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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin athletics director Robert Hill announced Wednesday the promotion of Johnny Cardenas as head coach of the Lumberjack baseball program. Cardenas had served as interim head coach of the `Jacks since the position became vacant in early June.

“Since his arrival here I have been very impressed with Johnny’s knowledge of the game and his ability to teach our players,” Hill said. “He has been our number one recruiter, too, and his eye for talent is top-notch. I have all the confidence that he is more than capable of making SFA a top program in the Southland Conference.”

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The 2008 Capital One/Southland Conference All-Academic Baseball Teams were released today by the league office as Texas State sophomore first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was voted Student-Athlete of the year.

A native of The Woodlands, Texas, Goldschmidt’s accomplishments off the field are as stellar as his achievements in the classroom. While maintaining a 3.82 grade point average in finance, Goldschmidt led the league in home runs (17), garnering the 2008 SLC Hitter of the Year award, falling one round tripper shy of tying Texas State’s single-season record. Read the rest of this entry »

Donnie Watson of Stephen F. Austin will not be returning to the Stephen F. Austin program after a 25-29 overall record and a Southland Conference mark of 12-17. Watson led the Lumberjacks to a 71-98 record over the last three seasons after the program was reinstated after being dropped in 1995. The CBB talked with Donnie Watson about the 2008 season earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »

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McNeese State 1 at Lamar 2

Lamar did exactly what it needed to do on Saturday in preparation for the upcoming Southland Conference Tournament. Head coach Jim Gilligan used six pitchers and got enough out of them while producing enough offense for a 2-1 win over McNeese State for a series sweep and a three-game winning streak heading into Wednesday’s tourney-opener. MORE

McNeese State

Northwestern State 2 at Central Arkansas 7

For the second consecutive game, University of Central Arkansas’ starting pitcher struck out 11 and pitched into the ninth inning as the Bears beat Northwestern State 7-2 in Southland Conference action at UCA Field. MORE

Northwestern State Recap

Southeastern Louisiana 3 at Nicholls State 4
Southeastern Louisiana 4 at Nicholls State 1

Nicholls State took game one of an impromptu double header, but the Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team (29-25, 15-15 Southland Conference) rallied to take game two, ensuring a series win over the Colonels and the number seven seed in the 2008 Southland Conference Tournament on Saturday night. MORE

Nicholls State Recap
Stephen F. Austin 5 at Sam Houston State 8

Bearkats will be No. 4 Seed in Southland Tournament starting Wednesday at Don Sanders Stadium   MORE

SFA Recap
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5 at Texas-Arlington 7

Four days from the opening round of the 2008 Southland Conference Tournament, the Mavericks built some momentum Saturday on Senior Day by downing the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders, 7-5, in an SLC game at Clay Gould Ballpark. The victory earns UTA (26-29, 16-14) the No. 6 seed in the postseason tournament, completes the series sweep against the Islanders (23-31, 14-15-1) and officially puts a disappointing 2007 in the rearview mirror. MORE

Texas A&M CC Recap

Texas-San Antonio 8 at Texas State 10

In a memorable senior day at Bobcat Field, Josh Walter closed out a cat-and-mouse rubber match with three ninth-inning strikeouts to hold off the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners for a 10-8 regular season finale vic… Read Full Release [+]

UT-San Antonio Recap

McNeese State 10 at Lamar 11

When his career is over Jim Gilligan is sure to have many more wins but the way Lamar delivered its head coach his 1100th career victory is one that will stick in his memory bank for a long while. MORE

McNeese State Recap

Northwestern State 2 at Central Arkansas 6

The University of Central Arkansas Bears rode the pitching of right-hander Bobby Pritchett to a 6-2 victory over the Northwestern State Demons on Friday night at UCA Field. MORE

Northwestern State Recap

Stephen F. Austin 8 at Sam Houston State 6

SFA tied a season high with 17 hits and led wire-to-wire on Saturday, picking up an 8-6 win over Sam Houston in the second game of the “Battle of the Piney Woods” series at Don Sanders Stadium. MORE

Sam Houston State Recap

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4 at Texas-Arlington 6

ARLINGTON, Texas - - UT Arlington’s baseball team is hot again, erasing a three-run deficit and capturing its third consecutive victory, 6-4, on Friday night in a Southland Conference game at Clay Gould Ballpark against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. MORE

Texas A&M CC Recap

Texas-San Antonio 3 at Texas State 0

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

WACO, Texas — Seniors Tim Matthews and Paul Miles made their final games at Baylor Ballpark memorable. Matthews tossed a three-hit shutout, and Miles was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI as Baylor defeated Stephen F. Austin 11-0 in seven innings Wednesday night. The Bears (30-22) finished the regular season 21-10 at home and improved to 26-0 all-time against Stephen F. Austin (24-27).

Matthews (5-1), who recorded the first complete game and the first shutout of his career, faced two over the minimum and allowed only four base runners all night. He tallied six strikeouts against only walk and retired 14 consecutive batters between Jeffrey Kello’s leadoff single in the third and Adam Bosley’s two-out walk in the seventh. After Bosley walked, Justin Roland ended the game with a single that hit Bosley between first and second; by rule, Bosley was called out, and the 10-run mercy rule was enforced.

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FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference Baseball players of the week were named today by the conference office as Stephen F. Austin outfielder Kevin Crabtree, A&M-Corpus Christi catcher Stephen Flora earn co-hitter of the week honors and SFA pitcher Lance Luetge is awarded his first honor of the season. Crabtree claims consecutive honors and his third of the season to lead the league marking the team’s fifth award behind 2008 regular season champion UTSA with six.

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Kevin Crabtree, SFA, Sr., OF, Sugar Land, Texas

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Central Arkansas 11 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11

Despite coming away with an 11-11 tie in the series finale with Central Arkansas, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball team clinched a spot in the Southland Conference tournament for the first time… more

Central Arkansas Recap

Lamar 3 at Northwestern State 6

For the second straight day, Northwestern State catcher Anthony Jones provided a late-inning double, this time scoring two runs, and relief pitcher J.C. Bredengerd pitched NSU out of a jam as the Demons rallied from a 3-2 deficit to defeat Lamar, 6-3, and take the Southland Conference baseball series two games to one. MORE

Lamar Recap

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Central Arkansas 9 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8

Texas A&M CC Recap

Lamar 5 at Northwestern State 9

Jordan Nipp’s go-ahead single in the seventh inning, followed by a bases-loaded clearing double from Anthony Jones sparked a 6-run inning for Northwestern State as the Demons clinched a spot in the Southland Conference baseball tournament with Saturday’s 9-5 win over Lamar. MORE

Lamar Recap

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FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference Baseball players of the week were named today by the conference office as Stephen F. Austin outfielder Kevin Crabtree and A&M-Corpus Christi pitcher Omar Gutierrez are awarded weekly honors. Crabtree claims his second award on the year joining Mike Jaworski, Northwestern State, Trent Lockwood, UTSA and teammate Noel Trevino as the only players in the SLC to receive two player of the week awards. Gutierrez receives his first award of the season and the Islander’s third.

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McNeese State 1 at Central Arkansas 18

Central Arkansas Recap

McNeese State Recap

Nicholls State 6 at Texas-Arlington 5

Nicholls State Recap

UT- Arlington Recap

Northwestern State 5 at Sam Houston State 7

Sam Houston State Recap

Northwestern State Recap

Southeastern Louisiana 4 at Lamar 5

Lamar Recap

Southeastern Louisiana Recap

Texas State 2 at Stephen F. Austin 3

SFA Recap

Texas State Recap

Texas-San Antonio 11 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2

UT- San Antonio Recap

Texas A&M CC Recap

McNeese State 11 at Central Arkansas 9

McNeese State Recap

Central Arkansas Recap

Nicholls State 3 at Texas-Arlington 0

Nicholls State Recap

UT- Arlington Recap

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