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WICHITA, Kan. – Lefthander Shawn Joy twirled a complete game shutout, as Southern Illinois University (20-16, 4-7) stunned No. 5 Wichita State (29-7, 8-3), 3-0, earlier today at Eck Stadium.

A native of Topeka, Kan., Joy allowed only five hits, struck out five and walked none in the best game of his career to date. He also became the first Saluki to throw a complete game in 36 games this season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Missouri Valley, Southern Illinois, Wichita State

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Southern Illinois 17 Murray State 4

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Dean Cademartori narrowly missed hitting for the cycle when he went 4-for-5 with two singles, a double, home run, two runs scored and a career-high five RBI to lead Southern Illinois University (18-11) to a 17-4 win over Murray State (11-14) earlier today at Abe Martin Field.

SIU set new season-highs with 17 runs and 22 hits on the day. SIU last had 17 runs and 22 hits in a game at Florida Atlantic on Feb. 12, 2006. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri Valley, Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference, Southern Illinois

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JONESBORO, Ark. – Southern Illinois University (14-11) erupted for seven runs on eight hits in the fourth inning to fuel a 10-3 win over Arkansas State (14-15) earlier tonight at Tomlinson Stadium.

The Salukis roughed up ASU starting lefthander Jett Jones for seven-straight hits in their biggest inning of the year.

Scott Elmendorf led things off with a single to center and went to second on a base hit by Mark Kelly. Bret Maugeri followed with a bunt single to load the bases with no outs.

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Tags: Arkansas State, Missouri Valley, Southern Illinois

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Northeastern 8 URI 6

Junior Frank Pesanello hit what was the eventual game-winning, pinch-hit, three-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to guide the Northeastern University baseball team to an 8-6 victory over the Rhode Island Rams at Bill Beck Field in Kingston, Rhode Island on Tuesday evening.

Pesanello’s homer was his sixth of the season, putting him second on the team behind captain Mike Lyon, who has eight on the season. Lyon, who has been anchoring the Husky attack all season, led the team with three hits, including two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big South, CAA, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Illinois, Kentucky, LaSalle, Liberty Bell Classic, Missouri Valley, Northeastern, Ohio Valley Conference, Rhode Island, SEC, Southern Conference, Southern Illinois, Temple, The Citadel, Xavier

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Seton Hall at USF

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Oregon State at Nevada

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Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Buffalo, Harvard, Illinois, Ivy League, MAC, Missouri Valley, Nevada, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon State, Pac 10, Seton Hall, Southern Illinois, Southland Conference, USF, WAC

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Dallas Baptist 11 Northern Illinois 8

DALLAS, Texas – Northern Illinois and Dallas Baptists combined for 19 runs and 23 hits Thursday night before the home team prevailed 11-8 at Patriot Field. The Huskies (3-9) held a 7-5 advantage before the Patriots (10-4), who received votes in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll, mounted a comeback keyed by a five-run seventh inning. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Dallas Baptist University, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Independents, MAC, Missouri Valley, Northern Illinois, Prairie View AM, Southern Illinois, Summit League, SWAC, University of San Diego, WAC, West Coast Conference, Western Illinois

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Gonzaga 7 Indiana 4

Spokane, Wash.- Junior first baseman Ryan Wiegand homered for the third straight game and Gonzaga University won its fourth straight and its seventh in the last eight outings with a 7-4 win over Indiana University Monday in the opener of the Pepsi/Johnny Quick baseball tournament at Beiden Field.

With the scored tied 4-4 in the eighth, Wiegand hit a two-out 0-1 pitch to left-center to put the Bulldogs (7-5) up 6-4. Evan Wells had opened the inning with a walk off Anthony Agnew, on in relief of Hoosiers (3-6) starter Tyler Tufts. Chris Squires relieved Agnew and the Bulldogs got a sacrifice bunt and a groundout to third to set the stage for Wiegand, who tied Jason Chatwood for the team home run lead. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Butler, Gonzaga, Horizon League, Indiana, Missouri Valley, Southern Illinois, West Coast Conference

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USF 9 Northwestern 8

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of South Florida Bulls ended their two-game skid with a 9-8 victory against the Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday night at Red McEwen Field.

USF improves to 3-2 on the season while the Wildcats drop to 3-3.

“The whole team played well tonight,” said head coach Lelo Prado. “We did some things offensively that we have not done all year, and when we do that, we are going to be very successful.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Big East, Big Ten, Dallas Baptist University, MAC, Missouri Valley, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, SEC, Southern Illinois, USF

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Hawaii 7 Northern Illinois 3

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Hawai’i took a 4-0 lead and never trailed in a 7-3 victory over Northern Illinois Thursday night at Surprise Stadium. The Huskies (0-2), who played a school-record 16-inning game prior to the nightcap, got within a run with a three-run seventh but were unable to take a lead in the contest. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, Big East, Gonzaga, Hawaii, Kentucky, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Northern Illinois, Oakland, Oklahoma State, Portland, SEC, South Florida, Southern Illinois, Summit League, WAC, West Coast Conference

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The weekend series between Southern Illinois and Western Michigan has been moved to Tennessee after inclement weather in Carbondale Ill has been forecasted for the weekend. Who in their right mind would schedule a series in Illinois in the middle of February? Did they expect the weather to be great? The full release is available here.

Tags: MAC, Missouri Valley, Southern Illinois, Western Michigan

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Eric Sorensen continues his season previews today for February 18th checking in on six conferences over the last two days. He checked in on the MEAC, MAC, Mountain West,  Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, and the Northeast conferences. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Akron, Austin Peay, Bethune Cookman, Bradley, BYU, Central Connecticut, Central Michigan, Creighton, CSTV, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, Jacksonville State, Kent State, MAC, MEAC, Miami (OH), Missouri Valley, Mountain West, New Mexico, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, Northeast Conference, Northern Illinois, Ohio Valley Conference, Quinnipiac, Samford, San Diego State, Southern Illinois, TCU, Tennessee Tech, Wagner, Wichita State

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In the final day of action at the Coca-Cola Southern Miss Baseball Classic both Southern Mississippi and Southern Illinois were able to pick up victories. Southern Miss took care of business against Northwestern State by a score of 10-7. They were led by a solid hitting attack from Brian Dozier who went 3-4 at the plate. Southern Illinois won the game in the 13th behind RBI hits by Tyler Choate and Micheal Finigan. Louisville tried to make a comeback in the bottom of the 13th but were unable to produce the two runs needed.

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Tags: Louisville, Northwestern State, Southern Illinois, Southern Miss