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San Jose, Calif. – The 2009 Western Athletic Conference champion San Jose State University baseball team begins fall practice on Wednesday, October 14.

San Jose State head coach Sam Piraro, who will be in his 23rd campaign in 2010 after earning WAC Coach of the Year distinction in back-to-back years, currently has 41 student-athletes on the fall roster, with 18 returners, 13 National Letter-of-Intent signees and 10 walk-on hopefuls. There are only three seniors in the program, in fourth-year infielders Karson Klauer and Corey Valine, and third-year outfielder Alex Sofranac.

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Sam Piraro of San Jose State has announced today some major additions to the Spartans schedule for the next three seasons. They will play a three game non-conference series in 2010 at Wichita State on April 23-25. They are scheduled to make the trip down to UCLA on February 25-27th 2011 and in 2012 will play Arizona from February 24-26th. These are great games for San Jose State as they will make their RPI go up and hopefully put them in position for an at-large berth to the NCAA tourney in the coming seasons. You can check out the full press release below.

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Day one of the WAC tournament saw some exciting baseball be played and as was the case all season long the games’ final scores were indicative of how closely bunched the league has been this season. The top two seeds in the tournament, San Jose State (over Nevada) and Louisiana Tech (over Hawai’i) won their opening day games while 4-seed New Mexico State handed 3-seed Fresno State their first loss in tournament play in the past three season (the Bulldogs had previously been 12-0).
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The WAC tournament begins today and the six teams that are participating are the six teams that were picked in the preseason to be in Honolulu at the end of the season. However, that’s where the good prognostication ends.

Fresno State, the three time defending regular season, conference tournament and defending national champion was once again picked to win the league but they faltered in the early part of the conference season and nearly missed the conference tournament but used a four game sweep on the final weekend of play to go from 7th place to a tie for third place. Nevada, the team picked to finish third in the league was swept in the final two weekends of play to finish sixth. At one point the Wolf Pack were in first place in the league. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy: Fresno State

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HONOLULU, HI – The Western Athletic Conference today released its 2009 all-WAC baseball teams and postseason awards as selected by the league’s head coaches.  Fresno State senior third baseman Tom Mendonca was named the Player of the Year and San Jose State senior Ryan Shopshire earned Pitcher of the Year honors. The Freshman of the Year award went to Hawai‘i outfielder Kolten Wong.  San Jose State’s Sam Piraro was named WAC Coach of the Year.
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Courtesy: San Jose State University

The final weekend of WAC play sees four teams with a shot at winning the regular season title. San Jose State (11-7) controls its own destiny as they host Nevada (10-9). If the Spartans win three of four they would clinch the regular season title and the number one overall seed in next week’s conference tournament. They would share the league title with Louisiana Tech (and earn the No. 1 seed via tiebreaker) with a series split and a split in the New Mexico State/Louisiana Tech series. Nevada, currently the third place team, will win the regular season title if they sweep San Jose State or if they take three of four from San Jose State and Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State split their series. Read the rest of this entry »

NM State Pitcher D.J. Simon

Week six in the WAC sees four teams within a half game of each other and all seven WAC teams still with a mathematical shot at the regular season title. Louisiana Tech enters week six as the undisputed hottest team in the league after a stunning sweep over Hawai’i in Honolulu. After starting the league race at 1-7 the Bulldogs have won eight of their last 10 with sweeps over three time defending league champion Fresno State and conference tournament favorite Hawai’i (as the Tournament is being held in Honolulu). Much to the relief of the other six WAC teams, it’s Louisiana Tech’s turn to step out of conference this weekend as the remaining six battle to sort out the mess that is the 2009 WAC race.

SERIES OF THE WEEK
San Jose State (32-16, 8-6) at New Mexico State (38-10, 9-7)
Presley Askew Field, Las Cruces, N.M.
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Hohokam Stadium

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DENVER, CO – The Western Athletic Conference has awarded the City of Mesa the WAC Baseball Tournament for 2010, 2011 and 2012, WAC Commissioner Karl Benson announced on Thursday. The event, which is subject to the WAC Board of Directors approval, will be played at Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium, the Chicago Cubs Spring Training home. The City of Mesa, Mesa Convention & Visitors Bureau and Phoenix Regional Sports Commission worked in tandem to secure the event which features Hawai‘i, Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, Sacramento State, Nevada, New Mexico State and San Jose State. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy: Nevada

Week five in the WAC begins with four teams within 1/2 game of each other in the standings. Week four saw all six teams playing in conference action split their series keeping the order in the standings intact heading into this week.

SERIES OF THE WEEK:
Nevada (22-20, 7-4) at Fresno State (20-23, 4-8)
Pete Beiden Field, Fresno, CA
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WAC Players of the Week

DENVER, CO – New Mexico State outfielder Nate Shaver has been named Western Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week and Fresno State right-handed pitcher Matt Morse, along with San Jose State right-handed pitcher Ryan Shopshire have been named the WAC’s Co-Pitchers of the Week for Apr. 20-26.
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NM State's Nate Shaver

Week four of WAC play sees Nevada and No. 20 Hawai’i atop the league standings at 7-4. New Mexico State is just a half game behind at 7-5, while San Jose State is 5-3, Louisiana Tech is 5-7 and the two other northern California schools, Sacramento State and defending league champion Fresno State are 2-6. The weekend is highlighted by a key battle in New Mexico between New Mexico State and No. 20 Hawai’i.

SERIES OF THE WEEK
No. 20 Hawai’i (24-14, 7-4) at New Mexico State (32-8, 7-5)
Presley Askew Field, Las Cruces, N.M.
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Courtesy: Nevada

The first weekend of WAC conference play is in the books and there are three teams tied atop the league. New Mexico State, Hawai’i and Nevada all came away from last weekend’s opening series with 3-1 records. Defending conference champion Fresno State opens league play this weekend when they host #23 New Mexico State. Preseason 2nd place pick San Jose State is 1-3 as are Louisiana Tech and Sacramento State.

SERIES OF THE WEEK:
#23 Hawai’i (20-10, 3-1) at Nevada (14-16, 3-1)
Peccole Park, Reno, Nevada
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