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Fighting Illini Wrap Up Successful Summer

A number of Fighting Illini finished their summer seasons with great success in recent weeks, as Casey McMurray’s Santa Barbara Foresters won the National Baseball Congress World Series, Joe Bonadonna and Brandon Wikoff finished second in the Northwoods League playoffs with the Madison Mallards and Nick Stockwell led the Lombard Orioles to a second-place finish at the Stan Musial World Series. FULL STORY

Fecteau Comes To Upstate As Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach

USC Upstate head baseball coach Matt Fincher has announced the hiring of Ryan Fecteau, a former pitching coach at Southern Utah and a head coach in the summer collegiate Valley League, as a volunteer assistant coach. FULL STORY

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Big East, Big Ten, Illinois, LSU, New Coach, Rutgers, SEC, USC-Upstate

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VMI 6 Liberty 5 (16 innings)

LYNCHBURG, Va.– A.J. Yoder’s single up the middle plated Brian Sandridge with the winning run in the 16th inning as VMI defeated Liberty 6-5 on Saturday evening in Big South Conference action at Worthington Stadium.

With the game knotted at four from the ninth inning on, the Keydets (20-18, 10-4 Big South) grabbed a 5-4 advantage in the 15th, when Sam Roberts scored on Mike Roberts’ single through the right-side of the infield. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big East, Big South, CAA, Delaware, Duquesne, Liberty, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, Temple, UNC-Wilmington, Villanova, VMI

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TCU 13 BYU 4

PROVO, Utah - The TCU Horned Frogs erased an early 3-0 deficit with a six-run second inning and cruised to the 13-4 victory over BYU at Larry H. Miller Field Friday night. The victory ensures the Frogs the series win as they continue their hot play in the month of April. It was another offensive explosion for TCU as they scored 13 times on 15 hits. Clint Arnold drove in a game-high four runs on three hits. Matt Vern also homered for the Frogs. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, BYU, Charlotte, Duquesne, Florida, Kentucky, Mountain West, Rutgers, SEC, South Florida, TCU, Temple, UMass

Northeastern 5 Bowling Green 0

Sophomore Sheldon McDonald threw eight shutout innings of five-hit, nine-strikeout ball and did not walk a batter, as he led the Huskies to a 5-0 win over the Western Michigan Broncos on Wednesday afternoon at IMG Academies in BRadenton, Fla. Western Michigan entered the game having scored at least 15 runs in three of its last five games, but McDonald kept the Bronco bats silent all afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Atlantic 10, Bethune Cookman, Big East, Big South, Bowling Green, CAA, Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, James Madison, Kentucky, Liberty, Louisville, MAC, Missouri Valley, Northeastern, Ohio Valley Conference, Old Dominion, Rutgers, South Florida, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, SWAC, TCU, Temple, Tennessee, Texas State, Troy

GT 6 Rutgers 0

ATLANTA - Zach Von Tersch, Kevin Jacob and Taylor Wood combined on a three-hit shutout and Tony Plagman drove in four runs to lead No. 22 Georgia Tech (7-1) to a 6-0 win over Rutgers (2-3) Sunday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Auburn, Big East, Big Ten, Binghamton, CAA, Clemson, Columbia, Cornell, Florida, FSU, GT, Hofstra, Ivy League, Lehigh, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, Notre Dame, Patriot League, Penn State, Rutgers, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, St. John's, The Citadel, UNC, UVA, VT

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FSU 4 Auburn 3

Tallahassee, Fla. - Florida State (6-0) remained undefeated on the season with a 4-3 victory over Auburn (4-3) in front of a crowd of 6,544, the fourth largest crowd to witness a game at Dick Howser Stadium. The Seminoles got seven shutout innings from senior Ryan Strauss and three solo home runs on Saturday afternoon to win their third straight game over the Tigers this season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Auburn, Big East, Boston College, CAA, Central Connecticut, Clemson, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Florida, FSU, GT, Hofstra, Ivy League, MAAC, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina A&T, Northeast Conference, Rutgers, SEC, Siena, South Carolina, St. Bonaventure, Sun Belt, Troy, UVA, VT, Wake Forest

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UNC 8 Kent State 1

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Sophomore right-hander Alex White went six strong innings, and second baseman Kyle Seager drove in a career-best three runs for the second straight day in No. 2 North Carolina’s 8-1 win over Kent State Friday at the Coca-Cola Classic at The Winthrop Ballpark. The Tar Heels (5-1) scored seven runs over the first two innings and have outscored the opposition, 14-2, over the last two days. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Auburn, Big East, Boston College, CAA, Central Connecticut, Clemson, College of Charleston, Florida, FSU, GT, Hofstra, Kennesaw State, Kent State, Louisville, MAAC, MAC, Maryland, Miami (FL), Mount St. Mary's, NC State, Northeast Conference, Rutgers, SEC, Siena, Southern Conference, UNC, UVA, VT, Wake Forest

I know I missed the opening game of the FSU-Auburn series on Thursday but here is the weekend preview from your great writers of The College Baseball Blog.

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Tags: ACC, Auburn, Big East, Boston College, CAA, College of Charleston, Cornell, Florida, FSU, GT, Hofstra, Louisville, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina A&T, Rutgers, SEC, Siena, South Carolina, The Citadel, UVA, Wake Forest

We continue to bring you season preview for the 2008 season.

Wake Forest Season Preview
Yale Season Preview
Stanford Season Preview
Michigan State Season Preview Part 2: Pitchers and Catchers
Lafayette Season Preview
Navy Season Preview
Missouri Season Preview: Outfield
Miami (OH) Season Preview: Infielders
Rutgers Season Preview from Gotham Baseball Magazine

Tags: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Ivy League, Lafayette, MAC, Miami (OH), Michigan State, Missouri, Navy, Pac 10, Patriot League, Rutgers, Stanford, Wake Forest, Yale

The Scarlet Knights lost a ton of talent after a strong 2007 season which saw them win the Big East Regular Season and Conference Tournament championship to receive the automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament before bowing out in the Charlottesville Regional. Dane Truxell of The Daily Targum (RU Student paper) provides an excellent article discussing how the team is trying to repeat the successes from 2007 and how they are going to replace All-American Todd Frazier. The full article is available here.

Tags: Big East, Rutgers

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St. John’s, which won 41 games and claimed a share of the BIG EAST regular-season title last year, has been chosen as the favorite to win the 2008 conference championship by the 12 BIG EAST head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own teams. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Preseason Poll, Big East, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, St. John's, UConn, USF, Villanova, West Virginia

Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com has released an article about fall story lines around the Big East conference. The article discusses how Louisville’s run to the CWS will impact the conference. Some people around the country forget that Louisville finished in third place in 2007 behind Rutgers and St. John’s. It also discusses how the uniform start date will impact the conference but all schools need to put some money into their respective program. It also mentions how South Florida is one of the programs to watch in the Big East in 2008 and beyond. The full article is available here.

Tags: Louisville, Rivals, Rutgers, South Florida, St. John's

The Charlottesville Regional was postponed from remnants of a tropical storm which is riding up the Atlantic Ocean. Rutgers and Oregon State will play an elimination game tomorrow at 1 pm and Virginia will play the winner at 6 pm in the Championship round. If UVA loses, the final game of the regional will take place on Tuesday at a TBA time.

UVA Release

Tags: NCAA Tourney, Oregon State, Rutgers, UVA

Rutgers 11 Lafayette 10

Rutgers scored four runs in the top of the eighth on homers from Frank Meade and Dave Williams which were two run homers. Lafayette tried to rally with a single run in the eighth and two runs in the bottom of the ninth but were not able to tie up the game. Rutgers will play Oregon State on Sunday in the loser’s bracket. Lafayette ends the season with a 33-20 record.

Rutgers Recap
Lafayette Recap

UVA 7 Oregon State 4

The Virginia Cavaliers outlasted Oregon State in 13 innings as they advance to the championship game in the Charlottesville Regional on Saturday. Casey Lambert pitched 6.2 innings in relief while giving up only 1 run on five hits. Brandon Guyer and Brandon Marsh got into a collosion in the game and their status is unavailable at the time of this post. Oregon State will play Rutgers on Sunday while Virginia will play the winner in the championship game of the regional.

UVA Recap
Oregon State Recap

Tags: Lafayette, NCAA Tourney, Oregon State, Rutgers, UVA

Virginia 5 Lafayette 1

The Virginia Cavaliers opened up their run to Omaha with a 5-1 victory over Lafayette. Sean Doolittle gave the Cavaliers 7.2 innings while giving up 1 run on nine hits. Brandon Guyer hit a key three run homer in the first inning to set the pace for the Cavs offense. Virginia will play defending national champion Oregon State on Saturday while Lafayette will play Rutgers on Saturday in an elimination game.

UVA Recap
Lafayette Recap

Oregon State 5 Rutgers 1

Joe Paterson let up one run in six innings as he led the defending national champion Beavers to a 5-1 victory over Rutgers. John Wallace led the offense with 2 RBI. Oregon State will take on Virginia on Saturday while Rutgers will play Lafayette.

Oregon State Recap
Rutgers Recap

Tags: Lafayette, NCAA Tourney, Oregon State, Rutgers, UVA