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Ed Collins of SouthCoastToday.com has an excellent feature on the Wareham Gatemen. He spotlights Derek Dietrich and Shea Vucinich who each have been the heart and sole of the Gatemen offense this season. Dietrich picked up two homers against Harwich on June 18th while Vucinich picked up two homers against Chatham last Thursday. Dietrich will be entering his junior season at Georgia Tech as he is widely considered one of the prospects in the country. He finished last season with a .311 average while hitting 10 homers and 54 RBI. Shea Vucinich will also be entering his junior season with Washington State. He struggled last season with a .230 average with six homers and 25 RBI but has seemed to turn it around in the Cape Cod League. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Cape Cod League, Georgia Tech, Pac 10, Washington State

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Here are the highlights from the Cape Cod Baseball League for June 18th. I will try to do one of these for the rest of the season.

Mike Dennhardt (Boston College) threw a one-hitter for eight innings as Chatham defeated Bourne 2-0. Box Score

Hyannis hammered Falmouth 13-5. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Boston College, Cape Cod League, Duke, Georgia Tech, SEC, Tennessee, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

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FROM ABCA RELEASE
OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17.

Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley, ASU outfielder Jason Kipnis and Virginia utility player Danny Hultzen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 All-Americans, ABCA, Alabama, Arizona State, Army, Ball State, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, College of Charleston, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, Elon, Florida International, Florida State, Fresno St., George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, Manhattan, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, New Mexico, New Mexico St., Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stetson, Texas, Texas State, Towson, UC-Irvine, UNC, Virginia, Western Kentucky

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ATLANTA – For the first time in ten previous tries Southern Miss won an NCAA Regional and will advance to a NCAA Super Regional with tonight’s 12-8 victory over host Georgia Tech at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Southern Miss was the only number three seed to advance to a super regional while all three Conference USA schools that advanced to regional play (East Carolina, Rice and Southern Miss) won their regional, the first time ever three C-USA teams will play in a super regional in the same year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Conference USA, Georgia Tech, Southern Miss

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Here is your Day 3 Recap of the Atlanta Regional.

Georgia Tech 8 Elon 4

ATLANTA – Freshman Mark Pope pitched five innings of shutout relief to preserve the win, and Georgia Tech made its seven-run second inning standup as the 13th-ranked Yellow Jackets eliminated Elon, 8-4, Sunday afternoon in the NCAA Atlanta Regional baseball tournament at Russ Chandler Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference, Southern Miss

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Here is your recap of Day 2 of the Atlanta Regional.

Elon 4 Georgia State 3

ATLANTA, Ga. — Jimmy Reyes struck out a career-high 14 hitters and allowed just three runs on eight hits in 8.0 innings to lead the 22nd-ranked and second-seeded Elon Phoenix to a 4-3 victory over fourth-seeded Georgia State in an elimination game at the Atlanta Regional of the 2009 NCAA Baseball Championship on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, Elon moved to 41-17 on the year. The Georgia State Panthers finished their season at 39-22. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, CAA, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference, Southern Miss

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Game 1: #3 Southern Miss 17, #2 Elon 15

Senior second baseman Bennett Davis’ three home runs were not enough for Elon in a 17-15 loss to the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss.

The two teams combined for 71 total bases, the 4th highest ever total in an NCAA regional game.  The slugfest also featured 11 home runs and 34 hits.

Bo Davis, senior right fielder for Southern Miss, hit his second home run of the game in the 9th inning to put the Golden Eagles ahead for good.  Elon scored 2 in the bottom of the 9th, but those runs were not enough.  Southern Miss advances in the winners’ bracket of the Atlanta regional. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, ACC, CAA, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference, Southern Miss

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Georgia Tech’s Russ Chandler Stadium plays host to the Atlanta regional, its 9th NCAA regional since 1987.

The #1 seed Georgia Tech faces Colonial Athletic Association champion and cross-town rival Georgia State at 7pm Friday. The two teams have met twice this season with the road team winning each game: Georgia State defeating Georgia Tech 10-1 at Russ Chandler Stadium and Georgia Tech winning 18-2 at Panthersville.

The #2 seed Elon was the Southern Conference regular season champion and will face #3 seed Southern Miss at 3pm Friday. The only prior meetings between the two schools came in 1978 in a 4-game series which Elon won 3-1.

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Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, CAA, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference, Southern Miss

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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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Here is your ACC Recap for May 23rd in the final day of round-robin play in the 2009 ACC Baseball Tournament.

Georgia Tech 9 FSU 2

DURHAM, N.C. – Luke Murton’s 18th home run of the season highlighted a three-run third inning, and Brandon Cumpton tossed 5-1/3 solid innings to help Georgia Tech snap a four-game losing streak with a 9-2 win over Florida State Saturday afternoon at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, ACC Tournament, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, UNC, Virginia

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Here is your recap of the second day of action in the 2009 ACC Baseball Tournament.

Boston College 7 Georgia Tech 3

DURHAM, N.C. – Sophomore Mickey Wiswall went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI to lead the Boston College baseball team to a 7-3 win against No. 13 Georgia Tech in the 2009 ACC Championship on Wednesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, ACC Tournament, Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), Virginia

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Here is your ACC Tournament Day 1 Recap for May 20th. Miami (FL) picked up a 8-6 victory over Georgia Tech while FSU picked up a 7-2 win over Boston College. In the nightcap, UNC grabbed a 8-3 victory.

Miami (FL) 8 Georgia Tech 6

DURHAM, N.C. — Miami sent 13 batters to the plate in the sixth inning, scoring seven runs en route to an 8-6 victory over Georgia Tech Wednesday in the opening game of the 2009 ACC Baseball Championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, ACC Tournament, Boston College, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), UNC