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Head baseball coach Ed Blankmeyer announced the schedule for the 2009 season on Thursday. The 54-game schedule features non-conference trips to Florida, North Carolina and Utah, a pair of first-time opponents, five opponents that qualified for the 2008 NCAA Tournament and three-game sets at home against both Louisville, the defending BIG EAST Tournament Champions, and Notre Dame.

“Once again this season, we have a very challenging non-conference schedule that will help us prepare for BIG EAST play,” said Blankmeyer. “We are very excited about participating in the BIG EAST-Big Ten Challenge as well as the Keith LeClair Classic. Combined with our trip to Utah, we will be tested from the very beginning of the season.”
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Tags: 2009 Schedules, Big East, St John

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Two of the nation’s most prominent collegiate athletic conferences have come to an agreement to participate in a unique and ground-breaking season-opening baseball tournament in Florida. The inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, will feature 27 games February 20-22, 2009, at various spring training venues in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area, API Marketing announced today.

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Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Norte Dame, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Seton Hall, South Florida, St John, UConn, West Virginia

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Texas 13 Sam Houston State 3

Longhorns score 12 runs in the first two innings and coast to a 13-3 victory over Sam Houston State to advance to Sunday’s 2 p.m. elimination game. In Saturday’s triumph, Kyle Russell (pictured) hit two home runs for the 12th time in his career and tied the UT all-time home run record with 55.

Texas Recap

Sam Houston Recap

Rice 11 - St John 2

J.P. Padron and Jimmy Comerota combined to drive in eight runs and Cole St. Clair fired 4.1 innings of hitless relief to lead Rice to an 11-2 victory over St. John’s in in the winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Houston (Rice) Regional Tournament Saturday evening at Reckling Park. MORE

St. John Recap

Tags: 2008 Houston Regional, 2008 NCAA Tourney, Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, Rice, Sam Houston State, Southland Conference, St John, Texas