Mike Ojala

It was quite a weekend for the Rice Owls at the Houston College Classic. Faced with the daunting task of facing three consecutive top 10 teams, the Blue & Gray delivered in a big way. On Friday night, the Owls pitching staff combined to set a Houston College Classic record with 17 strikeouts (11 by Mike Ojala) in a thrilling 5-4 victory in 10 innings over No. 9 UCLA. On Saturday night, Ryan Berry turned in as masterful performance as you’ll see in college baseball, throwing a complete-game, two-hit shutout while striking out 12 and walking none. It was C-USA’s first victory over a top-ranked team since Houston defeated LSU on March 6, 2004. Rice closed out the weekend with a solid 8-3 victory over No. 6 Baylor. Read the rest of this entry »

USM's Brian Dozier

The opening weekend of the 2009 Conference USA baseball season is in the books. As a league, C-USA got off to a good start, going 19-10 overall, with six teams posting winning records and another going .500. East Carolina and Southern Miss made it through the first weekend unscathed, going 3-0 against Monmouth and Lehigh, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your ACC Recap for February 22nd.

UNC 11 VMI 3

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – All-America Dustin Ackley had a career-best five hits and right-hander Matt Harvey struck out 11 batters to lift No. 1 North Carolina to an 11-3 win over VMI Sunday at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium. With Sunday’s victory, the Tar Heels (3-0) swept their season-opening series for the seventh straight season. Read the rest of this entry »

I will be covering the ACC in depth this season with weekly previews of the weekend ahead. I believe that the ACC is one of the premier conferences in the country even though no team in the conference has won the national championship since 1955 when Wake Forest grabbed the title. The ACC is expected to be won by the North Carolina Tar Heels who are led by two of the best pitchers in the conference with Alex White and Matt Harvey. The North Carolina offense is led by junior Dustin Ackley who has been one of the best hitters in the country for the last two seasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Nate Lape

With the winningest season in program history just a few short months in the rearview mirror, the Marshall Thundering Herd baseball team embarks on a journey that could see the squad make further strides in the 2009 season. In 2008, Marshall finished 30-30-1, earned a berth in the Conference USA championship game and lost by one run to Houston, and finished the historic campaign one win shy of obtaining its first appearance in the NCAA Regional Tournament since 1978. In 2009, the Herd will look to settle its unfinished business… Read the rest of this entry »

Luke Anders (Courtesy of Rivals.com)

Rivals.com College Baseball Editor Kendall Rogers put out a great article previewing the Top 10 Seniors for the 2009 season. He names your typical players like Michael Rockett of Texas-San Antonio and Preston Guilmet of Arizona. He also brings up Nate Lape of Marshall who flies under the radar as he plays for the West Virginia based school. The biggest name on his list is Ole Miss’ pitcher Scott Bittle who appeared in 27 games with a ERA of 1.78. He held opponents to a .145 batting average against. The rest of the list includes: Luke Anders of Texas A&M, Cory Harrilchak of Elon, Chris Fetter of Michigan, Chris Rusin of Kentucky, Ben Orloff of UC Irvine and Ben Soignier of Louisiana-Monroe. Read the rest of this entry »

head coach Jeff Waggoner- Marshall University

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University baseball program recently signed six players to National Letters of Intent and added a pair of walk-ons to the roster for the 2010 season.

“With the losses of Lape, Yeager and Casamassima, we knew we had to be athletic,” Thundering Herd head coach Jeff Waggoner stated. “All six signees are 6.9 runners or better, which brings us some added speed to next year’s team. The class also provides added left-handed hitting to offset Conference USA bullpens which has been a problem in our first two seasons.”
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Steve Kittrell enters his 26th season at USA holding 998 career wins. Courtesy: South Alabama

SOUTH ALABAMA BASEBALL ANNOUNCES 2009 SCHEDULE

South Alabama baseball head coach Steve Kittrell unveiled the Jags’ 2009 baseball schedule Tuesday. The 54-game regular season schedule features 27 games at Stanky Field.

The Jags play 13 games against teams that participated in the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, as well as 11 games against teams that were estimated to have finished 2008 in the RPI top-50.
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Head Coach Turtle Thomas Courtesy: Samuel Lewis

Thomas Announces Incoming Class & Fall Schedule

FIU baseball head coach Turtle Thomas announced his 2008 incoming class on Wednesday, as well as a schedule of events for the fall.

“Our goal is to improve our program every year and that comes through the recruiting efforts of our staff,” said Thomas.
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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Furman Head Baseball Coach- Ron Smith

Furman Baseball Adds Right-handed Pitcher

Furman baseball coach Ron Smith announced today the signing of pitcher Mike Waller to a national letter of intent. FULL STORY

This is the UCF Baseball Coaching Staff – Part Two with Jeff Palumbo

8/4/2008 – It’s August. At this point of the year, several Major League Baseball clubs are already out of the race. In the American League East, the last 10 years have been dominated by the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox as they have finished first and second in nine of those seasons. So boy it must be tough for Baltimore native and UCF assistant baseball coach Jeff Palumbo. FULL STORY

Baseball Names Conner Director of Baseball Operations

Marshall University head baseball coach Jeff Waggoner recently named Chad Conner the Director of Baseball Operations for the 2009 season

Marshall University Head Baseball Coach Jeff Waggner

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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 »