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 the Pitcher of the Week is Eric Beaulac of LeMoyne while our hitter of the week is Matt Stoeklen of Ball State. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Ball State, CBB Players of the Week, Independents, Lemoyne, MAC

East Division Player of the Week

Kurt Davidson, Akron, C/1B, Sr., North Canton, Ohio (Hoover)

Davidson led the Zips to their first league series victory on the road since 2005 as UA took two of three at Miami this weekend. Including a non-league game against Cleveland State, the senior hit a robust .529 (9-for-17) with 10 RBI, five doubles and a pair of home runs to post a slugging percentage of 1.176 in four games. Additionally, behind six walks, Davidson notched a team-leading on-base percentage of .667 and reached base five times in Sunday’s series finale. During the Zips’ huge offensive weekend, the slugger, who became the school’s all-time home run leader last spring, took the career leads for at-bats, RBI and total bases to further establish himself as one of the greatest hitters to come through the UA program. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Akron, Central Michigan, Kent State, MAC, MAC Players of the Week, Western Michigan

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

NYIT 7 Hofstra 2

Old Westbury, NY * Junior Mark Stuckless drove in a run for the second consecutive game, but NYIT took advantage of five Hofstra errors and a strong pitching performance from Mike LaLuna to win Wednesday afternoon’s non-conference contest, 7-2. With the victory, NYIT improves to 13-23-1 while the Pride fall to 17-31. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Buffalo, CAA, Canisius, Hofstra, Independents, Lafayette, MAAC, MAC, NYIT, Patriot League, Temple

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Kentucky 9 Marshall 6

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Sawyer Carroll’s five-RBI performance boosted the No. 16 Kentucky baseball team to a nine-run rally, soaring from a 6-0 deficit and notching a 9-6 win over the red-hot Marshall Thundering Herd - its 23rd non-conference win in the past 24 games - on Wednesday evening at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

After starting every game of his college career - a span of 98 consecutive games - Carroll was scratched from the starting lineup in order to take a final exam, in Italian. Carroll, a National Player of the Year award candidate, completed his final exam around 7 p.m. ET as Kentucky made it through the first 1 ½ innings. By 7:15 p.m., Carroll was standing in the batters box as a pinch hitter, finishing the night 1-for-3 with a career-high five RBI. On the year Carroll, who leads the Southeastern Conference with a .431 average, has totaled 63 RBI in just 45 games, good for a tie for fifth place all-time on the single-season UK record books. A year ago, Carroll finished with 56 RBI in UK’s 54 games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Eastern Michigan, Kentucky, Louisville, MAC, Marshall, Mountain West, Ohio State, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, TCU, UT-Arlington, Western Kentucky

By: Willie Nicklaus
The highly regarded Class of 2007 was touted as one of the best in recent years by the scouting community, major baseball publications, and all experts alike. Those that opted for college baseball are making the impact predicted by many, including our own Brian Foley, the head man here at the College Baseball Blog. (Our Top Freshmen article from the Pre-season is available here.) Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Top Players, ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic 10, Auburn, Big 12, Big East, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Elon, Florida, Georgetown, GT, Kent State, LSU, MAC, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Richmond, SEC, Southern Conference, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, Texas, UNC, West Virginia

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Notre Dame 5 Northern Illinois 4

CHICAGO, Ill. - The Northern Illinois baseball team could not snap No. 29 Notre Dame’s ten-game winning streak as the Huskies fell, 5-4, in front of a school-record 4,600 fans at U.S. Cellular Field on Wednesday night.

In a game that had four lead changes, the Fighting Irish (23-9-1) came out on top after a three-base Huskie error in the eighth inning allowed Notre Dame’s Ross Brezovsky to give the Irish a 5-4 lead on an RBI groundout.

The Huskies (15-17) plated two runs in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead off an RBI single from Justin Behm (Downers Grove, Ill./North) that scored Pat Minogue (Crystal Lake, Ill./Central), who led off the game with a single to center. A sacrifice fly from Dave Reynolds (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) plated Jeff Thomas (Loves Park, Ill./Harlem) for NIU’s second run. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Bethune Cookman, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Kentucky, Louisville, MAC, Morehead State, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame, Ohio State, South Florida, Southern Miss, SWAC

We have some interesting Mid-Week games coming up on Tuesday which is highlighted by Clemson and Georgia playing a home and home series. The College of Charleston will play against cross town rival Charleston Southern while Alabama will play two games against UAB, Ohio State plays Toledo, Coastal Carolina will play against Wake Forest and Elon. The South Florida Bulls will head on the road to take on UCF on Tuesday before returning home to face Bethune-Cookman. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Alabama, Bethune Cookman, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Charleston Southern, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia, MAC, Ohio State, SEC, South Florida, Southern Conference, SWAC, Toledo, UAB, UCF, Wake Forest

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The 23rd-ranked University of Louisville baseball team was unable to complete a sweep of visiting Kent State, falling to the Flashes 9-0 Sunday in Jim Patterson Stadium.

The game was a pitchers duel through the first six innings.

Cardinal starter B.J. Rosenberg retired the first eight of the game before Jared Bartholomew hit a 2-1 pitch out to center to give the Flashes their first lead of the series, 1-0 in the third inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Kent State, Louisville, MAC

Seton Hall at USF

USF Game Notes
Seton Hall Game Notes

Oregon State at Nevada

Oregon State Game Notes
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Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Buffalo, Harvard, Illinois, Ivy League, MAC, Missouri Valley, Nevada, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon State, Pac 10, Seton Hall, Southern Illinois, Southland Conference, USF, WAC

FROM PRESS RELEASES

Dallas Baptist 11 Northern Illinois 8

DALLAS, Texas - Northern Illinois and Dallas Baptists combined for 19 runs and 23 hits Thursday night before the home team prevailed 11-8 at Patriot Field. The Huskies (3-9) held a 7-5 advantage before the Patriots (10-4), who received votes in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll, mounted a comeback keyed by a five-run seventh inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Dallas Baptist University, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Independents, MAC, Missouri Valley, Northern Illinois, Prairie View AM, Southern Illinois, Summit League, SWAC, University of San Diego, WAC, West Coast Conference, Western Illinois

FROM PRESS RELEASE

San Diego 6 Fullerton 2

FULLERTON, Calif. - The 21st-ranked University of San Diego baseball team scored four unanswered runs in picking up a 6-2 win over No. 16 Cal State Fullerton Tuesday evening in a non-conference game at Goodwin Field.

With the win, the Toreros improve to 8-7 overall and improve to 6-1 against ranked opponents this season. With the loss, the Titans fall to 8-5, suffered their first home loss of the season and saw their five-game winning streak come to an end. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big West, CAA, Cal State Fullerton, Campbell, Delaware, Eastern Michigan, Kentucky, MAC, Maryland, Mountain West, Nevada, Northern Illinois, Prairie View AM, Saint Mary's, SEC, Southland Conference, SWAC, TCU, UNC-Wilmington, University of San Diego, UT-San Antonio, WAC, West Coast Conference

Here is your Top 25 Rundown for March 6th. There was not much action as it was a typical Thursday schedule. Thanks to NCAA-Baseball.com for providing the links to the Recaps.

Illinois-Chicago 2 at #10 Vanderbilt 1

UIC Recap
Vanderbilt Recap

Santa Clara 7 #21 San Diego 6 (8 innings DARKNESS)

Santa Clara Recap
San Diego Recap

#22 Oklahoma State 3 Loyola Marymount 2

OK State Recap
Loyola Marymount Recap

#24 Coastal Carolina 9 Toledo 8

Coastal Recap
Toledo Recap

Tags: Big 12, Big South, Coastal Carolina, Horizon League, Loyola-Marymount, MAC, Oklahoma State, Santa Clara, SEC, UIC, University of San Diego, Vanderbilt, West Coast Conference

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Northeastern 4 Western Michigan 2

The Northeastern University baseball team defeated the Western Michigan Broncos 4-2 on Thursday afternoon at IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. Sophomore Charly Bashara improved to 1-0 on the season after outdueling the Broncos’ Ethan Hollingsworth.

Bashara finished with a final line of six innings, four hits, one earned run, four strikeouts and no walks, making it the second straight day that the Huskies were able to silence the heavy-hitting Bronco lineup. Senior Bobby Carrington was strong for out of the ‘pen for the Huskies, tossing three scoreless innings to pick up the save. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, CAA, Coppin State, Hofstra, Holy Cross, MAC, MEAC, Northeastern, Patriot League, St. Joseph's, Western Michigan

Northeastern 5 Bowling Green 0

Sophomore Sheldon McDonald threw eight shutout innings of five-hit, nine-strikeout ball and did not walk a batter, as he led the Huskies to a 5-0 win over the Western Michigan Broncos on Wednesday afternoon at IMG Academies in BRadenton, Fla. Western Michigan entered the game having scored at least 15 runs in three of its last five games, but McDonald kept the Bronco bats silent all afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Atlantic 10, Bethune Cookman, Big East, Big South, Bowling Green, CAA, Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, James Madison, Kentucky, Liberty, Louisville, MAC, Missouri Valley, Northeastern, Ohio Valley Conference, Old Dominion, Rutgers, South Florida, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, SWAC, TCU, Temple, Tennessee, Texas State, Troy

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USF 9 Northwestern 8

TAMPA, Fla. - The University of South Florida Bulls ended their two-game skid with a 9-8 victory against the Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday night at Red McEwen Field.

USF improves to 3-2 on the season while the Wildcats drop to 3-3.

“The whole team played well tonight,” said head coach Lelo Prado. “We did some things offensively that we have not done all year, and when we do that, we are going to be very successful.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Big East, Big Ten, Dallas Baptist University, MAC, Missouri Valley, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, SEC, Southern Illinois, USF