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Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com continues his series of articles previewing different conference today with the Sun Belt. He talks about how last year was a surprise as Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee broke through with NCAA tournament bids and hope to continue the success from last season in 2010.

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Tags: Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas State, Fall Ball, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, New Orleans, Rivals, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Troy, Western Kentucky

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Baseball America recently put out their Top 25 College Baseball and High School Prospects for the 2010 MLB Draft. The college rankings are led by Bryce Harper who has received national attention for skipping his final two years of high school to play college baseball with Community College of Southern Nevada. The rest of the top five is Anthony Ranaudo from LSU, Deck McGuire from Ga Tech, Levon Washington from Chipola JC, and Chris Sale from Florida Gulf Coast. The rest of the top 25 is available below.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CC of Southern Nevada, Chipola (Fla), Conference USA, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Kentucky, LSU, Middle Tennessee, MLB Draft, NJCAA, Ohio State, Ohio Valley Conference, Ole Miss, Rice, SEC, South Carolina, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, UC-Riverside, University of San Diego, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia — USA starter Drew Pomeranz (Ole Miss) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Team USA beat Germany, 8-1, in the championship game at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Germany got on the board in the first inning on no hits. Pomeranz (Ole Miss) put two runners on board with a hit batsman and a walk before a sacrifice bunt moved them to second and third. Ludwig Glaser followed with an RBI groundout to second base for the 1-0 lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCLA, WAC

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PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia — Rick Hague (Rice) went 3-4 with one of three U.S. home runs and Team USA defeated the host Prince George Axemen, 10-2, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

The Axemen (2-2) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning with a double to right center by Darrin Doucette to take a short-lived one-run lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Hawaii, Middle Tennessee, Rice, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, UT-Arlington, Vanderbilt, WAC

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FROM USA BASEBALL

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Team USA pitchers surrendered three home runs and German pitcher Tim Henkenjohann pitched 8.2 innings as Team Germany beat the U.S., 6-3, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

USA starter T.J. Walz (Kansas) surrendered a solo home run to Jendrick Speer and a two-run shot to Simon Guerhing in the bottom of the fourth inning as Germany (2-1) went up 3-0 on the U.S.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, Big East, Kansas, Louisville, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Pac 10, Sun Belt, UCLA

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FROM USA BASEBALL

(TOKYO) – Matt Newman (Arizona State) went 3-5 with four RBI for Team USA, but Japan rode a six-run third inning on its way to a 7-5 victory over the U.S., Monday, in the second game of the 37th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championship in the Tokyo Dome.

Team USA scored two runs in the first inning on Japanese starting pitcher Yuki Saito. Matt Newman (Arizona State) hit an RBI single to centerfield to score Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) from second base and Andy Wilkins singled through the right side to bring in Newman for the early 2-0 lead. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Japan, Kansas, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Pac 10, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Tulane, UT-Arlington

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(CHIBA, JAPAN) – Team USA (11-1) committed three errors and left eight runners on base in a 7-1 exhibition loss to Budo University, Friday, in Chiba, Japan. The loss was the first by the U.S. this summer and it snapped a 35-game winning streak for the National Team dating back to last season.

Tyler Holt (Florida State) reached second base on an error by the left fielder to begin the game and later scored Team USA’s lone run on an RBI groundout by Blake Forsythe (Tennessee) in the bottom of the first inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, Arizona State, Big East, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Louisville, Middle Tennessee, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Tennessee, The Citadel, Vanderbilt

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I attended this game and Live Blogged about it. You can check out my Chat Recap by clicking here. I will also be writing a large article profiling the USA team in the coming days.

FROM USA BASEBALL
(HOLYOKE, MASS.) – Bryce Brentz’s two RBI hits pushed Team USA (11-0) passed the Holyoke Blue Sox, 5-2, Monday evening at MacKenzie Stadium in front of a lively, record-breaking, pro-Holyoke crowd of 4,811. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Horizon League, Kansas, Middle Tennessee, NECBL, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, Wright State

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FROM USA BASEBALL
(DURHAM, N.C.) – Andy Wilkins (Arkansas) hit a 435 foot grand slam that left the ball park and Sonny Gray (Vanderbilt) kept Guatemala hitters off-balance to lead the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) to an 18-1 series finale victory at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Saturday, July 4. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arkansas, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Horizon League, Middle Tennessee, Rice, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Wright State

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FROM USA BASEBALL
(DURHAM, N.C.) – Gerrit Cole (UCLA), Asher Wojciechowski (The Citadel), Nick Pepitone (Tulane), and Chad Bettis (Texas Tech) combined to throw the first no-hitter in post-trials USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) history on its way to a 10-0 shutout victory over Guatemala at Coleman Field, Thursday night. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arkansas, Big 12, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Horizon League, Middle Tennessee, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, The Citadel, Tulane, UCLA, WAC, Wright State

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(CARY, N.C.) – USA Baseball announced Wednesday night the 22 members of its 2009 National Team (Collegiate). The roster is headlined by shortstop and 2008 National Team member Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton; Capey, Puerto Rico), and consists of five outfielders, six infielders, 10 pitchers, and one utility player. Two additional players will stay with the team to serve as alternates. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Horizon League, Kansas State, Louisville Slugger, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ohio Valley Conference, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Tennessee, Texas Tech, The Citadel, Tulane, UCLA, UT-Arlington, Vanderbilt, WAC, Wright State

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FROM TEAM USA RELEASE

(CARY, N.C.) – Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) went 3-4 with a solo home run and three RBI for the Blue Team in its 6-1 victory over the Red Team, Tuesday, at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials in Cary, N.C.

Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the second inning when he lifted a ball over the left-field fence on White Team starter T.J. Walz (Kansas). His homer put the Blue Team ahead 1-0 early in the contest. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Alabama, Arizona State, Big 12, Big East, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Kansas, Louisville, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 10, SEC, Southland Conference, Tennessee, Tulane, UT-Arlington