Here is your Cape Cod Baseball League Recap for June 20th.

Orleans defeated Brewster 8-2 with the key hit being a Matt Koch (Loyola Marymount) pinch hit sixth inning grand slam. Box Score

Chatham defeated Harwich 4-3 in eleven innings. Mike Murray (Wake Forest) went 3-5 with 2 RBI including the game winning RBI in the bottom of the eleventh to lead the Anglers to the victory. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big 12, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, East Carolina, Loyola-Marymount, Missouri, Wake Forest, West Coast Conference

FROM ABCA RELEASE
OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17.

Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley, ASU outfielder Jason Kipnis and Virginia utility player Danny Hultzen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 All-Americans, ABCA, Alabama, Arizona State, Army, Ball State, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, College of Charleston, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, Elon, Florida International, Fresno St., FSU, George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, Manhattan, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, New Mexico, New Mexico St., Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stetson, Texas, Texas State, Towson, UC-Irvine, UNC, Virginia, Western Kentucky

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga University punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament and clinched its first ever West Coast Conference Title with a 14-3 WCC Championship Series clinching victory over Loyola Marymount University Saturday afternoon. The Zags will be making their fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament and the first since 1981. That year was also the last time a Gonzaga team won a conference title (Nor-Pac Conference). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, Gonzaga, Loyola-Marymount, West Coast Conference

Gonzaga scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat Loyola-Marymount 4-3 in Game 1 of the West Coast Conference Championship series. Full Recap coming soon.

Tags: Gonzaga, Loyola-Marymount, West Coast Conference

I will check in throughout the season with my thoughts on some recent news and notes in College Baseball.

The biggest news on Tuesday was Arizona State dropping a tough road game against Arkansas 7-3 in Baum Stadium. The Razorbacks are now 23-6 while being 10-2 in the SEC. I know some people have questions on the Razorbacks early season schedule but they are 10-2 in the SEC with road series victories over South Carolina and Auburn. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big West, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, Kansas State, Loyola-Marymount, Pac 10, Rhode Island, SEC, The Warning Track, West Coast Conference

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
With a National Player of the Year candidate at first base receiving throws from a talented infield, a two-time All-West Coast Conference selection in the outfield, a balanced pitching staff, and a group of impressive newcomers eager to earn starting nods, look for the 2009 LMU baseball team, which is led by first-year Head Coach Jason Gill, to compete and succeed in the competitive West Coast Conference. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Season Preview, Loyola-Marymount, West Coast Conference

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

College Baseball coaches from San Diego to Santa Barbara, including Northridge Head Coach Steve Rousey, convened at the ESPN Zone in Anaheim Saturday morning to show off their skills and creativity.

Their tools of choice however were not a glove, a baseball, or a bat but a skillet, a spatula, and a number of ingredients at their disposal as participants in the inaugural Baseball Cooking Challenge.
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Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-State Northridge, Long Beach State, Loyola-Marymount, Pac 10, Pepperdine, UC-Irvine, UC-Santa Barbara, University of San Diego, USC, West Coast Conference

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

SAN BRUNO, CA – San Diego and Pepperdine were picked as favorites to win this year’s WCC regular season title in the 2009 preseason baseball poll, as voted on by the head coaches in the conference. The Toreros and Waves have already been receiving several preseason accolades by several publications as San Diego has been ranked as high as No. 11 by Baseball America, while Pepperdine was ranked No. 17 in the same poll. San Diego and Pepperdine both received 45 points, with the Toreros receiving four first place votes to three for the Waves. Santa Clara, which has received votes in several preseason publications, was picked to finish third with 35 points. Gonzaga received the last remaining first place vote, and received 30 points, to come in at fourth place, edging out San Francisco, which received 26 points, for fifth place. Rounding out this year’s poll are Loyola Marymount, with 20 points, Saint Mary’s, with 14 points, and Portland, with nine points.
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Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Gonzaga, Loyola-Marymount, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Francisco, Santa Clara, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

Some schools will send out a press releases when they have everybody signed and some will send out multiple releases when they have received the LOIs. Today that is what I will be working on. Gathering all those press releases with one or two signings and then posting them here in this article. If you have one that we have not posted please let us know and we will be more than happy to put the info out.

Note: Have a Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Loyal Readers. Be Safe!

Meade Tenth Player to sign with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

exas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball head coach Scott Malone announced the tenth member of its 2009 recruiting class as Josh Meade has signed to join the Islanders.
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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, Memphis, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Pac 10, SEC, South Alabama, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Texas, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, West Coast Conference

South Carolina Baseball Announces 2008 Signing Class

The University of South Carolina baseball program has announced the signing of 12 student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during the November early signing period. The class includes five players from the South Carolina Diamond Devils AAU squad that won a pair of national championships this summer as well as the top rated high school players out of the states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. It consists of 10 high school players as well as two junior college standouts.
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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Big West, Florida, Loyola-Marymount, Mississippi State, SEC, South Carolina, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, UC-Irvine, University of Lousiana at Monroe, West Coast Conference

The CBB continues our countdown to the 2009 College Baseball season with our Top 50 players to watch. We will be providing one player each day (Monday-Saturday) until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with junior outfielder Angelo Songco from Loyola Marymount. He is a 6-0 175 pound left handed hitter from Bishop Alemany High School and Granada Hills California. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, CBB Column, Loyola-Marymount, West Coast Conference

The CBB has come across seven more schedules for the 2009 College Baseball season. The seven schedules are for Loyola Marymount, Binghamton, Central Michigan, Monmouth, NYIT, Towson, Western Michigan.

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Tags: 2009 Schedules, America East, Binghamton, CAA, Central Michigan, Loyola-Marymount, MAC, Monmouth, Northeast Conference, NYIT, Towson, West Coast Conference, Western Michigan