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BEAUMONT – Lamar University will play a 56-game baseball schedule next spring highlighted by visits to Vincent-Beck Stadium by perennially-strong Rice University, Penn State and the University of Houston.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Lamar, Southland Conference

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BEAUMONT, Texas – Jim Gilligan borrowed one of legendary University of Texas football coach Darrell Royals’s favorite sayings in assessing the prospects for his 2010 Lamar University baseball team.

"Darrell used to say the definition of a guy who has potential is that he’s a guy who hasn’t done it yet," said Gilligan.

When Gilligan’s 2010 hopefuls hit the Vincent-Beck Stadium field for their first of 20 fall practices Monday afternoon, they’ll be loaded with guys who have "potential." It’ll be up to the 34th-season head coach and his assistants to identify the guys who truly have the abilities "to do it."

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Tags: Fall Ball, Lamar, Southland Conference

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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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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – No. 29 Texas State will be the top seed in the 2009 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament when it begins Wednesday at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Bobcats claimed their third regular-season championship and their first outright title last weekend after finishing the regular season with a 38-14 overall record and 24-7 mark in conference play.
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Tags: Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference Tournament, Stephen F. Austin, Texas State, UT-Arlington, UT-San Antonio

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FRISCO, Texas – Texas State first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year by a vote of league coaches and sports information directors, the Southland Conference office announced Monday in conjunction with the release of its all-conference teams.
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Tags: Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, UT-Arlington, UT-San Antonio

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FRISCO, Texas – No. 25 Texas State will be the top seed in the 2009 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament when it begins Wednesday at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Bobcats claimed their third regular-season championship and their first outright title last weekend after finishing the regular season with a 38-14 overall record and 24-7 mark in conference play.
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Tags: Lamar, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Southland Conference Tournament, Stephen F. Austin, Texas State, UT-Arlington, UT-San Antonio

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UT Arlington 14 #30 Texas State 6

ARLINGTON, Texas – Matt Otteman had a career night hitting a grand slam and a three run homer to finish with a career-high seven RBI in UT Arlington’s 14-6 victory over No. 25 Texas State on Friday evening at Clay Gould Ballpark in Arlington. Eight Mavericks finished with multi-hit games and senior Andy Sauter pitched 3.2 innings in relief to win his fourth game of the season. UT Arlington improves to 29-24 overall and to 19-13 in the SLC while Texas State had its six-game SLC win streak snapped and falls to 38-14 overall and to 24-7 in league play.
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Tags: Central Arkansas, Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas State, UT- San Anotnio, UT-Arlington

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FRISCO, Texas – Texas State clinched its third regular-season Southland Conference baseball championship last weekend and its 4-0 week, which included a road win at No. 2 Rice and a sweep of Nicholls State, has the Bobcats ranked 25th this week by Collegiate Baseball.

The Bobcats will be the No. 1 seed in the 2009 Southland Conference Baseball Championship, which will be played May 20-23 at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi. The other seven spots in the tournament have been field, but seeding has yet to be determined entering the final week of the regular season, which has teams scheduled to play Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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Tags: Central Arkansas, Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, UT- San Anotnio, UT-Arlington

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Texas State 7 Nicholls State 6

SAN MARCOS – The Texas State Bobcats clawed their way back after an early offensive attack from the Nicholls Colonels and scored two run in the bottom of the ninth to take a 7-6 victory Sunday afternoon at Bobcat Field and claim the 2009 Southland Conference Regular Season Championship.
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Tags: Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, Texas State, UT-Arlington, UT-San Antonio

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Texas State 11 Nicholls State 9

SAN MARCOS – Ben Theriot proved to be Texas State’s saving grace Friday night at Bobcat Field, knocking in the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth before belting a walk-off two-run home run to give the Bobcats an 11-9 extra-inning victory over the Nicholls Colonels.
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Tags: Central Arkansas, Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas State, UT- San Anotnio, UT-Arlington

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Texas State has a 2 ½-game lead ahead of Southeastern Louisiana with two weeks remaining, but the Lions are riding a season-best eight game win streak. A total of four teams – Texas State, Southeastern Louisiana, UT Arlington and Lamar – have already secured bids to the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament which gets underway May 20 at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. Four spots are up for grabs with six conference games to play. The next four teams – Sam Houston State, UTSA, Northwestern State and Stephen F. Austin are in the best shape since 3 ½ games separate the eighth- and ninth-place teams, but no team has been mathematically eliminated.
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Tags: Central Arkansas, Lamar, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, Texas State, UT- San Anotnio, UT-Arlington

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FRISCO, Texas - Lamar right fielder Quentin Luquette has been named the hitter of the week while Northwestern State right-hander Ryan Zimmerman has been named the Southland Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Lamar, Northwestern State, Southland Conference, Southland Conference Players of the Week