FROM NCBWA RELEASE

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A total of 37 standout freshmen college baseball players from every part of the country are featured on the annual Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Freshman All-American Team, the organization announced today.

The 2009 Pro-Line Athletic NCBWA Freshman All-American Team is comprised from 17 conferences and 10 conference championship teams. The two All-American squads are also made up of 12 conference “Rookie of the Year” winners.
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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
GREENVILLE, North Carolina- With his team trailing 9-6 in the bottom of the ninth, Devin Harris hit a three-run home run to tie the contest before also delivering the game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th, lifting top-seeded East Carolina to a 10-9 victory over No. 2 seed South Carolina in the Greenville Regional Championship Game Monday evening. A crowd of 5,047 witnessed the contest at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium, representing the fourth-largest single-game attendance in facility and program history. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Greenville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Conference USA, East Carolina, SEC, South Carolina

We see six regional finals taking place tonight to decide who makes the trip to the Super Regional round. We have found Free Live Video links to four of the six games with the Clemson and Oklahoma State matchup shown on CSS. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, East Carolina, Kansas State, Louisville, Ole Miss, Rice, SEC, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Webcasts, Western Kentucky

East Carolina won two games Sunday to force a Monday game in its regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, N.C.

The Pirates dispatched Binghamton, 16-9, in an elimination, game, then withstood a late rally from South Carolina in Sunday’s second game for an 8-6 victory.

The winner-take-all final for the right to play North Carolina in the Super Regionals begins at 6 p.m. Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Greenville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, America East, Binghamton, Conference USA, East Carolina, SEC, South Carolina

South Carolina moved into the championship round of the Greenville Regional with a 12-2 win over host East Carolina Saturday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

The Pirates, who beat Binghamton earlier Saturday, 11-7, in a first-round game postponed from Friday, meet Binghamton again at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the winner advancing to face the Gamecocks at 6 p.m. USC can advance to the Super Regionals with a win either Sunday or Monday night. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 NCAA Tourney, America East, Binghamton, CAA, Conference USA, East Carolina, George Mason, SEC, South Carolina

SPECIAL TO THE CBB
South Carolina won its opener over George Mason, but East Carolina and Binghamton were rained out in the second game Friday in the Greenville Regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Lightning and rain interrupted the USC-George Mason for 80 minutes in the seventh inning, then delayed and finally washed out the ECU-Binghamton game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Greenville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, America East, Binghamton, CAA, Conference USA, East Carolina, George Mason, SEC, South Carolina

East Carolina will host the 2009 Greenville Regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium.  The first game of the regional will be between the two seed, South Carolina Gamecocks, and the three seed, George Mason Patriots, at 3 p.m. ET on Friday.  The host team and one seed, East Carolina, will then take on Binghamton at 7 p.m ET.

The first elimination game is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, and the winner’s bracket championship will be that night at 6 p.m. ET.  The loser’s bracket championship will be Sunday at 2 p.m. ET with the first championship game to follow that evening at 6 p.m. ET.  If necessary, the decisive game seven will be at 6 p.m. ET on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Greenville Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, America East, Binghamton, CBB Column, Colonial Members, Conference USA, East Carolina, George Mason, SEC, South Carolina

The SEC Tournament was in elimination mode on Friday, as Florida faced off against Arkansas and LSU battled South Carolina in win or go home games.  Here is your SEC Tournament recap for Friday, May 22.

#2 LSU 4, #26 South Carolina 1

HOOVER, Ala. — A brilliant eight-inning performance by LSU right-hander Louis Coleman and timely base hits for the Tigers were enough to lift top seeded LSU past fifth-seeded South Carolina 4-1 Friday night in the SEC tournament at Regions Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas, Florida, LSU, SEC, SEC Recap, SEC Tourney, South Carolina

The SEC Tournament had an interesting first day with all four lower seeds winning their opening round games.  Here is your recap for Thursday’s games.

#2 LSU 9, #21 Alabama 6

HOOVER, Ala. — LSU pinch hitter Derek Helenihi blasted a three-run homer and starter Anthony Ranaudo pitched a solid 7.1 innings as the top-seeded Tigers eliminated fourth-seed Alabama from the SEC Tournament, 9-6, on Thursday afternoon at Regions Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, CBB Column, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Recap, SEC Tourney, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

The first round of the SEC Tournament is in the books.  Here is a rundown of the day’s action.

Vanderbilt 4, #2 LSU 1

HOOVER, Ala. ­­— Mike Minor pitched his second complete game victory in three games to lead Vanderbilt to a 4-1 win over No. 2 LSU Wednesday night in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Regions Park.

Minor (6-4), pitching on four days rest, scattered six hits over nine innings and allowed just one run while striking out five and walking three. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Tourney, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama outfielder Kent Matthes was selected 2009 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, LSU’s Louis Coleman was named SEC Pitcher of the Year and Florida first baseman Preston Tucker and LSU reliever Matty Ott were named SEC Co-Freshmen of the Year by a vote of the league’s 12 head baseball coaches. The coaches also tabbed LSU skipper Paul Mainieri as SEC Coach of the Year. Ben Jones of Auburn was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 SEC Awards, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

The top 8 SEC teams collide in Hoover this week with a conference tournament championship and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line.  The LSU Tigers find themselves as the top overall seed, posting a 20-10 record in SEC play and winning the tie-breaker over co-champion Ole Miss.  Florida,  the SEC East champs, earned the two seed.  Ole Miss, who finished tied with LSU for the league’s best record, will be the 3 seed.  Alabama will meet South Carolina in the 4/5 matchup.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, CBB Column, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Tourney, SEC Weekend Preview, South Carolina, Vanderbilt