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Taylor County High School baseball player Taylor Ratliff has orally committed to Jacksonville University over Florida State, Florida, and Troy University. In the Tallahassee Democrat article Ratliff states the following on his decision “They said I have all the ability and there isn’t any reason I shouldn’t start as a freshman, I will go in there with a good mindset and hopefully start as soon as I can.”

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Tags: 2011 Recruits, Atlantic Sun, Jacksonville

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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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Here is your ACC Recap for May 5th.

Davidson 3 Duke 2 (10 innings)

DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Wildcats scored two runs to tie the game in the eighth inning before Chase FitzPatrick drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th, lifting Davidson to a 3-2 win over the Duke Blue Devils Tuesday night in mid-week action at Wilson Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Davidson, Duke, Elon, Florida State, Jacksonville, Liberty, Southern Conference, UNC, Virginia Tech

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The ACC had a tough day on March 3rd with only one victory with Boston College edging Florida Gulf Coast. The rest of the conference struggled highlighted by Miami (FL) being shutout 3-0 by Rhode Island and Jacksonville knocking off Florida State 9-4. The rest of the games on March 3rd were canceled due to the large snowstorm which still is wrecking havoc with many college baseball fields in the southern part of this country. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Boston College, Clemson, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Furman, Jacksonville, Miami (FL), Rhode Island, Southern Conference

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
MACON, Ga. – In each of its first three years in the Atlantic Sun, Kennesaw State has improved its standing and on the heels of its runner-up finish in 2008, the A-Sun coaches have installed the Owls as the preseason favorite, the conference office announced on Thursday.

Led by the Preseason Pitcher of the Year, Kyle Heckathorn, the Owls received six of the 11 first-place votes outdistancing themselves from a bunched pack of Lipscomb, the 2008 conference champion, FGCU, the 2008 regular-season champion and Stetson. Lipscomb earned three first-place votes, FGCU and Jacksonville, slotted fifth, split the remaining two votes. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Atlantic Sun, Belmont, Campbell, East Tennessee State, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida, Stetson, USC-Upstate

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
The CBB is committed to our loyal readers in bringing the very best in College Baseball Coverage. We have come across six more 2009 Schedules: Manhattan College, Florida State, Jacksonville University, Kansas State, UC Santa Barbara, Winthrop.

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Tags: 2009 Schedules, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big South, Big West, Florida State, Jacksonville, Kansas State, MAAC, Manhattan, Stetson, UC-Santa Barbara, Winthrop

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

UNC 11 North Florida 5

CARY, N.C. – Dustin Ackley and Tim Fedroff each drove in three runs to lead No. 2 North Carolina to an 11-5 come-from-behind win over North Florida and its 40th victory of the season Wednesday at Cary’s USA Baseball National Training Complex. At 40-8 through 48 games, this year’s Tar Heels have matched the 2006 squad as the quickest in school history to 40 wins. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, CAA, Clemson, Florida State, Furman, Georgia, GT, Jacksonville, Liberty, Maryland, NC State, North Florida, SEC, Southern Conference, Towson, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, Virginia Tech

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Miami (FL) 13 FIU 2

MIAMI, Fla. – Sophomore right-hander David Gutierrez no-hit Florida International for the first three innings and No. 2 Miami erupted for 11 runs during those innings as the Hurricanes cruised past the Golden Panthers, 13-2, at University Park Wednesday night. Miami improved to 23-2 matching the best start ever by a Jim Morris coached team at UM. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Appalachian State, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, East Tennessee State, Elon, FIU, Florida State, George Mason, Georgia, GT, Jacksonville, Longwood, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Towson, UConn, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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CSTV continues their series of articles with two conference previews and Doug Kroll checking in on the coaching carousel. Eric Sorensen previews the ACC which he lists North Carolina, UVA, and Miami as favorites. He lists FSU, Clemson, and Georgia Tech as contenders. He puts Wake Forest as the darkhouse. The full preview is available here. Sorensen also previews the Atlantic Sun conference. He puts Stetson as the overwhelming favorite after they qualified for the 2007 NCAA Tournament. The contenders are Belmont, Mercer, and Jacksonville. The darkhorse candidate is Lipscomb. The full preview is available here. Doug Kroll checks in with an article about the coaching carousel which took place after George Horton left Fullerton to go up to Oregon to restart the Oregon Ducks program. The article is available here.

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Belmont, Clemson, CSTV, Florida State, GT, Jacksonville, Lipscomb, Mercer, Miami (FL), Stetson, UNC, Virginia, Wake Forest

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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