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Led by Most Valuable Player A.J. Pollock of the Falmouth Commodores and the trio of hard-hitting catcher Tommy Medica, infielder Joseph Sanders and pitcher Chris Manno of the league champion Harwich Mariners, the 2008 All-League Team has been announced by Cape Cod Baseball League Commissioner Paul Galop. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Auburn, Baylor, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Boston College, Cape Cod League, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Houston, Jacksonville State, Louisville, MAC, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Santa Clara, SEC, Stanford, Tennessee, UC-Irvine, University of San Diego, USC, Vanderbilt, Virginia, West Coast Conference

The Cape Cod Baseball League has put out press releases for the rest of the awards for the season. The MVP of the league was AJ Pollock of Notre Dame. He ended up finishing second in the league in batting average while leading the league in Slugging Percentage. Jimmy Cesario of Houston ended up winning the Batting title before signing a MLB deal with the Colorado Rockies. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big East, Cape Cod League, CBUAO, Conference USA, FSU, Houston, Notre Dame, UNC

The Cape Cod Baseball League has put out two great articles on the MVP of the league which was AJ Pollock of Notre Dame and the Batting Champ in Jimmy Cesario of Houston. Pollock finished the season leading the league in hits, doubles, and slugging percentage while finishing second in the league in batting average behind Jimmy Cesario. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Top Players, 2009 Top Players, Big East, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, Houston, MLB Draft, Notre Dame

According to a source, Jimmy Cesario of Houston will sign with the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. He was selected in the 46th round by the Rockies and appeared headed back to school according to Rivals.com. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Houston, MLB Draft

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COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Bourne right-hander Bryce Stowell (Cal-Irvine) came within two outs of pitching a complete-game shutout Friday night against Wareham and the performance earned him Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week honors for the seven-day period ending July 12. The 6-2, 205-pound native of La Habra, Calif., now boasts the Cape Cod Baseball League’s lowest ERA – 0.36 – after working 26 innings in which he struck out 31 batters, walked only five and scattered 10 hits. In his 2-0 victory over Wareham, he struck out eight, did not walk a batter and doled out seven hits. Stowell was 8-3 with a 3.26 ERA at Cal-Irvine this spring as a sophomore. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, Houston, Players of the Week, UC-Irvine

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Texas A&M 13 Houston 5

COLLEGE STATION, Texas- Kyle Colligan homered twice and Darby Brown drove in four runs to lead No. 9 Texas A&M to the NCAA College Station Regional title with a 13-5 victory over Houston Monday evening before 3,888 fans at Olsen Field.

The regional crown is the fifth in school history and moves A&M (46-17) into a best-of-three Super Regional matchup with Rice next weekend in Houston. It also marked the first time in school history that the Aggies have won back-to-back NCAA Regional titles, claiming victories in 1993, 1999, 2004 and 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College Station Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Conference USA, Houston, Texas AM

CBS College Sports has forwarded us a list of the Webcasts for the final games of the Regionals on Monday. Click on the links below!

Georgia Tech v. Georgia (Audio)
TEXAS A&M v. Houston (Video)
FLORIDA STATE vs. Tulane: Post-Game Press Conference (Video)
TULANE v. Florida State (Audio)
Stanford v. Pepperdine (Video)

Tags: 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big 12, Big West, Conference USA, FSU, Georgia, GT, Houston, Pac 10, Pepperdine, SEC, Stanford, Texas AM, Tulane

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Houston 14 Illinois-Chicago 11 (11 Innings)

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Sophomore catcher Chris Wallace blasted a two-run double off the center-field wall in the 11th inning to break a tie and help lift the University of Houston baseball team to a 14-11 win over Illinois-Chicago in an elimination game Sunday afternoon at the NCAA College Station Regional at Olsen Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College Station Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Conference USA, Horizon League, Houston, Texas AM, University of Illinois-Chicago

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UIC 9 Dallas Baptist 5

5/31/2008 - College Station, Texas- The UIC baseball team overcame a three-run deficit by scoring five times in the fifth en route to a 9-5 win over Dallas Baptist at the 2008 NCAA College Station Regional.

UIC Recap
Dallas Baptist Recap

A&M 22 Houston 4

Texas A&M set a school record with six home runs and scored its most runs in an NCAA game since 1989 as the ninth-ranked Aggies downed Houston, 22-4, in a winner’s bracket game at the College Station Regional Saturday night before 5,202 fans at Olsen Field.

A&M (45-16) will play for the regional championship on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. against either Houston (40-23) or UIC.

Texas A&M Recap
Houston Recap

Tags: 2008 College Station Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Conference USA, Dallas Baptist University, Horizon League, Houston, Illinois-Chicago, Independents, Texas AM

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Houston 9 Dallas Baptist 5

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Senior second baseman Ryan Lormand and junior first baseman Jimmy Cesario each went 4-for-5 to lead the University of Houston baseball team to a come-from-behind, 9-5 win over No. 2 seed Dallas Baptist during the first game of the 2008 NCAA College Station Regional at Olsen Field.

After falling behind 3-0 in the first inning, the Cougar offense rallied to take the lead with five runs in the fourth inning. After Patriots knotted the game at 5-5 with two runs in the seventh inning, the Cougars put the game away with four runs in the final two frames, including a three-spot in the eighth inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College Station Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Conference USA, Dallas Baptist University, Horizon League, Houston, Independents, Texas AM, UIC

The Texas A&M Aggies will be hosting the Regional in College Station this weekend sporting a 43-16 overall record while going 19-8 in the Big 12. Dallas Baptist got the second seed in the Regional after having a solid year as an Independent team as they went 37-17. The Houston Cougars are the third seed with a 39-22 record and 14-10 in Conference USA. The fourth seeded team is Illinois-Chicago who is 34-20 with a 17-6 record in the Horizon League. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College Station Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Conference USA, Dallas Baptist University, Horizon League, Houston, Independents, Texas AM, UIC

Going into this weekend the marquee matchup in Conference USA was Houston at Southern Miss as both teams positioned themselves for seeding at the C-USA Tournament and NCAA berths. However, the home-standing Golden Eagles won all three matchups, including a pair of one-run games to move ahead of the Cougars in the league standings. Tulane won two games at Memphis, with the third game being rained out. UCF surprised Rice on Friday night and played them tough the next two days, but the Owls took back-to-back one-run victories. In an expected high-scoring series, Marshall won twice at UAB and East Carolina swept Presbyterian in non-conference action. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Presbyterian College, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

Rice has continued to distance itself from the rest of the pack in Conference USA. The No. 7 Owls swept a three-game series from No. 24 East Carolina to improve to 13-2 in league play. With second place Houston dropping two-of-three at UAB, Rice now owns a 3.5 game lead in the conference standings. Southern Miss and Tulane renewed their long-standing rivalry and the home standing Green Wave took two of three on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Marshall swept its series against UCF in Charleston to move to .500 in C-USA play and overall. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF

Houston sits atop the Conference USA baseball standings after sweeping a three-game series from No. 25 UCF at Cougar Field. UH is just ahead of Rice, which swept a three-game series at Memphis. East Carolina won two-of-three at Southern Miss, while Marshall and Tulane each won one game before tying on Sunday.

Houston’s first league sweep since 2006 was aided by second baseman Ryan Lormand, who went 7-for-12 in the series. Saturday’s middle game saw a strong pitching performance by Ty Stuckey. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Presbyterian College, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB

From Conference USA release:

It was quite a week for the East Carolina Pirates. After opening a five-game schedule with a wild 20-13 win at Old Dominion, ECU picked up a road win at Virginia Commonwealth and then returned home for the annual Keith LeClair Classic. Bad weather forced Friday’s games to be cancelled, setting up a Saturday doubleheader. The Pirates responded, defeating Pittsburgh in the first game and then knocking off No. 15 Michigan, 6-5, in the second game. On Sunday, ECU downed an always-tough Georgia Southern team, 9-3, to capture the tournament title. Brandon Henderson batted .556 (5-for-9) in the tournament, while Ryan Wood extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF