sunday night to advance to the CWS for the first time in school history. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 Gainesville Super Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Conference USA, Florida, SEC, Southern Miss

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Southern Miss baseball team continued their magical post season run with a 9-7 victory over No. 8 national seed and home-standing Florida to open the NCAA Gainesville Super Regional. In a back and fourth game, it was fifth year senior Jonathon Johnston that proved to be the difference out of the Golden Eagle bullpen, working 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing 1 hits and striking out two while picking up his first win of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Gainesville Super Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Conference USA, Florida, SEC, Southern Miss

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Southern Mississippi scored 42 runs in four games in the regionals to reach the Gainesville Super Regional for the right to play Florida. The Gators scored 32 in three games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Gainesville Super Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, CBB Column, Conference USA, Florida, SEC, Southern Miss

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Here is your Day 3 Recap from the Gainesville Regional.

Miami (FL) 4 Jacksonville 0

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Junior right-hander David Gutierrez tossed a complete game shutout as No. 2 seed Miami advanced to the NCAA Gainesville Regional Championship Game with a 4-0 win over third-seeded Jacksonville Sunday afternoon at McKethan Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Gainesville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami (FL), SEC

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Here is your Day 2 recap of the Gainesville Regional.

Jacksonville 8 Bethune-Cookman 7

Sophomore second baseman Chuck Opachich hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth while sophomore Chris Kaminski and junior Kyle Kriech teamed up to lead the JU baseball team to an 8-7 win over Bethune-Cookman, Saturday afternoon in the second day of the NCAA Gainesville Regional at McKethan Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Bethune Cookman, Florida, Jacksonville, MEAC, Miami (FL), SEC

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One would presume that a team making its record 37th straight NCAA Regional appearance and that was once ranked No. 2 in the country this season would be the favorite in its regional.

That’s not the case in this year’s NCAA Tournament for Miami (Fla.), which will need to get past Jacksonville, Bethune-Cookman and the eighth-overall seed and favorite Florida to take the Gainesville Region to advance to the Super Regionals. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Gainesville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Bethune Cookman, CBB Column, Florida, Jacksonville, MEAC, Miami (FL), SEC

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The NCAA has released the 2009 regional host sites.  The ACC earned four regional hosts: Clemson, Georgia Tech, Florida State, and North Carolina.  Florida, LSU, and Ole Miss will be hosting from the SEC.  The Big 12 will have Texas and Oklahoma as hosts, and Conference USA will also have two hosts: Rice and East Carolina.  Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine will host out of the Big West.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Arizona State, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, East Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, LSU, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Rice, TCU, Texas, UC-Irvine, UNC

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The SEC Tournament was in elimination mode on Friday, as Florida faced off against Arkansas and LSU battled South Carolina in win or go home games.  Here is your SEC Tournament recap for Friday, May 22.

#2 LSU 4, #26 South Carolina 1

HOOVER, Ala. — A brilliant eight-inning performance by LSU right-hander Louis Coleman and timely base hits for the Tigers were enough to lift top seeded LSU past fifth-seeded South Carolina 4-1 Friday night in the SEC tournament at Regions Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas, Florida, LSU, SEC, SEC Recap, SEC Tourney, South Carolina