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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

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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

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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

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Former Lion Jeff Walker, who was an All-WCC selection for LMU in 2000, will return to the bluff for his first season as an assistant coach under head coach Jason Gill, it was announced earlier this week. Coach Walker will work primarily with the outfielders and hitters, as well as assist in strength and conditioning and recruiting.

Prior to coming to Loyola Marymount, Walker spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif. During this time, Ohlone qualified for the State Playoffs, led the state in stolen bases, and was one of the best hitting teams in the California. Before going to Ohlone, Walker spent five years serving as both the Athletics Director and head varsity baseball coach at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, Calif. In just his first year as head coach, Walker guided Saratoga, which had finished the previous season in last place after winning just six games all year, to the CIF/Central Coast Section Playoffs.
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Tags: Coaching Changes, Loyola-Marymount, West Coast Conference

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Our good friend Kendall Rogers of Rivals has been putting out some great articles about many different conferences and teams recently. He checked in yesterday with a preview of the ACC conference heading into the Fall Ball workouts. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big East, Big West, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, Oregon, Pac 10, Rivals, UC-Irvine, UNC, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Loyola Marymount University Athletics Director Dr. William Husak formally announced on Thursday that Jason Gill has been named head coach of the LMU baseball program. After serving as an assistant coach at LMU in 1999 and 2000, Gill, who has spent the last four years working under head coach George Horton at Oregon and Cal State Fullerton, will return to the bluff to become the seventh head coach of the Lions’ program.

“I’m excited to make my return to LMU, a program that has always held a special place in my heart,” Gill said.  “The people in and around the Lion family have always been supportive, and I look forward to re-joining that group as the head baseball coach.  I believe in the direction that Dr. Husak is taking the program and the Athletic Department, and I feel that LMU as a whole is structured and ready to win from top to bottom.  Upon reflecting on my personal experiences at the university, and talking to current and former coaches, it is extremely clear that LMU is destined for great things.  The bottom line is it is a great time to be a Lion.”
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Tags: Loyola-Marymount, New Head Coach

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The College Baseball Blog took in the Cape Cod All-Star game on Saturday night which was won by the Eastern All-Stars 8-6 in an exciting game. We take a look at the Eastern Division today with some thoughts on the pitchers that saw action in the All-Star game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, 2010 Top Players, ACC, Big East, Big West, Cape Cod League, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Duke, Long Beach State, Loyola-Marymount, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Notre Dame, Pac 10, University of San Diego, USC, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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The College Baseball Blog made the long trek down to Chatham to take in the Cape Cod All-Star game. The East Division in front of 8,629 fans used a seven run bottom of the eighth inning to erase a 6-1 deficit and pick up a 8-6 victory in the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game. The game was dominated by the team’s respective pitching staffs with each squad having a pitcher blow up in an inning. The Western squad scored the first run of the game in the 3rd inning with an A.J. Pollock (Notre Dame) opposite field homer while Rob Poythress (Georgia) returned the favor in the fifth inning by hitting a ball back in the same general area in right field. Both homers were just pop flys to right field but the strong wind heading out to right field brought the ball out of the ball park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Top Players, ACC, Arizona State, Big East, Cape Cod League, CBB Visit, Georgia, Loyola-Marymount, Notre Dame, Pac 10, SEC, UNC, USC, West Coast Conference

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Loyola Marymount University Athletic Director Bill Husak announced today that Frank Cruz has been released from his position as head baseball coach.

Husak said a replacement for the head coaching position will be announced in the near future.

“I want to thank Frank Cruz for his years of dedicated service to LMU as a head coach,” said Husak. “Frank can be proud of many of his team’s accomplishments in the past 12 years, both on the field and in the classroom. However, I felt it was time for the baseball program to move in a new direction.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Coaching Changes, Loyola-Marymount, West Coast Conference

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I know we don’t cover Minor League baseball in general but the 2008 USA Baseball Team was announced today with a bunch of players with collegiate experience in the last few seasons including one player who will be entering his junior season at San Diego State in the fall. The biggest name that is on the roster is Matt LaPorta and the biggest surprise to me is Stephen Strasburg from San Diego State. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Olympics, 2008 Team USA, 2008 USA Olympic Team, Arizona, Big 12, CBB Column, Delaware, Florida, Loyola-Marymount, Michigan, Oregon State, Pratt (Kan) CC, San Diego State, Stanford, TCU, Texas, Vanderbilt, Ventura (CA)

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Our good friend Mark Rafferty of PitchFork Nation which is the top Arizona State sports blog on the Internet checked out the weekend series between Arizona State and Loyola Marymount. He has some interesting views on the ASU squad including Mike Leake. The full article is available by clicking here.

Tags: Arizona State, Big West, Loyola-Marymount, Pac 10

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Junior first baseman Jose Valerio goes yard twice as the ninth-ranked University of San Diego baseball team cruised their way to a 11-3 win over Loyola Marymount University Sunday afternoon in a West Coast Conference game at USD’s Cunningham Stadium.

With the win, the Toreros improve to 35-11 overall, move to 13-3 in the WCC, complete a three-game sweep over the Lions and extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 16 games. With the loss, the Lions fall to 20-23 overall and 5-10 in the WCC.

The Toreros got on the scoreboards first as they scored six runs on six hits in the bottom of the second inning. Logan Gelbrich led off the inning with a double and moved to third on a Victor Sanchez single to centerfield. After Kevin Hansen walked to load the bases, Jose Valerio then hit his first collegiate grand slam over the fight field fence to give USD a 4-0 lead with no outs. Ryan Davis then kept things rolling with a single through the right side and moved to second on a Kevin Muno sacrifice bunt. James Meador then drove in Davis with a run-scoring double to left field and the final USD run of the inning came on a Josh Romanski RBI single through the right side to give USD a 6-0 advantage.

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Tags: Loyola-Marymount, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference