FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sophomore outfielder Junior Carlin of USF was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week after helping USF sweep West Virginia for a three game lead in the conference standings. Junior right handed pitcher Keith Cantwell of Seton Hall was tabbed the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week after his complete-game to help sweep Georgetown. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 26th.

Seton Hall 6 Georgetown 5

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Seton Hall baseball team earned their first sweep of the 2009 season by defeating Georgetown, 6-5, Sunday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field. With the win, the Pirates won their fourth straight game and improved both their conference and overall record to .500. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 25th.

Seton Hall 6 Georgetown 0

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Senior Keith Cantwell (Tinton Falls, N.J.) (5-2) earned his team-leading third complete game and tied the team lead with his second complete game shutout after striking out six batters and allowing no walks and seven hits to defeat Georgetown, 6-0, Saturday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field. With the win, the Pirates picked up their third straight win improving their record to 18-19 overall and 8-9 in the BIG EAST. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 24th.

Seton Hall 2 Georgetown 0

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Junior starter Sean Black (Mt. Laurel, N.J.) (4-4) struck out six batters across eight scoreless innings, while senior Chris Affinito (East Brunswick, N.J.) delivered a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the seventh as the Pirates defeated Georgetown, 2-0, Friday evening at Owen T. Carroll Field. With the win, the Pirates (17-19, 7-9) have won two-in-a-row, and snapped their five-game BIG EAST losing streak. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 19th.

Cincinnati 9 St. John’s 4

QUEENS, N.Y. – The University of Cincinnati baseball team used seven runs in the first four innings to knock off St. John’s, 9-4, in the series finale Sunday at Jack Kaiser Stadium. UC evens its record at 18-18 (7-8 BIG EAST) while the Red Storm fall to 20-14 (9-6). Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 18th.

St. John’s 16 Cincinnati 8

QUEENS, N.Y. – Sophomore Joe Panik had five RBI and two of St. John’s five home runs in a 16-8 victory against Cincinnati. Greg Hopkins, Joe Witkowski and Tim Morris each added home runs and every Red Storm starter had at least one hit. Hopkins had three RBI, while Morris and Witkowski added two apiece to lead St. John’s (20-13, 9-5). Bruce Kern (3-2) earned the win, tallying 10 strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work. T.J. Jones, Mike Spina and Jimmy Jacquot each homered for Cincinnati (17-18, 6-8). Read the rest of this entry »

(Courtesy of Cincinnati Media Relations)

Here is your Big East Recap for April 17th.

Cincinnati 11 St. John’s 8

JAMAICA, N.Y. – Senior Jake Geglein (Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas) recorded a six-out save to become the University of Cincinnati’s all-time saves leader as the Bearcats downed St. John’s 11-8 Friday evening at Jack Kaiser Stadium. Geglein struck out four batters and scattered just two hits to earn his 16th career save, surpassing Curtis Moak, who recorded 15 career saves from 1998-01. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 11th

Game 1: Cincinnati 7 Notre Dame 3 (7 innings)
Game 2: Notre Dame 6 Cincinnati 2

CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati baseball team could not overcome a four-run eighth inning by Notre Dame as the Irish took the series finale, 6-2, Saturday afternoon in the second game of a doubleheader. The loss dropped the Bearcats to 16-15 overall and 5-7 in the BIG EAST, while the Irish improved to 20-12 overall and 6-6 in conference play. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 9th

Uconn 10 Rutgers 5

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Freshman George Springer recorded his team-leading ninth homerun of the season and third in the last two days as the University of Connecticut baseball team crushed Rutgers 10-5 in BIG EAST Conference action at Bainton Field on Thursday afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 5th.

UConn 10 Seton Hall 3

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Doug Elliot finished the Huskies’ BIG EAST series finale against Seton Hall with a 4-for-5 performance as the University of Connecticut baseball team dominated the Pirates 10-3 on Sunday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field. With the victory, the Huskies even their record out to 14-14 and improve to 4-5 in conference play.

The Huskies jumped to an early lead with a pair of three-run innings to take a 6-0 lead by the fifth inning. In the top of the first inning, Matt Burnett got things started with an RBI single to center field, followed by George Springer’s sixth homerun of the season, a two run shot over the left field wall. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is your Big East Recap for April 4th.

Seton Hall 6 UConn 3

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Senior starter Keith Cantwell (Tinton Falls, N.J.) (4-0) struck out seven batters while allowing only one earned run in his second complete game of the season while classmate Matt Smedberg (Rockaway, N.J.) went 1-for-3 with a three run triple as Seton Hall defeated Connecticut, 6-3, Saturday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field. With the win, the Pirates ended their three-game losing streak and evened the three-game BIG EAST Conference series at one game apiece with the rubber match set for tomorrow afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior leftfielder Sean Baumann of Georgetown was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week, while sophomore right handed pitcher Joe DiRocco of Seton Hall was honored as the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week. Read the rest of this entry »