FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Mississippi State has reached into Alabama, Georgia and Texas for its latest signees of the 2008-09 college baseball recruiting campaign.

Joining the initial Bulldog recruiting class of first-year MSU skipper John Cohen are left-handed pitcher Matt Lane of Marietta, Ga. (Pope High School), outfielder Jaron Shepherd of Kilgore, Texas (Kilgore High School/Navarro College) and shortstop Nick Vickerson of Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Hillcrest High School/Florida State/Shelton State).
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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Atlantic Sun, Campbell, Conference USA, Louisiana-Monroe, Memphis, Mississippi State, Pac 10, Santa Clara, SEC, Sun Belt, Washington, West Coast Conference

Florida State Baseball Announces 2009-10 Signing Class

Florida State baseball and head coach Mike Martin announced the signing of seven student-athletes to National Letters of Intent as of November 13, 2008. The 2009-10 class features six players from the state of Florida and one from Maryland. The signees include 3B David Boyd, SS/2B Ryan Gennett, INF Justin Gonzalez, INF/RHP Tyler Hibbs, LHP Brett Lee, C/1B Stephen McGee, 2B Devon Travis.
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Tags: 2010 Recruits, ACC, Ball State, Conference USA, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, FLorida State, Independents, Louisiana-Monroe, MAC, Middle Tennessee, Oregon State, Pac 10, Sun Belt

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Combining a dominant pitching performance with an early offensive explosion, the Maroon Team took the final game of the ULM baseball team’s annual ‘Blood Series,’ 5-0, Tuesday afternoon at Warhawk Field.

Tony Dischler kept the Gold bats in check, allowing only one hit and a total of three baserunners in six innings of work for the victory. Cade Bowen worked the final three innings for the save, allowing four baserunners all via the base on balls.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Louisiana-Monroe, Sun Belt

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Matt Laird completed a dramatic comeback with a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning to lead the Gold Team to a 6-4 win Monday night in game four of the ULM Maroon and Gold Blood Series at Warhawk Field. The victory clinches the series for the Gold Team.

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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Louisiana-Monroe, Sun Belt

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Craig Scelfo had a career day at the plate and Danial McHenry tossed five solid innings to lead the Gold Team to a 10-8 victory in game three of the ULM Maroon & Gold Blood Series Sunday afternoon at Warhawk Field.

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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Louisiana-Monroe, Sun Belt

Matt Laird went 4-for-6 with four RBIs to lead the Gold Team in a 16-11 blowout victory over the Maroon Squad in the opening game of the annual ULM Blood Series Wednesday night at Warhawk Field.

Tom O’Gorman (4-for-6), Boomer Blanchard (3-for-5), Ryan McMillan, Kelvin York, Craig Scelfo and Nick Wade all recorded multiple hits for the Gold Team as they pounded out 20 for the game. Blanchard also stole three bases and McMillan had the game’s lone home run.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Louisiana-Monroe, Sun Belt

Huskers Host Red/White Series; Head to Iowa

The Nebraska baseball program closes the fall portion of its workouts next week with three games, including the Huskers’ first-ever fall road trip.

Nebraska will conduct its annual Red-White Series on Tuesday, Oct. 14, and Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Sherman Field (225 West South Street). Tuesday’s first pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. with Wednesday’s game slated for a 3:05 p.m. first pitch. The Huskers will then travel to Iowa City, Iowa, to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in the fall finale on Friday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. There is no admission charge for any of the three games next week.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Arkansas, Big 12, Conference USA, Houston, Louisiana-Monroe, Nebraska, San Jose St., SEC, Sun Belt, Texas, Texas Tech, WAC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Behind a rounded offensive attack, ULM defeated Arkansas-Monticello 12-5 Sunday afternoon in fall baseball action. Six Warhawk players recorded multiple hits, led by Ben Soignier’s 2-for-3, 3-RBI outing.

The game does not count towards either of the teams’ overall records; however it does count towards the Warhawks’ 56-game schedule for the season.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Arkansas-Monticello, Louisiana-Monroe, Sun Belt

By Willie Nicklaus

This is a first in a series of reports I will file leading into the 2009 college baseball season. I decided to start with some of the top power producers who had great 2008 seasons that didn’t get much press except from their local media and schools.

My selections for this report, and upcoming reports, include players who are far from one dimensional. These particular bombers all were in the top 20 of their respective conferences in batting average. So let’s get started with Home Run Frequency. For measure, here are a few HR frequencies from 2008 of players everyone who is a fan of college baseball heard of: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arizona State, Auburn, Big East, Big South, Big West, CAA, Cal, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Cincinnati, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Dartmouth, George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Ivy League, Kent State, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, MAC, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, MLB Draft, New Mexico St., Ohio, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas State, Washington, West Coast Conference, Winthrop

Siena hires Jimmy Jackson as Assistant Coach

Jimmy Jackson has been hired as assistant baseball coach at Siena effective immediately, as announced today by head coach Tony Rossi. Jackson will work primarily with Siena’s catchers and outfielders.
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Tags: Arkansas State, Big 12, Kansas, Louisiana-Monroe, MAAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Oklahoma State, SEC, Siena, Sun Belt, TCU, Vanderbilt, Wichita State

DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) ­ released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending April 22, today. Louisiana-Monroe senior outfielder Dexter Fontenot was named National Hitter of the Week, while Duke’s sophomore left-hander Chris Manno was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Duke, Louisiana-Monroe, NCBWA, Sun Belt

After going 2-6 in their last 8 games, the formerly Top 25 ranked Ragin’ Cajuns (4-9) looked to get back to their winning ways with a three game series against Sun Belt opponent Arkansas State (8-4).

But the Indians would have none of that as they pulled off an impressive three game sweep over Cajuns at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field in Lafayette, Louisiana this weekend.

Due to inclement weather, the teams played a doubleheader on Saturday with ASU winning 3-0 and 9-5 respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, FAU, FIU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, New Orleans, Notre Dame, Sun Belt, Texas AM CC, Top 25, Western Kentucky

Game 5: No. 6 Florida Atlantic 7, No. 7 Western Kentucky 6 (WKU Eliminated)

FAU Recap

Western Kentucky Recap

Game 6: No. 8 South Alabama 5, No. 5 Louisiana-Monroe 3 (ULM Eliminated)

USA Recap

ULM Recap

Game 7: No. 2 New Orleans 7, No. 3 Middle Tennessee 5

UNO Recap

Middle Tennessee State Recap

Game 8: No. 1 Louisiana 9, No. 4 Troy 7

Louisiana Recap

Troy Recap

The Daily Advertiser Recap

Tags: FAU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, New Orleans, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Troy, Western Kentucky

The Sunbelt tournament started yesterday with the following games at South Alabama. A recap of the full game is available at The Daily Advertiser. Click here for a full day recap.

Middle Tennessee 6 Florida Atlantic 1

Recap

New Orleans 11 Western Kentucky 6

Recap

Troy 7 Louisiana-Monroe 0

Recap

Louisiana 3 South Alabama 2
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Recap
The Daily Advertiser Game Article

There has also been some talk about the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns hosting a NCAA Regional in the first round of the upcoming tournament. The full article can be found here. My projections have Louisiana going to Arkansas for the NCAA Regionals. The projections are available here.

Tags: FAU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, NCAA Tourney, New Orleans, Regional Projections, South Alabama, Troy, Western Kentucky

East Carolina 9, Old Dominion 5

GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, breaking a five-all tie to extend the Pirates’ current winning streak of four games with a 9-5 victory over former Colonial Athletic Association foe Old Dominion Wednesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Harrison Eldridge and Stephen Batts put the Pirates (25-12) on top for good as each belted a pair of two-run shots in the seventh. Freshman shortstop Gerard Hall hit his first collegiate homer, a solo shot in the top of the fourth for Old Dominion (25-16).

ECU will be back in action this weekend when they play host to Savannah State in a non-conference series. The Monarchs return to action this weekend when they host Delaware in a three-game CAA series.

Old Dominion recap
East Carolina recap

Southern Miss 16, Louisiana-Monroe 4
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss’ Mike Cashion earned a victory in his second-straight start and the Golden Eagles scored 16 runs on 10 hits to defeat Louisiana-Monroe, 16-4, tonight, at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field in front of 3,115 in attendance.

Brian Dozier led the Golden Eagles with three hits, two RBIs and scored three runs. Jody Blount hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Drew Carson finished with two hits and Michael Ewing, Trey Sutton, James Ewing and Trey Cuevas each had one hit and two RBIs.

Matt Laird, Kyle Suire and Greg Manley led Louisiana-Monroe with two hits each. Laird, Suire, Bo Bowman and A.J. Siggers all finished with an RBI.

Southern Miss (23-15) scored 16 runs on 10 hits, while Louisiana-Monroe (23-16) scored four runs on 10 hits and committed five errors.

The Golden Eagles host C-USA rival UAB for the final three games of the current eight-game homestand this weekend, April 20-22. ULM kicks off a four-game home stand on Friday with a weekend series against Sun Belt foe Western Kentucky at Warhawk Field at 6 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe recap
Southern Miss recap

Memphis 13, Austin Peay 7
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Michael Murray was perfect in four at-bats and freshman Dylan Cupples struck out a career-best five batter and allowed just three hits in six innings as Memphis earned a series sweep of the Governors with a 13-7 win on Wednesday evening. Memphis is now 24-14, marking the first time since 2001 that a Tiger squad has been 10 games over .500.

Austin Peay (20-16) got on the board first with a run in the opening frame, but Memphis set the tone for the contest by answering with a pair of tallies in the top half of the second. Kyle Norrid’s four-pitch got the rally going and Michael Murray followed with a double into the left centerfield gap. Designated hitter Ben Grisham got Memphis on the board when he lined a two-run single to left center for two of six two-out scores for the Tigers.

Memphis will host Marshall in a Conference USA series beginning on Friday. Austin Peay will host Southeast Missouri in an OVC series, beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday.

Memphis recap
Austin Peay recap

UAB 15, Jacksonville State 5
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The UAB Blazers bounced back from Tuesday’s disappointing loss and returned the favor Wednesday night, taking advantage of 13 walks to beat the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 15-5, at Young Memorial Field. The Blazers were led by junior outfielder Phil Bell who was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two doubles. Junior right-hander Dustin Colburn earned the win on the mound.

UAB is now 17-22 on the year, just two wins shy of matching last season’s win total. JSU falls to 21-17 with the loss.

The Blazers will return to Conference USA action when they travel to Southern Miss for a weekend series. The Gamecocks, who are tied for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 9-3 mark in the Conference, return to action with a three-game Conference series at Eastern Kentucky this weekend.

UAB recap
Jacksonville State recap

Tags: Austin Peay, CAA, East Carolina, Jacksonville State, Louisiana-Monroe, Memphis, Old Dominion, OVC, Southern Miss, Sun Belt