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Here is your Early Signing Classes releases for November 19th.

Rutgers Baseball Announces 2010-2011 Recruiting Class

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (November 19, 2009) – Rutgers head baseball coach Fred Hill has announced the signing of seven scholastic standouts to National Letters of Intent.

The group includes infielder Nick Favatella (Washington Township, N.J.), outfielders Joseph D’Annunzio (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and Brian O’Grady (Warminster, Pa.), catcher Michael Zavala (Randolph, N.J.) and pitchers Charlie Lasky (Freehold, N.J.), Slater McCue (Radnor, Pa.) and Andrew Sullivan (Monroe, N.J.).

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Tags: 2011 Recruits, ACC, Appalachian State, Arkansas, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, CAA, Cleveland State, Conference USA, Dallas Baptist University, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Hawaii, Horizon League, Independents, Louisiana-Monroe, Loyola-Marymount, Memphis, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rutgers, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Temple, Texas AM, UAB, WAC, Wake Forest, Washington, West Coast Conference, Western Kentucky

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern Baseball, the defending Southern Conference Tournament champion, will play 34 games at J.I. Clements Stadium in 2010. Head coach Rodney Hennon announced the schedule on Friday (Sept. 11). Last year marked the 12th time in program history Georgia Southern advanced to the NCAA Regionals (#2 seed at Fullerton Regional).

The Eagles (42-17 overall, 20-8 SoCon last year) open the season playing 14 of their first 16 games at home, starting February 19-21 against Tennessee Tech. The series against the Golden Eagles is one of six GS will play against teams that qualified for the 2009 NCAA Regionals (Georgia Tech, Clemson, South Carolina, Elon and Jacksonville).

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Georgia Southern, Southern Conference

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
STATESBORO, Ga. – Former Alabama pitching coach B.J. Green joins the Georgia Southern baseball staff. Green, who has over 12 years experience as both a player and coach in the Southeastern Conference, will serve as the pitching coach for the 2009 Southern Conference Champions.

Green served as the pitching coach for seven seasons at the Capstone and helped the Crimson Tide to six NCAA tournament appearances, two SEC Tournament Championships, a 2006 Super Regional Appearance, the 2006 SEC regular season title and the 2002 SEC West championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Coaching Changes, Georgia Southern, Southern Conference

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Recapping the action from the Fullerton Regional at Goodwin Field on Saturday.

Cal St. Fullerton- 7, Gonzaga- 4

FULLERTON, CA- Cal State Fullerton senior catcher Dustin Garneau finished 5-for-5 with three runs scored, including the go-ahead run on a Joe Scott single in the sixth, and sophomore right-hander Daniel Renken settled down to strike out six in eight innings of work as the top- seeded Titans defeated third-seeded Gonzaga, 7-4, on Saturday night at Goodwin Field in game four of the 2009 NCAA Baseball Regionals in front of 2,255 fans.

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Tags: 2009 Fullerton Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Georgia Southern, Gonzaga, Mountain West, Sun Belt, Utah, West Coast Conference

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Recapping the action from the Fullerton Regional at Goodwin Field on Friday.

Gonzaga- 19, Georgia Southern- 10

FULLERTON, CA- No. 19 Gonzaga University pounded out 18 hits to post a 19-10 opening game win over #29 Georgia Southern University in the first game of the Fullerton Regional of the NCAA Tournament Friday afternoon. The 19 runs scored is a season-high for the Zags and the most ever scored by a Gonzaga squad in an NCAA Tournament game, a span of 22 games.

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Tags: 2009 Fullerton Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Georgia Southern, Gonzaga, Mountain West, Sun Belt, Utah, West Coast Conference

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While fellow Big West power UC Irvine was dealt an incredibly difficult regional, just 20 minutes away, Cal St. Fullerton was handed what some consider the easiest road to the Super Regionals. The #2 national seed, Fullerton will be joined at Goodwin Field by the SoCon Tournament champs, Georgia Southern, the West Coast Conference champion Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Mountain West Tournament winners, Utah.

The opening game of the regional will be played at 3 pm PDT on Friday and will feature Georgia Southern taking on Gonzaga. The second game of the regional will see Cal St. Fullerton play Utah at 7 pm PDT. The first elimination game is at 2 pm PDT on Saturday, with the winner’s bracket championship game at 6 pm PDT. The second elimination game is at 2 pm PDT on Sunday with the first regional championship game at 6 pm PDT. If necessary, there will be a second regional championship game at 6 pm PDT on Monday.

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Tags: 2009 Fullerton Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Georgia Southern, Gonzaga, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Utah, West Coast Conference

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This is a new feature on the site where I will talk about some of the biggest news stories of the past few days.

The Arkansas Razorbacks picked up another victory over Arizona State on Wednesday night to sweep the brief two game set from the Arizona State Sun Devils in front of a record crowd at Baum Stadium. I guess people will have to respect the Razorbacks 24-6 record. They will now host Vanderbilt in an SEC series this weekend. Arizona State will head home to take on a tough Washington State squad. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Bryant, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Independents, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Conference, The Warning Track, Washington State

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 8th.

North Carolina 12 Richmond 8

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Ryan Graepel and Kyle Seager drove in three runs apiece to lift No. 2 North Carolina to a 12-8 win over Richmond Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. Right-hander Jimmy Messer kept the Spiders off the scoreboard until the sixth in his second career start for the Tar Heels (26-7). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, James Madison, North Florida, Rhode Island, Richmond, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Stony Brook, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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I ran across this score tonight and could not believe my eyes. Georgia Southern picked up a split of their series with Georgia Tech by winning 23-3 on Wednesday night. Ty Wright had a huge game as he went 4-5 with a grand slam. The full press release from Georgia Southern is below. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 7th.

North Carolina 3 East Carolina 1

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina right-hander Patrick Johnson carried a no-hitter into the seventh against hard-hitting East Carolina, and the No. 2 Tar Heels held off a late rally for a 3-1 win over the No. 14 Pirates Tuesday at Boshamer Stadium. With the victory, Carolina (25-7) extended its current winning streak to nine over ECU (25-6).

Johnson (2-0) was masterful against the Pirates, who entered the night eighth nationally with a .361 team average. Over a career-best 6 1/3 innings, the Conover, N.C., native struck out a career-high 11, walked three and allowed just the one base hit in the seventh. He retired six of the final seven batters he faced via the strikeout and fanned two or more in four separate frames. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic 10, Boston College, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, FAU, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Independents, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina Central, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Stony Brook, Sun Belt, Towson, UMass, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, USC-Upstate, Virginia, Wake Forest

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FROM COLLEGE BASEBALL FOUNDATION
LUBBOCK, Texas – The College Baseball Foundation announced today the names of the 10 players and coaches comprising the 2009 National College Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Class.

“This is an exciting day for the Hall of Fame every year,” said Mike Gustafson, co-chair of the Hall of Fame and member of the CBF Board of Trustees. “It’s another remarkable class.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: College Baseball Foundation, College Baseball Hall of Fame, Georgia, Georgia Southern, LSU, Michigan, Mississippi State, Texas, University of St. Francis, Wichita State

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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