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Here is your Fall Ball Recap for November 15th. Click on the respective link for the full article.

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Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Fall Ball, Mississippi State, Pepperdine, San Jose St., SEC, WAC, West Coast Conference

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Here is your Fall Ball Recap for November 14th. Click on the respective link for the full article.

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Tags: Big West, Fall Ball, Mississippi State, Pepperdine, San Jose St., SEC, UC-Santa Barbara, WAC, West Coast Conference

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Here is your Fall Ball Recap for November 12th. Click on the respective link for the full article.

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Tags: Big West, Fall Ball, Louisiana-Monroe, Pepperdine, Sun Belt, UC-Santa Barbara

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MALIBU, Calif. – Pepperdine Baseball’s annual fall tradition – the Blue and Orange World Series – begins Thursday at Eddy D. Field Stadium at 1:15 p.m. The three-game set marks the end of the Waves’ fall season, which began back in September will individual workouts followed by October’s team practices and intrasquads.

Game’s two and three will take place Saturday and Sunday with an approximate start time of 1 p.m.

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MALIBU, Calif. – John Scolinos, head baseball coach of the Pepperdine Waves from 1946 to 1960, died Saturday morning at the age of 91.

Funeral arrangements are unknown at this time.

Scolinos won 263 games in 15 seasons as the Waves’ skipper and his clubs posted an overall winning percentage of .546. Only Dave Gorrie recorded more victories at Pepperdine, accumulating 409 triumphs between 1979 and 1988.

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Kendall Rogers of Rivals continues his series of articles previewing teams heading into fall ball with the West Coast Conference. The Gonzaga Bulldogs won the conference’s regular season and the subsequent post-season championship series to make the NCAA Tourney before bowing out after three games in the Fullerton regional.

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Tags: Fall Ball, Gonzaga, Loyola-Marymount, Pepperdine, Portland, Rivals, San Francisco, Santa Clara, St. Mary's, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

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Head coach Chad Kreuter has put together what looks to be a challenging 2010 schedule for the USC Trojans.  The Trojans will begin the season on the road at Cal Poly (Feb. 19-21) before the home opener at Dedeaux Field against UC Irvine (Feb. 23).  USC will then take part in the UCLA Tournament against Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, and UCLA (Feb. 26-28), followed by a mid-week road game at Long Beach State (March 2).

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Pac 10, Pepperdine, USC, West Coast Conference

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MALIBU, Calif. – Jon Strauss has joined the Pepperdine baseball staff as the team’s new pitching coach, head coach Steve Rodriguez announced on Friday. Strauss replaces Sean Kenney, who is now the pitching coach at Maryland.

A Southern California native with close to 15 years of collegiate coaching experience, Strauss completes Rodriguez’s coaching staff for the 2009-10 season. Earlier this week, Rodriguez tabbed former Ohio State standout catcher Joe Wilkins to the volunteer assistant coach position.

“The Pepperdine and Long Beach State baseball programs both have a great history and winning traditions, so I’m confident the transition will be an easy one for Jon and that he’ll help us get deeper into the postseason,” Rodriguez said. “I’ve gotten to know Jon pretty well on the recruiting trail and I’m excited that he and his family are coming to Malibu to join the Pepperdine family.”

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Tags: Big West, Coaching Changes, Long Beach State, Pepperdine, West Coast Conference

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MALIBU, Calif. – Pepperdine head baseball coach Steve Rodriguez Friday announced the addition of Joe Wilkins to the Waves’ coaching staff. As the team’s volunteer assistant coach, Wilkins responsibilities will include training the catchers, helping to develop the offense and coaching first base.

"Joe is going to be a great addition to this ball club," Rodriguez said. "He’s comes to us highly recommended by a number of head coaches, many of whom have cited his tireless work ethic as one of his many strong points. He’s also played for a great championship-caliber program at Ohio State. We’re really looking forward to working with him on a daily basis. "

Wilkins move to Pepperdine marks his West Coast coaching debut. He spent this past season volunteering at Wake Forest where he tutored 2009 Cape Cod All-Star catcher Mike Murray. 

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Tags: ACC, Coaching Changes, Pepperdine, Wake Forest, West Coast Conference

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Eric Bakich announced today that he hired former Pepperdine pitching coach Sean Kenny. This is an interesting move as Kenny has been on the west coast as members of coaching staffs since the 1997 season with stints at Saint Mary’s, San Diego, and most recently at Pepperdine for the past eleven seasons. He played college ball at Eastern Michigan but a move to the highly competitive ACC and across the country is interesting as he has to continue to have his connections on the East Coast for recruiting. You can check out the full press release from Maryland below.

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Tags: ACC, Coaching Changes, Maryland, Pepperdine

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The Washington Athletic Department announced on June 22nd that head coach Ken Knutson will no longer serve as the head baseball coach. As of right now, the Huskies have not been able to settle on a coach with several high profile head coaches and assistants pulling out of the running. The two most recent guys to pull out are Pepperdine’s Steve Rodriguez and LSU assistant coach David Grewe. The name everyone keeps bringing up is Nino Giarranto from San Francisco. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, CBB Column, Coaching Changes, Gonzaga, Hawaii, LSU, Pac 10, Pepperdine, San Francisco, SEC, WAC, Washington, West Coast Conference

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Here are some of the highlights of the day.

Ryan Rivers of Charlotte hit for the cycle on Saturday in a 12-2 victory over George Washington. Rivers picked up his first career triple of his career and hit his 10th homer of the season. The full recap is available here. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Auburn, Big South, Boston College, CBB Column, Charleston Southern, College of Charleston, Conference USA, Davidson, Eastern Illinois, Elon, Florida, High Point, Ohio Valley Conference, Pepperdine, SEC, St. Mary's, The Citadel, The Warning Track, Tulane, UCF, UT-Martin, Wake Forest, West Coast Conference