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Here are some of the best links from Around the Nation over the last few days.

The first article comes from the Fort Worth Star Telegram which has an excellent feature on TCU signee and Texas Rangers draft pick Matthew Purke. The next article comes from the Austin-American Statesman which has a feature on Everett Williams who has signed with Texas but was selected by the San Diego Padres. The next article comes from Ted Miller of ESPN.com who talks about the 1-2 combination for the Arizona State Sun Devils rotation. The next article comes from NBC29.com which says the Virginia Cavaliers are in the finals to win it. They also have some audio from Coach O’Connor. The Hattiesburg American talks about Southern Miss taking the step to become a better program by making it to the CWS. Arkansas360.com has a great article on Arkansas’ Ben Tschepikow’s return to college baseball. Heather Dinich of ESPN.com has a good article on LSU RHP Louis Coleman’s return to the program after turning down pro offers. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Conference USA, Links, LSU, Mountain West, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Miss, TCU, Texas, Virginia

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Here is your CWS Preview for Bracket 2. The second bracket of the College World Series features Arizona State, North Carolina, Texas, and Southern Miss. They will open up play on Sunday at 2pm eastern time when Arizona State and North Carolina square off while Texas and Southern Miss face off at 7pm eastern time in the final game of the opening round. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, CBB Column, Conference USA, Pac 10, Southern Miss, Texas, UNC

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FROM NCAA RELEASE
OMAHA—The game times and pairings for the first two days of the Men’s College World Series have been announced. The 63rd MCWS will be played at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha from June 13-23/24. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, LSU, Pac 10, SEC, Southern Miss, Texas, UNC, Virginia

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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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Tags: Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Ball State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, Coastal Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Freshmen All-American Team, Fresno St., Georgia State, Hawaii, Indiana, Lamar, Louisville, LSU, Minnesota, NCBWA, North Carolina A&T, Oregon State, Rice, South Carolina, Southern Miss, St. John's, St. Mary's, Texas, Tulane, UCLA, UConn, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wichita State, Winthrop

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

GAINESVILLE – Corky Palmer’s retirement tour will continue at the College World Series.

Joey Archer drove in three runs, reliever Scott Copeland pitched three scoreless innings and Southern Mississippi beat Florida 7-6 on Sunday night to advance to the CWS for the first time in school history. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 CWS, 2009 Gainesville Super Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Conference USA, Florida, SEC, Southern Miss

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Southern Miss baseball team continued their magical post season run with a 9-7 victory over No. 8 national seed and home-standing Florida to open the NCAA Gainesville Super Regional. In a back and fourth game, it was fifth year senior Jonathon Johnston that proved to be the difference out of the Golden Eagle bullpen, working 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing 1 hits and striking out two while picking up his first win of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Gainesville Super Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Conference USA, Florida, SEC, Southern Miss

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Southern Mississippi scored 42 runs in four games in the regionals to reach the Gainesville Super Regional for the right to play Florida. The Gators scored 32 in three games. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Gainesville Super Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, CBB Column, Conference USA, Florida, SEC, Southern Miss

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ATLANTA – For the first time in ten previous tries Southern Miss won an NCAA Regional and will advance to a NCAA Super Regional with tonight’s 12-8 victory over host Georgia Tech at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Southern Miss was the only number three seed to advance to a super regional while all three Conference USA schools that advanced to regional play (East Carolina, Rice and Southern Miss) won their regional, the first time ever three C-USA teams will play in a super regional in the same year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Conference USA, Georgia Tech, Southern Miss

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Here is your Day 3 Recap of the Atlanta Regional.

Georgia Tech 8 Elon 4

ATLANTA – Freshman Mark Pope pitched five innings of shutout relief to preserve the win, and Georgia Tech made its seven-run second inning standup as the 13th-ranked Yellow Jackets eliminated Elon, 8-4, Sunday afternoon in the NCAA Atlanta Regional baseball tournament at Russ Chandler Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference, Southern Miss

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Here is your recap of Day 2 of the Atlanta Regional.

Elon 4 Georgia State 3

ATLANTA, Ga. — Jimmy Reyes struck out a career-high 14 hitters and allowed just three runs on eight hits in 8.0 innings to lead the 22nd-ranked and second-seeded Elon Phoenix to a 4-3 victory over fourth-seeded Georgia State in an elimination game at the Atlanta Regional of the 2009 NCAA Baseball Championship on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, Elon moved to 41-17 on the year. The Georgia State Panthers finished their season at 39-22. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, CAA, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference, Southern Miss

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Game 1: #3 Southern Miss 17, #2 Elon 15

Senior second baseman Bennett Davis’ three home runs were not enough for Elon in a 17-15 loss to the Golden Eagles of Southern Miss.

The two teams combined for 71 total bases, the 4th highest ever total in an NCAA regional game.  The slugfest also featured 11 home runs and 34 hits.

Bo Davis, senior right fielder for Southern Miss, hit his second home run of the game in the 9th inning to put the Golden Eagles ahead for good.  Elon scored 2 in the bottom of the 9th, but those runs were not enough.  Southern Miss advances in the winners’ bracket of the Atlanta regional. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, ACC, CAA, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference, Southern Miss

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Georgia Tech’s Russ Chandler Stadium plays host to the Atlanta regional, its 9th NCAA regional since 1987.

The #1 seed Georgia Tech faces Colonial Athletic Association champion and cross-town rival Georgia State at 7pm Friday. The two teams have met twice this season with the road team winning each game: Georgia State defeating Georgia Tech 10-1 at Russ Chandler Stadium and Georgia Tech winning 18-2 at Panthersville.

The #2 seed Elon was the Southern Conference regular season champion and will face #3 seed Southern Miss at 3pm Friday. The only prior meetings between the two schools came in 1978 in a 4-game series which Elon won 3-1.

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Tags: 2009 Atlanta Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, ACC, CAA, Conference USA, Elon, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Southern Conference, Southern Miss