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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – University of North Florida Director of Athletics Lee Moon announced today that Raymond “Smoke” Laval will take over as the new head baseball coach for the Ospreys. Laval will replace current head baseball coach Dusty Rhodes, who announced his retirement today, effective at the end of the 2010 season.

“We’re excited to have Raymond joining the UNF family,” said UNF President John A. Delaney.  “He brings a wealth of experience to the plate and we look forward to him picking up where Dusty left off, continuing to build upon a strong baseball program here at the University.”

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Tags: Atlantic Sun, Coaching Changes, LSU, North Florida, SEC

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North Florida head coach Dusty Rhodes is set to retire after the 2010 season. He has overseen the program’s transition from NAIA to Division 1 while compiling a record of 879-420 heading into the upcoming season. He is set to make the announcement on Monday where UNF athletic director Lee Moon will name the successor.

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Tags: Atlantic Sun, Coaching Changes, North Florida

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 28th.

North Florida 10 Miami (FL) 1

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The bats of the No. 11 Miami Hurricanes were stifled by six University of North Florida pitchers Tuesday night, while the Ospreys exploded for 15 hits in a 10-1 upset, marking the first time in program history UNF has knocked off Miami, Florida, and Florida State in the same season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Davidson, High Point, James Madison, Liberty, Maryland, Miami (FL), NEC, North Florida, Quinnipiac, Southern Conference, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 16th.

UNC 20 Winthrop 4

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Ben Bunting went 3-for-5 with three RBI and tied a school record with two triples, and No. 4 North Carolina got eight strong innings from its bullpen in a 20-4 win over Winthrop Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. Garrett Gore and Ryan Graepel also added three hits, as the Tar Heels (28-10) snapped a two-game losing skid with their biggest offensive outburst of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Florida State, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, High Point, Maryland, NC State, North Florida, Radford, Southern Conference, UMass, UMBC, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, Winthrop, Wofford

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 8th.

North Carolina 12 Richmond 8

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Ryan Graepel and Kyle Seager drove in three runs apiece to lift No. 2 North Carolina to a 12-8 win over Richmond Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. Right-hander Jimmy Messer kept the Spiders off the scoreboard until the sixth in his second career start for the Tar Heels (26-7). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, James Madison, North Florida, Rhode Island, Richmond, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Stony Brook, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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The College Baseball Blog for the second straight year will be naming a single Player of the Week and a Pitcher of the Week. This award is selected by a vote on by the writers of The College Baseball Blog. This week we honor Georgia Tech’s third baseman Matt Skole as out Player of the Week while John Frawley of North Florida picked up our Pitcher of the Week award. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Atlantic Sun, CBB Column, CBB Players of the Week, Georgia Tech, North Florida

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Here is your ACC Recap for March 4th

North Carolina 10 Gardner-Webb 3

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Mark Fleury connected on a grand slam and drove in a career-best five runs, and right-hander Bryant Gaines earned his first career win in No. 2 North Carolina’s 10-3 victory over Gardner-Webb Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. The Tar Heels improved to 8-1 with their fifth straight win, while the Bulldogs dropped to 3-4. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Akron, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Duke, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Gardner-Webb, George Washington, MAC, NC State, North Florida, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, Villanova, Virginia, Wake Forest

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MACON, Ga. – In each of its first three years in the Atlantic Sun, Kennesaw State has improved its standing and on the heels of its runner-up finish in 2008, the A-Sun coaches have installed the Owls as the preseason favorite, the conference office announced on Thursday.

Led by the Preseason Pitcher of the Year, Kyle Heckathorn, the Owls received six of the 11 first-place votes outdistancing themselves from a bunched pack of Lipscomb, the 2008 conference champion, FGCU, the 2008 regular-season champion and Stetson. Lipscomb earned three first-place votes, FGCU and Jacksonville, slotted fifth, split the remaining two votes. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Atlantic Sun, Belmont, Campbell, East Tennessee State, Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida, Stetson, USC-Upstate

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The CBB is committed in getting the 2009 College Baseball Schedules. We have come across the schedules for Tulane, Texas Southern, North Florida, and Northern Iowa. If you are looking for any other schedules we have them in two different places. One is on the right hand side where it says “View 2009 Schedules and we have links up top for the DIV I, II, and III schedules.

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Tags: 2009 Schedules, Atlantic Sun, Conference USA, Missouri Valley, North Florida, Northern Iowa, SWAC, Texas Southern, Tulane

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UNC 11 North Florida 5

CARY, N.C. – Dustin Ackley and Tim Fedroff each drove in three runs to lead No. 2 North Carolina to an 11-5 come-from-behind win over North Florida and its 40th victory of the season Wednesday at Cary’s USA Baseball National Training Complex. At 40-8 through 48 games, this year’s Tar Heels have matched the 2006 squad as the quickest in school history to 40 wins. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, CAA, Clemson, Florida State, Furman, Georgia, GT, Jacksonville, Liberty, Maryland, NC State, North Florida, SEC, Southern Conference, Towson, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, Virginia Tech

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UNC 9 North Florida 2

CARY, N.C. – Left fielder Kyle Shelton doubled three times and drove in two runs and third baseman Chad Flack reached the 200-RBI mark for his career to lead No. 2 North Carolina to a 9-2 win over North Florida Tuesday at Cary’s USA Baseball National Training Complex. The Tar Heels (39-8) held the Ospreys (26-21) to just four hits en route to their 14th win in the last 15 games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Campbell, Davidson, Duke, Maryland, MEAC, NC State, North Florida, Southern Conference, UMES, UNC

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Miami (FL) 12 FAU 10

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Junior first baseman Yonder Alonso blasted a two-out two-run ninth inning home run and No. 1 Miami overcame a seven-run deficit to rally past Florida Atlantic, 12-10, Wednesday night at FAU Stadium in front of 2,348 fans. Junior closer Carlos Gutierrez (2-1) picked up his second win for the Hurricanes (31-3), who won the season series over the Owls (21-13). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Big South, Boston College, Campbell, Charlotte, Clemson, Duke, FAU, Florida State, Georgia Southern, GT, Liberty, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, North Florida, Radford, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, UMass, UMES, UNC, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Winthrop