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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team’s 2010 schedule, recently finalized and approved for release, will include early-season trips to Mississippi, Florida and Texas along with BIG EAST road series at USF, Georgetown, Seton Hall, West Virginia and Villanova. The slate also features the second annual Big Ten-BIG EAST Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Big East, Notre Dame

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team will hold its annual Blue-Gold intrasquad series this week at Eck Stadium, with the seven-inning games to be played on Tuesday, Oct. 13 (4:00 p.m.), Wednesday, Oct. 14 (4:00) and Thursday, Oct. 15 (4:00). Each game is open to the public and free-of-charge.

"We have had a terrific and competitive fall practice schedule," said fourth-year head coach Dave Schrage. "The Blue-Gold series is a great way for the players to wrap up all their hard work with three competitive battles against one another."

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Tags: Big East, Fall Ball, Notre Dame

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A group of three Notre Dame seniors in Brayden Ashdown, Ryne Intlekofer, and Steven Mazur recently sat down with the five incoming freshmen to discuss the reasons that the newcomers came to South Bend. Notre Dame is looking to rebound after an overall record of 36-23 while going 15-12 in the Big East.

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Tags: Big East, Interviews with Players, Notre Dame

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Kendall Rogers of Rivals continues his series of conference previews heading into fall ball today with the Big East Conference. He believes that the conference needs to take a massive step forward after the top three teams in St. John’s, Louisville, and Notre Dame in competing for a CWS title. Of course, the Big East has a major disadvantage as many of the schools in the conference have substandard facilities and poor weather which affects early season workouts.

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Tags: Big East, Cincinnati, Fall Ball, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, Villanova, West Virginia

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FROM PRESS RELEASE

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The schedule has been finalized and two state‐of‐the‐art major league venues have been added to the 2010 Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, event manager API Sports announced today. Doubleheaders at Dunedin Stadium and Bright House Field highlight a slate that features 30 games over three days, Feb. 26‐28, 2010, at current and former big league facilities in the St. Petersburg and Clearwater, Fla., area.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, Villanova, West Virginia

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Here is your News and Notes for College Baseball News from July 23rd.

UCF Leads All Conference USA Baseball Programs in Team GPA

ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) – Already having set two program academic records in 2008-09, UCF baseball learned that its efforts in the classroom are standing out in Conference USA as well. The Knights ranked first of all C-USA baseball teams with an annual grade-point average of 3.174 to receive the league’s Sports Academic Award.

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Tags: Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Kansas, Marshall University, Notre Dame, Southern Conference, UAB, UCF, Western Carolina

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Dave Dangler, a veteran with 23 years of collegiate head coach experience and another 11 years as a professional scout for the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins and Baltimore Orioles, has been named pitching coach at Notre Dame, head coach Dave Schrage announced Tuesday.

"We are excited that Dave has chosen to join us here at Notre Dame as pitching coach," Schrage said. "We are very, very fortunate to hire a coach with this amount of experience and knowledge, as both a head coach and scout. Dave has both a proven and lengthy track record in the evaluation and development of pitchers. He will make an immediate impact with our program, both on the field and in recruiting."

Dangler served as head coach at three previous locations, including Linn-Benton Community College (1977-83), Yavapai Junior College (1983-94) and Portland State (1995-98). He led Linn-Benton to three National Junior College World Series appearances in 1979, 1980 and 1981, and then directed Yavapai to the 1993 NJCAA National Championship as well as a third place finish in 1986 – a team that included potential Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Curt Schilling.

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Tags: Big East, Coaching Changes, Notre Dame

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Here are some CCBL Links from around the Cape Cod Times.

The first article looks at Vanderbilt’s Jack Armstrong who had an outstanding week which brought him honors as the Pitcher of the Week in the League. The full article about the 6′7 pitcher is available by clicking here.

The next article looks at Eric Maust of Notre Dame who is a two-sport athlete with the Fighting Irish. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Cape Cod League, Notre Dame, SEC, Vanderbilt

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I personally have been a huge fan of Mainieri since 1998 when I attended the Big East conference tournament in Norwich Connecticut. You could always tell that Mainieri was destined to become a coach at one of the major powers in the coming years and finally got the chance at LSU. Yes, he made the College World Series at Notre Dame but to be the coach at such a baseball powerhouse like LSU was too good to pass up. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, LSU, Notre Dame, SEC

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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Following an inaugural event in which nearly 17,000 spectators attended games in a three-day period, the second Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, has been confirmed for the weekend of Feb. 26-28, 2010. The 2010 edition, to be held in St. Petersburg and Clearwater, FL, will feature 10 teams from each conference competing in 30 games and be managed by API Sports. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, Villanova, West Virginia

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Here is your 2009 Big East Tourney Recap for May 23rd where we saw Louisville and UConn advance to the Championship game which takes place on Sunday.

Notre Dame 6 Louisville 5

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Freshman Will Hudgins (Richmond, Va.) induced a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to give the Irish a thrilling, 6-5, victory over Louisville to setup an elimination game with the Cardinals later this afternoon for a right to play in tomorrow’s BIG EAST championship game. Notre Dame (36-22) and Louisville (42-15) will play at approximately 5:00 p.m. ET. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Big East Conference Tourney, Big East, Big East Recap, Louisville, Notre Dame, South Florida, UConn

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Here is your Day 4 Recap of the 2009 Big East Baseball Tournament.

UConn 4 South Florida 2

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Mike Nemeth led off the sixth inning with a solo home run, for his fifth of the season, as the UConn baseball team defeated South Florida 4-2 in its second game of the 2009 BIG EAST Baseball Championship at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla. on Friday morning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Big East Conference Tourney, Big East, Big East Recap, Notre Dame, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, West Virginia