The College Baseball Blog made the trip down to Brockton MA to take in the First Annual Cape Cod Hall of Fame Classic between the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and the Falmouth Commodores. The game was played at Campanelli Stadium which serves as the home of the independent league Brockton Rox.

The Red Sox were able to pick up a 5-4 victory over the Commodores holding off a ninth inning rally as the Commodores had the tying run on third base with two outs but UC-Riverside closer Joe Kelly was able to get Darrin Ruff to ground out to second to end the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic Sun, Cape Cod League, CBB Visit, Lipscomb, LSU, Oral Roberts, SEC, Summit League

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia defeated Lipscomb 14-3 and Georgia Tech 8-0 to force a game 7 in the Athens regional Monday.

In the first game against Lipscomb, right fielder Matt Olson went 5-for-6 and shortstop Gordon Beckham went 4-for-6, and first baseman Rich Poythress added 5 RBIs. Nathan Moreau earned the victory for the Bulldogs, improving to 4-2 on the season. The Lipscomb Bisons completed their season with a 33-30 record. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Athens Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Georgia, GT, Lipscomb, SEC

GEORGIA TECH 6, LIPSCOMB 3

ATHENS, Ga. - Brad Feltes’ two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning helped Georgia Tech beat Lipscomb, 6-3, advancing the Yellow Jackets into the championship round of the Athens NCAA Baseball Regional at Georgia’s Foley Field.

Georgia Tech (41-19) will play either Lipscomb or regional host Georgia (those two teams play Sunday at 2 p.m.) Sunday at 6 p.m. A win Sunday night would send the Yellow Jackets to a Super Regional next week. If Tech loses Sunday night, it would force a deciding game Monday at 7 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Athens Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Georgia, GT, Lipscomb, Louisville, SEC

ATHENS, Ga. — The Bisons of Lipscomb University were the story of the day, as the 151st ranked team in the RPI defeated the national #8 seed Georgia 10-7 at Foley Field. The win marked the first NCAA tournament victory for Lipscomb University in any sport.

Catcher Caleb Joseph, left fielder Blake Bratcher, and first baseman Ryan Wilkins each homered for the Bisons. Bratcher and Wilkins each had 3 RBIs for Lipscomb. Rex Brothers earned the victory for Lipscomb, giving up only 2 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Athens Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Georgia, GT, Lipscomb, Louisville, SEC

#1 Georgia Bulldogs (35-21, 20-9 SEC)
#2 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (39-19, 16-14 ACC)
#3 Louisville Cardinals (41-19, 16-11 Big East)
#4 Lipscomb Bison (32-28, 19-14 Atlantic Sun)

The #8 national seed Georgia Bulldogs host in-state rival Georgia Tech along with Big East champion Louisville and Atlantic Sun champion Lipscomb. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Athens Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Georgia, GT, Lipscomb, Louisville, SEC

The College Baseball Blog and StatStud.com have teamed up this season to bring a weekly award for the top players in the last week. We will select one pitcher and hitter every week throughout the regular season. This week Brandon McClurg of Lipscomb University is our selection for Pitcher of the Week while Trent Lockwood of UT-San Antonio grabs the Player of the Week award. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic Sun, CBB Players of the Week, Lipscomb, Southland Conference, UT-San Antonio

We will be providing Daily Recaps on Conference USA throughout the season. All the recaps are excerpts from the Press Releases. Click on the respective schools link at the bottom of the recap for the full release.

Southern Miss 6 Lipscomb 3

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss hitters started cold but rallied to overcome a early 3-0 deficit to win 6-3 Saturday evening in front of 3,322 fans at Pete Taylor Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic Sun, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, East Carolina, FAMU, Horizon League, Houston, Lipscomb, Marshall, MEAC, Memphis, Ohio State, Pacific, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UIC, Western Carolina

We will be providing Daily Recaps on Conference USA throughout the season. All the recaps are from the school’s press releases.

Central Florida 17, Florida A&M 1

ORLANDO, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - A festive crowd of 1,282 ventured to Opening Day at Jay Bergman Field Friday and had a lot to cheer about as UCF routed Florida A&M, 17-1. The Knights’ 17 runs tied a school record for most in a season-opener, as they also Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic Sun, Ball State, Big East, Big West, Conference USA, Conference USA Recap, FAMU, Houston, Lipscomb, Long Beach State, MAC, Marshall, Memphis, Pacific, Rice, Seton Hall, Southern Conference, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF, UIC, Western Carolina

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, FSU, GT, Jacksonville, Lipscomb, Mercer, Miami (FL), Stetson, UNC, UVA, Wake Forest

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

We continue to get information on Signing classes almost daily. We have linked below a bunch of the ones that have come out in the last week.

Sam Houston State
George Mason
Clemson
Maryland
Northwestern
LaSalle
Gonzaga
Duquesne
Lipscomb
New Mexico

Tags: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big Ten, CAA, Clemson, Duquesne, George Mason, Gonzaga, LaSalle, Lipscomb, Maryland, Mountain West, New Mexico, Northwestern, San Houston State, Southland Conference, West Coast Conference

New Tennessee coach Todd Raleigh is starting to fill in his first recruiting class in Knoxville. He reached into middle Tennessee and plucked Adam Adkins, the cousin of former Vol and Mount Juliet, TN ace James Adkins. Adkins was 11-0 with a 1.07 ERA and 107 strikeouts for Goodpasture in 2007. His accolades include two no-hitters, one in the 8-AA championship tournament.

Tom Kreager of the Tennessean reported on the commitment of Adkins, who chose Tennessee over interest from Alabama-Birmingham, Belmont, East Tennessee State, Georgia, Kentucky, Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee State and Ole Miss.

Read the article here.

 

Tags: 2009 Recruits, Belmont, East Tennessee State, Kentucky, Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Tennessee

The Boston College Eagles continued their quick three game set in the Music City Classic. They lost to Lipscomb by a score of 4-3. The Eagles had another average start on Saturday by Adam Crabtree who gave the Eagles five innings but gave up four runs on eight hits. This was Crabtree’s first career appearance for the Eagles as he missed the 2006 season with Tommy John surgery and did not see action in 2005. The Eagles were led on offense by Freshman Tony Sanchez who went 2-2 in his second career game. The Eagles will be back in action Sunday when they visit Number 1 ranked Vanderbilt.

Boston College Recap
Lipscomb Recap

Tags: ACC, Boston College, Lipscomb