Head Baseball Coach Mark Johnson- Sam Houston State University

Head Coach Mark Johnson and the Bearkats of Sam Houston will play the first 14 games at home to open their 2009 campaign. They will get started with a four game home contest against Creighton on opening weekend starting on February 20th. Bearkats will follow it up with a mid week contest with Prairie View A&M. Then Saint Mary’s, Nebraska, and Missouri State will visit Huntsville for a Tournament the weekend of the 27th of February.
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RBIs, batting averages, home runs, ERAs, strikeouts — there are many numbers to keep track of in baseball. Some players and coaches have to watch other numbers, too, like blood glucose levels, carbohydrates, and insulin units. In the September issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, Sam Houston State University starting catcher Heath Pugh and his assistant coach, Chris Berry, who talk about playing baseball while wearing insulin pumps and the unique bond they’ve forged as athletes with diabetes.

Heath Pugh was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 14. He spent the next several months learning how to give himself insulin injections, then how to use an insulin pump. Along the way, he never gave up his drive to excel in baseball.

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The 2008 Capital One/Southland Conference All-Academic Baseball Teams were released today by the league office as Texas State sophomore first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was voted Student-Athlete of the year.

A native of The Woodlands, Texas, Goldschmidt’s accomplishments off the field are as stellar as his achievements in the classroom. While maintaining a 3.82 grade point average in finance, Goldschmidt led the league in home runs (17), garnering the 2008 SLC Hitter of the Year award, falling one round tripper shy of tying Texas State’s single-season record. Read the rest of this entry »

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Texas 13 Sam Houston State 3

Longhorns score 12 runs in the first two innings and coast to a 13-3 victory over Sam Houston State to advance to Sunday’s 2 p.m. elimination game. In Saturday’s triumph, Kyle Russell (pictured) hit two home runs for the 12th time in his career and tied the UT all-time home run record with 55.

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Rice 11 - St John 2

J.P. Padron and Jimmy Comerota combined to drive in eight runs and Cole St. Clair fired 4.1 innings of hitless relief to lead Rice to an 11-2 victory over St. John’s in in the winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Houston (Rice) Regional Tournament Saturday evening at Reckling Park. MORE

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St. John’s 2 Texas 1

HOUSTON, Texas - The St. John’s baseball team plated the eventual game-winning run in the top of ninth to defeat No. 9 Texas, 2-1, in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament’s Houston Regional. Senior captain Jeff Grantham plated the game-winner with an RBI fielder’s choice, while Carlos Del Rosario had the other RBI for St. John’s (42-14). Red Storm starter Scott Barnes earned a no-decision after allowing just one run and striking out four in 7.2 strong innings. With the win, the Red Storm set a new school record with 42 wins. For Texas (37-21), Kenn Kasparek earned a no-decision after allowing one run and striking out four in 6.0 innings. Read the rest of this entry »

Houston Regional

The Participants:

Rice Owls 42-13 21-3 C-USA
Texas Longhorns 37-20 15-12 BIG 12
St. John’s Red Storm 41-14 20-7 1st Big East
Sam Houston State Bearkats 37-23 18-12 Southland Conference Read the rest of this entry »

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FRISCO, Texas - For the second consecutive season the UTSA Roadrunners have clinched the top spot in the Southland Conference Tournament. UTSA locked up the number one seed defeating league rival Nicholls State, 5-2 on Sunday, May 11, marking the program’s second regular-season title in school history, and the first team to win consecutive titles since Lamar in 2003-04. UTSA makes its fourth straight league tournament appearance and won 38 games this season, the most since joining the Southland Conference in 1992, and the Roadrunners 111 wins over the past three seasons leads the SLC.

The first round opponent for UTSA was not decided until the last day of the regular season as Southeastern Louisiana took two of three in Nicholls State giving the Lions the seventh overall seed, moving Texas A&M-Corpus Christi into the eighth seed to face UTSA in the opening round in the Islanders first Southland Conference Baseball Tournament appearance.

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McNeese State 10 at Lamar 11

When his career is over Jim Gilligan is sure to have many more wins but the way Lamar delivered its head coach his 1100th career victory is one that will stick in his memory bank for a long while. MORE

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Northwestern State 2 at Central Arkansas 6

The University of Central Arkansas Bears rode the pitching of right-hander Bobby Pritchett to a 6-2 victory over the Northwestern State Demons on Friday night at UCA Field. MORE

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Stephen F. Austin 8 at Sam Houston State 6

SFA tied a season high with 17 hits and led wire-to-wire on Saturday, picking up an 8-6 win over Sam Houston in the second game of the “Battle of the Piney Woods” series at Don Sanders Stadium. MORE

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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4 at Texas-Arlington 6

ARLINGTON, Texas - - UT Arlington’s baseball team is hot again, erasing a three-run deficit and capturing its third consecutive victory, 6-4, on Friday night in a Southland Conference game at Clay Gould Ballpark against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. MORE

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Texas-San Antonio 3 at Texas State 0

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Central Arkansas 11 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11

Despite coming away with an 11-11 tie in the series finale with Central Arkansas, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball team clinched a spot in the Southland Conference tournament for the first time… more

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Lamar 3 at Northwestern State 6

For the second straight day, Northwestern State catcher Anthony Jones provided a late-inning double, this time scoring two runs, and relief pitcher J.C. Bredengerd pitched NSU out of a jam as the Demons rallied from a 3-2 deficit to defeat Lamar, 6-3, and take the Southland Conference baseball series two games to one. MORE

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Central Arkansas 9 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8

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Lamar 5 at Northwestern State 9

Jordan Nipp’s go-ahead single in the seventh inning, followed by a bases-loaded clearing double from Anthony Jones sparked a 6-run inning for Northwestern State as the Demons clinched a spot in the Southland Conference baseball tournament with Saturday’s 9-5 win over Lamar. MORE

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McNeese State 1 at Central Arkansas 18

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Nicholls State 6 at Texas-Arlington 5

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Northwestern State 5 at Sam Houston State 7

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Southeastern Louisiana 4 at Lamar 5

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Texas State 2 at Stephen F. Austin 3

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Texas-San Antonio 11 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2

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McNeese State 11 at Central Arkansas 9

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Nicholls State 3 at Texas-Arlington 0

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McNeese State 2 at Central Arkansas 10

The University of Central Arkansas Bears scored 10 unanswered runs Friday night to take a 10-2 victory over the McNeese State Cowboys in Southland Conference action at UCA Field.

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Nicholls State 6 at Texas-Arlington 7

UT Arlington junior left-handed pitcher Ryan Robinson turned in one of his best performances this season, and after a scare in the ninth, the Mavericks would need every ounce of his efforts in a 7-6 victory Friday night against Nicholls State.

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Nicholls State

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Southland Conference
Central Arkansas 8 at Southeastern Louisiana 4

Lamar 1 at Texas State 8

Zach Tritz rationed the Lamar Cardinals to eight hits and just one run to fight off a weekend sweep as he helped the Texas State Bobcats take an 8-1 win at Bobcat Field Sunday afternoon. Read Full Release [+]

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Sam Houston State 4 at Texas-San Antonio 5

Junior center fielder’s one-out single in the 10th inning gives Roadrunners 5-4 win on Sunday afternoon and weekend sweep of Bearkats. (more)

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Stephen F. Austin 7 at Nicholls State 1

Stephen F. Austin 10 at Nicholls State 7

`Jacks Complete Sweep Of Colonels
SFA completed a three-game sweep of Nicholls State on Sunday, picking up a 7-1 win in Saturday’s suspended game and a 10-7 win in the series finale.

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Central Arkansas 6 at Southeastern Louisiana 5

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Lamar 9 at Texas State 8

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Sam Houston State 4 at Texas-San Antonio 14

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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7 at McNeese State 1

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Texas-Arlington 5 at Northwestern State 9

Texas-Arlington 18 at Northwestern State 3

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